# Good thoughts needed for fellow Doper Watcher of the Skies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519 "2009-11-06T02:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/21 "2009-11-06T22:07:42Z")
I’m very sorry to hear he is ill. I’ll offer prayers for him, **koeeoaddi**. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/22 "2009-11-07T00:06:20Z")
Prayers, Good Thoughts/Vibes are being sent from here. **Watcher of The Skies** , \*\* koeeoaddi\*\*: you are family. Please know that you are cared about, thought about, and prayed for. We’ve never interacted (to my knowledge), but ALL of my DOPER family is important to me and if “good vibes” are all I can send? Then just know they are being sent with all the strength I have. I am so sorry for your trouble. Bill ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/23 "2009-11-07T00:12:42Z")
Sorry to hear that **Watcher** is sick and hope he gets well soon. Sympathy and good thoughts to both of you and your family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/24 "2009-11-07T00:18:38Z")
I hope you have pretty nurses, **Watcher** , but quit lollygagging around and get better! Peace and healing vibes to you and your family! ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/25 "2009-11-07T02:18:58Z")
/me thinks that the Xtians do not have a lock on the idea of Prayer /me prays good health and strength for Watcher Of The Skies 😃 me also watches the sky: she is very beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/26 "2009-11-07T02:34:09Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/27 "2009-11-07T02:40:13Z")
Prayers and good thoughts coming your way from down South. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/28 "2009-11-07T03:05:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I remember your brother – one of the few threads he _did_ participate in was the “a” thread. > > Both of you – and everyone else caught up in this painful situation – are in my thoughts and prayers. heh, when I first read that I thought you were referring to the “a” thread as painful… :smack: Sending some healing mojo your way, **Watcher**. Get well soon! ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/29 "2009-11-07T03:37:44Z")
Good healthy thoughts heading your way. I hope Watcher feels better soon. Please check back and let us know how things are going. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/30 "2009-11-07T04:14:58Z")
I don’t know that we ever interacted on the Board; but I did take notice of the name, since ‘Keep watching the skies!’ is a great line from _The Thing From Another World_. There’s also a book called _Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties_ by Bill Warren. Bill Warren was a friend of my best friend, and IIRC my friend is mentioned (‘thanks to…’ or something like that) in the book. So I always like when he posts. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/31 "2009-11-07T04:21:39Z")
I forgot to say: Best thoughts to **Watcher of the Skies**! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/32 "2009-11-07T05:01:25Z")
**Watcher of the Skies** is in my prayers. May he recover and thrive. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/33 "2009-11-07T05:17:31Z")
Thanks everyone for your kind replies and good wishes and thank you mods for making this thread a sticky. > [@Broomstick](#): > > May I ask what he is ill with? (Of course, if you’d rather not discuss it that’s totally OK) **WotS** has had a devastating stroke. To fully describe the horror of it would require a Pit thread and I’m just not up to it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/34 "2009-11-07T09:42:18Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > **WotS** has had a devastating stroke. To fully describe the horror of it would require a Pit thread and I’m just not up to it. Both my parents have had strokes; both have made good recoveries. Hang in there, for there is light at the end of the tunnel. In the meantime my thoughts are with you both. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/35 "2009-11-07T11:44:59Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Thanks everyone for your kind replies and good wishes and thank you mods for making this thread a sticky. > > **WotS** has had a devastating stroke. To fully describe the horror of it would require a Pit thread and I’m just not up to it. Another Doper, a young one that I cannot recall his name, had a stroke this summer and has recovered quite nicely. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/36 "2009-11-07T13:02:09Z")
y’all will be in my thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/37 "2009-11-07T16:47:34Z")
Fingers crossed, good thoughts sent out to your brother and those who care about him. (Sorry - I’m lacking in the goat department…). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/38 "2009-11-07T18:21:48Z")
No goats here either, but crossed fingers and plenty of good thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/39 "2009-11-07T23:22:59Z")
Prayers and good thoughts headed your way! The goat? Oh, I’ll just save him for the next initiation! My best to you, **Watcher** , and your whole family. Please do keep us posted when you have the time and energy! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-needed-for-fellow-doper-watcher-of-the-skies/516519/40 "2009-11-08T06:35:39Z")
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