The Armour Archive

Hello all, many of you may have been watching some Shamrock Armoury facebook activity and wondering why he is not responding to your messages. I (Jackie's wife) wanted to clear the air and let everyone know that Jackie is not here. He went into the hospital a day after the sale post was put on FB. I have been managing it and shipping items while he is away but I did not have access to the AA until now and I also do not have access to all of his email accounts so I can not respond to everyone. We were not making it public that he was in hospital and did not want to alert certain family members. Since no family members are on this forum
I'm taking a chance notifying people because I know it is very frustrating to see business being conducted with others while many of you have unfinished business yet to be dealt with. I wanted to reassure you that you are not being ignored. Now, excuse me while I deal with the frustration of every time something sales, a different person takes that opportunity to take out a dispute on our PayPal account and hold everything.

Let me get right up here at the top . I ordered a 12 gauge stainless back point top. I ordered it to help expedite one of my customers orders. My customer is aware of Jackies situation, so DON'T STRESS. My customer isn't rushing me, so I will just make the tops myself. IF Jackie gets on his feet and back to work we can figure something out. If he doesn't, you will have enough on your plate without worrying about this. Best of luck.

I hope Jackie gets better soon, being sick is horrible.

Eh, Jackie's wife here, I really hope this is the last time I post anything but I feel the need to clarify before things spiral any further. Some of the comments hit the nail on the head. No, Jackie wasn't trying to throw an insult out to everyone on the archives. Yes, when he said he was done with stupid he meant all the stupid things he is going through, physical and mental. To those wondering if he is dealing with psychological issues, yes, yes he is. I'm sure most people that have dealt with Jackie consistently are aware he does have psychological issues and it has been a wicked cycle of physical issues compounding the psychological issues and the psychological issues compounding the physical issues.

About the physical issues: I need to reiterate that the bone cancer label is not cancer in the way people normally view cancer. He does not have cancer cells spreading to his organs or throughout his blood stream. It cannot be cut out and he is not a candidate for chemo. It is an aggressive form of arthritis that the doctors don't understand and are unsure how to treat so they threw his diagnosis into a vague category and many more test are on the way. He may stay at his current condition for years to come or decline rapidly, there are to many factors to say. He is not dying...yet. He may feel like he is dying because he is in a lot of pain, he has loss of muscle control and weakness. In a way, his sense of self is dying. A large part of his identity is dying because he can no longer build armor and his plans for the future are dead. That's a lot to take in. Is he acting irrationally? Of course he is! As someone who has been married to Jackie for 13 years I can tell you I gave up on rational behavior from him a long time ago, and that's on a good day. In a situation like this I do my best to batten down the hatches and weather the storm. I know none of you are married to him and do not feel the need to tolerate any nonsense or outburst. I've advised him to stay away from the computer until he has a solid productive update but I make no promises.

There have been concerns of him unfriending clients on Facebook. All I have to say about that is don't feel too special. He unfriended everyone, including family He also deleted all of his old emails which is going to make the next task all the more fun. I will be sitting down with him to make a list of people he owes work to and how much money they put down to put together a clear plan of action. If any of you are so inclined, PM your name, any email names you've used to make payments through PayPal, what your order was, how much you put down and just for giggles how long ago you placed the order. This is for my benefit to make out a list so please include all this info knowing I'm starting from scratch. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.

Please send PM's through the archive. Jackie is unable to get into his gmail. Thanks.