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Posted 1/28/2020 2:19 PM (GMT 0)
Our good friend and forum moderator, 142 (Jim), will receive graveside services in Lonoke, Arkansas at the Lonoke Cemetery tomorrow, January 29 at 1:00 pm CST.

Many of us are going to set aside that time and remember Jim with our thoughts and prayers. We invite all of you to do so, as well. Jim’s obituary can be found at www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Many of us have enjoyed Jim’s friendship directly over the years through the group known as GFMPH. This stands for Good For Men’s Prostate Health. It was formed a decade ago as a way to get to know each other better and provide personal support to men that are afflicted by this disease. The group meets once a year for several days of friendship, support and fun. The next meeting will be in New York in October, 2020, hosted by Worriedguy. At the gathering we will have a memorial service for Jim. In the past we have had memorial services for other fallen brothers including John16, LupronJim, Adjust and Raddad. Jim is now with this group and has turned over his moderating duties to our good Lord.

GFMPH is open to all of you and we invite you to learn more. There is a private Facebook group at GFMPH that is very active with 82 current members. If you are interested in joining please visit on Facebook.

Best wishes to all and may God bless Jim and hold him close.
Posted 1/28/2020 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for posting JNF. Yes I have my alarm set to go off at 1 pm central time and we will think of Jim 152 at that moment in time. He will be greatly missed. Thanks for posting.

Hope some of you that have not attended a GFMPH will consider doing so this fall. One correction, I think the NY gathering will be the last weekend in September. All-are welcome!
Posted 1/28/2020 2:54 PM (GMT 0)
I didn't know a gfmph group existed. I searched for the acronym, and several other ways but didn't find it on FB.
Posted 1/28/2020 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Try gfmph members. Worked for me.
Posted 1/28/2020 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
Mattam,
I believe the Facebook GFMPH group is invitation-only. It is set up this way to preserve the anonymity of HealingWell members who prefer that their real-world identity not be publicly available. I'll be glad to suggest you be invited. (I am not an admin nor a moderator on the Facebook group. I can enter an invitation but it must be approved before it will be sent.) If you email me your Facebook account name I'll be glad to start the process for you.
Posted 1/28/2020 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
Only people that have been to an event gets access to the sight. Almost like HIPA.

If you search GFMPH on this sight you will see mantbdifferentbdiscriptions of it.

It will be posted here as we get closer to the event. With that being said. Start putting away a bit of chance to attend.
Posted 1/28/2020 10:13 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting. Thanks
Posted 1/29/2020 1:38 AM (GMT 0)
The GFMPH group feels like a close family. If you've never been to one, consider it. As PeterDA suggested, do some searches here for descriptions. It is a unique support group experience.
Posted 1/29/2020 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
One reason it is good to know where members are located is to prompt what some have referred to as “mini GFMPH” meetings where a small group get together with a GFMPH member and get to know each other in person. I was welcomed into the group after I met with Todd1963 and Water Guy ( a member) in Atlanta and then we were all on a cruise together. After I became a member I met with Kukukaju and invited them to the GFMPH in Baton Rouge and he became a member. And so it goes as others have become members through similar small group meetings, sometimes as simple as having lunch.
Posted 1/29/2020 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I will be participating in a minute of silence, and reflection, for Jim, at 1pm CST.
I’d also add my testimonial for GFMPH, the gatherings have been a truly great experience for me.
Posted 1/29/2020 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I will be participating in a minute of silence, and reflection, for Jim, at 1pm CST.
I’d also add my testimonial for GFMPH, the gatherings have been a truly great experience for me.
Posted 1/29/2020 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
I just confirmed that I can still start with a Google map of the entire US and zoom in on the site of the NY GFMPH gatherings. Look for a house with a large white tent in the background. When the satellite went over the yard had recently been mowed -- nice tidy rows if not completely straight. I could also zoom in on Disney World, or the Las Vegas strip, or Broadway, but I don't.
If you ever get a chance to attend a gathering it's worth the trip.
On another note: We have the transcontinental railroads to thank for our four time zones in the continental US. Before the railroads the various parts of the country used a jumble of different standard times but because it took so long to travel from one spot to another a confusion of a few hours one way or the other never seemed important. If the sun was more or less overhead when you got there it was probably noon-ish. But the railroads needed to publish schedules so they sorted it all out for us. It was then so simple that Satan had to invent Daylight Savings Time to make us all confused again.
For Jim's moment of silence, 1:00 to 1:01 pm CST is 2:00 to 2:01 EST, noon to 12:01 pm MST, 11:00 to 11:01 am Pacific time, 10:00 to 10:01 am in Alaska, and 9:00 to 9:01 in Hawaii.
Posted 1/29/2020 5:36 PM (GMT 0)
Yes and they were(time zones) to be spaced 15 degrees of longitude apart... if memory recalls...Im still trying to figger out what effect the spacing of lines of latitude...have on the space and time condos
Posted 1/29/2020 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
There are lots of articles on the web that maintain that Daylight Savings Time has proved to be a failure in providing any sort of economic advantage, by adding or dropping that hour from people's work schedules.

But I had also heard over the years, but never really pursued investigating it, that DST actually costs lives when it compels that biannual time change.

The article below claims this is so:

"... losing just an hour of sleep stresses the cardiovascular system, which can tip some folks with heart issues over the edge. That's why the number of heart attacks tick up significantly the day after we set the clocks ahead."

and

"... the number of traffic accidents shoot up the day after daylight saving time begins in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Deadly industrial accidents also rise sharply. Experts are convinced that lost hour of sleep is far more consequential than most of us imagine."

and

"... people were less thoughtful about moral issues after losing that hour of sleep. Other researchers have shown that judges hand down sentences that are five percent longer following the start of daylight saving time."

The article ends by suggesting that if we have to have DST (do we really have to have it?) a better way to do it would be to ease into it by waking up a bit earlier each day for some time before the actual start date, and thus be used to it ahead of time.

My personal take on DST? A really BAAAAD idea!

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/experts-to-public-daylight-savings-time-is-a-434m-problem-we-could-easily-fix.html
Posted 1/29/2020 6:46 PM (GMT 0)
Lighting a candle now while remembering the GFMPH times with 142.
Posted 1/29/2020 6:51 PM (GMT 0)
Farewell 142. We'll miss you.
Posted 1/29/2020 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
My Wife and I lit a candle and had our GFMPH Wine glass out and said a prayer together then spoke to Jim directly. He will be missed for a long time. We are so fortunate to have known him.
Posted 1/29/2020 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry, my rant above about Daylight Savings Time is really out of place here, in view of the thread's topic.(DST is a topic that makes me see red). But I really should have thought more before posting, maybe putting it in its own thread or something. My bad.

But, of course, I admire Jim 142 for all that he did for us here, and will remember his many contributions. He made a difference.

God speed, Jim..
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