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Like the title says. Just little things you noticed today.
I saw a lot more beer cans on the sides of the road today than usual :-\
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There were a lot of turkeys out on the marsh this morning
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The horses near the beach are back again. :viking:
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It is back to sort of cold today and I need to put money in the Credit Union to cover my truck payment.
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It's really nice out today. Snow is almost all gone.
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My grass is getting high already. :zombiefuck:
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have you smoked any of it yet? :stoned:
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My yard grass was just mowed, yesterday.
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Lots of people brought their dogs to the store today. Must be the spring like weather.
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I love the chinese buffet where I can get all you can eat boiled shrimp.
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There was once a girl called Binty
who liked to eat all things minty.
She stayed up all night,
trying to fight
the thoughts that made her feel guilty.
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it hurts worse when i stop thinking.
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
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Saw lots of sparrows fucking on my walk. Just rolling around on the ground not even scarred by the dog that much
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Saw lots of sparrows fucking on my walk. Just rolling around on the ground not even scarred by the dog that much
Love is a many splendored (and slutty!) thing!
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
I have several. :viking:
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I drink less coffee at home and today was no exception.
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Got the mentioned mouse 'on tape' here.. stealing some birds seeds.. (half an hour ago)
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/5451/dsc0125n.jpg) (http://img861.imageshack.us/i/dsc0125n.jpg/)
(hope you can see the little fella/centre of pic)
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^ He's FAT!
Nice flowers in your garden btw.
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Aww....he's cute! I forgot how gorgeous your garden is. Hope you post more pictures as the season progresses.
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Don't let CG's cat near it. :o
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(bugger too late.. doof about how to reply to now.. ) (welllllllll.. )
Thanks. Most shown in picture just was there already.. planted by previous owner. Funny thing though, that green luscious plant on the right is a genuine poppy plant. You know the one they make opium/heroin from. Wonder what the old lady (prev. owner) had for an hobby here.
Not CG's ofc. but cats are quite a bugger here. Birds, mouse, hedgehog wise. Ugly smelling poop too.
Will post some more pictures later, I guess, yes.
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Don't let CG's cat near it. :o
Yeah really. She calls that a gift waiting to be delivered to my master after I chomp on it and make it shit itself in pain and despair.
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Got the mentioned mouse 'on tape' here.. stealing some birds seeds.. (half an hour ago)
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/5451/dsc0125n.jpg) (http://img861.imageshack.us/i/dsc0125n.jpg/)
(hope you can see the little fella/centre of pic)
Fat mouse.
I found a dead shrew/spitsmuis in my garden yesterday. Cats just don't eat them, but they do hunt them.
It really shows that you are more south, my mini daffodils are still bright and fresh yellow, and my forget-me-not doesn't even have buds yet.
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It's windy here. I was out on the islad and could hear several trees break in the wind.
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(bugger too late.. doof about how to reply to now.. ) (welllllllll.. )
Thanks. Most shown in picture just was there already.. planted by previous owner. Funny thing though, that green luscious plant on the right is a genuine poppy plant. You know the one they make opium/heroin from. Wonder what the old lady (prev. owner) had for an hobby here.
Not CG's ofc. but cats are quite a bugger here. Birds, mouse, hedgehog wise. Ugly smelling poop too.
Will post some more pictures later, I guess, yes.
The genuine poppyplant is an annual plant. The papaver you have is a different one. One I really like, and would love to have in my garden btw. :D
The poppyplant/slaapbol is grown on the former island Schokland as a crop from the past.
I have gotten myself some dry seedheads of those. But they never did well in my garden.
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You're right by stating that Papaver somniferum is an annual plant.. and mine, returning every year again, is obviously not. Well, it is a variant that you could use for making opium.. and I did collect the sap from it's seed pods and smoked it after drying. It's so fucking nice I consider the stuff dangerous myself. Too addictive.. but, must say, it makes one horny as hell. Other great downside of it.. is, that it makes my joins ache really terrible the next day.
Plus think your garden is probably quite clay-ish (polder and all) and poppy-plants tend to like sandy grounds mostly (region BoZ has sand grounds). Um, tiz also a drainage thing. Poppy seed and its young plants are quite vulnerable for moist/wet soil and tend to rot fast. Well, maybe that is why it never did well in your garden. (not sure though)
If you wish to try again.. maybe use a pot or something with an hole in its bottom (no pun).. with a 1:1 mixture of potting soil and regular sand for okay drainage.
(blahiah.. surry)
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Nice thing is that Papaver Somniferum isn't illegal to grow in most places, not even in Sweden. Only harvesting is illegal. :eyelash:
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Same here, I think.
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Taking opium is :viking:
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Recreationally it might be, yes. Well, a good thing when you harvest it yourself.. you know what you have (in hands). Going to a dealer for whatever, one never knows what bullshitty crap you'll be getting.
Well, drugs..
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Saw a Canada goose having a slumber in a planter outside of Future Shop by the parking lot, completely oblivious to the traffic coming and going.
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Canada geese are :viking: especially if they're Canadian :orly:
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Don't let CG's cat near it. :o
Yeah really. She calls that a gift waiting to be delivered to my master after I chomp on it and make it shit itself in pain and despair.
Cats are fun. My cat Guinevere loved interrogating mice and birds. :thumbup:
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Don't let CG's cat near it. :o
Yeah really. She calls that a gift waiting to be delivered to my master after I chomp on it and make it shit itself in pain and despair.
Cats are fun. My cat Guinevere loved interrogating mice and birds. :thumbup:
We have ways of making you talk :hitler:
(https://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/gestapo.jpg/69830805/gestapo.jpg)
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People sure are calmer when it's (relatively) nice out.
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It's not a good idea to take your shirt/blouse off when you eat so you can keep it clean. Shrimp with lobster sauce and cleavage doesn't go together well.
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Shrimp with lobster sauce and cleavage doesn't go together well.
I beg to differ.
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You're right by stating that Papaver somniferum is an annual plant.. and mine, returning every year again, is obviously not. Well, it is a variant that you could use for making opium.. and I did collect the sap from it's seed pods and smoked it after drying. It's so fucking nice I consider the stuff dangerous myself. Too addictive.. but, must say, it makes one horny as hell. Other great downside of it.. is, that it makes my joins ache really terrible the next day.
Plus think your garden is probably quite clay-ish (polder and all) and poppy-plants tend to like sandy grounds mostly (region BoZ has sand grounds). Um, tiz also a drainage thing. Poppy seed and its young plants are quite vulnerable for moist/wet soil and tend to rot fast. Well, maybe that is why it never did well in your garden. (not sure though)
If you wish to try again.. maybe use a pot or something with an hole in its bottom (no pun).. with a 1:1 mixture of potting soil and regular sand for okay drainage.
(blahiah.. surry)
:D, you could be on to something. I have klaprozen in the back-garden, they always return. And had tried the Papaver somniferum in the front, they were gone quickly. Got heavy "zavel" at the front of my house, and light "zavel" in my backgarden. Also the backgarden still bears tracks of the early pioneering, so it is lighter because of that too.
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Gosh. Childhood room of my dreams:
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liiyx4JZgH1qzib5qo1_500.jpg)
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It's not a good idea to take your shirt/blouse off when you eat so you can keep it clean. Shrimp with lobster sauce and cleavage doesn't go together well.
:needpics:
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Tomorrow should I try lasagna with cleavage?
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Tomorrow should I try lasagna with cleavage?
Yes, but don't burn yourself. :thumbup:
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Three hot air balloons this morning.
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
I have several. :viking:
Well, today's observation is that I have several too. Saw two together a couple of minutes ago. And yeah, you know mice.. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.. (like them rabbits)
Um, as cute as they are.. I hope they will not enter my place..
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
I have several. :viking:
Well, today's observation is that I have several too. Saw two together a couple of minutes ago. And yeah, you know mice.. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.. (like them rabbits)
Um, as cute as they are.. I hope they will not enter my place..
If they do, you should get a cat :thumbup:
My observation for the day. Two baby chinchillas were born at the farm. Cute as can be.
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
I have several. :viking:
Well, today's observation is that I have several too. Saw two together a couple of minutes ago. And yeah, you know mice.. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.. (like them rabbits)
Um, as cute as they are.. I hope they will not enter my place..
We have things here that you can plug in and they emit a frequency that is unpleasant to mice and rats. But I think you have to use it before they infest.
I personally didn't like them because I was sure that somehow I could hear it.
I know if it starts raining they get much worse quite quickly.
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I have a tiny mouse living in my garden. (okay, yesterday's random observation) Well, it's a really cute little fella. Fast as heck too.
I have several. :viking:
Well, today's observation is that I have several too. Saw two together a couple of minutes ago. And yeah, you know mice.. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32.. (like them rabbits)
Um, as cute as they are.. I hope they will not enter my place..
If they do, you should get a cat :thumbup:
My observation for the day. Two baby chinchillas were born at the farm. Cute as can be.
You beat me to it.
Cats are photogenic in the garden too. So, no big loss, missing out on the cute little mice. (And mice can eat all your bulbs, depriving you of daffodils and tulips next year)
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Not anti-cat here.. it's more a pro-bird thing.. but I'm allowed neither cat nor dog in this place. Well, halfly looking for a new place to live (with garden ofc.) and then I think I'll get me a couple of hens and a dog. Would be lovely.
*trying to make a deal/negotiates with mentioned mice to make sure they won't enter* ;D
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Not anti-cat here.. it's more a pro-bird thing.. but I'm allowed neither cat nor dog in this place. Well, halfly looking for a new place to live (with garden ofc.) and then I think I'll get me a couple of hens and a dog. Would be lovely.
*trying to make a deal/negotiates with mentioned mice to make sure they won't enter* ;D
In summer you will probably be safe from an invasion of mice. When it gets colder again, they will find ways into your house, and maybe your storage of food too.
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Not anti-cat here.. it's more a pro-bird thing.. but I'm allowed neither cat nor dog in this place. Well, halfly looking for a new place to live (with garden ofc.) and then I think I'll get me a couple of hens and a dog. Would be lovely.
*trying to make a deal/negotiates with mentioned mice to make sure they won't enter* ;D
In summer you will probably be safe from an invasion of mice. When it gets colder again, they will find ways into your house, and maybe your storage of food too.
Yes. I have mice in my house (house is over 30 years old so it's not surprising) and they only come in during the winter. Spring/summer/fall they stay outdoors.
I meant an indoor cat though so it keeps the mice out of your house but doesn't harm them outside, or the bids. But I realize you can't have them anyway so it's a moot point. :)
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Not anti-cat here.. it's more a pro-bird thing.. but I'm allowed neither cat nor dog in this place. Well, halfly looking for a new place to live (with garden ofc.) and then I think I'll get me a couple of hens and a dog. Would be lovely.
*trying to make a deal/negotiates with mentioned mice to make sure they won't enter* ;D
In summer you will probably be safe from an invasion of mice. When it gets colder again, they will find ways into your house, and maybe your storage of food too.
Yes. I have mice in my house (house is over 30 years old so it's not surprising) and they only come in during the winter. Spring/summer/fall they stay outdoors.
I meant an indoor cat though so it keeps the mice out of your house but doesn't harm them outside, or the bids. But I realize you can't have them anyway so it's a moot point. :)
Snake? :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
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The authorities seem to think that winter's over, considering that they've had large machines clean the roads from gravel and sand all day.
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Too bad they never know when the winter is about to start, not even on an average. "Oh, it's December and this is a sub-arctic country. Snowstorm? Really?" :facepalm2:
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:snowman:
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Too bad they never know when the winter is about to start, not even on an average. "Oh, it's December and this is a sub-arctic country. Snowstorm? Really?" :facepalm2:
I wore shorts outside yesterday and even last night and I woke up this morning with snow on the ground. :zombiefuck:
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Gosh. Childhood room of my dreams:
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liiyx4JZgH1qzib5qo1_500.jpg)
My daughter has that exact dollhouse, although she also has the optional attic in addition to the optional basement.
My husband and I bought the basic dollhouse for her the Christmas after my mother died, when she was six years old, and the attic and basement were gifts for subsequent holidays.
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It's April and I still have the same throat congestion I had for most of the winter. :mad:
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It's April and I still have the same throat congestion I had for most of the winter. :mad:
So, now it is time to ask you.
Have you seen a doctor about that?
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It's April and I still have the same throat congestion I had for most of the winter. :mad:
So, now it is time to ask you.
Have you seen a doctor about that?
I must confess that I have not. It's a condition that has gotten more and more "normal" for me over the years. Maybe I should ask though. :chin:
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The neighbors got their storm damaged flashing repaired
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Paint-job on my house seems to be finished.
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the guy in our local paper shop called me 'jane' today
and he did a few days ago, wtf
my name is nothing like jane!!
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the guy in our local paper shop called me 'jane' today
and he did a few days ago, wtf
my name is nothing like jane!!
Is this you? :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E879PGlGwPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E879PGlGwPg)
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This has been one of those days. Everywhere I look, something goes wrong. Want me to have a look at you?
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This has been one of those days. Everywhere I look, something goes wrong. Want me to have a look at you?
No, it would go wrong. :zoinks:
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the guy in our local paper shop called me 'jane' today
and he did a few days ago, wtf
my name is nothing like jane!!
Is this you? :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E879PGlGwPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E879PGlGwPg)
yes it is and it's not my name, it's not my name, it's not my name, it's not my name...
i will break into song if it happens again :zoinks:
i am usually quick witted with replies, but my brain was in 'scrambled egg' mode and i thought of what i should have
said on my way home
"... are you Tarzan"
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I hate when that happens. Every once in a while I get a snappy comeback at the right time.
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I put out 4 bags of leaves for the city to pick up. Wondered why only one was left. Looks like the wind made off with three of them (nowhere to be found) and there's one stubborn bag holding tight to the ground.
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I hate when that happens. Every once in a while I get a snappy comeback at the right time.
i used to have a stutter at school. It's gone now except for when i am trying
to be cool :thumbup: so it's probably best i was a bit slow :zoinks:
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At the house I was working at today, some little boy wrote his name on the wall in his bedroom with crayon - but he spelled it wrong.
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I put out 4 bags of leaves for the city to pick up. Wondered why only one was left. Looks like the wind made off with three of them (nowhere to be found) and there's one stubborn bag holding tight to the ground.
Our trash service will only pick up four bags of yard waste at a time; maybe yours is three.
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I put out 4 bags of leaves for the city to pick up. Wondered why only one was left. Looks like the wind made off with three of them (nowhere to be found) and there's one stubborn bag holding tight to the ground.
Our trash service will only pick up four bags of yard waste at a time; maybe yours is three.
No, this one is just the lawn bags full of garden scraps and we can put out as many as we want. I thought it was this Monday they were doing pick-up. turns out it doesn't start until next Monday. So it was the wind that whisked 3 of them away.
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I put out 4 bags of leaves for the city to pick up. Wondered why only one was left. Looks like the wind made off with three of them (nowhere to be found) and there's one stubborn bag holding tight to the ground.
Our trash service will only pick up four bags of yard waste at a time; maybe yours is three.
No, this one is just the lawn bags full of garden scraps and we can put out as many as we want. I thought it was this Monday they were doing pick-up. turns out it doesn't start until next Monday. So it was the wind that whisked 3 of them away.
Oh, okay. Thought you meant it just seemed like they blew away. Didn't think they really did because out leaf bags are usually kind of heavy,
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At the house I was working at today, some little boy wrote his name on the wall in his bedroom with crayon - but he spelled it wrong.
Is he a special needs kid, or just slow?
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They took photographs of our offices today.
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Motorcycle cops out today. Why is it they always walk like they have their nightsticks up their ass
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Another gorgeous drive with the windows down kinda day. Robins are busy building nests. I love the spring.
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My brothers scared off the cat in the garden again today before I got up to him
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General replies:
Bodaccea - Move to New Orleans. Almost everyone is Sugar, Baby, Darling. But NEVER Cher (that's for Lafayette and area.)
Odeon - Did they take out the mining equipment and sweep the salt from the mine before they took the pictures?
Parts - That's not a nightstick up their ass. They have major chafing from the motorcycle and are afraid to bend.
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I been a nosey neighbour today!
police cars screech up outside my house, i thought wtf, i didn't do anything...(apart from..ahem) anyway
they went two doors up (wtf didn't they park two doors up)
the people in that house are proper scum. always effing in front of their kids, sending little girl down shop and she is only seven, she has always got a black eye, they told this sweet
old lady further up to mind her own fucking business, they never have their dog on a lead... had a few 'run in's ' with them..
so i thought "ha" when plod turned up! i normally mind my own business but i couldn't help peeking through curtains
but it was really wierd - first cop car comes, screech, brake, oh and their advanced driving skills - parked about two foot off the kerb. two plod got out and then go inside...ten mins later second cop car comes, 1 lone plod, but still parked like a twat. he goes inside. the first two come out with the scumbag and they sit in car with him. For an hour. An hour. ffs. they take him back indoors. a taxi arrives. saw scumbag loading a load of bags in back of taxi, he goes back in. taxi still there ten mins later. scumbag mrs comes out to taxi. then taxi drives away with bags but no passengers. first two plod leave. remaining plod goes to his car for ten mins then back inside. finally he leaves an hour after....i am so puzzled as to what was going on?
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I been a nosey neighbour today!
police cars screech up outside my house, i thought wtf, i didn't do anything...(apart from..ahem) anyway
they went two doors up (wtf didn't they park two doors up)
the people in that house are proper scum. always effing in front of their kids, sending little girl down shop and she is only seven, she has always got a black eye, they told this sweet
old lady further up to mind her own fucking business, they never have their dog on a lead... had a few 'run in's ' with them..
so i thought "ha" when plod turned up! i normally mind my own business but i couldn't help peeking through curtains
but it was really wierd - first cop car comes, screech, brake, oh and their advanced driving skills - parked about two foot off the kerb. two plod got out and then go inside...ten mins later second cop car comes, 1 lone plod, but still parked like a twat. he goes inside. the first two come out with the scumbag and they sit in car with him. For an hour. An hour. ffs. they take him back indoors. a taxi arrives. saw scumbag loading a load of bags in back of taxi, he goes back in. taxi still there ten mins later. scumbag mrs comes out to taxi. then taxi drives away with bags but no passengers. first two plod leave. remaining plod goes to his car for ten mins then back inside. finally he leaves an hour after....i am so puzzled as to what was going on?
Love your Brit slang. "...1 lone plod, but still parked like a twat." :rofl:
And I guess the police were there to serve a restraining order on that luggage, and to make sure it removed itself from the house! :police:
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I been a nosey neighbour today!
police cars screech up outside my house, i thought wtf, i didn't do anything...(apart from..ahem) anyway
they went two doors up (wtf didn't they park two doors up)
the people in that house are proper scum. always effing in front of their kids, sending little girl down shop and she is only seven, she has always got a black eye, they told this sweet
old lady further up to mind her own fucking business, they never have their dog on a lead... had a few 'run in's ' with them..
so i thought "ha" when plod turned up! i normally mind my own business but i couldn't help peeking through curtains
but it was really wierd - first cop car comes, screech, brake, oh and their advanced driving skills - parked about two foot off the kerb. two plod got out and then go inside...ten mins later second cop car comes, 1 lone plod, but still parked like a twat. he goes inside. the first two come out with the scumbag and they sit in car with him. For an hour. An hour. ffs. they take him back indoors. a taxi arrives. saw scumbag loading a load of bags in back of taxi, he goes back in. taxi still there ten mins later. scumbag mrs comes out to taxi. then taxi drives away with bags but no passengers. first two plod leave. remaining plod goes to his car for ten mins then back inside. finally he leaves an hour after....i am so puzzled as to what was going on?
Having scum neighbors sucks.
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Me thinks a domestic dispute?
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Me thinks a domestic dispute?
But only a bunch of bags left the house! I say the bags were up to no good, and they got busted! :2thumbsup:
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Me thinks a domestic dispute?
But only a bunch of bags left the house! I say the bags were up to no good, and they got busted! :2thumbsup:
they got 'bagged' as evidence, lol
but it wasnt even plod, the taxi took the bags away.
they have not made a peep all evening since, so it shut them up for a while
i can't believe how nosey i am
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My guess is that Mr. Scumbag gave Ms. Scumbag a black eye or something, then she called the police. The first officers on the scene often park a bit away from the house they are going to so they avoid spooking the inhabitants. Maybe Ms. Scumbag relented and dropped the charges and since she's the only witness to the abuse, Mr. Scumbag gets to stay home for a bit longer and give her another black eye.
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I hate neighborhood drama. People who hit their wives and kids should be shot
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Shooting your neighbours is :viking:
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Lots of Fedex and UPS trucks in the nieghborhood last couple days none for me though :'(
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sat on my garden swing early this morning and watched the robins gathering up supplies to build their nests.
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Robins are :viking:
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:zombiefuck: shocked at madonna
the 'dark horse'
heard her 'erotica' record on the radio today, and i never knew about
her and Bill Oddy - remember him - the hairy birdwatcher and good all rounder
Goodie from the seventies british comedy 'The Goodies
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/imagesCAX3929S.jpg?t=1302730779)'
:o
i actually listened to her lyrics today, and the brazen madge clearly sings
"bill oddy, bill oddy, put your hands all over my body"
:zoinks: :zoinks: :zoinks:
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Bill Oddy is :viking:
Madonna is :viking:
Putting hands all over her body is :viking:
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Working for my old Landlord this week. The one with the ass crack. We call her the Yard Whale. I'm telling everybody I got a job at Marine Land and they think i'm nuts and out of my tree.
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cbc and I are often on the same threads at the same time.
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cbc and I are often on the same threads at the same time.
And yet I have never seen you both in chat at the same time. Hmmmmm :tinfoil: :tinfoil: :tinfoil:
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cbc and I are often on the same threads at the same time.
I instinctively go where Your Majesty is! I just wobble after you in case there is anything you need! :snowman:
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The house at the end of the street has some kind of legal notice posted in the front yard
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The house at the end of the street has some kind of legal notice posted in the front yard
What kind of people are the occupants? Do they have any dodgy stuff going on there? :police:
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The house at the end of the street has some kind of legal notice posted in the front yard
Well, obviously you must go read it and report back to us :police:
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The house at the end of the street has some kind of legal notice posted in the front yard
Well, obviously you must go read it and report back to us :police:
Yes, maybe the house has been foreclosed, or condemned by the Board of Health due to unsafe conditions! :orly:
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Foreclose I am pretty sure. It's my son's ex girlfriends house. I think they had this happen before but came up with the money at the last minute.
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Foreclose I am pretty sure. It's my son's ex girlfriends house. I think they had this happen before but came up with the money at the last minute.
That is sad, I hope they have somewhere else to go now. I'm lucky that if my rent gets too high I can move in with my brother. :-\
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Don't ever get your details known to the scientology church.
There's an address in my area, and over 20 years after this person left, there is still mail for this person, from different departments of the scientologists.
Once or twice a WEEK. :zombiefuck: For over 20 years it has been sent back, and it still keeps coming. :santa:
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Don't ever get your details known to the scientology church.
There's an address in my area, and over 20 years after this person left, there is still mail for this person, from different departments of the scientologists.
Once or twice a WEEK. :zombiefuck: For over 20 years it has been sent back, and it still keeps coming. :santa:
They never give up, do they?! That's very scary. :zombiefuck:
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The sign is gone from the yard at the end of the street
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There ain't much meat on a parakeet.
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Lol.
:snowman:
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There ain't much meat on a parakeet.
If someone on the internet claims to not be a parakeet, that person will automatically grow fat. :zoinks:
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Went for a walk near the creek today and found two squirrels mating
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Squirrels are :viking:
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Gawd i wish i was only 4 years old
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General replies:
Bodaccea - Move to New Orleans. Almost everyone is Sugar, Baby, Darling. But NEVER Cher (that's for Lafayette and area.)
Odeon - Did they take out the mining equipment and sweep the salt from the mine before they took the pictures?
Parts - That's not a nightstick up their ass. They have major chafing from the motorcycle and are afraid to bend.
No, they wanted that gritty and realistic look.
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Saw a phone and a car speaker flattened in the road
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Today (well, it was yesterday since 37 minutes now) I left what was left of a pistolet/crusty bread roll with strawberries on it near the safe haven of earlier mentioned mice in my garden and saw one drag it under the plant a little later. (Safe haven is the poppy plant in the garden)
I really love those little observations..
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Today (well, it was yesterday since 37 minutes now) I left what was left of a pistolet/crusty bread roll with strawberries on it near the safe haven of earlier mentioned mice in my garden and saw one drag it under the plant a little later. (Safe haven is the poppy plant in the garden)
I really love those little observations..
Mouse whisperer of the aspie elite.
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^ Um, 'he who tends to bewhisper all animals'. :green:
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^ Um, 'he who tends to bewhisper all animals'. :green:
That ^^^ or something relating to your cooking skills. :thumbup:
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Bodaccea is still asleep. :zzz:
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I'm alone in the house.
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
Who are they, some Swedish monsters who hang around almost-empty houses causing trouble?
Any relation to the :moomin: ?
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Characters in the Moomin series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_in_the_Moomin_series)
They have a bit different names in English, though. Mårran is the Groke, for instance. :toporly:
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
:rofl:
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The weather is nice, my son is napping and my wife went out jogging. In afternoon of solitude and writing await :thumbup:
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
:rofl:
???
Sweedoosh peepool ore veerd. Bork! Bork! Bork!
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
:rofl:
???
Sweedoosh peepool ore veerd. Bork! Bork! Bork!
Sorry, we'd let you in on it but then we'd have to kill you.
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
Who are they, some Swedish monsters who hang around almost-empty houses causing trouble?
Any relation to the :moomin: ?
:lol: :plus:
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Beware of Stinky, Mårran and the Hattifnatts, though! :orly:
:rofl:
???
Sweedoosh peepool ore veerd. Bork! Bork! Bork!
Sorry, we'd let you in on it but then we'd have to kill you.
:agreed: :viking:
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I now prefer weekdays to weekends. Must be the predictable routine that Monday-Friday brings. :autism:
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Never taking hot, running water for granted ever again.
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Never taking hot, running water for granted ever again.
Boiler is fixed? Yay! Enjoy a hot bath or shower! :bath:
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Never taking hot, running water for granted ever again.
Boiler is fixed? Yay! Enjoy a hot bath or shower! :bath:
It isn't :(
My mum said that tomorrow they are meant to call her though. Since apparently they need 4 new parts for the boiler but only one of them is necessary for hot water, so my mum is gonna try and get them to install the one part tomorrow. If that fails, then we may have to wait till Thursday to get the thing fixed :-\
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There are some fucking huge potholes near my house
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There are some fucking huge potholes near my house
Near mine, too. If I walk over the bridge near my house on a rainly day, I have to hold my umbrella sideways, because
every time a car drives through a pothole on the other side of the bridge, a wave of water comes over and splashes me! :zombiefuck:
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I passed a couple today the town had put traffic cones in they were about 8 inches deep and 2 feet across
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I passed a couple today the town had put traffic cones in they were about 8 inches deep and 2 feet across
I love it when the city puts the official Department of Public Works cone or sawhorse over a problem area! :autism:
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My son destroyed a tire and rim on one last week
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My son destroyed a tire and rim on one last week
Yeah, a guy blew a tire in one as I was walking home from my former evening job last year. :thumbdn:
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There is not a single cloud in the sky at the moment.
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There is not a single cloud in the sky at the moment.
Here too first time in a couple weeks
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^
Um, Holland experiences a record breaking spring this year. The season's still here of course but it's going to top previous 'most sun-hours' ever (since records made) and 'driest' springtime too I think.
Well, we'll see of course.. still 26 days 'till summer begins.
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^
Um, Holland experiences a record breaking spring this year. The season's still here of course but it's going to top previous 'most sun-hours' ever (since records made) and 'driest' springtime too I think.
Well, we'll see of course.. still 26 days 'till summer begins.
I want to visit Benelux sometime.
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^
There are some nice places to visit in the 3 countries. Belgium's Ghent is a beautiful city. Luxembourg is cool too.
Well, lots of things one could see in the Benelux of course. Most will understand you perfectly well when using English also. (which can be a plus)
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I can smell the quite big heathland fire that's been going on at the Kalmthoutse Heide p/m 20 kms southwards from where I reside via my open attic window at the moment. Fire started last Wednesday midday and think Friday morning's (today's thus) rain is going to stop it altogether luckily.
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Our CEO had a new jacket.
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They paved Bic Drive
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We had 15 mm of RAIN this Friday.
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I met my Jag repairman at the pharmacy.
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There's this dude living across from where I live and he's making some sort of wooden fence. Well, looking out of my attic window I can see what he's doing and must say.. it all looks kinda wonky now (but he hasn't finished so maybe it'll improve).
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Lots of birds singing this morning
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Die-hard Jehova Witnesses still do exist.
They dropped a bus of zealots in the village again. And I had a woman at my doorstep of the type I thought had gone extinct. Think the other one with her even was embarrassed by it. :lol:
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Had some nice lightning so far today
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Die-hard Jehova Witnesses still do exist.
They dropped a bus of zealots in the village again. And I had a woman at my doorstep of the type I thought had gone extinct. Think the other one with her even was embarrassed by it. :lol:
Here we go :P
(http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt25/psb557/ALTAR_5998.jpg)
:LMAO:
Is that really yours??
I thought Satan worshiping was just something that atheists did to piss off christians. :laugh:
Nah :laugh:
I do like that pentagram though. I might get one to hang on my future front door, for the Jehovah's Witnesses :zoinks:
:idea:
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That max will jump out the van window when it's parked
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That max will jump out the van window when it's parked
Where does he go? Does he take off running, or does he just want to follow you around? :heart:
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That max will jump out the van window when it's parked
Where does he go? Does he take off running, or does he just want to follow you around? :heart:
Yesterday he jumped out while I was inside a customers house when I came out he was trying to get back in. He isn't a take off running type of dog he sticks around
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That max will jump out the van window when it's parked
Where does he go? Does he take off running, or does he just want to follow you around? :heart:
Yesterday he jumped out while I was inside a customers house when I came out he was trying to get back in. He isn't a take off running type of dog he sticks around
Awww, he's loyal then. *imagines huge Max trying to get back into the van through the window* :heart:
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I had the kind of dog that always took off for the sheer fun of it. He would run for a few blocks, realise that nobody was following and simply wait on the spot.
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The cats are up and about more than usual
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The cats are up and about more than usual
Maybe the weather has them on edge. Are you having thunderstorms where you are? :orly:
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The cats are up and about more than usual
Maybe the weather has them on edge. Are you having thunderstorms where you are? :orly:
Lots of them last night mostly in the distance.
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Just being in the rain, feeling it caress you, cleanse the worries of life, being a kid running is awesome.
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The cats are up and about more than usual
Fleas?
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Being completely desensitised comes in handy, when registering a migraine.
Being de-sensitised is stopping now. I hurt quite bad. :P
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Being completely desensitised comes in handy, when registering a migraine.
Being de-sensitised is stopping now. I hurt quite bad. :P
My sympathies. I have one myself, right now.
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tying down ladders on a van is completely different than on a pick up
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Being completely desensitised comes in handy, when registering a migraine.
Being de-sensitised is stopping now. I hurt quite bad. :P
My sympathies. I have one myself, right now.
Hope it will pass quicker than mine.
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Everyone's shit stinks
just some happen to stink like Yves Saint Laurent
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Being completely desensitised comes in handy, when registering a migraine.
Being de-sensitised is stopping now. I hurt quite bad. :P
My sympathies. I have one myself, right now.
Hope it will pass quicker than mine.
I can still feel the aftermath.
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Being completely desensitised comes in handy, when registering a migraine.
Being de-sensitised is stopping now. I hurt quite bad. :P
My sympathies. I have one myself, right now.
Hope it will pass quicker than mine.
I can still feel the aftermath.
Mine is finally disappearing. Aftermath will be tomorrow I think.
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Lots of drivers talking on their phones illegally today on my trip home
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Parenting can be a tough job. Sometimes I just long for a break.
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Tuna is amazingly filling, especially when mixed with delicious tartar sauce! :2thumbsup:
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The people at the scrap yard where far more annoying than usual
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The day turned out to be a rather interesting day, could be better personally though... Maybe I should have came earlier?
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I wasn't the first to spill coffee on the steps at the coffee shop.
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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing may not agree with my tummy. Oh, well.
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I went to the grocery store to buy a few things, and there were 2 young girls in line behind me with who I assume is their father. I would say the girls were probably 11 or so years old. They kept bumping into me, crowding me, slammed my cart. Tried to skip line.
I shot a nasty look at the dad and he said " kids" and chuckled.
Yeah. Kids. Just wait till she is 16 and you cant control her cause you think they are too cute to be disciplined now.
Most people should be sterilized.
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At least one of my cats knows how to kill.
I wondered if they knew how to do it, or if they would never have learned how to do it, and slowly torture a prey to death.
Glad to know Sirius is a killing machine. It's over and done with within a second.
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Max is very jumpy today
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The Blu-Ray player wants to update its firmware again.
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There was a guy in a small pick up truck in front of me yesterday at a light and his truck bed was filled with bags of welks :zombiefuck:
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Saw a green parked XK when I picked up my Jag from the repair shop.
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Bizarre how well a common qwerty-keyboard works considering in what order the letters are 'spread around' on it.
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The brown rings around my pupils seem to have receded lately, especially in my left eye. They are smaller and fading to yellow. :thumbup:
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The tide in the river was extremely low this morning when I stopped to look at the birds
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A watched internet never entertains. :jaded:
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Someone on WP has a short quote about religion as her signature that I expressed, in yeah, a more philosophical manner, earlier. This, a couple of times mentioned by me, and very much so 'a thing' I believe is true, like in right as rain..... Not sure if the line is totally genuine or tot. original though. Um, bet a writer a/o philosopher expressed the same thing in other wording before (just not aware of it) but, tjah.. cool I say.. in the sense that it's a hint to be more sceptical and not per se believe what's been told to you previously and/or repeatedly mentioned earlier in life.. is true.
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the little girl down the street has suddenly gone through puberty overnight and now has a boyfriend. I could have sworn she was 8 years old last week, now she's really tall and has curves. :orly:
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The blackbird (Turdus merula) in my garden/the neighbourhood starts singing before 5 o'clock in the morning and continues doing so for almost the whole day the last couple of days. Very creative and funny chap.
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The male resident of the house has made it home for the night again. As usual he came up to the door really slow, and decided he was unable to walk any further. Lazy bum he is. Had to carry him in again.
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People see to be driving very poorly today
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the little girl down the street has suddenly gone through puberty overnight and now has a boyfriend. I could have sworn she was 8 years old last week, now she's really tall and has curves. :orly:
I would imagine a lot of the neighbors would have said the same about you.
PS. Welcome to the bottom of the OverTheHill Gang. ;)
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Half an hour ago a large truck ripped a big branch of a tree that hang over the road here. Huge 'crack' I heard from the breaking of wood and the fucker trucker just drove on leaving the branch laying there making it unsafe for other traffic. An across the street neighbour is now sawing the mess left into smaller pieces and making the road clear for others to be able to drive there again. The arsehole truck driver also damaged a road sign.
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The male resident of the house has made it home for the night again. As usual he came up to the door really slow, and decided he was unable to walk any further. Lazy bum he is. Had to carry him in again.
Awww, carrying a big plush black cat sounds wonderful. :heart:
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The male resident of the house has made it home for the night again. As usual he came up to the door really slow, and decided he was unable to walk any further. Lazy bum he is. Had to carry him in again.
Awww, carrying a big plush black cat sounds wonderful. :heart:
He's such a player.
He just collapses in front of my feet at night. Maybe softly miauwing, maybe not even that.
Then I lift him up, and carry him over my shoulder. Instantaneously, he'll start purring.
And, once inside, he'll be doing the awkward socialising with Luna, or he'll start frantically chasing fake mice or pieces of paper. :laugh:
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He's such a player.
He just collapses in front of my feet at night. Maybe softly miauwing, maybe not even that.
Then I lift him up, and carry him over my shoulder. Instantaneously, he'll start purring.
I can say the same things about a boy I know. I met him a week ago and trying not to go apeshit yet. He's aspie, yes I met an aspie. and tiny, and very submissive. And I think he might be a genius too.
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Norway doesn't seem to believe in two-lane roads.
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I need to make something to eat. its lunchtime
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I only saw two Jags on the road in Norway.
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when i go down on him his legs shake a bit. its cute
still cant get over how tiny he is 57k/115 thats all. I hit the jackpot. I can pick him up and carry him a little
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People get VERY MAD when their car gets towed
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It is about 8:30 on a Thursday evening.
75 degrees with a thunderstorm rolling overhead.
We are getting much needed rain.
A good Carolina rain...it is falling straight down :headbang2:
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There's a PC game based on the US 2008 election.
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A crying, shouting child means storm clouds have arrived.
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A crying, shouting child means storm clouds have arrived.
Two crying, shouting children means an argument is getting heated. (observation of a few days old, and of many a day before.... :asthing:)
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A crying, shouting child means storm clouds have arrived.
Two crying, shouting children means an argument is getting heated. (observation of a few days old, and of many a day before.... :asthing:)
Also true.
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I saw a osprey fly over my house with a rather large fish I only live about .5 miles from the beach but where was that bird going
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Ahhh...Southern Connecticut!
I miss Groton and Gales Ferry. Mystic too.
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Chores don't do themselves, but I wish they did.
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Construction always seems to be an all or nothing type of job. You are either sitting home with nothing to do or your never home
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I went to the grocery store to buy a few things, and there were 2 young girls in line behind me with who I assume is their father. I would say the girls were probably 11 or so years old. They kept bumping into me, crowding me, slammed my cart. Tried to skip line.
I shot a nasty look at the dad and he said " kids" and chuckled.
Yeah. Kids. Just wait till she is 16 and you cant control her cause you think they are too cute to be disciplined now.
Most people should be sterilized.
He should at the very least told them to cut it out. If they wouldn't, then made sure they didn't get any treats. In a few years time they will probably be juvenile delinquents and he will wonder what he ever did to deserve it!
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Lots of dirt on the roads from last nights flooding
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Most people seem to be back from their holidays, meaning that their cars are back, too. >:(
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Another dead mouse was left as a gift from my cat on the lawn :zombiefuck:
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People are nice. The Princess Royal had a seizure in Sams today. A clerk stood asked if he could help and stayed with us until it was over. He offered to get a wheelchair for her. He and another clerk helped her into the wheelchair when she had stopped seizing. After I checked out another shopper offered to wheel her to the car when she saw I was pushing the cart and pulling the wheelchair. There are nice people in the world.
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^Restores some of my faith in humanity.
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The deer near where I was working today are very tame, I was able to get within a few feet of them when I walked around behind the house
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Photo117.jpg)
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The deer near where I was working today are very tame, I was able to get within a few feet of them when I walked around behind the house
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Photo117.jpg)
Beautiful. 8)
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Right now there are so many guests online that the Who's Online list runs onto a second page. :tinfoil:
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Having your daughter watch your gynecological exam 4 years ago doesn't mean she'll remember much when she announces that Mom isn't welcome in the room, she's going to be independent. You could hear her yelps down the hall. I know it's cruel, but I couldn't help from laughing. Don't worry, she's okay and there's no lasting trauma. This is the doc who delivered her. He said she did fine for a first exam.
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Having your daughter watch your gynecological exam 4 years ago doesn't mean she'll remember much when she announces that Mom isn't welcome in the room, she's going to be independent. You could hear her yelps down the hall. I know it's cruel, but I couldn't help from laughing. Don't worry, she's okay and there's no lasting trauma. This is the doc who delivered her. He said she did fine for a first exam.
First one freaks everyone out somewhat I think. Glad she got through it okay. ;)
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Lots of people out walking and running, in spite of the lousy weather.
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I will never be aloud to sleep in for probably another 13 years.
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I will never be aloud to sleep in for probably another 13 years.
Wishing you silence and a good night sleep before the kids are all grown up.
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People are driving like lunatics today
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stinky armpits.
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girl on the bus was very nice
she got off like one stop after I got on tho
don't think it was related to me getting on tho
:tinfoil:
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The members of I2 are really funny today.
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Dumbo has some racist bullshit in it!!! :thumbdn:
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I don't recall anything like that in Dumbo?
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I don't recall anything like that in Dumbo?
The crows/blackbirds near the end. Remember that Dumbo was made in 1941, it's 70 years old. That wasn't considered racist or stereotypical then.
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When it's your birthday a slice of cake (with a cherry on top) appears next to your age in your profile. How did they know it's my birthday?
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When it's your birthday a slice of cake (with a cherry on top) appears next to your age in your profile. How did they know it's my birthday?
Because you put your birthday in your profile, so it's logged on the site calendar. The cake is cute.
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SMF is some pretty cool software.
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When it's your birthday a slice of cake (with a cherry on top) appears next to your age in your profile. How did they know it's my birthday?
You must have filled it in on a form when you registered. Isn't the cake nice? :snowman:
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Cuts on your tongue bleed a lot
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Cuts on your tongue bleed a lot
Luckily they heal quickly.
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Cuts on your tongue bleed a lot
Luckily they heal quickly.
But they annoy the hell out of you while they do.
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Our DSL line is down.
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Our DSL line is down.
how are you connecting to the internets ? OOOH, right. brain waves.
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Just noticed there is a wiki on my little neighborhood :D :D :D :D
goddamn, there is a wiki for everything
even added a nice picture
can you tell it is the ghetto ? It is :)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Washington%2CPA_6.JPG/800px-Washington%2CPA_6.JPG)
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Downtown was filled with trash after yesterdays celebrations
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Downtown was filled with trash after yesterdays celebrations
People are slobs. I'm a slob too, but at least I don't litter in public space. :thumbdn:
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Downtown was filled with trash after yesterdays celebrations
People are slobs. I'm a slob too, but at least I don't litter in public space. :thumbdn:
It was the big one day Oyster Festival ( http://www.milfordoysterfestival.com/ (http://www.milfordoysterfestival.com/) )
It's like this every year. I don't go too many people many are drunk and obnoxious.
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sex = sex
sex + laughter = love
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sex = sex
sex + laughter = love
sex + laughter can also be really really kinky, if you're into humilation
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sex + pain = an encounter with eris
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Lots of road work around town today
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Our DSL line is down.
how are you connecting to the internets ? OOOH, right. brain waves.
:tinfoil: :P
I have mobile interwebz, too.
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Riding a bike in the night requires looking out for toads. They really love this weather, and I had to zig-zag last night.
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business is slow
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business is slow
Open a Dunkin Donut shop. Trigger11 will keep you rolling in dough :facepalm2:
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It is easy to get a prescription these days.
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Don't try to take metallic objects into a Consulate of China. :thumbdn:
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They are way too panicky here about Hurricane Irene.
::)
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Best Buy does not open till 10am
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Hurricane Hints
Stock up on foods that don't need cooking or refrigeration. Have a manual can opener and a church key (even if you're an atheist.)
Use a wastebasket lined with a plastic shopping bag from the grocery and lined with a couple of pieces of paper towel as a toilet. Sometimes the water plants don't provide water.
Be careful with candles. The fire department will probably not come out in 60MPH+ winds to put out your fire.
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Hurricane Hints
Stock up on foods that don't need cooking or refrigeration. Have a manual can opener and a church key (even if you're an atheist.)
Use a wastebasket lined with a plastic shopping bag from the grocery and lined with a couple of pieces of paper towel as a toilet. Sometimes the water plants don't provide water.
Be careful with candles. The fire department will probably not come out in 60MPH+ winds to put out your fire.
forgot to add.....get out of the way if possible
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Hurricane Hints
Stock up on foods that don't need cooking or refrigeration. Have a manual can opener and a church key (even if you're an atheist.)
Use a wastebasket lined with a plastic shopping bag from the grocery and lined with a couple of pieces of paper towel as a toilet. Sometimes the water plants don't provide water.
Be careful with candles. The fire department will probably not come out in 60MPH+ winds to put out your fire.
forgot to add.....get out of the way if possible
Agreed. Remember the evacuation fiasco that was Houston for Rita? 8 hours into the evacuation some people hadn't gone 10 miles. If you start now you may be able to get far enough away or at least a decent hotel room about 6 hours inland in regular drive time. Anything closer is iffy. It may well be impossible to evacuate NY, because so few people have cars. The rest of the areas should do okay.
If in doubt, scoot out.
My experience comes from Carla in Houston, Betsy, Georges, Katrina and Rita in New Orleans.
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I am a Hurricane, University of Miami Alum, and survived Andrew. I have also been through many, many more, but much weaker ones having lived my entire life on the East Coast. Irene, unless the path changes, will not slam into here like that one 3-5 years ago.
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Whiteboards are fragile.
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People are way too worried about the hurricane and are going nuts even here in CT
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They've changed the name of the soap I use. I fucking HATE change.
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They've changed the name of the soap I use. I fucking HATE change.
Changing the name is better than changing the soap
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Change can be good. Change can bring excitement to my life.
Ive never umderstood why so many aspies hate change.
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Change clearly announced beforehand I'll manage but unannounced, not made clear as of why, change I hate too. Not sure about the mechanism behind it. Loss of, suppose to have, control? Increase of insecurity again? 'Hard' to regain or finding new balance? It excites too much?
Dunno. Maybe others have a clearer view on auties disliking change (in general).
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I tend to fall into rythms, like doing the same things every day. It gets boring.
I love it when something unexpected comes along and knocks me out of my dull rhythm.
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Yes, change isn't a bad thing per se but I'm a (dull) rhythm kinda chap and unexpected surprises..
Well, it depends. Meeting someone whilst out, invited them for a cup of coffee, can be cool/nice but *ding dong* (= unexpected doorbell) and me not having had my shower yet a/o cleaned my teeth, looking like I just fell out of bed (at 2 in the afternoon) is something I don't like that much.
Do like 'my' logical rhythm I tend to follow most of the time. Dull? Yeah, maybe. Don't mind much though. Like the ease it brings, I think.
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Unexpected change IS a bad thing. What kind of spazz are you?
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Unexpected change IS a bad thing. What kind of spazz are you?
:laugh:
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This is one of Bowie's finest recordings ever. It never received any airplay in the 1970s. Fucking bozos were too busy playing Boston over and over at that time. :thumbdn:
Wild is the Wind - David Bowie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cSAKlu0OlU#)
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Unexpected change IS a bad thing. What kind of spazz are you?
A spazz that happens to be normal. :autism:
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Today I lost about (dunno exactly) 100 channels to watch on my telly. It was the end of my free-trial period after changing to a digital provider a couple of weeks ago.
Still not sure if I should take a broader package of channels.
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Today I lost about (dunno exactly) 100 channels to watch on my telly. It was the end of my free-trial period after changing to a digital provider a couple of weeks ago.
Still not sure if I should take a broader package of channels.
Out of all the channels I have 90% of the time I am watching 1 out of 4 channels with about 3 or 4 others being watched the remaining 10% of the time.
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^ Meaning there's no real need to have > 150 channels? If so, I agree. Too much crap on the telly as it is.
Well, going to try this 'small' basic package for a while and maybe if I miss it much I'll extend the package with some science, nature and news channels (English/US 'based' mostly) later on.
Um, doubt I will.
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My town is run by morons
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We have a few dozen channels to choose from. I wonder if anyone actually watches every one of them regularly.
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lol, look what I found on the internets
(http://www.visit4ads.com/sitecontent/LG/fullZZZZZZPRW060908165631PIC.jpg)
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:plus:
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(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/Dragonwindspirit/funny-pictures-kitten-does-not-know.jpg)
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Max likes to eat oatmeal :dunno:
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Max likes to eat oatmeal :dunno:
This will end up in an interesting thread on the digestive tract of dogs.
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The neighbour cat almost succeeds in stealing clothes-pegs from my full washing line now. He'll be able to do that in a week from now I think.
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The neighbour cat almost succeeds in stealing clothes-pegs from my full washing line now. He'll be able to do that in a week from now I think.
You could be deviously cruel and tie a few of the easily reached ones to the line.
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Lots of idiots on the road today.
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Lots of idiots on the road today.
Thank heavens CBC, Hyke, Soph and the rest don't drive or you might have insulted them.
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Lots of idiots on the road today.
Thank heavens CBC, Hyke, Soph and the rest don't drive or you might have insulted them.
Queen- bicycle race with lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97_UaymsM2Y#)
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The early signs of premature greying can be found in the state of cleavage skin.
(heard that on Tommyteleshopping)
:LMAO:
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Dam the new recycling truck is loud
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Girl has a new stim.
It's the same one my great aunt had.
Pondering on whether the shape of a stim can be hereditary.
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People are idiots.
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No shit.
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Really.
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Lettuce with salad dressing does not feel good in cleavage.
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I'll try to keep that in mind.
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I'll try to keep that in mind.
Please do.
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I'll try to keep that in mind.
Please do.
It's one of I2's great advantages--we cover a lot of ground.
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I'll try to keep that in mind.
Please do.
It's one of I2's great advantages--we cover a lot of ground.
It is a bit disrespectful to speak of her Majesty's bosom as "a lot of ground".
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I'll try to keep that in mind.
Please do.
It's one of I2's great advantages--we cover a lot of ground.
It is a bit disrespectful to speak of her Majesty's bosom as "a lot of ground".
Indeed. I refer to it as The Great Continental Shelf.
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People really need to put numbers on their houses if they want people to find them. Also they need clearly visible street signs not some illegible half missing letters nailed to a tree
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Thing are going well. What's wrong?
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the world looks rosy today :LOL:
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If a toothache is neglected long enough, the pain can travel to other teeth and even
to the nearest EAR. :zombiefuck: ))))
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No kid ya. Today I saw a wasp queen fly through the open Velux window, into my attic and back out again. Bizarre, cos it's November 4.
Well, explanation is that it's quite warm here for the last week or so.. and this after a couple of nights of frost before that.. think insects (other animals) have a sense Spring's already here. Pfff, silly animals. :zoink:
Don't they have a calendar or read a newspaper or suttin'. :tard:
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It's supposed to be warmer still tomorrow. 15C. :o
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People really need to put numbers on their houses if they want people to find them. Also they need clearly visible street signs not some illegible half missing letters nailed to a tree
:agreed:
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I always seem to get a call when I am using my phone
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I always seem to get a call when I am using my phone
Uh, isn't that the point of using the phone? :autism: :laugh:
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was gonna get pissed on on tonight, plans changed
so, im going to go watch porn and get familiar with myself. It is now 10:40 pm. i'll check back in when I'm done. I wonder how long this is gonna take ...
:D
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I always seem to get a call when I am using my phone
I can remember the olden days when you'd get a call when you were in the bathtub.
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I always seem to get a call when I am using my phone
I can remember the olden days when you'd get a call when you were in the bathtub.
Nobody ever called me when I was in the bathtub. :emosad:
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
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2 hours 40 minutes
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
Oh dear. I hope at least you get a few laughs, this guy sounds a little flaky. :facepalm2:
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
Oh dear. I hope at least you get a few laughs, this guy sounds a little flaky. :facepalm2:
Hey at least he called. Things went ok. Wasn't a totally awkward few hours but I dunno what happens now :-\
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
Oh dear. I hope at least you get a few laughs, this guy sounds a little flaky. :facepalm2:
Hey at least he called. Things went ok. Wasn't a totally awkward few hours but I dunno what happens now :-\
At least your date didn't go as badly as this first date I once read about, apparently a
true story: The guy showed up at the girl's house on foot and said, "It's such a nice day,
let's walk to the restaurant!" So they set out and of course it started pouring and they
got soaked. At the restaurant the guy said, "Let's split an entree," then the girl rented
a movie and bought some microwave popcorn (I think the guy was out of money)
and they watched the movie at her place, and then the guy asked for a ride home! :rofl:
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
Oh dear. I hope at least you get a few laughs, this guy sounds a little flaky. :facepalm2:
Hey at least he called. Things went ok. Wasn't a totally awkward few hours but I dunno what happens now :-\
At least your date didn't go as badly as this first date I once read about, apparently a
true story: The guy showed up at the girl's house on foot and said, "It's such a nice day,
let's walk to the restaurant!" So they set out and of course it started pouring and they
got soaked. At the restaurant the guy said, "Let's split an entree," then the girl rented
a movie and bought some microwave popcorn (I think they guy was out of money)
and they watched the movie at her place, and then the guy asked for a ride home! :rofl:
Geebuz! I think I'd be calling a taxi outta that disaster as soon as I got to the restaurant. I hope the girl was wearing comfortable shoes :blonde:
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He just called and said he's gonna be 1/2 hour late. He sounds rather similar to the other Josh on the phone... :eyebrow:
Oh dear. I hope at least you get a few laughs, this guy sounds a little flaky. :facepalm2:
Hey at least he called. Things went ok. Wasn't a totally awkward few hours but I dunno what happens now :-\
At least your date didn't go as badly as this first date I once read about, apparently a
true story: The guy showed up at the girl's house on foot and said, "It's such a nice day,
let's walk to the restaurant!" So they set out and of course it started pouring and they
got soaked. At the restaurant the guy said, "Let's split an entree," then the girl rented
a movie and bought some microwave popcorn (I think the guy was out of money)
and they watched the movie at her place, and then the guy asked for a ride home! :rofl:
Geebuz! I think I'd be calling a taxi outta that disaster as soon as I got to the restaurant. I hope the girl was wearing comfortable shoes :blonde:
I know, doesn't it sound awful? But it does make a great funny story! :laugh:
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Depending on how far the guy was willing to walk just to spend time with her; maybe a little flattering.
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Depending on how far the guy was willing to walk just to spend time with her; maybe a little flattering.
That's a point to consider. My problem with the guy is that he should have
been a better host. He asked her out and then inconvenienced her and let her
go hungry (a capital crime in MY book! :laugh: ) because he was unprepared
and broke. Next time perhaps he did better.
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
Yes, especially with someone new who might exhibit creepy behavior. :hide:
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
Yes, especially with someone new who might exhibit creepy behavior. :hide:
(http://[url=http://deepconceal.com/images/standard_blank.jpg]http://deepconceal.com/images/standard_blank.jpg[/url])
:2thumbsup:
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
Yes, especially with someone new who might exhibit creepy behavior. :hide:
http://deepconceal.com/images/standard_blank.jpg
:2thumbsup:
Oh hell yeah, that's what I'd want! I wonder if a P239 would fit in it? :chin:
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Looks like I got a football game to watch at 1615.
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Have I mentioned how much I love Anbesol? Shall I mention it again? :autism:
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Have I mentioned how much I love Anbesol? Shall I mention it again? :autism:
no, I don't think you have. Please do if it makes you feel better.
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Have I mentioned how much I love Anbesol? Shall I mention it again? :autism:
no, I don't think you have. Please do if it makes you feel better.
Very well, I LOVE ANBESOL! Thank you! :roses:
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When I've been twirling my hair a lot, as I like to do, I look like a troll doll! :laugh:
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Have I mentioned how much I love Anbesol? Shall I mention it again? :autism:
no, I don't think you have. Please do if it makes you feel better.
Very well, I LOVE ANBESOL! Thank you! :roses:
But, be aware: Over-application of oral anesthetics such as Anbesol can increase the risk of pulmonary aspiration by relaxing the gag-reflex and allowing regurgitated stomach contents or oral secretions to enter the airway. Applying an oral anesthetic and consuming beverages before going to bed can be particularly hazardous. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified healthcare professionals and patients that FDA continues to receive reports of methemoglobinemia, a serious and potentially fatal adverse effect, associated with benzocaine products.
And because I knew you'd ask:
Methemoglobinemia (or methaemoglobinaemia) is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin (metHb) in the blood. Methemoglobin is an oxidized form of hemoglobin that has an increased affinity for oxygen, resulting in a reduced ability to release oxygen to tissues
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The cat has taken to sleeping in the dogs kennel
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Have I mentioned how much I love Anbesol? Shall I mention it again? :autism:
no, I don't think you have. Please do if it makes you feel better.
Very well, I LOVE ANBESOL! Thank you! :roses:
But, be aware: Over-application of oral anesthetics such as Anbesol can increase the risk of pulmonary aspiration by relaxing the gag-reflex and allowing regurgitated stomach contents or oral secretions to enter the airway. Applying an oral anesthetic and consuming beverages before going to bed can be particularly hazardous. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified healthcare professionals and patients that FDA continues to receive reports of methemoglobinemia, a serious and potentially fatal adverse effect, associated with benzocaine products.
And because I knew you'd ask:
Methemoglobinemia (or methaemoglobinaemia) is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin (metHb) in the blood. Methemoglobin is an oxidized form of hemoglobin that has an increased affinity for oxygen, resulting in a reduced ability to release oxygen to tissues
Oh shit! :zombiefuck:
Well, after tomorrow I will know more, and in a few days the problem should be solved.
Thank you for telling me, I hope my very short-term use of Anbesol hasn't hurt me. :orly:
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:santa:
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
Yes, especially with someone new who might exhibit creepy behavior. :hide:
http://deepconceal.com/images/standard_blank.jpg
:2thumbsup:
Oh hell yeah, that's what I'd want! I wonder if a P239 would fit in it? :chin:
Took me a minute and a half to notice the gun.
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My van drives better when loaded and pulling a heavy trailer
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Yes, should have been forthright about finances, though a woman should always be prepared to take care of herself on a date.
Yes, especially with someone new who might exhibit creepy behavior. :hide:
http://deepconceal.com/images/standard_blank.jpg
:2thumbsup:
Oh hell yeah, that's what I'd want! I wonder if a P239 would fit in it? :chin:
Took me a minute and a half to notice the gun.
That's because it's under ... DEEP CONCEAL! :thumbup:
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The house I was working on had tons of dry rot some so bad I could break the sheathing with my hands
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The grocery store is a good place to meet members of the opposite sex.
However, women do not want to be chatted up by a man wielding a heavy-duty toilet plunger.
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Its almost time for me to leave.
I cant believe i've been this well behaved for my father, I guess if your the last sane individual in your household, you got no choice!! :blonde:
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My right wrist was X-rayed today and it turns out all the bones and joints look good.
It's possible there is something "loose" in there causing the temporary dislocations
(or subluxations, to be more precise :nerdy:), but it doesn't show up on X-rays.
There is no need for intervention unless the problem recurs or worsens.
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That's good news. :)
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That's good news. :)
Thank you, yes it is. I'm glad the wrist is sound. :)
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That's good news. :)
Thank you, yes it is. I'm glad the wrist is sound. :)
You can wrist assured of that. :zoinks:
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My right wrist was X-rayed today and it turns out all the bones and joints look good.
It's possible there is something "loose" in there causing the temporary dislocations
(or subluxations, to be more precise :nerdy:), but it doesn't show up on X-rays.
There is no need for intervention unless the problem recurs or worsens.
That's good news. Having hands not properly working is a nuisance.
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There were some gigantic puddles on the was home today, some over six inches deep
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My right wrist was X-rayed today and it turns out all the bones and joints look good.
It's possible there is something "loose" in there causing the temporary dislocations
(or subluxations, to be more precise :nerdy:), but it doesn't show up on X-rays.
There is no need for intervention unless the problem recurs or worsens.
Will you be modifying your motions at work to keep from subluxating it?
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My right wrist was X-rayed today and it turns out all the bones and joints look good.
It's possible there is something "loose" in there causing the temporary dislocations
(or subluxations, to be more precise :nerdy:), but it doesn't show up on X-rays.
There is no need for intervention unless the problem recurs or worsens.
Will you be modifying your motions at work to keep from subluxating it?
If I can figure out anything that works, yes, but lately it happens much less. :crossed:
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John Vernon was a great supporting actor.
My right wrist was X-rayed today and it turns out all the bones and joints look good.
It's possible there is something "loose" in there causing the temporary dislocations
(or subluxations, to be more precise :nerdy:), but it doesn't show up on X-rays.
There is no need for intervention unless the problem recurs or worsens.
Will you be modifying your motions at work to keep from subluxating it?
If I can figure out anything that works, yes, but lately it happens much less. :crossed:
I doubt that crossing your fingers will desubluxate your wrist. ::)
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I don't have any random observations. :P
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my fucking dad. i'm actually sad to say, I'm his offspring. why do idiots have the right to reproduce?
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Cos otherwise there would hardly be anyone left to pay taxes and stuff.
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I see. :laugh:
In all reality though, some people should be made sterile. I dont care if its xenophobic
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I don't see why, considering how we often elect said idiots as our leaders.
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Only awile longer, then no more.
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Marley in getting fat
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Marley in getting fat
Me too. She and I can be diet buddies! :viking:
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Marley in getting fat
Me too. She and I can be diet buddies! :viking:
She is on a strict dry dog food diet but always eats whatever Max doesn't
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deer creek is aparently running out of fire agate, and its too costley to mine nowadays because water has to be trucked in to wash off the material, So most mining is done after it rains
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
Is it one of those national holidays? Maybe you're the only one working. :apondering:
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
Is it one of those national holidays? Maybe you're the only one working. :apondering:
Yesterday was a national holiday of sorts, so I guess today's just an extension of that.
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
Is it one of those national holidays? Maybe you're the only one working. :apondering:
Yesterday was a national holiday of sorts, so I guess today's just an extension of that.
It is, for a lot of people, it is another obligatory holiday. Shops are open though.
Is ascension day a national holiday in Sweden too, or do you have another reason to have a day off?
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
Maybe you missed the Rapture
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Pekineses? As it those ugly hairy pug nosed, bug-eyed dogs? Or do you mean Pekinses ducks? Or something else/
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Pekineses? As it those ugly hairy pug nosed, bug-eyed dogs? Or do you mean Pekinses ducks? Or something else/
Is that a type of duck, or the name of a Chinese meal?
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can we do something else today besides the internet?
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Everywhere. At work, on the roads, here, you name it.
Is it one of those national holidays? Maybe you're the only one working. :apondering:
Yesterday was a national holiday of sorts, so I guess today's just an extension of that.
It is, for a lot of people, it is another obligatory holiday. Shops are open though.
Is ascension day a national holiday in Sweden too, or do you have another reason to have a day off?
No, that's it. For some reason it completely escaped my mind earlier why we had a day off.
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If you sit in the porcupine enclosure, Mullet (said porcupine) will get quite curious and try and find a way to crawl up onto your lap. She got as far as putting her two front legs, on my legs so she could lick my cheek before I kindly asked her to get down since there wasn't room for both of us and all those quills :lol1:
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grinning and bearing it sucks but it will be over soon enough
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grinning and bearing it sucks but it will be over soon enough
grinning and sucking it is more bearable :zoinks:
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grinning and bearing it sucks but it will be over soon enough
grinning and sucking it is more bearable :zoinks:
Don't encourage him. He is already going to try and break his neck that way :autism:
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There you are baby. I was wondering where you were, :-*
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There you are baby. I was wondering where you were, :-*
I was taking a break from the internet. Slowly weaning myself off of it as I cannot afford simple utilities, but at the same time can't live without them :hahaha:
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anyways check you later. I'm shure i'll see you around on here saying something fucking stupid :probe:
I'm thinking about what kind of ring i wanna make with my two best friends.
hopefully it doesnt break the bank but I'm shure it will. :P
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I saw an Ibis today I think it was a glossy ibis but it may have been a white faced ibis
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Lots of people seem to have taken the day off.
From here? I admit I have been preoccupied with photos of Pekingese. :autism:
Pekineses? As it those ugly hairy pug nosed, bug-eyed dogs? Or do you mean Pekinses ducks? Or something else/
Malachy is NOT ugly, he is a plush-faced little cherub! :heart:
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Saw a Porsche Speedster on the way back from the store today :heart:
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It's hard for a 12-yo to be anything but 12 years old.
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Traffic going toward NYC on I95 was very bad today
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These people must make a lot of mistakes :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/002-64.jpg)
For some perspective the iron fence in the foreground is about 6 feet high. This was across the street from where I worked today
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
They also serve as a fairly decent toothbrush substitute.
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
They also serve as a fairly decent toothbrush substitute.
They are just all-around awesome! :apple:
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
They also serve as a fairly decent toothbrush substitute.
Aren't they somewhat large for that? :autism:
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Rodney King has died
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That random beak lady still haunts me to this day....
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
They also serve as a fairly decent toothbrush substitute.
The acidity of apples can cause tooth erosion though.
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Apples have a high water content. Eating many apples -----> much peeing. :zoinks:
They also serve as a fairly decent toothbrush substitute.
Aren't they somewhat large for that? :autism:
but everyone on Intensity is a big mouth.
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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
~ Thomas Kempis ~
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School security guards are very bad at telling people where they can park
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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
~ Thomas Kempis ~
He died not too far from where I live.
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It is hot as Hades outside today. :P
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Firefox randomly decided to change my keyboard layout from Swedish to English.
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Firefox randomly decided to change my keyboard layout from Swedish to English.
The Firefox knows best :M
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It's annoying if you need something beyond 7-bit ASCII characters, though.
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School security guards are very bad at telling people where they can park
We'd be better at it if you people didn't give us attitude. :police:
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Saw an Aston Martin DB9.
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School security guards are very bad at telling people where they can park
We'd be better at it if you people didn't give us attitude. :police:
They need to get it one almost got my wife's car towed telling her to park in a fire lane where a half hour later they began towing all the cars that were there
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Saw an Aston Martin DB9.
(http://www.carautoportal.com/car-images/aston-martin/aston-martin-db9/aston-martin-db9-silver.jpg)
My favourite car. It is awesome. Secks on wheels.
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I wants.
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I need.
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I need.
You can find most things you need at the store! :snowman:
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I need.
You can find most things you need at the store! :snowman:
not a car like that!
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My Jag mechanic has a DB7 for sale for a very reasonable price.
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Nice, but doesn't quite blow my skirt up as high as a DB9.
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(http://www.jaguarlars.se/c7cc183d-6dea-4c52-a753-699985b7daec_~600x600xThumbpicture)
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Very nice!
...and the clouds
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I want it but there's no way I could afford to actually drive it.
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have you considered selling your soul to the devil?
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My best friend's dog is staying with me again. Here is he going for a ride in my truck. He is ridiculously cute :heart:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/IMG_4829.jpg)
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Ospreys have seemed to have taken over cell phone towers as nesting spots
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/0001.jpg)
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Ospreys have seemed to have taken over cell phone towers as nesting spots
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/0001.jpg)
Can you hear me now? :autism:
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WHAT?
I wonder what effects the RF has on the birds when people claim the phones cause cancer and they put out so little power just think how much the towers put out
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WHAT?
I wonder what effects the RF has on the birds when people claim the phones cause cancer and they put out so little power just think how much the towers put out
The birds probably think it's a giant :vibe: just for them.
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Small urchins are cute when they say
"actually, mummy, i have a simple plan" :nerdy:
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have you considered selling your soul to the devil?
I have. He said I could maybe afford a Kia.
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have you considered selling your soul to the devil?
He sent mine back to me >:D I might try ebay :zoinks:
I have. He said I could maybe afford a Kia.
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have you considered selling your soul to the devil?
I have. He said I could maybe afford a Kia.
:lol1:
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have you considered selling your soul to the devil?
I have. He said I could maybe afford a Kia.
He asked how I liked running shoes.
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I love how my backyard looks right after I've mowed it.
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Some of the hangers on the van's muffler are not connected
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I love how my backyard looks right after I've mowed it.
I'll bet it smells wonderful too. :)
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I love how my backyard looks right after I've mowed it.
I'll bet it smells wonderful too. :)
It does. I love the smell of fresh grass :)
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I love the smell of fresh cut grass, unless it's not grass. This is what I get for reading too much history :facepalm2:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Phosgene_poster_ww2.jpg)
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Thanks for reminding me. Need to mow the lawn.
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I'm really out of shape! I walked to and from work, instead of
taking a cab, and at the end of the day my shins ached! But I shall continue! :hamsterwheel:
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Can't mow the lawn, way too wet. will take a couple of days of drying, before I dare going over that. One, hot windy day might do the trick too. It really needs mowing.
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It's the same here. Too wet.
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Just as I was about to go take a book out to the hammock, it started to rain. Figures. :P
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Just as I was about to go take a book out to the hammock, it started to rain. Figures. :P
Books and couches are a great combo too.
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that I like having my balls sucked. someone sucked them the other day that actually knew how to correctly do it!
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that I like having my balls sucked. someone sucked them the other day that actually knew how to correctly do it!
:zombiefuck: Vacuum cleaner?
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that I like having my balls sucked. someone sucked them the other day that actually knew how to correctly do it!
:zombiefuck: Vacuum cleaner?
:lol1:
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that I like having my balls sucked. someone sucked them the other day that actually knew how to correctly do it!
I guess you've been busy since returning to the high country! :orly:
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When brushing your teeth, do not decide to let the cat get a whiff of the toothpaste in your mouth. She will bite your tongue. But then again it may only have been that cat. She was weird with her tastes.
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My (in the garden) St John's wort is in bloom. Okay, for two or three days already but ja, I just noticed it again. :green:
Might make an extract of the flowers of the plant later on.. when it had a bit of sunshine.
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that I like having my balls sucked. someone sucked them the other day that actually knew how to correctly do it!
The pound let you take another one?
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My grocery store never seems to be able to keep my favourite Naan in stock. They used to always have lots, and now it's hit and miss. :P
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Maryann's foot must have been really bad as she is still not back to work the the coffee shop
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Our bowling group was pandemonium today. Excitable, raucous, the PR had a seizure, Dan actually spoke (he said unh), the pins and scores didn't match, etc. And it's not a full moon.
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'My' garden's blackbird looks quite bewildered the last couple of days. Think he's been fighting (to protect nest/youngster) with either a/some jackdaw(-s) or a magpie. Although I'm aware the corvidae family is quite intelligent.. still the nest looting they do makes me dislike them.
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^ I was trying to remember your old username I've known you to use in other places and that post just brought it all back to me. Very cool. :laugh:
With the neighbours gone for a week, and them having given me permission to use the pool, I've decided I'm a pool girl. Who knew? But taking turns swimming and playing with the kids, and sitting in the sun reading a good book has made me quite the happy camper. 8)
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Ja, it was 'turdus' on earlier Zomg (Erminea on WP). Um, think what the English (GB) call the blackbird is not the same bird what the Americans (and Canadians?) call a blackbird. 'The new world' does have members of the Turdidae/thrushes family though (but not so the Turdus merula, I thought). Some very very pretty ones too (across the big pond).
Well, going blahiah as it is (love birds).. I'll just keep going on then :laugh: but ja, members of said family tend to have a beautiful and very creative song. European (and Asian) blackbirds sing lit. every 'line' differently. No two 'lines' are the same and can differ quite substantially from previous ones sung. Okay, some other birds do it too but quite a few have a way smaller repertoire. Songthrush copies other birds' songs.. also funny/nice to hear.
Um, years ago, living more up-north from here, I once saved a nest from a cat trying to loot it and, no kid ya.. the totally 'wild'/free female merula in the garden there, after cat ran off, came sitting on my shoulder for a (very) brief moment. Kinda read it as gratitude, shown.. and that experience was ja, a bit odd but nice too.
Had a turtle dove landing on 'my beatles hairdo' too (in this city.. a couple of years ago/scared it away.. doing (?) something to scare it away). For some reason, I became quite nauseated seconds after that happened.. and kinda keep a somewhat more distant (um, more normal, I suppose) approach/relation with birds since then, gradually.
Um still, quite often, greet birds I encounter with me doing some short whistling 'riff'.. for ja, I'm the bird whisperer (-'s assistant). :green:
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Hmm...where did you find that WWII era poster? those warning posters would make great decorations for the lab.
Phosgene is evil stuff; very little warning properties. Chlorine STINKS and irritates the nose. One tiny whiff and you know to change the gas mask cartridge immediately, in fresh air.
I take care to keep my bottles of dichloromethane and chloroform out of the light, as UV irradiation catalyzes C=OCl2 formation. There are (usually) safer options to deliver phosgene equivalents to rxns such as diphosgene and triphosgene.
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Are you a hobby chemist, Lestat?
lutra, it is the robin that is another bird in America - Turdus Migratorius.
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Hey Lit. Forgot to say so earlier. How are you doing?
Ja, Turdus migratorius is a very pretty bird. Posted this pic here before but.. (hey)
(http://www.lithophile.com/olga/presentations/songbirds/imgs/robin2.jpg)
Makes me wonder about his song.
'They' (continent North America) have more members of thrushes there. Read something about a 'Varied thrush' and a red-legged one.
(going to look for others later)
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Not good, not bad. Still reflux issues. I went through another upper GI in June, but the doctor thought that I just had a minimal hernia. It doesn't feel that way, though.
But thanks for asking. :viking:
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I am indeed, lit.
And did somebody change the font that posts appear in, on I2 in the last couple of days?
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I am indeed, lit.
And did somebody change the font that posts appear in, on I2 in the last couple of days?
No. Why?
More likely that your setup has changed.
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I am indeed, lit.
And did somebody change the font that posts appear in, on I2 in the last couple of days?
Paranoid? (Just joking)
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Today the white Echinacea plant went into bloom in the garden.. plus plus, I found out that my 3 tomato plants don't have red tomatoes but instead they're the yellow variant. Ockgoe..
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There are four waitresses at the café. Three are redheads and one is brunette. All are very tall. The brunette is studying at the university in Stockholm when not working in the café.
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Mississippi and Alabama need to repair the right lanes on their interstate highways.
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I think all the stupid people decided to drive today.
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Hey Lit. Forgot to say so earlier. How are you doing?
Ja, Turdus migratorius is a very pretty bird. Posted this pic here before but.. (hey)
(http://www.lithophile.com/olga/presentations/songbirds/imgs/robin2.jpg)
Makes me wonder about his song.
'They' (continent North America) have more members of thrushes there. Read something about a 'Varied thrush' and a red-legged one.
(going to look for others later)
I had a Robin as a pet for almost two years when I was little
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I think all the stupid people decided to drive today.
I can't wait to join them! It's gonna be epic! :autism:
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Hey Lit. Forgot to say so earlier. How are you doing?
Ja, Turdus migratorius is a very pretty bird. Posted this pic here before but.. (hey)
(http://www.lithophile.com/olga/presentations/songbirds/imgs/robin2.jpg)
Makes me wonder about his song.
'They' (continent North America) have more members of thrushes there. Read something about a 'Varied thrush' and a red-legged one.
(going to look for others later)
Here is a Turdus migratorius in song. :)
Robin Singing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVSBhDrl5w#)
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I think all the stupid people decided to drive today.
I can't wait to join them! It's gonna be epic! :autism:
When will you join them?
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Makes me wonder about his song.
Here is a Turdus migratorius in song. :)
Robin Singing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVSBhDrl5w#)
Ah. Thank you, CBC. Nice.
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Boring for most maybe but.. this is what I hear, at p/m 5 in the morning, in let's say, May.
Garden birds,blackbird song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=997RTKzc39c#)
(less beautiful a bird maybe but a very creative singer the blackbird/Turdus merula is)
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Merula vectis est! :viking:
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Hey Lit. Forgot to say so earlier. How are you doing?
Ja, Turdus migratorius is a very pretty bird. Posted this pic here before but.. (hey)
(http://www.lithophile.com/olga/presentations/songbirds/imgs/robin2.jpg)
Makes me wonder about his song.
'They' (continent North America) have more members of thrushes there. Read something about a 'Varied thrush' and a red-legged one.
(going to look for others later)
Here is a Turdus migratorius in song. :)
Robin Singing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVSBhDrl5w#)
And here is the Turdus turd
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IMZVeyQf26c/SFNM9JAkZzI/AAAAAAAAAgg/tQPktlgoNGY/s400/bird_poop%5B1%5D.jpg)
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I think all the stupid people decided to drive today.
I can't wait to join them! It's gonna be epic! :autism:
When will you join them?
It depends on how much money I will need to get the car insured. :apondering:
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And here is the Turdus turd
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IMZVeyQf26c/SFNM9JAkZzI/AAAAAAAAAgg/tQPktlgoNGY/s400/bird_poop%5B1%5D.jpg)
That looks more like the turd of an pigeon or maybe a gull.. not that it matters..
Bon appétit.. anyway. :green:
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I have the best neighbours ever. They said I misunderstood and the furniture set was for $50. I'm positive it was $75 but they know my situation, they are two of my closest friends and after I bickered with them, finally agreed to the $50 price. I think they were giving me quite the deal. But it's now in my house. Not set up in my family room yet as I need to move out what I have and figure out where I'm going to put the random pieces (I've never had a matching set before), but I keep going into my side room and seeing the furniture sitting there and getting incredibly excited.
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Lots of road work going on all over yet the towns are screaming they have no money and a lot of the work is not critical stuff
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Black Swan is a very strange movie. :toporly:
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Some people seem so miserable and unhappy.
Why?
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Yesterday I bought two blocks of soap.. and ja, one, now, makes the bathroom smell all.. intense.
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The beaches are pretty full today
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The beaches are pretty full today
Topless beaches? boobs1 boobs2
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The beaches are pretty full today
Topless beaches? boobs1 boobs2
I wish, I might do more than just drive by them then
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(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/funny-pictures-yoda-kitten.jpg)
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Apparently I am the go to person for all kitty related questions. Especially the one about "am I making the right decision about putting my cat down." Sigh. Feel awful for my neighbours and I will miss their little feline family member as I take care of her when they go away.
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I saw a C-47 fly low over my house today painted with WW2 colors and markings like this one
(http://www.douglasc47.org/C-47_T9_Southern_Cross_by_DSimonsen-softedge-home.JPG)
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I saw a C-47 fly low over my house today painted with WW2 colors and markings like this one
(http://www.douglasc47.org/C-47_T9_Southern_Cross_by_DSimonsen-softedge-home.JPG)
I take it you didn't get the memo about the war, did you?
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Very cool plane, parts.
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There has been a formation of five WW2 vintage fighters in the area in the last couple weeks also, they were too high to get a much better Id than that though. I love old planes. He is one of me getting out of a B-17 that was on display at the local airport, I wish I had the extra $300 for a ride at the time
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Picture016.jpg)
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:viking:
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The red head nerdy waitress with glasses seems more shy than the brunette one.
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My apartment building is beginning to look like a real dump! :rofl:
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My apartment building is beginning to look like a real dump! :rofl:
That's what comes from spending too much time at the Palace.
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Birds were very noisy (singing and doing there thing/?) this early morning.
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The red head nerdy waitress with glasses seems more shy than the brunette one.
Maybe she can read your mind........: "anum ad os"
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:plus:
Anum ad os non omnibus puellis placet? ??? :toporly:
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A lot of regular customers at the flea market were not there today where could they be :apondering:
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The Power of Words (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU#ws)
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The readhead nerd girl, Louise, wasn't at the café today, but Sofia, the brunette, was :orly:
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There is the smell of fertilizer in the air outside :zombiefuck:
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There's a faint smell of burning wood outside here.
* thinks on having a fire tonight *
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Max was very quiet today
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Max was very quiet today
Is he feeling OK? :-\
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I think he's just hot
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I think he's just hot
That could be it. I send him love! :heart:
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I think he's just hot
What are the chances of shaving him?
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I think he's just hot
What are the chances of shaving him?
You could try a MLP haircut for Max. :autism:
(http://www.bubbleton.dk/content/images/rocky.jpg)
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I have a vision of Max with that haircut, racing after some bad guys. They'd not know whether to roll on the ground laughing or head for the hills. Either way Max'll get them.
Actually Max might look good with that cut.
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We did that to a German Shepard mix we had when we first go married she seemed like she did not like it, I think she knew she looked freakish
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It's raining like two mother føppers here at the moment and.. I just saw a little froggie hop from one side of the terrace to the other.
(jeeh, too much excitement in my life :green: )
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There are LOTS of ospreys flying about lately.
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Majestic cauliflower cloud visible, now there is a breach in the grey.
And, it's raining again. :P
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I'm thinking about keeping my sleeping apparatus. Its not quiet a bed but it defintley provides me with a good nights sleep
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You need to call ahead and notify them at the state park my my house if you want to fly powered gliders there or at least that is what the sign I noticed today said
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The blackbirds do like the (normal/simple Dutch) cheese that I chop up quite small and leave on the terrace but.. they don't like Gruyère cheese. Oh well, suit self. Probably the jackdaws or magpies will..
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You can suck up bees from just over six inches away with my shop vac :green:
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Lots of fires.
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1990's was a great decade for musics
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The brunette has a powerful jaw. The redhead nerdgirl has lots of humour.
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Lots of fires.
Same here :(
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Lots of scooters on the roads around here driving like maniacs. It won't be long till they start showing up on the news like this "Tragic scooter accident "
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It cannot stop! it must go on~!
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I'm thinking about keeping my sleeping apparatus. Its not quiet a bed but it defintley provides me with a good nights sleep
Is it a futon? A sleeping bag? An air mattress? :dream:
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The nights at my parents are so much darker. Even standing close to a streetlight, I can see more stars there, than here, trying to get away from streetlights. Finding a darker spot, the view is just awesome.
I can hardly ever see the milky way where I live, there, it is just there.
So, stargazing with the girls last night was very pleasant.
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When I am craving bread and other starches, it sometimes helps to eat
some protein and fat. It fills me up and takes the edge off the craving. :orly:
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Gas prices seem to be going up again
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Lots of fires.
Same here :(
This smoke is ridiculous. Three miles visibility today. Was up in Sun Valley yesterday, same thing up there.
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Lots of fires.
Same here :(
This smoke is ridiculous. Three miles visibility today. Was up in Sun Valley yesterday, same thing up there.
My eyes are killing me :zombiefuck:
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Having a dog in the house again is amazing.
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^ My dog just stole the slices of breadstick I'd just prepared myself :thumbdn:
bread ffs. she's so greedy. dogs shouldn't eat BREAD ffs!
Jess keeps tryna provoke her though. to get her in trouble. I dunno which one of them is naughtier
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The towns in Vermont are far apart had to go 23 miles to get to a Home Depot
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Sometimes when you think you're delivering bad news the person just looks at you as they had no idea what you're talking about.
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Too many tourists :thumbdn:
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It's over 30C here at the moment. :o
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^ My dog just stole the slices of breadstick I'd just prepared myself :thumbdn:
bread ffs. she's so greedy. dogs shouldn't eat BREAD ffs!
Jess keeps tryna provoke her though. to get her in trouble. I dunno which one of them is naughtier
You can lay anything in front of this dog and she won't even touch it until you say "okay". if you say "leave it" she'll walk away. Well unless it's dog bones. I took her to my store because I had to check in on the cats so I tied her leash to an empty cash bay right in front of the cat area. Next thing I know her head is under the cash register because she found the shelf with the dog bone treats they give out. She was quite proud of herself. :laugh:
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It's at least 10 degrees F cooler in Vt than it is back home
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And they have the bravest gun law in the US :agreed:
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And they have the bravest gun law in the US :agreed:
Just read that even I as an out of state resident could either openly carry or concealed carry here. :o
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Sic! Mons Viridis est fortissima res publica ex omnibus Civitatibus Foederatis :viking:
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Need to insulate the garage door before winter.
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Possitsobrina init est 8)
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Possitsobrina init est 8)
Yes, it's morning, time to postwhore! :hamsterwheel:
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:agreed:
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Turns out I couldn't even procrastinate well so I took a break from it and did other stuff for a while. :P
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Nature abhors a solution.
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Today, whilst standing under the shower, I realised I already showered (3 hours earlier). :zoinks: Ffffffff, tadskee distracted maybe, luutje?
Oh well..
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Today, whilst standing under the shower, I realised I already showered (3 hours earlier). :zoinks: Ffffffff, tadskee distracted maybe, luutje?
Oh well..
:lol1: Lutra is extra clean today
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Today, whilst standing under the shower, I realised I already showered (3 hours earlier). :zoinks: Ffffffff, tadskee distracted maybe, luutje?
Oh well..
Well, it can't hurt to be a little extra clean! :bath:
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Cleanliness is a virtue.
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I came in from doing errands this morning and I felt so grungy that I took a bath about 1 p.m. I never knew how wonderful a middle of the day bath could feel. I got on fresh clothes, washed my hair, perfumed myself and I'm going to the bowling alley.
Move over, Lutra, and I'll join you next time.
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Ah, nice.. I'll rub your back.. you'll do mine?
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Man, I'm so wild in bed.. (http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif)
.. this morning I woke up to find I tore up the fitted sheet in my sleep. Jeeh.
Oh, post scriptum.. my random observation, above, is not connected with the shower adventure, btw..
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Ah, nice.. I'll rub your back.. you'll do mine?
:thumbup:
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My Brugmansia still isn't in bloom. He'd better hurry up a tadski.
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I work brilliantly when angry, as long as I don't get angry enough to be clumsy. :nerdy:
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There are parrots setting up a big nest at the end of my street and boy are they loud
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Girls are in Frankenstein Jr and Zombie mode.
:2thumbsup:
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A driver yelled at another in the parking lot outside the grocery store.
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Eating out costs way more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ than eating in.
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Max's neck looks all better but the hair has a bit more growing to do
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Cleaning house is piss easy with my 20/10TM method! :2thumbsup:
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There are a lot of crickets around the yard this year and they are loud
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It's always brightest before the hurricane.
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I own WAY too many ugly T-shirts and dingy pairs of white socks! :zombiefuck:
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It's always brightest before the hurricane.
Is Hurricane Isaac heading right for you? :-\
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Weight x Arm = Moment. Right into my fucking head.
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Weight x Arm = Moment. Right into my fucking head.
Are you going to get checked out for a possible concussion? :-\
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There are a lot of crickets around the yard this year and they are loud
I spoke with my sister who lives North and slightly West of Houston (about 80 minutes). She said they had massive numbers of little black crickets. Even the cats are bored and won't chase any more crickets.
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There are a lot of crickets around the yard this year and they are loud
I spoke with my sister who lives North and slightly West of Houston (about 80 minutes). She said they had massive numbers of little black crickets. Even the cats are bored and won't chase any more crickets.
But aren't cats usually bored? :zoinks:
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It's always brightest before the hurricane.
Is Hurricane Isaac heading right for you? :-\
Right now it looks like it will make landfall in Mississippi, about 50-60 miles away. If so, we'll be on the "good" side of the hurricane. The western wall usually has slower wind speed and less rainfall. Tornadoes can happen anywhere in a hurricane.
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There are a lot of crickets around the yard this year and they are loud
I spoke with my sister who lives North and slightly West of Houston (about 80 minutes). She said they had massive numbers of little black crickets. Even the cats are bored and won't chase any more crickets.
But aren't cats usually bored? :zoinks:
Well, there is the odd one that is the feline version of Richard Simmons.
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Cluelessness can actually hurt.
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Counter girl (where I purchase my tobacco to role me own fags) tends to smile so naughty towards me. She did so again this evening.
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Maybe she likes ATM :orly:
I hope that the nerdgirl is still working at the café. I'd like her to do ATM and then I can spray my cum all over her glasses :toporly:
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^ ATM? .. cos you probably don't mean 'at the moment' there..
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Ass-to-mouth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass_to_mouth) 8)
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Well, she's allowed to suck my dick.. nice.. but I'm not so sure about me going anal beforehand. I mean, I love a woman's ass (plus thighs/¼ of a fetish, maybe).. no doubt.. but that's not really my cuppa.
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As much rain as we got last night, it wasnt as bad as New Orleans
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Should have been here early yesterday morning....
The very moment I reach for my trench, to make the arduous walk to my doctors surgery, it started absolutely pissing buckets. Glad my old man woke up and could give me a lift, I almost said 'fuck it' and didn't go. But the lack of my meds forced me to, I needed a new RX. And bugger going sleepless, adrenal rebound, no appetite and the like. And of course I need to be able to walk.
I've been stuck in bed for the past 4 days or so, almost completely, thanks to my fucking knee and hip.
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That man working at the café speaks more dialect now, probably since the tourist season is over.
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As much rain as we got last night, it wasnt as bad as New Orleans
I hope Her Majesty and family are safe! :crossed:
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Normal internet access seems like magic after weeks of limited access! :orly:
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I hear faint echoes now while walking through my decluttered rooms! :orly:
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I hear faint echoes now while walking through my decluttered rooms! :orly:
echoes are annoying. I would use a vacuum on them
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I'm glad MLA is still around. :)
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I'm glad MLA is still around. :)
Me too! This place will be good for helping him unwind! :spitscreen:
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If you're having trouble having electrical service restored after a storm, just sit on the porch in your nightgown. Within 30 minutes the guys will be Johnny on the spot.
Actually, buying a house on a feeder line for the Sewer lift station, sherriff's sub-station and a nursing home means we get service VERY QUICKLY. We got home at 11:30 a.m. when the crews were still arriving from out of state and had electricity by 8:10 p.m. Note the crews can't work when the wind is +30 MPH, so we got on line pronto.
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The people across the street have built a BRAVE fire in their driveway! :arrr:
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If you're having trouble having electrical service restored after a storm, just sit on the porch in your nightgown. Within 30 minutes the guys will be Johnny on the spot.
Actually, buying a house on a feeder line for the Sewer lift station, sherriff's sub-station and a nursing home means we get service VERY QUICKLY. We got home at 11:30 a.m. when the crews were still arriving from out of state and had electricity by 8:10 p.m. Note the crews can't work when the wind is +30 MPH, so we got on line pronto.
Is everything all right with you?
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I'm glad MLA is still around. :)
I guess some of us worry about the possible need for future legal advice :orly:
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I'm glad MLA is still around. :)
I guess some of us worry about the possible need for future legal advice :orly:
If you behave yourself, you'll have no need for a lawyer. :M :P
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I'm glad MLA is still around. :)
I guess some of us worry about the possible need for future legal advice :orly:
:indeed: Besides, he's a nice person, deep inside.
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There is a lot of uneasiness in the air.
The thought of school come Monday is not making the girls eager or happy.
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Mine are already back at school.
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Mine are too, since last Monday.
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Ah, I misunderstood.
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Ah, I misunderstood.
That's cuz you haz teh Ass Burgers. :autism:
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And is a Moomintroll :toporly:
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A Moomintroll with Ass Burgers. There is such a thing? :laugh:
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:agreed: :indeed:
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Lots of people out shopping today.
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Regardless of how poorly the innards work I still need to take in some form of nutrition to function at least at a minimal level.
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Regardless of how poorly the innards work I still need to take in some form of nutrition to function at least at a minimal level.
Are there any foods that have *never* given you problems? :(
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Sure, about ten years ago! Can't find anything now. That is what is so frustrating. I eat "healthy" and pain. I eat "unhealthy" and pain. I am going to ask if I can be taken off oral nutrition intake.
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Actually, if I eat nothing...pain. Such is life!
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The bigger the SUV, the slower they go over the speed bumps in the parking lots.
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The bigger the SUV, the slower they go over the speed bumps in the parking lots.
Yeah! Which is bizarre.
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I seem to be finding random pictures of someone I know copying meme pics
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The bigger the SUV, the slower they go over the speed bumps in the parking lots.
Yeah! Which is bizarre.
I slow down for speed bumps but not that much, unless there is a car in front of you, rolling over them slow makes no sense
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I see things....
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My Brugmansia is in bloom. This evening, when the plant opens its big flowers, I'll try to take a picture of the søcker, I reckon. (not a promise though)
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Cleaning is so much easier (and quicker) without children underfoot
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Damn, tofu is filling as hell.
Got 2 trays of king prawn in hot pepper sauce and 2 tofu in black bean sauce. Started out hungry as hell, but could only finish part of the first.
Saving the rest for later and breakfast, after I get back from the dr to pick up my (fucking late...THANKS a bloody bunch to the new doc working there. Seizures, throwing up, pain in hip/knees/opioid w/d. Great.
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Drinking a quart of prune juice in one morning is ... contraindicated. :zoinks:
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Drinking a quart of prune juice in one morning is ... contraindicated. :zoinks:
And now you are acquainted with the Heiny brothers: Thor and Red.
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I have a very distinct feeling my next door neighbour is on the spectrum.
When first moving in, she came down to stay for a few days at a time to get used to the new place,
when gardening, hanging pictures up inside she wants everything done just right, and other things besides.
Not to mention, quite a fox :D
I was talking to her earlier, and couldn't help but think 'hey....that is uncannily like me'
Random observations-I wish I'd skipped my evening dose of erythromycin. I just threw up so hard I felt like I'd just been kicked in the stomach by a horse.
I just hope having a meal immediately after doesn't piss my innards off. I just had a bowl of chinese style king prawns in a really delicious hot and spicy black pepper sauce :P
Going to let that digest before I have a light and easy to digest pudding-deepfried banana fritters in banana syrup and batter.
I'll be damn glad to get to my docs surgery, and see one who has a bit more compassion than an angry puff adder. There will be a rx waiting to be picked up...or there fucking better be, if said arse gremlin can be trusted.
Thankfully no more seizures, myoclonus yes, but of a localized variety, E.g jerking of arms, torso, legs etc in isolation without spreading to a more generalized, full-blown myoclonic episode. I was unable to get any specific anticonvulsant med at the hospital yesterday, but getting enough oxy to tide me over the weekend until 8:30am this morning when I pick up my next rx, and clonidine enough for likewise.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the seizure tendency that seems to present night have to do with a generalized sympathetic overloading, or alternately, parasympathetic under-activity. When this sort of shit kicks off, my HR shoots up, body hair stands on end on arms, feel very overstimulated, nauseous, etc.
I almost tossed my cookies all over my copy of 'the handbook of clinical immunology and allergy' that I was lying in bed trying to read. Just managed to leg it to the bog in time.
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Drinking a quart of prune juice in one morning is ... contraindicated. :zoinks:
And now you are acquainted with the Heiny brothers: Thor and Red.
:lol1: And they've already worn out their welcome!
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I need more clay pots for my cacti
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Lestat - Have you tried making a ginger tisane? Drinking that may help combat all the nausea.
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Good idea miss K, should have thought of that myself. I have a decent hunk of dried ginger root on my kitchen windowsill as it happens. Although I did take 10mg domperidone, an antiemetic, and a couple of chlorphenamine pills, which has helped, at least enough for my insides not to become outsides, when filled with hot black pepper sauce that my prawn chinese comes in:P
I HATE throwing up.
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Yeah but if you can combat it naturally, would probably do your body some good. It takes a lot for the body to process all the chemical mixes.
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The throwing up?
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yeah if you can combat the nausea naturally. Just healthier overall but don't mind me. I'm a hippie :green:
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I don't see the point of the existence of the 'natural=healthy, artificial/invented=bad for you'
After all, plenty of natural things are hideously toxic, and some that are just generally poisonous, such as for instance, belladonna is actually vital, in the form of purified atropine. Which is a listed WHO-essential medicine, being vital for eye surgery, and in cardiology especially, the quantity in the plant being variable, and easy to have an accident with leading to poisoning, etc.
And many plants are just too lethal to be used safely in any fashion-aconite for instance can cause heart failure from mere prolonged handling the plant, the Veratrum hellebores are similarly so poisonous that its used on arrow heads for killing large animals.
Hippy is good though, they tend to be open minded and interesting...and plenty of hippie women are very tasty. :D
You are certainly quite the knockout:)
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Well thank you :laugh:
But that's not what I'm saying. I don't think everything invented/artificial is bad or that everything natural automatically means it's good. It all comes down to balance. Too much of ANYTHING isn't good for a person, even water. :dunno:
In the end? To each their own 8)
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Five minutes ago I was in the kitchen to make myself a coffee and whilst heating some milk I took a peek through the window there and, WTF, I notice some grey haired dude looking around. He was on 'my land' for about 10 meters (of property 'border') and..
So I went outside and said 'Can I help you?' somewhat aggressively (sørry). Turned out he was looking for house nr. 18 and he couldn't find it. Well, blahiah.. and I explained where it was and said 'good luck'.
Inside again I remembered I was making a coffee beforehand and rushed towards the kitchen to find I was just in time to not let the milk boil over the edge the pan. Was I 5 seconds later it would've made an awful mess.
(man, this life's just too adventurous :zoinks: )
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It rains like hell :thumbdn:
The robins have gotten small ones unusually late :)
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I think that tall blond girl working at Systembolaget might be a good fuck. Reminds me of Big Sara :mischief:
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Um, Big Sara?
(http://www.bodybuildsters.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/julie-bourassa-bodybuildster-pro-babe-14.jpg) (http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif)
(nah, sørry, little jokelet.. )
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No, not that muscular :laugh:
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Ah, Big Sara! Like so, then..
(http://www.yensa.com/fat/fat-women04.jpg)
(not to offend anyone.. )(just some silliness.. )
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Too fat :orly:
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Oooh, you mean tall Big Sara..
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ax5ZIdFoW1U/SUOzheU07oI/AAAAAAAAHd8/Q_FgjxyLAmQ/s400/giant-tall-women-04.jpg)
:autism:
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:agreed:
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Neighbour made me grin, the other day.
She said the first time we met, when she moved in, I had introduced myself saying I was not the social coffee-drinking type, and she had answered that she could not wish anything else than that for a neighbour.
She reminiscenced about that, because, while I was asking her about my cat, the dad of our new neighbour tried to get in contact with us, warming us to the thought of daily coffee sessions with his daughter. He did not believe us, when we said that that was not going to happen. And tried a bit more. That will not make it easier for his girl.
:lol1:
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Hu? BBC started a program 7 minutes late this evening. That's not very common.
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If Bodie is the resident MILF, then I am the resident FILF! :thumbup:
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Lots of people selling tools at the market today
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It's moulting-time again. Um, this otter is losing hairs again (evidently more so than normally/e.g. seen in shower). Just hope all the ones I lose with be replaced with new ones.
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The storm created a lot of debris there seem to be branches,leaves and twigs everywhere
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There's a crane fly flying around clumsily in my bedroom.. for the last hour or so. Um, cannot be bothered to catch it and put it outside at the moment.
Well, random observation is.. that insects, due to the evening/night coldness, are trying to get inside the house more and more again (t'is early autumn).
Common flies, fruit flies, mosquitoes, moths aren't welcome here though.
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Max's hair seems to be growing back nicely from when it was cut
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Papiliones ineunt 8)
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My kitchen floor is always cleaner when I'm dogsitting. They're like little vacuum cleaners :green:
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Dogs are mucky little buggers miss hotti...err...kitty. How the devil does your kitchen floor end up cleaner when you are sitting on dogs?
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Casseroles are life-savers. Must start making them.
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I really miss the record stores. I was walking through a mall today, remembering the places where there used to be shops selling LPs and later CDs, and really missing them. Fucking iTunes just won't replace exploring those, discovering new music. I know I can get hold of just about any music I want, just by browsing the net for a few minutes, but it's not the same.
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Dogs are mucky little buggers miss hotti...err...kitty. How the devil does your kitchen floor end up cleaner when you are sitting on dogs?
Dogs are only mucky when coming in from the rain. :green:
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Casseroles are life-savers. Must start making them.
Casseroles are the best! Almost anything left over can go in a casserole! :green:
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Casseroles are life-savers. Must start making them.
Casseroles are the best! Almost anything left over can go in a casserole! :green:
We've never been a big casserole family. Mom cooked from scratch most nights. I imagine cooking once a week will let me cook and freeze some casseroles, meat loaf, etc. It's just something I've never done. Like cooking 2 meals of fish and putting one away for leftovers (after shouting at PA not to take another piece of fish, it was for leftovers.)
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Casseroles are life-savers. Must start making them.
Casseroles are the best! Almost anything left over can go in a casserole! :green:
We've never been a big casserole family. Mom cooked from scratch most nights. I imagine cooking once a week will let me cook and freeze some casseroles, meat loaf, etc. It's just something I've never done. Like cooking 2 meals of fish and putting one away for leftovers (after shouting at PA not to take another piece of fish, it was for leftovers.)
My mother used to make great American chop suey and freeze half. :thumbup:
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Casseroles are life-savers. Must start making them.
Casseroles are the best! Almost anything left over can go in a casserole! :green:
We've never been a big casserole family. Mom cooked from scratch most nights. I imagine cooking once a week will let me cook and freeze some casseroles, meat loaf, etc. It's just something I've never done. Like cooking 2 meals of fish and putting one away for leftovers (after shouting at PA not to take another piece of fish, it was for leftovers.)
My mother used to make great American chop suey and freeze half. :thumbup:
I remember Mom making that too. I'm not sure I'd want the recipe though. Mom made wonderful liver, onion and grits and a vegetable soup that was yummy.
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
My name's not QV, but grits are ground hominy, which is corn that has been treated with lye to make it more digestible. I like grits with cheese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits)
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
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Delightful...corn soaked in caustic soda.
Cant watch the video, no sound on my pc atm, and I'm having problems with flash clips running.
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
Okra is delicious too, either dusted in cornmeal and fried or in a gumbo.
:smarty:
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There's a perfect full moon about this night.
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
And in New Orleans,
chicory in our coffee,
hogs head cheese
crawfish
and beignets.
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
And in New Orleans,
chicory in our coffee,
hogs head cheese
crawfish
and beignets.
Reading Gone With The Wind is the first place I recall mentioning chicory when I was a kid. It is not found very many places in California.
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It rains - again :thumbdn:
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
Okra is delicious too, either dusted in cornmeal and fried or in a gumbo.
:smarty:
:zombiefuck:
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What is a 'grit' QV ?
Grits are a disgusting variant of hominy corn that are technically edible but best saved for post nuclear war zombie infestation scenarios. Don't blame QV, she is Southern. They are often brought up with romanticized notions of the CSA and a tendency to eat horrid things like grits and okra. :laugh:
My Cousin Vinny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg#)
Okra is delicious too, either dusted in cornmeal and fried or in a gumbo.
:smarty:
:zombiefuck:
Or frozen whole okra, thawed until it's icy cold, with onion, dressed with oil and vinegar. Yummmmmmmmmmmmm.
BTW, my Mom and I went to Wentzels (a Mobile Alabama icon) in the 1970's. We had the gumbo. After our first spoonful, we looked at each other and both said, "I didn't know I didn't like okra in gumbo until now."
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Finally found the cause of the ticking noise that has been driving me nuts.
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Finally found the cause of the ticking noise that has been driving me nuts.
Restless leg syndrome?
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The string from the blinds was swinging a bit and tapping the wall when I had the window open.
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The string from the blinds was swinging a bit and tapping the wall when I had the window open.
Oh that kind of noise.
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Lots of sand and dirt in the roads from the flooding yesterday
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One of my direct neighbours is having his or her birthday party this afternoon.
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leaves are falling
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The leaves are beginning to turn color
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I'm too lazy to look for the right thread for this. Great idea/trick for anyone with children.
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html (http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html)
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I'm too lazy to look for the right thread for this. Great idea/trick for anyone with children.
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html (http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html)
Cool.
Will it work on brains and eyeballs too? Asking you, since you seem to be in a slaughtering mode again.
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That's a very creative way of separating the yolk.
8)
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The firemen and police come pretty fast and there are a lot of them when they think the sprinklers are going off in a warehouse. The guy getting my materials bumped a relief valve with the fork lift and chaos ensued :GA:
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I'm too lazy to look for the right thread for this. Great idea/trick for anyone with children.
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html (http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/cooking/1160651.html)
Cool.
Will it work on brains and eyeballs too? Asking you, since you seem to be in a slaughtering mode again.
Brains, eyeballs and testicles.
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Some guy got super pissed at me while I was running to get to the train... said something about me being a Crazy Motherfucker, then I said something back at him as an insult to leave me alone...
Yeah..... that was about it.....
Oh... and School has gone by so quickly....
Scary :zombiefuck:
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The singer from The Vines (aspie) apparently got into trouble for assaulting his mother and they did a report about it on The Project (news show on tv) and this music industry guy that was interviewed said that Asperger's Syndrome is a disease. Twice.
My parents were like, "What!?"
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NT dumbfuck :thumbdn:
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My hometown has changed so much since I was young parts are unrecognizable
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There are a LOT of jays around this year.
(http://noudbroekhof.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/gaai_vlaams.jpg)
Due to their other bird's nest looting trait I do not really like a few members, like e.g. the magpie, of the Corvidae (crow) family but I tend to like (Euroasian) jays.
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That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish :laugh:
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My mum has been feeding a female magpie with one eye every day for a while now. Other birds pick on this magpie and I think it finds food hard to get.
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Think quite a few Swedish 'nøtteskriken' migrate towards here (and more southwards). Plus ja (or blah), they, like magpies also, are quite intelligent birds. Jays also, did you know, are responsible for the spreading of oak trees in Europe. This, cos they collect the acorn (sometimes more than 500 of them) and store them on numerous locations in Autumn (/late Summer.. to have food in Winter).. and remember where they stored the nuts even months later. Same thing with chestnuts, I think.
Oh, 'the spreading'? Well, they also forget some of the locations where they put the nuts and then the following Spring a new little tree emerges.
And magpies? Well, I like birds in general and due to me being a bit of birdlurver I don't like those other bird's egg-stealing or young bird's life-taking 'bastards'. They are all over the place here and make smaller birds shit their pants.. well, in springtime they do.
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Do they speak Swedish? :orly:
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Some do say: 'tack så mycket' when you feed them.. so yes. :autism:
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:viking: :laugh:
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Lots of storm drains seem to be clogged leading to tons of big puddles in the streets today
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It seems to rain all over the planet :-\
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There are a LOT of jays around this year.
(http://noudbroekhof.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/gaai_vlaams.jpg)
Due to their other bird's nest looting trait I do not really like a few members, like e.g. the magpie, of the Corvidae (crow) family but I tend to like (Euroasian) jays.
Where I live, a jay means this:
(http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/blue_jay_glamour.jpg)
They're one of my favourite birds. Along with the cardinals:
(http://www.fowlvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/male-cardinal-copy.png)
The males look so badass. :laugh:
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It's nötskrika, OK? :P
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It's called schraouwakster, in the dialect I'm raised in. Where I live, I think they call it holtakster. I was amazed as a kid, that, an animal with such a local name could have a name referring to Belgium in Dutch. "Vlaamse Gaai" (Flemish Jay).
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My mum has been feeding a female magpie with one eye every day for a while now. Other birds pick on this magpie and I think it finds food hard to get.
Your mum is very kind, hope the magpie will be all right. :)
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Where I live, a jay means this:
(http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/blue_jay_glamour.jpg)
They're one of my favourite birds. Along with the cardinals:
(http://www.fowlvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/male-cardinal-copy.png)
The males look so badass. :laugh:
We have jays like that too, and the cardinal is my favorite of all birds! :heart:
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That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish :laugh:
Swedish is a silly language. :laugh:
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That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish :laugh:
Swedish is a silly language. :laugh:
We've deliberately designed it like that, to keep the Swedish-speaking population small. :P
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:agreed:
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That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish :laugh:
Swedish is a silly language. :laugh:
You haven't heard that bird yet.
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:nerdy:
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:laugh:
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Living for 20 years now, in this village, I've noticed the increase of magpies.
First magpie I saw here, was about 15 years ago, I saw one, outside the village.
About 3 years ago, I saw the first few in the village.
This morning, I saw one from my kitchen window.
Maybe now squirrels will follow too. There are hardly squirrels in the new land. I hope they will come and reside in the local trees around here. Moles could do it, so, why shouldn't squirrels make the jump to the 'polder'?
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I like bird feet
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That guy cutting up the ham at the meat counter at the mall looks pretty much like Breivik :orly:
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People. gotta love how humans dont or can't seem to tell the truth most of the time. lying is fashionable it seems, :thumbdn:
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People will wait an hour and a half to vote early when they can vote on Election Day in less than 10 minutes.
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Not today but the other day when I went to get gas, a squirrel ran out the door with a candy bar in it's mouth with the clerk chasing it, not just random but odd also :green:
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Not today but the other day when I went to get gas, a squirrel ran out the door with a candy bar in it's mouth with the clerk chasing it, not just random but odd also :green:
Was it a PayDay candy bar?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg/300px-Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg)
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Not today but the other day when I went to get gas, a squirrel ran out the door with a candy bar in it's mouth with the clerk chasing it, not just random but odd also :green:
Was it a PayDay candy bar?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg/300px-Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg)
No it was some type of one with a red wrapper not sue what. If it had been a payday the security video could have been used in one of their commercials :2thumbsup:
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Not today but the other day when I went to get gas, a squirrel ran out the door with a candy bar in it's mouth with the clerk chasing it, not just random but odd also :green:
I once saw a crow with a little bag of potato chips in its beak. :green:
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
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Not today but the other day when I went to get gas, a squirrel ran out the door with a candy bar in it's mouth with the clerk chasing it, not just random but odd also :green:
Was it a PayDay candy bar?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg/300px-Candy-PayDay-Broken.jpg)
No it was some type of one with a red wrapper not sue what. If it had been a payday the security video could have been used in one of their commercials :2thumbsup:
Probably a zagnut.
(http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4701838910097003&pid=1.7&w=216&h=62&c=7&rs=1)
If it was, I want that squirrel, that's one of my favorites. :LOL:
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
I have used undiluted bleach also and ended up having to put on a full face respirator to finish
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The cook girl is nice and efficient but pretty ugly. She doesn't seem to be from town but rather from a bit south.
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
I have used undiluted bleach also and ended up having to put on a full face respirator to finish
I used to water mushrooms with up to 150ppm of chlorine and definitely had to wear a respirator mask to do it.
MissKitty, I thought you had gotten a new cat?
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A bird (by the looks of the 'dusty' print it left.. a blackbird) has flown against a downstairs window. Luckily I found no dead bird under it.. and think the bird's okay.
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
I have used undiluted bleach also and ended up having to put on a full face respirator to finish
I used to water mushrooms with up to 150ppm of chlorine and definitely had to wear a respirator mask to do it.
MissKitty, I thought you had gotten a new cat?
I did but he doesn't venture far out of my son's room at the moment. He spent 3 days hiding under the bed, then was quite comfortable and came when called (in the room) and showed signs of being curious about coming out of the room. So Monday I left the bedroom door open so he could explore and he panicked and went back under the bed. :laugh: We catch him scooting about every once in awhile but he still stays close to the bedroom. I have a large home (3 floors + basement) so I have all of the other rooms closed off so that I don't lose him since he's a nervous nelly and has a tendency to hide if he's spooked. He still feels most comfortable in the bedroom.
He hasn't discovered there's the occasional mouse yet. :)
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Yeah, I remember, your house is massive. Well, compared to what I am used to anyway. Maybe you could try luring your new cat out with treats. From the pictures I saw, he looks really cute and I know I would love to hold him. :heart:
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The cook girl is nice and efficient but pretty ugly. She doesn't seem to be from town but rather from a bit south.
How can you guess that she is from south of town, is it her accent? :orly:
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The sky seems extra blue today! :prude:
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
I have used undiluted bleach also and ended up having to put on a full face respirator to finish
Just be careful you don't accidentally mix bleach and ammonia :nerdy:
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The cook girl is nice and efficient but pretty ugly. She doesn't seem to be from town but rather from a bit south.
How can you guess that she is from south of town, is it her accent? :orly:
Yup. The nerd girl was from town for sure, but this one is from some place farther to the south :toporly:
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For years my house has been chemical free when it comes to cleaning but with the presence of mice now that my cat has passed away, I got OCD about germs and decided to use diluted bleach. I only finished half of my kitchen and I had to open the windows and leave the room because the oldest and I can hardly stand it. Blech.
I once used *undiluted* bleach and had to take a break in my room
afterward, with teary eyes and a runny nose. I won't do that again. :tard:
I have used undiluted bleach also and ended up having to put on a full face respirator to finish
Just be careful you don't accidentally mix bleach and ammonia :nerdy:
Yes, that would be truly toxic! Someone warned me about that years ago! :nerd!:
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Fortuna fortes iuvat! :viking:
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Yeah, I remember, your house is massive. Well, compared to what I am used to anyway. Maybe you could try luring your new cat out with treats. From the pictures I saw, he looks really cute and I know I would love to hold him. :heart:
I figure he'll come out when he's ready. In the bedroom, he's always out. Laying on the bed, the chair, playing with his toys etc so I'm not worried. As long as he's eating and using the litterbox then I know he's okay and he'll come around in his own time. He's *so* sweet :heart:
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Yeah, I remember, your house is massive. Well, compared to what I am used to anyway. Maybe you could try luring your new cat out with treats. From the pictures I saw, he looks really cute and I know I would love to hold him. :heart:
I figure he'll come out when he's ready. In the bedroom, he's always out. Laying on the bed, the chair, playing with his toys etc so I'm not worried. As long as he's eating and using the litterbox then I know he's okay and he'll come around in his own time. He's *so* sweet :heart:
My friend's male cat (feral kitten found crying in the snow) has always
been shy; even after four years with her, he still tends to hide in the bedroom
when company comes over. He's healthy and happy, though, like yours. :heart:
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Yeah, I remember, your house is massive. Well, compared to what I am used to anyway. Maybe you could try luring your new cat out with treats. From the pictures I saw, he looks really cute and I know I would love to hold him. :heart:
I figure he'll come out when he's ready. In the bedroom, he's always out. Laying on the bed, the chair, playing with his toys etc so I'm not worried. As long as he's eating and using the litterbox then I know he's okay and he'll come around in his own time. He's *so* sweet :heart:
I adopted an American Shorthair from a breeder who wanted to put her down because she was too skittish to breed. She was a beautiful cat, but scared of everything. It took 6 years before she began to interact with her people. She died a couple of years ago from cancer at the age of 12, but those last 5 years or so she was super cuddly.
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I seem to be getting a higher count number on my geiger counter than usual today
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I seem to be getting a higher count number on my geiger counter than usual today
I hope it is not enough radiation to cause you any harm. :-\
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people asking for money and act like its for one thing usually means its for something else with a alchohol content above 8%
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people asking for money and act like its for one thing usually means its for something else with a alchohol content above 8%
I have been asked to buy beer for the underage, and I have always refused. :M
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Thats because you are a good weeble. :angel:
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Thats because you are a good weeble. :angel:
I do what I can. :angel:
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I seem to be getting a higher count number on my geiger counter than usual today
I hope it is not enough radiation to cause you any harm. :-\
No not even enough to get a reading on the two geiger counters I have . You have to watch an listen for the clicks and count them over a minute just a slight increase it seems in the normal background radiation
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They tested the emergency public address system in my town today they must be worried about the approaching storm
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Some 'guys' are making quite heavy firework bombs here.. and today 'they' set off three (as far I could hear them going off) of them today. This afternoon one gave my windows quite a shake.. and I wondered.. WTF was that?
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Flash powder. Unbeatable 8)
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I seem to be getting a higher count number on my geiger counter than usual today
I hope it is not enough radiation to cause you any harm. :-\
No not even enough to get a reading on the two geiger counters I have . You have to watch an listen for the clicks and count them over a minute just a slight increase it seems in the normal background radiation
They tested the emergency public address system in my town today they must be worried about the approaching storm
OR their geiger counters were acting different too today. :yarly:
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MLA seems to be necrobumping.
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MLA seems to be necrobumping.
Just the two. They had bots sitting on them that brought them to my attention :nerdy:
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MLA seems to be necrobumping.
Just the two. They had bots sitting on them that brought them to my attention :nerdy:
It provided me with a good random observation.
Observed too, today, that my sense of humour is a bit more brutal than that of most people. Loved some slips of the tongue in a speech today, when others averted their eyes.
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Observed too, today, that my sense of humour is a bit more brutal than that of most people.
Hmm. I might have that also :M
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Observed too, today, that my sense of humour is a bit more brutal than that of most people.
Hmm. I might have that also :M
We could start a self help group. :orly:
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There are people selling generators on the side of the road and a line of about 40 people waiting to get on at Lowes :o
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A couple of birds were fighting over something just outside my window.
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MLA seems to be necrobumping.
Just the two. They had bots sitting on them that brought them to my attention :nerdy:
It provided me with a good random observation.
Observed too, today, that my sense of humour is a bit more brutal than that of most people. Loved some slips of the tongue in a speech today, when others averted their eyes.
Ooooo, so you are a DARK chocolate bovine! ;)
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Dark chocolate bovines are the worst. :P
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Dark chocolate bovines are the worst. :P
So good, and yet, so bad! :hyke:
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Dark chocolate bovines are the worst. :P
So good, and yet, so bad! :hyke:
:shamone:
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Saw a employee arguing with another gas station employee about him putting the items in the wrong spot and not doing it right while I was paying for gas and looking for something to buy for lunch and seeing what candy they had there. They didn't sell any bag candy like most gas stations do.
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The storm sirens went off just a few minutes ago with warnings of coastal flooding
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Dark chocolate bovines are the worst. :P
So good, and yet, so bad! :hyke:
Packed with flavonoids, in a soft edition, with horns and hooves.
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My driveway looks so much bigger without the garbage cans, recycle bin and bikes there
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My driveway looks so much bigger without the garbage cans, recycle bin and bikes there
:laugh:
Do you like it?
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My driveway looks so much bigger without the garbage cans, recycle bin and bikes there
:laugh:
Do you like it?
Yes but I am sure parts of my back yard look smaller due to them being there where the wind can not blow them away tonight
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My driveway looks so much bigger without the garbage cans, recycle bin and bikes there
:laugh:
Do you like it?
Yes but I am sure parts of my back yard look smaller due to them being there where the wind can not blow them away tonight
No need to bring it all indoors?
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My driveway looks so much bigger without the garbage cans, recycle bin and bikes there
:laugh:
Do you like it?
Yes but I am sure parts of my back yard look smaller due to them being there where the wind can not blow them away tonight
No need to bring it all indoors?
No they should be fine there they are out of anyplace with direct wind , weighted and there is a six foot fence all the way around the yard, if they go sailing I will have a lot more serious things on my mind
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I like cleaning. ever since I've been staying here, I couldnt really imagine living in a pigstye any more
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I like cleaning. ever since I've been staying here, I couldnt really imagine living in a pigstye any more
It's good to keep a clean home! :multitask: And housework is good for you.
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Ammonia + bleach = not such a good idea.
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It's good to keep a clean home! :multitask: And housework is good for you.
Yardwork is awful though, I refuse to do it. :P
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Ammonia + bleach = not such a good idea.
This might a bit of an understatement.
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It's good to keep a clean home! :multitask: And housework is good for you.
Yardwork is awful though, I refuse to do it. :P
I don't have to do yardwork 'cause I don't have a yard! :oranna:
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I'm needing to start on my paper, then after that maybe clean the bird cage and rabbit cage.....
Theres alot to do.....
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No, it's not obvious that the various installs in a Adobe's Creative Cloud should be in English. Stupid support persons should be shot.
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:nerdy:
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Thought I saw a full moon this evening but looked at the dates of full moons (2012) on teh web and it turned out the proper full moon was yestereve.
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If I come to the Netherlands I can moon for you :moon:
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^ Wow, you'll do that for me? :autism: Um, this must be real, like in.. really real, love then, I reckon. :zoinks:
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:agreed: :viking:
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No, it's not obvious that the various installs in a Adobe's Creative Cloud should be in English. Stupid support persons should be shot.
Clearly, everything should be in English. Only a :moomin: would think otherwise.
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No, it's not obvious that the various installs in a Adobe's Creative Cloud should be in English. Stupid support persons should be shot.
Clearly, everything should be in English. Only a :moomin: would think otherwise.
Which would all have been fine and well, IF they had pointed it out somewhere and IF they did not offer a choice of languages when installing the various bits and pieces.
Moronic software developers should all be shot, too.
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^ Wow, you'll do that for me? :autism: Um, this must be real, like in.. really real, love then, I reckon. :zoinks:
If you bring him tulips, he may even do a lot more for you. :laugh:
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^ Wow, you'll do that for me? :autism: Um, this must be real, like in.. really real, love then, I reckon. :zoinks:
If you bring him tulips, he may even do a lot more for you. :laugh:
Watch out for Lit. He's only after one thing :M
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^ Wow, you'll do that for me? :autism: Um, this must be real, like in.. really real, love then, I reckon. :zoinks:
If you bring him tulips, he may even do a lot more for you. :laugh:
Watch out for Lit. He's only after one thing :M
Klompen? :tard:
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^ Wow, you'll do that for me? :autism: Um, this must be real, like in.. really real, love then, I reckon. :zoinks:
If you bring him tulips, he may even do a lot more for you. :laugh:
Watch out for Lit. He's only after one thing :M
Klompen? :tard:
That's it :zoinks:
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Sticking his bar of TNT into my virgin ass? :autism:
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:agreed: :indeed: :viking:
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Tulip?
(aaah, this is getting too weird.. )
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Sic, tulipae bonae sunt :thumbup:
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Sic, tulipae bonae sunt :thumbup:
Lutra fortis est! :viking:
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Sic, sed ego sum fortissimus ;)
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Fucking dork is still talking latin online like its cool.
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Fucking dork is still talking latin online like its cool.
It is cool to speak another language, I wish I could. Maybe I will learn one! :book:
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Haec lingua est facillissima :P
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Haec lingua est facillissima :P
How many languages do you speak? 8)
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Swedish, English, German, some Latin, some Greek...and I understand Norwegian and Danish and written Dutch as well 8)
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Being smart is :viking:
Taking pride in being a buck-toothed moron is :hide:
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:agreed:
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Some horrible woman on my street is hoarsely bellowing for her kid to come home! :zombiefuck:
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It takes two dump trucks, a back hoe and eight city workers an hour to move a small fallen tree off to the side of the road something I could have done with my van and a helper in about the same amount of time :-\
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Swedish, English, German, some Latin, some Greek...and I understand Norwegian and Danish and written Dutch as well 8)
you understand some latin? but act like your fluent in it. Or maybe your just trying to look cool online? :zoinks:
Congrats on knowing english though. thats one hell of a hard language to understand
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Swedish, English, German, some Latin, some Greek...and I understand Norwegian and Danish and written Dutch as well 8)
you understand some latin? but act like your fluent in it. Or maybe your just trying to look cool online? :zoinks:
Congrats on knowing english though. thats one hell of a hard language to understand
Ah, but mastering the Language of Love. That is an accomplishment.
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you understand some latin? but act like your fluent in it. Or maybe your just trying to look cool online? :zoinks:
I can't recall claiming to be speaking Latin fluently. I started learning it in July this year, and it takes a couple of years to speak a new language fluently.
Congrats on knowing english though. thats one hell of a hard language to understand
And you speak how many languages?
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Hu? Did I just see a fruit-fly fly by? November 1st it is, for crying out loud.
*gets bazooka out of closet*
(I hate those, hard to catch, little buggers)
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Ah, but mastering the Language of Love. That is an accomplishment.
:plus:
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I can't recall claiming to be speaking Latin fluently. I started learning it in July this year, and it takes a couple of years to speak a new language fluently.
And you speak how many languages?
Oh, I'm shure you'll use latin in your everyday life however. maybe you can exercise the stupid out of MLA online? :blonde:
And I dont need to speak any other language exept english. because I'm In a english speaking country, I understand muslims are moving into sweden in droves so next I guess you'll be learning arabic, ROTFL. ::)
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Bukrah inshallah, redneck! :hahaha:
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shure
:facepalm2:
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And you speak how many languages?
None that I have seen
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I can't recall claiming to be speaking Latin fluently. I started learning it in July this year, and it takes a couple of years to speak a new language fluently.
And you speak how many languages?
Oh, I'm shure you'll use latin in your everyday life however. maybe you can exercise the stupid out of MLA online? :blonde:
And I dont need to speak any other language exept english. because I'm In a english speaking country, I understand muslims are moving into sweden in droves so next I guess you'll be learning arabic, ROTFL. ::)
Your flailing is far more entertaining when it contains at least a small thread of sense. I assume you are drunk again when you write gibberish like this.
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And you speak how many languages?
None that I have seen
:green:
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People seem to have forgotten how to get anywhere without there GPS
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Today seems to be scooting by rather quickly! :tard:
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Here is another cars really stink when they burn.
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Here is another cars really stink when they burn.
Burning hair smells bad too. :blonde: That's one reason I towel-dry only!
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I love making all my posts in 11-point Georgia font, but setting the size and font
every time slows down my postwhoring! That's why my average is down! :idea:
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I hate going to bed hungry. :P
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That feeble arthritic lady did not choose well, when she got herself two young English Bulldogs.
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There are still some big trees and wire down in places I would have thought they would have been cleared
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French porn is actually not overrated. What strikes me the most is that French amateur women act so good in porn movies.
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French porn is actually not overrated. What strikes me the most is that French amateur women act so good in porn movies.
Off you go for a French holiday! :eiffel:
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:agreed: :mischief:
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I now 'have' a download speed of p/m 20 Mb/s and an upload speed of p/m 2 Mb/s.. which isn't top notch maybe but.. better than before.
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The 12-yo seems to have trouble learning.
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The 12-yo seems to have trouble learning.
Oh dear. You may need to ... correct him, sir. :toporly:
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My skin is getting dry (-ish). Dislike the stuff but think I need to buy me some moisturising shite.
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The 12-yo seems to have trouble learning.
Oh dear. You may need to ... correct him, sir. :toporly:
I may indeed have to *correct* him.
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n297/bartpsy/Movies/TheShiningthebar.jpg)
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I now 'have' a download speed of p/m 20 Mb/s and an upload speed of p/m 2 Mb/s.. which isn't top notch maybe but.. better than before.
Just checked mine download 25.45 mbps upload 2.87 mbps
Virgin is supposed to be super fast so i expected better than that!
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The 12-yo seems to have trouble learning.
Oh dear. You may need to ... correct him, sir. :toporly:
I may indeed have to *correct* him.
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n297/bartpsy/Movies/TheShiningthebar.jpg)
Can i be *corrected* next, please Sir? :P
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@Bodie: Well, those 'scores' aren't that bad, imo.. but scores vary during the coarse of the day. Five minutes ago I 'had' 26.13 (download speed in Mb/s) and 2.82 (upload). Ping was 15ms.
I've changed provider a couple of days ago.. and I'm not dissatisfied. It's okay.
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The 12-yo seems to have trouble learning.
Oh dear. You may need to ... correct him, sir. :toporly:
I may indeed have to *correct* him.
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n297/bartpsy/Movies/TheShiningthebar.jpg)
Can i be *corrected* next, please Sir? :P
By *him*? :o
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Come and take your medicine, you little pup! :arrr:
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It's as I suspected, girl is obsessed with her vision.
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Sirius is having an anxious day today. Lots of hiding under beds, not even coming out for food, till the end of the afternoon.
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Estne Sirius fortis? :-\
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Not much traffic out today :hyke:
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The flea market was over run with hipsters today :zombiefuck:
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The flea market was over run with hipsters today :zombiefuck:
That's a cool desk there, bro, how much is it? :coolyo:
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The early darkness makes early evening feel like the middle of the night! :zombiefuck:
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Waiting rooms never have anything interesting to read.
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Waiting rooms never have anything interesting to read.
I found a magazine in one once that was over ten years old while waiting for my daughter to get out of her doctor's appointment
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My skin is getting dry (-ish). Dislike the stuff but think I need to buy me some moisturising shite.
Up your water intake and watch your sodium intake will help as well.
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My skin is getting dry (-ish). Dislike the stuff but think I need to buy me some moisturising shite.
Up your water intake and watch your sodium intake will help as well.
Long, hot showers or baths are drying to the skin. I find a moisturizer with shea butter or honey in it does a better job or keeping my hands softened. I don't think I would like living in a dry climate, New Orleans is pretty humid, but I still get dry hands from simply daily work.
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Thanks, those are good advices. My water (liquid) intake is okay, I reckon. Base here, is a two litres bottle of (ja, bottled) water (Spa Blue) on a daily basis. One, or two max, cups of coffee (coffee 'steals' water from one's system).. and then there's tea, orange juice, soup, etc..
About the sodium intake.. I don't know. Could be, with my cooking adventures, I sometimes go a tadski over the daily recommended amount. Perhaps at times.. but OTOH I rarely eat processed, prea-made in some 'factory', stuff.. which tends to contain a lot of salt.
Still haven't bought any moisturiser.. most of the shite my skin really hates. It goes itchy a/o spotty red-ish and basically is irritated by it. Wouldn't know where to start looking for a proper one.
And yes, your honour.. long hot showers I am guilty of. Lurve them.. but ja, they can have that drying effect on the skin.
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It seems there were no Pilgrim Weebles ever made, I am disappointed! :thumbdn:
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It seems there were no Pilgrim Weebles ever made, I am disappointed! :thumbdn:
They made Indians
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It's wise to remember where the edge of the car door is in relation to your head when putting things into said car.
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It's wise to remember where the edge of the car door is in relation to your head when putting things into said car.
*ouch* I've done that one too many times
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It's wise to remember where the edge of the car door is in relation to your head when putting things into said car.
That's why I'm glad I have a :icequeen:.
Hatchbacks are even worse esp. when that puny little air shock fails after a million miles. :P
Nothing like almost knocking yourself out cold in front of 10 staring on-lookers in a parking lot when it comes down on your head.
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'Garden' robin is singing his song this morning. (observation at 07h30, Nov. the 14th)
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Erithacus rubecula :viking:
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I shared the hospital room with THREE people with detached retinas. One of them was on holiday in Spain when it happened.
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I shared the hospital room with THREE people with detached retinas. One of them was on holiday in Spain when it happened.
They just don't make retinas like they used to. They're all made in China these days.
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It seems there were no Pilgrim Weebles ever made, I am disappointed! :thumbdn:
They made Indians
:plus: for an adorable find! Love the bow in his chubby little hand. :heart:
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I shared the hospital room with THREE people with detached retinas. One of them was on holiday in Spain when it happened.
They just don't make retinas like they used to. They're all made in China these days.
By children, presumably.
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Time passes very fast when divided into 10- and 20-minute intervals! :GA:
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Time passes very fast when divided into 10- and 20-minute intervals! :GA:
Why are you doing it? :apondering:
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I seem to do my best work last minute. Despite the fact that it stresses me out. :P
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Time passes very fast when divided into 10- and 20-minute intervals! :GA:
Why are you doing it? :apondering:
When de-hoarding, I often work for 20 minutes at a stretch and take 10 minutes off! :viking:
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Time passes very fast when divided into 10- and 20-minute intervals! :GA:
Why are you doing it? :apondering:
When de-hoarding, I often work for 20 minutes at a stretch and take 10 minutes off! :viking:
The 20 and 10 minute timing isn't long enough for me. It takes me more than 20 minutes to get up and down from the floor. And I sit on the floor to de-hoard. For some obscure, unintelligent reason I start de-hoarding from the bottom of the pile. Always have.
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If you have a ticklish cough and decide to take a bottle of wate with you when you go to sleep, it's probably not a good idea to keep it in the bed with you.
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Time passes very fast when divided into 10- and 20-minute intervals! :GA:
Why are you doing it? :apondering:
When de-hoarding, I often work for 20 minutes at a stretch and take 10 minutes off! :viking:
The 20 and 10 minute timing isn't long enough for me. It takes me more than 20 minutes to get up and down from the floor. And I sit on the floor to de-hoard. For some obscure, unintelligent reason I start de-hoarding from the bottom of the pile. Always have.
Sorting from the bottom actually does make sense. Heavier items would tend to
settle there, so you might find coins or jewelry or other missing items of value. :apondering:
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LOL. I just took a short peek at WP and, by chance really, saw the picture Zegh posted there. :green:
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My barium chlorate is slightly basic. That suprised me a bit, since it smelled of chloric acid (one of the nastier ones there are) some weeks ago.
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It's okay if I'm having a bad day and the oldest is having a good day. And it's okay if the oldest is having a bad day and I'm having a good day. However, it's absolutely nothing but craptacular chaos if we're BOTH having bad days. :P
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I saw my first truck load of of Christmas trees of the season heading south on the highway today
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It's okay if I'm having a bad day and the oldest is having a good day. And it's okay if the oldest is having a bad day and I'm having a good day. However, it's absolutely nothing but craptacular chaos if we're BOTH having bad days. :P
But then you both get the bad day out of the way, which is good! :snowman:
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Damn, that was quick. The two seasons of House arrived days earlier than they were supposed to.
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Damn, that was quick. The two seasons of House arrived days earlier than they were supposed to.
Two seasons of House at once = couch-potato happiness! :drool:
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They must be printing the Saturday paper on Friday evening. They just delivered it, 27 minutes past midnight, and it takes 20 minutes to town by car, if you don't stop on the way, that is.
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Damn, that was quick. The two seasons of House arrived days earlier than they were supposed to.
Two seasons of House at once = couch-potato happiness! :drool:
I watched no fewer than three episodes yesterday evening.
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They must be printing the Saturday paper on Friday evening. They just delivered it, 27 minutes past midnight, and it takes 20 minutes to town by car, if you don't stop on the way, that is.
That is indeed what they do, and depending on the paper the exact times will vary.
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I need more duct tape
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I need more duct tape
It fixes everything, no home is complete without it! :thumbup:
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I need more duct tape
It fixes everything, no home is complete without it! :thumbup:
I use duct tape to hold and seal the hoses on my insulation blowing machine together. I probably by 30-40 rolls a year
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I need more duct tape
It fixes everything, no home is complete without it! :thumbup:
I use duct tape to hold and seal the hoses on my insulation blowing machine together. I probably by 30-40 rolls a year
Duct tape is holding my glasses together at the moment. :autism:
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Oatmeal dried on bowls long enough it as hard as cement
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Oatmeal dried on bowls long enough it as hard as cement
Yet another reason to hate the chewy, gluey stuff! :sick:
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Oatmeal dried on bowls long enough it as hard as cement
Yet another reason to hate the chewy, gluey stuff! :sick:
It's not that different from duct tape :autism:
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Sometimes badly organised things can be in your advantage.
Had booked a "bus" trip. Because of the Sunday, not many passengers are expected, so the bus will not go from the trainstation to the village I was born. But, you can call in, tell with how many people you want to travel from A-B and a taxi will arrive and drop you at the bus stop of your choice for the price of a bus ticket/bus pass charge.
They never got that bus pass charging right, so, we travelled for free. :laugh:
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Your not wrong about dried on porridge. Damn near impossible to get off without either a long, long soaking, or corrosives.
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Two weeks after the time change, evening still feels like midnight! :yawn:
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Coffee seems stronger today.
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I get most ambitious about cleaning 15 minutes before I have to get ready for work. :P
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The cook girl at the café is genuinely nice. She asked me if it was OK with pasta instead of rice to the chicken and served to other guests extra coffee without charging them :)
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
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I spent a total of 30 minutes in the office today.
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
Did it hit a Kardashian?
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
Did it hit a Kardashian?
I know very little about the Kardashians (and always think of Cardassians) and this is probably a good thing.
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
A "girl" car, then! Was it painted pink? :laugh:
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I spent a total of 30 minutes in the office today.
Blowing off the office is badass! :fuckyeahdance:
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
A "girl" car, then! Was it painted pink? :laugh:
No, it was white and my mum said there was a man driving it. :D
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Saw a car with eyelashes and bling all over its doors today.
A "girl" car, then! Was it painted pink? :laugh:
No, it was white and my mum said there was a man driving it. :D
Maybe it was his girlfriend's car, or maybe his car *is* his girlfriend. :P
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I have to see the doctor later, in an hour or so. Because the guy I see regularly isn't in, and last time I saw him, a day or two ago for my meds, and a referral to get an MRI done, kept him pretty busy doing stuff, increasing my pain meds, chasing the pain clinic for results of my appt....he forgot two of my meds on my rx.
This guy though is a tightfisted allah-slobbering lump of feculent, perditionknowswhat-infected pig sewage. Even though I am now OVERdue, thanks to the accidental forgetting by my regular doc, I'm not happy about this. Wouldn't put it past this tossbag to refuse to give me what I'm due for. Prick has put me in hospital before because of his unreasonable, tightwad ways.
Arrogant snot to boot. I NEVER make appointments with him, because I can't bloody stand him, but in this case I'm stuck with the cunt :/
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To truly become a wanker.. one has to follow one.
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Then who made the very first of the worlds wankers? :autism:
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fuck you, wind.
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fuck you, wind.
I'm guessing it's keeping you from working?
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I spent a total of 30 minutes in the office today.
Blowing off the office is badass! :fuckyeahdance:
but preferable to an eye exam. :zombiefuck:
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My new phone is smarter than I am. :tard:
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* The big news of the day:
Over 20 million turkeys have died today in the US
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Poor animals. :P
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I'm not missing FB at all.
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Saw a sign when I was having blood taken:
"A true friend is one that knows how crazy you are yet decides to be seen with you in public."
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Only in America ......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America .....do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America ......do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America ......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America ..........do we buy hot dogs inpackages of ten and buns in packages of eight..
Only in America .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER ...
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
I like this one!!!
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
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Roads tend to be clear of traffic till you begin backing up a trailer into a driveway then the cars, trucks and even pedestrians come out of nowhere and give you evil looks for making them wait a minute while you finish
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(http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/61643088619248278_1fHJujTL_b.jpg)
(Sorry it's so small, but that's the best I could do.
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Today I had two cups of coffee. The interval between drinking both of them was p/m 45 minutes. Um, after the second I started playing my piano for a bit and.. ja, the two coffees were noticeably there. :green:
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I measured out ingredients today for my boss to make into bread.
1.) Dry yeast smells really foul! :sick:
2.) Nonfat dry milk smell even fouler! :sick:
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I measured out ingredients today for my boss to make into bread.
1.) Dry yeast smells really foul! :sick:
2.) Nonfat dry milk smell even fouler! :sick:
but yet you put them together and you get wonderful smelling bread
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I measured out ingredients today for my boss to make into bread.
1.) Dry yeast smells really foul! :sick:
2.) Nonfat dry milk smell even fouler! :sick:
but yet you put them together and you get wonderful smelling bread
Yes, thanks to flour, sugar, shortening, salt, and water! :thumbup:
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Fuck! Ran everybody off. Again!
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Seems my wife left for work a lot earlier than usual.
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My spatial awareness was really wonky today.
And I saw a little kid almost get hit by a car (the car clipped his ear, seriously). He darted across when the pedestrian light turned green at the cross intersection and the driver also darted left around the corner when his light turned green.
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My spatial awareness was really wonky today.
Join my club.
Oh, and lucky kid. Would've been a big nightmare to witness if he had got hit.
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I like this Christmas song, Mariah sings it very well. :thumbup:
O Holy Night - Mariah Carey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkRMiO8FIU#)
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I'm not a big fan of her, but not bad.
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I generally listen to alternative rock rather than the pop she does, but she can sing.
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I generally listen to alternative rock rather than the pop she does, but she can sing.
You always were cutting-edge. :scenester:
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I generally listen to alternative rock rather than the pop she does, but she can sing.
You always were cutting-edge. :scenester:
:agreed: I'm right there with 18 year old releases.
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I generally listen to alternative rock rather than the pop she does, but she can sing.
You always were cutting-edge. :scenester:
:agreed: I'm right there with 18 year old releases.
You're so old-school, you're brand-new! :headbang2:
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There's CBC, yet again, hitting on PPK. :-*
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:lol1:
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There's CBC, yet again, hitting on PPK. :-*
As always, my intentions are the purest! :angel:
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You definitely want him to deflower you or something, lol.
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You definitely want him to deflower you or something, lol.
But if I were deflowered I would have no flowers. That wouldn't be good. :dunno:
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There must have been almost 20 Blackhawk helicopters sitting out on the tarmac at the factory today when I drove by, I have never seen so many out there before.
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You're being hunted, Parts. Sorry to say. :(
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Letting your hair grow is exasperating.
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The coffee mugs were in the wrong place. It shows when the kids do the dishing.
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The coffee mugs were in the wrong place. It shows when the kids do the dishing.
:GA:
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No newspaper this morning. Odd.
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No newspaper this morning. Odd.
It's the Apocalypse! Of course there's no newspaper! :GA:
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Oh noes! :GA:
Well, newspaper came about 12 o'clock. Meereckons newspaper-chap had a bit of a party night last night (holiday started, I think). Dunno, other reasons. I forgive him.
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Quite cold this morning
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So many bad drivers on the roads today
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Wren's back in the garden. Hope the little fella stays.
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This information is for Catholics only. It must not be divulged to non-Catholics. The less they know about our rituals and top secret code words, the better off they are.
AMEN: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.
BULLETIN: Your receipt for attending Mass.
CHOIR: A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the Parish to lip-sync.
HOLY WATER: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY. Created by boiling the HELL out of it.
HYMN: A song of praise usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation's range.
RECESSIONAL HYMN: The last song at Mass often sung a little more quietly, since most of the people have already left.
INCENSE: Holy Smoke!
JESUITS: An order of priests known for their ability to find colleges with good basketball teams.
JONAH: The original 'Jaws' story.
JUSTICE: When kids have kids of their own.
KYRIE ELEISON: The only Greek words that most Catholics can recognize besides gyros and baklava. (for you non-Catholics it means Lord have mercy)
MAGI: The most famous trio to attend a baby shower.
MANGER: Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph wasn't covered by an HMO. (The Bible's way of showing us that holiday travel has always been rough.)
PEW: A medieval torture device still found in Catholic churches.
PROCESSION: The ceremonial formation at the beginning of Mass consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats.
RECESSIONAL: The ceremonial procession at the conclusion of Mass led by parishioners trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot.
RELICS: People who have been going to Mass for so long, they actually know when to sit, kneel, and stand.
TEN COMMANDMENTS: The most important Top Ten list not given by David Letterman.
USHERS: The only people in the parish who don't know the seating capacity of a pew.
Little known facts about the Catholic Church in Las Vegas :
There are more churches in Las Vegas than casinos. During Sunday services at the offertory, some worshippers contribute casino chips as opposed to cash.. Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since they get chips from so many different casinos, and they are worth money, the Catholic churches are required to send all the chips into the diocese for sorting. Once sorted into the respective casino chips, one junior priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips into cash. And he, of course, is known as The Chip Monk.
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Lots of people at the gas station today
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Cell phones don't float.
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Max is farting an awful lot today :zombiefuck:
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Is it just me or is there something creepy with this smiley? :LOL:
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Max is farting an awful lot today :zombiefuck:
When a dog farts, it's the most damaging experience ever.
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Is it just me or is there something creepy with this smiley? :LOL:
yes there is. i dunno what, but i don't like it either.
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Looking at the urchins good behaviour chart...
the items at the bottom, i.e. that were added after i made it, are somewhat worse than the normal ones at the top. For example the bottom one reads "Today i will not get my winkey out inappropriately" :facepalm2:
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Once a dog decides that it's time to eat :doggie: good luck telling him otherwise!
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A wood pigeon flew against the sliding doors (to the terrace/outside) this afternoon. It left its dusty outline on the glass. Luckily the silly bird survived the collision.
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apparently being a doorman is a easy odd job to do.
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I got very little useful done today.
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I got very little useful done today.
You helped a Weeble. :cbc: That's good for your karma.
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After using Black Rain for over a year, the default theme looks so BRIGHT! :orly:
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:apondering:
Maybe you should use sunglasses when browsing the site for a while. 8)
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:apondering:
Maybe you should use sunglasses when browsing the site for a while. 8)
I actually enjoy the change, my whole room looks brighter now! :autism:
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:apondering:
Maybe you should use sunglasses when browsing the site for a while. 8)
I actually enjoy the change, my whole room looks brighter now! :autism:
Intensity - making your online life a brighter experience since 2006. :zoinks:
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Aww, we do so much for the world.
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The little site that could.
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The little site that could.
Just like that classic children's book about a little train!
:trainwreck:
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We are very much like a children's book. :zoinks:
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I wanted to say it was January the second, then I watched the clock, and saw it was already January the third.
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You can see the monument on top of East Rock from my sons house
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Bought a guitar from a guy who had a Roland line mixer just like mine in his studio.
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Birds seem to think Spring's 'round the corner here. See, daytime temperatures are/were around 10C here for the last week (or so).. and quite a few of them started singing their nice songs early in the morning (last 3/4 days).
Um, Jan 5th.. their assumption cannot be right, here. It isn't.
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It's bright as hell out today.
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Clouds of Chironomidae everywhere.
They are also invading the house, every time the door or the window opens. Tomorrow morning, all flying invaders will be lying dead on the floor. For now, it is wise to watch the cups and plates, to see none have fallen in our drinks and on our food.
It's not that bad yet, only a few hundred of them. Have had it lots worse.
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It's bright as hell out today.
And it's always sunny in Philadelphia.
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The house I worked on today had a nice view of New Haven out of the attic window but it would have been nicer without the tree in the middle
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/020-7.jpg)
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The house I worked on today had a nice view of New Haven out of the attic window but it would have been nicer without the tree in the middle
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/020-7.jpg)
Indeed. I would be tempted to cut it down.
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real cold weather kinda sucks
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^We have that kind of weather today. It's -16C. I don't want to go outside. :(
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^We have that kind of weather today. It's -16C. I don't want to go outside. :(
2 degrees above that here. Instant sinus headache. :zombiefuck:
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I feel better about life when I just get up off my ass and get something done. :thumbup:
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There are a bunch of left lane exits near Waterbury on I84
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Some guests, kramsvogels (turdus pilaris), from the north-east in the garden, eating from my ligustrum berries. A mistle trush (turdus viscivorus) drops by now and then too, and plenty of blackbirds (turdus merula) are around.
Looks like a turdi party. They also like the apple I put on the table for them. Strangely enough, one half of the apple is almost completely eaten by now. The other half is almost untouched.
weird :apondering:
They would probably love me throwing in a :CanofWorms: but, I don't have that.
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Lots of idiots everywhere today. Something in the water?
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^
But, but, it isn't even raining. :blonde:
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Something in the air, then.
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Lots of traffic today
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^I saw the same yesterday and wondered where they could all be going.
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There is some animal probably a woodchuck making a home under the billboard near where I get coffee, you can see the dirt from the freshly dug hole
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The makeshift coffee shop at the cinema closed early, ignoring the fact that we had a late screening.
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The makeshift coffee shop at the cinema closed early, ignoring the fact that we had a late screening.
Bastards
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windy days are cold days
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The makeshift coffee shop at the cinema closed early, ignoring the fact that we had a late screening.
Bastards
:indeed:
I've pointed out the errors in their ways. There's a late show again today so I guess I'll find out if they've learned anything.
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There is some animal probably a woodchuck making a home under the billboard near where I get coffee, you can see the dirt from the freshly dug hole
Animals are so cute in their little holes in the ground! :2thumbsup:
Trudell as Jimmy Looks Twice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT0sy4_wWSw#ws)
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There is some animal probably a woodchuck making a home under the billboard near where I get coffee, you can see the dirt from the freshly dug hole
Animals are so cute in their little holes in the ground! :2thumbsup:
Trudell as Jimmy Looks Twice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT0sy4_wWSw#ws)
:hahaha: serves him right for reaching in there :laugh:
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A long time friend passed away
He and I shared the same name
It was strange seeing my name in the obits
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There were people walking down my street with snow shoes on
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Had a Spanish-speaking person talking on his (/%¤(%£@$ mobile ruin my lunch. He was sitting at the table next to mine, commenting frantically on just about everything.
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Finally went to the new Wal mart that opened up down the road last week. Waiting for the newness to wear off.
It's fairly small in Wal mart terms, and hardly anyone there 8:00 in the morning. Managed to get my groceries without wanting to run out screaming. Open 24 hours too, I bet 4:00 am in the morning would be heaven.
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One of my old TAFE teachers dropped into work today. Turns out she's good friends with our receptionist.
The receptionist looked like she was wearing a leather dress but it was just tweed with a shiny leather like sheen.
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
Of course he's not. That would be wrong. :police:
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
Of course he's not. That would be wrong. :police:
:finger: Parts can post his own reply. :hahaha:
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
Of course he's not. That would be wrong. :police:
:finger: Parts can post his own reply. :hahaha:
Your use of an obscene gesture does not surprise me.
As my mother used to say, what do you expect from a pig but a grunt. :M :P
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The 12-yo went home early today.
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
Of course he's not. That would be wrong. :police:
:finger: Parts can post his own reply. :hahaha:
Your use of an obscene gesture does not surprise me.
As my mother used to say, what do you expect from a pig but a grunt. :M :P
Is there any point there aside from the one on your head? :hahaha:
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The Royal Electrician and Her Majesty's Lady should play nicely together.
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She :cbc: started it. :angel:
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There is a Federal Signal number 5 civil defense siren near my fathers condo that I never noticed before
Are you going to liberate it? :zoinks:
Of course he's not. That would be wrong. :police:
:finger: Parts can post his own reply. :hahaha:
Your use of an obscene gesture does not surprise me.
As my mother used to say, what do you expect from a pig but a grunt. :M :P
Is there any point there aside from the one on your head? :hahaha:
My head is ROUND. :cbc: See? Round.
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She :cbc: started it. :angel:
He is a bad, bad man. :cbc:
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Mayo clinic heart info
How many folks do you know who say they don't want to drink anything before going to bed because they'll have to get up during the night!!
Heart Attack and Water - I never knew all of this ! Interesting.......
Something else I didn't know ... I asked my Doctor why do people need to urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiac Doctor -
Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell). When you lie down and the lower body (legs and etc) seeks level with the kidneys, it is then that the kidneys remove the water because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body, but this was news to me.
Correct time to drink water... Very Important. From A Cardiac Specialist!
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body: 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack
I can also add to this... My Physician told me that water at bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up with a Charlie Horse. Subject: FW: FW: Mayo clinic aspirin Good information.
Subject: Mayo Clinic on Aspirin - PASS IT ON
Mayo Clinic Aspirin Dr. Virend Somers, is a Cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic, who is lead author of the report in the July 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 A.M. and noon. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened. Somers and his colleagues have been working for a decade to show that sleep apnea is to blame.
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night.
The reason: Aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life"; therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the Aspirin would be strongest in your system.
2. FYI, Aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest for years, (when it gets old, it smells like vinegar).
Please read on.
Something that we can do to help ourselves - nice to know.
Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve instantly on the tongue.
They work much faster than the tablets.
Why keep Aspirin by your bedside? It's about Heart Attacks -
There are other symptoms of a heart attack, besides the pain on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating; however, these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.
The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep did not wake up.
However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards: - Call 911. - Phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by.
- Say "heart attack!" - Say that you have taken 2 Aspirins. - Take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and ...DO NOT LIE DOWN!
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These six heart attack symptoms are common in women:
1.Chest pain or discomfort. Chest pain is the most common heart attack symptom, but some women may experience it differently than men. It may feel like a squeezing or fullness, and the pain can be anywhere in the chest, not just on the left side. It's usually "truly uncomfortable" during a heart attack, says cardiologist Rita Redberg, MD, director of Women’s Cardiovascular Services at the University of California, San Francisco. "It feels like a vise being tightened."
2.Pain in your arm(s), back, neck, or jaw. This type of pain is more common in women than in men. It may confuse women who expect their pain to be focused on their chest and left arm, not their back or jaw. The pain can be gradual or sudden, and it may wax and wane before becoming intense. If you're asleep, it may wake you up. You should report any "not typical or unexplained" symptoms in any part of your body above your waist to your doctor or other health care provider, says cardiologist C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
3.Stomach pain. Sometimes people mistake stomach pain that signals a heart attack with heartburn, the flu, or a stomach ulcer. Other times, women experience severe abdominal pressure that feels like an elephant sitting on your stomach, says cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, medical director of the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York.
4.Shortness of breath, nausea, or lightheadedness. If you're having trouble breathing for no apparent reason, you could be having a heart attack, especially if you're also having one or more other symptoms. "It can feel like you have run a marathon, but you didn't make a move," Goldberg says.
5.Sweating. Breaking out in a nervous, cold sweat is common among women who are having a heart attack. It will feel more like stress-related sweating than perspiration from exercising or spending time outside in the heat. "Get it checked out" if you don't typically sweat like that and there is no other reason for it, such as heat or hot flashes, Bairey Merz says.
6.Fatigue. Some women who have heart attacks feel extremely tired, even if they've been sitting still for a while or haven't moved much. "Patients often complain of a tiredness in the chest," Goldberg says. "They say that they can't do simple activities, like walk to the bathroom."
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Too many carbs make me tired and stiff in the joints. :thumbdn:
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The snow is melting away rather fast hard to believe we had 38 inches on the ground just over a week ago
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Birds yawn. I took this today it looks like his head is photoshopped his mouth is open so wide
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/060_crsm_zps829c2375.jpg)
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Birds yawn. I took this today it looks like his head is photoshopped his mouth is open so wide
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/060_crsm_zps829c2375.jpg)
That's so funny, I never thought of birds yawning! *tosses a fish in his beak* :laugh:
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The snow is melting. Finally.
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The snow is melting. Finally.
It is here too I can see grass in some places
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We are supposed to have spring temperatures next week.
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It's about 30C here.
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/oldtruck.jpg)
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/babytat.jpg)
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The truck is great. Did you actually observe the painted lady?
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The truck is great. Did you actually observe the painted lady?
no, its just art
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/coffee.jpg)
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Apparently at this one restaurant, they already know me. :green:
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Apparently at this one restaurant, they already know me. :green:
Have you been there before, or does your reputation precede you? :orly:
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It's maybe better not to anticipate on some alone time. :-\
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I've come to the observation that some members here love discussion. They stroke, kiss, lick, nuzzle, make exciting sounds, and just make beautiful love with their arguments, positions, thoughts.
I, on the other hand am a blow job. :squit:
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I've come to the observation that some members here love discussion. They stroke, kiss, lick, nuzzle, make exciting sounds, and just make beautiful love with their arguments, positions, thoughts.
I, on the other hand am a blow job. :squit:
:plus:
Lots of sigging material on here today.
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
My dentist even told me I did well. You are talking out of your a$$ as usual. :hahaha:
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
My dentist even told me I did well. You are talking out of your a$$ as usual. :hahaha:
Did you reply in kind by telling him the check is in the mail? :LOL:
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
My dentist even told me I did well. You are talking out of your a$$ as usual. :hahaha:
Did you reply in kind by telling him the check is in the mail? :LOL:
I am a trusted patient, I will not even be billed until the permanent crowns arrive. :angel:
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honey in my moustache is a good after dinner snack
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I I drove about 7 hours today and noticed traffic was rather light
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
My dentist even told me I did well. You are talking out of your a$$ as usual. :hahaha:
Did you reply in kind by telling him the check is in the mail? :LOL:
I am a trusted patient, I will not even be billed until the permanent crowns arrive. :angel:
Royalty wear crowns. Nobility wear tiaras. Don't get above your station.
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I am a very pleasant and stoic dental patient. :angel:
You lie! :hahaha:
My dentist even told me I did well. You are talking out of your a$$ as usual. :hahaha:
Did you reply in kind by telling him the check is in the mail? :LOL:
I am a trusted patient, I will not even be billed until the permanent crowns arrive. :angel:
Royalty wear crowns. Nobility wear tiaras. Don't get above your station.
Then what do Weeble teeth wear? :cbc: I don't know what else to call them.
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Dextromethorphan (active ingredient in my cough syrup) makes me foolish. :tard:
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Dextromethorphan (active ingredient in my cough syrup) makes me foolish. :tard:
How would you know? Did somebody tell you?
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Dextromethorphan (active ingredient in my cough syrup) makes me foolish. :tard:
How would you know? Did somebody tell you?
I see you referencing my sig, very clever. :mischief: I just felt it, I was very silly.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GRdT1wJ3euk/UTvOXEUTWwI/AAAAAAABIhc/Xfzq7h-45Ys/s420/625472_428798333875121_481076283_n.jpg)
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I like this smiley:
:fuckyeahdance:
I'M FUCKING DANCING, BITCHES
AND THERE'S NOT A GOD DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
SO FUCK YOU
UNGH UNGH UNGH
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:laugh:
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I like this smiley:
:fuckyeahdance:
I'M FUCKING DANCING, BITCHES
AND THERE'S NOT A GOD DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
SO FUCK YOU
UNGH UNGH UNGH
That's one of my favorites too, I must try to use it more often. :green:
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I like this smiley:
:fuckyeahdance:
I'M FUCKING DANCING, BITCHES
AND THERE'S NOT A GOD DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
SO FUCK YOU
UNGH UNGH UNGH
That's one of my favorites too, I must try to use it more often. :green:
I still love orly owl, what a silly fellow he is! :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly:
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i do love myself better than anyone else could :tard:
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i do love myself better than anyone else could :tard:
If I was an attorney I would want you to be my secretary bodie. :angel:
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My face was green this morning.
Girl had drawn a dragon on my arm. It stamped itself in patterns on my face during the night. :hahaha:
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DXM is crap IMO.
Worst dissociative ever. I prefer methoxetamine, or 3-hydroxy-PCP any day.
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I haven shaved in almost two weeks and I can see that I would have one of those salt and pepper beards now if I grew one
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My face was green this morning.
Girl had drawn a dragon on my arm. It stamped itself in patterns on my face during the night. :hahaha:
Dis respected! Feeling neglected!
Dashed hopes for would be Popes!
No farmer is her master!
No one puts Hykie out to pasture!
She was feeling mean and Blue!
Now she has a green tattoo!
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - OFFICIAL 8 Minute Trailer - In Theaters 12/21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7awaM0UmYI#ws)
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/untitled_zpsa6e82aa3.jpg)
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/untitled_zpsa6e82aa3.jpg)
(http://www.goatse.info/hello.jpg)
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An owl is an owl that still is an owl.
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An owl is an owl that still is an owl.
You should write a poem about that. :thumbup: :viking: :flyingbat: :flyingbat: :flyingbat:
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Lestat needs to learn how to quote.
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An owl is an owl that still is an owl.
You should write a poem about that. :thumbup: :viking: :flyingbat: :flyingbat: :flyingbat:
Not really my work.... its work done by a French Filmmaker and Essayist named Chris Marker (He made a short film that was the inspiration for 12 Monkeys):
I think his video went something like this:
an owl is an owl is an owl by Chris Marker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_j4HE4-8zI#)
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The actual work for the 12 monkeys inspiration is a film called La Jetee (The Pier).
I would recommend it
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An owl is an owl that still is an owl.
You should write a poem about that. :thumbup: :viking: :flyingbat: :flyingbat: :flyingbat:
Not really my work.... its work done by a French Filmmaker and Essayist named Chris Marker (He made a short film that was the inspiration for 12 Monkeys):
I think his video went something like this:
an owl is an owl is an owl by Chris Marker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_j4HE4-8zI#)
He cribbed it from part of a tedious long horrid poem called Sacred Emily by Gertrude Stein published in 1922.
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I guess we learn stuff everyday.... wow I never knew that..... I might look into that poet later..... I need to get to sleep :P
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Some old trams are being put back into service in the city. There are problems with the Italian-made new ones.
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Thoughtful, innovative combinations can lead to tasty dishes. Sweet potatoes and cherry preserves, nice.
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Some old trams are being put back into service in the city. There are problems with the Italian-made new ones.
An Italian machine that doesn't work properly?
UNPOSSIBLE
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Some old trams are being put back into service in the city. There are problems with the Italian-made new ones.
An Italian machine that doesn't work properly?
UNPOSSIBLE
It's a proper scandal around here now. Turns out some of the new ones were rusty before they left the assembly line.
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^ Ansaldo Breda?
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^ Ansaldo Breda?
Yes. They are fucking useless.
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^ Ansaldo Breda?
Yes. They are fucking useless.
Well, they are great in creating scandals all over the northern hemisphere. :orly:
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For some reason, vegetable chips don't taste as good. And I was disappointed the graffiti-ing kids denied being artists...I was going to request a picture of the goose that lays the golden egg (since a bunch of canada geese just moved into our neighborhood).
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Why did Cartman post a picture of his Mom not wearing any pants near a fancy car?
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Marshall Tucker band fire on the mountain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e71N7EhaGA#)
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^ Ansaldo Breda?
Yes. They are fucking useless.
Well, they are great in creating scandals all over the northern hemisphere. :orly:
So I've heard. :toporly:
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Veg? disgusting QV. So much sensory awfulness, and they taste like hammered shite to begin with.
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Thoughtful, innovative combinations can lead to tasty dishes. Sweet potatoes and cherry preserves, nice.
You *do* have some left over, don't you? :puppy:
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato.
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
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Thoughtful, innovative combinations can lead to tasty dishes. Sweet potatoes and cherry preserves, nice.
You *do* have some left over, don't you? :puppy:
PM me your address for a care package.
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato. :zombiefuck:
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
:zombiefuck: Ugh!
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato. :zombiefuck:
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
:zombiefuck: Ugh!
I also eat tripe stew, sauerkraut and knips, hassenpfeffer, liver, crawfish, hogshead cheese, limburger cheese. When you kiss me, you kiss the United Nations.
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato. :zombiefuck:
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
:zombiefuck: Ugh!
I also eat tripe stew, sauerkraut and knips, hassenpfeffer, liver, crawfish, hogshead cheese, limburger cheese. When you kiss me, you kiss the United Nations.
:indeed: last time I kissed you your husband was a right prick about it. ???
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato. :zombiefuck:
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
:zombiefuck: Ugh!
I also eat tripe stew, sauerkraut and knips, hassenpfeffer, liver, crawfish, hogshead cheese, limburger cheese. When you kiss me, you kiss the United Nations.
:indeed: last time I kissed you your husband was a right prick about it. ???
:lol1: I wanted to riff on the jealous-husband angle but you did it better than I could have.
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Well, if you hadn't kissed and told, we'd still be together.
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Well, if you hadn't kissed and told, we'd still be together.
I dunno about that. PA would probably have noticed after awhile that all his food was being eaten. :zoinks:
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Well, if you hadn't kissed and told, we'd still be together.
I dunno about that. PA would probably have noticed after awhile that all his food was being eaten. :zoinks:
On that note, I have to run out and pick up something for the PR to eat. BBL
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I'm guessing you're referring to the sweet potatoes Lestat. I'm from the South. I sometimes eat plain, baked sweet potato. :zombiefuck:
We also eat things like chitlin's, grits, red eye gravy, greens and pot likker, corn pone, etc.
Next time I'll put some apricot preserves on them, although I suspect it won't be as tasty as the cherry preserves.
:zombiefuck: Ugh!
I also eat tripe stew, sauerkraut and knips, hassenpfeffer, liver, crawfish, hogshead cheese, limburger cheese. When you kiss me, you kiss the United Nations.
I like hassenpfeffer.
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My hand smells like baked beans and cornbread.
But I didn't have baked beans nor cornbread, not tonight, not this entire month.
Weird.
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My hand smells like baked beans and cornbread.
But I didn't have baked beans nor cornbread, not tonight, not this entire month.
Weird.
Maybe it is time for you to make cornbread muffins.
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My hand smells like baked beans and cornbread.
But I didn't have baked beans nor cornbread, not tonight, not this entire month.
Weird.
Do you like your cornbread sweet? I prefer mine that way. One day I'm actually make it sweet enough to be a cake and drizzle lemon sugar icing on it.
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Maybe it is time for you to make cornbread muffins.
If only I could...perhaps it is time I learned.
Do you like your cornbread sweet? I prefer mine that way. One day I'm actually make it sweet enough to be a cake and drizzle lemon sugar icing on it.
Yes, sweet....it's among my favourite foods. Corn cake? Making me drool....I'll likely be craving this the entire week now.
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
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Not sure what hassenpfeffer is, something spicy I assume. German is not a language I'm very fluent in.
The rest of that shit, I wouldn't eat if you paid me QV (no offense intended)
Even if cooked by her maj, an animal's stomach scrapings, will ALWAYS be an animal's stomach scrapings :P
Crawfish though..never had any. I'd bite though, I assume they are just similar to really BIG crevettes in taste. Got myself a whole, ready to eat cooked crab the other day, that was good, although was a right fiddly sod to crack open (don't eat it often enough to need a cracking implement, a pair of pliers, a haemostat, and a small hammer do just fine.
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Not sure what hassenpfeffer is, something spicy I assume. German is not a language I'm very fluent in.
The rest of that shit, I wouldn't eat if you paid me QV (no offense intended)
Even if cooked by her maj, an animal's stomach scrapings, will ALWAYS be an animal's stomach scrapings :P
Crawfish though..never had any. I'd bite though, I assume they are just similar to really BIG crevettes in taste. Got myself a whole, ready to eat cooked crab the other day, that was good, although was a right fiddly sod to crack open (don't eat it often enough to need a cracking implement, a pair of pliers, a haemostat, and a small hammer do just fine.
Hasenpfeffer is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into stewing-meat sized pieces and braised with onions and wine in a marinade thickened with the animal's blood. Hase is German for hare and Pfeffer is German for pepper, although here it refers generically to the spices and seasonings in the dish, as with the German ginger cookies Pfeffernüsse. Seasonings typically include (besides pepper): salt, onions, garlic, lemon, thyme, rosemary, allspice, juniper berries, cloves, and bay leaf. In the North American pioneer era, German immigrants frequently cooked squirrel in the same manner. - Mom made hers with rabbit and marinated it in vinegar sans blood. The rest of the seasonings sound about right.
Crayfish - In Southern Louisiana they are called crawdads and are boiled in a hotly seasoned broth (lots of cayenne pepper) with corn on the cob, small potatoes, chunks of rope-type sausage, hot dogs, etc. thrown into the mix. They are served at room temperature on sheets of newspaper with cold beer. It's very informal. And people eat a few pounds of crayfish at a time, not like the Scandinavians. They probably come about 15 - 20 per pound and are usually sold live by the 50 pound sack. Crayfish are comparatively cheap here. I imagine they have a different flavor that the Nordic ones since the wild ones grow in the swamps (a lot of ours come from crawfish farms now), while the Nordic ones grow in clearer waters.
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The sky is purple, and the finger prick didn't hurt.....
Wait... .what?
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There's a beautiful orange moon (full?/not sure) hanging quite low in the evening sky here at the moment. Nice.
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Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?
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Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?
...i always intend to have dreams like that!
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer? :orly:
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It's sunday?
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It's sunday?
Cool, three days of work went by without my even noticing! :autism:
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer? :orly:
Because we've all tried that on occasion.
The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.
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It's sunday?
I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer? :orly:
Because we've all tried that on occasion.
The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.
So this is *not* the 12-year-old, but someone better? 8)
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The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.
He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you! :nerdy:
This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer? :orly:
Because we've all tried that on occasion.
The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.
So this is *not* the 12-year-old, but someone better? 8)
This guy is half my age, acts like a teenager and is very, very promising. The 12-yo is none of those things.
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Thankfully no. :police:
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This morning, when I got downstairs and looked into the garden, I saw the robin and the dunnock/hedgesparrow fighting quite quite roughly (or ruthlessly). So I rushed outside and clapped my hands.. saying 'Quit that shit!' out loud. They did.
One thinks; robins.. nice, tiny, lovely and sweet.. well, they're not. Males are known to fight each other to the death.. and ja, that's nature.. I accept.. but I've never seen a robin attacking the 'peaceful' dunnock that way.
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Thankfully no. :police:
You're just jealous. :M
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That's right. You are an artist. :-[
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Is there a special brand of beast to go along with the repetitive 6 postcount you're about to reach?
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Is there a special brand of beast to go along with the repetitive 6 postcount you're about to reach?
When odeon reaches 66,666 posts, the ancient Mayans will come back to get us. :tinfoil:
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Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?
...i always intend to have dreams like that!
All that is required is a steady binge of supernatural programming such as Merlin, Being Human, Once Upon a Time, and other things, coupled with an over active imagination and bam! Awesome dreams. :P
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Ahem. Is it a wait and see kind of thing?
I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Is there a special brand of beast to go along with the repetitive 6 postcount you're about to reach?
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Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?
...i always intend to have dreams like that!
All that is required is a steady binge of supernatural programming such as Merlin, Being Human, Once Upon a Time, and other things, coupled with an over active imagination and bam! Awesome dreams. :P
I was not pleased when Alphas was canceled. I still watch Being Human. :thumbup:
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Is there a special brand of beast to go along with the repetitive 6 postcount you're about to reach?
No, there are no further defined post count-based goals. I reached the last one at 50,000. Should there be more?
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Welcome to our country!!!Tenjooberrymuds : Must read
I was recently in Vancouver and decided to learn the Chinese language, so I could understand the check-outs at McDonalds.
My next move is to learn Indian, so I can understand my doctors and the person that answers the phone when I have a warranty problem.
Yep, by the time you read this, You too will be able to understand the 1st line.
"TENJOOBERRYMUDS"... (first line)
In order to continue getting-by in Canada(our home land), we all need to learn the NEW English language! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS".
With a little patience, you 'll be able to fit right in.
Now, here goes...
The following is a telephone exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and call room-service somewhere in the good old Canada today.......
Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."
Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
Room Service: " Rye . Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"
Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I 'd like to order bacon and eggs.."
Room Service: "Ow July den?"
Guest: ".....What??"
Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... Pryed, boyud, poochd?"
Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. Scrambled, please."
Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
Guest: "Crisp will be fine."
Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"
Guest: "What?"
Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"
Guest: "I... Don 't think so."
RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"
Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don 't know what 'judo wan sahn toes ' means."
RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I 've got it! You were saying 'toast '... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RoomService: "We bodder?"
Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side."
RoomService: "Wad?!?"
Guest: "I mean butter... Just put the butter on the side."
RoomService: "Copy?"
Guest: "Excuse me?"
RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"
Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... And that 's everything."
RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy .... Rye ??"
Guest: "Whatever you say.."
RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds."
Guest: "You 're welcome"
Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TENJOOBERRYMUDS ' ".......and you do, don 't you!
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I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
Didn't make you google tostada.
So true. Does it mean everyone is like me?
Is there a special brand of beast to go along with the repetitive 6 postcount you're about to reach?
No, there are no further defined post count-based goals. I reached the last one at 50,000. Should there be more?
Yes.
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The weatherman on WTNH in the morning is annoying
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The weatherman on WTNH in the morning is annoying
That reminds me of the traffic reporter on one of the Boston radio stations.
His name is Major Dick. Really. "That's the a.m. traffic report, I'm Major Dick." :rofl:
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My new crowns make my front teeth too dull for lip-biting, which is a good thing. :thumbup:
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A steady diet (over a series of hours) of corn chips and cranberry juice, followed with a dab of sauerkraut, gives you stinky gas, but not necessarily painful gas. And not deathly stinky, just momentarily stinky.
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A steady diet (over a series of hours) of corn chips and cranberry juice, followed with a dab of sauerkraut, gives you stinky gas, but not necessarily painful gas. And not deathly stinky, just momentarily stinky.
Next time eat some kim chi before the corn chips, sauerkraut and cranberry juice. :viking:
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Welcome to our country!!!Tenjooberrymuds : Must read
I was recently in Vancouver and decided to learn the Chinese language, so I could understand the check-outs at McDonalds.
My next move is to learn Indian, so I can understand my doctors and the person that answers the phone when I have a warranty problem.
Yep, by the time you read this, You too will be able to understand the 1st line.
"TENJOOBERRYMUDS"... (first line)
In order to continue getting-by in Canada(our home land), we all need to learn the NEW English language! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS".
With a little patience, you 'll be able to fit right in.
Now, here goes...
The following is a telephone exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and call room-service somewhere in the good old Canada today.......
Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."
Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
Room Service: " Rye . Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"
Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I 'd like to order bacon and eggs.."
Room Service: "Ow July den?"
Guest: ".....What??"
Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... Pryed, boyud, poochd?"
Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. Scrambled, please."
Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
Guest: "Crisp will be fine."
Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"
Guest: "What?"
Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"
Guest: "I... Don 't think so."
RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"
Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don 't know what 'judo wan sahn toes ' means."
RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I 've got it! You were saying 'toast '... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RoomService: "We bodder?"
Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side."
RoomService: "Wad?!?"
Guest: "I mean butter... Just put the butter on the side."
RoomService: "Copy?"
Guest: "Excuse me?"
RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"
Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... And that 's everything."
RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy .... Rye ??"
Guest: "Whatever you say.."
RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds."
Guest: "You 're welcome"
Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TENJOOBERRYMUDS ' ".......and you do, don 't you!
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When I saw this one it was about Australia, works for both though!
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Annette Funicello ( my first crush ) has died :(
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Annette Funicello ( my first crush ) has died :(
She was a favorite of both boys and girls back then. I remember reading a juvenile (auto)biography of her. It said that when her parents were relocating the family and driving to California she had chickenpox, which had to be miserable when you're traveling.
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Annette Funicello ( my first crush ) has died :(
I just read that. :( At least she is not suffering anymore from the MS.
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Today I got a new thing to worry about.
And, the worst thing is, it will happen to me while I sleep. :zombiefuck:
It will affect me.
It will take away my confidence.
I will be an abomination when I wake.
Today I found out my cleavage vertically wrinkles overnight. And that that is a humongous problem.
Of course I have informed my daughters and female friends about this disaster.
There is a solution, but I cannot get it in time for this very night.
Fuck you, I am not going to wear an anti wrinkle bra during the nights. A bra is inconvenient enough during the day, but does have enough benefits to wear it. No way I am going to give up my time in the nude between the sheets because Ellen Degeneres beauty experts don't want to see wrinkled cleavages.
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Oh, for those of you insecure enough, or hating wrinkles enough, to try this Dutch invention (yeah, that does make me so proud... ), here it is:
Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle - Anti rimpel bh van La Decollette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IScr2lZiDM#ws)
It leaves the breasts uncovered. So, who knows, it may be THE feature during lovemaking. :bounce:
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I drove just over 200 miles today and saw a lot more trucks broken down than usual
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Oh, for those of you insecure enough, or hating wrinkles enough, to try this Dutch invention (yeah, that does make me so proud... ), here it is:
Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle - Anti rimpel bh van La Decollette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IScr2lZiDM#ws)
It leaves the breasts uncovered. So, who knows, it may be THE feature during lovemaking. :bounce:
more foolishness.
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My dad said that he used to masturbate to Annette Funacello.
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I never knew who Annette Funacello was until she died.
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Parts has 29292 posts. :yarly:
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Sometimes the obvious is the hardest to see.
Hide in plain sight.
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Sometimes the obvious is the hardest to see.
Hide in plain sight.
Your Majesty, are you going undercover? :toporly:
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Sometimes the obvious is the hardest to see.
Hide in plain sight.
Your Majesty, are you going undercover? :toporly:
No, just a :facepalm2: about a member's name. You can't sneak dawn past this rooster.
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Sometimes the obvious is the hardest to see.
Hide in plain sight.
Your Majesty, are you going undercover? :toporly:
No, just a :facepalm2: about a member's name. You can't sneak dawn past this rooster.
Oh no! El-Presidente, your cover has been blown!
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Oh, for those of you insecure enough, or hating wrinkles enough, to try this Dutch invention (yeah, that does make me so proud... ), here it is:
Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle - Anti rimpel bh van La Decollette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IScr2lZiDM#ws)
It leaves the breasts uncovered. So, who knows, it may be THE feature during lovemaking. :bounce:
more foolishness.
Yet, it is supposed to be of udder importance.
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/udderimportance_zpsde2d3089.jpg)
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Sometimes the obvious is the hardest to see.
Hide in plain sight.
Those easter eggs always took the longest to be found.
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Oh, for those of you insecure enough, or hating wrinkles enough, to try this Dutch invention (yeah, that does make me so proud... ), here it is:
Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle - Anti rimpel bh van La Decollette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IScr2lZiDM#ws)
It leaves the breasts uncovered. So, who knows, it may be THE feature during lovemaking. :bounce:
more foolishness.
Yet, it is supposed to be of udder importance.
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/udderimportance_zpsde2d3089.jpg)
groan.
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17 years in the making, this spring's cicada invasion generates early buzz
After hanging around underground for 17 years, billions of flying bugs known as cicadas are due to sweep over the East Coast starting sometime in the next month. And although it's too early to predict exactly where or when the brood will appear, this spring's emergence should rate as the most closely watched bug-out in history.
"For entomophobes, this is the season of despair. For the entomophiles, this is the season of joy," said University of Maryland entomologist Michael Raupp, using highfalutin terms for bug-haters and bug-lovers.
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The outbreak is expected to start in the Carolinas in April or early May, and work its way up northward to Washington, Philadelphia and New York by early June. Some observers have already reported the first signs of the emergence. The timing depends on the weather: Cicadas dig "escape chimneys" up from the ground where they've been maturing for the past 17 years — and when the temperature reaches 64 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius), that signals the insects to rise up, wriggle out of their shells, take wing and look for mates.
The bugs are mostly harmless to plants and humans. The worst a cicada can do is poke you with its pointy proboscis. But the 90-decibel buzz of a sky-darkening swarm can be a bit unnerving to the unprepared. Raupp recalls one harrowing tale from 1962's outbreak, when "the kids were shrieking in the playgrounds as cicadas divebombed them."
In Raupp's view, however, the pluses far outweigh the minuses. The cicada nymphs help aerate garden soil with their burrowing, and when they emerge, the bugs represent a culinary bonanza for birds and other species. (They're said to taste like asparagus. Or shrimp.)
Besides, cicadas are cool. "Without a doubt, they are a true marvel of nature and one that should be enjoyed whenever possible," Raupp writes on his Bug of the Week blog.
It's thought that the 17-year life cycle arose to keep the cicadas' predators off their game, and perhaps make the most of climatic variations. Scientists even suspect that the number 17's status as a prime number plays a role. (Some periodical cicada species emerge every 13 years, and 13 is also a prime number.)
This particular group of cicadas, known as Brood II, hasn't surfaced since 1996. But other broods have had their own day in the sun during the intervening years. The big ones include Brood X ("The Big Brood"), which last came out in 2004; and the 13-year Brood XIX ("The Great Southern Brood"), which emerged in 2011.
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130410-cicada-invasion/ss-130410-cicada-invasion-tease.photoblog600.jpg)
This year's brood is notable in that it should spread out over the United States' most densely populated region. Entomologists expect the cicadas to show up in the countryside, in woodsy suburbs and even in urban locales such as New York's Central Park.
The New York-based Radiolab science show is preparing for "Swarmageddon" by helping citizen scientists build soil thermometers. Readings from the "cicada detectors" are being shared via an interactive Cicada Tracker map. Meanwhile, the Magicicada website keeps up its own database of cicada sightings. That website, supported by the National Geographic Society, also provides tons of information about the species and what to do with them. (But if it's recipes you need, you might have to look elsewhere.) (https://www.google.com/search?q=cicada+recipes)
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676853-17-years-in-the-making-this-springs-cicada-invasion-generates-early-buzz?lite (http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676853-17-years-in-the-making-this-springs-cicada-invasion-generates-early-buzz?lite)
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Gentle Thoughts for Today
>
>
> A penny saved is a
> Government oversight.
>
>
> The older you get, the tougher
> It is to lose weight, because by
> Then your body and your fat have
> Gotten to be really good friends.
>
>
> The easiest way to find
> Something lost around the
> House is to buy a replacement ..
>
>
> He who hesitates is probably right.
>
>
> Did you ever notice: The Roman
> Numerals for forty (40) are 'XL'.
>
> The sole purpose of a child's
> Middle name is so he can
> Tell when he's really in trouble.
>
>
> Did you ever notice: When you
> Put the 2 words 'The' and 'IRS'
> Together it spells 'Theirs....'
>
>
> Aging: Eventually you will
> Reach a point when you stop
> Lying about your age and
> Start bragging about it.
>
>
> Some people try to turn back
> Their odometers. Not me, I want
> People to know 'why' I look this
> Way. I've traveled a long way and
> Some of the roads weren't paved.
>
>
> When you are dissatisfied and
> Would like to go back to your
> Youth, think of Algebra.
>
>
> You know you are getting
> Old when everything either
> Dries up or leaks.
>
>
> One of the many things no
> One tells you about aging
> Is that it is such a nice change
> From being young. Ah, being
> Young is beautiful, but being
> Old is comfortable.
>
>
> Lord, Keep your arm around
> My shoulder and your hand
> Over my mouth . . . AMEN!
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Found a soulless young turtle dove under the big spruce in the garden this morning. It fell out of the nest and ja, shamefully died last night. What amazes me is how the parents of the unfortunate little bird just go about their normal stuff and kinda act like nothing happened.
Yes yes, I know I should not 'anthropomorphize' stuff but still..
*note to self: birds tend to be tot. pragmatic when one of their offspring falls to the ground (whilst not yet being able to fly).. there's just no way they can help the poor little fella, I think*
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17 years in the making, this spring's cicada invasion generates early buzz
After hanging around underground for 17 years, billions of flying bugs known as cicadas are due to sweep over the East Coast starting sometime in the next month. And although it's too early to predict exactly where or when the brood will appear, this spring's emergence should rate as the most closely watched bug-out in history.
"For entomophobes, this is the season of despair. For the entomophiles, this is the season of joy," said University of Maryland entomologist Michael Raupp, using highfalutin terms for bug-haters and bug-lovers.
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The outbreak is expected to start in the Carolinas in April or early May, and work its way up northward to Washington, Philadelphia and New York by early June. Some observers have already reported the first signs of the emergence. The timing depends on the weather: Cicadas dig "escape chimneys" up from the ground where they've been maturing for the past 17 years — and when the temperature reaches 64 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius), that signals the insects to rise up, wriggle out of their shells, take wing and look for mates.
The bugs are mostly harmless to plants and humans. The worst a cicada can do is poke you with its pointy proboscis. But the 90-decibel buzz of a sky-darkening swarm can be a bit unnerving to the unprepared. Raupp recalls one harrowing tale from 1962's outbreak, when "the kids were shrieking in the playgrounds as cicadas divebombed them."
In Raupp's view, however, the pluses far outweigh the minuses. The cicada nymphs help aerate garden soil with their burrowing, and when they emerge, the bugs represent a culinary bonanza for birds and other species. (They're said to taste like asparagus. Or shrimp.)
Besides, cicadas are cool. "Without a doubt, they are a true marvel of nature and one that should be enjoyed whenever possible," Raupp writes on his Bug of the Week blog.
It's thought that the 17-year life cycle arose to keep the cicadas' predators off their game, and perhaps make the most of climatic variations. Scientists even suspect that the number 17's status as a prime number plays a role. (Some periodical cicada species emerge every 13 years, and 13 is also a prime number.)
This particular group of cicadas, known as Brood II, hasn't surfaced since 1996. But other broods have had their own day in the sun during the intervening years. The big ones include Brood X ("The Big Brood"), which last came out in 2004; and the 13-year Brood XIX ("The Great Southern Brood"), which emerged in 2011.
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130410-cicada-invasion/ss-130410-cicada-invasion-tease.photoblog600.jpg)
This year's brood is notable in that it should spread out over the United States' most densely populated region. Entomologists expect the cicadas to show up in the countryside, in woodsy suburbs and even in urban locales such as New York's Central Park.
The New York-based Radiolab science show is preparing for "Swarmageddon" by helping citizen scientists build soil thermometers. Readings from the "cicada detectors" are being shared via an interactive Cicada Tracker map. Meanwhile, the Magicicada website keeps up its own database of cicada sightings. That website, supported by the National Geographic Society, also provides tons of information about the species and what to do with them. (But if it's recipes you need, you might have to look elsewhere.) (https://www.google.com/search?q=cicada+recipes)
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676853-17-years-in-the-making-this-springs-cicada-invasion-generates-early-buzz?lite (http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676853-17-years-in-the-making-this-springs-cicada-invasion-generates-early-buzz?lite)
I like cicadas. As a kid I used to collect the skins left by the cicada nymphs.
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Doing income taxes is much easier with only one job and one W-2. :thumbup:
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It's tax day first time in years I go my done early and was not stressed out by April 15
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I wonder if some newscaster will draw a random connection between tax day and bombs.
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It's tax day first time in years I go my done early and was not stressed out by April 15
I filed mine before 9 a.m. today. For me that is early. :P
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I wonder if some newscaster will draw a random connection between tax day and bombs.
wouldnt doubt it
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Today I washed my hands in the restroom of a candy shop, and the soap smelled like incense. So now my hands smell like really nice incense...best. soap. ever.
*sniffs hands*
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Four military helicopters just flew over my house very low and very fast in formation heading east along the coast. I see a lot of helicopters as they make them only a few miles away but not in groups like this
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Four military helicopters just flew over my house very low and very fast in formation heading east along the coast. I see a lot of helicopters as they make them only a few miles away but not in groups like this
They have spotted your hoard, and are watching you for Homeland Security. :police:
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Squirrels are deceptively cute.
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Zhe mouse family (house mouse/Mus musculus) is awake again.. although I'm not sure these little creatures hibernate here. Anyway, I saw two 'stealing' the bird seeds I threw in the garden earlier. Haven't seen them this year till ja, today, thus.
Methinkz.. I'm going to dub them 'speedy gonzales'.. for they're fast as..
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060220031738/looneytunes/images/4/4c/Speedy_Gonzales_1.jpg)
(.. this little fella)
*arriba arriba*
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There were few people in the café today :-\
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There were few people in the café today :-\
did you wave hello?
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There were few people in the coffee shop this morning here as well, it must be a conspiracy :tinfoil:
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There were few people in the coffee shop this morning here as well, it must be a conspiracy :tinfoil:
Oh noes! Hopefully tomorrow they will be gone. I'll give a report.
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A big truck took the curve getting onto I 95 too fast today and rolled over on the embankment something I have not seen in awhile
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I like the sight of birds washing themselves in the bowl I've put in the garden. Now the fem. blackbird's taking her time and is clearly enjoying herself.
(above stuff is tot. literal.. nothing sexual or sutin' between the lines there.. you, you, perverts :autism: )
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Pluit :thumbdn:
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I feel fatty and bloated.
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I like extra strength bourbon. Tomorrow is Anzac Day so today is my Friday. Bit complicated for me to rationalise at the moment.
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I've lived in my city for 25 years and I still don't know where too many things are. I am not very observant. :tard:
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I've lived in my city for 25 years and I still don't know where too many things are. I am not very observant. :tard:
Which city?
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I like extra strength bourbon. Tomorrow is Anzac Day so today is my Friday. Bit complicated for me to rationalise at the moment.
Enjoy your early Friday.
Will Friday be Friday too?
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I've lived in my city for 25 years and I still don't know where too many things are. I am not very observant. :tard:
Did your apartment get searched too?
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A lot of the white pines around here seem to be dying
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A lot of the white pines around here seem to be dying
:( Maybe they need water?
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A lot of the white pines around here seem to be dying
:( Maybe they need water?
No drought here and everything else seems fine. They are big trees too, I had read about some that were dying from salt spray off Long Island Sound during the hurricane and figured that was it because I am very close to the water but I have been noticing more further inland browning and loosing needles also
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A big truck took the curve getting onto I 95 too fast today and rolled over on the embankment something I have not seen in awhile
carnage?
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A big truck took the curve getting onto I 95 too fast today and rolled over on the embankment something I have not seen in awhile
carnage?
Didn't look to be, only saw the wheels sticking up and there was no ambulance.
Today I saw one that hit a bridge near Home Depot but they hit that one all the time, it has just 11 foot one inch for clearance
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I've lived in my city for 25 years and I still don't know where too many things are. I am not very observant. :tard:
Did your apartment get searched too?
Yes, I have to search it when I need tax documents and things like that. :tard:
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My T-shirt is on backwards. I've been wearing it that way for hours. :tard:
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All the plants in the garden have survived previous winter. It was a kind of tough/rough winter here and I thought the Campsis (trumpet vine) and Lonicera (honeysuckle) had died but no such thing luckily. Today I saw some shoots on them and yes..
..thus, therefore..
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There is a new girl working in the café, a young one with light brown hair :eyelash:
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Some fans (of actors or musicians) love them faithfully forever. I love them serially. I'm kind of slutty that way. :nerdy:
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I was sitting at a table in the bookstore. Then suddenly I find my self kneeling on the floor, still at the table. How did I get out of my chair? I have no idea. :dunno:
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I was sitting at a table in the bookstore. Then suddenly I find my self kneeling on the floor, still at the table. How did I get out of my chair? I have no idea. :dunno:
Did you pass out for a second? Has this ever happened before? :orly:
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Almost no waves at the beach today
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I was sitting at a table in the bookstore. Then suddenly I find my self kneeling on the floor, still at the table. How did I get out of my chair? I have no idea. :dunno:
Did you pass out for a second? Has this ever happened before? :orly:
No, fully conscious, but somehow kneeling. I got back into the chair, and later found myself standing again. I guess the chairs weren't so comfortable so I kept standing up, but I was using the internet so I didn't notice.
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I was sitting at a table in the bookstore. Then suddenly I find my self kneeling on the floor, still at the table. How did I get out of my chair? I have no idea. :dunno:
Did you pass out for a second? Has this ever happened before? :orly:
No, fully conscious, but somehow kneeling. I got back into the chair, and later found myself standing again. I guess the chairs weren't so comfortable so I kept standing up, but I was using the internet so I didn't notice.
So you hyperfocus to the point of blanking out anything else you are doing? :orly:
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I was sitting at a table in the bookstore. Then suddenly I find my self kneeling on the floor, still at the table. How did I get out of my chair? I have no idea. :dunno:
Did you pass out for a second? Has this ever happened before? :orly:
No, fully conscious, but somehow kneeling. I got back into the chair, and later found myself standing again. I guess the chairs weren't so comfortable so I kept standing up, but I was using the internet so I didn't notice.
So you hyperfocus to the point of blanking out anything else you are doing? :orly:
:autism:
That must be why I am generally confuddled.
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A big truck took the curve getting onto I 95 too fast today and rolled over on the embankment something I have not seen in awhile
carnage?
Didn't look to be, only saw the wheels sticking up and there was no ambulance.
Today I saw one that hit a bridge near Home Depot but they hit that one all the time, it has just 11 foot one inch for clearance
that us a shocking way to stop a truck. Believe me, I know.
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Some people find life without electricity quite inconvenient
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I just googled the name of an old friend of mine and looked at a photograph of him and his wife. Last year they were married and he and his Spanish(?) sweetheart look very happy on the picture. Good for you Kjell.
Man, my old friends look so grown up (mature, not to say old.. though, some are even bold :løl:) whilst I.. ja, could almost pass for somebody half my age.
*sticks out tongue* *farting sound is optional/suit self*
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Puella inest :arrr:
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Puella inest :arrr:
You mean PMSElle? Yes, she is! She is :arrr:
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You see, Latin is simple. You understood what I meant :thumbup:
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You see, Latin is simple. You understood what I meant :thumbup:
Well, I know you call PMSElle "puella," and I saw her online, so I guessed the rest. 8)
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This afternoon a magpie visited my garden and although I'm not a big fan of them (sneaky bastards they tend to be/also looting nests of smaller birds.. eating egg contend a/o already born youngsters) but but.. this bird had a sad karma about it. The poor fella missed a claw and, for starters, walked oddly and troublesome because of this. He had one claw and one stump thus.. and.. dunno..
I have seen (fat) pigeons in Amsterdam that had the same handicap but pigeons are more adapted to go about on flat surfaces. Magpies less so, I reckon. They tend to sleep in trees for instance (pigeons can rest on their bellies, on a flat surface, too) and I doubt this bird can.. holding on to a branch with one claw.
Well, blah.. bird survived at least p/m one year (incluis tough winter) so.. who knows..
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(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1108968/original.jpg)
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1108969/original.jpg)
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My face is really smooth today from scrubbing.
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I saw a three legged dog on the way home yesterday
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Puella rursus inest :arrr:
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My face is really smooth today from scrubbing.
Did you use a special exfoliating scrub? I love those! :green:
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The days offer too little time for me on I2, lately. :'(
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CT scanners are noisy
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And cramped.
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I have the most irrational fear that an atomic bomb will go off when I'm in there and I won't be able to get out and I'LL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have the most irrational fear that an atomic bomb will go off when I'm in there and I won't be able to get out and I'LL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awww, cheer up! If an atomic bomb went off anywhere near the States, we'd ALL die! :snowman:
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I have the most irrational fear that an atomic bomb will go off when I'm in there and I won't be able to get out and I'LL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awww, cheer up! If an atomic bomb went off anywhere near the States, we'd ALL die! :snowman:
will there be pie?
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I remember doing an audit in a courthouse upriver. We were in the council chambers, a room without windows. My auditor in charge was about my parent's ages, a mountain of a man about 6 foot 6 inches. I was standing next to him when the lights went out suddenly. I remember whirling around, running down the aisle crashing through the wood doors, across the lobby, strong-arming the glass doors open and not stopping until I was at the flag pole. There was Turk, running behind me shouting, "I didn't touch you. I didn't touch you." I evidently don't do well in total darkness.
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I have the most irrational fear that an atomic bomb will go off when I'm in there and I won't be able to get out and I'LL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awww, cheer up! If an atomic bomb went off anywhere near the States, we'd ALL die! :snowman:
will there be pie?
You'll have the choice of Burnt or Glow-in-the-dark.
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I remember doing an audit in a courthouse upriver. We were in the council chambers, a room without windows. My auditor in charge was about my parent's ages, a mountain of a man about 6 foot 6 inches. I was standing next to him when the lights went out suddenly. I remember whirling around, running down the aisle crashing through the wood doors, across the lobby, strong-arming the glass doors open and not stopping until I was at the flag pole. There was Turk, running behind me shouting, "I didn't touch you. I didn't touch you." I evidently don't do well in total darkness.
Did the Turk actually touch you?
And I would prefer burnt over glow-in-the-dark
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I have the most irrational fear that an atomic bomb will go off when I'm in there and I won't be able to get out and I'LL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awww, cheer up! If an atomic bomb went off anywhere near the States, we'd ALL die! :snowman:
will there be pie?
Of course! It'll be radioactive, but hey! :snowman:
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I remember doing an audit in a courthouse upriver. We were in the council chambers, a room without windows. My auditor in charge was about my parent's ages, a mountain of a man about 6 foot 6 inches. I was standing next to him when the lights went out suddenly. I remember whirling around, running down the aisle crashing through the wood doors, across the lobby, strong-arming the glass doors open and not stopping until I was at the flag pole. There was Turk, running behind me shouting, "I didn't touch you. I didn't touch you." I evidently don't do well in total darkness.
Did the Turk actually touch you?
And I would prefer burnt over glow-in-the-dark
Nope, Turk was a gentle man.
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Peanuts are good. Chipmunks and squirrels also like them. And so does my dog. I can't give my dog too many because then she has chunky poop. Do I get chunky poop? Nope. I guess some things human can digest better than dogs.
Also, did you know that corn kernels are good snack for geese?
I also had some berries. Bears like berries, as well as nuts, so it's as if I ate a bear's meal. Does anyone else ever eat something and imagine they are an animal, or someone from a different time?
Like once I went on a diet of bread and grape juice because I was pretending to eat like someone in the 1500's france (bread and wine). Since I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat meat, and I soon realized that without meat, they would have been severely malnourished.
Sometimes I also eat beans on toast, and drink tea to pretend that I am British.
When I ate fish for a bit, I would eat salmon and pretend I was a bear.
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Peanuts are good. Chipmunks and squirrels also like them. And so does my dog. I can't give my dog too many because then she has chunky poop. Do I get chunky poop? Nope. I guess some things human can digest better than dogs.
Also, did you know that corn kernels are good snack for geese?
I also had some berries. Bears like berries, as well as nuts, so it's as if I ate a bear's meal. Does anyone else ever eat something and imagine they are an animal, or someone from a different time?
Like once I went on a diet of bread and grape juice because I was pretending to eat like someone in the 1500's france (bread and wine). Since I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat meat, and I soon realized that without meat, they would have been severely malnourished.
Sometimes I also eat beans on toast, and drink tea to pretend that I am British.
When I ate fish for a bit, I would eat salmon and pretend I was a bear.
Speaking of strange diets, I had a dream an older guy died, but he was healthy. So when he died they skinned him and chopped his body into portions to eat later on. I watched as they did this and realized that it was very difficult to skin the fingers, especially since there is very little meat there to compensate for the effort. The grandson of the dead guy (this little kid, maybe 7) was really sad they skinned him because he wanted to bury him by the river.
I thought, what a strange culture where they eat their dead.
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Peanuts are good. Chipmunks and squirrels also like them. And so does my dog. I can't give my dog too many because then she has chunky poop. Do I get chunky poop? Nope. I guess some things human can digest better than dogs.
Also, did you know that corn kernels are good snack for geese?
I also had some berries. Bears like berries, as well as nuts, so it's as if I ate a bear's meal. Does anyone else ever eat something and imagine they are an animal, or someone from a different time?
Like once I went on a diet of bread and grape juice because I was pretending to eat like someone in the 1500's (bread and wine). Since I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat meat, and I soon realized that without meat, they would have been severely malnourished.
Sometimes I also eat beans on toast, and drink tea to pretend that I am British.
When I ate fish for a bit, I would eat salmon and pretend I was a bear.
I am intrigued by medieval England and would love to travel back there to visit. In my mid-20s
I dreamed of moving to England long-term and earning a living working in some medieval-village theme park.
I imagined I would eat lots of turnip! :laugh: I called the British Embassy in New York to ask about the possibility
of living there, but the lady on the phone said I could only vacation, not stay to work. Alas.
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Peanuts are good. Chipmunks and squirrels also like them. And so does my dog. I can't give my dog too many because then she has chunky poop. Do I get chunky poop? Nope. I guess some things human can digest better than dogs.
Also, did you know that corn kernels are good snack for geese?
I also had some berries. Bears like berries, as well as nuts, so it's as if I ate a bear's meal. Does anyone else ever eat something and imagine they are an animal, or someone from a different time?
Like once I went on a diet of bread and grape juice because I was pretending to eat like someone in the 1500's (bread and wine). Since I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat meat, and I soon realized that without meat, they would have been severely malnourished.
Sometimes I also eat beans on toast, and drink tea to pretend that I am British.
When I ate fish for a bit, I would eat salmon and pretend I was a bear.
I am intrigued by medieval England and would love to travel back there to visit. In my mid-20s
I dreamed of moving to England long-term and earning a living working in some medieval-village theme park.
I imagined I would eat lots of turnip! :laugh: I called the British Embassy in New York to ask about the possibility
of living there, but the lady on the phone said I could only vacation, not stay to work. Alas.
So sad. Maybe you can join the Amish? Maybe you can marry a blacksmith and he can make you some swords.
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Peanuts are good. Chipmunks and squirrels also like them. And so does my dog. I can't give my dog too many because then she has chunky poop. Do I get chunky poop? Nope. I guess some things human can digest better than dogs.
Also, did you know that corn kernels are good snack for geese?
I also had some berries. Bears like berries, as well as nuts, so it's as if I ate a bear's meal. Does anyone else ever eat something and imagine they are an animal, or someone from a different time?
Like once I went on a diet of bread and grape juice because I was pretending to eat like someone in the 1500's (bread and wine). Since I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat meat, and I soon realized that without meat, they would have been severely malnourished.
Sometimes I also eat beans on toast, and drink tea to pretend that I am British.
When I ate fish for a bit, I would eat salmon and pretend I was a bear.
I am intrigued by medieval England and would love to travel back there to visit. In my mid-20s
I dreamed of moving to England long-term and earning a living working in some medieval-village theme park.
I imagined I would eat lots of turnip! :laugh: I called the British Embassy in New York to ask about the possibility
of living there, but the lady on the phone said I could only vacation, not stay to work. Alas.
So sad. Maybe you can join the Amish? Maybe you can marry a blacksmith and he can make you some swords.
I dunno if anyone marries into the Amish. Anyway, I'm too attached to my internet and phone! :laugh:
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The DOW closed over 15,000 today
The rich get richer
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I didn't make this random observation. Charles Ramsey did.
"I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl runs into a black man's arms, I said, 'Something is wrong here'. Dead giveaway."
That is one of m all-time favorite quotes from now on.
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The contractor working on the house next to the one I am working on sounds like a cartoon character
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I didn't make this random observation. Charles Ramsey did.
"I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl runs into a black man's arms, I said, 'Something is wrong here'. Dead giveaway."
That is one of m all-time favorite quotes from now on.
Charles Ramsey is awesome. :thumbup:
How many neighbors would have turned away and pretended they didn't hear a thing? Quite a few I bet these days.
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I didn't make this random observation. Charles Ramsey did.
"I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl runs into a black man's arms, I said, 'Something is wrong here'. Dead giveaway."
That is one of my all-time favorite quotes from now on.
That guy is awesome, the world needs more of him. :viking:
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The contractor working on the house next to the one I am working on sounds like a cartoon character
I hope his funny voice and personality give you endless entertainment! :kaoslaugh:
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White violets are less often seen than purple ones, and are a welcome surprise. :)
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Lots of people about today.
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Lots of people about today.
As opposed to chickens? reindeer? fir trees?
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Lots of people about today.
As opposed to chickens? reindeer? fir trees?
No, it's holiday tomorrow. It's almost always lots of people out in Sweden on the day before a holiday.
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Lots of people about today.
As opposed to chickens? reindeer? fir trees?
No, it's holiday tomorrow. It's almost always lots of people out in Sweden on the day before a holiday.
(Quick Google to appear intelligent) Ah, Ascension Day.
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McJagger is now McJaguar....
Was I gone that long?
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McJagger is now McJaguar....
Was I gone that long?
Nah, usernames can change in the blink of an eye! :yarly:
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McJagger is now McJaguar....
Was I gone that long?
Nah, usernames can change in the blink of an eye! :yarly:
Now that he's an admin, he's on the prowl.
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Lots of traffic through New Haven on the way home today
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Jeeh.. Marit is back in town. Bumped into her at the supermarket this afternoon. Um, thought the ass-less cunt lived in Italy.. which was a good riddance after we parted.
Mmmm, my feelings about this?
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Jeeh.. Marit is back in town. Bumped into her at the supermarket this afternoon. Um, thought the ass-less cunt lived in Italy.. which was a good riddance after we parted.
Mmmm, my feelings about this?
besides the cunt remark that was a nice post
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^ .. and how am I to reply to yours, now?
Um, thanks? :laugh:
Well, this spazz just ignored her.. next encounter I may talk with her for a bit. Maybe..
Um, do kinda fancy a friend of hers.. who has a brilliant ass, btw.
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I see Linda on the site where I met her. But she's extremely fat and has piercings and tattoos now and seems to have a hard time to find a man who wants her for anything but sex. Haha, bitch :hahaha:
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There's a couple of birds in the trees behind the house that sound like small monkeys. Either that or there's a couple of small monkeys in the trees behind the house.
And I can edit someone else's sock puppet post.
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Lots of people about today.
As opposed to chickens? reindeer? fir trees?
Take your pick. I was going to say "mice".
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It's probably not the wisest thing to pick a 540 piece jigsaw picture of a red dahlia to work on the internet. Lots and lots of red.
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I want to be inside your vagina, we can make an educational sex video
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I want to be inside your vagina, we can make an educational sex video
i thought you liked ass. Or was that for the money?
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Possitsobrina rursus inest :orly:
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Peeing on demand is almost impossible.
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I want to be inside your vagina, we can make an educational sex video
i thought you liked ass. Or was that for the money?
Holy shit, here we go again.
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Peeing on demand is almost impossible.
:indeed: :agreed:
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Peeing on demand is almost impossible.
:indeed: :agreed:
That depends on how much beer you have been drinking :zoinks:
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really? :zoinks: >:D
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If you're really absent minded (cough, cough) you'll walk out of the dentist's office without paying. But you won't worry because he lives across the street and you can pay him any time.
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Peeing on demand is almost impossible.
:agreed: It helps if you can run some water to get in the mood.
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Medical progress is awesome! Today's EKG was much faster and easier than the one I had in the late 90s.
I think the whole thing took all of 5 minutes. I am impressed by the cool EKG technician. :thumbup:
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Medical progress is awesome! Today's EKG was much faster and easier than the one I had in the late 90s.
I think the whole thing took all of 5 minutes. I am impressed by the cool EKG technician. :thumbup:
It goes very quickly, yes. I had one in 1989 and then in 2010. The one in 1989 took half an hour or more, the one in 2010 took 5 minutes like you say, or even less.
CAT-scans also go faster. They took about 20 minutes in the 90's but about 1 minute now :thumbup:
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Medical progress is awesome! Today's EKG was much faster and easier than the one I had in the late 90s.
I think the whole thing took all of 5 minutes. I am impressed by the cool EKG technician. :thumbup:
It goes very quickly, yes. I had one in 1989 and then in 2010. The one in 1989 took half an hour or more, the one in 2010 took 5 minutes like you say, or even less.
CAT-scans also go faster. They took about 20 minutes in the 90's but about 1 minute now :thumbup:
That's excellent! If I ever need a CAT scan I'll be done in the blink of an eye! :headbang2:
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Hu.. the BBC is four minutes late in starting a program (Live at the Apollo). That doesn't happen often..
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Hu.. the BBC is four minutes late in starting a program (Live at the Apollo). That doesn't happen often..
Maybe somebody is asleep at the controls! :orly:
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The receptionist at my daughters orthodontist is a real bitch, she was all nasty because the computer said we were way behind on payments but as sweet as can be after the doctor told her the computer was wrong and that we were up to date
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The receptionist at my daughters orthodontist is a real bitch, she was all nasty because the computer said we were way behind on payments but as sweet as can be after the doctor told her the computer was wrong and that we were up to date
I hate feeling bitched at by customer service people, but on the other hand I'd be the same way in their job. :laugh:
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I hate receptionists. The doc him/herself is usually not 1/10 as arrogant as the bitch taking their calls and booking appointments :thumbdn:
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I hate receptionists. The doc him/herself is usually not 1/10 as arrogant as the bitch taking their calls and booking appointments :thumbdn:
I'm not defending rudeness, but I imagine the doctors don't get 1/10 the attitude from patients
that receptionists do. Receptionists probably get yelled at for a lot of stuff that is the doctor's fault. :apondering:
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Medical progress is awesome! Today's EKG was much faster and easier than the one I had in the late 90s.
I think the whole thing took all of 5 minutes. I am impressed by the cool EKG technician. :thumbup:
It goes very quickly, yes. I had one in 1989 and then in 2010. The one in 1989 took half an hour or more, the one in 2010 took 5 minutes like you say, or even less.
CAT-scans also go faster. They took about 20 minutes in the 90's but about 1 minute now :thumbup:
That's excellent! If I ever need a CAT scan I'll be done in the blink of an eye! :headbang2:
That's because cats are so small. :tard:
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The new traffic patterns though New Haven on the highway suck
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Medical progress is awesome! Today's EKG was much faster and easier than the one I had in the late 90s.
I think the whole thing took all of 5 minutes. I am impressed by the cool EKG technician. :thumbup:
It goes very quickly, yes. I had one in 1989 and then in 2010. The one in 1989 took half an hour or more, the one in 2010 took 5 minutes like you say, or even less.
CAT-scans also go faster. They took about 20 minutes in the 90's but about 1 minute now :thumbup:
That's excellent! If I ever need a CAT scan I'll be done in the blink of an eye! :headbang2:
That's because cats are so small. :tard:
Especially this little darling! :heart:
(http://i2.cdnds.net/13/11/300x450/odd_grumpy_cat.jpg)
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(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm223/skyblue1110/monkeyshine_zps8f8bb67c.jpg) (http://s297.photobucket.com/user/skyblue1110/media/monkeyshine_zps8f8bb67c.jpg.html)
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(http://www.nohope.org/uploads//gallery_42_6_33573.jpg)
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:laugh:
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The sun is shining, and it is visible where I live.
Seems to be a very rare, and random thing, lately.
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normalcy returns
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Its fucking hot outside, which is a sure indicator that this summer is going to fucking suck!
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Its fucking hot outside, which is a sure indicator that this summer is going to fucking suck!
Every summer sucks! :mad: At least, if we're lucky, we won't get tornadoes where I live.
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Direct neighbours left for France this morning. I know 'cause their caravan isn't in front of my front door any more. Nowz, for a month, I can play my piano at night again. :lutra:
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Its fucking hot outside, which is a sure indicator that this summer is going to fucking suck!
We're having a miserably humid start to the summer here too. I hope we don't start getting tornadoes! :thumbdn:
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Yes. try sleeping at night in hot weather, :thumbdn:
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I'm outside posting from work.
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There were more rude people than usual at the market today
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I've used the phrase about 'jerking someones chain' in two different contexts to say two very different things today.
Sometimes, I used certain phrases in clusters; I truly have a "phrase of the day" or a "word of the day" ...or of the hour.
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I've used the phrase about 'jerking someones chain' in two different contexts to say two very different things today.
Sometimes, I used certain phrases in clusters; I truly have a "phrase of the day" or a "word of the day" ...or of the hour.
i have a word of the post.
This one is delightful :laugh:
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
word of the post: get-er-done
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
word of the post: get-er-done
I've seen pictures of Nascar rednecks wearing hats and tshirts with this phrase. What does it mean?
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salmon salad is not a member here.
(Was thinking 2 thoughts as I was logging in here. Guess what's maybe for dinner?)
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
word of the post: get-er-done
I've seen pictures of Nascar rednecks wearing hats and tshirts with this phrase. What does it mean?
You have to say it with a southern accent.
It means what it says- get it done.
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
word of the post: get-er-done
I've seen pictures of Nascar rednecks wearing hats and tshirts with this phrase. What does it mean?
You have to say it with a southern accent.
It means what it says- get it done.
Oh. I was hoping it meant something rednecky.
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I haven't been sleeping well these last few nights. must be the transition into summer, the heat is really keeping a brother up
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(not² a brilliant picture.. but hey.. )
Two iris flowers about to pop. Plus yeah, two poppies that already did a couple of days ago.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-K7GIA8IQ.jpg)
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My poor tourmaline looks black when in reality its Olive green
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Irises in bloom.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-CC8R4IWH.jpg)
(Iz like irises/sørry)
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That's lovely, Lutra.
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Fuck I hate summer.
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
I need to remember that the next time I bitch about the same old problems. :apondering:
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You find yourself in this situation because you don't do anything different
word of the post: get-er-done
I've seen pictures of Nascar rednecks wearing hats and tshirts with this phrase. What does it mean?
You have to say it with a southern accent.
It means what it says- get it done.
It also helps to yell it in a cheerful, confident voice. "Git 'r done!" :hyke:
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(not² a brilliant picture.. but hey.. )
Two iris flowers about to pop. Plus yeah, two poppies that already did a couple of days ago.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-K7GIA8IQ.jpg)
I like that picture, you have caught the flower at an exciting moment! :viking:
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My poor tourmaline looks black when in reality its Olive green
Must be the light. My eyes are gray-green but look very dark in some kinds of light. :nerdy:
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That's lovely, Lutra.
:agreed: I don't think I've seen yellow irises before now. We had purple ones in the back yard when I was a child.
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My poor tourmaline looks black when in reality its Olive green
Must be the light. My eyes are gray-green but look very dark in some kinds of light. :nerdy:
I doubt it, but it could be. It does look better in the sun
mostely if you don't cut tourmaline right you'll get a dark stone though. its just one of those picky gemstones
If you cut a stone down its axis, it will look black. but if you turn it slightly left or right you will see the color
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That's lovely, Lutra.
:agreed: I don't think I've seen yellow irises before now. We had purple ones in the back yard when I was a child.
Especially for you, a link to a webshop with six categories of irises (http://www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/default.aspx). Some categories have the most amazing colours.
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I miss my grandfather.
Funfact here- The silver I am using to make my ring that I sent off for is a walking silver liberty dollar. Its from 2011 the year my grandfather passed away. My father gave me the coin, so when I wear this ring its going to remind me of my grandpa everytime.
which is exactly the way I want it, :santa:
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Fiberglass ladders are way too heavy
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This is how we used to make our rings from silver dollars in the sixties:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin)
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This is how we used to make our rings from silver dollars in the sixties:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin)
Interesting link I will have to share it with my foster son who is on a jewelry making kick at the moment :plus:
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This is how we used to make our rings from silver dollars in the sixties:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin)
Interesting link I will have to share it with my foster son who is on a jewelry making kick at the moment :plus:
we had some heavy rings
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Thanks for talking a subject I like and making it seem cheep. you fat bastard, that isn't any way to make a ring.
you need a jewlers kiln to do it properly, If you want to be a stalker you wear shit like that on your fingers
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That's lovely, Lutra.
:agreed: I don't think I've seen yellow irises before now. We had purple ones in the back yard when I was a child.
Especially for you, a link to a webshop with six categories of irises (http://www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/default.aspx). Some categories have the most amazing colours.
Thank you, little cow! Very nice pictures, and the Dutch words look so cute! :hug:
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This is how we used to make our rings from silver dollars in the sixties:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin)
That takes a lot more patience than I have, but it seems to turn out nicely! :toporly:
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Thanks for talking a subject I like and making it seem cheep. you fat bastard, that isn't any way to make a ring.
you need a jewlers kiln to do it properly, If you want to be a stalker you wear shit like that on your fingers
But it is a way to make a ring, and what does it have to do with being a stalker? :dunno:
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The silversmith was happy with the trade I made for the labour. infact I detected a tear or two online in his typing, I don't think he has ever seen such great quality Fire Agate yet alone owned one, :angel:
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.
~ Andrew Carnegie ~
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Silence of the Lambs has a long term affect :o
Nearly midnight i discover i am using the last of the milk. Shit. Then i see Hayley next door putting her bins out and i ask her if she could keep an eye on the sleeping urchin while i go to the garage. The only place open is about 3 miles away and just before i pull onto the main A38 road i see a guy in a wheelchair. He is struggling to move it. As i pass him i look closer to see if he just looks pissed but he really really seems exhausted. In the time it took me to go to the garage and back he had progressed about 15 meters.
If i had had my man with me i would have stopped to see if he required any assistance but i couldn't do it as i was alone. All i could think about was Silence of the Lambs ???
It bothered me so much i just phoned a mate John who is a taxi driver and he promised to go check it out when he has dropped his customer at the airport.
I hope he does, and i hope the man is OK.
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I am a seaman who has semen. arr, you wiggly bastards! get to work on deck! >:D
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Silence of the Lambs has a long term affect :o
Nearly midnight i discover i am using the last of the milk. Shit. Then i see Hayley next door putting her bins out and i ask her if she could keep an eye on the sleeping urchin while i go to the garage. The only place open is about 3 miles away and just before i pull onto the main A38 road i see a guy in a wheelchair. He is struggling to move it. As i pass him i look closer to see if he just looks pissed but he really really seems exhausted. In the time it took me to go to the garage and back he had progressed about 15 meters.
If i had had my man with me i would have stopped to see if he required any assistance but i couldn't do it as i was alone. All i could think about was Silence of the Lambs ???
It bothered me so much i just phoned a mate John who is a taxi driver and he promised to go check it out when he has dropped his customer at the airport.
I hope he does, and i hope the man is OK.
:plus: for having a good idea to check on the man and get him help if he needs it.
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I'd rather be a man then a woman. :blonde:
I'm sure there's women out there that would rather be that then a man. :hyke:
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Well then, id rather be than then than then.
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men and women are inanimate objects to me so I use then, instead of than.
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Stop fretting and figure it out.
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If you win say nothing If you lose, say less
~ Paul Brown ~
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There was an airplane towing a Geico banner circling near the mall today it's been a few years since I have seen one of those around here
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I have adjusted so well to the front crowns that I am back to grinding my teeth and biting my lips as I did before. :-\
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The weather is pretty bad. Nubilus :thumbdn:
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The weather is pretty bad. Nubilus :thumbdn:
It's beautiful here today, but I have to go to work. A rainy day off is better than a sunny day at work! :yarly:
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I've been a really lazy creature today.
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I've been a really lazy creature today.
Every cow deserves a day to relax in the field, grazing on clover! :hyke:
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I need another gem case. or a nice rosewood staff to fasten my Peruvian arrowhead too!
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I am noticing other people's kyphosis more, now that I know that my own upper spine is slightly rounded forward. :nerdy:
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Indicolite Tourmaline. better than Emerald
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:indeed:
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
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:indeed:
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
Yes! My neck bends a bit far forward so that my head sits a little far forward. :nerdy:
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If you've made a really dynamite post or pm copy it before sending. When your internet connection crashes you won't :hair: and can re-send it.
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The other day I saw decorated cookies in the supermarket.
The decorations had turned out a bit awkward.
They were like the spaceships of Bodie's Urchin.
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:indeed:
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
Yes! My neck bends a bit far forward so that my head sits a little far forward. :nerdy:
There's a word for that? I was teased mercilessly for this as a kid. I don't think I actually have something wrong with my spine, or if I do it isn't bad. I was just trying not to be seen. Rule 1: don't stand up.
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Hi guest, come and join us. :viking:
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:indeed:
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
Yes! My neck bends a bit far forward so that my head sits a little far forward. :nerdy:
There's a word for that? I was teased mercilessly for this as a kid. I don't think I actually have something wrong with my spine, or if I do it isn't bad. I was just trying not to be seen. Rule 1: don't stand up.
Mine is not bad either, but even when I straighten my shoulders and hold my head up straight, there is a slight hump. :laugh:
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:indeed:
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
Yes! My neck bends a bit far forward so that my head sits a little far forward. :nerdy:
There's a word for that? I was teased mercilessly for this as a kid. I don't think I actually have something wrong with my spine, or if I do it isn't bad. I was just trying not to be seen. Rule 1: don't stand up.
Mine is not bad either, but even when I straighten my shoulders and hold my head up straight, there is a slight hump. :laugh:
Also, I have read that when a person is seen in profile, the ear should line up with the shoulder.
My ear, and thus my head, sits a little forward of the shoulder. I could "fix" it by tensing my neck muscles till my chin
disappears into my neck :laugh: but I can't keep that up all the time. But it's a minor quirk, harmless so far.
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I think the cardboard on my bedroom windows is helping me to sleep more deeply, thus to have better dreams! :orly:
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I think the cardboard on my bedroom windows is helping me to sleep more deeply, thus to have better dreams! :orly:
Time to reward yourself with pretty light banning drapes.
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I think the cardboard on my bedroom windows is helping me to sleep more deeply, thus to have better dreams! :orly:
Time to reward yourself with pretty light banning drapes.
All in good time, dear cow! I love having vivid dreams! :green:
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I think the cardboard on my bedroom windows is helping me to sleep more deeply, thus to have better dreams! :orly:
Time to reward yourself with pretty light banning drapes.
All in good time, dear cow! I love having vivid dreams! :green:
Vivid dreams are :viking:
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Hodie apricus et paulo ventosus est 8)
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Had some really long thunder rumbles today
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currently getting thunder and lightning
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I saw a faint but beautiful double rainbow on the way home tonight. :)
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I saw a faint but beautiful double rainbow on the way home tonight. :)
:o were you trapped in a Subaru commercial?
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I saw a faint but beautiful double rainbow on the way home tonight. :)
:o were you trapped in a Subaru commercial?
As far as I know, I was not being filmed at that moment, no. :orly:
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A perfectly cut Tourmaline is as sharp as a Knifes edge. :thumbup:
Elongated Emerald cut is the best option for this crystal.
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Who ever laid out where they put the rain gutters on the condos I am working on was a retard
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Green stones look great in gold!
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A perfectly cut Tourmaline is as sharp as a Knifes edge. :thumbup:
Elongated Emerald cut is the best option for this crystal.
Speaking of the emerald cut, why do people cut diamonds that way? I've seen celebrities'
rings with emerald- or tablet-cut diamonds, and the diamonds just look like dull pieces of glass. :dunno:
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A perfectly cut Tourmaline is as sharp as a Knifes edge. :thumbup:
Elongated Emerald cut is the best option for this crystal.
Speaking of the emerald cut, why do people cut diamonds that way? I've seen celebrities'
rings with emerald- or tablet-cut diamonds, and the diamonds just look like dull pieces of glass. :dunno:
I wonder why diamonds are so appealing? Nephrite Jade, Ruby and Fire Agate are all prettier IMO.
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It's because they are more expensive.
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I have noticed the cats in my neighbourhood all hang around outside. I wonder how they learn to cross the road?
When i walk my dogs at night, most cats run when they see my american bulldogs. There are a couple of 'hard' ones that don't move. They stare as we walk by. I reckon if they could talk they would taunt the dog on the lead. "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough"
I am not sure if i want Fester to mix with the wrong crowd. I have already noticed he has certain refinements. :M
My cat knowledge is insufficient methinks.
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The blue tits have little ones this year too. Look at the thread in the Elder's Forum.
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A perfectly cut Tourmaline is as sharp as a Knifes edge. :thumbup:
Elongated Emerald cut is the best option for this crystal.
Speaking of the emerald cut, why do people cut diamonds that way? I've seen celebrities'
rings with emerald- or tablet-cut diamonds, and the diamonds just look like dull pieces of glass. :dunno:
I wonder why diamonds are so appealing? Nephrite Jade, Ruby and Fire Agate are all prettier IMO.
The reason why table cut diamonds look pretty dull and boring is because there are hardly any facets on the stone. (Which means that the diamond can't break up the light like it should. When you cut it into a round brilliant, I believe there are 52 facets but may contain as much as 108. given this, now a diamond looks fairly decent.) Fundamentally diamonds are more expencive because a cartel (the DeBeers) company has price fixed them. They only let out a few every year, and own 80% of the market. When you have this kind of control over a product you basically can ask anything for them. which is why they are so expencive, Its a false price fix point though. Carbon is like one of the most abundant elements on earth, (carbon is what makes a diamond) good marketing is also why diamonds are expensive, but the cartel could sell you beach sand if that was the in thing.
Colored gemstones are much more rarer and valueable than any diamond. Red gemstones are the rarest color, as Red is the hardest color for the Earth to produce. a lot of gems are rarer than diamonds, including fire agate. color change garnet, etc. I don't see the world ever changing its view on Diamonds anytime soon because they have been fed this lie for so long, they tend to believe it now.
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Yeah and the owners of the newer diamond finds in Australia, Canada and Russia have elected to be complicit in price fixing of diamonds rather than let it fall to a lower level.
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
What do you dislike about them?
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
What do you dislike about them?
They are noisy and pushy. They walk around half naked with their fat, ugly bodies. Some of them think that they are something special for being from Stockholm and having a summer house here.
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When I was young wine snobbery and the tourism geared towards it was not common in the Napa Valley. Back then, 1960s - 1970s, locals in Napa, Yountville, Oakville and St Helena tended to be from either right there or very close by and looked down on tourists. Between the 1980s and now a lot of new money has come into Napa County so the locals who look down on tourists now are very likely to have moved to Napa County in the last 25 years. A lot of Oak trees, Bamboo stands and other flora were chopped down in the 1980s to ateempt to plant every square acre with grapes. Conservation efforts stopped that in the early 1990s but what was beautiful in the North Valley is a lot of boring vines now. I live in a county adjacent to Napa and only go there about every 3 or 4 years now.
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You must murder those tourists! :arrr: :arrr: :arrr:
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:lol1: I prefer to just avoid Napa County.
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
What do you dislike about them?
They are noisy and pushy. They walk around half naked with their fat, ugly bodies. Some of them think that they are something special for being from Stockholm and having a summer house here.
They are spying on you
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:tinfoil: :yikes: :bint: :tantrum: :mad: :arrr:
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A while ago, kid fell asleep on the sofa, while talking to me.
It's a warm night, thin cover will do. This is my hardly ever needing sleep girl. Exception to the rule.
At least she will be downstairs in time tomorrow. :orly:
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Slim Whitman passed away today :(
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Slim Whitman passed away today :(
RIP Slim.
SLIM WHITMAN---from a jack to a king (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O9SV1n5M3A#)
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The blue tits have little ones this year too. Look at the thread in the Elder's Forum.
I couldn't make sense of this post at first. Any Lit post mentioning tits creates a certain expectation. :zoinks:
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
They are spending their money in your beautiful country, smile and offer them some meatballs! :fsm:
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More fucking tourists. I hate them :thumbdn:
They are spending their money in your beautiful country, smile and offer them some meatballs! :fsm:
You just wish Mass was cool enough to attract tourists. Fucking Easterner. :hahaha: J. Geils is one of the few decent things from that area.
J Geils Band - Love Stinks |Lyrics| (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LUNtwNNp1k#)
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How to find gemstones? just hire a geologist. all the cool kids are doing it these days, :orly:
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More awesomeness from Boston, listen and appreciate! :arrr:
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw#)
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tony soprano died.
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tony soprano died.
Indeed, at a way-too-young 51, apparently from a heart attack. *eyes own cholesterol numbers* :-\
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watching a few video's on gem mining and wow. its tough pickins out there, from everything. I'll cherish my tourmaline from Mozambique even more now, and my Brazilian Idicolite. Which, they say in the video anything over 5 cts is extremely rare
I have one over 9cts. :evillaugh:
It was cool because a lot of these mines are open pit. and as you know, you can only dig a hole so deep before it starts filling in with water.
rare stuff indeed. any gemstone, :thumbup:
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Still early days (they're not in bloom yet) but I believe I have 3 healthy lady plants. Luckily so.. because the male variant of these herby plants are of little use. Um, or better put.. they 'befertilize' zhe ladies* and ja, I want no hanky panky on my balcony. :laugh:
But ja, like said.. it is a tadski too soon to be absolutely sure which sex they are.
(*wish the flowers to not contain seeds later on)
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The weather is unsteady. It's warm and moist in the air but no sun and no rain either.
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Still early days (they're not in bloom yet) but I believe I have 3 healthy lady plants. Luckily so.. because the male variant of these herby plants are of little use. Um, or better put.. they 'befertilize' zhe ladies* and ja, I want no hanky panky on my balcony. :laugh:
But ja, like said.. it is a tadski too soon to be absolutely sure which sex they are.
(*wish the flowers to not contain seeds later on)
You aren't talking about peaches, are you? :zoinks:
:fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly: :fly:
Fly away, little lutra lutra. But do come back.
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^ Yeah, yeah.. peaches. Of course. :M
What are you exactly implying there?
:green:
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Well, to be frank.. I'm pretty pretty sure one is female and when the others turn out to be male (or hermaphrodite) it is no biggie whatsoever.
With the tiny amount I smoke nowadays a harvest of one plant only is more than enough to keep me happy for over a year, I reckon.
Um, not looking forward to them smelly days of she's going into bloom though. Ze kunnen letterlijk een uur in de wind stinken, as you probsy know.
Again early days.. and one shouldn't sell the bear's fur before one has shot the actual bear first, nøt?
:laugh:
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The blue berries are coming back after last years pruning
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I think I will have enough money at the end of the months to make a pendant. I want to do something w/ this tourmaline
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It seems like the nerd girl doesn't work at the café anymore. The brunette does, though. There is also a new tall girl with light brown hair. The regular cook girl wasn't there either today.
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Too much road construction going on around town
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They have re-routed all the fracking trucks to the road in back of us...and I think they're blasting for a new well at the farm across the road. The house has shook twice already in the last month.
They already approached the neighbors wanting to run a large water pipe through their property under the road to the farm. Both told them to go get fucked.
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It seems like the nerd girl doesn't work at the café anymore. The brunette does, though. There is also a new tall girl with light brown hair. The regular cook girl wasn't there either today.
That's because her nerd girl friends ... warned her. :zoinks:
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They have re-routed all the fracking trucks to the road in back of us...and I think they're blasting for a new well at the farm across the road. The house has shook twice already in the last month.
They already approached the neighbors wanting to run a large water pipe through their property under the road to the farm. Both told them to go get fucked.
Your neighbors are fine Americans, good for them! :arrr:
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My android phone plays dumb when I begin to type a swear word. I think it is shy. :autism:
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They have been selling fireworks everywhere...and I was like 'wow, whats with the fireworks?' and then I remembered it will be July 4th soon.
Yippee...........................not.
Maybe I should buy a bunch and stock up. :mischief:
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They have re-routed all the fracking trucks to the road in back of us...and I think they're blasting for a new well at the farm across the road. The house has shook twice already in the last month.
They already approached the neighbors wanting to run a large water pipe through their property under the road to the farm. Both told them to go get fucked.
Fracking fracks shit up. I'm sorry to hear this.
Beware an increase in earthquakes, pollution, and water contamination. Let me know when your faucet water becomes flammable.
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They have re-routed all the fracking trucks to the road in back of us...and I think they're blasting for a new well at the farm across the road. The house has shook twice already in the last month.
They already approached the neighbors wanting to run a large water pipe through their property under the road to the farm. Both told them to go get fucked.
Fracking fracks shit up. I'm sorry to hear this.
Beware an increase in earthquakes, pollution, and water contamination. Let me know when your faucet water becomes flammable.
We'll post video. :thumbup:
It's sickening. The whole western half of the state has been invaded by this shit. No money around here, so all people see are the $$ signs, and aren't thinking about what the true cost will be in the long run. All the damage the mining did over the years is now being compounded by this. :(
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They have re-routed all the fracking trucks to the road in back of us...and I think they're blasting for a new well at the farm across the road. The house has shook twice already in the last month.
They already approached the neighbors wanting to run a large water pipe through their property under the road to the farm. Both told them to go get fucked.
Fracking fracks shit up. I'm sorry to hear this.
Beware an increase in earthquakes, pollution, and water contamination. Let me know when your faucet water becomes flammable.
We'll post video. :thumbup:
It's sickening. The whole western half of the state has been invaded by this shit. No money around here, so all people see are the $$ signs, and aren't thinking about what the true cost will be in the long run. All the damage the mining did over the years is now being compounded by this. :(
Living in an area where they want to try fracking...
The local council, and a few other organisations in the Netherlands left the group where fracking was being discussed, because they had to sign a secrecy vow, and would not get anything but a summary of the findings on trials.
WTF!!! Thought we were still living in a mildly open country. Good for them to step out.
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They feed everyone a load of propaganda around here. No one's going to come out from these companies and tell you the bad stuff, that's what people don't realize or don't care about.
Sold a dairy farmer on the idea not too far from me, put the well on his property, started writing out his checks...life was grand...then all his cows started dying.
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I hope we'll be able to stall this testing here, till no one will dare to start it anymore, because of known bad side-effects.
Sometimes public actions have been successful in stopping weird ideas (like storing nuclear waste in salt domes). But, times are changing, and it looks like people are less and less heard, when not part of a company promising profit.
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It's time for revolution! :arrr: :arrr: :arrr: :arrr: :arrr: :arrr:
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They feed everyone a load of propaganda around here. No one's going to come out from these companies and tell you the bad stuff, that's what people don't realize or don't care about.
Sold a dairy farmer on the idea not too far from me, put the well on his property, started writing out his checks...life was grand...then all his cows started dying.
We need protection for the bovine! :police: :hyke: :police: We'll save you, Hyke!
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the zipcode
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They feed everyone a load of propaganda around here. No one's going to come out from these companies and tell you the bad stuff, that's what people don't realize or don't care about.
Sold a dairy farmer on the idea not too far from me, put the well on his property, started writing out his checks...life was grand...then all his cows started dying.
Just wait till our rivers and lakes are devoid of fish and eagles and crap all die off. We'll be barren with nothing to subsist off of. We'll fucking deserve it too.
Quick, large, lump sums of cash are enough to turn a lot of people stupid. What happened to critical thinking and forethought? Seriously? This stuff isn't even new... people have known for centuries what too much mining and extraction does to the land, they told fucking myths about it. The entire iron age in greek mythology, and the subsequent floods was telling enough. And yes- people back then were quite capable of changing the land scape in dramatic ways. Look at the great wall of China, look at hug mounds, and pyramids and shit. People were fucking up long before now, and they wrote shit down so we would be more careful. And now where are we? Nobody gives a half a-fuck about history, and in the process screw the future.
ID I OTS.
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The fox in the new Firefox start page logo has an animated tail that looks like a flaming fart. :laugh:
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Nuclear waste in salt domes? what the fuck kind of waste are we talking about here? a few curies of low-activity crap like tritiated wastes, natural uranium, etc. I.e either low-lifetime or low intensity nuclear waste. I hope its no more than that. Some of the stupid things we (the human species, and the US) have done.
Such as the US simply taking it out to sea in steel containers and tossing it (not to mention hundreds or possibly thousands of tons of former US stock chemical munitions., sulfur mustard, G- and V-series nerve agents, lewisite (I think. This one really has no non-hazardous decomposition products, its an organoarsenical blister agent, so regardless how it degrades, arsenical muck is a certainty, and how deep to sink it? Theres pretty much some forms of lfe no matter how deep you go, even in cores of solid rock drilled from deep ocean trenches that reach seven miles down)
Random observation:
The amount of spam coming in my meat-mail is fucking ridiculous, and as I BET most of it won't end up anywhere else than a landfill pit in china. Although I did get a free 100-snack box offer to persuade me to fork out cash for more. I won't buy from spammers on principle, I could certainly use the free food, as I don't have enough money for enough food a lot of the time.
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The brunette isn't as girlish as she was last year. The cook girl is still absent. The Chinese woman, who owns the café since a couple of years, was there with her assistant today. I don't like either of them.
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Fuck they are checking beach stickers and I have not gotten one yet
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The kiddo of the blackbird couple (T. merula/in my garden) is female. Beautiful fox-red juvenile plumage she has at the moment.. which will be a bit more boring brown at the end of the year (I suppose).
Also my Brugmansia* is about to go into bloom any moment now.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia)
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Interesting road kill has been found within 15 km from where I live.
It could be a wolf. DNA testing will show if it really is and not a wolfdog. Apparently the stomach content contained beaver. That's not the regular dogfood. So, it looks promissing.
Wolfs are missing from the Dutch ecosystem for about 150 years.
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Interesting road kill has been found within 15 km from where I live.
It could be a wolf. DNA testing will show if it really is and not a wolfdog. Apparently the stomach content contained beaver. That's not the regular dogfood. So, it looks promissing.
Wolfs are missing from the Dutch ecosystem for about 150 years.
Yep, coyotes were missing around here, then the nice people working with the game commission started bringing them in to "study" the effects...now it's open season year round due to over population and you watch your pet if you let it out at night.
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Interesting road kill has been found within 15 km from where I live.
It could be a wolf. DNA testing will show if it really is and not a wolfdog. Apparently the stomach content contained beaver. That's not the regular dogfood. So, it looks promissing.
Wolfs are missing from the Dutch ecosystem for about 150 years.
Yep, coyotes were missing around here, then the nice people working with the game commission started bringing them in to "study" the effects...now it's open season year round due to over population and you watch your pet if you let it out at night.
No one is bringing them in here. If this is really a wolf, she came by herself. What she was looking for in this wet spot, no idea.
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A wolf would be a sensation in our corner of the world.
We had one stray visit the city a couple of months ago. She was around for a week or so and even ventured into the city proper.
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More than a few species of wild animals are adapting to urban life. We have hawks, egrets and nutria in my immediate neighborhood. There are coyotes living between the levees and the Mississippi River.
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A wolf would be a sensation in our corner of the world.
We had one stray visit the city a couple of months ago. She was around for a week or so and even ventured into the city proper.
It is a sensation here. Results on the DNA will be in in a week or less. So far, the evidence makes that the researchers in the Netherlands are for 98% sure. German researchers will try to find out what pack of wolves she came from.
They were expecting to find wolf traces somewhere in the Netherlands, because there have been sightings in Germany not far from the border. Apparently the distance from the German border to here is just a nights walk for a wolf.
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Bloody hell. I meant to write "your corner of the world".
It *is* a sensation. You shouldn't have them. They won't be able to survive for long, right?
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Bloody hell. I meant to write "your corner of the world".
It *is* a sensation. You shouldn't have them. They won't be able to survive for long, right?
If they can survive close to the German border, they should be able to live here too, I guess. But, real wilderness, no, we don't have that. There are enough places to hide and hunt though. Foxes do great here. A wolf is something different, I know, but I can imagine that it will find ways to adapt.
I wonder if I ever will happen to see one. Guess not.
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
Maybe some want a change of scenery? :dunno:
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Fortasse :orly:
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I'm sorry she's dead. She was :viking:
There have been reports of sightings of wolves around here before, but always without proof. Now there is tangible and testable proof.
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I enjoy feeling my scalp for little pieces of dandruff, scabs, and dirt.
I have no idea why.
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Bloody hell. I meant to write "your corner of the world".
It *is* a sensation. You shouldn't have them. They won't be able to survive for long, right?
If they can survive close to the German border, they should be able to live here too, I guess. But, real wilderness, no, we don't have that. There are enough places to hide and hunt though. Foxes do great here. A wolf is something different, I know, but I can imagine that it will find ways to adapt.
I wonder if I ever will happen to see one. Guess not.
Your corner is simply too populated for the wolf. They'd be scared all the time.
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Bloody hell. I meant to write "your corner of the world".
It *is* a sensation. You shouldn't have them. They won't be able to survive for long, right?
If they can survive close to the German border, they should be able to live here too, I guess. But, real wilderness, no, we don't have that. There are enough places to hide and hunt though. Foxes do great here. A wolf is something different, I know, but I can imagine that it will find ways to adapt.
I wonder if I ever will happen to see one. Guess not.
Your corner is simply too populated for the wolf. They'd be scared all the time.
Wolves need space around here we have their smaller cousin, coyotes which seem to do fairly well in the suburban environment, is there an equivalent to them in Europe? They have the look of mangy midsized to largish dogs and eat most anything including cats>
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Foxes are probably the European equivalent. There are some here that come all the way to the front door sometimes, but they aren't dangerous to people like the wolves can be.
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Wolves are seldom dangerous.
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I said "can be" ;)
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And I said "seldom".
Are there any other obvious truths we need to repeat? :P
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I heard that Moomintrolls are one of wolves' favourite dishes :o
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:hide:
But we are harmless! :moomin:
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A wolf would be a sensation in our corner of the world.
We had one stray visit the city a couple of months ago. She was around for a week or so and even ventured into the city proper.
Foxes and wild turkeys have been spotted near my workplace. I wonder what they are thinking. :apondering:
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
Sweden is gorgeous, judging by the pictures you've posted. I might visit Sweden someday if I ever win the lottery.
How many Swedes are fluent in English, or would I have to learn Swedish and sound like that Muppet chef? :laugh:
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I enjoy feeling my scalp for little pieces of dandruff, scabs, and dirt.
I have no idea why.
Scabs are interesting, it's the texture! I twist and twirl my hair all the time, that's my thing. :autism:
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There's quite a big dragonfly circling in the garden as we speak. It's a hawker (or mosaic darner). I like those.
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There's quite a big dragonfly circling in the garden as we speak. It's a hawker (or mosaic darner). I like those.
About 5,000 dragonflies hatched under the bridge yesterday. So many youngens'....there were spider webs packed with them- luckky fellas, those spiders got a killin. They will probably be breeding as well with the sudden increase in food supply.
Meanwhile, it hasn't rained for two days, and the river is going back down and leaving a brunch of drift wood (and trash) on the banks. I am thinking of going to collect some once it dries out a bit and make a big fire.
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^ Sounds like you live in a nice rural-ish area, SG. The fire sounds cool too.. haven't done that for frikkin' ages. Ffff, not even in the fireplace downstairs.
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
Sweden is gorgeous, judging by the pictures you've posted. I might visit Sweden someday if I ever win the lottery.
How many Swedes are fluent in English, or would I have to learn Swedish and sound like that Muppet chef? :laugh:
Everyone 50 and younger is fluent in English :nerdy:
It is of course great to know some Swedish anyway :orly:
Learn swedish! (A) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0MhBOearHw#)
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Bloody hell. I meant to write "your corner of the world".
It *is* a sensation. You shouldn't have them. They won't be able to survive for long, right?
If they can survive close to the German border, they should be able to live here too, I guess. But, real wilderness, no, we don't have that. There are enough places to hide and hunt though. Foxes do great here. A wolf is something different, I know, but I can imagine that it will find ways to adapt.
I wonder if I ever will happen to see one. Guess not.
Your corner is simply too populated for the wolf. They'd be scared all the time.
Wolves need space around here we have their smaller cousin, coyotes which seem to do fairly well in the suburban environment, is there an equivalent to them in Europe? They have the look of mangy midsized to largish dogs and eat most anything including cats>
Foxes are there enough around here. Enough to now and then be a plague too. Heard it say that wolves probably will be less a problem to farmers than foxes can be. Foxes now and then go on with killing poultry, just for the fun of it.
I do live in the eastern part of the Netherlands. So, about the least populated bit. For about a decade there have been reports about wolves being seen. I was amazed that this one has been found in the polder. Not really thick in population, but the only way to get here is to either cross a bridge or swim.
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Boanthropy:
(http://i1.wp.com/listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/3561962220_81669fb632_z.jpg?resize=632%2C420)
:hyke:
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It seems to be another big year for fireflies I never remember seeing so many when I was younger
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It seems to be another big year for fireflies I never remember seeing so many when I was younger
Me neither!
The nights are sparktacular.
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It seems to be another big year for fireflies I never remember seeing so many when I was younger
Me neither!
The nights are sparktacular.
must depend on where you are
I think they all drowned down here
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
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Boanthropy:
(http://i1.wp.com/listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/3561962220_81669fb632_z.jpg?resize=632%2C420)
:hyke:
A mere imitation of the original. :snowman: :toporly:
:hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke:
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
Firefly lube? Insect Cialis? :dunno:
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
the will to survive
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
Firefly lube? Insect Cialis? :dunno:
have you any idea
what cialis costs
over $36 a pill
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
Firefly lube? Insect Cialis? :dunno:
have you any idea
what cialis costs
over $36 a pill
Fireflies. Rich mutherfuckers.
WHere they get that kinda money?
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
Firefly lube? Insect Cialis? :dunno:
have you any idea
what cialis costs
over $36 a pill
No. I don't need it. :laugh:
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I wonder what facilitates their reproduction...
Firefly lube? Insect Cialis? :dunno:
have you any idea
what cialis costs
over $36 a pill
No. I don't need it. :laugh:
:laugh:
Not just for the needy or in your case seedy
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
Sweden is gorgeous, judging by the pictures you've posted. I might visit Sweden someday if I ever win the lottery.
How many Swedes are fluent in English, or would I have to learn Swedish and sound like that Muppet chef? :laugh:
Most younger people speak English. You'd have no problems getting by.
When can we expect you? :2thumbsup:
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Hodie fortasse dies calidissimus anni est 8)
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Boanthropy:
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:hyke:
:eyebrows: :squit: :anal: :viking:
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Sweden is 55% pure forest and a population density of 23 persons/km2. Better chances for a wolf here :viking:
Sweden is gorgeous, judging by the pictures you've posted. I might visit Sweden someday if I ever win the lottery.
How many Swedes are fluent in English, or would I have to learn Swedish and sound like that Muppet chef? :laugh:
Most younger people speak English. You'd have no problems getting by.
When can we expect you? :2thumbsup:
:indeed:
Just speak in an accent and add "Bork! Bork! Bork!" after every few sentences. You'll be fine. ;)
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:tard:
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Today is the 12th of July, a big celebration for the Unionist community in N.Ireland.
On the 11th of July, Protestants burn effigies of Billy Lundy, on huge fires, mostly made out of tyres.
Then on the 12th, they cause mass disruption to the whole country, by insisting on their hideous bigotted marches, dressed in funny faggoty uniforms. Then, when it gets dark, they get pissed and go and start fights in the Catholic areas :thumbdn:
I REALLY fucking hate this country :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance: :angrydance:
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
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I speak English with a slight west Swedish accent, I think :nerdy:
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I speak English with a slight west Swedish accent, I think :nerdy:
I also like swedish accents. There was this swedish guy with aspergers who started a YouTube Channel. I used to watch his channel, they were interesting vids.
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Why not just ask her to post her bewbs and get it over with? :zoinks:
Butterflies is a Brit. As far as I know, she hasn't kept it a secret that she lives in Northern Ireland.
I haven't heard of an Irish butterfly, but I've heard of: Iron Butterfly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kHYdhw-HyY#ws)
:orly: :viking:
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I was working in an attic today and it must have been 120F up there
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Why not just ask her to post her bewbs and get it over with? :zoinks:
Butterflies is a Brit. As far as I know, she hasn't kept it a secret that she lives in Northern Ireland.
I haven't heard of an Irish butterfly, but I've heard of: Iron Butterfly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kHYdhw-HyY#ws)
:orly: :viking:
:-[
Dang.
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Ladder Man is finally finishing the new trim on the windows! He's right outside my window as I type this. :hide:
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Boanthropy:
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:hyke:
:eyebrows: :squit: :anal: :viking:
Now we know what turns Lit on... watch out Hyke....
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Dont worry. Not creepy at all. I'm Scottish, but have been living in N.Ireland for around 4 years.
And, as soon as my great-aunt dies, I'm off to Budapest :green: :green: :green: Cant wait :2thumbsup:
My great aunt has senile dementia, and is supposedly in the very final stages, although she's practically been on her deathbed for the last 4 years. She's now struggling to swallow her food, so we've been told she is likely to die any time now.
I know it sounds cruel to be so eager for someone to die, and I do admit that a lot of my eagerness for her to die is so that I can move abroad.
I do think its wrong to keep people like her alive, just to suffer every day, and I know that she wouldnt have wanted to live like this. Every day looks like a nightmare to me, and I hope for her own sake that she dies as quickly as possible.
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Dont worry. Not creepy at all. I'm Scottish, but have been living in N.Ireland for around 4 years.
And, as soon as my great-aunt dies, I'm off to Budapest :green: :green: :green: Cant wait :2thumbsup:
My great aunt has senile dementia, and is supposedly in the very final stages, although she's practically been on her deathbed for the last 4 years. She's now struggling to swallow her food, so we've been told she is likely to die any time now.
I know it sounds cruel to be so eager for someone to die, and I do admit that a lot of my eagerness for her to die is so that I can move abroad.
I do think its wrong to keep people like her alive, just to suffer every day, and I know that she wouldnt have wanted to live like this. Every day looks like a nightmare to me, and I hope for her own sake that she dies as quickly as possible.
Scottish eh? Interesting...scottish accents range from cool to unintelligible to my ear. Sometimes I hear a real thick scottish accent and I gotta hear it multiple times to understand.
It would still be cool to hear it. It would be cool to hear everyone's accent actually. Maybe a recording app can be downloaded to the page. :apondering:
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Dont worry. Not creepy at all. I'm Scottish, but have been living in N.Ireland for around 4 years.
And, as soon as my great-aunt dies, I'm off to Budapest :green: :green: :green: Cant wait :2thumbsup:
My great aunt has senile dementia, and is supposedly in the very final stages, although she's practically been on her deathbed for the last 4 years. She's now struggling to swallow her food, so we've been told she is likely to die any time now.
I know it sounds cruel to be so eager for someone to die, and I do admit that a lot of my eagerness for her to die is so that I can move abroad.
I do think its wrong to keep people like her alive, just to suffer every day, and I know that she wouldnt have wanted to live like this. Every day looks like a nightmare to me, and I hope for her own sake that she dies as quickly as possible.
Scottish eh? Interesting...scottish accents range from cool to unintelligible to my ear. Sometimes I hear a real thick scottish accent and I gotta hear it multiple times to understand.
It would still be cool to hear it. It would be cool to hear everyone's accent actually. Maybe a recording app can be downloaded to the page. :apondering:
I think Im pretty easy to understand, although I dont know how Scottish I really sound. I dont have a thick accent at all. At school, everyone thought my accent was Welsh or Irish :laugh: Everyone over here seems able to tell Im Scottish though.
I have that strange aspie voice, where I kinda sound like a cross between a Scots girl, and an alien :laugh:
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So you are Irish butterflies?
Interesting...I wish I could hear your accent. I like Irish accents.
Whoa...um...I just realised that might sound a bit creepy. I swear...it's not meant to be.
Dont worry. Not creepy at all. I'm Scottish, but have been living in N.Ireland for around 4 years.
And, as soon as my great-aunt dies, I'm off to Budapest :green: :green: :green: Cant wait :2thumbsup:
My great aunt has senile dementia, and is supposedly in the very final stages, although she's practically been on her deathbed for the last 4 years. She's now struggling to swallow her food, so we've been told she is likely to die any time now.
I know it sounds cruel to be so eager for someone to die, and I do admit that a lot of my eagerness for her to die is so that I can move abroad.
I do think its wrong to keep people like her alive, just to suffer every day, and I know that she wouldnt have wanted to live like this. Every day looks like a nightmare to me, and I hope for her own sake that she dies as quickly as possible.
Scottish eh? Interesting...scottish accents range from cool to unintelligible to my ear. Sometimes I hear a real thick scottish accent and I gotta hear it multiple times to understand.
It would still be cool to hear it. It would be cool to hear everyone's accent actually. Maybe a recording app can be downloaded to the page. :apondering:
I think Im pretty easy to understand, although I dont know how Scottish I really sound. I dont have a thick accent at all. At school, everyone thought my accent was Welsh or Irish :laugh: Everyone over here seems able to tell Im Scottish though.
I have that strange aspie voice, where I kinda sound like a cross between a Scots girl, and an alien :laugh:
:laugh:
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Random observation/picture of the day.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Grotefoto-Z6CPHHBG.jpg)
The clematis never has had this much flowers as this year. No fartin' kid ya.
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I like clematis. I'm concerned about vining plants weakening the brick mortar and growing under the roof shingles, so no vining plants for us.
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You need not be concerned about the mortar between the bricks with clematises (probably all of them named Clematis blahiahae). They don't attach themselves to a wall and need proper support via, for instance, the light wooden frame (like a spine with ribs horizontally) I've made especially for climbing plants. Maybe difficult to see on that photo there but without it the plant will drop to the ground.. leaving no marks on the wall behind it.
I like clematises as well. A very simple but pretty flower with six petals it has.. and that's not that common in the flora-world. Six petals on a flower, I mean.
Honeysuckle is an other climbing plant that will not do harm to your wall or the roof but needs some sort of support also. The plants, it's flowers, gives off a nice scent in the evening/late afternoon as well.
Um, sørry, 'über-replying' maybe, but I just like being a gardener.. seeing plants thrive because I gave it a little bit of attention. Trying to work with mother nature.. 'cause she's the god I worship, really.
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Regarding Scottish accents: Ian McDiarmid speaks with a very ( to my ears ) posh English accent,
but once in an interview he said something in his native Scottish accent to demonstrate the sound of it ...
and it was completely unintelligible! I think he said something about a pub. :fiveshots:
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We're out of coffee. It's a disaster. I don't get my three cups this morning.
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We're out of coffee. It's a disaster. I don't get my three cups this morning.
That's awful! I'm sending you some right now! Coming soon to your local airport!
:plane: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:
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We're out of coffee. It's a disaster. I don't get my three cups this morning.
That's awful! I'm sending you some right now! Coming soon to your local airport!
:plane: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:
Thank you. This is very traumatising.
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Envying you, Lutra. My clematis has it's first flower now, other one will be there in a couple of days, and there may be a third, if the bud keeps on developing as it should. The plant looks drained. I planted it last year, and it looked fine. But now it looks as if it needs nutrients. It is the only plant in solid soil that I fed this year. But it makes no difference.
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Envying you, Lutra. My clematis has it's first flower now, other one will be there in a couple of days, and there may be a third, if the bud keeps on developing as it should. The plant looks drained. I planted it last year, and it looked fine. But now it looks as if it needs nutrients. It is the only plant in solid soil that I fed this year. But it makes no difference.
Maybe it needs love :dunno:
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^ Yes, but that basically means knowing what a plant likes and dislikes. Um, avoiding the latter and trying to provide the first.
Thatz real lurve! :autism:
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Mine was always like you described yours, Hykey.. and the only difference I can think of now is that I didn't cut the clematis back like I usually do at the end of the summer. Just left it how it was at the end of the season.
Um, maybe the clematis is like the blackberry plant which will provide fruit on the second year's 'wood' only, I'm thinking now. Meaning when one cuts the blackberry plant back it will take two years for it to flower, and thus give fruit a little later, again.
Maybe you could try to leave the plant 'alone', 'Hykey on a little bikey' :laugh: (sørry) later on this year. And, perhaps see if that will work to get the clematis to produce more flowers.
Oh, and I did enrich the soil early spring also but that's what I do every year. Kinda poor sandy soil 'we' have in this neck of the woods. It needs extra nutrients in the top soil for it drains like.. dunno, something that lets water through quite quite easily.
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Black fingertips. A great sign :thumbup:
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^ Yes, but that basically means knowing what a plant likes and dislikes. Um, avoiding the latter and trying to provide the first.
Thatz real lurve! :autism:
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Mine was always like you described yours, Hykey.. and the only difference I can think of now is that I didn't cut the clematis back like I usually do at the end of the summer. Just left it how it was at the end of the season.
Um, maybe the clematis is like the blackberry plant which will provide fruit on the second year's 'wood' only, I'm thinking now. Meaning when one cuts the blackberry plant back it will take two years for it to flower, and thus give fruit a little later, again.
Maybe you could try to leave the plant 'alone', 'Hykey on a little bikey' :laugh: (sørry) later on this year. And, perhaps see if that will work to get the clematis to produce more flowers.
Oh, and I did enrich the soil early spring also but that's what I do every year. Kinda poor sandy soil 'we' have in this neck of the woods. It needs extra nutrients in the top soil for it drains like.. dunno, something that lets water through quite quite easily.
I grew up on sand, it's like a sieve, so know what you mean. Last fall and this spring, I neglected the garden, because of things going on in life. So, I never cut the Clematis back. Did not feed anything in my garden either. Only started doing that, when I began planting herbs in pots late in spring. There's a lot of backlog to be dealt with still. Tja, dat houdt me wel even van de straat.
My tomatoes of last year decided to surprise me with young this year. :laugh: Took all thieves out, and tied them to stakes.
Hykey desperately wants to have a new bikey. :laugh: So, looking at Marktplaats a lot, and somewhere this week I'll go to a big bike shop with a brother of mine.
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Did a Wikipedia read on clematis. Some varieties bloom on new wood and some on second year wood. No mention of morning wood. :dick:
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Lignum matutinis :viking:
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They are pumping up the shit from one neighbour's septic tank :sick:
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Theres an awkward silence in my house.
The dog isn't yapping
The cat is silent
My birds are sleeping.
Yet somehow its odd...
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Saw three girls long skirts, one of them even a double skirt, hair in buns/braids, one with a scarf around her hair, wearing long-sleeved jackets, on a summers day.
I've been living on the borders of one of the Dutch bible belts for about 30 years now, never saw girls this way. They could almost pass for Hutterites.
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I pawned a dear friend. fuck I hate pawn shops, there such carnies in there. bitches
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My dad is stupid. He asked again how much Italian differs from Latin. The things is, he doesn't really know anything about languages, so he wouldn't understand even with an explanation :facepalm2:
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Tools left in the sun can burn you when you pick them up
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One of the designers on Project Runway could be bodie's sister. Noodle pot blonde hair and a nose.
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Humans are scary. Forget the monsters under the bed, it is the monsters on the street that keep me up at night.
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I have my 52 ct dark colored amethyst for sale. why? I'm confident nobody will buy it. :laugh:
but only for a week after that I'll buy it. for free, :zoinks:
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First I saw her and was like, omg she hot.
(http://www.hdwpapers.com/thumbs/rachel_weisz_wallpaper_11-t2.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg she kinda cute.
(http://images.wikia.com/vvikipedia/pt/images/7/72/Elaine_Cassidy.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg I have a type.
(http://ktarsis.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ktjaimemurraypic.jpg)
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I think it's safe to conclude that I am not your type. :hyke:
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I think it's safe to conclude that I am not your type. :hyke:
Ah, sorry hyke. But ya know, I can fall in love with many types. I guess in terms of actresses, I tend to crush on the dark-haired, celtic-eyed, english accented beauties.
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I think it's safe to conclude that I am not your type. :hyke:
Ah, sorry hyke. But ya know, I can fall in love with many types. I guess in terms of actresses, I tend to crush on the dark-haired, celtic-eyed, english accented beauties.
I'm more of the Frisian type, though not Frisian by birth.
I'll leave it to your imagination if I am talking about cows, horses or Doutzen Kroes here. :hyke:
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I think it's safe to conclude that I am not your type. :hyke:
Ah, sorry hyke. But ya know, I can fall in love with many types. I guess in terms of actresses, I tend to crush on the dark-haired, celtic-eyed, english accented beauties.
I'm more of the Frisian type, though not Frisian by birth.
I'll leave it to your imagination if I am talking about cows, horses or Doutzen Kroes here. :hyke:
:apondering:
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Lightning no longer scares me. the end, :blonde:
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Mel Smith died. :(
Only 60 years old.
He made me laugh more than once.
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Don't worry. he's still alive, in the afterlife!! yeahhh!!!
Testament - Afterlife [HD/1080i] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4cA_uwJRrE#ws)
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Don't worry. he's still alive, in the afterlife!! yeahhh!!!
Testament - Afterlife [HD/1080i] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4cA_uwJRrE#ws)
The broadcasting quality from the afterlife to here is lousy though.
Can you imagine Mel Smith working with Griff Rhys Jones though a medium?
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Get Amy Allan. although, that reminds me. I want to see a genuine medium at some point in my life
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Smith and Jones - Grave Sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgTNx50ehFY#)
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You can count from zero to nine hundred ninety-nine without using the vowel "a."
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First I saw her and was like, omg she hot.
(http://www.hdwpapers.com/thumbs/rachel_weisz_wallpaper_11-t2.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg she kinda cute.
(http://images.wikia.com/vvikipedia/pt/images/7/72/Elaine_Cassidy.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg I have a type.
(http://ktarsis.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ktjaimemurraypic.jpg)
Who else here applauds this post? :clap:
I am very pleased...going to find a movie to watch with one of the lovely actresses :autism:
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:laugh:
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On very hot humid days, not only do I have little appetite, I don't even remember that I haven't eaten! :orly:
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You can count from zero to nine hundred ninety-nine without using the vowel "a."
I couldn't believe that, so I counted it, and it's true :laugh: That is kinda bizarre.
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You can count from zero to nine hundred ninety-nine without using the vowel "a."
I couldn't believe that, so I counted it, and it's true :laugh: That is kinda bizarre.
I know. I was sitting in McDonalds with the PR and some number was displayed on the TV news screen and the thought suddenly came to me. I'm sure it's not original, but it is to me.
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When I work in the steamy kitchen all day, marinating in my own sweat, I smell like a cross between
musty dishwater and the sweet syrup that comes with fruit cocktail. Saturday night's alright for TMI! :autism:
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First I saw her and was like, omg she hot.
(http://www.hdwpapers.com/thumbs/rachel_weisz_wallpaper_11-t2.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg she kinda cute.
(http://images.wikia.com/vvikipedia/pt/images/7/72/Elaine_Cassidy.jpg)
Then I saw her and was like, omg I have a type.
(http://ktarsis.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ktjaimemurraypic.jpg)
Who else here applauds this post? :clap:
I am very pleased...going to find a movie to watch with one of the lovely actresses :autism:
Kelly MacDonald could be added to the list....first enamored in Gosford Park.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qZoXVY8ZIGM/UTQn-60-M9I/AAAAAAAACGM/TodA2XS1Vp0/s1600/GosfordPark1173.jpg)
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There is a small copper pipe coming out of the ground with water flowing out of it next to the river. It looks to be coming from the water company lines, Odd I never saw this before
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There was a girl in a pink dress on a moped in the morning, when we were working on the roof. I wonder if she lives nearby :orly:
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There is a small copper pipe coming out of the ground with water flowing out of it next to the river. It looks to be coming from the water company lines, Odd I never saw this before
Maybe some copper-thieves wrecked the pipes, and you saw what they left behind?
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There is a small copper pipe coming out of the ground with water flowing out of it next to the river. It looks to be coming from the water company lines, Odd I never saw this before
That pipe is part of Homeland Security, it doesn't concern you and you are to leave it alone. :police:
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Teen-aged girls speak a completely different language from the rest of us. I drove my daughter's friend home and could barely understand a word.
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
:indeed:
The Swedish versions of "krew totes" and such.
* waiting for McJ to tell me I spelled that completely wrong. *
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
:indeed:
The Swedish versions of "krew totes" and such.
* waiting for McJ to tell me I spelled that completely wrong. *
Like he would know.
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
:indeed:
The Swedish versions of "krew totes" and such.
* waiting for McJ to tell me I spelled that completely wrong. *
Like he would know.
He tries to have an expert image, when it comes to teen girls. He'll have to comment, to keep up the appearance.
I've told the teen girls around me that I have the right to laugh at them out loud. So far they let me get away with it, most of the times.
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I hope her moped breaks down. That way uncle Lit can be helpful and give her a ride :orly:
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There is a small copper pipe coming out of the ground with water flowing out of it next to the river. It looks to be coming from the water company lines, Odd I never saw this before
Maybe some copper-thieves wrecked the pipes, and you saw what they left behind?
It's very oxidized no fresh cuts but it looked like a little digging had been done near it so the grass and weeds that may have been hiding are all gone
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Maybe they are poor and want to make some blue pyrotechnic effect :orly:
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I hope her moped breaks down. That way uncle Lit can be helpful and give her a ride :orly:
You are aware girls don't date with people they call "uncle", aren't you?
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Verumne? ???
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Verumne? ???
Would you date your aunt, or anyone presenting herself to you as your helpful aunt?
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:(
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
Or you could go out with women your own age, who already speak your language. :zoinks:
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Verumne? ???
Would you date your aunt, or anyone presenting herself to you as your helpful aunt?
Awww Lit, be a dear and take your Aunt Weeble out to dinner! :prude:
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fuck I hate rude people!
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fuck I hate rude people!
^pot calling kettle black
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^your a better example of pot and kettle.
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^your a better example of pot and kettle.
that makes no sense
but since little you say does :dunno:
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I would like to compile pics of all the actresses I thought were hot and combine their features into a new unique face. I would like to see what my subconscious is looking for.
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^your a better example of pot and kettle.
that makes no sense
but since little you say does :dunno:
I wish could vidal sasson you away, your like the stain that wont come out of my hair. have any recomendations besides horse cum to get it out?
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^your a better example of pot and kettle.
that makes no sense
but since little you say does :dunno:
I wish could vidal sasson you away, your like the stain that wont come out of my hair. have any recomendations besides horse cum to get it out?
I wish you could spell Sassoon
I'll let you take care of your own nastiness
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I would like to compile pics of all the actresses I thought were hot and combine their features into a new unique face. I would like to see what my subconscious is looking for.
What if some of your selections were different skin complexions?
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I would like to compile pics of all the actresses I thought were hot and combine their features into a new unique face. I would like to see what my subconscious is looking for.
What if some of your selections were different skin complexions?
It would combine them.
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I see...
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So I have to learn another language again to speak to that girl with the pink dress, driving a moped? :-\
:indeed:
The Swedish versions of "krew totes" and such.
* waiting for McJ to tell me I spelled that completely wrong. *
Like he would know.
He tries to have an expert image, when it comes to teen girls. He'll have to comment, to keep up the appearance.
I've told the teen girls around me that I have the right to laugh at them out loud. So far they let me get away with it, most of the times.
Where is McJ, anyway?
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All admins are disappearing one by one. First Callaway, then McJagger... :orly:
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All admins are disappearing one by one. First Callaway, then McJagger... :orly:
:tinfoil:
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Jack has 4 karma points.
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Jack has 4 karma points.
The karma points of the chicken are 12 squared.
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It's a frikkin' 30C (p/m 86F) still on the top floor of this house. Downstairs it's about 24C.. and I'm considering sleeping in the living room this night.
Could go a bit oinky and drag my mattress outside and..
(um, I look at 4 thermometers everyday, two outside and two inside the house, on ja, quite a regular basis) :nerdy:
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
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It's a frikkin' 30C (p/m 86F) still on the top floor of this house. Downstairs it's about 24C.. and I'm considering sleeping in the living room this night.
Could go a bit oinky and drag my mattress outside and..
(um, I look at 4 thermometers everyday, two outside and two inside the house, on ja, quite a regular basis) :nerdy:
I have placed a fan on the landing. All doors upstairs will be open tonight, and the windows too, to create airflow, and to lure cooler air inside.
It's a bugger that the air is getting damper. Next couple of days will be awful, with humidity rising. Bye, bye, beloved cool nights.
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
What are we celebrating? Free guns and Big Macs for all American citizens? :dunno:
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
What are we celebrating? Free guns and Big Macs for all American citizens? :dunno:
No, there is a worldwide happiness going on, now that the great, great, great, great, great grandson of our QV has been born. The only one having mild reservations is QV, she'd rather had had a great, great, great, great, great granddaughter.
Rejoice Semi, the media tells me you are rejoicing, better enjoy doing that.
If it wasn't so hot in here, I'd do a bovine stampede in the garden right now. (breaking my legs in the dark.)
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
What are we celebrating? Free guns and Big Macs for all American citizens? :dunno:
No, there is a worldwide happiness going on, now that the great, great, great, great, great grandson of our QV has been born. The only one having mild reservations is QV, she'd rather had had a great, great, great, great, great granddaughter.
Rejoice Semi, the media tells me you are rejoicing, better enjoy doing that.
If it wasn't so hot in here, I'd do a bovine stampede in the garden right now. (breaking my legs in the dark.)
Free guns and Big Macs for everyone. :2thumbsup:
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
What are we celebrating? Free guns and Big Macs for all American citizens? :dunno:
No, there is a worldwide happiness going on, now that the great, great, great, great, great grandson of our QV has been born. The only one having mild reservations is QV, she'd rather had had a great, great, great, great, great granddaughter.
Rejoice Semi, the media tells me you are rejoicing, better enjoy doing that.
If it wasn't so hot in here, I'd do a bovine stampede in the garden right now. (breaking my legs in the dark.)
Free guns and Big Macs for everyone. :2thumbsup:
Sorry, you'll have to make do with blow darts at tuppence and beans on toast. There's an economy underwater here.
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It's a frikkin' 30C (p/m 86F) still on the top floor of this house. Downstairs it's about 24C.. and I'm considering sleeping in the living room this night.
Could go a bit oinky and drag my mattress outside and..
(um, I look at 4 thermometers everyday, two outside and two inside the house, on ja, quite a regular basis) :nerdy:
I have placed a fan on the landing. All doors upstairs will be open tonight, and the windows too, to create airflow, and to lure cooler air inside.
It's a bugger that the air is getting damper. Next couple of days will be awful, with humidity rising. Bye, bye, beloved cool nights.
Same technique I attempt, with a fan and all doors and windows open when the sun's 'downed' a tadski, but.. ja, it's still hot and damp at night.
Strangly I can handle 'the heat' a bit better this summer, it seems. Trying to accept it as it is. Trying to not waste too much energy.. neither physically, nor mentally (i.e. ~ accepting).
Did sleep in my bed 'upstairs' though and I slept okay (-ish). Um, thanks. :laugh:
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I have a great, great, great, great, great grandson. I was hoping for a girl.
Congratulations, your Highness.
I heard on the TV, a couple of minutes ago, that this is we all have been eagerly awaiting for (in the Netherlands), and that the whole of the USA is celebrating in abundance, overcome with joy.
It's good to hear those things on the news. I might not have realised otherwise that this was what I was eagerly awaiting.
What are we celebrating? Free guns and Big Macs for all American citizens? :dunno:
No, there is a worldwide happiness going on, now that the great, great, great, great, great grandson of our QV has been born. The only one having mild reservations is QV, she'd rather had had a great, great, great, great, great granddaughter.
Rejoice Semi, the media tells me you are rejoicing, better enjoy doing that.
If it wasn't so hot in here, I'd do a bovine stampede in the garden right now. (breaking my legs in the dark.)
Free guns and Big Macs for everyone. :2thumbsup:
Sorry, you'll have to make do with blow darts at tuppence and beans on toast. There's an economy underwater here.
:(
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Today's garden harvest:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-VFBLYC6B.jpg)
Tiny stuff.. and I'll still need to go to the supermarket.
Bugger.
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Looks like it's going to rain...again. :P
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I cant wait for my Tourmaline to be set in a bed of gold. *twirls around*
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Changes, blessings, and sorrows all seem to bunch together, crashing in waves, altering the landscape. The wave recedes and there is calm for some time, but you know that the next wave is inevitable...
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Changes, blessings, and sorrows all seem to bunch together, crashing in waves, altering the landscape. The wave recedes and there is calm for some time, but you know that the next wave is inevitable...
You could easily put that in verse, and then have a nice poem to memorialize the tides ;)
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All admins are disappearing one by one. First Callaway, then McJagger... :orly:
Parts and me are staging a coup.
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My brother called and said that a house was put on fire and four people were hurt in the thunderstorm, just 7 kilometers from here.
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It is still a thunderstorm. Hopefully the electricity won't go out :-\
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still hot
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A weather map over the county that I live in. I live directly south of the red area.
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A weather map over the county that I live in. I live directly south of the red area.
Is that Sweden's official Red Light district? :facepalm2:
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:laugh:
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As an uncouth American, I can't help but read the name of that one town as Troll-hattan. An island of trolls?
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It actually means "troll" in Swedish too. "Hätta" probably means "hill" in this case. It usually means "hat". :)
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Sweden's official red light district, full of trolls. :P
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:tard:
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Sweden's official red light district, full of trolls. :P
They sleep with you, then tell you that you have a small :penis: and call you a faggot. ;)
I'd post some Peer Gynt, but I'm too lazy. Wrong country, anyways.
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damn. I move around like a European style Gypsy
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It actually means "troll" in Swedish too. "Hätta" probably means "hill" in this case. It usually means "hat". :)
(http://i.qkme.me/3oj0xa.jpg)(http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/09/15/00trollface.jpg) :trollface:
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Sweden's official red light district, full of trolls. :P
They sleep with you, then tell you that you have a small :penis: and call you a faggot. ;)
I'd post some Peer Gynt, but I'm too lazy. Wrong country, anyways.
Ebbe Schön (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbe_Sch%C3%B6n) is an expert on Swedish folklore, more exactly the folklore in western Sweden. He was born not far from where I live. He often tells about trolls. In addition he undeniably looks a bit like a troll himself with his long hair and giant beard.
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Last couple of days (longer even) the sun is so powerful.. that the minute 'some' sunrays 'hit' the skin one feels a burning sensation. Might be my experience only but it's quite unpleasant.
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Florida here I come?
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People have been watching too many of those antique shows like American Pickers and seem to think all their crap is worth a fortune
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People have been watching too many of those antique shows like American Pickers and seem to think all their crap is worth a fortune
Hoarders seem to think so too. How many times have I seen a hoarder on TV resist getting rid of some old junk
because "I got that from eBay just 3 years ago and it's still in the package and I'm going to sell it all back for full value."
None of them factor in the depreciation of said items, caused by years of marination in mouse pee. :sick:
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damn. I move around like a European style Gypsy
Why do you move around so often? Why not stay put in the Zumba neighborhood? :zoinks:
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People have been watching too many of those antique shows like American Pickers and seem to think all their crap is worth a fortune
Hoarders seem to think so too. How many times have I seen a hoarder on TV resist getting rid of some old junk
because "I got that from eBay just 3 years ago and it's still in the package and I'm going to sell it all back for full value."
None of them factor in the depreciation of said items, caused by years of marination in mouse pee. :sick:
Even their clean stuff is often outdated to the point that they might have trouble even giving it away. :dunno:
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damn. I move around like a European style Gypsy
Why do you move around so often? Why not stay put in the Zumba neighborhood? :zoinks:
I don't know. I wish it would stop already though, All the packing, looking for a place and saving a ton of money for a piece of shit hole in the wall not suitable for human life fucking sucks.
and no. I've had all about as much as I can take from Zumba and the public that follows it. :facepalm2:
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People have been watching too many of those antique shows like American Pickers and seem to think all their crap is worth a fortune
Hoarders seem to think so too. How many times have I seen a hoarder on TV resist getting rid of some old junk
because "I got that from eBay just 3 years ago and it's still in the package and I'm going to sell it all back for full value."
None of them factor in the depreciation of said items, caused by years of marination in mouse pee. :sick:
That's called patina :zoinks:
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Goddamn. did you see my neighbors yard? He came out of a mouse dick. :laugh:
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Goddamn. did you see my neighbors yard? He came out of a mouse dick. :laugh:
Your neighbor must be very, very, very small! :zawik:
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Sweden's official red light district, full of trolls. :P
They sleep with you, then tell you that you have a small :penis: and call you a faggot. ;)
I'd post some Peer Gynt, but I'm too lazy. Wrong country, anyways.
Ebbe Schön (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbe_Sch%C3%B6n) is an expert on Swedish folklore, more exactly the folklore in western Sweden. He was born not far from where I live. He often tells about trolls. In addition he undeniably looks a bit like a troll himself with his long hair and giant beard.
From what I've heard, trolls are popular in Scandinavian folklore.
Goddamn. did you see my neighbors yard? He came out of a mouse dick. :laugh:
What does that mean? :dunno:
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Well it means he's a dumbass. he loves to live in a horde, much like mice. and he is fat as fuck aswell
why can't horders ever be skinny? there always fucking humongous
Here is his yard. see what I mean?
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I've been bitten, by most likely so mosquitoes, seven times last night. Or bitten? Stung.
Lousy bitches..
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I am finally content with what I have. no more desires about making things with my single gemstones
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Apart from kids, and sporting activities men shouldn't wear shorts IMO
(http://trendkin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mens-Shorts.jpg)
I rest my case.
Oh, and definitely no to the old sox and sandal routine. :zombiefuck:
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You should of course wear your sandals without socks, like a real Roman :M
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I am finally content with what I have. no more desires about making things with my single gemstones
Congratulations. You have achieved enlightenment.
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I am finally content with what I have. no more desires about making things with my single gemstones
Congratulations. You have achieved enlightenment.
Yes Richard, you have reached heights you never realised could possibly happen
Semicolon has given you his praise
That and $2 will get you a coffee
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I am finally content with what I have. no more desires about making things with my single gemstones
Congratulations. You have achieved enlightenment.
Yes Richard, you have reached heights you never realised could possibly happen
Semicolon has given you his praise
That and $2 will get you a coffee
Why not make the coffee at home and save the $2? :dunno:
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I am finally content with what I have. no more desires about making things with my single gemstones
Congratulations. You have achieved enlightenment.
Yes Richard, you have reached heights you never realised could possibly happen
Semicolon has given you his praise
That and $2 will get you a coffee
Why not make the coffee at home and save the $2? :dunno:
We couldn't find the coffee grinder and I only had whole beans. It was either run out for coffee, devise a way to grind it without a grinder, or go without. Not yet having had a cup of coffee, it would have been difficult to devise a method of escape from a paper bag, so grinding it was right out.
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Drinking from a cup at a 45o angle from laying horizontal on one's side is a great way to dribble and spill all over the couch and carpet.
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Apart from kids, and sporting activities men shouldn't wear shorts IMO
(http://trendkin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mens-Shorts.jpg)
I rest my case.
Oh, and definitely no to the old sox and sandal routine. :zombiefuck:
You are right.
Scary. :zombiefuck:
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Apart from kids, and sporting activities men shouldn't wear shorts IMO
(http://trendkin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mens-Shorts.jpg)
I rest my case.
Oh, and definitely no to the old sox and sandal routine. :zombiefuck:
I wear baggy shorts that go beyond my knees the vast majority of the year. :P
Sandals are wrong...PERIOD!!! Except, of course, at the beach or in the community bathroom in a dorm.
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Vel Romae :toporly:
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Oh well there are very few exceptions but generally I find men don't look right in shorts.
The 'Business Short" is laughable
(http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/office_shorts.jpg)
Legs like these are fine
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljthcaYi7U1qgm4wbo1_500.jpg)
but then again, Vinnie Jones looks good in most things. He could put one in my box anytime :P
Sorry, guys, but the majority of men in shorts that I have seen tend to have white, hairy legs with skinny ankles which emphasizes how big their feet are.
Just don't do it.
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Business short? Do people really do that? Women can't get away with that look either.
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Business short? Do people really do that? Women can't get away with that look either.
I only mentioned it because the urchin has been off school and we have been using the train a lot. This is where I have suffered the visual discomfort of witnessing several males sporting 'business shorts'
We have had a mini heatwave here in the UK, and I think it has caused a few 'hot headed' errors concerning dress sense.
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Genuine Ametrine is rare, and the price is going up. A Russian laboratory is making a yellow/green and neon blue/yellow variety and calling it Ametrine.
Of course the entire goddamn country of Tailand is trying to pass it off as mind out of the earth, ::)
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The crawl spaces under the condos where I worked today are gross
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I hate tourists, especially from Stockholm :thumbdn:
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Know why all these motels on route 66 in flagstaff are $59 bucks a night? tourists from Phoenix and by the looks of it somewhere in Europe. :blonde:
This is the "El pueblo motor inn" located in Flagstaff.
Most Disgusting Motel In USA- El Pueblo Flagstaff, AZ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GWWZYccjw#ws)
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Well, I have very athletic legs, so I look sexy in shorts! You should see Australian Navy Sailors in their shorts. I work on a program that is joint with them. Too funny and disturbing in meetings! :zombiefuck:
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Winter cant get here fast enough for me
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Chicken.
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Drinking from a cup at a 45o angle from laying horizontal on one's side is a great way to dribble and spill all over the couch and carpet.
Anyone can dribble under those circumstances. It takes a pro like me to dribble while vertical. :M
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Oh well there are very few exceptions but generally I find men don't look right in shorts.
The 'Business Short" is laughable
(http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/office_shorts.jpg)
"Business Short" ? Is that for real?! :rofl:
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I hate tourists, especially from Stockholm :thumbdn:
What's wrong with Stockholm people? At least they already speak Swedish. :dunno:
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Winter cant get here fast enough for me
Winter must be absolutely beautiful in a mountain state. I'd probably love it. 8)
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Well it is. Snow is really cool in the mountains because, it just doesn't look that good falling on the beach. :green:
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They changed the traffic patterns at the I95 I91 interchange opening part of the new bridge and the view of the harbor is great from it
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They changed the traffic patterns at the I95 I91 interchange opening part of the new bridge and the view of the harbor is great from it
Eyes on the road please.
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They changed the traffic patterns at the I95 I91 interchange opening part of the new bridge and the view of the harbor is great from it
Eyes on the road please.
Wouldn't you want to be looking at the other cars so you don't hit them? The road isn't going anywhere most of the time. :P
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They changed the traffic patterns at the I95 I91 interchange opening part of the new bridge and the view of the harbor is great from it
Eyes on the road please.
Wouldn't you want to be looking at the other cars so you don't hit them? The road isn't going anywhere most of the time. :P
I'm referring to him admiring the view rather than the road and driving off the bridge.
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:rollercoaster:
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Making better choices for myself my life improves, but if it doesn't I wont fall victim to depression.
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Sever all my attachments to people, experiences, and sensations, and I no longer have a drive to survive.
What is life then, but for the sake of attachments and a feeling called 'hope'?
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I'm getting a gem lab report on my tourmaline.
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Sever all my attachments to people, experiences, and sensations, and I no longer have a drive to survive.
What is life then, but for the sake of attachments and a feeling called 'hope'?
That's almost poetry :)
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A lot of people use the driveway of the American Legion hall I have been working on to pull over and use their phone
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A lot of people use the driveway of the American Legion hall I have been working on to pull over and use their phone
Safety first :thumbup:
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Sever all my attachments to people, experiences, and sensations, and I no longer have a drive to survive.
What is life then, but for the sake of attachments and a feeling called 'hope'?
That's almost poetry :)
:)
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I-95 sucks!!! With the construction for the Express Lanes ongoing it is even more of a nightmare than when they added the original HOV lanes and the Springfield interchange.
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I-95 sucks!!! With the construction for the Express Lanes ongoing it is even more of a nightmare than when they added the original HOV lanes and the Springfield interchange.
I-95 sucks in Connecticut too there are at least 4 big construction projects currently going
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I-95 sucks!!! With the construction for the Express Lanes ongoing it is even more of a nightmare than when they added the original HOV lanes and the Springfield interchange.
I-95 sucks in Connecticut too there are at least 4 big construction projects currently going
And some of those have been going on since I lived in Gales Ferry just outside Groton! :zoinks:
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I worked WAY harder than I needed to today, but even in my compromised state, I seem to only have ONE FUCKING SPEED!!
... and it still blows most away. I need to learn to pace myself and just go at the popular speed with which others others go. I just can not do it!!
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I worked WAY harder than I needed to today, but even in my compromised state, I seem to only have ONE FUCKING SPEED!!
... and it still blows most away. I need to learn to pace myself and just go at the popular speed with which others others go. I just can not do it!!
I'd absolutely hire you if I had a business. I hope you are not too bored at work. :)
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This guy is very good at Latin and Greek, but he should say "nai" in another tone, since it means "yes" in Greek. He says it like you say "no" in English etc.
Lesson 008 Ancient Classical Attic Greek Serial and Oral Method ΔIAΛOΓOI ATTIKOI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FiGjfAWOTQ#ws)
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This guy is very good at Latin and Greek, but he should say "nai" in another tone, since it means "yes" in Greek. He says it like you say "no" in English etc.
Lesson 008 Ancient Classical Attic Greek Serial and Oral Method ΔIAΛOΓOI ATTIKOI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FiGjfAWOTQ#ws)
In the Mummy and the Mummy Returns, "naaaaaaaaaai" in ancient egyptian means "noooooooooooo!"
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I hate this neighborhood. people without any money turn into criminals, I should have gotten out of here along time ago
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I hate this neighborhood. people without any money turn into criminals, I should have gotten out of here along time ago
More Zumba? :fuckyeahdance:
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not really. Its been raining so everyones been trying to stay indoors, just inbetween the rain walking around niggers be eyeballing me
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not really. Its been raining so everyones been trying to stay indoors, just inbetween the rain walking around niggers be eyeballing me
???
So blacks looking at you = criminals?
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not really. Its been raining so everyones been trying to stay indoors, just inbetween the rain walking around niggers be eyeballing me
???
So blacks looking at you = criminals?
:indeed: Maybe they think you look suspicious.
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That could be true. especially since most white people don't live in the ghetto
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Yesterday evening someone said "make a linkedin account".
It is now 3:45am.
:yarly:
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Tourmaline, is the united states national gemstone
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MDF baseboard trim "wood"
moulding molding. What crap.
Neighbors had laminate put down around Feb. and they used this for the trim. Hot water tank gave way in June (I helped them clean up the water), none of us knew about the trim.
Shit sucks up water like a sponge. Called me over yesterday because they though they were seeing things...nope...the trim is growing fuzz, covered with mold on the back.
Wondered why my asthma had been acting up every time I went over, their house is spotless and they don't have pets. :zombiefuck:
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MDF baseboard trim "wood" moulding molding. What crap.
Neighbors had laminate put down around Feb. and they used this for the trim. Hot water tank gave way in June (I helped them clean up the water), none of us knew about the trim.
Shit sucks up water like a sponge. Called me over yesterday because they though they were seeing things...nope...the trim is growing fuzz, covered with mold on the back.
Wondered why my asthma had been acting up every time I went over, their house is spotless and they don't have pets. :zombiefuck:
they may have a battle on their hands with the insurance company for replacement. Most policies won't cover mold and mildew. IMO the insurance company should at least pay to replace the baseboard since that should have been replaced anyway.
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Sometimes when you innocently google people, you accidentally find their stalker in the first hit.
:tinfoil:
I have informed the person in question. This linkedin business is also a crime-fighting ploy :jedi:
I may have just prevented a murder, saved a marriage, and protected a career.
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Finally caught the creature on camera. Grote glazenmaker, we call them. Biggest dragonfly (up to 80mm) in this neck of the woods. Fascinating insects, I find them.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-4QFELADC.jpg)
(picture was shot in the garden)
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In the South they're also called Mosquito Hawks or Mosquito Hogs. Guess what they love to eat? That and hummingbirds are my favorite daytime fliers. Butterflies are a close third.
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Mosquito hawk? Yeah, that's quite spot on, I'd say. Hog less so though, imo. They, however, eat quite a range of insects though.
Their flying ability is awesome. Impressive. Some peopsies are afraid of them.. but that's not necessary. They do not sting and might only bite when someone tried to catch them by hand, maybe.
In prehistoric days, they lived alongside the dinosaurs/that time, these insects grew really big. Almost the exact same shape they had but quite a bit bigger.
Ah.. Sir D. Attenborough on the subject..
Life in the Undergrowth - Dragonflies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3F7EboNK8M#ws)
I know you believe in a god.. soit/I respect you.. but I hope you don't deny praehistory a/o the 'actual' age this planet has, QV.
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I was having a look at a brown grasshopper today, when it decided to have a closer look at me. It sat on the rim of my reading glasses for a couple of minutes.
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@ lutra
I have no problem with the actual/scientific age of the universe and Earth/Man. I even believe in evolution. Not that what I believe makes a hill of beans to G-d. He'll either approve of me for what I do or he won't.
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I was having a look at a brown grasshopper today, when it decided to have a closer look at me. It sat on the rim of my reading glasses for a couple of minutes.
:thumbup:
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The warehouse guy at a supply house I go to gets there a lot earlier on Saturdays than I thought he did
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Don't use Sponge Bob Squarepants in a sermon -_-
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Black Sabbath is darker and more evil than Budgie.
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Black Sabbath is darker and more evil than Budgie.
Ya think!?! lulz
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Black Sabbath is darker and more evil than Budgie.
Ya think!?! Besides, my asshole hurts
I'll try and be more gentle next time. :zoinks:
Anyway, they do have some pretty diabolical riffs. Not many; a few. In general, I'd say they were lawful neutral.
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Finally caught the creature on camera. Grote glazenmaker, we call them. Biggest dragonfly (up to 80mm) in this neck of the woods. Fascinating insects, I find them.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-4QFELADC.jpg)
(picture was shot in the garden)
Scary
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Sometimes just doing something is the right thing. No procrastination, deep thinking, elaborate ritual. Just doing it.
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Reminds me QV, I have a load of pseudoephedrine tablets to do an extraction upon. Time I stopped procrastinating and got to the lab.
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Reminds me QV, I have a load of pseudoephedrine tablets to do an extraction upon. Time I stopped procrastinating and got to the lab.
Bad allergies?
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Reminds me QV, I have a load of pseudoephedrine tablets to do an extraction upon. Time I stopped procrastinating and got to the lab.
Bad allergies?
A wee bit innocent, aren't you?
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Reminds me QV, I have a load of pseudoephedrine tablets to do an extraction upon. Time I stopped procrastinating and got to the lab.
Bad allergies?
A wee bit innocent, aren't you?
:lol1:
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Yeah thise allergies really blow dog rectum.
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Scary
Well, may be. Not for me though. I'm intrigued by the creature.. but ja, I'm intrigued by a lot of things/creatures that are able to fly (in general).
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Scary
Well, may be. Not for me though. I'm intrigued by the creature.. but ja, I'm intrigued by a lot of things/creatures that are able to fly (in general).
I dislike insects. I used to try to kill 'em whenever I saw them, but I've started leaving them alone. It's not their fault they're bugs. Spiders eat them anyway, and who am I to deprive a noble predator of lunch?
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^ Dislike quite a few insects myself. Fruit flies, other types of flies, mosquitoes, et cetera, etc..
But, dragonflies, like spiders, are predatory animals and thus are 'useful' in my perception. Not a bug, or a bugger, therefore, they are.
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Wished to post the following secly but was warned (in red) that a new reply was posted before I could post this..
I saw a young (Eur.) red squirrel running in the street this afternoon. Cute little fella and the colour of its fur always strikes me (for some reason). It's like fox-red but three touches deeper brown-ish. Consider the colour quite beautiful.
It ran in front of me.. me slowing down² on my bike.. away from me, towards a tree and the youngster climbed its stem a bit clumsy. I could hear the little squirrel's paws grabbing the tree's bark. Nice. I like these little encounters with 'wild' animals.
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Oh damn. my family's drama just uped a notch, :P
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Oh damn. my family's drama just uped a notch, :P
So you came here for some drama-free fun? ;)
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Yes, exactly. :zoinks:
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Finally caught the creature on camera. Grote glazenmaker, we call them. Biggest dragonfly (up to 80mm) in this neck of the woods. Fascinating insects, I find them.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-4QFELADC.jpg)
(picture was shot in the garden)
Shit, look at that! It's a helicopter! :o
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I was having a look at a brown grasshopper today, when it decided to have a closer look at me. It sat on the rim of my reading glasses for a couple of minutes.
All kinds of animals love the little Dutch cow! They sense her sweetness! :hyke:
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Sometimes just doing something is the right thing. No procrastination, deep thinking, elaborate ritual. Just doing it.
I read this on another site and liked it: "Motivation is procrastination." :thumbup:
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I need a hug from that sweet little baby in my avatar.
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I need a hug from that sweet little baby in my avatar.
How old is that one Richard?
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I don't really know. being that it is a giraffe it could be only minutes old though! :heart:
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Saw two V-formations of geese flying quite low above me 15 minutes ago. They were heading south. That's quite early, I'm thinking now.
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If I ever have a job again, I'm going to try to be a gemstone miner. :thumbup:
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Saw two V-formations of geese flying quite low above me 15 minutes ago. They were heading south. That's quite early, I'm thinking now.
Having geese flying over in formation for a couple of weeks now, already. Yes, it is quite early. There are still swallows and peewits around.
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We were all somewhat tired in this household. Adapting to the new routine.
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The coming weeks will be very time consuming and tiring. Well worth it, unavoidable, and leading to a good general fitness I hope. No time for things outside the new routine.
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The replacement bridge over the river is coming along nicely
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
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If I ever have a job again, I'm going to try to be a gemstone miner. :thumbup:
I've told you that you should work with gems. :thumbup:
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
Tell them to take a picture, it lasts longer! :flash:
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
I, on the other hand, have the gift of invisibility. :skywarp: I pass unnoticed through the crowds!
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
:2thumbsup:
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The employee's at Albertsons are very friendly. which as it turns out, is why I give them my business. :thumbup:
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The employee's at Albertsons are very friendly. which as it turns out, is why I give them my business. :thumbup:
I'm not very good at customer service, which is why I appreciate those who are. :thumbup:
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
I, on the other hand, have the gift of invisibility. :skywarp: I pass unnoticed through the crowds!
That's a terrifying thought. There's an invisible Weeble troll walking among us. :hide:
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Everytime I go out in public, people stare like you wouldn't believe. next time I fucking swear I'm blowing a kiss at them
see how fast they get there eyeballs somewhere else!
I, on the other hand, have the gift of invisibility. :skywarp: I pass unnoticed through the crowds!
That's a terrifying thought. There's an invisible Weeble troll walking among us. :hide:
You can tell I've just wobbled by :cbc: when you feel your hair standing on end!
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I see someone is hiding under a chair here, >:D
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I see someone is hiding under a chair here, >:D
Nobody is hiding under anything! Go away! :hide:
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Its you Chair! I can see you, what do you have to say for yourself? I know you will just lie so maybe its best you say nothing at all! :voodoo:
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I see that the word duck, without punctuation needed around it, produces a duck smiley!
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I see that the word duck, without punctuation needed around it, produces a duck smiley!
Only if you want it to.
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I see that the word duck, without punctuation needed around it, produces a duck smiley!
Only if you want it to.
Let's see you type it without a duck appearing. :P
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If you hover your mouse over it, it says: Go Duck Yourself. :laugh:
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I am a duck lover.
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I am nearing my ideal weight. finally! cleaning your body out with fiber is healthy. why was I so fat in the first place?
One can only imagine. :thumbdn:
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Couldbecousin: Duck duck duck
Goose
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Couldbecousin: Duck duck duck
Goose
I see what you did. Capitalizing the d in the first of a series of "ducks" renders the smiley invisible
until the post is quoted. Evil genius punctuation mark! But now I can see the duck duck duck !
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Couldbecousin: Duck duck duck
Goose
I see what you did. Capitalizing the d in the first of a series of "ducks" renders the smiley invisible
until the post is quoted. Evil genius punctuation mark! But now I can see the duck duck duck !
Do I know more about the functioning of this site than you do? :laugh:
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I think the duck is one of the top cutest smileys here.
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Ducks are my family totem. :M
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A long Tourmaline crystal is called a "pencil."
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A long Tourmaline crystal is called a "pencil."
Can you write with it? :tard:
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nope. It looks like a pencil though, Tourmaline crystals while some are really, really fat others are skinny. like a pencil
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Putting tape over your mouth and lips is not a particularly good idea.
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Putting tape over your mouth and lips is not a particularly good idea.
Why did you do that? Ow ow ow ow ow! :zombiefuck:
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Air has weight. it isn't light in the least bit, :trollface:
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Air has weight. it isn't light in the least bit, :trollface:
Whoops, you trolled air and made it mad! Here it comes to kick your ass!!!! :runaway:
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Air has weight. it isn't light in the least bit, :trollface:
0.08 lb/ft3
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I ran in to the cute nurse at my doctor's office today. I am pretty sure she is in to me. Her smile lights up a room and makes me have a shit eating grin for hours. I normally only smile a few hours a year.
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Putting tape over your mouth and lips is not a particularly good idea.
Why did you do that? Ow ow ow ow ow! :zombiefuck:
I am not sure why I did it. I have never done it before, I usually purse my lips so the tape only touches my face skin and not my lip skin. But I think I was tired and careless...
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Keep calm and carry on my ass. :trollface:
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Keep calm and carry on my ass. :trollface:
Carry on your own damn luggage. Do I look like a porter?
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I can see your attitude depicts one of anger. maybe I should carry my own bags, wouldn't want you to unzip them and dump the contents out on the ground. :trollface:
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They guy at the auto parts store was rather cranky today
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Parts lives in the same time zone as me.
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Parts lives in the same time zone as me.
sg1008 is very observant :thumbup:
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I see DFG put my song about her snatch in da news box. :blonde: :laugh:
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I see DFG put my song about her snatch in da news box. :blonde: :laugh:
That song is obscene. You'll have to come with us. :police: :nerdy: :police:
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My skin and scalp are very itchy lately, I think I need to buy soap and shampoo that are less drying. :prude:
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That song is obscene. You'll have to come with us. :police: :nerdy: :police:
You'll have to catch me first copper! good luck catching a wise guy, :trollface:
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Too many scrappers out to get anything good from any of the bulk pick up piles
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You could try a shampoo based on selenium sulfide, the 'medicated anti-dandruff' type CBC, in case its caused by a fungus, which do often favor the skin on the scalp and cause itching.
Random observation-I slept well yesterday...all day. Watched a movie and posted a bit here. After I finish reading what I'm reading in a PDF on my machine then I'm going back to bed.
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You could try a shampoo based on selenium sulfide, the 'medicated anti-dandruff' type CBC, in case its caused by a fungus, which do often favor the skin on the scalp and cause itching.
I will try that if nothing else works. I don't have flakes, just dry itchy skin, and not only on my scalp.
I'm just getting too old :prude: to be using harsh detergent-type soaps and shampoos.
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I wouldn't wait until its a last resort, no harm done in giving it a try for a while.
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I wouldn't wait until its a last resort, no harm done in giving it a try for a while.
I tried a shampoo like that once, it smelled like rotten eggs. :thumbdn:
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I wouldn't wait until its a last resort, no harm done in giving it a try for a while.
I tried a shampoo like that once, it smelled like rotten eggs. :thumbdn:
That's not the shampoo; that's you. :P
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Perhaps try washing your hair with Dove or another moisturizing soap. I do it every once in a while without any bad consequences.
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I wouldn't wait until its a last resort, no harm done in giving it a try for a while.
I tried a shampoo like that once, it smelled like rotten eggs. :thumbdn:
That's not the shampoo; that's you. :P
Au contraire, I am a delicious fresh egg! :cbc:
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If I make a ring compairable to a super bowl ring, will people think I have been to and won the superbowl? absolutely. :zoinks:
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Sulfides are like that in many cases.
And indeed, chalcogen-based compounds other than those incorporating only that gas we have evolved to respire, tend to smell worse as one gets down the periodic table. (for ex. H2O-almost no smell, very, very faint, inoffensive; H2S, toxicity aside, rotting eggs, H2Se-more toxic still, extremely, gutwrenchingly abysmal stench)
No idea what hydrogen telluride smells of, never personally encountered any, but it will be even more lethally toxic than hydrogen selenide and doubtless smell even fouller.
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I wouldn't wait until its a last resort, no harm done in giving it a try for a while.
I tried a shampoo like that once, it smelled like rotten eggs. :thumbdn:
That's not the shampoo; that's you. :P
Au contraire, I am a delicious fresh egg! :cbc:
You say that you're a delicious egg? I'm hungry. :zoinks:
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Autumnus hic est :thumbdn:
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Autumnus hic est :thumbdn:
Go play in the leaves. :thumbup:
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It works if you work it.
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I sincerely need to tape my ass to a chair and watch more TV.
How the hell did I ever miss this?
Legion Old Woman scene.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD5ynoOyDcA#ws)
This old woman rules. :thumbup:
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Overkill gets better with age! that is my random observation for today.
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Overkill gets better with age! that is my random observation for today.
Hey Richard! How have you been? :santa:
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Getting ready to move. and you my little dumpling? how are you? :eyebrows:
My name isn't Richard anymore. or for long, its Jesse. so you may call me that, >:D
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Getting ready to move. and you my little dumpling? how are you? :eyebrows:
My name isn't Richard anymore. or for long, its Jesse. so you may call me that, >:D
All is well on the east coast! Are you planning to change your username? :viking:
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Yes. now that you mention it, :police:
East coast meets North pole. :eyebrows:
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Yes. now that you mention it, :police:
East coast meets North pole. :eyebrows:
I live at the North Pole! :seal: :santa: So do I! HO ! HO ! HO !
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Seal pussy! alright. feels just like a real womans I hear, Santa needs to bring me a Alien variant of the Fleshlight. I want it for Christmas. :2thumbsup:
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Seal pussy! alright. feels just like a real womans I hear, Santa needs to bring me a Alien variant of the Fleshlight. I want it for Christmas. :2thumbsup:
If you keep talking like that, you won't get anything for Christmas! :santa: HO HO HO!
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Getting ready to move. and you my little dumpling? how are you? :eyebrows:
My name isn't Richard anymore. or for long, its Jesse. so you may call me that, >:D
Do you really want to be called Jesse, Richard? :-\
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They are moving very fast building the new bridge over the river
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Finally rained
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Finally rained
It just started here an hour ago
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Do you really want to be called Jesse, Richard? :-\
Yeah. basically I have felt like a Jesse my entire life since I was a kid
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Do you really want to be called Jesse, Richard? :-\
Yeah. basically I have felt like a Jesse my entire life since I was a kid
That makes perfect sense, Jesse. :thumbup:
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Sirius seems to like earwax even better than catnip or Valerian.
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Sirius seems to like earwax even better than catnip or Valerian.
Oh, now he went for the Valerian Catnip toy after all.
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Peyton Manning is on pace. to break Tom Brady's Records, (TD)
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I just got home from being away for two days, and already I have almost a full load of laundry to wash
and I am rapidly filling a new trash bag! The hoard never sleeps! I must remain vigilant! :multitask:
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My note-taking skills are garbage.
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My eyes are up to their bullshit once again. :thumbdn:
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Sleep deprivation can cause one to slur their words. Not good when you're trying to sound professional on the phone.
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Coarse potassium dichromate works as an oxidizer on its own, if used together with a fine metal fuel, like magnesium <40µm :nerdy:
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That isn't a random observation, of course :P
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That isn't a random observation, of course :P
Making random observations <40µm is :viking: though. :nerdy:
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:agreed: :viking:
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I'm finding myself to be in distrust with the HOR and Senate. Also maybe the WH as well...
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I kind of enjoy writing. :)
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I need to be confident with myself...
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Random thought-I just BET a neat flash comp could be made using perxenates. Something like lithium perxenate, for the low molecular weight counterion (=more of the oxidizing capacity per mol.)
Perhaps something like micronized zirconium for the rest of it.....
I really need to have less of those kinds of random thoughts don't I?
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I enjoy writing as well, but first drafts always kind of suck. I'm going to have to revise my parts a little.
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Now that making films is cheaper than ever before, most Swedish films look embarrassingly amateurish.
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I enjoy writing as well, but first drafts always kind of suck. I'm going to have to revise my parts a little.
Pictures your parts in new locations on your body. :zombiefuck: Not a pretty picture.
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"Hell's Bells" by AC/DC has great power to dispel an emo fog, especially when combined with coffee! >:D
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I enjoy writing as well, but first drafts always kind of suck. I'm going to have to revise my parts a little.
Pictures your parts in new locations on your body. :zombiefuck: Not a pretty picture.
Indra had vaginas all over his body...
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I enjoy writing as well, but first drafts always kind of suck. I'm going to have to revise my parts a little.
Pictures your parts in new locations on your body. :zombiefuck: Not a pretty picture.
Indra had vaginas all over his body...
Well, that's why women are smarter. We only have one to worry about.
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There where more vendors at the flea market today than I have ever seen before probably somewhere around 450
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I enjoy writing as well, but first drafts always kind of suck. I'm going to have to revise my parts a little.
We can do a shared edit, lol. I've got the parts saved, and they're all distributed between our PM's and FOF anyway.
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Fuccckiiinnggg hell am I shattered. Spent all day walking around town shopping.
Although a shot of a meth close analog helped give me the energy to last the day
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I like V8 Juice. :2thumbsup:
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Mmmmm yum! the dried, but chewy slices of mango and goji berries are tasty. I hadn't tried goji berries before, but had heard of them nice initially quite salty, later giving way to a tangy, sweet taste. I'm impressed, these are really good.
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The crazy lady that caused the lockdown at the capitol was from my hometown
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If you work quicker, you get through quicker
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If you work quicker, you get through quicker
Or you make mistakes and it takes longer.
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(https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/599366_1400889286808875_692117535_n.jpg)
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The crazy lady that caused the lockdown at the capitol was from my hometown
Poor deluded lady, and now dead.
Did you know her?
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I observe that I am hungry at this moment.
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The crazy lady that caused the lockdown at the capitol was from my hometown
Poor deluded lady, and now dead.
Did you know her?
No it.s a big town 100,000+ population and I have not lived there since 91, her condo was near where my niece used to live though
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The crazy lady that caused the lockdown at the capitol was from my hometown
Poor deluded lady, and now dead.
Did you know her?
No it.s a big town 100,000+ population and I have not lived there since 91, her condo was near where my niece used to live though
I was under the impression that Boehner caused the locked down. He's from my hometown. :thumbdn:
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It looks like they rarely censor movies in Spain.
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Well. I love my New Fire Agate, I will tell you that much
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Someone unfriended me on facebook. I want to care, but I can't remember who they were.
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Someone unfriended me on facebook. I want to care, but I can't remember who they were.
I got unfriended--and blocked, no less--by someone who reposted a story she'd heard somewhere, claiming it was the events of a particular classroom somewhere, and that it disproved socialism. No professor was named. No students were named. No school was named. No dates were provided. No source was cited. So I called her out, told her it proved nothing and meant nothing and that I'd be embarrassed to have posted it. Okay, maybe coming on a little strong. But she responded with, "So don't read it then!" So, am I forbidden to read things that I disagree with now, if people post them right there in the public where anyone can read them?
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Someone unfriended me on facebook. I want to care, but I can't remember who they were.
Indifference is the best revenge. :thumbup:
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Someone unfriended me on facebook. I want to care, but I can't remember who they were.
I got unfriended--and blocked, no less--by someone who reposted a story she'd heard somewhere, claiming it was the events of a particular classroom somewhere, and that it disproved socialism. No professor was named. No students were named. No school was named. No dates were provided. No source was cited. So I called her out, told her it proved nothing and meant nothing and that I'd be embarrassed to have posted it. Okay, maybe coming on a little strong. But she responded with, "So don't read it then!" So, am I forbidden to read things that I disagree with now, if people post them right there in the public where anyone can read them?
You should have responded with: It wasn't until I read it that I realised it was something I didn't want to read.
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False alarm. They didn't unfriend me. They just deleted a comment, and when I couldn't find them I thought they left the scene. But they returned. I wonder why they deleted the comment?
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Someone unfriended me on facebook. I want to care, but I can't remember who they were.
I got unfriended--and blocked, no less--by someone who reposted a story she'd heard somewhere, claiming it was the events of a particular classroom somewhere, and that it disproved socialism. No professor was named. No students were named. No school was named. No dates were provided. No source was cited. So I called her out, told her it proved nothing and meant nothing and that I'd be embarrassed to have posted it. Okay, maybe coming on a little strong. But she responded with, "So don't read it then!" So, am I forbidden to read things that I disagree with now, if people post them right there in the public where anyone can read them?
You should have responded with: It wasn't until I read it that I realised it was something I didn't want to read.
Who says I don't want to read it? There's a chance, a small one, that someone who disagrees with me may have a decent point to make. But an anecdote that you don't even know happened isn't a point, it's just rambling bullshit. If you say that you were there, I'll believe that it happened to you. Talk is cheap, especially on the internet, but I'll grant you that much. But if it's something you reposted from someone else, that's been going around since forever? I want to see documentation.
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I could not find the random observation thread, a while ago.
It was hidden from me, in plain sight.
:autism:
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Debris washed down from up the river, must be rains out east.... I saw a deer carcass wash up as well. Good pickins for the buzzards.
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The tool isle at the auto parts store was a mess
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Seems like they have pretty much Nordic blood in Wyoming. Especially "Dorippa" looks pretty Nordic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVdQJqG9zA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVdQJqG9zA)
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They finished the new sidewalk down the road from my house very quick I hope it doesn't sink
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Older voters tend to vote earlier in the day.
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Drawing accurately is frustratingly hard. :dunno:
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CBC will not be able to overtake McJ's postcount before I2 has a million posts.
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CBC will not be able to overtake McJ's postcount before I2 has a million posts.
Don't make the Weeble cry. :'(
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There were a lot of people at the flea market today
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The sky was gray,
The Leprechaun is an imaginary enemy,
Life is bitter sweet, and enjoyable.
Adventures are just beginning!
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CBC will not be able to overtake McJ's postcount before I2 has a million posts.
Don't make the Weeble cry. :'(
But we can all comfort her, when she does, and boost her postcount that way too.
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I guess my avatar tells me now long I've been gone. I'm back just in time to use it again this year. :P
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:woohoo:
MK is back!
Welcome!
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:woohoo:
MK is back!
Welcome!
I have missed you guys immensely, my little dysfunctional asspie family ;)
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it's "Ass Burgers". :zoinks:
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it's "Ass Burgers". :zoinks:
That's what he said :P
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it's "Ass Burgers". :zoinks:
That's what he said :P
What's the difference between an ass pie and an ass burger? :tard:
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it's "Ass Burgers". :zoinks:
That's what he said :P
What's the difference between an ass pie and an ass burger? :tard:
Neither are truly edible :nerdy:
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I saw my old truck I sold two years ago while driving on the highway, it still had my bumper stickers on it except the Grateful Dead one
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I had only planned to come here briefly to check on something but now I'm suckered back in and realizing how much I missed this place
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I had only planned to come here briefly to check on something but now I'm suckered back in and realizing how much I missed this place
Awww, we have missed you too. Welcome back. :)
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it's "Ass Burgers". :zoinks:
That's what he said :P
What's the difference between an ass pie and an ass burger? :tard:
The former is a desert. :nerdy:
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I saw my old truck I sold two years ago while driving on the highway, it still had my bumper stickers on it except the Grateful Dead one
You should locate it and stick a few new ones on it.
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I had only planned to come here briefly to check on something but now I'm suckered back in and realizing how much I missed this place
/Al Pacino's voice
Just when you thought you were out... they pull you back in.
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I saw my old truck I sold two years ago while driving on the highway, it still had my bumper stickers on it except the Grateful Dead one
You should locate it and stick a few new ones on it.
Could do more than that I still have keys :zoinks: I did follow it till I had to get off the highway and was hoping it was getting off the same exit
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I guess my avatar tells me now long I've been gone. I'm back just in time to use it again this year. :P
Great to see you back here.
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Not so many people around it the neighborhood I was working in today the other day there were people everywhere
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Two persons whom I have had contact with from the net seem to have done a "Callaway". They have disappeared from the net. One of them hasn't been logged in for almost two months.
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:(
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There's a blimp flying around here today.
And another
I can't believe the guy riding the scooter I saw folded in half in the middle of the road lived
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Great Cormorants don't seem to be phased, when their favourite dead tree changes position. It's just a good place to sit and dry ones wings.
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
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That wood glue I used for the 5" mortars is good. I tried to impregnate the plugs with shellac in alcohol. It turned out that about one cm all around was already "impregnated" by the glue.
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
I got something similar a few weeks ago. They sure have a lot of money to give away. :o
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
I got something similar a few weeks ago. They sure have a lot of money to give away. :o
Except when you tell them to mail you the check then they don't even have the money on hand for postage and want you to send it to them ::)
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And you only have to pay a small fee. :zoinks:
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That's okay. I just make up a bank and a bank account and send them the information. I hope there's not a Holy Roller Bank with Elmer Gantry as a customer.
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Everyone is imitating my use of these smilies: :arrr: :viking: :M
The viking smiley was originally on ZOMG. After I used it a lot there it was introduced here, and now everyone uses it every day. The ZEGH smiley is also becoming increasingly popular after I started to post about "fatty fat Americans" with it :laugh:
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
I got something similar a few weeks ago. They sure have a lot of money to give away. :o
Except when you tell them to mail you the check then they don't even have the money on hand for postage and want you to send it to them ::)
I should have kept their details, so that I could have helped a needy Nigerian prince with it.
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Everyone is imitating my use of these smilies: :arrr: :viking: :M
The viking smiley was originally on ZOMG. After I used it a lot there it was introduced here, and now everyone uses it every day. The ZEGH smiley is also becoming increasingly popular after I started to post about "fatty fat Americans" with it :laugh:
The :M is Zegh's.
:arrr: and :viking: are yours, though.
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
I got something similar a few weeks ago. They sure have a lot of money to give away. :o
Except when you tell them to mail you the check then they don't even have the money on hand for postage and want you to send it to them ::)
I should have kept their details, so that I could have helped a needy Nigerian prince with it.
Which reminds me: I got one of those the other day, too. Nigerian princes are not that common these days.
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I got a text message, telling me I won 2,500.000.00 in a lottery, with my cellphone number.
They did not tell the currency, and the punctuation in the figure is a bit odd too.
Number looks a lot like the number of the company that wanted to fix all my problems with Windows.
:flyingbat:
I got something similar a few weeks ago. They sure have a lot of money to give away. :o
Except when you tell them to mail you the check then they don't even have the money on hand for postage and want you to send it to them ::)
I should have kept their details, so that I could have helped a needy Nigerian prince with it.
Write it down next time. :P
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The leaves seem to be past their peak colors
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Everyone is imitating my use of these smilies: :arrr: :viking: :M
The viking smiley was originally on ZOMG. After I used it a lot there it was introduced here, and now everyone uses it every day. The ZEGH smiley is also becoming increasingly popular after I started to post about "fatty fat Americans" with it :laugh:
I have always loved that smiley :M and am not imitating you when I use it. :M
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I like this one. :voodoo:
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I love this one :mischief:
:trollface:
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Still can't stand that one.
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Me neither, but sometimes, I just have to use it. Just to be annoying.
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I tried, just now, but couldn't. :CanofWorms:
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The wind was bad today trucks where drifting all over on the highway even the van was getting pushed all around
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There is a new beautiful waitress at the café :orly:
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I tried, just now, but couldn't. :CanofWorms:
Ah, you are such a softy. The sensitive type.
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
The :mischief: is horrible, not because of the way it looks, but because of the associations it brings.
Sometimes I have to use it though, just to annoy myself, and Odeon.
:asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
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I tried, just now, but couldn't. :CanofWorms:
Ah, you are such a softy. The sensitive type.
Yes, I'm really too sensitive for this place.
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The part of Bridgeport I went to today is looking better but it's still somewhat of a shithole
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I need to go shopping for things to eat. I have been putting it off, much like everything else in my life
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
The :mischief: is horrible, not because of the way it looks, but because of the associations it brings.
Sometimes I have to use it though, just to annoy myself, and Odeon.
:asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
:mischief: is too large.
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
The :mischief: is horrible, not because of the way it looks, but because of the associations it brings.
Sometimes I have to use it though, just to annoy myself, and Odeon.
:asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
:mischief: is too large.
Size doesn't matter. :P
It is annoying because it is too Bruce CM.
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
The :mischief: is horrible, not because of the way it looks, but because of the associations it brings.
Sometimes I have to use it though, just to annoy myself, and Odeon.
:asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
:mischief: is too large.
Size doesn't matter. :P
It is annoying because it is too Bruce CM.
Tell that to a certain member. :zoinks:
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Lol you can't abide it either ? I fucking hate that one.
:mischief: :voodoo: :CanofWorms:
This is more my style.
The :mischief: is horrible, not because of the way it looks, but because of the associations it brings.
Sometimes I have to use it though, just to annoy myself, and Odeon.
:asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
:mischief: is too large.
Size doesn't matter. :P
It is annoying because it is too Bruce CM.
Tell that to a certain member. :zoinks:
Mr Member was the one inspiring me. :flyingbat:
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Lutra's online.
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Lutra's online.
Did you wave?
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Hi Lutra, is it pissing down with rain for you too?
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THE WORLD IS AWESOME.
:headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2:
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I'm agreeing a lot with Jack, today.
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Not today, a few days earlier, the flu has arrived in this house. And, it is a nasty one. So far, only one of the three of us down.
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Saw a couple of black swans, with very young chicks, yesterday. All furry and cute. Can't imagine the three chicklets making it through winter.
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The neat thing about reaching my stage in life
I no longer have the struggle of getting ahead.
As I have probably come as far as I will.
I only need happiness, now.
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Lutra's online.
Did you wave?
I did, but I don't think he noticed.
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There was a midget doing landscaping across from the house I was working on today wearing a backpack leaf blower that was almost as big as he was
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Lutra's online.
Did you wave?
I did, but I don't think he noticed.
Tell him to look north next time. :viking:
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Lutra's online.
Did you wave?
I did, but I don't think he noticed.
Tell him to look north next time. :viking:
How do I tell him that if he doesn't notice me?
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Lutra's online.
Did you wave?
I did, but I don't think he noticed.
Tell him to look north next time. :viking:
How do I tell him that if he doesn't notice me?
PM him here, then step outside and wave to him. :santa:
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All fatty fat Americans log in now, when it's midnight in Europe :M
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All fatty fat Americans log in now, when it's midnight in Europe :M
America has a few time zones. :pirateship:
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All fatty fat Americans log in now, when it's midnight in Europe :M
America has a few time zones. :pirateship:
As has Europe. :hyke:
Lutra, Lit, Odeon, Zegh and I are from the same timezone though.
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My German is rusty as hell but I seem to have a reasonable grasp of the vocabulary since I actually understand what the Germans are saying.
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All fatty fat Americans log in now, when it's midnight in Europe :M
You can stay on late and post with us. It's not as if you have to get up early for work. :P
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My German is rusty as hell but I seem to have a reasonable grasp of the vocabulary since I actually understand what the Germans are saying.
My brother can read German to an extent after singing many German songs in his college choir. :viking:
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My German is rusty as hell but I seem to have a reasonable grasp of the vocabulary since I actually understand what the Germans are saying.
My brother can read German to an extent after singing many German songs in his college choir. :viking:
I've only used German a few times since high school. Until now.
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My German is rusty as hell but I seem to have a reasonable grasp of the vocabulary since I actually understand what the Germans are saying.
I was amazed at how quickly I picked it up again. Though, I will mess up with the grammatical case all the time.
Sesamstrasse - Krümelmonster macht ein Experiment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZraC8v8tjDU#)
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I'm better at German than English. Of course, English is illogical and has a ridiculous pronunciation :M
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At Chaucer's time English still sounded decent, like the other Germanic languages :M
Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, read aloud in Middle English. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5QAV6lOCnQ#noexternalembed)
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I'm better at German than English. Of course, English is illogical and has a ridiculous pronunciation :M
Don't blame English for your failure to master it. You have plenty of free time for study. :P
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The high tension power lines running though the park were crackling and humming loudly today
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The high tension power lines running though the park were crackling and humming loudly today
High humidity?
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The high tension power lines running though the park were crackling and humming loudly today
High humidity?
Very it was drizzling, I had never heard them so loud before
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I'm better at German than English. Of course, English is illogical and has a ridiculous pronunciation :M
Don't blame English for your failure to master it. You have plenty of free time for study. :P
:lol1:
I love the English language. German sounds formal and harsh while English is what you make it to be.
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My German is rusty as hell but I seem to have a reasonable grasp of the vocabulary since I actually understand what the Germans are saying.
I was amazed at how quickly I picked it up again. Though, I will mess up with the grammatical case all the time.
Sesamstrasse - Krümelmonster macht ein Experiment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZraC8v8tjDU#)
I should probably spend some time refreshing my German. It's pretty useful for me these days.
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Fortis es, pater Mumin! Germanice disce! :arrr:
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My bank is having computer problems and it seems to be driving the tellers
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q71/s720x720/1375259_586476048081020_1350311468_n.jpg)
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
How are the bottom ships moving backwards? :dunno:
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
How are the bottom ships moving backwards? :dunno:
Their captains have put them in reverse, duh. :P
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
How are the bottom ships moving backwards? :dunno:
Their captains have put them in reverse, duh. :P
The helmsmen aren't looking at where the ships are are going. I hope they don't run aground. :tard:
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
How are the bottom ships moving backwards? :dunno:
Their captains have put them in reverse, duh. :P
The helmsmen aren't looking at where the ships are are going. I hope they don't run aground. :tard:
They're probably Massholes. They drive like that all the time. :P
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There was more activity in the harbor today than usual, too bad I didn't have time to take pictures :-\
I took this video earlier. 8)
:pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship: :pirateship:
How are the bottom ships moving backwards? :dunno:
Their captains have put them in reverse, duh. :P
The helmsmen aren't looking at where the ships are are going. I hope they don't run aground. :tard:
They're probably Massholes. They drive like that all the time. :P
:laugh:
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They are replacing telephone poles around the corner, I hope they don't turn the power off
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East, West, Home best
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Standardized tests never stop being boring.
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Fucking cold inside this morning. I want the bloody handyman's head on a pole. His insulation job is worse than useless.
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People across the road at a construction site worked until 7pm.
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Something going on in the harbor I could see emergency lights flashing on a boat but couldn't see much more
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Bureaucracy is a scourge upon humanity.
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Bureaucracy is a scourge upon humanity.
Actually it's an integral part of it. It's built in.
It's not something that happened outside humanity.
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I get worse heartburn from :pineapple: juice than from :oranna: juice.
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Bureaucracy is a scourge upon humanity.
Actually it's an integral part of it. It's built in.
It's not something that happened outside humanity.
The Vogons would disagree. :probe:
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The Vogons didn't invent bureaucracy, they just perfected it.
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chocolate tastes extra yummy when it has been melted
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^Can't stand melted chocolate.
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It is a bit messy and try to avoid photos. Lit may think ATM. :laugh:
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Had a chocolate fondue yesterday. Tasted good, but it is not something I would like every week.
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That cook girl doesn't have much brains. You can easily see it in her eyes.
The new girl is cute, though. Very tiny arse. Deep voice for being so young.
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I saw a completely black squirrel today. They are the common grey squirrel with a genetic mutation and are more common the closer you get to NYC but rather rare were I am
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I saw a completely black squirrel today.
Have only ever seen one stuffed.
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
Why be racist against squirrels? :orly:
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
Whimpy Eurofag squirrels this is how squirrels usually look in the good old USA
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Oh! :-\
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
Whimpy Eurofag squirrels this is how squirrels usually look in the good old USA
:plus:
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
A fully black version of the European one is quite common where I used to grow up.
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I never saw a black squirrel. And you have funny squirrels in fatty fat 'merica. In Europe they look like this :M
Whimpy Eurofag squirrels this is how squirrels usually look in the good old USA
FUCK YEAH! :plus:
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chocolate tastes extra yummy when it has been melted
With that chocolate button post in the newsbox I find myself wondering.
Are you getting warm feelings for Lit?
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All women get warm feelings for me eventually :orly:
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All women get warm feelings for me eventually :orly:
From the flamethrower: :flamer:
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The new beautiful girl is a bit lazy. The other girls don't seem to like her.
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Kajsa seems to be kidding with me. Maybe she can read my thoughts? :eyebrow:
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Long Island sound was a bit choppy today
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Kajsa seems to be kidding with me. Maybe she can read my thoughts? :eyebrow:
I can read your thoughts from America. :zoinks:
Cute girl sex blowing stuff up sex anal sex Spooner anarchy drugs liquor sex.
:P
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You forgot Latin! It's your luck that Caesar is dead and can't kick your fatty fat American arse for forgetting Latin! :arrr:
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You forgot Latin! It's your luck that Caesar is dead and can't kick your fatty fat American arse for forgetting Latin! :arrr:
You're right; I forgot. I must hang my head in shame. :-[
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my nose is cold and wet and I feel like a dog;
wonder what that means.
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my nose is cold and wet and I feel like a dog;
wonder what that means.
That you're a son of a bitch? (No offense meant, just an awful response.)
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The PR's left french bread crumbs in the computer keyboard.
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my nose is cold and wet and I feel like a dog;
wonder what that means.
That you're a son of a bitch? (No offense meant, just an awful response.)
how did you know?
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The PR's left french bread crumbs in the computer keyboard.
So she can retrace her steps?
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The PR's left french bread crumbs in the computer keyboard.
So she can retrace her steps?
Those crumbs are my snack! Thank you Princess! :parrot:
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People seem to have forgotten how to drive in snow since last winter
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They do here too :thumbdn:
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People seem to have forgotten how to drive in snow since last winter
It's the same every year. :GA:
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The house I am working on is rather flimsy, I could defect the outside wall visibly by pushing on it :zombiefuck:
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People seem to have forgotten how to drive in snow since last winter
One snowy day here, I saw someone in a truck zooming down the road, as if the truck were immune to slippage! :orly:
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The house I am working on is rather flimsy, I could defect the outside wall visibly by pushing on it :zombiefuck:
I did that to my shower wall several years ago. I lightly leaned my hand on it and my hand pushed through
the tiles and into the wall beneath. The whole thing must have rotted. :zombiefuck: It has since been fixed.
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There was an awful odor inside my building yesterday, as if someone had left an open garbage bag in the open,
but I'm happy to say that now the odor is gone. Whoever-it-was must have taken the garbage to a dumpster. 8)
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Wendy's was open
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
:indeed:
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
You do in Europe. Here in America, we can just ask the NSA to keep watch. :police: :zoinks:
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
You do in Europe. Here in America, we can just ask the NSA to keep watch. :police: :zoinks:
I'll go for trusting the sensibility of my daughter, and keeping an eye on her as I always do. Boyfriend does bring her some giggly joy that is fun to behold.
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
:hide:
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
A couple of agents might do. Make sure they don't don the black suits and sunglasses, though.
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
You do in Europe. Here in America, we can just ask the NSA to keep watch. :police: :zoinks:
In the UK there are cameras everywhere. Just hack your way into those and you are set. :smarty:
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UK is a fucking police state, even more shameful than Sweden :thumbdn:
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
A couple of agents might do. Make sure they don't don the black suits and sunglasses, though.
LOL, on my bank pas I have a picture of my daughters, dressed in black, wearing sunglasses, looking suspicious.
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Daughter just went out shopping with her boyfriend.
Send up the drones to keep an eye on her you can never be too careful :police:
Damn, do I need to purchase drones now?
You do in Europe. Here in America, we can just ask the NSA to keep watch. :police: :zoinks:
In the UK there are cameras everywhere. Just hack your way into those and you are set. :smarty:
Bodie will have nothing to worry about. :police: :zoinks:
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Not getting it.
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Not getting it.
When the urchin starts dating, Bodie can rest well knowing that the government is keeping a close watch. :police: :zoinks:
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:(
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My son is watching chitty chitty bang bang. The film was made in 1968. The film portrays a very nice looking lady saying to two small school children "get in, I will give you a lift" She is a complete stranger to these children.
The world was allegedly shocked in 1966 when Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were convicted of their heinous crimes where brady used the seemingly innocent looking Myra to lure children into their car. Then murder them.
Obviously not shocking enough to whoever made the shitty shitty film and whoever decided to show strangers picking up kids in their car as a normal everyday activity.
:GA:
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Tv rots the brain.
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Hence why TV is called "the dumb can" in Swedish.
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My son is watching chitty chitty bang bang. The film was made in 1968. The film portrays a very nice looking lady saying to two small school children "get in, I will give you a lift" She is a complete stranger to these children.
The world was allegedly shocked in 1966 when Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were convicted of their heinous crimes where brady used the seemingly innocent looking Myra to lure children into their car. Then murder them.
Obviously not shocking enough to whoever made the shitty shitty film and whoever decided to show strangers picking up kids in their car as a normal everyday activity.
:GA:
It stars Dick Van Dyke. :dunno: Even when he played a killer, he was a gentleman. :P
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Tv rots the brain.
The opposite is true also. Someone made the stuff they broadcast, you know. :P
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Tv rots the brain.
The opposite is true also. Someone made the stuff they broadcast, you know. :P
:laugh:
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Hence why TV is called "the dumb can" in Swedish.
It's called the boob tube in the US; thinking that means the same thing.
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Hence why TV is called "the dumb can" in Swedish.
It's called the boob tube in the US; thinking that means the same thing.
You said boob :bounce: :drool:
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:laugh:
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There is a Huey helicopter in a trailer in front of the VFW hall in Seymour
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Very few boobs posted today.
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Someone is shooting fireworks some kilometers away :viking:
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Saw a bunch of tagged and banded birds by the beach today
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Very few boobs posted today.
So post some. :zoinks:
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Now they're shooting more fireworks and the neighbours' dog is barking. He's nervous aboyt everything, though.
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Now they're shooting more fireworks and the neighbours' dog is barking. He's nervous aboyt everything, though.
My cats are slightly nervous too, but not too much. Not that I will allow them to go outside tomorrow. Youngest kid gets very nervous of all the fireworks though, and angry.
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I get excited :viking:
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Because of the fireworks?
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:indeed:
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Apparently the Dutch do beat the Swedes, when it comes to fireworks.
You should try being in Kampen or so, on New Years eve, one day. That town has massive Carbide shootings.
I live over 10 km away from that town, but every new year, I fall asleep with the distant drumming of the fireworks of that town in my ear. It goes on till the crack of dawn, mostly.
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We shoot very much here in the countryside, though. :viking:
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The world is still dark. The kids are sleeping. Sirius is taking a stroll outside, no one is lighting fireworks now, they are sleeping in.
I'm up, the house is silent, apart from the washing machine doing a white laundry, and the keys of my laptop reacting on my fingers.
I should boil myself some water, and then enjoy the newspaper, with a nice huge cup of tea.
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The world is now greying into daylight. Sirius is back inside. He is happily purring on my lap, unaware this was his last trip outside for today.
The neighbour cat is sitting on the fence, hoping I will forget that I already gave him some food.
My tea is good.
The day starts nice.
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Ah, and there is the first bit of fireworks. No loud stuff yet, but still. It is 8:13 am.
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:viking:
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The world is still dark. The kids are sleeping. Sirius is taking a stroll outside, no one is lighting fireworks now, they are sleeping in.
I'm up, the house is silent, apart from the washing machine doing a white laundry, and the keys of my laptop reacting on my fingers.
I should boil myself some water, and then enjoy the newspaper, with a nice huge cup of tea.
Sounds like an excellent start to the morning. :thumbup:
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The excellent part comes when the kids are starting with their Cobra 6's :M
22x Cobra 6 compilatie 720p HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aREZIQIJbCE#ws)
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The world is still dark. The kids are sleeping. Sirius is taking a stroll outside, no one is lighting fireworks now, they are sleeping in.
I'm up, the house is silent, apart from the washing machine doing a white laundry, and the keys of my laptop reacting on my fingers.
I should boil myself some water, and then enjoy the newspaper, with a nice huge cup of tea.
Sounds like an excellent start to the morning. :thumbup:
It was. :)
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It's very quite here now. They didn't shoot quite as much as usual. Well, I did, of course :viking:
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It's very quite here now. They didn't shoot quite as much as usual. Well, I did, of course :viking:
Did you make a video? :viking:
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Yup. Have to edit it, though.
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Saw someone driving the wrong way down a one way street today and he looked at me weird when I stopped to let him pass
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Yup. Have to edit it, though.
That's good. I hope you post it. :thumbup:
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Saw someone driving the wrong way down a one way street today and he looked at me weird when I stopped to let him pass
How weird of you. :lol1:
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Tv rots the brain.
I'd love to debate you about that, but it's time for another rerun of Law & Order: SVU. :tv:
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Tv rots the brain.
I'd love to debate you about that, but it's time for another rerun of Law & Order: SVU. :tv:
:laugh:
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Something must have been going on down by the beach late last night, I saw a helicopter with lots of lights going back and forth in that direction for about twenty minutes. Nothing on the news though this morning.
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If you turn the fire on too high food will burn. :voodoo:
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If you turn the fire on too high food will burn. :voodoo:
Been there, done that :asthing:
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If you turn the fire on too high food will burn. :voodoo:
It's the easiest way to burn calories. :zoinks:
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If you turn the fire on too high food will burn. :voodoo:
It's the easiest way to burn calories. :zoinks:
I can remember as a child that people wouldn't eat bread unless it was toasted because toasting supposedly removed some of the calories. That never made sense to me. I would have preferred to remove the crust and it's calories.
At least it was the cabbage and it didn't get burned except in a few spots. I just put some spicy cajun seasoning on it and said it was blackened cabbage. PA went back for seconds, go figure.
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Or as I call the TV; 'the idiot box' or 'moron chamber'
Carbide based firecrackers? I take it these are not a commercial product?
Acetylene has oh-so-much potential for shits and giggles (Lit would probably confirm this:P )
Filling balloons full could be fun, works well with other flammable gases (carefully indeed if H2 is used, due to the force and loudness of the detonation though, mainly because of the noise)
Or rather than balloons, strapping a block of DIY incendiary putty/wax in the gaps between those small acetylene and O2 welding bottles to let the whole hog go off at once of course.
Keep thinking lately that it would be a whole lot of fun to do it with MAPP gas cylinders (methylacetylene/propadiene), strapped up to both a tank of O2, and a two-stage shocked charge, one to disperse the fuel, the second to ignite it, in a FAE type device.
Lol. A properly made FAE is something I've long wanted to do, ever since first reading about FAEs, BLEVEs etc. Always wanted to find a derelict building, and after stripping the wiring and pipes from the walls, lead from the roof etc. to then go and level the building with a big fucking vacuum bomb.
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Very few boobs posted today.
So post some. :zoinks:
OK :zoinks:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SXUP_3FMTF0/UqLhaulBcHI/AAAAAAAAC4s/ertxtxlSmpA/s1600/Boobs.png)
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(http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/www.ign.com/9473/2010/12/boobs-13313.jpg)
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The house looks kinda empty, without the green, red and purple X-mas decoration.
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Luna is getting more vocal. Both in amount as in range of "expressions". Sometimes she sounds as if she is all kinds of birds trapped in the wrong body. :nerdy:
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Fixed odds betting terminals are not helping people in poor areas.
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Fixed odds betting terminals are not helping people in poor areas.
Have you been reading the Daily Mail? :P
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Fixed odds betting terminals are not helping people in poor areas.
Have you been reading the Daily Mail? :P
It's not a question so it's not a Daily Mail headline. :M
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Fixed odds betting terminals are not helping people in poor areas.
Have you been reading the Daily Mail? :P
It's not a question so it's not a Daily Mail headline. :M
The headline would be, "Are fixed odds betting terminals helping people in poor areas?" :P
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Fixed odds betting terminals are not helping people in poor areas.
Have you been reading the Daily Mail? :P
It's not a question so it's not a Daily Mail headline. :M
Are you sure it's not a question?
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
Don't look too closely at the Daily Express. :tinfoil:
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
Don't look too closely at the Daily Express. :tinfoil:
Nah, at the moment I am reading "De Stentor", and "Trouw". Both are pretty good, and both don't shy away from making very decent big background articles, using multiple sources.
I prefer "Trouw" and am having a free trial subscription for four weeks. Kids prefer De Stentor though. I like them to read the newspaper too. More information, and less drama in the way the news is presented than via television.
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
Don't look too closely at the Daily Express. :tinfoil:
Nah, at the moment I am reading "De Stentor", and "Trouw". Both are pretty good, and both don't shy away from making very decent big background articles, using multiple sources.
I prefer "Trouw" and am having a free trial subscription for four weeks. Kids prefer De Stentor though. I like them to read the newspaper too. More information, and less drama in the way the news is presented than via television.
Are they national papers?
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
Don't look too closely at the Daily Express. :tinfoil:
Nah, at the moment I am reading "De Stentor", and "Trouw". Both are pretty good, and both don't shy away from making very decent big background articles, using multiple sources.
I prefer "Trouw" and am having a free trial subscription for four weeks. Kids prefer De Stentor though. I like them to read the newspaper too. More information, and less drama in the way the news is presented than via television.
Are they national papers?
Trouw is a national paper. De Stentor is a paper that has a section as a national paper, and a section for the more local news. In my case mainly about things that happen in the eastern part of the country.
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I haven't seen Lit recently.
Nor Zegh.
Maybe they are secretly planning a European revolution.
That would not surprise me. :viking:
I'll keep an eye on the headlines.
Don't look too closely at the Daily Express. :tinfoil:
Nah, at the moment I am reading "De Stentor", and "Trouw". Both are pretty good, and both don't shy away from making very decent big background articles, using multiple sources.
I prefer "Trouw" and am having a free trial subscription for four weeks. Kids prefer De Stentor though. I like them to read the newspaper too. More information, and less drama in the way the news is presented than via television.
Are they national papers?
Trouw is a national paper. De Stentor is a paper that has a section as a national paper, and a section for the more local news. In my case mainly about things that happen in the eastern part of the country.
What are their slants?
We have no general, daily national newspaper in America. Newspapers of major cities are read nationally, and cover national issues, but none of them have appeal everywhere. They're the closest we have.
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I saw a couple Mooney airplanes while driving past the local airport it made me think of Scrap
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I sent Lit an email to check that he's OK. It's not like him to just disappear.
Speaking of private communication, I received an email from the widow of a friend who died some ten years ago, checking up on how I am. It turns out she has been following me on various professional sites to see how I'm doing.
I worked together with him for years and we got to be close friends. He was a tech writer and editor, and we wrote a lot of stuff together. Most of the Ericsson style guide, used all over the company to explain how their manuals should be written, is our work. I'd edit his texts and he'd edit mine, and improved content would result.
His wife is an army doctor, now retired, who moved around a lot, so he'd follow. While he was originally from Vancouver and she from PA, I think, they'd be living in all kinds of places, Japan one year, Virgina the next, and he'd work from wherever he was, frequently visiting Sweden and staying a couple of nights with us every now and then.
Then, ten years ago, they went on holiday to the Galápagos Islands, scuba-diving among the turtles. Now, we had been emailing back and forth, writing a script together, and one night I got another reply from him.
Except it wasn't him. It was his wife, telling me that he'd disappeared during a dive. The found him after some time and she, being a doctor, spent 90 minutes trying to resuscitate him.
She was too late. :(
I still miss him a lot. This morning's email brought it all back and now I'm feeling really sad and really down.
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:hug:
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
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I sent Lit an email to check that he's OK. It's not like him to just disappear.
Yes it is.
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I sent Lit an email to check that he's OK. It's not like him to just disappear.
Yes it is.
Indeed, he has done that a couple of times before. And not only after heated or endless ongoing debates.
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I sent Lit an email to check that he's OK. It's not like him to just disappear.
Yes it is.
Indeed, he has done that a couple of times before. And not only after heated or endless ongoing debates.
One of the times after not getting anything back after sending a bunch of emails I sent him a letter asking if he was okay. He will return when he is ready.
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
The house next door (the one that the mother paid to have our house spruced up) went to act of sale yesterday. I met the new owner. He lives about 3 streets away, is single, in his 60's and has a boat. I'm not sure how I feel about his boat. I'll have to see if he fishes and whether he'll give me some fish.
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
The house next door (the one that the mother paid to have our house spruced up) went to act of sale yesterday. I met the new owner. He lives about 3 streets away, is single, in his 60's and has a boat. I'm not sure how I feel about his boat. I'll have to see if he fishes and whether he'll give me some fish.
You may learn to love the boat if he's a good fisherman. ;)
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Daughter's boyfriend spent the night here, I discovered when making coffee this morning.
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Daughter's boyfriend spent the night here, I discovered when making coffee this morning.
That's an awkward discovery. :-\
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
The house next door (the one that the mother paid to have our house spruced up) went to act of sale yesterday. I met the new owner. He lives about 3 streets away, is single, in his 60's and has a boat. I'm not sure how I feel about his boat. I'll have to see if he fishes and whether he'll give me some fish.
Remind him that all the fish belong to you already, since you are Queen! :queenie: :fish:
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Daughter's boyfriend spent the night here, I discovered when making coffee this morning.
I hope you showed him to the door, like a good host! :tooledup:
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The other night my smartphone received an update and now it's noticeably smarter. :orly:
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The Weeble posted. :P
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Daughter's boyfriend spent the night here, I discovered when making coffee this morning.
You found him sitting at the table for breakfast?
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
The house next door (the one that the mother paid to have our house spruced up) went to act of sale yesterday. I met the new owner. He lives about 3 streets away, is single, in his 60's and has a boat. I'm not sure how I feel about his boat. I'll have to see if he fishes and whether he'll give me some fish.
Remind him that all the fish belong to you already, since you are Queen! :queenie: :fish:
I thought the fish belonged to Squiddy.
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New woman in the house next door has an awful voice. Didn't know there was a new batch of neighbours already, but just heard an unfamiliar voice speak loudly in an ugly tone. Maybe it isn't part of a batch of new neighbours, maybe my male neighbour is dating.
The house next door (the one that the mother paid to have our house spruced up) went to act of sale yesterday. I met the new owner. He lives about 3 streets away, is single, in his 60's and has a boat. I'm not sure how I feel about his boat. I'll have to see if he fishes and whether he'll give me some fish.
Remind him that all the fish belong to you already, since you are Queen! :queenie: :fish:
I thought the fish belonged to Squiddy.
You still rule over all! :queenie: > :cthulhu:
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
So all it takes to remain Weeble-free is an ugly color scheme? :trollface:
Now that we're all here, :grouphug:.
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I think the Saints song needs to be reworded:
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints come crawling home.
Some idiot will still love them
When the Saints come crawling home.
They lost the game,
They lost the game,
They lost the game without even trying
Some idiot will still love them,
Simply because they are the Saints.
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I think the Saints song needs to be reworded:
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints come crawling home.
Some idiot will still love them
When the Saints come crawling home.
They lost the game,
They lost the game,
They lost the game without even trying
Some idiot will still love them,
Simply because they are the Saints.
That was very touching. :P
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I think the Saints song needs to be reworded:
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints come crawling home.
Some idiot will still love them
When the Saints come crawling home.
They lost the game,
They lost the game,
They lost the game without even trying
Some idiot will still love them,
Simply because they are the Saints.
That was very touching. :P
Unfortunately they rarely touched the Seahawks and when they did it was inappropriate and they were penalized.
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I think the Saints song needs to be reworded:
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints,
Oh when the Saints come crawling home.
Some idiot will still love them
When the Saints come crawling home.
They lost the game,
They lost the game,
They lost the game without even trying
Some idiot will still love them,
Simply because they are the Saints.
That was very touching. :P
Unfortunately they rarely touched the Seahawks and when they did it was inappropriate and they were penalized.
Inappropriate touching in football is :viking:. :P
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Our Christmas tree has no balls.
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Our Christmas tree has no balls.
You still haz tree?
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Daughter's boyfriend spent the night here, I discovered when making coffee this morning.
You found him sitting at the table for breakfast?
I found him and my daughter emptying the fridge when I was about to make coffee.
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
So all it takes to remain Weeble-free is an ugly color scheme? :trollface:
Now that we're all here, :grouphug:.
Ain't scared of your virtual hug. :P I am here to stay! Just like Skelth!
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
So all it takes to remain Weeble-free is an ugly color scheme? :trollface:
Now that we're all here, :grouphug:.
Ain't scared of your virtual hug. :P I am here to stay! Just like Skelth!
The group hug is a talisman to ward off autistic toys on I2. :orly:
You are here to stay, but you aren't :hamsterwheel:. :P
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I am posting but I need :coffee: and music to be at my best!
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Today is Prince Albert's 72nd birthday. He's asked us to ignore it, which we are. Silly man, doesn't like being old.
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Today is Prince Albert's 72nd birthday. He's asked us to ignore it, which we are. Silly man, doesn't like being old.
Half way the very full number of 144.
He may have you ignoring his BD, and that is fine, as long as he is willing to celebrate sharing so much of his time and life with you, no matter what day it is.
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
So all it takes to remain Weeble-free is an ugly color scheme? :trollface:
Now that we're all here, :grouphug:.
Ain't scared of your virtual hug. :P I am here to stay! Just like Skelth!
Then why are you offline now? :M
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Today is Prince Albert's 72nd birthday. He's asked us to ignore it, which we are. Silly man, doesn't like being old.
My sympathies.
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The Weeble posted. :P
Even after my recent slump, my post-per-day average is still more than 4x yours. :P
I'm just surprised that you're still unscrambled. :P I was worried that you had defected to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
WP has an ugly color scheme and about a billion members, not cool. :P
So all it takes to remain Weeble-free is an ugly color scheme? :trollface:
Now that we're all here, :grouphug:.
Ain't scared of your virtual hug. :P I am here to stay! Just like Skelth!
Then why are you offline now? :M
See bolded bit. :'(
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CBC, another Skelth?
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She said so.
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better 'n eggs < eggbeaters
I suppose *both* could be said to be better than just plain eggs, though?
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My neighbor down the street who keeps chickens for eggs, brought all his chickens out of the weather and into his heated garage on the four really cold days last week. The chickens freaked out to be SO "comfortable" and laid eggs like well I guess that is where the term "spring chicken" comes from. They laid eggs like crazy chickens.
He had too many eggs to eat and brought us a bag of tthree dozen FRESH eggs. (I had given them some garden bounty during the summer- he thought of me when he had too many eggs)
Just plain eggs, especially fresh eggs, fucking rockk!!
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My neighbor down the street who keeps chickens for eggs, brought all his chickens out of the weather and into his heated garage on the four really cold days last week. The chickens freaked out to be SO "comfortable" and laid eggs like well I guess that is where the term "spring chicken" comes from. They laid eggs like crazy chickens.
He had too many eggs to eat and brought us a bag of tthree dozen FRESH eggs. (I had given them some garden bounty during the summer- he thought of me when he had too many eggs)
Just plain eggs, especially fresh eggs, fucking rockk!!
Fresh eggs are the best I got some as a tip in the fall and if it wasn't for the fact my wife despises birds I would get chickens
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Daughter's boyfriend was here when I woke up.
Getting used to it is what worries me. :-\
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Daughter's boyfriend was here when I woke up.
Getting used to it is what worries me. :-\
In a week he'll greet you with "Goodmorning, daddy" :zoinks:
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My neighbor down the street who keeps chickens for eggs, brought all his chickens out of the weather and into his heated garage on the four really cold days last week. The chickens freaked out to be SO "comfortable" and laid eggs like well I guess that is where the term "spring chicken" comes from. They laid eggs like crazy chickens.
He had too many eggs to eat and brought us a bag of tthree dozen FRESH eggs. (I had given them some garden bounty during the summer- he thought of me when he had too many eggs)
Just plain eggs, especially fresh eggs, fucking rockk!!
Fresh eggs are the best I got some as a tip in the fall and if it wasn't for the fact my wife despises birds I would get chickens
Not so much a re-paymentt as just keeping the earth running.
I know my sharing the summer bounty amazed him and her, but it is how we do for each other that matters. I did a lot for my neighbors, many, who seemed poor at gardening.
I had too many veggies to eat and they had an empty fridge. I filled it somewhat with fresh veggies.
Unfortunately, his live in wife-image, who has moved out has chosen me as a "Grandfather image" or some such shit. I thought, but, I am concerned.
I mentioned she came to my place of work to tell me that she moved out and way too much WHY. Not sure if I mentioned that she found me in a grocery store to give me her contact info, then saw me leaving another store and "just happened" FUCKING to see me, etc...
I am concerned that my "best neighbor ever" might be a little off and become a stalker type of person.
I AM THE STALKER!! THIS CAN NOT HAPPEN TO ME!!!
Most especially NOT with /from/for a young girl in her twenties. I am NOT a grandfather image! I am dangerous! I hurt People. SHE CAN NOT love me or whatever! This sucks!
WTF!!!
She scares me, now. I can stand up to any man, trying to hurt me, but this shit is different.
She is different. Never saw any of this coming! I just thought we were neighbors.
:hair:
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If that was a confusing post, I am talking about two different sets of neighbors.
The chicken people are my age and live four houses down.
The Stalker girl/musician lived right next to me for about two years. Now I am a little concerned about her behavior.
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The auditorium was sold out, yesterday. Lots of kids watching a new animated Swedish film about Bamse, a much-loved bear in Swedish children's books. I love that kind of audience. They are honest and when they watch something they don't look for hidden messages or artistic merit, they just enjoy the show.
Since it's the (pre-) film festival, there was a Q&A with the director and producer afterwards. The kids asked questions and the director and producer answered as best as they could.
My all time favourite question was "why did you do the film as a cartoon and not with live characters?"
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CBC, another Skelth?
:cbc: I'm here now. Where are you, Moomin? :moomin:
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better 'n eggs < eggbeaters
I suppose *both* could be said to be better than just plain eggs, though?
I prefer eggs myself, scrambled, with butter and cheese! :green:
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Daughter's boyfriend was here when I woke up.
Getting used to it is what worries me. :-\
You'll get used to his presence in your house and he'll get used to your ... hobbies. :tooledup:
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I feel better when I take better care of myself. There are immediate payoffs as well as long-term ones. :orly:
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I feel better when I take better care of myself. There are immediate payoffs as well as long-term ones. :orly:
Are you on a health kick CBC?
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I feel better when I take better care of myself. There are immediate payoffs as well as long-term ones. :orly:
Are you on a health kick CBC?
Financial as well as physical! I'm doing small things to economize and lose weight! How are you? :)
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
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They seem to be replacing a lot of telephone poles and transformers around town lately along with lots of tree trimming near the power lines. I hope this translates into less outages from storms
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
Oh, I'm just at home now. Travelling home next week, but not for a good reason. Very sick relative.
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
Oh, I'm just at home now. Travelling home next week, but not for a good reason. Very sick relative.
I'm sorry, I hope s/he recovers. :(
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
Oh, I'm just at home now. Travelling home next week, but not for a good reason. Very sick relative.
I'm sorry, I hope s/he recovers. :(
Thanks CBC. Xx
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The auditorium was sold out, yesterday. Lots of kids watching a new animated Swedish film about Bamse, a much-loved bear in Swedish children's books. I love that kind of audience. They are honest and when they watch something they don't look for hidden messages or merit, they just enjoy the show.
Since it's the (pre-) film festival, there was a Q&A with the director and producer afterwards. The kids asked questions and the director and producer answered as best as they could.
My all time favourite question was "why did you do the film as a cartoon and not with live characters?"
Was that from a kid?
Either way, great question!
I had to google Bamse. I am not so UP on Swedish children's tales. Sorry.
BUT, great question for which there is NO answer.
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
Holidays can rock!
Hoping yours does.
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OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
Oh, I'm just at home now. Travelling home next week, but not for a good reason. Very sick relative.
What ever may be the outcome, hope it will be good for you and your relative to see each other.
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I shall post this in one post to counter the Weeble's multiple posting. :trollface:
Daughter's boyfriend was here when I woke up.
Getting used to it is what worries me. :-\
In a week he'll greet you with "Goodmorning, daddy" :zoinks:
:GA:
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CBC, another Skelth?
:cbc: I'm here now. Where are you, Moomin? :moomin:
Here he is! :moomin:
(http://blog.modes4u.com/images/Cute-Moomin-exhibition-in-Hong-Kong/Cute-Moomin-exhibition-in-Hong-Kong-8.jpg)
OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
It's nice to see you here, Eclair. :)
OK...I'm on holidays, so I thought I'd check in and see what's happening.
Sorry to hear the finances are tight. I hope you are able to still eat healthy and keep well!
I am! Working in a kitchen helps a lot. Where are you vacationing? 8)
Oh, I'm just at home now. Travelling home next week, but not for a good reason. Very sick relative.
I'm sorry, I hope s/he recovers. :(
:indeed: :(
So your stay here will be brief?
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There's a lot to do but it is too hot to do anything but laze around with the fan on.
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CBC, another Skelth?
:cbc: I'm here now. Where are you, Moomin? :moomin:
I'm here. :moomin:
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Daughter's boyfriend was here when I woke up.
Getting used to it is what worries me. :-\
You'll get used to his presence in your house and he'll get used to your ... hobbies. :tooledup:
:zoinks:
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The auditorium was sold out, yesterday. Lots of kids watching a new animated Swedish film about Bamse, a much-loved bear in Swedish children's books. I love that kind of audience. They are honest and when they watch something they don't look for hidden messages or merit, they just enjoy the show.
Since it's the (pre-) film festival, there was a Q&A with the director and producer afterwards. The kids asked questions and the director and producer answered as best as they could.
My all time favourite question was "why did you do the film as a cartoon and not with live characters?"
Was that from a kid?
Either way, great question!
I had to google Bamse. I am not so UP on Swedish children's tales. Sorry.
BUT, great question for which there is NO answer.
Yup, the question was from a little kid.
Another great question: We screened a stop-motion doll animation short and afterwards, the filmmaker was up on the stage answering questions. He had brought one of the dolls with him. One kid asked "how come the doll is so small now when it was so big earlier?"
:laugh:
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The auditorium was sold out, yesterday. Lots of kids watching a new animated Swedish film about Bamse, a much-loved bear in Swedish children's books. I love that kind of audience. They are honest and when they watch something they don't look for hidden messages or merit, they just enjoy the show.
Since it's the (pre-) film festival, there was a Q&A with the director and producer afterwards. The kids asked questions and the director and producer answered as best as they could.
My all time favourite question was "why did you do the film as a cartoon and not with live characters?"
Was that from a kid?
Either way, great question!
I had to google Bamse. I am not so UP on Swedish children's tales. Sorry.
BUT, great question for which there is NO answer.
Yup, the question was from a little kid.
Another great question: We screened a stop-motion doll animation short and afterwards, the filmmaker was up on the stage answering questions. He had brought one of the dolls with him. One kid asked "how come the doll is so small now when it was so big earlier?"
:laugh:
Reminds me of the PR's Hollywood dreams when she was younger. She was going to start off small, on television.
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The auditorium was sold out, yesterday. Lots of kids watching a new animated Swedish film about Bamse, a much-loved bear in Swedish children's books. I love that kind of audience. They are honest and when they watch something they don't look for hidden messages or merit, they just enjoy the show.
Since it's the (pre-) film festival, there was a Q&A with the director and producer afterwards. The kids asked questions and the director and producer answered as best as they could.
My all time favourite question was "why did you do the film as a cartoon and not with live characters?"
Was that from a kid?
Either way, great question!
I had to google Bamse. I am not so UP on Swedish children's tales. Sorry.
BUT, great question for which there is NO answer.
Yup, the question was from a little kid.
Another great question: We screened a stop-motion doll animation short and afterwards, the filmmaker was up on the stage answering questions. He had brought one of the dolls with him. One kid asked "how come the doll is so small now when it was so big earlier?"
:laugh:
Reminds me of the PR's Hollywood dreams when she was younger. She was going to start off small, on television.
:laugh:
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The snow that's falling now is very fine and powdery
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The snow that's falling now is very fine and powdery
It's like that here too! It makes it easy to brush the snow off myself, it doesn't soak in! :snowman:
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My winter boots have chunky soles and great deep treads that keep me on my feet in slippery conditions! :thumbup:
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Edward Herrmann is narrating the show I'm watching. He has a very pleasant voice. :thumbup:
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My winter boobs have chunky soles and great deep treads that keep me on my feet in slippery conditions! :thumbup:
Fixed
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My winter boobs have chunky soles and great deep treads that keep me on my feet in slippery conditions! :thumbup:
Fixed
:cbc: Speaking about a Weeble, structurally speaking, that might actually work!
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A few days ago I had a student from my intro to human services class rant at me for charging her with plagiarism. It's her third charge which means that she will be expelled if it is upheld. I've been so busy I didn't have time to reflect on the irony of the situation until today.
The first time she plagiarized word for word from the internet. She got explanatory materials from the provost and I told her what she needed to do if she used published sources.
The second and third times she plagiarized from the same online document.
Her source? The code of ethics for human services workers.
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Her source? The code of ethics for human services workers.
:laugh:
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Her source? The code of ethics for human services workers.
:laugh:
Well, at least she steals quality material! :rofl:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Next time you try to tickle me, use a feather, not a HOT fire poker.
:police:
:LOL:
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Well, so much for posting a muddy tweet. I meant that your daughter was the one with the heavy metal playlist. Mine is the one who has a crush on Big Time Rush.
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A few days ago I had a student from my intro to human services class rant at me for charging her with plagiarism. It's her third charge which means that she will be expelled if it is upheld. I've been so busy I didn't have time to reflect on the irony of the situation until today.
The first time she plagiarized word for word from the internet. She got explanatory materials from the provost and I told her what she needed to do if she used published sources.
The second and third times she plagiarized from the same online document.
Her source? The code of ethics for human services workers.
The irony is staggering.
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
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Well, so much for posting a muddy tweet. I meant that your daughter was the one with the heavy metal playlist. Mine is the one who has a crush on Big Time Rush.
TBH, my daughter listens to a lot of the same music I listen to, like Joe Satriani (I used to dance her around, bouncing her, violently, promoting vestibular stimulation - which she desperately needed, with Joe about as loud as I felt comfortable with kid's ears), Jimi Hendrix (Foxy Lady is her favorite, but she also loves Voodoo Child - long version), Tony McAlpine (again dancing with her, when I could still pick her up), even more "modern" things (LOL) that I love like Alanis Morrisette (yep we danced).
Last summer, I took her to her first live concert with Jason Bonham opening for Heart. I could no longer pick her up, but we still danced in the grass to rock and roll and (of course, I looked like the grandfather image, but fuck it, I was having a great day!!) we stayed to the bitter end. It was awesome! Father and daughter time, unique, special and never to be repeated. She does like hard rock, but not so much metal. She HATES rap and hip hop.
She is "the apple of my eye," what ever the fuck that means.
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water does freeze below 32 degrees
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
Just for show, right?
All my guns are already immaculately clean and well oiled.
Wait, this advice changes nothing. I often "clean my guns," for no reason other than ...
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
Just for show, right?
All my guns are already immaculately clean and well oiled.
Wait, this advice changes nothing. I often "clean my guns," for no reason other than ...
Mine is about a month younger than yours, DD. But also a stunning beauty, with everything in the right place. Almost 13.
Half a year ago a 16 yo wanted to be her BF. Good-looking guy too. He's not the first falling for her, but, the oldest trying to date her.
So far she is smart about this. She's a tomboy, in skirts, a kid and she knows she is a kid. Just one that looks like Audrey Hepburn.
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I know why they say that lightning never strikes twice (a misconstrued hope, I think, because lightning DOES occasionally strike twice).
They say this because lightning is almost always right the first time and almost never needs a second try.
We had snow lightning last night. It is fucking seven below zero Fahrenheit, lightly snowing all day and into the night and we have lightning. WTF! I heard thunder! I thought it was a truck wreck or something. When I went out to see WTF, I saw a huge bolt of lightning hit the grain elevator. I was amazed.
I watched as the grain elevator down the street got hit by lightning two more times.
Usually lightning gets it right the first time. :dunno:
I dreamed about that when I dozed a bit this morning.
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Mine is about a month younger than yours, DD. But also a stunning beauty, with everything in the right place. Almost 13.
Half a year ago a 16 yo wanted to be her BF. Good-looking guy too. He's not the first falling for her, but, the oldest trying to date her.
So far she is smart about this. She's a tomboy, in skirts, a kid and she knows she is a kid. Just one that looks like Audrey Hepburn.
I feel like offering you empathy, but, I am more inclined to offer you hope and let you know that for all MY anxiety, I am pretty sure we (me AND you AND Odeon) have done our best for our beautiful daughters and that they are fully equipped to make rational (read as: Grown Up) choices.
:hug:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
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Mine is about a month younger than yours, DD. But also a stunning beauty, with everything in the right place. Almost 13.
Half a year ago a 16 yo wanted to be her BF. Good-looking guy too. He's not the first falling for her, but, the oldest trying to date her.
So far she is smart about this. She's a tomboy, in skirts, a kid and she knows she is a kid. Just one that looks like Audrey Hepburn.
I feel like offering you empathy, but, I am more inclined to offer you hope and let you know that for all MY anxiety, I am pretty sure we (me AND you AND Odeon) have done our best for our beautiful daughters and that they are fully equipped to make rational (read as: Grown Up) choices.
:hug:
And we still have some time, to help them when they fall and get up again. Anxious, sure, more for my youngest than for my oldest (she just turned 16, and when people see her, they think she is way older, because she walks as if it is unthinkable that she would be anyone else than she is). Anxious, but also proud, and amazed. And glad they still have some time, before they have to face the world on their own.
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water does freeze below 32 degrees
whisky won' t freeze in a freezer.
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
Go with what works. :P Other than Lit, are there rednecks in Sweden? :dunno:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
Go with what works. :P Other than Lit, are there rednecks in Sweden? :dunno:
Are you suggesting Odeon to hire Lit to guard his daughter? :GA:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
Go with what works. :P Other than Lit, are there rednecks in Sweden? :dunno:
Are you suggesting Odeon to hire Lit to guard his daughter? :GA:
That would be horrifying. :zombiefuck: Would you let Lit "guard" your daughters? :GA:
I'm suggesting that, if Lit had a daughter, Lit wouldn't have any problems with her boyfriends.
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So that means that lit (I call him Tig from about seven years ago. I still do. I might be the only one left from those days) could choose to buttfuck our daughters AND their dates?
Maybe your post was not really explanatory.
I am NOT a violent man, but there are times when I must step up and "be a man" or whatever the fuck it is called. My life has called on me a great number of times to step up and "BE THE FORCE." No one else ever would. I had to.
Let us get past this multitude of jokes about our daughters, NOW.
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water does freeze below 32 degrees
whisky won' t freeze in a freezer.
... nor will tequila, which is my favorite.
:viking:
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I never had boyfriends as a young girl, I never gave my parents reason to worry. :angel:
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I never had boyfriends as a young girl, I never gave my parents reason to worry. :angel:
Looking back, I should have been smart and done the same. :zombiefuck:
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I never had boyfriends as a young girl, I never gave my parents reason to worry. :angel:
Give everyone a reason to worry now. :trollface:
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Are you suggesting Odeon to hire Lit to guard his daughter? :GA:
That would be horrifying. :zombiefuck: Would you let Lit "guard" your daughters? :GA:
I'm suggesting that, if Lit had a daughter, Lit wouldn't have any problems with her boyfriends.
Thank you, for clearing that up for me.
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Mine is about a month younger than yours, DD. But also a stunning beauty, with everything in the right place. Almost 13.
Half a year ago a 16 yo wanted to be her BF. Good-looking guy too. He's not the first falling for her, but, the oldest trying to date her.
So far she is smart about this. She's a tomboy, in skirts, a kid and she knows she is a kid. Just one that looks like Audrey Hepburn.
I feel like offering you empathy, but, I am more inclined to offer you hope and let you know that for all MY anxiety, I am pretty sure we (me AND you AND Odeon) have done our best for our beautiful daughters and that they are fully equipped to make rational (read as: Grown Up) choices.
:hug:
Oh, I hope so. God I hope so.
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
Now you know why. :evillaugh:
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Not sure if this is DirtDawg's daughter, but I thought there was a commonality.
http://cheezburger.com/8014019072 (http://cheezburger.com/8014019072)
Naw!
If I revealed the crush she has on the internet guy, you would wonder why I still try. ... but maybe not. She has a mind of her own, right? I have taught her well and she is smart, right?
She is just now thirteen and fully an awesome looking woman, but she is thirteen, yet she is JUST thirteen, still she is only thirteen, though she is as yet, just thirteen, however, she is still only thirteen.
WAIT, did I mention that she just last month turned thirteen? Well, OK, Then I am just going to stress it a bit more strongly She JUST turned thirteen.
Why are you not listening? She just turned thirteen! LOOK AT MEE!!She JUST turned thirteen! STOP looking at her!!
Yeah, BIG time! I have issues. (are these Daddy issues or Daughter issues? -- I am not a psychologist. I just know I have a very large need to PROTECT my daughter from all predators.)
Back to topic:
This was NOT random. It has been ongoing for a year or so. My daughter is incredibly beautiful and so loving and caring and trusting that she is in danger.
I worry.
Imagine the father terror this coming year is likely to create. I would never wish upon anyone an ugly daughter, to have one this beautiful at such a young age? Seriously?
EDIT: I am blessed with an unbelievably beautiful daughter, but I am also on watch! Finding the balance will be the most difficult part in the coming years.
Just beat the boyfriends up as a preventive measure. Tell them it's for their own good.
I have a daughter, too.
It's time to start conspicuously cleaning guns in the house. :tooledup:
MY dad used to DO just that...right at the kitchen table, never saying a word. :GA:
Every boyfriend I had was terrified of him. :LOL:
Go with what works. :P Other than Lit, are there rednecks in Sweden? :dunno:
Up north, sure.
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Interesting. Our rednecks are most commonly concentrated in the south.
???
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The population density is lower in the north, plus, they are more untroubled by modern inventions.
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Elf, elves
Dwarf, dwarfs
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The population density is lower in the north, plus, they are more untroubled by modern inventions.
Much like our northern neighbors. :trollface:
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Time flies when having fun.
45 minutes left, to fill in a form for the anesthesiologist.
Better get on with it. Clearing up some breakfast mess before I leave would be nice too.
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
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There's a bug in the last.fm signature code.
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Pete Seeger passed away at 94 years old
Turn Turn Turn (http://youtu.be/9Y7P4n2uT0w)Pete Seeger ~ Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season) ♫♪ (1962) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y7P4n2uT0w#)
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I saw a bunch of cop cars diving very fast with lights and sirens on going the opposite way I was on the highway today but have seen nothing in the news as of yet
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
:(
Is the company reputable?
I saw a bunch of cop cars diving very fast with lights and sirens on going the opposite way I was on the highway today but have seen nothing in the news as of yet
Thanks for the warning. :P
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A light lunch (no heavy starches or dessert) serves me well on a work day. :thumbup:
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
:(
Is the company reputable?
Yes, it is. I overlooked the message that it was sent off, somehow that came in my spam folder, and I did not see it there.
Parcel arrived yesterday, and was received with a big smile.
Guy delivering it is a bit less cute than the one we had before though.
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
:(
Is the company reputable?
Yes, it is. I overlooked the message that it was sent off, somehow that came in my spam folder, and I did not see it there.
Parcel arrived yesterday, and was received with a big smile.
Guy delivering it is a bit less cute than the one we had before though.
With your departure, your area of the country is out of cute mail carriers. :P
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
:(
Is the company reputable?
Yes, it is. I overlooked the message that it was sent off, somehow that came in my spam folder, and I did not see it there.
Parcel arrived yesterday, and was received with a big smile.
Guy delivering it is a bit less cute than the one we had before though.
With your departure, your area of the country is out of cute mail carriers. :P
I wasn't in the parcel business, I had letters, and packages small enough to fit through letter box openings.
Former guy was just too cute for words.
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Unusually many idiots today, even for a film festival.
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Still no word nor parcel. I made an online order a few days ago, apart from the automated confirmation, I got nothing yet. They said they can almost always deliver from stock, and would send things off the moment the money was in. Also that they would tell me when it was sent off. Well, the money is in a few days by now. Not a word, nor a parcel.
Sent an email to inquire.
:(
Is the company reputable?
Yes, it is. I overlooked the message that it was sent off, somehow that came in my spam folder, and I did not see it there.
Parcel arrived yesterday, and was received with a big smile.
Guy delivering it is a bit less cute than the one we had before though.
With your departure, your area of the country is out of cute mail carriers. :P
I wasn't in the parcel business, I had letters, and packages small enough to fit through letter box openings.
Former guy was just too cute for words.
So you have small packages, and the cute mailman has the big packages. :P
Unusually many idiots today, even for a film festival.
You should invite them hunting. :tooledup:
(http://nextnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dick-cheney-gun.jpg)
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I'm getting quite a few gray hairs! But they don't show much because they're very fine, like the rest of my hair,
and far apart. My mother at this age (47) was already significantly gray. I still have a lot of brown hair. :prude:
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I'm getting quite a few gray hairs! But they don't show much because they're very fine, like the rest of my hair,
and far apart. My mother at this age (47) was already significantly gray. I still have a lot of brown hair. :prude:
Yea for grey!
(there is no grey option in the Change Colour)
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Grey is teh secksy. :M
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I'm getting quite a few gray hairs! But they don't show much because they're very fine, like the rest of my hair,
and far apart. My mother at this age (47) was already significantly gray. I still have a lot of brown hair. :prude:
Yea for grey!
(there is no grey option in the Change Colour)
Yes, there is. :P
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There was no traffic today in an area that's almost always full of it
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbIJf9RwvBE/Tx2hktLcpvI/AAAAAAAAB74/esgpMFeUtno/s1600/Draken_Goteborg_Draperi.jpg)
Problems at the cinema yesterday--the right half of the curtain came loose and wouldn't close, once opened.
We spent most of the night fixing it, which involved building scaffolding on the proscenium and stitching the leather strap that had come loose from the sleigh that is supposed to pull the curtain along its tracks. Because I have a morning show, I've slept less than two hours since.
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That's a great photo.
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It is quite a lovely theatre. I noticed the mermaid and turtle on the curtain. Do they get cold?
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That is a beautiful curtain. My sympathies, nonetheless.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbIJf9RwvBE/Tx2hktLcpvI/AAAAAAAAB74/esgpMFeUtno/s1600/Draken_Goteborg_Draperi.jpg)
Problems at the cinema yesterday--the right half of the curtain came loose and wouldn't close, once opened.
We spent most of the night fixing it, which involved building scaffolding on the proscenium and stitching the leather strap that had come loose from the sleigh that is supposed to pull the curtain along its tracks. Because I have a morning show, I've slept less than two hours since.
in awe ...
Is this your theatre?
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Grey is teh secksy. :M
Nah.
As far as dead or diminished to veggy states (remember, I am old and most who I have ever known are already dead), the family of Greys with whom I grew up, has lost more by a fairly large margin.
To me, being Grey means dying too young.
:'(
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Pete Seeger passed away at 94 years old
Turn Turn Turn (http://youtu.be/9Y7P4n2uT0w)Pete Seeger ~ Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season) ♫♪ (1962) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y7P4n2uT0w#)
RIP with godspeed.
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(http://nextnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dick-cheney-gun.jpg)
That appears to be a single shot flint (MOST LIKELY) or match lock weapon, NOT a shotgun.
Our, then sitting, Vice President "accidentally" shot his opponent with a shotgun to the upper chest. It did NOT take. The man survived. (Hell, he could not even do that right, FFS!) Doubt a more primitive weapon would assist him.
He should have tried the Governator Method.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbIJf9RwvBE/Tx2hktLcpvI/AAAAAAAAB74/esgpMFeUtno/s1600/Draken_Goteborg_Draperi.jpg)
Problems at the cinema yesterday--the right half of the curtain came loose and wouldn't close, once opened.
We spent most of the night fixing it, which involved building scaffolding on the proscenium and stitching the leather strap that had come loose from the sleigh that is supposed to pull the curtain along its tracks. Because I have a morning show, I've slept less than two hours since.
in awe ...
Is this your theatre?
It is indeed.
It's a beautiful theatre, but now vandalised by its current owners. For fifty years, it was largely unaltered from its 1960 state--it was built in 1956 but modified for the Cinerama large-screen format, which is why the curtain tracks have that weird shape, to allow for a deeply curved screen.
More about the theatre here (http://www.in70mm.com/news/2012/draken/index.htm).
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(http://nextnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dick-cheney-gun.jpg)
That appears to be a single shot flint (MOST LIKELY) or match lock weapon, NOT a shotgun.
Our, then sitting, Vice President "accidentally" shot his opponent with a shotgun to the upper chest. It did NOT take. The man survived. (Hell, he could not even do that right, FFS!) Doubt a more primitive weapon would assist him.
He should have tried the Governator Method.
It's a musket.
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Wow! We've come up in the world.
The dinosaurs are coming. "Jurassic World," Universal Pictures' long-awaited "Jurassic Park" sequel -- and the subject of months of rumors and speculation -- will shoot in New Orleans for 11 weeks starting June 2, according to the latest production update from the Louisiana film office.
In mid-January, "Terminator 5" was confirmed to be bringing Arnold Schwarzenegger and company to town for an extended shoot. Filming on that Paramount-backed project is expected to last from April 21 to Aug. 1.
Pre-Production
Bad Ass 3 -- The independent feature film Bad Ass 3 starring Danny Trejo and Danny Glover will shoot Feb. 3 through March 1 in Baton Rouge.
Fantastic Four -- Fox feature film Fantastic Four starring Michael B. Jordan will begin shooting March 24 in Baton Rouge.
Get Hard -- Warner Bros. feature film Get Hard starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart will shoot March 17 in New Orleans.
Mind Puppet -- Itaca Films feature film Mind Puppet will shoot March 10 in New Orleans. More information will become available as this production develops. (I've seen the direction signs around the neighborhood.)
The Best of Me -- Relativity Films feature film The Best of Me will shoot March 6 for 42 days in New Orleans.
The D Train -- The independent feature film The D Train is scheduled to shoot Feb. 10 for 23 days in New Orleans.
Wraith -- The independent feature film Wraith, will shoot Feb. 3-28 in Kenner.
Filming
Cat Run 2 -- The independent feature film Cat Run 2 will shoot Jan. 13 in New Orleans.
Midnight Special -- Warner Bros. feature film Midnight Special starring Kirsten Dunst and Michael Shannon will shoot Jan. 20 for 40 days in New Orleans.
Mississippi Grind -- Sycamore Pictures feature film Mississippi Grind starring Ryan Reynolds and Sienna Miller will shoot January 29-March 6 in New Orleans.
Salem -- Fox feature film Salem starring Shane West is filming November 4th through May 2014 in Shreveport.
Zipper -- The independent feature film Zipper will shoot Jan. 21-Feb. 21 in Baton Rouge.
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My coworkers, unfortunately, are idiots. I'm sure they can't help it, but it's patently obvious that they are, in fact, idiots.
I need to locate the let off some steam thread and let loose. :grrr:
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(http://nextnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dick-cheney-gun.jpg)
That appears to be a single shot flint (MOST LIKELY) or match lock weapon, NOT a shotgun.
Our, then sitting, Vice President "accidentally" shot his opponent with a shotgun to the upper chest. It did NOT take. The man survived. (Hell, he could not even do that right, FFS!) Doubt a more primitive weapon would assist him.
He should have tried the Governator Method.
It's a musket.
That is what I said. I was simply a tad more specific.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbIJf9RwvBE/Tx2hktLcpvI/AAAAAAAAB74/esgpMFeUtno/s1600/Draken_Goteborg_Draperi.jpg)
Problems at the cinema yesterday--the right half of the curtain came loose and wouldn't close, once opened.
We spent most of the night fixing it, which involved building scaffolding on the proscenium and stitching the leather strap that had come loose from the sleigh that is supposed to pull the curtain along its tracks. Because I have a morning show, I've slept less than two hours since.
in awe ...
Is this your theatre?
It is indeed.
It's a beautiful theatre, but now vandalised by its current owners. For fifty years, it was largely unaltered from its 1960 state--it was built in 1956 but modified for the Cinerama large-screen format, which is why the curtain tracks have that weird shape, to allow for a deeply curved screen.
More about the theatre here (http://www.in70mm.com/news/2012/draken/index.htm).
Beautiful!!
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More like a mantra to my daughter than a random observation of one day. A continuing instruction:
CATSUP/KETCHUP IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!!
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More like a mantra to my daughter than a random observation of one day. A continuing instruction:
CATSUP/KETCHUP IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!!
And it stains almost as much as mustard.
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More like a mantra to my daughter than a random observation of one day. A continuing instruction:
CATSUP/KETCHUP IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!!
And it stains almost as much as mustard.
And doesn't taste near as good.
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It's cold in here. Again.
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More like a mantra to my daughter than a random observation of one day. A continuing instruction:
CATSUP/KETCHUP IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!!
And it stains almost as much as mustard.
And doesn't taste near as good.
Some would disagree. The issue has its own Wikipedia page. :P Link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable)
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It has been raining, quite heavy at times, all morning long. Now, at 1 o'clock, it's starting to get a little bit brighter.
Hope I can run my errands (on bike) without getting wet later this afternoon.
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Here it is a soft rain, all day. Nothing heavy, that was tonight, but rain, soft, soaking rain. Perfect rain after a summer drought. :P
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It's cold in here. Again.
Yeah, ROGER that! Cold here too.
It was fourteen below zero Fahrenheit (negative twenty five and some in Centigrade) this morning. We have had the snowiest winter on record except for three, mostly a century ago.
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More like a mantra to my daughter than a random observation of one day. A continuing instruction:
CATSUP/KETCHUP IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!!
And it stains almost as much as mustard.
And doesn't taste near as good.
Some would disagree. The issue has its own Wikipedia page. :P Link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable)
Disagree ALL YOU WANT, BUT try raising a child to eat properly who will not eat anything that does not pass the squish test.
I "pray" that my daughter never finds that page.
She is so brilliant, but yet so autistic. She is averted from food which does not pass the squish test. YES, she always puts her hands into her food before she picks up a fork. Squish test is like GOD. She will not like the foood if it does not feel right.
Catsup feels right. Certain noodles are OK, certain others are not OK. Breads are usually fine, but how do you raise a child with proper nutrition who only eats bread and noodles and an occasional cheese with the random peanut butter sandwich thrown in for curiosity and sometimes a toast with PBJ?
Yes, we have already gone nuts with mineral and vitamin enriched peanut butters homemade and made our own with kale mixed in or mixtures of grains.
If it feels right, then she will eat it.
When she was young, like toddling, she would NOT eat anything we made, but would eat any worm or insect she found in the garden. If it was not winter, everything frozen, etc, if I could spike her PBJs with insects and worms from the garden?
I have got to figure a way to get protein into this child's body, aside from PBJs.
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All that aside - I feel that no one can help me with any of that! My daughter is my daughter and she is way stronger than I am in spirit, but has a serious eating disorder, which is still being investigated ...
My real random observation of this day is that, for the first time in about three years, TODAY, I was able to kick near my chin height during my work out. My martial arts are coming back to me.
I have kept my upper body healthy during this healing time, but to have my lower body come back to me is huge.
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Would she still eat insects, DD?
My oldest is completely grossed out when I tell her what she used to feed on in the garden. She lived on snails, slugs and worms too.
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This morning, I opened my curtains, and saw the shed of my neighbour had been burned down. Black wooden beams, and a bit of roofing were left on blackened walls. This shed is maybe 25 meters from my house. The fire alley between my lot and the lot of the backdoor neighbour has been laced with white and red ribbons, keeping people out.
How did I miss this?
It was all intact last Thursday night. Must have happened yesterday, and I was home all day.
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All that aside - I feel that no one can help me with any of that! My daughter is my daughter and she is way stronger than I am in spirit, but has a serious eating disorder, which is still being investigated ...
I can sympathise with her problem. I wouldn't regard it as an eating disorder, though, as it very much appears to be the more autistic problem having to do with unwanted tactile sensations.
My tactile sensitivity with food and touch has lessened through the years but I do remember when all I could eat had to feel exactly right or I would reject it, regardless of how hungry I was. There was nothing anyone could do and I most likely gave my parents quite a few grey hairs. Taste was always less of a problem, although I was quite picky in that respect, too.
I can't be the only one here to have had that problem, can I?
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I can't be the only one here to have had that problem, can I?
Raises hand, for myself.
And my youngest is a very picky eater for sensory reasons, combined with a very headstrong character.
Luckily there are a few vegetable and protein containing dishes she loves, so, we eat them quite a lot, just to get her fed well.
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When I was a kid it was the smells. :GA: I'm self recovered and fatty fat now though. :zoinks:
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It was texture and smell for me. And change. I started hating meat when the old butcher retired, and my mum had to find a new one.
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This morning, I opened my curtains, and saw the shed of my neighbour had been burned down. Black wooden beams, and a bit of roofing were left on blackened walls. This shed is maybe 25 meters from my house. The fire alley between my lot and the lot of the backdoor neighbour has been laced with white and red ribbons, keeping people out.
How did I miss this?
It was all intact last Thursday night. Must have happened yesterday, and I was home all day.
Saw my neighbour, asked her if she was alright. They all were. The fire happened last night. She only woke when people banged her windows and made lots and lots of noise. The wind was strong, and blowing away from my and her house, so, we only heard the wind.
That is why I slept through all of it, I think. The fire-brigade came twice last night, and the council, blocking the fire alley, because of collapse danger. And I heard nothing.
A street not far from mine is looking black with soot, and smelling of fire big time. Here you smell nothing.
It could have been different. We've been lucky. Had it been colder, and dryer, with a wind from the north, we would have been in the fire-line, because there is a wooden dog-trimming salon between my house and the burned down shed. So, lots of fuel to bring the fire here.
Now everything was soaking wet, because of the rain and above zero temperatures of the last few days. The wind did make things very sooty for the people on the north east of the shed though.
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My geiger counter is reading a bit higher than normal today
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My geiger counter is reading a bit higher than normal today
What are you geiger counting?
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All that aside - I feel that no one can help me with any of that! My daughter is my daughter and she is way stronger than I am in spirit, but has a serious eating disorder, which is still being investigated ...
I can sympathise with her problem. I wouldn't regard it as an eating disorder, though, as it very much appears to be the more autistic problem having to do with unwanted tactile sensations.
My tactile sensitivity with food and touch has lessened through the years but I do remember when all I could eat had to feel exactly right or I would reject it, regardless of how hungry I was. There was nothing anyone could do and I most likely gave my parents quite a few grey hairs. Taste was always less of a problem, although I was quite picky in that respect, too.
I can't be the only one here to have had that problem, can I?
Well, you know how they say, "it takes one to know one?" Take a guess as to why and how I am so certain what is going on with her and her (mis-spoken) "eating disorder." The "eating dis-order" remark refers to how difficult it is to keep her well nourished, while trying to keep within the "boundaries" of her tactile needs.
My sensitivity to food (as well as most things that used to REALLY bother me) has lessened with age as well, but my tolerance for idiocy (normal people missing the essence of nature or science), aggressive behavior (bullying?) and just plain over-social misfits coming up to me (a total stranger) and starting to talk about NOTHING, has become more difficult for me to deal with upon establishing A RATHER OLD age and great degree of "experience" in these areas.
Hope she does better with "good" food soon!
Maybe I am just becoming a Grumpy Old Man.
:dunno:
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OT:
I am out of debt (except for our home mortgage), mostly.
With yesterday's payday (and my more substantial yearly dividend than I had hoped for) I paid off my Escalade two years early and opened another IRA account.
:viking:
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OT:
I am out of debt (except for our home mortgage), mostly.
With yesterday's payday (and my more substantial yearly dividend than I had hoped for) I paid off my Escalade two years early and opened another IRA account.
:viking:
You are kicking ass with your :dollar: :dollar: and will prosper this year! :viking:
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This head cold has just about killed my appetite. I find that I don't know what to
do with myself when I'm not craving food. It's very confusing. I hope I get hungry soon. :tard:
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This head cold has just about killed my appetite. I find that I don't know what to
do with myself when I'm not craving food. It's very confusing. I hope I get hungry soon. :tard:
Just postwhore, instead of eating. :cbc:
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Cars are so low to the ground you can hardly see anything compared to my van
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All that aside - I feel that no one can help me with any of that! My daughter is my daughter and she is way stronger than I am in spirit, but has a serious eating disorder, which is still being investigated ...
I can sympathise with her problem. I wouldn't regard it as an eating disorder, though, as it very much appears to be the more autistic problem having to do with unwanted tactile sensations.
My tactile sensitivity with food and touch has lessened through the years but I do remember when all I could eat had to feel exactly right or I would reject it, regardless of how hungry I was. There was nothing anyone could do and I most likely gave my parents quite a few grey hairs. Taste was always less of a problem, although I was quite picky in that respect, too.
I can't be the only one here to have had that problem, can I?
Well, you know how they say, "it takes one to know one?" Take a guess as to why and how I am so certain what is going on with her and her (mis-spoken) "eating disorder." The "eating dis-order" remark refers to how difficult it is to keep her well nourished, while trying to keep within the "boundaries" of her tactile needs.
My sensitivity to food (as well as most things that used to REALLY bother me) has lessened with age as well, but my tolerance for idiocy (normal people missing the essence of nature or science), aggressive behavior (bullying?) and just plain over-social misfits coming up to me (a total stranger) and starting to talk about NOTHING, has become more difficult for me to deal with upon establishing A RATHER OLD age and great degree of "experience" in these areas.
Hope she does better with "good" food soon!
Maybe I am just becoming a Grumpy Old Man.
:dunno:
You're saying it as if it was a bad thing. :P
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Cars are so low to the ground you can hardly see anything compared to my van
My car would be one of them. It is so low that it bottoms out on speed bumps.
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Today, finally, the wind isn't as hard as it was the last week (or so).
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Kmart near my house didn't plow their parking lot and it was a big mess today
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Most of the topics here (such as the one you are reading now) tend to assume that you log on here late rather than early.
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I observed the gnashing of teeth, and the scratching of a cat, this day. Well, I heard them, but I'm taking the meaning of the word "observe" very inclusive, today.
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Blackbird is in full spring mode, by the sound of it.
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It seems my daughter's boyfriend slept over.
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^ Have you interrogated him?
Water levels are dropping slightly in the UK and I no longer sink in the mud when crossing the garden.
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I've given him a Stern Look. He looked a bit frightened. ;D
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A stern look whilst stood in kitchen sharpening your carving knives would be good. That would put the shitters up him.
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A stern look whilst stood in kitchen sharpening your carving knives would be good. That would put the shitters up him.
It was a very large and heavy kitchen knife, but basically, yes. >:D
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I've given him a Stern Look. He looked a bit frightened. ;D
Why bother if he's allowed to be there?
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I've given him a Stern Look. He looked a bit frightened. ;D
Why bother if he's allowed to be there?
To illustrate to him why he wouldn't want to do anything that would hurt Odeon's little girl. :viking:
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(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8069286400/hA0DAA037/)
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It seems my daughter's boyfriend slept over.
Soon it will be weekends...then holidays...then he'll be a fixture on the sofa eating all your crisps and calling you "dad". >:D
Mine will be 15 next month...one more year and he starts driving. :GA:
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I've given him a Stern Look. He looked a bit frightened. ;D
Why bother if he's allowed to be there?
To illustrate to him why he wouldn't want to do anything that would hurt Odeon's little girl. :viking:
Probably stands true for anyone. Just meaning either he's treated as welcome or he isn't.
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It seems my daughter's boyfriend slept over.
Soon it will be weekends...then holidays...then he'll be a fixture on the sofa eating all your crisps and calling you "dad". >:D
Mine will be 15 next month...one more year and he starts driving. :GA:
Indeed. Then it will be "hey Dad Ok if I borrow the Jag?" :zoinks:
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It was very icy this morning
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I've given him a Stern Look. He looked a bit frightened. ;D
Why bother if he's allowed to be there?
To illustrate to him why he wouldn't want to do anything that would hurt Odeon's little girl. :viking:
Probably stands true for anyone. Just meaning either he's treated as welcome or he isn't.
Hey, I'm as welcoming as ever. :zoinks:
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The blackbird again was giving a show at 7:00 am. The ongoing drizzle is a spring drizzle. All autumn thoughts are gone.
Pity we did not have winter.
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It seems my daughter's boyfriend slept over.
Soon it will be weekends...then holidays...then he'll be a fixture on the sofa eating all your crisps and calling you "dad". >:D
Mine will be 15 next month...one more year and he starts driving. :GA:
Indeed. Then it will be "hey Dad Ok if I borrow the Jag?" :zoinks:
"Son, I know you think we are close because you are dating my daughter, but this is my car we are talking about now."
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Never ever drink the last of the coffee in the pot. :zombiefuck:
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Never ever drink the last of the coffee in the pot. :zombiefuck:
No, because that is augur material.
Now they will have to read your stomach, to tell you your fate for today.
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Never ever drink the last of the coffee in the pot. :zombiefuck:
No, because that is augur material.
Now they will have to read your stomach, to tell you your fate for today.
That can be arranged. Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex)
Ask Lit how it would be done. :orly:
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Neighbour lady, straight across from my place, is trying to sell her house. Her husband died last year and..
There's now a big sign, from some real estate agency, in her garden. Wonder what she's asking for the house.
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Neighbour lady, straight across from my place, is trying to sell her house. Her husband died last year and..
There's now a big sign, from some real estate agency, in her garden. Wonder what she's asking for the house.
Check if the real estate company has it listed on the web. ;)
I look up the locals all the time. :autism:
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^ I will soon.. but cannot read the full name of the company or their interwebz address looking through my kitchen window. There's a street light (the post) blocking the sign.
Feel (=no sure) that the (average) price of these houses have dropped by around €30,000 since before the 'crisis'. Oh, not that it matters much, now.
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The snow is melting :2thumbsup:
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The train ride into the city has not improved. Must be nutters weekend out.
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
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Never ever drink the last of the coffee in the pot. :zombiefuck:
No, because that is augur material.
Now they will have to read your stomach, to tell you your fate for today.
Things went on nicely from there, actually.
I suppose reading my stomach now wouldn't yield the expected results?
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
Isn't this always the case? :tard:
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Never ever drink the last of the coffee in the pot. :zombiefuck:
No, because that is augur material.
Now they will have to read your stomach, to tell you your fate for today.
Things went on nicely from there, actually.
I suppose reading my stomach now wouldn't yield the expected results?
By now they would have to read what has left your body, to find the message in the coffee remnants. :P
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
Isn't this always the case? :tard:
Nah I reckon drivers get proper nutzburger crazy in the hot weather.
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
Isn't this always the case? :tard:
Nah I reckon drivers get proper nutzburger crazy in the hot weather.
So normally they'd be just... what? Cos the crazies were everywhere yesterday but it sure as hell wasn't hot.
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So normally they'd be just... what? Cos the crazies were everywhere yesterday but it sure as hell wasn't hot.
People get stupid here when it rains, even if only the tiniest bit.
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
Isn't this always the case? :tard:
Nah I reckon drivers get proper nutzburger crazy in the hot weather.
So normally they'd be just... what? Cos the crazies were everywhere yesterday but it sure as hell wasn't hot.
Just different levels of crazy, I guess. Have noticed a tendency of that when getting through road works or having sat in a jam for a while. Some people tend to rev up and zoom off, as if they are finally 'winning' :zoinks:
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Lots of crazy drivers on the roads today
Isn't this always the case? :tard:
Nah I reckon drivers get proper nutzburger crazy in the hot weather.
So normally they'd be just... what? Cos the crazies were everywhere yesterday but it sure as hell wasn't hot.
Just different levels of crazy, I guess. Have noticed a tendency of that when getting through road works or having sat in a jam for a while. Some people tend to rev up and zoom off, as if they are finally 'winning' :zoinks:
That'll show them. ;D
People are idiots.
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Somebody is walking the neighborhood I sure hope they don't knock on my door
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chemtrails are real. :(
Its freaking me out.
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Cuando dios, ole castigarci ci manda, quello che desideriamo.
Interesting presentation of this "proverb" yesterday.
:hahaha:
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The water from my tap is without colour again. They must have been working all night, to fix the problem.
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Somebody who passed by me in the grocery store this morning stunk badly of alcohol and it was just 10AM
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^I can't stand it when someone smelling like that sits near me on the bus. Ew.
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Somebody who passed by me in the grocery store this morning stunk badly of alcohol and it was just 10AM
Tell couldbecousin to take a step back. :orly:
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The snow has melted in the bank parking lot and the single sock I saw there a month or so ago has reemerged
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The snow has melted in the bank parking lot and the single sock I saw there a month or so ago has reemerged
:plus: For keeping an eye on lost socks.
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Thanks :2thumbsup: It was gone today when I went to the bank along with all the other stuff that came out of the melting snow
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Maybe it got reunited with it's other half. :heart: :heart:
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
I like it in the morning, because that's during the dead of night in America, and I'm not inconvenienced. :P
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
I like it in the morning, because that's during the dead of night in America, and I'm not inconvenienced. :P
Usually I am not online, that time of the morning, today I was.
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The lightbulb burned out in the upstairs bathroom
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
The database is getting larger, which is why it takes more than a minute.
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
I like it in the morning, because that's during the dead of night in America, and I'm not inconvenienced. :P
So...you are not American?
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My random observation of the day is that maintenance mode is even more annoying in the mornings, and that it lasted way more than just a minute. :P
I like it in the morning, because that's during the dead of night in America, and I'm not inconvenienced. :P
So...you are not American?
No, I'm American. If Odeon updates the database during the morning in Sweden, it happens late at night in America. :GA:
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Well, now I know something about you. :)
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From another thread, Parts posted:
One lug nut was on so tight I broke the stud even though I had sprayed it with PB and let it sit an hour. On the van the studs are on the rotors which were being changed anyway so it wasn't that much of a problem
I'm guessing PB is peanut butter. How do you spray it? And how did you keep Max away from the PB?
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From another thread, Parts posted:
One lug nut was on so tight I broke the stud even though I had sprayed it with PB and let it sit an hour. On the van the studs are on the rotors which were being changed anyway so it wasn't that much of a problem
I'm guessing PB is peanut butter. How do you spray it? And how did you keep Max away from the PB?
That's what I thought, too. :tard:
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From another thread, Parts posted:
One lug nut was on so tight I broke the stud even though I had sprayed it with PB and let it sit an hour. On the van the studs are on the rotors which were being changed anyway so it wasn't that much of a problem
I'm guessing PB is peanut butter. How do you spray it? And how did you keep Max away from the PB?
I keep Max in the house when I use it so he can't eat it and spray it on with a with a pastry bag then apply the jelly from one of the squeeze bottles to the nuts from the other side :zoinks:
PB Blaster
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/f4/f425dd0b-872e-43cd-aa90-4a8d5637331f_300.jpg)
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From another thread, Parts posted:
One lug nut was on so tight I broke the stud even though I had sprayed it with PB and let it sit an hour. On the van the studs are on the rotors which were being changed anyway so it wasn't that much of a problem
I'm guessing PB is peanut butter. How do you spray it? And how did you keep Max away from the PB?
I keep Max in the house when I use it so he can't eat it and spray it on with a with a pastry bag then apply the jelly from one of the squeeze bottles to the nuts from the other side :zoinks:
PB Blaster
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/f4/f425dd0b-872e-43cd-aa90-4a8d5637331f_300.jpg)
Such fun innuendos on the can. :orly:
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From another thread, Parts posted:
One lug nut was on so tight I broke the stud even though I had sprayed it with PB and let it sit an hour. On the van the studs are on the rotors which were being changed anyway so it wasn't that much of a problem
I'm guessing PB is peanut butter. How do you spray it? And how did you keep Max away from the PB?
I keep Max in the house when I use it so he can't eat it and spray it on with a with a pastry bag then apply the jelly from one of the squeeze bottles to the nuts from the other side :zoinks:
PB Blaster
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/f4/f425dd0b-872e-43cd-aa90-4a8d5637331f_300.jpg)
Such fun innuendos on the can. :orly:
Yes, it's hard to decide which end to go inn.
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I am not sure if we have PB here. We have WD-40 and CRC though.
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I am not sure if we have PB here. We have WD-40 and CRC though.
PB works a lot better than WD-40 and there is another called Deep Creep that's even better than that but costs just over double
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I have to see if they have PB here.
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They do have PB Blaster here in Australia. Just looked at their website. Can probably get it from hardware stores.
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The ladder on the roof of the van is rattling a lot I have to remember to check it before I go out again today
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Tigger is bouncy
:tigger:
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Rice is good.
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Last week 5 km on the bicycle was far more tiring than 11 km this morning.
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There was a tractor trailer on the parkway(restricted access road for cars only) this morning stopped just before one of the bridges it was not going to fit under waiting for the police to show up and back him off more than a mile
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There was a tractor trailer on the parkway(restricted access road for cars only) this morning stopped just before one of the bridges it was not going to fit under waiting for the police to show up and back him off more than a mile
and hopefully give him an invitation to the court.
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11 km this morning was hell. UGH!
Went back home from work by bus. Tomorrow I will go to work by bus, and ride home by bike. Hope it will be a bit more like it was last Tuesday.
General fitness still is way below what I want it to be.
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I am learning more than I could imagine via the internet.
Transition Radio & Gay Life TV? Hopefully I'll be able to listen to/watch the interview without paying $.
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Time for another cup before I leave.
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Two from this morning.
There was a guy with a professional video camera filming something downtown no sure what I see him frequently in the same area.
They took down the huge flag pole on the green and it's in three or four pieces on the ground
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The video guy was there again yesterday :dunno:
I saw a Checker Taxi on the highway today I have not see one of those in years
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Checker_Taxi_Madison_Sq_jeh.jpg/800px-Checker_Taxi_Madison_Sq_jeh.jpg)
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I love those. Wish we had them.
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I love those. Wish we had them.
They are rare here these days. I remember riding in them they were huge inside
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Back around October I bought three sets of headphones. Two for the kids and one for me.
I bought the kids something called Sennheiser 280 Pro and the fact that they did not hurt their ears or heads (physically from the strain of keeping them on) made them instantly love those 'phones.
Mine are my fourth set of Sennheiser headphones referred to as a part of the 600 series. My first were purchased in the early seventies and I replaced them again and again.
My knew ones are called HD 600. They sounded GREAT, right out of the box. My kids' phones sounded fine as well, but mine had a depth of detail that far exceeded the detail and quality of the 280 Pros.
Well, my kids have listened to theirs something approaching "constantly" since I bought them. I have only listened to mine for a few hours in that length of time; I usually listen to open speakers, not headphones.
What really surprised me is that yesterday, I was at the computer and my son's headphones were hanging on his rack on the desk and I grabbed them for my session of computer time (I still do fractal art) and listening. To my amazement, HIS headphones, one quarter the price of mine, sounded BETTER than MY HD 600 'phones!! AND they sounded way better than I had remembered that they had sounded when I bought them.
I suppose my point is to Odeon, who has just recently bought some nice, upper grade AKG efforts.
Mine are barely starting to break in because I do not use them that much (they sound fine anyway, BUT...), but my son's 'phones are well broken in and even though they are a mid grade, they sound amazing!
I can not wait to hear a kind of report from Odeon after his new 'phones have been broken in for about six months or so. (I plan to cheat, after hearing the difference in my son's set. I am going to set mine to play at a moderate level all the time, even when I am not there, just to enhance the break in process.)
I just had a very real example shown to me by accident which demonstrated the importance of a decent break in period before assessing an audio (speaker, most especially) device.
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Burn-in is very real, in spite of what some people say. So far the AKGs are still a bit harsh and I suspect will remain so for another several dozen hours of listening time. They are incredibly precise, though, with a fabulous soundstage, and almost every listening comes with great promise.
I've been listening through some of my FLAC collection again, spotting things I didn't know were there and rediscovering the great late flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía's precise finger technique. Same with Tommy Emmanuel--thankfully his recordings tend to be good, which isn't always the case with Paco's. If you like that sort of thing, try the Live One album.
Headphones are great for enjoying fingerpickers and these might prove to be the best pair I've ever used. I'm planning on doing an A-B with my Dalis once I have the house for myself. ;D
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There was a nice Estwing hammer in the road but when I went back around to get it it was already gone
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There was a nice Estwing hammer in the road but when I went back around to get it it was already gone
That happened to me one day last week, a dime on the sidewalk. I should have picked it up sooner. :dunno:
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You've got to be fast.
Swoop in like a crow going in for a road kill feast. ;)
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You've got to be fast.
Swoop in like a crow going in for a road kill feast. ;)
Oooo, yes, pretend it's food! :green:
I did once see a crow with a little snack-size bag of potato chips in his beak. :2thumbsup:
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I slept longer than I thought I would.
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You've got to be fast.
Swoop in like a crow going in for a road kill feast. ;)
I know but wasn't the one driving and when I got them to go back around it was gone :'( I always tell people who ask how I find so much stuff is you always have to be looking and willing to stop and get it immediately or it will be gone.
My random observation there is an old used toothbrush in the bank parking lot where the sock was :zombiefuck:
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There must be ten news trucks downtown for the services of the girl murdered last week I wish they would just go away
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There must be ten news trucks downtown for the services of the girl murdered last week I wish they would just go away
With a call to a towing service, that can be arranged. :zoinks:
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There must be ten news trucks downtown for the services of the girl murdered last week I wish they would just go away
With a call to a towing service, that can be arranged. :zoinks:
No thanks I don't want to be the second most hated person in town
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Rich or poor, a bastard is still a bastard.
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Rich or poor, a bastard is still a bastard.
The lesson is, might as well be a *RICH* bastard. Rich is more fun! :2thumbsup:
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I've been poor and unhappy and rich and unhappy.
Rich and unhappy beats poor and unhappy any day.
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Rich or poor, a bastard is still a bastard.
The lesson is, might as well be a *RICH* bastard. Rich is more fun! :2thumbsup:
lol :facepalm:
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Rich or poor, a bastard is still a bastard.
The lesson is, might as well be a *RICH* bastard. Rich is more fun! :2thumbsup:
Exactly. It's far better to be a rich bastard than a poor bastard.
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I've been poor and unhappy and rich and unhappy.
Rich and unhappy beats poor and unhappy any day.
Yes it does! *wobbles toward more money* :cbc:
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
Will the Netherlands win this year?
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
Will the Netherlands win this year?
Not the faintest idea. The only thing I know is that there is probably some orange in the outfit of the team.
The farther they come in the competition, the more orange the streets will be.
The longer it lasts, the more detectives I can watch, and the more moments there are to go for a walk and not encounter a single soul.
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My town seems to be on a violent streak with a murder earlier in the year a stabbing over the weekend and today some sort of shooting :GA:
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
Will the Netherlands win this year?
Not the faintest idea. The only thing I know is that there is probably some orange in the outfit of the team.
The farther they come in the competition, the more orange the streets will be.
The longer it lasts, the more detectives I can watch, and the more moments there are to go for a walk and not encounter a single soul.
What do detectives have to do with soccer? ??? Here, a detective is a type of police officer. :police: Will the police be patrolling? :GA:
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
Will the Netherlands win this year?
Not the faintest idea. The only thing I know is that there is probably some orange in the outfit of the team.
The farther they come in the competition, the more orange the streets will be.
The longer it lasts, the more detectives I can watch, and the more moments there are to go for a walk and not encounter a single soul.
What do detectives have to do with soccer? ??? Here, a detective is a type of police officer. :police: Will the police be patrolling? :GA:
Detective series, crime series. There will be one broadcaster not airing anything football related, they cater for those who rather watch something else. And they found that crime series do well. Public broadcaster too, so, no commercials within an episode.
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Thrones were not made for thongs.
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Thrones were not made for thongs.
Is that why you cycle more than that you sit on a throne? :orly:
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Thrones were not made for thongs.
Is that why you cycle more than that you sit on a throne? :orly:
Skip that remark, please.
Thongs are a pain in the arse, on a bike.
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Thongs are a pain in anyone's arse, anywhere, anytime.
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Thongs are a pain in anyone's arse, anywhere, anytime.
A bike can make wearing one an excruciating experience.
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That house on the corner really turned orange. Wonder what it looks like inside, but I don't want to know.
Some neighbours filled their front and backyard with orange little flags, and they covered their windows with HUGE orange flags with a black lion on it. Must be awful, having uniform orange filtered light in the house all day.
Perhaps they're soccer fans. :dunno:
Oh, they are. But some take being a football fan more serious than others.
These people are the first with over the top X-mas decorations, every year, and now among the first with over the top orange decorations too.
Others will not start with those decorations till next weekend, I guess.
Not a football fan myself, but, the world championship makes that one channel will be broadcasting lots of detectives. So, all is well.
Will the Netherlands win this year?
Not the faintest idea. The only thing I know is that there is probably some orange in the outfit of the team.
The farther they come in the competition, the more orange the streets will be.
The longer it lasts, the more detectives I can watch, and the more moments there are to go for a walk and not encounter a single soul.
What do detectives have to do with soccer? ??? Here, a detective is a type of police officer. :police: Will the police be patrolling? :GA:
Detective series, crime series. There will be one broadcaster not airing anything football related, they cater for those who rather watch something else. And they found that crime series do well. Public broadcaster too, so, no commercials within an episode.
CSI: The Netherlands? :orly: Or is it Cops? :police:
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I saw raccoon run across route one where it was six lanes wide in the middle of the day today
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Thongs are a pain in anyone's arse, anywhere, anytime.
Granny panties :underwear: are best for everyday activities. :angel:
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Thongs are a pain in anyone's arse, anywhere, anytime.
Granny panties :underwear: are best for everyday activities. :angel:
And no panties are best for everynight activities. :mwhaha:
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I often feel fantastic around 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm in the zone! :orly:
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I often feel fantastic around 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm in the zone! :orly:
Cocaine will do that. :orly:
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I often feel fantastic around 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm in the zone! :orly:
Cocaine will do that. :orly:
Interesting! We can discuss this at the station when you confess. :police: ; :police:
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I often feel fantastic around 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm in the zone! :orly:
Cocaine will do that. :orly:
Interesting! We can discuss this at the station when you confess. :police: ; :police:
What do I have to confess to? :angel: I am helping you with your out-of-control behavior. :pope: :spaz:
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Waiting for a bus, I saw, what looked like a bird, drop out of a tree. It just plummeted. So, I had a look. It was a little duckling. Mum duck was sitting in the tree, making lots of noise, another duck made a lot of noise in the water behind the feeds. And there was squeaking of ducklings everywhere.
When I was back on my side of the street, I saw mum duck leave her nest too, and four other ducklings plummeted down, on their way to grass below their little feet, and soon after that, the first experience of water.
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And then....their first experience of hoi sin sauce and savory pancakes.
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Traffic was kinda bad on the way home today even though I was going the opposite direction of where the traffic is normally
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Awfully quiet here.
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Awfully quiet here.
That's because everyone is in church, as they should be on a Sunday. See?
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :harp:
:crowd: :crowd: :crowd: :crowd:
:crowd: :crowd: :pope: :crowd: :crowd:
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I could never live in a big city it's just too loud
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Awfully quiet here.
That's because everyone is in church, as they should be on a Sunday. See?
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :harp:
:crowd: :crowd: :crowd: :crowd:
:crowd: :crowd: :pope: :crowd: :crowd:
Where is the Moomin? :moomin: Did he forget? :orly:
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Awfully quiet here.
That's because everyone is in church, as they should be on a Sunday. See?
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :harp:
:crowd: :crowd: :crowd: :crowd:
:crowd: :crowd: :pope: :crowd: :crowd:
You're really scaring me now. :hide:
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Awfully quiet here.
That's because everyone is in church, as they should be on a Sunday. See?
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :harp:
:crowd: :crowd: :crowd: :crowd:
:crowd: :crowd: :pope: :crowd: :crowd:
Where is the Moomin? :moomin: Did he forget? :orly:
Moomins don't frequent churches, as you may recall from another thread.
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I'm guessing Moomin church :moomin: :moomin: :moomin: is the great outdoors! :)
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My youngest has some absolutely awesome, sweet and caring teachers.
So pleased with this school.
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Daughter just got up. She's going to be late.
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As I've observed here before, mosquitoes generally leave me alone. Just today I killed two in my
apartment, both empty of blood (well, one left a slight pink smear) ... and at least one of them was in
the apartment yesterday. In all that time, it didn't bite me. Cool. Maybe I smell bad to mosquitoes! :autism:
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As I've observed here before, mosquitoes generally leave me alone. Just today I killed two in my
apartment, both empty of blood (well, one left a slight pink smear) ... and at least one of them was in
the apartment yesterday. In all that time, it didn't bite me. Cool. Maybe I smell bad to mosquitoes! :autism:
Just found this, apparently I'm right about my odor. :autism:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204660604574378933761528214 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204660604574378933761528214)
Now I wonder if my medication (Strattera) contributes in any way to my mosquito resistance. :apondering:
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Maybe the mosquitoes obsess about OCD meds.
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Maybe the mosquitoes obsess about OCD meds.
Maybe they need OCD meds in that case. *offers them some capsules* >:D
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I LOVE this song, have been listening obsessively for hours! :fuckyeahdance:
Also, I think Adam Lambert would sing the HELL out of it, I'd love to hear him try!
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltCQ2FvPR4#)
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I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
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I LOVE this song, have been listening obsessively for hours! :fuckyeahdance:
Also, I think Adam Lambert would sing the HELL out of it, I'd love to hear him try!
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltCQ2FvPR4#)
Are you trying to find a date in a bar? :orly:
I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
It's always "today", no matter what day it is. :tard: :M
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I LOVE this song, have been listening obsessively for hours! :fuckyeahdance:
Also, I think Adam Lambert would sing the HELL out of it, I'd love to hear him try!
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltCQ2FvPR4#)
Are you trying to find a date in a bar? :orly:
Hell no, I just love the song! It makes me feel almost like dancing! :autism:
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I LOVE this song, have been listening obsessively for hours! :fuckyeahdance:
Also, I think Adam Lambert would sing the HELL out of it, I'd love to hear him try!
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltCQ2FvPR4#)
Are you trying to find a date in a bar? :orly:
Hell no, I just love the song! It makes me feel almost like dancing! :autism:
Here you are, after a fellow dancer accidentally touches you: :spaz:
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I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
It's always "today", no matter what day it is. :tard: :M
As a matter of fact, at certain points in time, it is neither yesterday, today nor tomorrow! :skywarp:
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I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
It's always "today", no matter what day it is. :tard: :M
As a matter of fact, at certain points in time, it is neither yesterday, today nor tomorrow! :skywarp:
At which point is that? :tinfoil:
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I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
It's always "today", no matter what day it is. :tard: :M
As a matter of fact, at certain points in time, it is neither yesterday, today nor tomorrow! :skywarp:
At which point is that? :tinfoil:
I believe they call it ... the Singularity. :einstein:
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I don't know whether to post about what I did yesterday, what I did today, or what I will do tomorrow.
That's because at this hour I really don't know whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow! I'm screwed! :happydance:
It's always "today", no matter what day it is. :tard: :M
As a matter of fact, at certain points in time, it is neither yesterday, today nor tomorrow! :skywarp:
At which point is that? :tinfoil:
I believe they call it ... the Singularity. :einstein:
Where is Rod Serling to introduce this singularity? :tinfoil:
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Rod Serling is the official host of the Singularity. He's waiting for you there. Go to him. >:D
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Rod Serling is the official host of the Singularity. He's waiting for you there. Go to him. >:D
I am still postwhoring. Perhaps I'll go later. :orly:
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Maybe the mosquitoes obsess about OCD meds.
Maybe they need OCD meds in that case. *offers them some capsules* >:D
But if your obsession is OCD meds, the meds will be bad for you.
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Maybe the mosquitoes obsess about OCD meds.
Maybe they need OCD meds in that case. *offers them some capsules* >:D
But if your obsession is OCD meds, the meds will be bad for you.
Unless they're lined up neatly. :spaz:
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That's a different kind of OCD.
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That's a different kind of OCD.
:indeed: I generally don't give a rat's ass about things being lined up neatly.
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That's a different kind of OCD.
There's different kinds? Not meaning different behaviors or compulsions.
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That's a different kind of OCD.
There's different kinds? Not meaning different behaviors or compulsions.
Nevermind. Looked it up and now understand what you meant.
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That's a different kind of OCD.
:indeed: I generally don't give a rat's ass about things being lined up neatly.
Which is why I don't take you on my military inspections. I thrill to see all the members standing at attention, ramrod straight, waiting for my approval.
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That's a different kind of OCD.
:indeed: I generally don't give a rat's ass about things being lined up neatly.
Which is why I don't take you on my military inspections. I thrill to see all the members standing at attention, ramrod straight, waiting for my approval.
Will you tap them appreciatively on their heads, if you are well pleased with the appearance?
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People always seem to put plants and garden stuff right where you need to.put ladders to reach the gutters
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My old man got me a new vacuum pump, plus some high vac pump oil for my b/day :D
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My old man got me a new vacuum pump, plus some high vac pump oil for my b/day :D
Ah, can odeon use them? His fingers hurt. Or maybe Peter?
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That's a different kind of OCD.
:indeed: I generally don't give a rat's ass about things being lined up neatly.
That must be why your margins keep changing. :P This flock of owls doesn't bother you? :toporly:
:orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly:
:orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly:
:orly: :orly::orly: :orly: :orly: :orly:
:orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly: :orly:
That's a different kind of OCD.
:indeed: I generally don't give a rat's ass about things being lined up neatly.
Which is why I don't take you on my military inspections. I thrill to see all the members standing at attention, ramrod straight, waiting for my approval.
Will you tap them appreciatively on their heads, if you are well pleased with the appearance?
She will rub them gently on the head, to show her approval. :queenie:
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Use it for what?
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That morning antacid might not work if you wash it down with orange juice! :duh:
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If you have heartburn or reflux issues, I reccomend gaviscon over traditional antacid tablets, the alginate in it coats the oesophagus and helps stop it burning if something on the menu decides it wants to fight back.
I get the stuff on my RX, used it earlier today, after drinking a whole bottle of 'sourz', a schnapps-esque mid strength sweet flavoured spirit drink, that is, as the name predicts, sour as hell. Did the entire bottle in three big shots, and got heartburn as well as pissed, but a few swallows of gaviscon reduced that to just 'pissed' :P
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I also suspect my weight is back up to a certain point at which heartburn becomes a daily concern. :apondering:
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Use it for what?
He has been complaining about his fingers hurting him. I suggested he try jacking off with his toes. A vacuum pump and pump oil would probably be better and easier.
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This one would tear his gonads off, or stretch them into something resembling a noodle. Or possibly, turn them inside out.
CBC-bah!, I get vicious reflux and I weigh fuck all.
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CBC-bah!, I get vicious reflux and I weigh fuck all.
Reflux sucks, in my case it is a sign of having reached a higher level of obesity. :orly:
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In mine, I put it down to my GI system just taking a general and highly prejudiced dislike of the rest of me.
I'm rx'd gaviscon by the ton, along with ranitidine and a proton pump inhibitor, varies between pantoprazole and omeprazole, and lansoprazole has been used also, although I can't say I notice any difference between the different PPIs.
I don't think I'm at much danger from obesity. For two reasons. I've one of those metabolisms that seem to be ok with packing down as much of whatever as it takes to satisfy my appetite, and two, there never seems to be enough food here anyway.
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There seems to be some sort of road construction or overhead wire work every block around here
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I have found out that the ONLY way to remove the door lock mechanism on the rear side door an a land rover discovery is to take off the door top...one of the support bars for it totally blocks getting the lock out... wonderful design feature that!
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CBC-bah!, I get vicious reflux and I weigh fuck all.
Reflux sucks, in my case it is a sign of having reached a higher level of obesity. :orly:
:congrats: :P
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This morning, instead of the newspaper I'm subscribed to, I found a different newspaper on the doormat. Not that bothered by it but do hope that tomorrow my regular newspaper is laying there.
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I saw two vehicles with trailers on the parkway where they are prohibited and normally pulled over rather quickly
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Someone's dog is barking, nearby.
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I could hear people playing the drums outside earlier and when I went for an after dinner walk I found out they were about a quarter mile away at the beach
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I could hear people playing the drums outside earlier and when I went for an after dinner walk I found out they were about a quarter mile away at the beach
Go yell at them for disturbing the peace! :get: :oneliner: :rock:
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I could hear people playing the drums outside earlier and when I went for an after dinner walk I found out they were about a quarter mile away at the beach
Go yell at them for disturbing the peace! :get: :oneliner: :rock:
It wasn't bad it was almost like those jungle drums you hear in the movies it was a little odd
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Maybe they want Kong to appear.
(http://www.cinemascream.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Kong-Island-poster-egypt.jpg)
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Jeeh, finally I got the confirmation, via email a couple of minutes ago, that the webshop has received my money. Oinky doinky, 15 days it took for the money to be transferred.. I could've walked to and fro the store and paid cash and be happily chopping up some veggies, by now, in that timespan.
Well, all's well that ends w....
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A couple of days ago I tossed the core, with the many little seeds, of a melon on top of the soil where my two sexy ladies 'house in'. Couple of those seeds have now 'hatched' and little shoots have now emerged on top of mention soil.
:laugh:
I'm going into the melon trade as well now. ("
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Got an email today, that what I had ordered was not available, and that my bill was being cancelled.
Very weird, two days ago I got an email telling me they had shipped what I had ordered, and that it was on it's way.
Time warps?
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Got an email today, that what I had ordered was not available, and that my bill was being cancelled.
Very weird, two days ago I got an email telling me they had shipped what I had ordered, and that it was on it's way.
Time warps?
Did you order a bill canceller? If so, it has been delivered. :tinfoil:
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Found a shield bug (Heteroptera/a green one) on one of my plants about an hour ago. I should have killed the fucker, for they can do some serious damage to plants, but instead I shot the bug off a leave using my finger.
Iz going to fiercely check the plants from now on.
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Adults helping unaccompanied children cross a busy avenue. Random acts of kindness to protect the chil'rens :)
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Someone else's take on HP
When people say these books are children’s books, as if to demean them, I balk. These books dealt with themes that adults do not fully understand or wish to. It dealt with racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, prejudice, and general ignorance. These books taught us that it doesn’t matter how you were raised, but that you get to choose to be kind, loyal, brave, and true. They taught us to be strong under the pressures of this world and to hold fast to what we know to be right. These books taught me so much, they changed me as a person. So just because they’re set against a fantastical backdrop with young protagonists does not mean that their value is any less real.
First book: Starts with the double murder of a pair of twenty-one year olds who were much missed and leaving their baby son a war orphan. A child growing up in abusive conditions that would give Cinderella the horrors. Dealing with peers and teachers who are bullies. The fickleness of fame (from the darling of Gryffindor to the outcast.) The idea that there are things worth fighting and dying for, spoken by the child protagonist. Three children promptly acting on that willingness to sacrifice their lives, and two of them getting injured doing so.
Second book: The equivalent of racism with the pro-pureblood attitude. Plot driven by an eleven year old girl being groomed and then used by a charming, handsome older male. The imbalance of power and resultant abuse inherent in slavery. Fraud perpetuated by stealing something very intimate.
Third book: The equivalent of ableism with a decent, kind and competent adult being considered less than human because he has an illness that adversely affects his behaviour at certain times. A justice system that is the opposite of just. Promises of removing an abused child from the abusive environment can’t always be kept. The innocent suffer while the guilty thrive.
Fourth book: More fickleness of fame. The privileged mistreating and undermining the underprivileged because they can. A master punishing a slave for his own misjudgment, and the slave blaming herself. A sports tournament which involves mortal risk being cheered by spectators. A wonderful young man being murdered simply because he was in the way. A young boy being tortured, humiliated and nearly murdered.
Fifth book: PTSD in the teenage protagonist. Severe depression in the protagonist’s godfather, triggered by inherited mental health issues and being forced to stay in a house where abuse occurred. A bigoted tyrant who lives to crush everyone under her heel, torturing a teenager for telling the truth in the name of the government (and trying to suck his soul out too). The discovery that your idols can have feet of clay after all. An effort to save the life of someone dear and precious actually costing that very same life. The loss of a father-figure and the resultant guilt.
Sixth book: The idea that a soul can be broken beyond repair. Drugs with the potential for date rape are shown as having achieved exactly that in at least one case, resulting in a pregnancy. Well-meaning chauvinism trying to control the love life of a young woman. Internalized prejudice resulting in refusing the one you love, not out of lack of love but out of fear of tainting them. The mortality of those that seem powerful and larger than life.
Seventh book: Bad situations can get worse, to the point where even the privileged end up suffering and afraid. More internalized prejudice and fear hysterical terror of tainting those you love. Self-sacrifice and the loss of loved ones, EVERYWHERE. Those who are bitter are often so with a reason. The necessity of defeating your inner demons, even though it’s never as cool as it sounds. Don’t underestimate those that are enslaved. Other people’s culture isn’t always like your own. Things often come full circle (war ending with the death of a dearly-loved pair of new parents and their orphaned baby son living with his dead mother’s blood relative instead of his young godfather). Even if ‘all is well’ the world is still imperfect, because it’s full of us brilliant imperfect humans.
So… still think that Harry Potter is a kid’s series with no depth?
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As I grew up with Harry Potter, I never really identified "kids" stuff as immature. In fact at the age I was reading HP I thought most adults were hypocritical morons. Actually...I kind of still do lol. But just because something is for kids does not automatically = no depth.
It's for kids. With depth. :)
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The volunteers working on the houses where I worked today were great for a change, most of the time they are just a big pain in the ass
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As I grew up with Harry Potter, I never really identified "kids" stuff as immature. In fact at the age I was reading HP I thought most adults were hypocritical morons. Actually...I kind of still do lol. But just because something is for kids does not automatically = no depth.
It's for kids. With depth. :)
Harry Potter didn't come out until I was in my 50's. So I read it as sensible literature that matured as the protagonist and the original audience matured. I don't pay much attention to the target age group, just read for the joy of a book or series. Redwall is pretty good too.
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As I grew up with Harry Potter, I never really identified "kids" stuff as immature. In fact at the age I was reading HP I thought most adults were hypocritical morons. Actually...I kind of still do lol. But just because something is for kids does not automatically = no depth.
It's for kids. With depth. :)
Harry Potter didn't come out until I was in my 50's. So I read it as sensible literature that matured as the protagonist and the original audience matured. I don't pay much attention to the target age group, just read for the joy of a book or series. Redwall is pretty good too.
Oo, I'll look into Redwall.
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Two of these dragonflies are flying in/above my garden at present.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KqzkNPf1mUc/UdM90FTHg7I/AAAAAAABCMo/Ww7rvKjLt38/s800/28_zuidelijke_glazenmaker___aeshna_affinis_4_filtered.jpg)
Fascinating creatures they are.
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Two of these dragonflies are flying in/above my garden at present.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KqzkNPf1mUc/UdM90FTHg7I/AAAAAAABCMo/Ww7rvKjLt38/s800/28_zuidelijke_glazenmaker___aeshna_affinis_4_filtered.jpg)
Fascinating creatures they are.
That they are, I love dragon flies did you know they spend the first part of there lives underwater where they are also fierce predators
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Yes yes, they are fierce predators in their water 'phase'. I just love their ability to fly about so perfectly.. making acute angles in no time. Or the hovering they do.. lingering in one spot in the air. Brilliant.
How old can they get, I'm wondering now.
Ah!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly#Life_cycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly#Life_cycle)
As long as five years in the water in their larval stage.. and only one season out of the water.. according to the wiki article.
Posted a video on I² earlier about the creature. Maybe if I find it again I'll repost it. Was a cool vid..
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Different video about 'wagonfries' but an informative one, I'd say.
Dragonfly Wings in Slow Motion - Smarter Every Day 91 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxrLYv0QXa4#ws)
Iz now want that book about insects..
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One day at the park a little dragonfly landed on my arm. I let him sit there for awhile...and then he crawled out of his skin. I never knew they molted like snakes! :)
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Scotland has a sense of humour.
Some of them are quite apropos of I2 members
http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2014/06/23/things-are-a-little-different-in-scotland-22-pics/ (http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2014/06/23/things-are-a-little-different-in-scotland-22-pics/)
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My Brugmansia started to open up its first flower this season. Happened last night butz..
Example of a Brugmansia:
(http://www.andreasflowers.nl/pictures/brugmansia_wit.jpg)
(not mine)
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A lot of people who live at the condos I worked on today smoke pot, almost every time I work there I smell it at some point during the day
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
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A lot of people who live at the condos I worked on today smoke pot, almost every time I work there I smell it at some point during the day
Perhaps they'll share. :dunno:
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My Brugmansia started to open up its first flower this season. Happened last night butz..
Example of a Brugmansia:
(http://www.andreasflowers.nl/pictures/brugmansia_wit.jpg)
(not mine)
Nice. Need to get some Datura/moonflower seeds for this fall. Miss those, similar and they do so well here.
My naked ladies have just started to bud.
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My Brugmansia started to open up its first flower this season. Happened last night butz..
Example of a Brugmansia:
(http://www.andreasflowers.nl/pictures/brugmansia_wit.jpg)
(not mine)
Nice. Need to get some Datura/moonflower seeds for this fall. Miss those, similar and they do so well here.
My naked ladies have just started to bud.
I like moon flowers too. I think I'll plant some for my mom.
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
Come on you know you want it, you could put it in the living room for when company comes over and you need some alone time :zoinks:
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
Come on you know you want it, you could put it in the living room for when company comes over and you need some alone time :zoinks:
What if someone got locked in there?
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Went out with a couple of colleagues to a Chinese food place. In the middle of of it all, a woman appears out of nowhere, apparently employed by the restaurant, and starts asking us about how our evening is and goes on to suggest us to share our meals between each other.
Seriously?
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Went out with a couple of colleagues to a Chinese food place. In the middle of of it all, a woman appears out of nowhere, apparently employed by the restaurant, and starts asking us about how our evening is and goes on to suggest us to share our meals between each other.
Seriously?
:GA:
America is odd. :spaz:
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In Chinese restaurants they usually serve big family portions which are usually shared.
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The house I was working on today had their back yard completely covered with artificial turf :zombiefuck:
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They always come back. Well, Scrap does. :zoinks:
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
Come on you know you want it, you could put it in the living room for when company comes over and you need some alone time :zoinks:
What if someone got locked in there?
Don't give me any ideas. >:D
I want it, I really do. :autism:
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
Come on you know you want it, you could put it in the living room for when company comes over and you need some alone time :zoinks:
What if someone got locked in there?
Don't give me any ideas. >:D
I want it, I really do. :autism:
I'd like an anechoic chamber...
Can Silence Actually Drive You Crazy? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVGIb3bzHI#ws)
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The things you see for free on Craigslist that you wish you had room for.
Sensory Deprivation Tank
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/4602794955.html)
Looks a little like a modded 250 gallon oil tank. :LOL:
Come on you know you want it, you could put it in the living room for when company comes over and you need some alone time :zoinks:
What if someone got locked in there?
Don't give me any ideas. >:D
I want it, I really do. :autism:
I'd like an anechoic chamber...
Can Silence Actually Drive You Crazy? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVGIb3bzHI#ws)
You're already crazy. :P
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There was a wheelchair mix-up at the airport, just now. An elderly nun needed one but got two.
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There was a wheelchair mix-up at the airport, just now. An elderly nun needed one but got two.
Did you take the other one? :oldman:
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People are idiots! Oh, you said random!
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That's one smart baby:
Parent: What does a cow say?
Baby: "Moo!"
Parent: Yes! And what does a sheep say?
Baby: "Baah!"
Parent: Yay! And what does a pig say?
Baby: *Whistles* "Damn babygirl u a fine piece'a ass wanna hop n my car n ill drive ya to pound town!!"
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That's one smart baby:
Parent: What does a cow say?
Baby: "Moo!"
Parent: Yes! And what does a sheep say?
Baby: "Baah!"
Parent: Yay! And what does a pig say?
Baby: GET THE FUCK ON THE GROUND BEFORE I SHOOT YOU, SON!
Yup.
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There was a wheelchair mix-up at the airport, just now. An elderly nun needed one but got two.
Did you take the other one? :oldman:
:laugh:
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Too many nuts out driving today. One was a guy on the motorcycle must have been doing over 100 mph, I was going about 70 and he zipped by quickly, others weaving in and out of traffic like they were racing :GA:
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I forgot what I was going to post.
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There was a wheelchair mix-up at the airport, just now. An elderly nun needed one but got two.
Did you take the other one? :oldman:
No, I don't need one just yet.
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Daughter's boyfriend seems to have spent the night here.
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Daughter's boyfriend seems to have spent the night here.
Offer him breakfast, and after he agrees, feed him pickled herring. :arrr:
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Daughter's boyfriend seems to have spent the night here.
Offer him breakfast, and after he agrees, feed him pickled herring. :arrr:
Yummy!!! :hyke: I really dislike salted herring, but pickled herring is nice.
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I passed a broken down car that was on the other side of the highway two of the passengers where looking under the hood the third was walking about on the side of the highway strumming an electric guitar and appeared to be signing :dunno:
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My son still can not hit the target consistently, but today, he put two pellets directly on top of each other in three different places.
That means three "perfect misses" which were each repeated.
This was from fifteen feet away, but stacking misses, means that what ever he is doing is at least becoming consistent.
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Airgun I assume? how old is your son?
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Yes and he pumps it (evil father has found a way to have him build muscle in his upper body) up himself.
My son is now fifteen and has only JUST taken an interest in my massive collection of weaponry. I bought this pump pistol (beauty - Crosman pump air pistol - 600 FPS, .177 caliber) to aid his interest. His gaming has created a real world interest.
I have set up a decent back stop and we also have a pump Sheridan .22 caliber carbine (that airgun is actually forty four years old - bought it when I was a teen and it still works flawlessly! I have always maintained all my weapons). Yes, lots of exercise pumping that one as well.
As we move forward, he will have access to larger more advanced .22LR caliber pistols (I own six, various configurations, including Magnums), 9mm (I own three), .38/357 (I own eight, including six various Magnums), .44 Magnum caliber (I own sixteen, various double action, single action, single shot, long and short barrels, one is a carbine by Browning), .45 (I own three, Model 1911, plus one custom made target weapon from Thompsom, two Ruger single action plus a Glock, different type of .45) and also some rifles in .22 (I own twelve, Marlin, Ruger, Winchester, Remington, etc.).
Once we get into centerfire long weapons, I can introduce him to Ruger mini-14s (I own three), Remington .223 (just the one), AR-15 (one) Winchester .243 (one), .308 or NATO 7.62 (I own seven, one is a Weatherby), 30.06 (I own two, one is Weatherby), .300 Magnum (I own two, both are Weatherby) and one incredible .375 Weatherby Magnum (this one will definitely throw him on his ass, if he tries to shoot it now. He is still learning to shoot!)
Somewhere between the .243 and the .308, I will introduce him to a 20 gauge shotgun (I own two - both Remington one pump, one auto) and then 12 gauge shotgun (I own six - three auto, one pump, two double barrel) and eventually a 4 gauge (I own one double barrel, but that thing scares even me and I have shot a lot! - it will be a while before he is ready for that monster).
We are just getting started and I have only peaked hie interest. For about three months, I have allowed him to handle (disassemble, clean, re-assemble, dry fire, etc.) some of the more interesting weapons. His interest is in large handguns (testosterone?).
I am well on the way to teaching him to be safe and handle a weapon confidently.
As if I did not already have a reason to live ...
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Too many nuts out driving today.
(http://www.motorweek.org/images/over_the_edge/3104_planters_nutmobile.jpg)(http://www.prototypesource.com/images/Vehicles/Nutmobile-Snapshot.jpg)
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About eighteen years ago, while my mother-in-law was still alive, she made me a Halloween costume. Like in your picture, she made me a Mr. Peanut outfit, FFS.
That was the last time I dressed for Halloween.
It was fucking awesome and I felt like TeH KING SHIT!!!!
8)
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About eighteen years ago, while my mother-in-law was still alive, she made me a Halloween costume. Like in your picture, she made me a Mr. Peanut outfit, FFS.
That was the last time I dressed for Halloween.
It was fucking awesome and I felt like TeH KING SHIT!!!!
8)
:laugh:
Hopefully no one was allergic.... :P
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About eighteen years ago, while my mother-in-law was still alive, she made me a Halloween costume. Like in your picture, she made me a Mr. Peanut outfit, FFS.
That was the last time I dressed for Halloween.
It was fucking awesome and I felt like TeH KING SHIT!!!!
8)
:laugh:
Hopefully no one was allergic.... :P
LOL!!
TBH, Everything is allergic to me.
Even mosquitoes do not bite me. When they try, I see them abandon the effort almost instantly and fly away, spitting.
(kidding about the spitting, obviously, but seriously, they NEVER bite me) ... and bees and wasps generally keep their distance. Spiders seem to want something from me though. (I do not abide spiders, however, except to photograph them and document what their various lifestyles are like ... a hobby, mind you. I HATE them! I LOVE them!).
I am even impervious to poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and mesquite thorns. Not sure why, but I'll take it.
... but even metals. No matter what I touch, steel, silver, copper, nickel (not really gold - I wear a gold wedding ring. No troubles, although it is considerably smaller than when we bought them. Maybe I just eat gold and do not know it.) if I do not wipe the surfaces down, it is likely to become oxidized within hours.
Such is Life as Teh Dawg and such.
If my Awesome Fucking MR. PEANUT Costume killed someone or even sent them into anaphylactic shock, then I would have loved to have documented this for future reference.
:headbang2:
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About eighteen years ago, while my mother-in-law was still alive, she made me a Halloween costume. Like in your picture, she made me a Mr. Peanut outfit, FFS.
That was the last time I dressed for Halloween.
It was fucking awesome and I felt like TeH KING SHIT!!!!
8)
:laugh:
Hopefully no one was allergic.... :P
LOL!!
TBH, Everything is allergic to me.
Even mosquitoes do not bite me. When they try, I see them abandon the effort almost instantly and fly away, spitting.
(kidding about the spitting, obviously, but seriously, they NEVER bite me) ... and bees and wasps generally keep their distance. Spiders seem to want something from me though. (I do not abide spiders, however, except to photograph them and document what their various lifestyles are like ... a hobby, mind you. I HATE them! I LOVE them!).
I am even impervious to poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and mesquite thorns. Not sure why, but I'll take it.
... but even metals. No matter what I touch, steel, silver, copper, nickel (not really gold - I wear a gold wedding ring. No troubles, although it is considerably smaller than when we bought them. Maybe I just eat gold and do not know it.) if I do not wipe the surfaces down, it is likely to become oxidized within hours.
Such is Life as Teh Dawg and such.
If my Awesome Fucking MR. PEANUT Costume killed someone or even sent them into anaphylactic shock, then I would have loved to have documented this for future reference.
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Lol. Well thats interesting about the metals... I'm allergic to anything around my neck (break out in eczema rash), to air pollutants including exhaust and cigarette smoke- but not UNTIL I start some sort of cardiovascular exercise..then boom, airways constrict. Also allergic to lactose, msg (gives me headache), and for some reason tomatoes have always given me a headache.
My father is not allergic to poison ivy. I am slightly, but mosquitos don't like me very much...sometimes they bite but not nearly as much as they attack others. Spiders bite me repeatedly when they do. I never get one spider bite, always a little cluster.
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4-gauge double barrel?
Fuck me, thats got to have some recoil.
I've been looking on ebay just recently for some decent capacitors, with the intent of building a quality, highpowered gauss rifle, we have an old (pre-war, no idea by how long) metal capstan lathe here in the toolshed that would be just perfect for carving out rounds from steel stock. Got a few big old electrolytics here that are pretty juicy, but they do need reconditioning. Don't have many, only the four, but judging from the size and thickness (almost 4mm thick) of the bus-bars connecting them as the are wired up now, methinks in a marx generator configuration, or cockroft-walton, (with a big beefy diode array on the return path to avoid any accidental depolarization and destruction of the cap dielectric, they might well be able to produce sufficient magnetic field in a solenoid to propel a round fast enough to do some damage.
Either way, will be fun trying. Firearms are hard to come by in the UK. We have such a govt full of bellends almost continually, that they are afraid of the populace having any means to defend themselves. Although they go even MORE mental when it involves explosives, as I found out a few years back.
Nickel is known for causing allergies, but most other metals aren't. Gold certainly doesn't, it is more or less completely inert, aqua regia is one of the very few things that will attack and dissolve gold (a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric and nitric acids, this forms nitrosyl chloride in situ, which will attack the gold), apart from probably fused molten cyanides (this even dissolves iridium, a platinum-group metal noted for its extreme hardness, great weight, and near impervious to attack, other than by molten cyanides and molten caustic bases (E.g NaOH)
I figure mercury attacks gold also, presumably forming an amalgam, as some third-world gold panners use a pan filled partially with Hg to pick up and dissolve the gold, which is then distilled off to leave it behind.
Surprising you aren't allergic to poison ivy/oak/sumac though, given their ability as an allergic sensitizer. Although, if you have only encountered it once chances are you won't react, as the urushiols present in these plants are indeed allergic sensitizers, a prior exposure is required before they will cause the typical blistering.
Last time I did halloween dress-up, I hacked together a hoodie and a goat's skull (minus the goat), so that the skull poked out of the hood, giving a grim-reaper kind of look. Proper shit up more than one person who had their door knocked on :D
Mosquitos rarely bother me, although they used to, but not now.
Spiders, never had a problem with one I didn't inadvertently antagonise, the only bite I can recall, was from my pet brown widow, whilst cleaning her enclosure, after she had just laid egg sacks, and presumably was still pregnant with more. I never got to find out, as she, and all the couple of hundred-odd baby widow spiders I'd raised were murdered by police when they raided this place once.
Fucking sank her fangs into my hand, although usually widows in general are very shy and gentle spiders. NOT a fun experience, the day after the bite I felt as though I had been run over by a truck.
Never encountered poison ivy and friends, they don't grow here (wish I could find seed actually), so I don't know about that, but otherwise the only thing I'm allergic to is beta-lactam antibiotics (the penicillins, and presumably the carbapenems, although these are reserved for the most intractable resistant infections, and share apparently only partial crossreactivity, immunologically speaking, with the penicillins) and presumably anything else with the beta-lactam cyclic amide motif also.
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TBH, Everything is allergic to me.
Even mosquitoes do not bite me. When they try, I see them abandon the effort almost instantly and fly away, spitting.
I'd like to be like that. Unfortunately, mosquitoes love me. The ones in DC positively revelled in my visit.
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4-gauge double barrel?
Fuck me, thats got to have some recoil.
I've been looking on ebay just recently for some decent capacitors, with the intent of building a quality, highpowered gauss rifle, we have an old (pre-war, no idea by how long) metal capstan lathe here in the toolshed that would be just perfect for carving out rounds from steel stock. Got a few big old electrolytics here that are pretty juicy, but they do need reconditioning. Don't have many, only the four, but judging from the size and thickness (almost 4mm thick) of the bus-bars connecting them as the are wired up now, methinks in a marx generator configuration, or cockroft-walton, (with a big beefy diode array on the return path to avoid any accidental depolarization and destruction of the cap dielectric, they might well be able to produce sufficient magnetic field in a solenoid to propel a round fast enough to do some damage.
Either way, will be fun trying. Firearms are hard to come by in the UK. We have such a govt full of bellends almost continually, that they are afraid of the populace having any means to defend themselves. Although they go even MORE mental when it involves explosives, as I found out a few years back.
Nickel is known for causing allergies, but most other metals aren't. Gold certainly doesn't, it is more or less completely inert, aqua regia is one of the very few things that will attack and dissolve gold (a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric and nitric acids, this forms nitrosyl chloride in situ, which will attack the gold), apart from probably fused molten cyanides (this even dissolves iridium, a platinum-group metal noted for its extreme hardness, great weight, and near impervious to attack, other than by molten cyanides and molten caustic bases (E.g NaOH)
I figure mercury attacks gold also, presumably forming an amalgam, as some third-world gold panners use a pan filled partially with Hg to pick up and dissolve the gold, which is then distilled off to leave it behind.
Surprising you aren't allergic to poison ivy/oak/sumac though, given their ability as an allergic sensitizer. Although, if you have only encountered it once chances are you won't react, as the urushiols present in these plants are indeed allergic sensitizers, a prior exposure is required before they will cause the typical blistering.
Last time I did halloween dress-up, I hacked together a hoodie and a goat's skull (minus the goat), so that the skull poked out of the hood, giving a grim-reaper kind of look. Proper shit up more than one person who had their door knocked on :D
Mosquitos rarely bother me, although they used to, but not now.
Spiders, never had a problem with one I didn't inadvertently antagonise, the only bite I can recall, was from my pet brown widow, whilst cleaning her enclosure, after she had just laid egg sacks, and presumably was still pregnant with more. I never got to find out, as she, and all the couple of hundred-odd baby widow spiders I'd raised were murdered by police when they raided this place once.
Fucking sank her fangs into my hand, although usually widows in general are very shy and gentle spiders. NOT a fun experience, the day after the bite I felt as though I had been run over by a truck.
Never encountered poison ivy and friends, they don't grow here (wish I could find seed actually), so I don't know about that, but otherwise the only thing I'm allergic to is beta-lactam antibiotics (the penicillins, and presumably the carbapenems, although these are reserved for the most intractable resistant infections, and share apparently only partial crossreactivity, immunologically speaking, with the penicillins) and presumably anything else with the beta-lactam cyclic amide motif also.
Nah, I have been exposed to all those "poison" plants on a number of occasions. I am completely immune to any reaction from any of these.
In Fact, when I lived in Tennessee I was cutting a massive bunch of vines from the back fence of a rental property when my new neighbor stopped by and FREAKED out, because I was wearing shorts, no shirt and I was carrying a double armload of machete'd poison ivy vines to a fire I had going. The poison ivy in Tennessee looked a lot different from the poison ivy in Texas (already knew it meant nothing to my system) and I did not even know what it was. I just knew I wanted it away from my fence.
THEN, when he saw me take it to a fire, he went totally ballistic, saying that I was going to poison the entire neighborhood if I just burned those vines!
It took some considerable resolve to make an effort be a good neighbor on my part but I composted those vines instead of burning them. Many years later, once we all had internet, I found that his "old wives tale" about smoke and such from poisonous plants can indeed affect a wide area of allergic people, I was glad that I had taken his ranting seriously, even though I had no reaction whatsoever.
Hey, a hoodie and a goat's head sounds like a current day scary outfit. I was not really going for scary, just funny. You should have seem me work that cane!
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... and YES, the 4 gauge is an amazingly powerful beast. I have fired MANY high powered weapons in my life, but this thing is a monster and it hurts to even think of the recoil!
Had friends with "pet" spiders, but I never had one. I like to find them in the wild and spend days photographing them in their own habitat. As I mentioned - hobby, meaning I can not make a living doing this.
I have only been bitten once by a spider and it was a grass spider (Agelenopsis) which looks almost identical to Loxoceles (very bad - Brown Recluse fame) except that it has eyes in pairs instead of threes. Still a fiddleback, but totally NOT deadly.
BTW, if you are actually seeking out seeds for a plant that is NOT native to your area, I recommend extreme caution!
:police:
IN fact, do NOT do it!
Just enjoy the plants you can safely raise and leave the exotics to a qualified nursery or better yet, leave those plants to their native lands and keep your native plants safe.
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Serious business!
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Oh I've grown plenty exotic plants in my time. Trichocereus cacti, used to have some yopo trees, small ones but they grow quite fast (Anadenanthera colubrina and A.peregrina, producers of bufotenine in the seeds, they are used to make a hallucinogenic snuff by the indigenous people from their living area, amazon basin)
And others, I forget what but I've had quite a few interesting and oddball plants of that sort. Likewise fungi. Grown several patches of Psilocybe cyanescens (wavy caps), one of the most potent of the psilocybin mushrooms. So much so in fact that one batch I picked from my woodchip beds after spawning them, took that home and had a housemate at the time (who incidentally turned out to be a total cunt of the worst possible kind, only uncuntlike in that she lacked warmth, depth or use to humanity), but we were cleaning the harvest, and noticed at first, massively blown pupils, then things started getting a brighter, more colourful and wavy, wobbly, after a while cleaning those little buggers I actually started tripping moderately hard, and neither of us had actually EATEN a single mushroom.
And its true about burning certain plants. Poison ivy and its relatives' active principles, urushiols are resinous, oily compounds and are volatilized in smoke, burning poison ivy is dangerous to be around if you react, the damage can be very serious indeed.
Oleander is worse, burning oleander wood has apparently been known to kill before, as its extremely toxic (cardenolide type cardiac glycosides similar to digitalis, strophanthin and ouabain)
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4-gauge double barrel?
Fuck me, thats got to have some recoil.
(Edited quote)
BTW, I found this pic, comparing various shotgun shells.
Note that a typical "Big Boy" shotgun is a 12 Gauge, which generally sports a one and one half to (sometimes) two ounce load of lead and at Magnum pressures, it is quite a usable weapon on fairly large dangers.
Recognize that the 4 gauge is usually three ounces to four ounces of lead and generally they fire at the same velocities, 1,100 (standard load) to 1,600 (or more for Magnum pressure load) feet per second. Using a slug instead of shot, this was used historically to discourage elephants and rhinos. The only reason I own one is for the curiosity of the damn thing and just because I can.
(http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Shotshell-Comparison.jpg)
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Oh I've grown plenty exotic plants in my time. Trichocereus cacti, used to have some yopo trees, small ones but they grow quite fast (Anadenanthera colubrina and A.peregrina, producers of bufotenine in the seeds, they are used to make a hallucinogenic snuff by the indigenous people from their living area, amazon basin)
And others, I forget what but I've had quite a few interesting and oddball plants of that sort. Likewise fungi. Grown several patches of Psilocybe cyanescens (wavy caps), one of the most potent of the psilocybin mushrooms. So much so in fact that one batch I picked from my woodchip beds after spawning them, took that home and had a housemate at the time (who incidentally turned out to be a total cunt of the worst possible kind, only uncuntlike in that she lacked warmth, depth or use to humanity), but we were cleaning the harvest, and noticed at first, massively blown pupils, then things started getting a brighter, more colourful and wavy, wobbly, after a while cleaning those little buggers I actually started tripping moderately hard, and neither of us had actually EATEN a single mushroom.
And its true about burning certain plants. Poison ivy and its relatives' active principles, urushiols are resinous, oily compounds and are volatilized in smoke, burning poison ivy is dangerous to be around if you react, the damage can be very serious indeed.
Oleander is worse, burning oleander wood has apparently been known to kill before, as its extremely toxic (cardenolide type cardiac glycosides similar to digitalis, strophanthin and ouabain)
I grew up in South Texas. We had a ten foot hedge, about eight hundred feet long of oleander along one side of our yard. Always cutting to keep it in check, always burning because there was no such thing as city pick up in those days. Hell, there was barely anything anyone could call a city.
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Burning it (the oleander) was a seriously dangerous thing to do. The plant is so toxic, even a couple of leaves is enough to kill a child, and people have been sickened and hospitalized after sharing a piece of meat cooked on a skewer carved from its wood.
You got a pic of that beast of a shotgun? loaded with slugs that thing would make one hell of a mess of any housebreaker, although quite possibly, of the rest of the house along with it :D
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Oh I've grown plenty exotic plants in my time. Trichocereus cacti, used to have some yopo trees, small ones but they grow quite fast (Anadenanthera colubrina and A.peregrina, producers of bufotenine in the seeds, they are used to make a hallucinogenic snuff by the indigenous people from their living area, amazon basin)
And others, I forget what but I've had quite a few interesting and oddball plants of that sort. Likewise fungi. Grown several patches of Psilocybe cyanescens (wavy caps), one of the most potent of the psilocybin mushrooms. So much so in fact that one batch I picked from my woodchip beds after spawning them, took that home and had a housemate at the time (who incidentally turned out to be a total cunt of the worst possible kind, only uncuntlike in that she lacked warmth, depth or use to humanity), but we were cleaning the harvest, and noticed at first, massively blown pupils, then things started getting a brighter, more colourful and wavy, wobbly, after a while cleaning those little buggers I actually started tripping moderately hard, and neither of us had actually EATEN a single mushroom.
And its true about burning certain plants. Poison ivy and its relatives' active principles, urushiols are resinous, oily compounds and are volatilized in smoke, burning poison ivy is dangerous to be around if you react, the damage can be very serious indeed.
Oleander is worse, burning oleander wood has apparently been known to kill before, as its extremely toxic (cardenolide type cardiac glycosides similar to digitalis, strophanthin and ouabain)
Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
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Burning it (the oleander) was a seriously dangerous thing to do. The plant is so toxic, even a couple of leaves is enough to kill a child, and people have been sickened and hospitalized after sharing a piece of meat cooked on a skewer carved from its wood.
You got a pic of that beast of a shotgun? loaded with slugs that thing would make one hell of a mess of any housebreaker, although quite possibly, of the rest of the house along with it :D
Yeah, everyone knows NOT to use the oleander as a skewer. Seriously, I have burned it for years with no ill effects.
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I am indeed aware of the problems should such things get loose.
And if the smoke of oleander is inhaled it can and has done quite a bit of poisoning people in the past.
And yes, I'm from england. We here have an invasive nasty, japanese knotweed that is an absolute plague wherever it gets established, which it does extremely well.
I read somewhere, an area the size of a football pitch (or was it swimming pool, one of the two) of soil must be dug out and burnt enough to kill anything living in it before just one plant is considered removed properly, as the tiniest bit of root can spawn another plant, and its a total bugger to poison also.
And we have another, less friendly, also pretty invasive plant, giant hogweed. Its an umbellifer, first brought in as a garden ornamental by the victorians, and it does indeed look nice, with sharply jagged multilobed leaves, reddish areas on its hairy stem, and it grows really tall, as tall as some small trees, produces masses of seed when fertilized.
Only problem, invasiveness aside, is that its severely phototoxic, containing a variety of furanocoumarin derivatives which increase skin sensitivity to sunlight manyfold, to the extent of causing severe burning and blistering. It got me once, and raised a big black blistered welt on my leg that lasted quite some time. Mostly I've only ever seen it confined to a local forested area, but lately, I have seen it growing along the nearest main road to me, where it could easily have gotten somebody.
The initial effect was a blister that resembles those produced by for ex. sulfur mustard or lewisite (neither of which I've had the personal 'pleasure' of thankfully)
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Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
Speaking of honey suckle, we have a massive invasion of honey suckle shrubs here in the ohio river valley...so bad it is rare to see new saplings thriving on their own. Our other invasive species is the wild garlic mustard....they grow like their on frickin steroids. :GA:
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Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
Speaking of honey suckle, we have a massive invasion of honey suckle shrubs here in the ohio river valley...so bad it is rare to see new saplings thriving on their own. Our other invasive species is the wild garlic mustard....they grow like their on frickin steroids. :GA:
I do not understand your comment regarding honeysuckle.
Are you sure that the ones that rarely survive infancy are the invasive species? From what I have been able to determine, you folk in the Ohio Valley are in the same shape as we people in the White River Valley.
Japanese honeysuckle has invaded all the central states in the USA.
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Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
Speaking of honey suckle, we have a massive invasion of honey suckle shrubs here in the ohio river valley...so bad it is rare to see new saplings thriving on their own. Our other invasive species is the wild garlic mustard....they grow like their on frickin steroids. :GA:
I do not understand your comment regarding honeysuckle.
Are you sure that the ones that rarely survive infancy are the invasive species? From what I have been able to determine, you folk in the Ohio Valley are in the same shape as we people in the White River Valley.
Japanese honeysuckle has invaded all the central states in the USA.
I meant new saplings of native trees are a rare sight. The honeysuckle is everywhere, definitely thriving.
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Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
Speaking of honey suckle, we have a massive invasion of honey suckle shrubs here in the ohio river valley...so bad it is rare to see new saplings thriving on their own. Our other invasive species is the wild garlic mustard....they grow like their on frickin steroids. :GA:
I do not understand your comment regarding honeysuckle.
Are you sure that the ones that rarely survive infancy are the invasive species? From what I have been able to determine, you folk in the Ohio Valley are in the same shape as we people in the White River Valley.
Japanese honeysuckle has invaded all the central states in the USA.
I meant new saplings of native trees are a rare sight. The honeysuckle is everywhere, definitely thriving.
There are certain species of plants that manage to "poison" the surrounding soil with hormones that they create which are capable of preventing germination by any other plant.
Hickory and walnut both do this. Once established, nothing can grow anywhere near one of those nut trees, totally preventing any form of competition. I am not sure if Japanese honeysuckle can do this, but I do know that once established, nothing grows anywhere near them, then they spread like crazy weeds, here in central USA.
While it is a beautiful plant when established and very fragrant, anyone who grows this plant locally is a criminal, in my way of thinking.
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There are certain species of plants that manage to "poison" the surrounding soil with hormones that they create which are capable of preventing germination by any other plant.
Hickory and walnut both do this. Once established, nothing can grow anywhere near one of those nut trees, totally preventing any form of competition. I am not sure if Japanese honeysuckle can do this, but I do know that once established, nothing grows anywhere near them, then they spread like crazy weeds, here in central USA.
While it is a beautiful plant when established and very fragrant, anyone who grows this plant locally is a criminal, in my way of thinking.
I believe there is evidence that both species of bush honey suckle as well as the japanese honey suckle are allelopathic (they poison the soil to prevent other plants from competing, as you mentioned).
In my mind planting these invasive species IS criminal...it jeopardizes native biodiversity and cannot be easily controlled. Thats a crime as devastating as bio-warfare.
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Back OT:
I just downloaded the entire Led Zeppelin collection in HD 196Hz/24bit.
This is quite different from CD resolution which is typically 44Hz/16bit on anything from the "Redbook" catalog.
I remember when my dad first heard "Good Times, Bad Times" from the initial track on the first Led Zeppelin album played on our low quality RCA monaural, single speaker record player. I had borrowed the album from a "friend" and I wanted for him to hear it. I was fourteen and being born in 1926, he was forty three. He had already listened to and taught me a few Beatles songs on guitar growing up.
He was a musician and quite immune to the "normal" father reaction of being pissed of and disgusted with sixties rock music.
His eyes were size of saucers hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time and he just said, "This is different. I like it!"
He did not like the whole thing and he thought the singer was prissy (but so did I, now, I think of Robert Plant as the most incredibly unbridled emo singer in history - still like him), but any of the bluesy sounding tracks my dad liked.
A week later he was teaching me how to play my guitar using bar chords, like Jimmy Page was doing.
Having these albums in this high-resolution format has brought back some pleasant memories of my father.
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There are certain species of plants that manage to "poison" the surrounding soil with hormones that they create which are capable of preventing germination by any other plant.
Hickory and walnut both do this. Once established, nothing can grow anywhere near one of those nut trees, totally preventing any form of competition. I am not sure if Japanese honeysuckle can do this, but I do know that once established, nothing grows anywhere near them, then they spread like crazy weeds, here in central USA.
While it is a beautiful plant when established and very fragrant, anyone who grows this plant locally is a criminal, in my way of thinking.
I believe there is evidence that both species of bush honey suckle as well as the japanese honey suckle are allelopathic (they poison the soil to prevent other plants from competing, as you mentioned).
In my mind planting these invasive species IS criminal...it jeopardizes native biodiversity and cannot be easily controlled. Thats a crime as devastating as bio-warfare.
Thank you. I am glad to find a co-combatant in this war.
PS.
Sorry, I never know when using proper scientific nomenclature will put people off. Often it is just easier to describe things as they seem, rather than trying an appropriate term.
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Maybe the term "exotic" was improperly used.
When I caution you against bringing in non-native plants, it is with a learned mind and heavy heart from seeing what can happen when imports compete too readily with native species.
Your exotics sound fine in your climate (UK-ish, right?).
An example of my fear coming to pass is our local (Central Indiana, USA) import of Japanese Honeysuckle or the southern import of an un-natural horror called kudzu.
These plants have been introduced from foreign lands and they have actually become a nuisance to native species in the area.
Be very careful!
:police:
Speaking of honey suckle, we have a massive invasion of honey suckle shrubs here in the ohio river valley...so bad it is rare to see new saplings thriving on their own. Our other invasive species is the wild garlic mustard....they grow like their on frickin steroids. :GA:
I do not understand your comment regarding honeysuckle.
Are you sure that the ones that rarely survive infancy are the invasive species? From what I have been able to determine, you folk in the Ohio Valley are in the same shape as we people in the White River Valley.
Japanese honeysuckle has invaded all the central states in the USA.
I meant new saplings of native trees are a rare sight. The honeysuckle is everywhere, definitely thriving.
There are certain species of plants that manage to "poison" the surrounding soil with hormones that they create which are capable of preventing germination by any other plant.
Hickory and walnut both do this. Once established, nothing can grow anywhere near one of those nut trees, totally preventing any form of competition. I am not sure if Japanese honeysuckle can do this, but I do know that once established, nothing grows anywhere near them, then they spread like crazy weeds, here in central USA.
While it is a beautiful plant when established and very fragrant, anyone who grows this plant locally is a criminal, in my way of thinking.
I wonder if there will be sterile versions of the Japanese honeysuckle as a garden-plant soon. Makes good sense, only importing sterile versions of exotic plants.
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The Prunus serotina is a pest in Dutch woods. There are not that many any more as when I was a young kid, due to eradication plans. But, it will probably always be part of our ecosystems now, and, when not kept in control, it will take over most of the lower growth in the few woods we still have.
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Where as the Prunus serotina was introduced as a plant to benefit wood-production areas, the Heracleum mantegazzianum was introduced as a garden plant, early previous century. It hardly has any natural predators here, so it can be a real pest, with the option of causing nasty burning wounds.
First time I saw it in the neck of the woods I grew up was when I was 12. Lots of fancy "import" people, moving to the charming country, brought it with them. Pretty plant, very pretty, but nasty stuff.
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
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The volunteers working on the houses where I worked today were great for a change, most of the time they are just a big pain in the ass
Your volunteers might do better if you paid them. :autism:
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The volunteers working on the houses where I worked today were great for a change, most of the time they are just a big pain in the ass
Your volunteers might do better if you paid them. :autism:
That would work :tard:
I was working on two houses for Habitat for Humanity they hire me to do the blown in insulation in the attics of the houses they build in the area and I charge them a reduced rate to cover expenses. Some of the volunteers they get clearly don't want to be there and are just putting in hours toward what ever they have to it for but the ones at these houses were polite, worked hard and were generally helpfull
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
Without calling first or even knocking? :zombiefuck:
That's a good way to get shot around here.
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
Without calling first or even knocking? :zombiefuck:
That's a good way to get shot around here.
If he was to inspect an empty dwelling his actions could be reasonable. I'm not sure how much or little he could see in the windows.
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
Without calling first or even knocking? :zombiefuck:
That's a good way to get shot around here.
:tooledup:
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
Without calling first or even knocking? :zombiefuck:
That's a good way to get shot around here.
Around here too. I worry about at times when I go and look at houses I am bidding work on and the people tell me they will not be home and to let myself in, I always make a lot of noise and knock really loud just in case they forgot to tell someone who might be home when I get there. It's better now that I work for myself, were I used to work the salesmen use to get addresses wrong all the time or forget to tell the people someone was coming out that day
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Earlier, this morning, a local authority lady rang my doorbell and, after I opened the door, she asked me one simple question.. whether I did own a dog? I said no.. but do come in. No no.. bye. Hu? That was an überly brief social interaction.
:lol1:
They stopped "hondenbelasting" in my area, so no local authority man ringing my doorbell any more.
The other day there was a man at my door, trying to enter with a key though. And then peeking through my windows. When I opened he asked me if I was one of the Polish people. Told him my Polish vocabulary consisted of two words only.
They had given him the wrong address. I asked him if he was allowed to enter, just like that. He said that for a house inspection he could. Apparently we're getting new tenants next door.
Without calling first or even knocking? :zombiefuck:
That's a good way to get shot around here.
If he was to inspect an empty dwelling his actions could be reasonable. I'm not sure how much or little he could see in the windows.
House inspections only happen when there is a change in rental contract. I had one when my ex officially left the house. But, then they will still ring the doorbell, and will not just enter like that. They will not enter a house that is still inhabited without permission of the inhabitants.
My neighbours are not the direct tennants, the company they work for are the ones paying the rent. And somehow they have things like this in their contracts.
But yeah, in a different neighbourhood, this could have ended completely different for him.
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Not too many people have put out their fall clean up stuff yet guess it was too hot yesterday
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Loud Neighbor is becoming a bit more considerate about storing his trash in the hall. :thumbup:
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Running around in a haze, arranging things, can last longer than I thought I could at the moment.
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Neighbour lady from across the street has sold her house.. hence the sign outside (in her garden) is saying so since this morning. Well, good for her.
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I was waiting at the train station this morning and I noticed a blonde girl with overdone makeup on. Then I got on the train and sat down and I saw this girl put even more makeup on. She certainly didn't need it.
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Maybe there was still some face visible.
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There was a pair of women's shoes next to the curb across the street from the convenience store
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Stash Tea Decaf Vanilla Nut Crème...remind me never to buy this.
Someone gave me some to try.
Imagine sucking on a dishrag. :zombiefuck:
*dumps tea*
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electric razors aren't any good
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Stash Tea Decaf Vanilla Nut Crème...remind me never to buy this.
Someone gave me some to try.
Imagine sucking on a dishrag. :zombiefuck:
*dumps tea*
Not sure if I would try anything with Nut Crème in it :zoinks:
I hate almost all those flavored coffee things and pretty sure I would not like the tea ones either
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Sunrise came with very nice colourings this morning.
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Apparently the Dog is very gullible.
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(http://www.roblurted.com/wp-content/uploads/You-Threw-The-Ball.jpg)
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(http://www.roblurted.com/wp-content/uploads/You-Threw-The-Ball.jpg)
Actually its going into the pantry and knocking on the door....
and he doesn't have a ball to throw.... just a scorpion beanie baby.
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Actually its going into the pantry and knocking on the door....
I don't think the interwebs has a meme poster for that. :zoinks:
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Actually its going into the pantry and knocking on the door....
I don't think the interwebs has a meme poster for that. :zoinks:
then make one.... :thumbup:
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Actually its going into the pantry and knocking on the door....
One of my cats does things like that. He can make an awful lot of noise that way. A while ago I was a night away from home. The noise he made made my neighbours hope that at least I was enjoying the noisy exercises in bed.
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Actually its going into the pantry and knocking on the door....
I don't think the interwebs has a meme poster for that. :zoinks:
then make one.... :thumbup:
That sounds like work. :zoinks:
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This morning, chilly still at about 10h40, I counted 13 Red Admirals* sunbathing on the leaves of the fig tree. Nice picture.
*
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEe8LJNEnzBGNmQivBY_e-g0SMi_QE4cQ6BSek8i68sW5XX2DV)
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My sister-in-law popped by.
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There's a reading light in our living room that flickers whenever the coffee machine is making coffee. :P
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I was waiting at the train station this morning and I noticed a blonde girl with overdone makeup on. Then I got on the train and sat down and I saw this girl put even more makeup on. She certainly didn't need it.
That reminds me of people who drown their already-salty soup with MORE salt before they even taste it! :laugh:
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Maybe there was still some face visible.
Outstanding curmudgeonry! A real grumpy-old-man comment! :oldman: goddammit
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Maybe there was still some face visible.
Outstanding curmudgeonry! A real grumpy-old-man comment! :oldman: goddammit
It's what I do best. :M
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Maybe there was still some face visible.
Outstanding curmudgeonry! A real grumpy-old-man comment! :oldman: goddammit
It's what I do best. :M
You channel your inner Mike Ehrmantraut! (https://m1.behance.net/rendition/projects/14271681/orig/d3ffbb11e8b1952cc7d0f794940d20f2.jpeg)
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More like these guys.
Grumpy Old Men: Series 1, Episode 3 - A Life in the Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTGh5u8PTyY#ws)
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I saw an opossum in the back yard
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My son is doing the laundry this week. I wonder if he'll ever learn.
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
Do these children dress up in costume, to scare you in exchange for your candy?
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
Do these children dress up in costume, to scare you in exchange for your candy?
Nah, they sing sweet and silly songs, and walk around with lanterns they made themselves.
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
Do these children dress up in costume, to scare you in exchange for your candy?
Nah, they sing sweet and silly songs, and walk around with lanterns they made themselves.
As long as they don't burn themselves. :GA: At least in a month, you'll get to dress in blackface and throw hard cookies at them. :zoinks:
Do any Dutch holidays not involve giving candy to children? With less than two months between Halloween and the arrival of Sinterklaas, it seems that all of the children should be fat as Americans from eating all of that junk food. :snowman:
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In the US, do you offer fries with the candy when the kids come knocking on your door?
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In the US, do you offer fries with the candy when the kids come knocking on your door?
Of course. :zoinks: We'll even make them a large order of fries for an extra dollar. :trollface:
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It's good to know that the kids are all right. :P
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It's good to know that the kids are all right. :P
Bells chime, and they know they gotta get away. :zoinks:
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
Do these children dress up in costume, to scare you in exchange for your candy?
Nah, they sing sweet and silly songs, and walk around with lanterns they made themselves.
As long as they don't burn themselves. :GA: At least in a month, you'll get to dress in blackface and throw hard cookies at them. :zoinks:
Do any Dutch holidays not involve giving candy to children? With less than two months between Halloween and the arrival of Sinterklaas, it seems that all of the children should be fat as Americans from eating all of that junk food. :snowman:
When I was a kid, Easter was more about a huge fire than about chocolate eggs.
Most festivities for kids do come with sweet stuff though. Is it any different in your country?
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Hardly any StMarten kids showing up this year. One group of seven boys, and a cute little toddler singing a song an hour after that.
So here I am, stuck with too much candy, and some plastic dinosaurs. Chased the paperlady to get her some candy.
:P
I couldn't figure out why you were handing out candy on Veterans Day, until I remembered that it's an actual holiday in Germany. :autism: In America, we handed out candy two weeks ago, on Halloween. :witch:
It's a weird day. Very locally celebrated or ignored, in quite a few European countries. I like living in a place where it is celebrated again. But, it does not have the excitement it had when the world was still dark after sunset.
Do these children dress up in costume, to scare you in exchange for your candy?
Nah, they sing sweet and silly songs, and walk around with lanterns they made themselves.
As long as they don't burn themselves. :GA: At least in a month, you'll get to dress in blackface and throw hard cookies at them. :zoinks:
Do any Dutch holidays not involve giving candy to children? With less than two months between Halloween and the arrival of Sinterklaas, it seems that all of the children should be fat as Americans from eating all of that junk food. :snowman:
When I was a kid, Easter was more about a huge fire than about chocolate eggs.
Most festivities for kids do come with sweet stuff though. Is it any different in your country?
Although it varies by culture and region, children can generally expect sweets on Easter, Halloween and Christmas (or Hanukkah), plus birthdays and, sometimes, Valentine's Day. Parades may involve tossing sweets to children. We usually don't set huge fires on holidays unless drunk and/or rednecks. A common theme with American children and candy is that the children are typically expected to do a token task in exchange for the candy. For example, on Easter, they have to find it, and on Christmas, they have to be well behaved and hang up their stockings. A party may involve a piñata that children have to beat with sticks. Of course, we have no Kinder eggs in America. :zoinks:
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Of course, we have no Kinder eggs in America. :zoinks:
You have fries. :zoinks:
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Of course, we have no Kinder eggs in America. :zoinks:
You have fries. :zoinks:
Shouldn't the WHO investigate what is more dangerous to juvenile health?
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Of course, we have no Kinder eggs in America. :zoinks:
You have fries. :zoinks:
Would you like fries with those fries? :zoinks:
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I've said yes to an upsize only once in my entire life :laugh:
We have no supersize at Mickey D's though. Our large is probably 'murica's small :P
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I've said yes to an upsize only once in my entire life :laugh:
We have no supersize at Mickey D's though. Our large is probably 'murica's small :P
Your fries would fall out from being held upside down. :P
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Found a nice sized place that sells used appliances and furniture about two towns over...and sell it he does, for some nice $$. A lot of it in worse shape than the stuff I pass up, because I don't have the room to mess with it. Quite a few things sold and waiting for pickup. I even saw a couple vacuums there. :zoinks:
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Found a nice sized place that sells used appliances and furniture about two towns over...and sell it he does, for some nice $$. A lot of it in worse shape than the stuff I pass up, because I don't have the room to mess with it. Quite a few things sold and waiting for pickup. I even saw a couple vacuums there. :zoinks:
Perhaps you've found a buyer. :zoinks:
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Found a nice sized place that sells used appliances and furniture about two towns over...and sell it he does, for some nice $$. A lot of it in worse shape than the stuff I pass up, because I don't have the room to mess with it. Quite a few things sold and waiting for pickup. I even saw a couple vacuums there. :zoinks:
Perhaps you've found a buyer. :zoinks:
Perhaps. :zoinks:
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Found a nice sized place that sells used appliances and furniture about two towns over...and sell it he does, for some nice $$. A lot of it in worse shape than the stuff I pass up, because I don't have the room to mess with it. Quite a few things sold and waiting for pickup. I even saw a couple vacuums there. :zoinks:
Perhaps you've found a buyer. :zoinks:
Perhaps. :zoinks:
Trade vacuums for a furnace. :thumbup: :orly:
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There was ice an inch thick in a bucket I left outside yesterday it must be colder than if feels outside
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Of course, we have no Kinder eggs in America. :zoinks:
You have fries. :zoinks:
Would you like fries with those fries? :zoinks:
Nah. I'm trying to stay healthy. :zoinks:
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It's raining. Again.
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Poor girl. She's bound to be on pain meds to handle the back pain.
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Saw a coyote going down my street towards the marsh.
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Too early in the day for observations
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Too early in the day for observations
And too late to observe the stars?
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Saw a coyote going down my street towards the marsh.
Meanwhile, in America... :orly:
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My van drives so much nicer when heavily loaded too bad putting an extra 1500lbs in it kills my mileage
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I take it your van has a 1-ton chassis??
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I take it your van has a 1-ton chassis??
Yes it's an Ford E-350 it was made to be a passenger van but I only keep one back seat in mostly for Max who likes to sleep there when I take him out. It weighs just about 6000lbs empty and has a max of 8400. It's really going to suck gas tomorrow when I hook up the trailer to it
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Today is this member's birthday. :orly:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?action=profile;u=770 (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?action=profile;u=770)
This is their avatar. I really love that picture. :rofl:
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I take it your van has a 1-ton chassis??
Yes it's an Ford E-350 it was made to be a passenger van but I only keep one back seat in mostly for Max who likes to sleep there when I take him out. It weighs just about 6000lbs empty and has a max of 8400. It's really going to suck gas tomorrow when I hook up the trailer to it
Too bad those don't come with the 460's anymore. They got 8 mpg whether you were towing or not. :green:
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I take it your van has a 1-ton chassis??
Yes it's an Ford E-350 it was made to be a passenger van but I only keep one back seat in mostly for Max who likes to sleep there when I take him out. It weighs just about 6000lbs empty and has a max of 8400. It's really going to suck gas tomorrow when I hook up the trailer to it
Too bad those don't come with the 460's anymore. They got 8 mpg whether you were towing or not. :green:
My old pick up was like that 8-9 mpg trailer on or off it had an 8.1L and more real power than anything else I have driven. It was a fun truck. The van has a 351 and drops to about 8-9 mpg when loaded and pulling the trailer from its regular 11-12
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With your petrol prices, you can actually drive around with one of those. Here, you'd have to mortgage your house. :orly:
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With your petrol prices, you can actually drive around with one of those. Here, you'd have to mortgage your house. :orly:
You need to start bringing democracy to the Middle East. :thumbup:
They're not very affordable here, either. :GA:
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With your petrol prices, you can actually drive around with one of those. Here, you'd have to mortgage your house. :orly:
You need to start bringing democracy to the Middle East. :thumbup:
They're not very affordable here, either. :GA:
There are not that many vehicles that can carry a worthwhile payload that get all that much better it's a cost of doing business. One of my brothers had a little pick up that got over 20 mpg till you loaded it up then it dropped to under 15 and would barely make it up hills. At least for me 90% of my mileage is tax deductible as a business expense.
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The people whose house I am currently working on are nutty even by my very lax standards :GA:
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The people whose house I am currently working on are nutty even by my very lax standards :GA:
Interesting; how so?
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The people whose house I am currently working on are nutty even by my very lax standards :GA:
Interesting; how so?
The house is being renovated they come by after everyone leaves and walk around with flashlights and pick up everything that has been dropped of left around unattended inside or out down to individual nails then leave them in piles with a paper iding them and asking who the belonged to and if they want them back. She also writes almost everything down taking notes on everything you say.
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:laugh:
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If they're that crazy, they belong here. :P
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It's been a good day with good observations.... hope everyone has had a good day.
Actually....it's night and I am wired.
Well.....technically it's morning again.
*sigh*
It was a good day yesterday...today is also good. :D
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
:hug:
December 5th is a good day indeed. How are you beautiful bovine?
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
:hug:
December 5th is a good day indeed. How are you beautiful bovine?
I'm having two good days in a row now. So, life is good.
Trying to live the "seize the moment" life right now.
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
:hug:
December 5th is a good day indeed. How are you beautiful bovine?
I'm having two good days in a row now. So, life is good.
Trying to live the "seize the moment" life right now.
Seize the moment. :thumbup:
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
:hug:
December 5th is a good day indeed. How are you beautiful bovine?
I'm having two good days in a row now. So, life is good.
Trying to live the "seize the moment" life right now.
Seize the moment. :thumbup:
Carpe koekje. :santa:
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With your petrol prices, you can actually drive around with one of those. Here, you'd have to mortgage your house. :orly:
You need to start bringing democracy to the Middle East. :thumbup:
They're not very affordable here, either. :GA:
There are not that many vehicles that can carry a worthwhile payload that get all that much better it's a cost of doing business. One of my brothers had a little pick up that got over 20 mpg till you loaded it up then it dropped to under 15 and would barely make it up hills. At least for me 90% of my mileage is tax deductible as a business expense.
:indeed:
Those Mercedes Sprinter vans with the 3.0L turbodiesel that are popular in Europe have a bad reputation here in the US for lack of power and blown engines. It's basic physics, in order to make X amount of power, you need Y amount of metal in the engine to absorb that power. When you do what Mercedes did, reliability and longevity go out the window because that small of an engine is just too highly stressed.
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Spring Chicken, it is so good to see you.
December the fifth comes with nice surprises. :laugh:
Missed you.
:hug:
December 5th is a good day indeed. How are you beautiful bovine?
I'm having two good days in a row now. So, life is good.
Trying to live the "seize the moment" life right now.
Seizing the moment is always a good idea, glad you're having a good-day streak. :asthing: :hyke:
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With your petrol prices, you can actually drive around with one of those. Here, you'd have to mortgage your house. :orly:
You need to start bringing democracy to the Middle East. :thumbup:
They're not very affordable here, either. :GA:
There are not that many vehicles that can carry a worthwhile payload that get all that much better it's a cost of doing business. One of my brothers had a little pick up that got over 20 mpg till you loaded it up then it dropped to under 15 and would barely make it up hills. At least for me 90% of my mileage is tax deductible as a business expense.
:indeed:
Those Mercedes Sprinter vans with the 3.0L turbodiesel that are popular in Europe have a bad reputation here in the US for lack of power and blown engines. It's basic physics, in order to make X amount of power, you need Y amount of metal in the engine to absorb that power. When you do what Mercedes did, reliability and longevity go out the window because that small of an engine is just too highly stressed.
The one thing I really like about the sprinters is that you can stand up, or nearly so, in the back of them depending on the size you get but would never get one as I have hear first hand from people who had them about their problems.
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If they're that crazy, they belong here. :P
Yeah, you should invite them.
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The diner was crowded today, have to remember to get up earlier next week
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
Apparently classifying rich people as entitled slave owners isn't bigoted. :zoinks:
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
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It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
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If they're that crazy, they belong here. :P
Yeah, you should invite them.
I don't know them. :GA:
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
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It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
I don't hate rich people. I dislike entitled rich folk.
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
I don't hate rich people. I dislike entitled rich folk.
Most of them will not be aware. It's not a matter of if they could be aware. If you want you can dig up lots of information. But you have to be aware of something, before you start looking for that.
And even then. People will focus on an area in life they want to be aware of, being aware of everything is a task too big for most mortals.
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
I don't hate rich people. I dislike entitled rich folk.
I say potato, you say potato like a dick. :hahaha:
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The auto shut off on the gas pumps were I bought gas didn't work so well
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The auto shut off on the gas pumps were I bought gas didn't work so well
:GA:
Let them know, or call the state regulators. That's a good way to cause an uncontrollable gas leak.
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The auto shut off on the gas pumps were I bought gas didn't work so well
Haven't seen one around here in years; seems sensible to just do away with them.
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The auto shut off on the gas pumps were I bought gas didn't work so well
Haven't seen one around here in years; seems sensible to just do away with them.
The shutoff, not the plastic catch that used to keep the pump going when you took your hand off.
I assume. :dunno: I read this story as Parts getting his hands covered in gasoline. :spaz:
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Everyone left early today, except me and my son.
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The auto shut off on the gas pumps were I bought gas didn't work so well
Haven't seen one around here in years; seems sensible to just do away with them.
The shutoff, not the plastic catch that used to keep the pump going when you took your hand off.
I assume. :dunno: I read this story as Parts getting his hands covered in gasoline. :spaz:
Not on my hands but some leaked out and made a mess. I did have it go all over me once but not this time
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I say potato, you say potato like a dick. :hahaha:
You don't have to be mean.
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
I don't hate rich people. I dislike entitled rich folk.
Most of them will not be aware. It's not a matter of if they could be aware. If you want you can dig up lots of information. But you have to be aware of something, before you start looking for that.
And even then. People will focus on an area in life they want to be aware of, being aware of everything is a task too big for most mortals.
That always get me....My thought process: I can't imagine the average person worrying over even a little of this stuff without being nervous wrecks. So, I wonder, "ffks, how does change happen if not voluntarily?" Will it take a catastrophe before anything will change? but for things like- say climate change or bad international relations- a catastrophe is too late....so -if there is any logic/law to the survival our species -"there must be a way for change to start occurring voluntarily without a catastrophe prompt, without people becoming ineffective nervous wrecks".....but how???
I've been reading Mengzi and he has some sound advice on this. Speaking of which, here is a random observation:
The ch'i, or qi, in chinese is pictured below. It is actually two pictures, the lower left is rice, and the three lines above it, and trailing to the right is the steam. the ch'i is the steam coming off of the cooked rice...a life force, an energy, or breath. Pretty cool eh?
(http://cinske-znaky.unas.cz/imgs/%E6%B0%A3/zh/1/qi-1.png)
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I say potato, you say potato like a dick. :hahaha:
You don't have to be mean.
It's a funny joke, and it's funny, and you probably would have thought it was funny if I had said it to someone else. :dunno: People who talk out of the side of their mouths get on my nerves. I've faced it my whole life, so I'm not apologizing because you want to sugarcoat your words. You know why I like Richard so much? He hates Indians. He's encounters the stereotypical drunk poor reservation dweller everyday, and that's all he knows about Indians. I've never even seen that crap. I like Richard because he's cool to me and he was honest with me about the reason he hates Indians. :green:
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Apparently you can't talk about race without being a racist.
SCORE CARD:
Segregation 1
Humanity 0
It's a pest. Where PC talk was meant to make people be more respectful towards each other, it is being used more and more to make conversations impossible or utterly disrespectful.
I agree. The thing is...PC is a one size fits all bandaid. But conversation is one on one. It's never one size fits all. PC is good for speech givers for leaders who are speaking to diverse peoples... but for folks getting to know one another it doesn't seem to help. I'm guilty of reacting to it as well... Rage is one of the people who have helped me get over it better. dunno where he is tho... :apondering:
Rage hates rich people too, so that's a good choice. :thumbup:
I don't hate rich people. I dislike entitled rich folk.
Most of them will not be aware. It's not a matter of if they could be aware. If you want you can dig up lots of information. But you have to be aware of something, before you start looking for that.
And even then. People will focus on an area in life they want to be aware of, being aware of everything is a task too big for most mortals.
That always get me....My thought process: I can't imagine the average person worrying over even a little of this stuff without being nervous wrecks. So, I wonder, "ffks, how does change happen if not voluntarily?" Will it take a catastrophe before anything will change? but for things like- say climate change or bad international relations- a catastrophe is too late....so -if there is any logic/law to the survival our species -"there must be a way for change to start occurring voluntarily without a catastrophe prompt, without people becoming ineffective nervous wrecks".....but how???
I've been reading Mengzi and he has some sound advice on this. Speaking of which, here is a random observation:
The ch'i, or qi, in chinese is pictured below. It is actually two pictures, the lower left is rice, and the three lines above it, and trailing to the right is the steam. the ch'i is the steam coming off of the cooked rice...a life force, an energy, or breath. Pretty cool eh?
(http://cinske-znaky.unas.cz/imgs/%E6%B0%A3/zh/1/qi-1.png)
No. I never would have figured that out if you hadn't told me. :orly:
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I say potato, you say potato like a dick. :hahaha:
You don't have to be mean.
It's a funny joke, and it's funny, and you probably would have thought it was funny if I had said it to someone else. :dunno: People who talk out of the side of their mouths get on my nerves. I've faced it my whole life, so I'm not apologizing because you want to sugarcoat your words. You know why I like Richard so much? He hates Indians. He's encounters the stereotypical drunk poor reservation dweller everyday, and that's all he knows about Indians. I've never even seen that crap. I like Richard because he's cool to me and he was honest with me about the reason he hates Indians. :green:
Gopher Gary, if you knew me a little better you'd know I rarely ever use the word hate. Its worse than a curse word for me...an extremely strong negative feeling to have. If I ever use it I am at wits end or pretending to be someone else, and I think I have only ever used it to refer to a person (as opposed to a thing) once or twice ever. So I specifically do not use that word for that reason. I'm not talking out of the side of my mouth. You can love someone who you also dislike. You cannot love someone who you hate. Its not a joke to me...if anyone around me (physically) uses the term hate even to describe a smell or a thing, I make a comment...it is the one word I do not take or use lightly.
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This is a day with perfect beds in the morning.
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I say potato, you say potato like a dick. :hahaha:
You don't have to be mean.
It's a funny joke, and it's funny, and you probably would have thought it was funny if I had said it to someone else. :dunno: People who talk out of the side of their mouths get on my nerves. I've faced it my whole life, so I'm not apologizing because you want to sugarcoat your words. You know why I like Richard so much? He hates Indians. He's encounters the stereotypical drunk poor reservation dweller everyday, and that's all he knows about Indians. I've never even seen that crap. I like Richard because he's cool to me and he was honest with me about the reason he hates Indians. :green:
Gopher Gary, if you knew me a little better you'd know I rarely ever use the word hate. Its worse than a curse word for me...an extremely strong negative feeling to have. If I ever use it I am at wits end or pretending to be someone else, and I think I have only ever used it to refer to a person (as opposed to a thing) once or twice ever. So I specifically do not use that word for that reason. I'm not talking out of the side of my mouth. You can love someone who you also dislike. You cannot love someone who you hate. Its not a joke to me...if anyone around me (physically) uses the term hate even to describe a smell or a thing, I make a comment...it is the one word I do not take or use lightly.
Like I said, potato dictater, it's just a rose by another name. He didn't use the word hate either. So what? And yes you are talking out of the side of your mouth. Saying things like, poor sad misunderstood you, how you guess you're the only one who can understand what you're trying to express, saying only someone who has been stigmatized, stereotyped and repressed could possibly comprehend the humor and irony in your bigoted statements. Poor sad misunderstood you and your outrage of being a slave. Just say I don't get it because I'm not poor or black, instead of dancing around it and talking out the side of your sweet mouth.
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I haven't left the House all day today. -_-
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Below freezing this morning. The world looks oddly dead.
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Here it is still weirdly warm. Storm and hail did make up for a cold feel though.
They say it may be 12ºC this afternoon.
It is grey, dark and gloomy.
Maybe I should put up some Christmas decorations, just because of the twinkly lights.
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I suspect the freezing temperatures are only a temporary setback. Christmas Eve will apparently be mild and rainy.
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I suspect the freezing temperatures are only a temporary setback. Christmas Eve will apparently be mild and rainy.
The true Christmas atmosphere.
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I suspect the freezing temperatures are only a temporary setback. Christmas Eve will apparently be mild and rainy.
The true Christmas atmosphere.
Unless you live in Australia. :GA:
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people are just killing each other left and right. guns, knives, vehicles. daaaaang. what is UP with the world?
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people are just killing each other left and right. guns, knives, vehicles. daaaaang. what is UP with the world?
Yep. It used to be stones, arrows, spears, poison.
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
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I suspect the freezing temperatures are only a temporary setback. Christmas Eve will apparently be mild and rainy.
The true Christmas atmosphere.
Unless you live in Australia. :GA:
We might have some stormy humid weather on christmas eve and christmas day.
Why does every storm forecast lately come with a SEVERE weather warning? I mean, I know it's good to be cautious because otherwise the weather people would get shit on if there turned out to be golfball size hail and stuff and there was no warning, but on the other hand it puts people into a hysteria and the media blows it out of proportion before the first drop of rain has fallen.
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
That's not a xmas tree it's an xmas butt plug :santa:
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
It was way more ugly.
It was made out of a couple of wrecked trees, and then someone threw a chain of lights in it. Could not find a proper picture on the web showing how ugly it was. And that is a good thing indeed.
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I haven't left the House all day today. -_-
I've left it only to put my trash bag on the curb.
Some of my best days are spent in the apartment, not leaving it, not even speaking. :nicegear:
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
Dude, that's a butt plug. :GA:
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Strange men kept petting my hair while I was out shopping. :zombiefuck:
I should start charging for the experience. :apondering:
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Strange men kept petting my hair while I was out shopping. :zombiefuck:
I should start charging for the experience. :apondering:
Have you begun styling it a new way, or using a new conditioner? :tard:
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Bryan Cranston has a really great nose, especially in profile! :heisenberg:
(http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/2108575/Bryan-Cranston-and-Aaron-Paul-on-Breaking-Bad_event_main.jpg)
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All I can think of is Aaron Paul saying "yo bitch".
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Went out to several stores this morning around 830 to finish up xmas shopping and surprisingly they were almost empty including Walmart and Kmart plus a few others
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Yesterday I nearly got covered under a 6 ft high stack of wired cages, filled with raisins, flour and powdered sugar in the supermarket. It was highly unstable, and I was lucky to notice it topping over at a point where I was able to push it back up. So, I wanted to warn someone that a disaster was bound to happen. Saw a girl, got her attention, she wanted me to wait. I said it was urgent. That very moment another employee brushed the side of the stack, and the whole contraption fell over. Thank goodness no one in the dangerzone. And I said: "That was what I wanted to tell you."
I had forgotten something, and had to go back to that shop. Saw the same contraption standing again, with the shop-owner next to it. Asked him if he thought it was safe now. He said now they had stored the stuff inside more balanced. Yeah, right, as if customers do not change the carefully found balance when they go looking through the stuff. So, I advised him to secure it with something like tie down straps.
Weird, how some people have no notion about weight, balance, simple physics and behaviour of customers in a shop.
:facepalm2:
Funny, other shop in my village, that owner checked everything that could possibly have a kid climbing in or on it by climbing on it himself.
:laugh:
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It's good no one got hurt. :-\
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Yesterday I nearly got covered under a 6 ft high stack of wired cages, filled with raisins, flour and powdered sugar in the supermarket. It was highly unstable, and I was lucky to notice it topping over at a point where I was able to push it back up. So, I wanted to warn someone that a disaster was bound to happen. Saw a girl, got her attention, she wanted me to wait. I said it was urgent. That very moment another employee brushed the side of the stack, and the whole contraption fell over. Thank goodness no one in the dangerzone. And I said: "That was what I wanted to tell you."
I had forgotten something, and had to go back to that shop. Saw the same contraption standing again, with the shop-owner next to it. Asked him if he thought it was safe now. He said now they had stored the stuff inside more balanced. Yeah, right, as if customers do not change the carefully found balance when they go looking through the stuff. So, I advised him to secure it with something like tie down straps.
Weird, how some people have no notion about weight, balance, simple physics and behaviour of customers in a shop.
:facepalm2:
Funny, other shop in my village, that owner checked everything that could possibly have a kid climbing in or on it by climbing on it himself.
:laugh:
Your country must not have enough lawsuits. :zoinks: They just need to put up a sign: Beweare of Falling Rasins. :lol1:
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I have more nuts, bolts, and screws then I'll ever use in 3 lifetimes.
Seriously, if a couple of screws ever come loose I know where to find 1000 more. :zombiefuck:
Organizers stuffed full of the stuff....
I think it's time to sort, bag, and slim down a bit.
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I have more nuts, bolts, and screws then I'll ever use in 3 lifetimes.
Seriously, if a couple of screws ever come loose I know where to find 1000 more. :zombiefuck:
Organizers stuffed full of the stuff....
I think it's time to sort, bag, and slim down a bit.
I am to the point I have begun scrapping them unless they are odd or particularly useful sizes. I went once with five or six 5 gallon buckets of them as part of the load I had. I even have special buckets with holes in them so I can leave them out behind the shed without them filling with water
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I have more nuts, bolts, and screws then I'll ever use in 3 lifetimes.
Seriously, if a couple of screws ever come loose I know where to find 1000 more. :zombiefuck:
Organizers stuffed full of the stuff....
I think it's time to sort, bag, and slim down a bit.
I am to the point I have begun scrapping them unless they are odd or particularly useful sizes. I went once with five or six 5 gallon buckets of them as part of the load I had. I even have special buckets with holes in them so I can leave them out behind the shed without them filling with water
Scrapped some last year. Need to drill some buckets though and get some of it out of there so I'm not tripping on the shit. :thumbup:
Some is definitely scrap...but some is new stuff that my dad crammed in organizers. Trying to sort that.
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A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
It was way more ugly.
It was made out of a couple of wrecked trees, and then someone threw a chain of lights in it. Could not find a proper picture on the web showing how ugly it was. And that is a good thing indeed.
:GA:
A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
That's not a xmas tree it's an xmas butt plug :santa:
This artist keeps making butt plug statues. :orly:
A storm blew the most ugly Christmas tree of the country over. It is no more.
At first, I thought of this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0EWydwIQAA4rcc.jpg)
But that's in Paris. :eiffel: Was it uglier than this tree (http://thatslikewhoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ugly-tree6.jpg)? I don't want to post it because it's a very ugly tree, and it causes me to spaz out. :spaz:
Dude, that's a butt plug. :GA:
How would you know? :trollface:
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The diner was quiet this morning just the regulars were there
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I saw proper mail poking out of all the other units' letterboxes but all we got was junk mail.
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I'm the only one up.
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
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GO DUCKS!!!
GO DUCKS!!!
Congratulations
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
Why do you feed your dog oatmeal? :orly:
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
Why do you feed your dog oatmeal? :orly:
He has food issues one he is somewhat fussy about what he eats and two he has some sort of metabolic condition where he has trouble keeping on weight so he gets extra food. The vet could find nothing wrong and said he could do more tests but they were expensive and to just give him a little extra food and bring him in again if anything changed. As to the oat he likes it, he usually gets some every morning. For dinner he gets a dry dog base with chicken, beef or ham cooked in rice, that we cook, over top of it two big bowls of it. Also treats and snacks during the day. He is somewhat spoiled I guess :LOL:
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
Why do you feed your dog oatmeal? :orly:
Because Max is as big as a small horse?
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
Why do you feed your dog oatmeal? :orly:
Because Max is as big as a small horse?
At 80 pounds or so he's not nearly as big as Yoyo was but still not that small either. Yoyo was 140 at his peak
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Max is being fussy he didn't eat his oatmeal yet
Why do you feed your dog oatmeal? :orly:
He has food issues one he is somewhat fussy about what he eats and two he has some sort of metabolic condition where he has trouble keeping on weight so he gets extra food. The vet could find nothing wrong and said he could do more tests but they were expensive and to just give him a little extra food and bring him in again if anything changed. As to the oat he likes it, he usually gets some every morning. For dinner he gets a dry dog base with chicken, beef or ham cooked in rice, that we cook, over top of it two big bowls of it. Also treats and snacks during the day. He is somewhat spoiled I guess :LOL:
Yeah, he sounds a little spoiled. Your post made me envision him sitting in a chair at the dinner table with you while eating his homecooked chicken and rice. Mom always says she wants to be reincarnated as someone's beloved pet. :thumbup:
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I saw a hot air balloon today on my to look at an addition I am bidding on, not sure if I would want to go up in one in the middle of the winter when the temp was below freezing :zombiefuck:
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Daughter's boyfriend eats like a horse.
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Daughter's boyfriend eats like a horse.
Offer him a carrot. :thumbup:
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Daughter's boyfriend eats like a horse.
Offer him a carrot. :thumbup:
He'd need more than one.
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Daughter's boyfriend eats like a horse.
Offer him a carrot. :thumbup:
He'd need more than one.
Put a sugar cube in your hand and feed him. :orly:
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Do you have to muck out after him?
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Do you have to muck out after him?
Someone has to. :GA:
:plus:
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
That's disappointing. :P I was expecting drama. :rollingpin:
Congratulations to your daughter for finding a good boyfriend, or condolences to your daughter for having a boyfriend that her father likes. :thumbup:
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The new guy working in the warehouse where I buy building supplies is rather grumpy
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
:jawdrop:
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The guy that interviewed me for the job at the Video Store, looks like Woody Harrelson from Cheers.
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
That's disappointing. :P I was expecting drama. :rollingpin:
Congratulations to your daughter for finding a good boyfriend, or condolences to your daughter for having a boyfriend that her father likes. :thumbup:
They still seem happy with each other.
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
:jawdrop:
I know. It happens, all right?
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
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I wonder if he did achieve nirvana in the end.
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My ex-boyfriend loved Nirvana even though he knew they wouldn't make more music. I think it is ok to do that.
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
She probably knows already.
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
She probably knows already.
Well, she did not, but I talked to her today.
Everyone in the house is sick as hell with a nasty flu-thing. We kept them both home from school, I called off work, as did my wife. WE all need to recover. It is below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside and the wind is wicked.
She now understands that the extent of her latest obsession is finite.
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
She probably knows already.
Well, she did not, but I talked to her today.
Everyone in the house is sick as hell with a nasty flu-thing. We kept them both home from school, I called off work, as did my wife. WE all need to recover. It is below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside and the wind is wicked.
She now understands that the extent of her latest obsession is finite.
The Foo Fighters are still making music. :rock:
There is more to grunge than Nirvana. Perhaps she should expand her collection into Nirvana's influences. :headbang2:
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walked today and saw trash out on the ground more so then usual, more for rent that were for sale then usual...A couple walked out on their home and the bank repossessed it, now it's getting a 'make-over' as it were...looks different...Big old nasty rear dump pod in the front for all the junk in the 'walked away' home...
There are a lot of out of town folks...the holidays are over and they are still sticking around...
Apparently I'm too old and too overweight to join the army reserves...oh well I can always volunteer at the army hospice...
The weather is cold as heck and cloudy out...
that is about all I've got for now
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
She probably knows already.
Well, she did not, but I talked to her today.
Everyone in the house is sick as hell with a nasty flu-thing. We kept them both home from school, I called off work, as did my wife. WE all need to recover. It is below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside and the wind is wicked.
She now understands that the extent of her latest obsession is finite.
The Foo Fighters are still making music. :rock:
There is more to grunge than Nirvana. Perhaps she should expand her collection into Nirvana's influences. :headbang2:
I have always liked Foo Fighters. Their music is a little more commercial than what my daughter seeks. She also like heavy stuff, like Skillet, as well.
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Skillet? As in Christian rock?
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
She probably knows already.
Well, she did not, but I talked to her today.
Everyone in the house is sick as hell with a nasty flu-thing. We kept them both home from school, I called off work, as did my wife. WE all need to recover. It is below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside and the wind is wicked.
She now understands that the extent of her latest obsession is finite.
The Foo Fighters are still making music. :rock:
There is more to grunge than Nirvana. Perhaps she should expand her collection into Nirvana's influences. :headbang2:
I have always liked Foo Fighters. Their music is a little more commercial than what my daughter seeks. She also like heavy stuff, like Skillet, as well.
For your daughter, then:
Meat Puppets II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9s5GOFs0g#ws)
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Skillet? As in Christian rock?
:uses best MONSTER voice: I FEEL LIKE A MONSTER!!
Of course. Great music.
I like it as well. We have our times when we are alone and we both just look at each other and one says, "Hey! It's just us. Wanna rock out!?!" or something to similar effect.
We have a long list of music we use to shake the floor. When she was smaller, I would pick her up and swing her around, but at fourteen, being a full grown woman and stuff, I can no longer serve up such a treat for her. She is taller than her mom at five feet, four inches.
But, yeah, I actually listen to Skillet.
8)
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Skillet? As in Christian rock?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY)
A couple of examples of what my daughter is into.
Play it really loud with an awesome subwoofer. The massive keyboard bass is quite impressive.
It is decent rock music. BTW, I can do the "monster voice", naturally, but only for about a minute or so. My voice dies after that much abuse.
LoL
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Skillet? As in Christian rock?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY)
A couple of examples of what my daughter is into.
Play it really loud with an awesome subwoofer. The massive keyboard bass is quite impressive.
It is decent rock music. BTW, I can do the "monster voice", naturally, but only for about a minute or so. My voice dies after that much abuse.
LoL
Monster is great. :thumbup:
Never heard of them until I ran across that one just cruising youtube looking for my fix one night...loved it.
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^Will have to check. Not now, though. I doubt anyone in my vicinity wants to participate.
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Definitely going to check out those vids later.
I was going to talk about the Skillet song I used to listen to a lot, then I looked it up and it was actually Third Day. (Thief.) I must have had a mislabelled file.
It's been a while.
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Definitely going to check out those vids later.
I was going to talk about the Skillet song I used to listen to a lot, then I looked it up and it was actually Third Day. (Thief.) I must have had a mislabelled file.
It's been a while.
Honestly, it usually seems like some kind of vague accusation of wrong doing by some, once it is revealed that a person actually listens to music with a tincture of Christianism in the musical message.
I do not think of music in such horrid terms.
When I hear great music, I just listen and then replay if I like it. The message often escapes me, but not always.
I enjoy a lot of music with an obvious spiritual content, such as Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, etc. My spiritual side lives within me and without me, as the Beatles said.
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Skillet? As in Christian rock?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzU-9iozmo&index=17&list=RDuGcsIdGOuZY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY)
A couple of examples of what my daughter is into.
Play it really loud with an awesome subwoofer. The massive keyboard bass is quite impressive.
It is decent rock music. BTW, I can do the "monster voice", naturally, but only for about a minute or so. My voice dies after that much abuse.
LoL
Monster is great. :thumbup:
Never heard of them until I ran across that one just cruising youtube looking for my fix one night...loved it.
There is quite bit more to explore, when you have an interest.
Some of their music is a bit soft for my taste. I like really heavy hard core electric rock, mostly.
Do not get me wrong, I also seek out string quartets and piano jazz and (I just love ALL music) a bit of everything.
BUT, when I want to just fucking rock out, I have options!
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OH and I have always had a soft spot for bass players with enough ballz to play a five string!
The guy simply rocks!
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I wonder if he did achieve nirvana in the end.
At the business end of a shotgun? Hard to judge.
I still wonder if there was some hanky panky. Remember he has a song where he states over and over and over and over, "I don't have a gun!"
I do not want to be the tough guy here, but SERIOUSLY!
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But. anyway ... as this convo started originally ...
My daughter seems to have become a bit obsessed with Nirvana lately.
Can anyone offer me a way to help her (she is fourteen, mind you) understand the song, "Rape Me"
:zombiefuck:
"Rape Me"
Rape me
Rape me my friend
Rape me
Rape me again
I'm not the only one [x4]
Hate me
Do it and do it again
Waste me
Rape me my friend
I'm not the only one [x4]
My favorite inside source
I'll kiss your open sores
Appreciate your concern
You'll always stink and burn
Rape me
Rape me my friend
Rape me
Rape me again
I'm not the only one [x4]
Rape me! [x9]
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Honestly, it usually seems like some kind of vague accusation of wrong doing by some, once it is revealed that a person actually listens to music with a tincture of Christianism in the musical message.
I do not think of music in such horrid terms.
When I hear great music, I just listen and then replay if I like it. The message often escapes me, but not always.
I enjoy a lot of music with an obvious spiritual content, such as Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, etc. My spiritual side lives within me and without me, as the Beatles said.
Ah, no accusation was meant. A little surprise because I didn't know if you were a practicing Christian or not. I have a fluid spirituality that takes things from a lot of areas... As much as I hate to admit that. I was raised to believe you are either Christian or you are not, and it shouldn't be diluted. But there is a damn lot of good Christian music, regardless. Both new and traditional.
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I still remember the first Christian rock bands...pretty awful. I think that might have something to do with the stigma. :LOL:
Nirvana...Rape Me...I don't even have a clue as to how to explain that one DD.
Don't know how true this is, but might help. If I remember right it was supposed to be anti rape...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090715082203AAUPM3F
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I wonder if he did achieve nirvana in the end.
At the business end of a shotgun? Hard to judge.
I still wonder if there was some hanky panky. Remember he has a song where he states over and over and over and over, "I don't have a gun!"
I do not want to be the tough guy here, but SERIOUSLY!
DD, it's a waste of time to try to make sense of the ramblings of heroin addicts.
I learned that one the hard way.
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I have more nuts, bolts, and screws then I'll ever use in 3 lifetimes.
Seriously, if a couple of screws ever come loose I know where to find 1000 more. :zombiefuck:
Organizers stuffed full of the stuff....
I think it's time to sort, bag, and slim down a bit.
Harbor freight sells cheap-o thread guages so you can at least sort them by diameter and thread pitch.
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I wonder if he did achieve nirvana in the end.
At the business end of a shotgun? Hard to judge.
I still wonder if there was some hanky panky. Remember he has a song where he states over and over and over and over, "I don't have a gun!"
I do not want to be the tough guy here, but SERIOUSLY!
Makes you wonder, but who knows? I don't. I wasn't particularly concerned at the time.
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I went to the Panther's* club tonight even after mum rang me to say she wasn't going. Sat around a few people that are friends of my mum's friend. These people can only be described as the club's "inhabitants" lol. They say they are there literally every day. Instead of self-realizing how tragic they themselves are they judge my mum for not coming down to the club as often as they do. Tragic.
I wanted to sneak out and walk home but the only exit to the club was in full view of where we were sitting.
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I wanted to sneak out and walk home but the only exit to the club was in full view of where we were sitting.
Personally like just getting up and walking out of a room without saying anything, leaving the group to wonder what that's about. Have only done it a few times in life, but it was really satisfying. :laugh:
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I have more nuts, bolts, and screws then I'll ever use in 3 lifetimes.
Seriously, if a couple of screws ever come loose I know where to find 1000 more. :zombiefuck:
Organizers stuffed full of the stuff....
I think it's time to sort, bag, and slim down a bit.
Harbor freight sells cheap-o thread guages so you can at least sort them by diameter and thread pitch.
Have a couple...handy little things.
I wanted to sneak out and walk home but the only exit to the club was in full view of where we were sitting.
Personally like just getting up and walking out of a room without saying anything, leaving the group to wonder what that's about. Have only done it a few times in life, but it was really satisfying. :laugh:
I've done that. :LOL: Yep it is.
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My fourteen year old daughter has found "Nirvana" (the band) in some game she plays and has become obsessed with anything "Cobain- ish."
SHE LOVES ALL THIS SHIT!!
Well, so do I, but I know she has not explored far enough to know that there will be no more, because he is dead. I was thirty nine when he was found as he was found. "I did NOT crack!," (slight nod) quite unlike when I was fifteen and found out that Hendrix had died. I cracked. I left school that day and just walked aaround for hours.
I am worried that reality will come home to her too soon.
:'(
Must be in the air.
My nearly fourteen year old was singing Nirvana songs this afternoon. So, now it is blasting through the room.
Yesterday she played music by Herman Brood. He threw himself of the Hilton in Amsterdam the year my daughter was born. She's been a fan of him from toddler age on.
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
Guess that that is something you grow into as a parent too.
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It was a lot more slippery out this morning than it looked
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It was raining torrents today. The bugs were loving it.
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Honestly, it usually seems like some kind of vague accusation of wrong doing by some, once it is revealed that a person actually listens to music with a tincture of Christianism in the musical message.
I do not think of music in such horrid terms.
When I hear great music, I just listen and then replay if I like it. The message often escapes me, but not always.
I enjoy a lot of music with an obvious spiritual content, such as Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, etc. My spiritual side lives within me and without me, as the Beatles said.
Ah, no accusation was meant. A little surprise because I didn't know if you were a practicing Christian or not. I have a fluid spirituality that takes things from a lot of areas... As much as I hate to admit that. I was raised to believe you are either Christian or you are not, and it shouldn't be diluted. But there is a damn lot of good Christian music, regardless. Both new and traditional.
Well, sorry, if you thought I was referring to you specifically. I just know what my daughter is in for at school if she lets anyone know about this "new" band she enjoys.
This area is a decidedly non-Christian area for the most part. Of course, there old folks (older that me even, FFS) who are sticklers for many of the Christian proprieties and sanctifying practices being upheld, even in the schools, FFS.
In my view, I would NEVER raise children without exposing them to my best knowledge of all the spirituality that i/I have learned, sometimes, the hard way, sometimes just as a matter of course. It would be dishonest to them.
As far as "practicing Christian." I do believe that I follow closely to Christ's teachings in my dealings with others, as I have mentioned many times before (until I lose my temper, but that is a long and troubled story) and I also believe in The Golden Rule, which, BTW is quite far from Christs' teachings.
I also believe that (a simple perfect stone ... for instance, or a known good fishing spot ... a place where one can just think) many other things can have great power in this life. Mostly, though, it is where you choose to put your efforts that allows your spirit live strong or continuously toil.
My dad was a truly, old school, practicing Christian and his best advice to me, that I culled over the years, was to choose my battles wisely.
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I still remember the first Christian rock bands...pretty awful. I think that might have something to do with the stigma. :LOL:
Nirvana...Rape Me...I don't even have a clue as to how to explain that one DD.
Don't know how true this is, but might help. If I remember right it was supposed to be anti rape...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090715082203AAUPM3F
You are right, as far as I remember, but ...
She is also very political minded as well.
At this point I have decided to equivocate the "friend" as democratically popular "big government," which we can all imagine that a Seattle garage grunge band would love, until "Bush I" came to power and began "raping" peoples' freedoms.
Making it political was the best I could come up with on such short notice, last week.
We actually listened to that song tonight and she offered the insight (in response to my concern) that "I'm not the only one," meant that many people were "disfranchised" by some of the government policies put in place so many years ago.
Whew!
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It was raining torrents today. The bugs were loving it.
It has rained a lot (lucky; could have been snow), but we have not had any bugs in about four months.
Killing freeze came a month early this year, which kind of sukked, because I still had about two hundred spring flowering bulbs to plant. Got it done though, with my son's help.
The boy can be a treasure.
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
Guess that that is something you grow into as a parent too.
You hope that they find someone who treats them well and who supports them when things get difficult. This one seems to fit the bill.
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He's actually a reasonably OK guy. :)
Guess that that is something you grow into as a parent too.
You hope that they find someone who treats them well and who supports them when things get difficult. This one seems to fit the bill.
That's a good thing indeed.
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...At this point I have decided to equivocate the "friend" as democratically popular "big government," which we can all imagine that a Seattle garage grunge band would love, until "Bush I" came to power and began "raping" peoples' freedoms.
I don't get this. G.Bush 41 was mostly just a continuation of Reagan's domestic and foreign policies. I don't recall anything he did to "rape" people's freedoms unless you count the invasion of Panama. :dunno:
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There is someone asking me every week if I have artificial sweeteners for her tea.
No, I don't, and I won't.
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...At this point I have decided to equivocate the "friend" as democratically popular "big government," which we can all imagine that a Seattle garage grunge band would love, until "Bush I" came to power and began "raping" peoples' freedoms.
I don't get this. G.Bush 41 was mostly just a continuation of Reagan's domestic and foreign policies. I don't recall anything he did to "rape" people's freedoms unless you count the invasion of Panama. :dunno:
Do you really want me to bring this discussion down to a fourteen year old girl's understanding of the world to help YOU understand why I chose this particular effort to help my child see beyond the simple words of the song.
Really, dude?
You seem to be quite ignorant.
I am sure that I can help you, but my choice is to focus my time on my own, who can actually benefit from my message.
See ya later!
... OH and, whatever Dude!(almost forgot)
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Back to topic:
I do not really give a blue fuck that I am fifty nine years old.
I love these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY&index=38&list=PLFgquLnL59alW3xmYiWRaoz0oM3H17Lth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY&index=38&list=PLFgquLnL59alW3xmYiWRaoz0oM3H17Lth)
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^I like them too.
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Back to topic:
I do not really give a blue fuck that I am fifty nine years old.
I love these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY&index=38&list=PLFgquLnL59alW3xmYiWRaoz0oM3H17Lth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY&index=38&list=PLFgquLnL59alW3xmYiWRaoz0oM3H17Lth)
That's awesome. :thumbup:
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With all the tree trimming they have been doing around the power lines around here I can now see Long Island which is in New York from my front yard through what is left of the trees
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With all the tree trimming they have been doing around the power lines around here I can now see Long Island which is in New York from my front yard through what is left of the trees
Ask them to cover it back up. :zoinks:
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With all the tree trimming they have been doing around the power lines around here I can now see Long Island which is in New York from my front yard through what is left of the trees
Ask them to cover it back up. :zoinks:
Nah it looks nice from a distance :green: I do miss the trees but I won't miss the power outages,they had let them get too close to the power lines for years
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With all the tree trimming they have been doing around the power lines around here I can now see Long Island which is in New York from my front yard through what is left of the trees
Ask them to cover it back up. :zoinks:
Nah it looks nice from a distance :green: I do miss the trees but I won't miss the power outages,they had let them get too close to the power lines for years
:zoinks:
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You should really tie down stuff like mattresses when transporting them on the highway. This is my first good capture on my dashcam I got for xmas
http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I (http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I)
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You should really tie down stuff like mattresses when transporting them on the highway. This is my first good capture on my dashcam I got for xmas
http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I (http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I)
:plus:
He's lucky he didn't cause a major pile up.
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You should really tie down stuff like mattresses when transporting them on the highway. This is my first good capture on my dashcam I got for xmas
http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I (http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I)
:plus:
He's lucky he didn't cause a major pile up.
They were lucky it was off hours for traffic and it was all moving rather slowly. I was pulling my trailer on my my way to a lumber yard and on the way back an hour later there was no sign of it so he must have gotten it out of the road without incident.
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Couple of days ago, I cut some holes in small cardboard boxes (for teabags), to make them feeding mazes for the cats.
They do try to get everything in their bowl, by begging. But, once they give up, they really have a ball attacking the little boxes. Funny to see and hear. Luna, picking the box up and ferociously shaking it is the most effective hunter for food pellets.
And Sirius is not overeating anymore. I can already notice the difference in how fast the cat-food finishes in just a few days.
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You should really tie down stuff like mattresses when transporting them on the highway. This is my first good capture on my dashcam I got for xmas
http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I (http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I)
:rofl:
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You should really tie down stuff like mattresses when transporting them on the highway. This is my first good capture on my dashcam I got for xmas
http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I (http://youtu.be/mfVgLA2m95I)
I'm so jealous you have a dashcam and I don't!! :GA: Your dash has loose pills on it. :orly:
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The PR says , "Hi, everybody."
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The PR says , "Hi, everybody."
Tell her "Hi". :thumbup: Hope she's doing well. Hope you all are. :hug:
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Hyke answer: "Hi PR. How are you doing?"
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The PR says , "Hi, everybody."
/waves
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"Mommeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?!?"
Followed by embarrassed giggles.
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My FB posts from today's film festival opening night seem to have angered the festival management. :zoinks:
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^I like them too.
There is way more to explore, if you search; things like Michael Jackson and Metallica.
All very passionate and played on Two Cellos.
:headbang2:
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My FB posts from today's film festival opening night seem to have angered the festival management. :zoinks:
Do you not intend such, on most occasions?
I have seen you dis' this fest upon several occasions, but you might need it to survive. I like both!
PLEEZ, expound.
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My FB posts from today's film festival opening night seem to have angered the festival management. :zoinks:
Do you not intend such, on most occasions?
I have seen you dis' this fest upon several occasions, but you might need it to survive. I like both!
PLEEZ, expound.
Yes. It's a survival technique. But also, they should take themselves less seriously. They sometimes have their heads so high up their arses that there cannot possibly be any oxygen left.
The festival is full of films, w but with about the same ratio between good and bad as the ones in general distribution. The difference is that there are films from countries that would never get the chance at any commercial cinema. That's all. They're not better than the rest, just different, and the management would do well to remember this.
Instead, they pretend there is a difference beyond these simple facts. It's pretentious and it's boring, and I am here to help them realise this.
At past festivals, I used to screen lots of shorts from all around the world. Some of these were fabulous. Inventive, intelligent, and funny, and often better than the main features they preceded. There was a reason why somebody paid for the 35mm prints and the cost of distribution.
The shorts are mostly gone, except for the Swedish shorts screened before every day's new Nordic feature at 17.30. The problem with these--and this goes for both the shorts and the features--is that Sweden, or Scandinavia, isn't big enough to produce enough quality film to fill these spots. Instead, the films tend to be amateurish, pretentious and very frequently boring.
Now, the 17.30 spot is the next best, perhaps even the best, spot of the day. At the cinema where I work, this means that the main attraction should be good enough to fill 700+ seats. See where this is going? Most of the time, the quality just isn't there.
There have been exceptions through the years, of course. Huge success stories that became the stuff of legend for filmmakers and tangible enough for producers to fight for those spots. But most of them have been easily (and mercifully) forgotten.
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^I like them too.
There is way more to explore, if you search; things like Michael Jackson and Metallica.
All very passionate and played on Two Cellos.
:headbang2:
The interpretation of a bit of Rossini is one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVH1Y15omgE&index=38 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVH1Y15omgE&index=38)
... and this antagonistic rendering of an all time classic ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0xCI1jaUM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0xCI1jaUM)
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I had an easy day today. First one since mid October and gearing up for Black FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS and such shit.
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A company earning its living moving safes will remove the cinema's old rectifiers (we recently got new ones) from the projection booth. They're in for a shock. These things are heavier than most safes.
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A company earning its living moving safes will remove the cinema's old rectifiers (we recently got new ones) from the projection booth. They're in for a shock. These things are heavier than most safes.
Please take photos and post them if possible, the moving and rigging of heavy things has always fascinated me. My brother and I moved a milling machine and some other 1000lbs+ items from his house and store to his new one a few years ago, just the two of us with rollers, dollies, ramps and levers
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A company earning its living moving safes will remove the cinema's old rectifiers (we recently got new ones) from the projection booth. They're in for a shock. These things are heavier than most safes.
Please take photos and post them if possible, the moving and rigging of heavy things has always fascinated me. My brother and I moved a milling machine and some other 1000lbs+ items from his house and store to his new one a few years ago, just the two of us with rollers, dollies, ramps and levers
I did take photos. Have to post them here when I finally get around to backing up my phone again.
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All I can think of is Aaron Paul saying "yo bitch".
(http://www.posterparty.com/images/tv-breaking-jesse-pinkman-yo-bitch-poster-PYR33256.jpg)
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The PR says , "Hi, everybody."
:cbc: Hello, Princess!
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too early to have a valid observation
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It's snowing
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Observing I have yet to post pictures of the rectifiers being moved.
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A red tailed hawk swooped down and landed on the gate just outside the window with one wing brushing the house today making a bunch of noise and startling me. I'm pretty sure he was after the squirrel that had been at the bird feeder moments before
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After 3180 days enrolled on this forum, I finally made it to "0.10 posts per day"
I am now a " constant poster" :LMAO:
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Plow truck hit my neighbor's mailbox with a massive slush ball. It was encased in about 3" of frozen slop this morning...mailman couldn't even get it open.
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Humans can be vicious hypocrites. A local woman with mental health issues made the paper in November last year for setting a fire off in the housing block she lived in. She had a court case for it coming up soon and a week ago she left her work at a pub and disappeared. There were articles asking people to look out for her and stating she had been seen briefly sitting at the side of a road in obvious distress. There were comments saying she should be locked up and that she should jump from a bridge and similar. Like a witch hunt. She turned up dead a few days ago from suicide. 24 years old with two young children. A few who had earlier made appalling comments posted 'RIP'. Really pisses me off. One posted a link to the article about the fire she started last year as if that somehow means she got what was coming to her.
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Humans can be vicious hypocrites. A local woman with mental health issues made the paper in November last year for setting a fire off in the housing block she lived in. She had a court case for it coming up soon and a week ago she left her work at a pub and disappeared. There were articles asking people to look out for her and stating she had been seen briefly sitting at the side of a road in obvious distress. There were comments saying she should be locked up and that she should jump from a bridge and similar. Like a witch hunt. She turned up dead a few days ago from suicide. 24 years old with two young children. A few who had earlier made appalling comments posted 'RIP'. Really pisses me off. One posted a link to the article about the fire she started last year as if that somehow means she got what was coming to her.
Was the fire intentional?
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Humans can be vicious hypocrites. A local woman with mental health issues made the paper in November last year for setting a fire off in the housing block she lived in. She had a court case for it coming up soon and a week ago she left her work at a pub and disappeared. There were articles asking people to look out for her and stating she had been seen briefly sitting at the side of a road in obvious distress. There were comments saying she should be locked up and that she should jump from a bridge and similar. Like a witch hunt. She turned up dead a few days ago from suicide. 24 years old with two young children. A few who had earlier made appalling comments posted 'RIP'. Really pisses me off. One posted a link to the article about the fire she started last year as if that somehow means she got what was coming to her.
Was the fire intentional?
It was intentional, from what I recall.
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Humans can be vicious hypocrites. A local woman with mental health issues made the paper in November last year for setting a fire off in the housing block she lived in. She had a court case for it coming up soon and a week ago she left her work at a pub and disappeared. There were articles asking people to look out for her and stating she had been seen briefly sitting at the side of a road in obvious distress. There were comments saying she should be locked up and that she should jump from a bridge and similar. Like a witch hunt. She turned up dead a few days ago from suicide. 24 years old with two young children. A few who had earlier made appalling comments posted 'RIP'. Really pisses me off. One posted a link to the article about the fire she started last year as if that somehow means she got what was coming to her.
Was the fire intentional?
It was intentional, from what I recall.
Then would agree with those who said she should be locked up. Apartment complex fires can be really bad. Curious about the original story, how large was the fire, was anyone injured or killed, that sort of thing.
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Humans can be vicious hypocrites. A local woman with mental health issues made the paper in November last year for setting a fire off in the housing block she lived in. She had a court case for it coming up soon and a week ago she left her work at a pub and disappeared. There were articles asking people to look out for her and stating she had been seen briefly sitting at the side of a road in obvious distress. There were comments saying she should be locked up and that she should jump from a bridge and similar. Like a witch hunt. She turned up dead a few days ago from suicide. 24 years old with two young children. A few who had earlier made appalling comments posted 'RIP'. Really pisses me off. One posted a link to the article about the fire she started last year as if that somehow means she got what was coming to her.
Was the fire intentional?
It was intentional, from what I recall.
Then would agree with those who said she should be locked up. Apartment complex fires can be really bad. Curious about the original story, how large was the fire, was anyone injured or killed, that sort of thing.
No-one was killed, a few suffered smoke inhalation.
She was under mental health care, from what I recall, but not given adequate support, quite common here in the Uk.
Here is the original article about the fire.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11635159.Resident_admits_starting_fires_in_flats_where_she_lived/ (http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11635159.Resident_admits_starting_fires_in_flats_where_she_lived/)
And about her death.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11806145.Police_confirm_body_is_that_of_missing_mum_Charlene_McCluskey/?ref=mr (http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11806145.Police_confirm_body_is_that_of_missing_mum_Charlene_McCluskey/?ref=mr)
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If someone has mental health illness with which they are struggling to handle, it is the worst thing to tell them to kill themselves or tease them. How will they recover in that kind of environment?
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If someone has mental health illness with which they are struggling to handle, it is the worst thing to tell them to kill themselves or tease them. How will they recover in that kind of environment?
Yes, and certainly if she had read the responses to the articles during the hunt for her, it would not have helped.
As it is, her body was found by a common where I often walk. I am guessing she was so terrified of the court appearance that she just overloaded. Sad for the children left behind. There is still so little understanding in regards to mental health issues, from what I see. Granted, it does not excuse someone from committing a crime but equally, it does not justify people being so callous.
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Here is the original article about the fire.
Thanks. Set fire to an apartment building in the middle of the night while everyone is sleeping.
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Two awesome cats woke people up.
I saw on the comments of the later article someone being taken to task for their previous callous comments. A hypocrite right there.
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Max needs a brushing
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If someone has mental health illness with which they are struggling to handle, it is the worst thing to tell them to kill themselves or tease them. How will they recover in that kind of environment?
Yes, and certainly if she had read the responses to the articles during the hunt for her, it would not have helped.
As it is, her body was found by a common where I often walk. I am guessing she was so terrified of the court appearance that she just overloaded. Sad for the children left behind. There is still so little understanding in regards to mental health issues, from what I see. Granted, it does not excuse someone from committing a crime but equally, it does not justify people being so callous.
I totally agree with SG and graelwyn, here. :clap:
If you're gonna push a vulnerable person's buttons, then you're playing wth fire yourself. So then we have to ask the witch-hunters: what's their excuse? And self-righteousness ain't a good enough excuse, IMO.
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Two awesome cats woke people up.
I saw on the comments of the later article someone being taken to task for their previous callous comments. A hypocrite right there.
Yes, probably shouldn't have come back to pretend empathy.
If you're gonna push a vulnerable person's buttons, then you're playing wth fire yourself.
Still can't help but to view people who sleep in the same building as an arsonist as the more vulnerable ones. To say the perpetrators of certain crimes which classify them as dangerous are mentally unwell only elicits the response of, that's correct. Am viewing this reaction of pushing of buttons to be related to the suicide, because if the result had instead been a murderous rampage then the point of provocation might not garner nearly as much sympathy. Though really thought your initial comment on the topic was mainly related to the initial sentence, humans can be vicious hypocrites, and not entirely based on people being calloused, so was able to understand the reaction to that level of hypocrisy.
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Two awesome cats woke people up.
I saw on the comments of the later article someone being taken to task for their previous callous comments. A hypocrite right there.
Yes, probably shouldn't have come back to pretend empathy.
If you're gonna push a vulnerable person's buttons, then you're playing wth fire yourself.
Still can't help but to view people who sleep in the same building as an arsonist as the more vulnerable ones. To say the perpetrators of certain crimes which classify them as dangerous are mentally unwell only elicits the response of, that's correct. Am viewing this reaction of pushing of buttons to be related to the suicide, because if the result had instead been a murderous rampage then the point of provocation might not garner nearly as much sympathy. Though really thought your initial comment on the topic was mainly related to the initial sentence, humans can be vicious hypocrites, and not entirely based on people being calloused, so was able to understand the reaction to that level of hypocrisy.
It's not a question of sympathy, but of being socially responsible.
Hurling abuse at somebody is a very good way of pushing them over the edge. If you know or suspect that the person you're hurling abuse at is dangerously unstable, then you're just as culpable as they are. More so, i would say, if you're perfectly stable yourself, just morally indignant.
What I mean is: somebody, at some point in a chain of events has to take responsibility for it. By "taking responsibility " I mean trying to make things work out better; not wringing your hands and crying "mea culpa" (in case my meaning wasn't clear).
We can let unstable people, halfwits, etc off the hook, maybe. But "Outraged Citizen from Southend", no. If people really don't like any part of what happened, then they ought to be careful not to trigger it ; rather than flaming out in an overly-transparent effort to prove to the world that they are not that type of person. To me, that demonstrates that "Outraged of Southend" doesn't really care, not deep down.
Disclaimer: No, I'm absolutely not getting at anyone in particular. Unusually, I didn't read the whole story prior to commenting
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Had me with hypocrisy, but totally lost me with culpability. Moral indignance can probably be viewed from both sides of this topic. She was a dangerous criminal, and the comment she should jump from a bridge was a repugnant thing to say but in no way view it as holding any level of culpability for the death.
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I tend to view her as having been someone with mental health issues, who made a big mistake. I am not sure I would label her a dangerous criminal. Many mistakes which did not cause death or injury, could have led to such and there would be an awful lot of dangerous criminals wandering our streets if everyone who made a potentially dangerous mistake were labelled as such. To my knowledge, she was not a habitual arsonist. That is not to say what she did was in any way acceptable, but I feel one must take into account underlying issues and that most humans are prone to acting on impulse under extreme stress. But that is just my opinion. It is possible that my view is influenced by the fact I have mental health issues myself. I don't know.
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That's a nice way of looking at it, but also wouldn't view a verbal attack as having responsibility in the situation. Arson is actually a crime, being a jerk isn't. She may not have been a habitual arsonist, but this person also probably didn't follow her around harassing her with taunts to kill herself.
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That's a nice way of looking at it, but also wouldn't view a verbal attack as having responsibility in the situation. Arson is actually a crime, being a jerk isn't. She may not have been a habitual arsonist, but this person also probably didn't follow her around harassing her with taunts to kill herself.
Oh yes, I would not say she killed herself due to comments posted on the newspaper's site... we do not even know if she actually read them, but they certainly will not have helped the situation if she had read them, as someone who is already in a very volatile state mentally, can very easily be triggered by comments like that.
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Thanks for your patience in this discussion; points of provocation always tick me off due to viewing it as a character flaw of inability to claim responsibility for one's own actions. Absolutely a black and white judgmental response of me, but it is what it is so don't deny it. Won't bother to guess what someone else did to 'trigger' her to set fire to her home in the middle of the night, but can only hope her children weren't there with her sleeping while she did it. Am thinking an attempted homicide from a parent could be even more mentally scarring than a parent's suicide.
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Overly judgmental people should jump off a cliff. :zoinks:
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Thanks for your patience in this discussion; points of provocation always tick me off due to viewing it as a character flaw of inability to claim responsibility for one's own actions. Absolutely a black and white judgmental response of me, but it is what it is so don't deny it.
hang on. If we postulate that she was provoked , it's her actions we're disclaiming responsibility for, not ours, right?
Not that I would call it "disclaiming responsibility" anyway, just examining a chain of cause and effect. The big question is: what do we do about it ?
Sometimes the weakest point in the chain (i.e, the mentally unstable individual) can find the strength to "take responsibilty" avoid a tragic outcome;more often, some stronger person needs to step in and take responsibilty instead
Taking responsibilty is a very different thing from assigning blame. And a very different thing from being guilty of anything. It's about trying to behave like an adult.
Assigning blame only leads to person blamed being overwhelmed with feelings of guilt. You might say: well, they deserve to be overwhelmed with guilt . But whether that's true or not, guilt is not an empowering emotion, quite the opposite. It's most likely to drive that person into doing something equally destructive, or worse. That's because it's always easier to be destructive, especially if you have it hammerered home that destructive is the only thing you can be, because that's the kind of person you are.
Now, i'm not obliquely trying to excue myself for some destructive thing I've done in my past, in case thatys what you're thinking. (Probably the most destructive thing I've ever done is take an overdose way back when I was 18, in case you're wondering) . I'm just saying that's how the human mind works, like it or not. And I actually was overburdened with guilt in my childhood, which makes it easy for me to see how it works. Once you're given a negative role by society, you have work insanely hard to step outside that role.
That's how it works. And if we're gonna play some kind of part in otherpeople's affairs, then it's better to play a constructive role, if we possibly can. Kicking someone when they're down never helps them, and never helps society either, never mind what kind of down it is. Kinder, less messy, and more honest, to just put a gun to their head. (huh. I'm almost with Dirt Dawg there)
If that woman had taken responsibility, she wouldn't have started that fire. If the commentators had taken resposibility, they woulda STFU rather than press her buttons. So, nobody took responsibility. Well that's how it normally goes. Most people in the world are far too busy avoiding blame to actually take responsility. I'd rather we all stopped, and just looked at what we're doing instead.
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Overly judgmental people should jump off a cliff. :zoinks:
....or, yeah, what the Gopher said! :LMAO:
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hang on. If we postulate that she was provoked , it's her actions we're disclaiming responsibility for, not ours, right?
That's correct, but it all strikes the same nerve. It does strike as both blaming and shirking personal responsibility. It's most annoying when it's criminal activity at the provocation of words. He was provoked, she was provoked, they were provoked, I was provoked. Yes, provoked, so what? :laugh:
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hang on. If we postulate that she was provoked , it's her actions we're disclaiming responsibility for, not ours, right?
That's correct, but it all strikes the same nerve. It does strike as both blaming and shirking personal responsibility. It's most annoying when it's criminal activity at the provocation of words. He was provoked, she was provoked, they were provoked, I was provoked. Yes, provoked, so what? :laugh:
hmm. amo , amas, amat, amamus, amatis ....
better now? :eyelash:
(i still disagree with you though, tbh :LOL:)
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hmm. amo , amas, amat, amamus, amatis ....
better now? :eyelash:
:laugh:
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Plow trucks cruising at high speeds can sling slush an amazing distance.
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Shoveling the snow today sucked it was half slush and heavy as hell
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Three extroverts, with pretty outrageous senses of humour, makes for a noisy and quite stressful quiz, lol.
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I saw a V-22 Osprey fly over as I was going into Home Depot today you don't see them around here very often
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/a7/02/e8/a702e81c954cf082c522f0208eb56821.jpg)
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/a7/02/e8/a702e81c954cf082c522f0208eb56821.jpg)
:LMAO:
That cat is a dead ringer for Eliot. Psychologically, I mean.
Physically, the black and white patches are in all the wrong places.
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Huh. Thought we were posting on graelwyn's kitty thread.
Was really perplexed by vanishing posts for a minute.
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/a7/02/e8/a702e81c954cf082c522f0208eb56821.jpg)
Must admit, I have not yet dared go near her belly, no matter how much she lays on her back, for this very reason :LOL:
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/a7/02/e8/a702e81c954cf082c522f0208eb56821.jpg)
Must admit, I have not yet dared go near her belly, no matter how much she lays on her back, for this very reason :LOL:
This would be Luna.
Sirius, he'll enjoy belly rubs longer than I can give them. For him, it could almost be a 24/7 treat.
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There is some sort of bump rising out of the road at the end of my street sorta like an anti pothole :dunno:
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Cats really do have Asperger's... mine went for the bite when given too much physical touch.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/a7/02/e8/a702e81c954cf082c522f0208eb56821.jpg)
Must admit, I have not yet dared go near her belly, no matter how much she lays on her back, for this very reason :LOL:
This would be Luna.
Sirius, he'll enjoy belly rubs longer than I can give them. For him, it could almost be a 24/7 treat.
You have pets named Luna and Sirius??(http://)?? :coolyo:
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There is some sort of bump rising out of the road at the end of my street sorta like an anti pothole :dunno:
It's the annual ground rally against potholes. :M
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Drinking and knitting is not always a good combination. :M
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:lol1:
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
At least you will not be missing the moment that a hot evening cools down, enjoyed with sangria.
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The snow piles in the parking lots are almost gone
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
At least you will not be missing the moment that a hot evening cools down, enjoyed with sangria.
Hot???? What is this hot that you speak of??? ;)
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
At least you will not be missing the moment that a hot evening cools down, enjoyed with sangria.
Hot???? What is this hot that you speak of??? ;)
That what will happen in a few months, when you will be glad you are not giving up drinking then, because you did it before.
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
At least you will not be missing the moment that a hot evening cools down, enjoyed with sangria.
Hot???? What is this hot that you speak of??? ;)
That what will happen in a few months, when you will be glad you are not giving up drinking then, because you did it before.
I hope so, but, the drinking bit is going to be less than it was before. The liver becomes less and less able to do it's alcohol detox thing as a man gets older and I hope to be around for a little while longer as to piss off the folks that wrote me off years ago! :mischief:
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More snow today.............I picked a fine time to give up drinking!
At least you will not be missing the moment that a hot evening cools down, enjoyed with sangria.
Hot???? What is this hot that you speak of??? ;)
That what will happen in a few months, when you will be glad you are not giving up drinking then, because you did it before.
I hope so, but, the drinking bit is going to be less than it was before. The liver becomes less and less able to do it's alcohol detox thing as a man gets older and I hope to be around for a little while longer as to piss off the folks that wrote me off years ago! :mischief:
Once you get used to drinking way less, small amounts will be a real treat, or maybe you will even stop completely.
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Maybe, my desire for it has lessened within the last few weeks. 8)
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The guy that drives the News 12 satellite van lives next to the house I was working on today and it was parked in the driveway all afternoon
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It is difficult to find a simple, white gas stove without computer crap. And the knobs in the front.
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Spring fever is in the air... :eyebrows:
People were acting silly today, including myself.
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It is difficult to find a simple, white gas stove without computer crap. And the knobs in the front.
Check the selection online. The basic stuff you almost have to order and have it shipped to store or delivered.
They looked at me like I was crazy when I wanted to look at a coil electric stove, salesman kept steering me over to the glass top models, they had a ton of those to choose from. Just going to order online when the washer finally bites the dust, whole lot easier.
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It is difficult to find a simple, white gas stove without computer crap. And the knobs in the front.
Nowadays they put them on the side for "safety reasons" so that kids can't reach the knobs. But for not too long grown-up people, those side knobs are a danger. Maybe there is a shop that sells vintage repaired stoves, with warranty.
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It is difficult to find a simple, white gas stove without computer crap. And the knobs in the front.
Nowadays they put them on the side for "safety reasons" so that kids can't reach the knobs. But for not too long grown-up people, those side knobs are a danger. Maybe there is a shop that sells vintage repaired stoves, with warranty.
That is what we were told also when we looked but instead of the side they are up on the back so you have to reach over the burners to get to them :thumbdn:
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It is difficult to find a simple, white gas stove without computer crap. And the knobs in the front.
Nowadays they put them on the side for "safety reasons" so that kids can't reach the knobs. But for not too long grown-up people, those side knobs are a danger. Maybe there is a shop that sells vintage repaired stoves, with warranty.
That is what we were told also when we looked but instead of the side they are up on the back so you have to reach over the burners to get to them :thumbdn:
And then they tell you you should install a safety rack on the front of the stove, so kids can't get to the pots. How the parent is supposed to reach the pots and cook somewhat comfortable when being shorter than 6 ft is a riddle to me.
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Found myself giving advice to a 21 year-old....that's when I realised that I am a grown-up.
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Your postcount needs one more post for 4444
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Your postcount needs one more post for 4444
I'll use that auspicious post to say I love you beautiful bovine :hug:
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Your postcount needs one more post for 4444
I'll use that auspicious post to say I love you beautiful bovine :hug:
I will be leaving this place for a good night sleep with a smile on my face.
Love you too, Spring Chicken. :hug:
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Awwwwwww, pleasant dreams m'lady bovine! 8)
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Drinking and knitting is not always a good combination. :M
:laugh:
Post pics.
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Spring is upon us, with "pinksterbloemen" (Cardamine pratensis) and bats.
Pity it also comes with bat food, flies and mosquitoes.
I delay mowing my lawn every year, because I love the pinksterbloemen too much to cut them down. They also are a colourful addition to a meal, tasting a bit like watercress.
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Kids back at school and college tomorrow. Ahhh, impending peace and quiet :)
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Kids back at school and college tomorrow. Ahhh, impending peace and quiet :)
At my house tomorrow is the first day of spring break so no peace and quiet here :headhurts:
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Peace and quiet here. Carla is off visiting Amber and exploring together areas of Portland Maine!
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Kids back at school and college tomorrow. Ahhh, impending peace and quiet :)
You lucky bastard.
Last week I had two chances of that. One of those days one of the kids was sick, the other day the other kid. :violin:
Soon May holidays will be upon us, with stay-over friends of youngest. Hope to get some quiet time before that.
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Wondering if I'm seeing a future "Darwin Award" recipient.....smoking while pumping gas in his car. :facepalm2:
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The grass is growing.
Fuck I hate the first cut of spring.
Start mower...
cut...
unclog mower...
cut...
dump bagger...
cut...
unclog mower...
cut...
dump bagger...
notice that my shoes are green...
cut...
unclog mower....
*sneezes*
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The grass is growing.
Fuck I hate the first cut of spring.
Start mower...
cut...
unclog mower...
cut...
dump bagger...
cut...
unclog mower...
cut...
dump bagger...
notice that my shoes are green...
cut...
unclog mower....
*sneezes*
I put my mower on the highest option, mow. Put the blade one bit lower, mow again. Put the blade one bit lower, mow again, this time it is getting harder. Then, if the soil allows me to, I will put the blade at the lowest level, and mow a final time. Often the soil is too soggy to be able to do that though.
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Wondering if I'm seeing a future "Darwin Award" recipient.....smoking while pumping gas in his car. :facepalm2:
Which is fine. Problem is, he might take others with him.
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Did my usual 2-3 mile walk today and the snow banks are melting and there are a lot of coins to be found. $2.50 alone near the convenience store that I walk up to to get the paper. Can't wait to see what shows up in the walmart parking lots when the glaciers melt there! (That's the mountains that get pushed up by the parking lot plows!) :mischief: I find mostly pennies, but this year the quarters have been abundant! 8)
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I saw two fully outfitted storm troopers walking along Route 1 today, one even had a blaster rifle. :o
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The weather gets sunny and nice and the motorcycles are everywhere. 8)
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I saw two fully outfitted storm troopers walking along Route 1 today, one even had a blaster rifle. :o
You left the droids at home, I hope?
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I saw two fully outfitted storm troopers walking along Route 1 today, one even had a blaster rifle. :o
You left the droids at home, I hope?
They were in the trunk :zoinks:
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There are bald eagles nesting in town
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My laser printer's cartridge was broken.
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It's a bit windy out
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Same here.
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A bright red Aston Martin outside St Pancras today. There are always a couple of luxury cars outside the hotel, but this one was probably worth a couple of Mercs and Bentleys combined.
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Tourist Season is nigh. Let the madness begin! :GA:
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EastEnders on the telly.
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Odd traffic today went and looked at an addition one town over sat in traffic all the way there 20 minutes later on the way home there were hardy any cars around :dunno:
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Huge fire at a big old former mansion near us. Walked to see what was happening, the Porch on a side street was burned out, flames in a second story living room window, smoke billowing from the roof, people screaming and somebody getting CPR on the lawn by the burned out porch. We could never find out if it was an old mansion turned into apartments, but, when Carla and I walked by there once some guy came out and yelled at us. :-\ There was built up trash in the yard, and all that jazz. I'm no forensic arson expert, but, it looked like the fire started on the blackened burnt porch and spread thru the building. These old mansions burn like hell because of all the old timbers, spaces providing oxygen to the flames and other crap. We shall see what the news reveals over the next few days. Oh, and one last observation, last night we could see a HUGE bonfire in the backyard of the same house. We could see it from our living room across from a house that is between us and the conflagration today. Curiouser and curiouser.
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4:30 am and it's getting light outside.
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4:30 am and it's getting light outside.
I now realise that that is totally different from where you were in Florida.
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4:30 am and it's getting light outside.
I now realise that that is totally different from where you were in Florida.
When we were in Alberta Canada in July, we got a little view of the northern sky that never really went dark.
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4:30 am and it's getting light outside.
I now realise that that is totally different from where you were in Florida.
When we were in Alberta Canada in July, we got a little view of the northern sky that never really went dark.
End June there will be still some light in the northern sky after 11 pm, then it gets as dark as can be with all the human lights everywhere.
Since I live in a flat rural area, barely any of the human lightsources gets filtered away by trees. I do miss natural darkness. At my mum's place it is darker twenty meter from a street lamp than it gets here anywhere, because of luscious trees.
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Here it is just starting to get light at 6:30am. I won't let the cats out until 7am.
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Why do toddlers and infants begin and do their loudest wailing at the check out lines? And why am I always so blessed to be near them? :GA:
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Why do toddlers and infants begin and do their loudest wailing at the check out lines? And why am I always so blessed to be near them? :GA:
I worked at the till this morning. All customers were pleasant. All toddlers in really good moods and well behaving. Some softly humming in their strollers, others happily saying hello.
It isn't always like that.
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People are slobs.
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Why do toddlers and infants begin and do their loudest wailing at the check out lines? And why am I always so blessed to be near them? :GA:
This happens to me on the train. Last Sunday a little kid was sitting quietly in her pram at the station. As soon as she entered the train, she started screaming. Right near where I was sitting. So her parents got her out of her pram, offered her something to eat, offered her something to drink, let her stand on the seat to look out of the window, generally fussed over her. She screamed the whole time.
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Couple of blackbirds started making a nest in the hedge today.
They are fast builders. Branches and beaks full of hay came in the morning. Begin afternoon they were already in mud gathering and plastering stage.
It is the hedge my cat Luna likes to walk over. So, not the safest place.
Will cut the first half of it later today. (Luna does not like walking a cut hedge as much) And will place the bins at the other end of the hedge elsewhere.
Who knows, the blackbirds may be able to raise some young in that dangerous place they picked.
I'll refrain from cutting the back part of the hedge for a few more weeks.
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People parking their shopping carts in the middle of an intersection while they walk down the aisle looking for something! ::)
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=23&v=4ZyIG_jZzBs
Why do they think putting people like this on their site helps their cause
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Post 30303 for me. :hyke:
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=23&v=4ZyIG_jZzBs
Why do they think putting people like this on their site helps their cause
She is hilarious. I'm sure it's not what they planned, but...
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
It should be, but I suspect it might not.
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
Has to be. That fourth slide on their homepage is very funny.
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It is: https://uncertaintist.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/christians-against-dinosaurs-is-a-hoax/
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It is: https://uncertaintist.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/christians-against-dinosaurs-is-a-hoax/
Yet I have met people who believe everything they say :zombiefuck:
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Ditto! ::)
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I realised today that I got all my social skills from compassionate people and teachers who sought to include me in things. And thus, the bulk of my succesful interactions tend to be looking around for ways to make people feel included... but if it weren't for those nice people and interactions, I think I would have remained a loner all my life with few ways of externally relating to others.
I highly recommend hanging around children's hospital nurses when they play with patients...they tend to have excellent social skills (within a restricted context).
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
Has to be. That fourth slide on their homepage is very funny.
Check out this article linked to their site...they might be serious.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/christian-group-to-schools-stop-filling-kids-heads-with-dinosaurs/
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I am kind of "diggin' " the latest Decemberists' release.
It is a bit retro, but, so am I.
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The supply house I order a lot of stuff from replaced their on hold music which used to be a local radio station I listen to with what sounds like ice cream truck music :zombiefuck:
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
Has to be. That fourth slide on their homepage is very funny.
Check out this article linked to their site...they might be serious.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/christian-group-to-schools-stop-filling-kids-heads-with-dinosaurs/
I very much doubt they are serious.
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Lots of cyclists on the roads today.
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Bike week is happening soon in Laconia NH. Already the number of motorcycles has increased big time in the last week.
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People in the neighborhood I worked in today are rather snotty
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Hugely entertaining site: http://www.christiansagainstdinosaurs.com/
This is parody, right? My aspie brain always has a hard time telling.
Has to be. That fourth slide on their homepage is very funny.
Check out this article linked to their site...they might be serious.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/christian-group-to-schools-stop-filling-kids-heads-with-dinosaurs/
I very much doubt they are serious.
Some of my extended family literally believe, and argue, that the earth is 6,000 earth years old and was created in 7 earth days, and that dinosaurs lived wit humans in the garden of Eden, and that fossils are a test from God. They seriously believe it....so its possible these people seriously believe what they are saying.
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My favourite dog came to visit. Few things can make you feel as appreciated as a dog that's just happy to see you.
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Kind of sore (muscles not used lately). Did some ladder climbing and roping and sawing.
Been dinkin' 'round with various saws that I can use and finally chose one that kicks ass. It is one-hand or two hand and it saws through maple or hickory branches the size of my forearm in mere seconds.
Electric (requires a power cable) hand held "reciprocating" bad ass little mofo! I am not a professional tree trimmer. I do not need some gasoline powered behemoth that will last two thousand years. I just need something that will kick fucking ass when I have the will and energy to apply to certain tasks, like ravaging an offensively fast growing "shit-maple," for instance.
Still got sore though with my first outing.
Love it!
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Coffee machine reset itself, somehow. Had to start the day by fixing it.
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Not really trying to rock out on the trees as much as I am trying to "get used to using muscles I have not used in a couple of years."
... but, I have made a bit of progress in turning an annoying, fast growing, worthless maple tree into a hatrack.
The wood is fine to use for barbecue smoke and I will make use of it, but it is pretty much a pain in the ass if it shades my pool in summer.
Anyway, I like my ladder. I like my saw. Muscles being sore from over use feels a little good as well.
:headbang2:
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I saw two idiots try and move a fully loaded 30 yard dumpster, about 8-10 tons, with some cheep rope tripled up tied to a pick up with predictable results well at least nobody was hurt, I stood well away behind a big plastic bin just shaking my head
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Was behind a SUV in traffic advertised as paranormal investigators.
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Saw a couple of cop cars go by with flashing lights, no siren, then an ambulance and fire truck, same thing, just flashing lights, no siren. Took a walk to the next street to see what was going on and saw them on the corner of a loop street with a small crowd of people standing outside the house where they seemed to be.
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Saw a couple of cop cars go by with flashing lights, no siren, then an ambulance and fire truck, same thing, just flashing lights, no siren. Took a walk to the next street to see what was going on and saw them on the corner of a loop street with a small crowd of people standing outside the house where they seemed to be.
Did the people have flashing lights and silent sirens also?
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Saw a couple of cop cars go by with flashing lights, no siren, then an ambulance and fire truck, same thing, just flashing lights, no siren. Took a walk to the next street to see what was going on and saw them on the corner of a loop street with a small crowd of people standing outside the house where they seemed to be.
Did the people have flashing lights and silent sirens also?
Who knows. :dunno:
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Found a vinyl version of a great blues album:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61d99Kat%2BHL._SY450_.jpg)
I already owned the CD, but I was not going to leave this lay in some tawdry North Indy record store. FFS!!!
I wish you all could "FEEL" this album; it fucking Rocks!!
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I saw two idiots try and move a fully loaded 30 yard dumpster, about 8-10 tons, with some cheep rope tripled up tied to a pick up with predictable results well at least nobody was hurt, I stood well away behind a big plastic bin just shaking my head
Did they tie it to the bumper?
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I saw two idiots try and move a fully loaded 30 yard dumpster, about 8-10 tons, with some cheep rope tripled up tied to a pick up with predictable results well at least nobody was hurt, I stood well away behind a big plastic bin just shaking my head
Did they tie it to the bumper?
They tied it to the trailer hitch at least.
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Today, I saw one of those (completely ridiculous, mind you, except for the entire "COOL" factor and all) Giant Super Extreme (surely there are more adjectives to describe this thing, but that is what they call them) massive pick up trucks made from a semi tractor chassis.
I will see if I can find a pick of one.
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
Wow.
If I hit on the lottery, I am seriously getting one of those. :autism:
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I saw two idiots try and move a fully loaded 30 yard dumpster, about 8-10 tons, with some cheep rope tripled up tied to a pick up with predictable results well at least nobody was hurt, I stood well away behind a big plastic bin just shaking my head
Did they tie it to the bumper?
They tied it to the trailer hitch at least.
You should have filmed that with the dashcam.
I would have. :LOL:
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We think alike, as far as the Super Extreme trucks goes.
They say "the bigger the truck, the smaller your junk."
Honestly, I really like big trucks and most everyone who has had the privileged to know is OK with my junk, but not so OK with me wanting a giant truck.
Seems as if the original equation fails.
:CanofWorms:
You are probably one of very few who even has a concept of what these are.
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
:plus: When I was in highschool I knew a guy with a monster truck. :orly:
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Surely you understand that these are NOT "monster trucks."
These trucks are not made by someone who takes a small truck and scales it up a bit, like a so called Monster Truck. These particular types of "Giant Super Extreme" trucks are created from very LARGE trucks (think of a semi chassis or a huge dump truck) and then scaled down to something more "usable." Usable? Yeah, right!!
I just think they are fucking amazing and as I mentioned earlier, "Offensively American!!"
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Yeah, that makes sense. I think I get how it's different, but are they used differently? Do they race them and wreck them or make big public displays of them being the obnoxious absurdity that they are? Giant super extreme truck rallies. :o
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
Wow.
If I hit on the lottery, I am seriously getting one of those. :autism:
If I hit first, I will pick you up and we can go fart diesel fumes all over our least favorite neighborhoods at five AM. Maybe leave some foot deep six wheel drive tracks in some "too perfect" lawns, just for fun.
:mischief:
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My neighbor is a kidlet or some form of "barely old enough to vote" type of human.
He goes out several times each night just to play the stereo in his car for an hour or so.
Kind of sucks to think that the best place one can enjoy music would be in a fucking car, right?
:dunno:
I feel sorry for the kid! I plan to give him my garage stereo, so that he can just have something to listen to inside the house.
I want to upgrade my system, anyway, so no big amount of skin off my nose.
Just not quite sure how to approach him with the prospect while preserving his dignity.
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My neighbor is a kidlet or some form of "barely old enough to vote" type of human.
He goes out several times each night just to play the stereo in his car for an hour or so.
Kind of sucks to think that the best place one can enjoy music would be in a fucking car, right?
:dunno:
I feel sorry for the kid! I plan to give him my garage stereo, so that he can just have something to listen to inside the house.
I want to upgrade my system, anyway, so no big amount of skin off my nose.
Just not quite sure how to approach him with the prospect while preserving his dignity.
Maybe he wants to get out of the house.
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My neighbor is a kidlet or some form of "barely old enough to vote" type of human.
He goes out several times each night just to play the stereo in his car for an hour or so.
Kind of sucks to think that the best place one can enjoy music would be in a fucking car, right?
:dunno:
I feel sorry for the kid! I plan to give him my garage stereo, so that he can just have something to listen to inside the house.
I want to upgrade my system, anyway, so no big amount of skin off my nose.
Just not quite sure how to approach him with the prospect while preserving his dignity.
Maybe he wants to get out of the house.
That's what I thought too.
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
Wow.
If I hit on the lottery, I am seriously getting one of those. :autism:
If I hit first, I will pick you up and we can go fart diesel fumes all over our least favorite neighborhoods at five AM. Maybe leave some foot deep six wheel drive tracks in some "too perfect" lawns, just for fun.
:mischief:
I know just the lawns. ;)
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Here we go:
These are all custom built on a huge truck chassis, but they are turned into "show car" type things with insulated and upholstered leather interiors, instead of burlap seats and rubber floors.
The one I saw today was gold with bronze flames and about the size of a huge dump truck (ten feet tall, eight feet across), but it was styled as a luxury pick up truck.
So offensively American!
Wow.
If I hit on the lottery, I am seriously getting one of those. :autism:
If I hit first, I will pick you up and we can go fart diesel fumes all over our least favorite neighborhoods at five AM. Maybe leave some foot deep six wheel drive tracks in some "too perfect" lawns, just for fun.
:mischief:
I know just the lawns. ;)
Me too, but we might "take requests" as well.
:2thumbsup:
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My daughter was already up and about when I got up. It felt like a first ever on a Saturday morning. :P
She is working, which is why, actually.
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My neighbor is a kidlet or some form of "barely old enough to vote" type of human.
He goes out several times each night just to play the stereo in his car for an hour or so.
Kind of sucks to think that the best place one can enjoy music would be in a fucking car, right?
:dunno:
I feel sorry for the kid! I plan to give him my garage stereo, so that he can just have something to listen to inside the house.
I want to upgrade my system, anyway, so no big amount of skin off my nose.
Just not quite sure how to approach him with the prospect while preserving his dignity.
Maybe he wants to get out of the house.
That's what I thought too.
Well, it is two young-lings in one house so you guys could be right. Maybe it is his way to manage NOT killing his room mate.
Either way, I would love to give my old stereo stuff to someone without a stereo to enjoy.
Might just give it away to Goodwill, like I did with my old car and buttloads of other things I have outgrown over the years.
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I should get myself a more decent stereo. This one is really getting flimsy. Sound is not too bad, I can listen to it for quite a while. (I do not have the ears of DD) But the cd player does have too weak reading power.
Getting decent headgear would be a good plan too. Ex introduced me to Sennheiser, long time ago. That was the first time I could appreciate wearing headphones. Only when not having a cold or an ear somewhat blocked. With that I can't bear earphones, it makes me dizzy. Especially with music "packed with noise".
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A decent stereo and a good pair of headphones can do a lot for your quality of life, regardless.
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Apparently a friend of my daughter's stayed over.
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I know.
Starting from financial scratch, it was not number one on my priority list, but it has moved up.
If I heard a lot of (often crap) music during the day, I cannot listen to music I like, until my head is empty enough. Even if I do like the music I hear my head still needs silence before I can play my own music and enjoy it.
One of my kids is the same.
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Apparently a friend of my daughter's stayed over.
That would be hard in my house, to have that happen unnoticed. The staircase to the second floor with the bedrooms is in the living room. But, who knows, when the time comes I sleep before the kids come home.
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Apparently a friend of my daughter's stayed over.
That would be hard in my house, to have that happen unnoticed. The staircase to the second floor with the bedrooms is in the living room. But, who knows, when the time comes I sleep before the kids come home.
I'm the last to be told around here. :zoinks:
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I should get myself a more decent stereo. This one is really getting flimsy. Sound is not too bad, I can listen to it for quite a while. (I do not have the ears of DD) But the cd player does have too weak reading power.
Getting decent headgear would be a good plan too. Ex introduced me to Sennheiser, long time ago. That was the first time I could appreciate wearing headphones. Only when not having a cold or an ear somewhat blocked. With that I can't bear earphones, it makes me dizzy. Especially with music "packed with noise".
I can't listen to stereo with headphones. The sound meets inside my head. I get dizzy and want to throw up. So I usually just put one earphone on properly. The other one is off to one side of the other ear. Looks rather silly, but it's a cheap, quick fix.
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A decent stereo and a good pair of headphones can do a lot for your quality of life, regardless.
Agreed.
... and there is "free" music available if you can not pay.
Did I ever share the AAJ site with you guys?
I hope I did already. If not you just need a verifiable email address and there are about two thousand songs available for free. AAJ, means All About Jazz, so this is free jazz, some various forms, but it is all currently recorded and promoted. Plus, it is from the entire world of jazz.
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I should get myself a more decent stereo. This one is really getting flimsy. Sound is not too bad, I can listen to it for quite a while. (I do not have the ears of DD) But the cd player does have too weak reading power.
Getting decent headgear would be a good plan too. Ex introduced me to Sennheiser, long time ago. That was the first time I could appreciate wearing headphones. Only when not having a cold or an ear somewhat blocked. With that I can't bear earphones, it makes me dizzy. Especially with music "packed with noise".
I can't listen to stereo with headphones. The sound meets inside my head. I get dizzy and want to throw up. So I usually just put one earphone on properly. The other one is off to one side of the other ear. Looks rather silly, but it's a cheap, quick fix.
With a really good headphone, and no trace of a cold, I do enjoy the sound experience it gives me. Otherwise, I will only bear it if I wear it the way you do.
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Found this to be funny. Some are giving credit to Jeff Foxworthy, but I had heard half of it quite a bit ago. This is just a compiled list of
:hair:
To make it funnier for you, just replace the word Indiana with where ever you live. I am sure that MOST can relate to most of these silly things.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in Indiana.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't even work there, you may live in Indiana.
If you've worn shorts and a jacket at the same time, you may live in Indiana.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Indiana.
If "vacation" means going anywhere south of Fort Wayne for the weekend, you may live in Indiana.
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Indiana.
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Indiana.
If you have switched from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you may live in Indiana.
If you can drive 75 mph through two feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may live in Indiana.
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both doors unlocked, you may live in Indiana.
If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Indiana.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Indiana.
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph, you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Indiana.
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Indiana.
If you know all four seasons are: Almost winter, Winter, Still winter and Road Construction, you may live in Indiana.
If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live in Indiana.
If you find 10°F "a little chilly" and might carry a hoodie with you today, you may live in Indiana.
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I saw a Coast Guard C-130 flying overhead today when I was in Mystic today
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There were a lot of people all set up for the fourth already at 10am at the beach today some with large pavilion tents and multiple grills
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
Thinning the herd is a good thing yet the news never seems to portray it as such :dunno:
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
Thinning the herd is a good thing yet the news never seems to portray it as such :dunno:
No, now the guys mother wants everybody who wants to buy fire works have to take a course in fire works safety and pass a test. This guy was DRUNK. No amount of classes or training would have prevented this. And the people he was with were pretty drunk too! ::)
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
Thinning the herd is a good thing yet the news never seems to portray it as such :dunno:
No, now the guys mother wants everybody who wants to buy fire works have to take a course in fire works safety and pass a test. This guy was DRUNK. No amount of classes or training would have prevented this. And the people he was with were pretty drunk too! ::)
(http://i2.wp.com/elliedi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/No-one-verbs-like-Gaston-via-Pinterest.jpg?resize=500%2C280)
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Traffic changes due to highway construction around Portsmouth NH is achieving new levels of confusion! :GA:
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
Thinning the herd is a good thing yet the news never seems to portray it as such :dunno:
No, now the guys mother wants everybody who wants to buy fire works have to take a course in fire works safety and pass a test. This guy was DRUNK. No amount of classes or training would have prevented this. And the people he was with were pretty drunk too! ::)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ayaWWBBwNX4/VC3TJlM2a_I/AAAAAAAAdpA/SjG-8-0K85M/s1600/I%2Bcan%2Bdo%2Bthat%2Bhold%2Bmy%2Bbeer%2Band%2Bwatch%2Bthis.jpg)
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So the usual death and dismemberment stories are in the news today about people having accidents with fireworks or even worse behaving stupidly with fireworks. One story stuck out, a 22 y/o man in Maine thought it would be cool to strap a fireworks mortar to his head and set it off............he died instantly. ::) Apparently he was not the only one, a 47 y/o out in the western states did the same thing...with the same results........... ::)
And the Darwin Award winner for 2015 is............................................................... :explode: :boo: :mo:
Thinning the herd is a good thing yet the news never seems to portray it as such :dunno:
No, now the guys mother wants everybody who wants to buy fire works have to take a course in fire works safety and pass a test. This guy was DRUNK. No amount of classes or training would have prevented this. And the people he was with were pretty drunk too! ::)
The guy's mother should have a DNA test if she is still fertile. :zoinks:
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I saw a raven today, I heard it too which was one of the reasons I knew it wasn't just a giant crow. I live outside their normal range and they are rather uncommon here
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Cool!
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I saw a raven today, I heard it too which was one of the reasons I knew it wasn't just a giant crow. I live outside their normal range and they are rather uncommon here
Ooh. Did it say, "Nevermore"?
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Went to a pet expo where people can bring their pets while they shop/wander. It was sharing space with the reptile expo. The majority of people who were shopping for reptiles all had piercings and tattoos. Daughter cried because she wanted me to buy her a tarantula.
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I saw a raven today, I heard it too which was one of the reasons I knew it wasn't just a giant crow. I live outside their normal range and they are rather uncommon here
Ooh. Did it say, "Nevermore"?
:lol1:
They make more of a low croaking noise than the higher pitch caw caw from a crow
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Some neighbors are nosy and love their high powered lawn tools! ::)
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Some neighbors are nosy and love their high powered lawn tools! ::)
I just recently had my fence replaced and I used to be able to see between the boards into the neighbours yard behind me and I was so happy when the new fence was complete privacy. I don't care of them much at all. Love the neighbours beside me though and the privacy fence made our "through the fence chats" that much harder. :P
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Meltdowns suck.
Massive meltdowns even more, because the environment will melt too.
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Meltdowns suck.
Massive meltdowns even more, because the environment will melt too.
:hug:
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Meltdowns suck.
Massive meltdowns even more, because the environment will melt too.
agreed and agreed
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Thank you guys.
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Hannah is having her BD today, but she moved out of this spazz neighbourhood.
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The coffee machine is making creaking noises. Time to clean it, I think.
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I need coffee.
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I really shouldn't be driving to go grocery shopping after an eye exam. Those pupil dilation drops make me feel like Mr. Magoo driving down the road.
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The dogs get extremely depressed every time the youngest leaves to go to her Dad's. The larger one just collapsed into a heap on the floor with one loud, over dramatic sigh accompanying the collapse. The smaller one will go sniff the front door, look out the window to see if she's there, and when she realizes she's not, she collapses into a heap on the kitchen floor. Same routine every time.
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The dogs get extremely depressed every time the youngest leaves to go to her Dad's. The larger one just collapsed into a heap on the floor with one loud, over dramatic sigh accompanying the collapse. The smaller one will go sniff the front door, look out the window to see if she's there, and when she realizes she's not, she collapses into a heap on the kitchen floor. Same routine every time.
Do they visualise how you and the oldest feel?
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The dogs get extremely depressed every time the youngest leaves to go to her Dad's. The larger one just collapsed into a heap on the floor with one loud, over dramatic sigh accompanying the collapse. The smaller one will go sniff the front door, look out the window to see if she's there, and when she realizes she's not, she collapses into a heap on the kitchen floor. Same routine every time.
My dog does that when she feels she isn't getting enough attention
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The dogs get extremely depressed every time the youngest leaves to go to her Dad's. The larger one just collapsed into a heap on the floor with one loud, over dramatic sigh accompanying the collapse. The smaller one will go sniff the front door, look out the window to see if she's there, and when she realizes she's not, she collapses into a heap on the kitchen floor. Same routine every time.
Do they visualise how you and the oldest feel?
No I don't think so. Dogs in particular are happiest when the whole family is home and my bigger dog is especially bonded to the youngest. She has clearly picked her as her own. She hates it every time she leaves.
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The dogs get extremely depressed every time the youngest leaves to go to her Dad's. The larger one just collapsed into a heap on the floor with one loud, over dramatic sigh accompanying the collapse. The smaller one will go sniff the front door, look out the window to see if she's there, and when she realizes she's not, she collapses into a heap on the kitchen floor. Same routine every time.
My dog does that when she feels she isn't getting enough attention
Your dog is a big lug as well. It's funny how dramatic they can get isn't it?
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My resistance to poison ivy seems to be holding well after having to get logs out of a patch of it
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In the supermarket were a few Germans speaking excellent English. Never heard Germans speak English that good before.
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Had a normal human conversation with someone who has a huge hate on for me. Not sure what the issue is, but it was weird to be treated like a regular person and not with contempt.
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There was a knock on the door the other day. An elderly gentleman was outside, holding a dog, a little furry black thing all wet and scruffy, in his lap and wondering if we could please take care of the dog and find out who she belongs to. He'd found her on his morning walk, clearly lost and miserable. The dog apparently agreed--she rushed inside, running through the place as if she'd lived here all her life, sniffing and investigating everything while furiously wagging her tail.
We fed her and cuddled with her, and eventually took her to the vet. Luckily she was chipped so it was easy to find the owner.
And now I want a dog more than ever. :(
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There was a knock on the door the other day. An elderly gentleman was outside, holding a dog, a little furry black thing all wet and scruffy, in his lap and wondering if we could please take care of the dog and find out who she belongs to. He'd found her on his morning walk, clearly lost and miserable. The dog apparently agreed--she rushed inside, running through the place as if she'd lived here all her life, sniffing and investigating everything while furiously wagging her tail.
We fed her and cuddled with her, and eventually took her to the vet. Luckily she was chipped so it was easy to find the owner.
And now I want a dog more than ever. :(
:plus: and :hug:
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Is there a reason why you can't get a dog? :-\
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Is there a reason why you can't get a dog? :-\
Allergies. :(
I am thinking about getting one anyway. What's a little sneezing or an asthma attack when you're greeted by a dog every morning?
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You can always take stuff for the allergies. ;)
I am allergic to cats (we have two) and I rely on Rhinocort to allow me to breathe through my nose when sleeping.
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Indeed, and some dogs have dander that you will react less too than others. I'm not allergic to most dogs, but some set my allergies off. Usually hound breeds.
My random observation for the day ~ A group of 15 men in town for a stag who were hilariously drunk and animated last night, are hungover and rather embarrassed this morning when faced with the three women who witnessed their debauchery. And reminded them of it. :green:
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I'd prefer not to be on more meds than I absolutely must. :(
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I'd prefer not to be on more meds than I absolutely must. :(
Get a poodle. They don't shed.
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I'm allergic to cats, dogs, and a few other thousand things.
More to dogs than cats though, probably because I've built up some immunity to the cats.
I'd need meds 24/7 for a dog though, and all the meds I've tried make me loopy or sick, so not willing to go there myself.
You've dog-sat before. How did you fare?
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Saw a helicopter with pontoons on it fly over the highway while I was driving home today, I've not seen one of those in a long time
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The merde tete's are endlessly tiresome..................
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I'm allergic to cats, dogs, and a few other thousand things.
More to dogs than cats though, probably because I've built up some immunity to the cats.
I'd need meds 24/7 for a dog though, and all the meds I've tried make me loopy or sick, so not willing to go there myself.
You've dog-sat before. How did you fare?
Not all that well, I'm afraid. There's been some variations but basically I have problems breathing properly with a dog in the house.
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I'm allergic to cats, dogs, and a few other thousand things.
More to dogs than cats though, probably because I've built up some immunity to the cats.
I'd need meds 24/7 for a dog though, and all the meds I've tried make me loopy or sick, so not willing to go there myself.
You've dog-sat before. How did you fare?
Not all that well, I'm afraid. There's been some variations but basically I have problems breathing properly with a dog in the house.
Yep, I've settled for just visiting when I want a dog fix, but I normally can't stay long.
SO's whole family has dogs and everyone is "anti-cat"...I am the black sheep. 8)
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They shouldn't put the halloween candy by the front door of a store when you're a PMSing woman with zero self control and you have to walk inside.
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I'm allergic to cats, dogs, and a few other thousand things.
More to dogs than cats though, probably because I've built up some immunity to the cats.
I'd need meds 24/7 for a dog though, and all the meds I've tried make me loopy or sick, so not willing to go there myself.
You've dog-sat before. How did you fare?
Not all that well, I'm afraid. There's been some variations but basically I have problems breathing properly with a dog in the house.
Yep, I've settled for just visiting when I want a dog fix, but I normally can't stay long.
SO's whole family has dogs and everyone is "anti-cat"...I am the black sheep. 8)
Nothing wrong with a black sheep.
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Met a team of university students who are creating free programs for teens on the spectrum. These kids rock. They're so passionate and enthusiastic about what they do and the teens feel accepted, safe and they're having fun. Win-win for everyone.
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My daughter's drinking a lot of tea this morning.
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They identified the Oregon shooter as an aspie. Found online postings from his Mum (nurse) offering support to other parents who have kids on the spectrum. Lovely.
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Gas is down to 2.299 a gallon :thumbup:
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Sirius is getting cranky, snappy and in a lashing out mood quickly, the past few days.
Can't find anything wrong with him though, fur and eyes and such are looking really good. His ears are fine too.
He did love to get combed this afternoon, so I could check all of him in the mean time. Maybe he's just turning into a curmudgeon, now that his years start counting.
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Sounds like he's developing grumpy old man syndrome in his older years if he doesn't have a physical injury.
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Helped the youngest build a fort in the family room. She's filled it with her stuffies and I provided drinks and snacks and now she's curled up watching a movie on tv :heart: I love the simple moments.
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I meant to post something here but then a random thought got hold of me and I forgot what I was supposed to post about. :-[
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I saw a guy driving an enclosed landscape trailer with the rear ramp down and dragging on the ground followed him about 5 blocks trying to get his attention but could not. I turned down a side street to go towards home and at a cross street a few blocks down he went flying by ramp still dragging :dunno:
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^ I wonder why he couldn't hear it?
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^All I can think of is that he knew and it was stuck or something
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I wonder how many people tried to stop him to tell him something he already knew by the time he got to where he needed to be going :laugh: I would have tried to tell him too, but it's funny when you think about it. Him trying to get back to park it and intentionally ignoring half the town who are desperately trying to get his attention.
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^ I was thinking the same thing, I saw one other person try. He must not of known the area that well because I was able to get ahead of him with a shortcut
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The local ship that the oldest is obsessed with should pay him for advertising considering he told a national newspaper tonight it would be worth their time doing a story on it. :laugh:
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16 posts, the past 12 hours. Including this one. 6 of those posts are mine.
Does that make me an überpostwhore, or just pathetic and lonely.
:P
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Going from quiet to sudden chaos is jarring.
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16 posts, the past 12 hours. Including this one. 6 of those posts are mine.
Does that make me an überpostwhore, or just pathetic and lonely.
:P
Yes. :zoinks:
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Daughter's boyfriend is staying over.
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Why do schools have the nasty habit of planning all kinds of irregular stuff in the week before a holiday? It's no fun starting a holiday with kids that are completely worn out by shit like that.
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Because they think they own you and your kid.
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Especially the Thursday program, with some actors performing about booze and drugs, with too much sound, in a room where the sound had no way to go to, was not a smart move. That the group arrived over an hour late did not help either for the strict one of my kids. Takes her days to get rid of the tension she built up there.
Yesterday was not funny at home. Today it is better.
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Threw together a quick Alfredo sauce to serve over fettuccine noodles with some steamed baby carrots, peas and shrimp added.
It was fabulous!
:2thumbsup:
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Past a cop parked in the dark this morning on the way to the flea market in an area I have never seen them before luckily I wasn't going that fast
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Auto correct on tablets and phones should be disabled by default.
Student explanation of late submission of work: "I am in the National Guard and away at twinging right now."
Not who I want defending me....
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Auto correct on tablets and phones should be disabled by default.
Student explanation of late submission of work: "I am in the National Guard and away at twinging right now."
Not who I want defending me....
:LMAO:
Did you send a link where to find comfort and moral support for the twinging problems as an answer?
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We all know how pharmaceutical companies have been trying so hard to find new names for "NEW" drugs they create, right?
... and they hardly ever come up with anything, the drugs or the names of drugs, that does much more than the published side effects.
I think they all should pool their resources and develop an anti-depressant drug that actually works. I have a marketable and catchy name for the drug already.
Call it Phuckitol (pronounced, "Fuck It All!" Be sure to include the exclamation point when you say the word.) and MAKE it work.
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
And you all booked single rooms, right? :zoinks:
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
And you all booked single rooms, right? :zoinks:
Except for those that are unable to sleep in a single bed with their extra pillows. ;)
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
ON purpose? WTF!
It is some of the so-called supporters I worry about.
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
And you all booked single rooms, right? :zoinks:
Except for those that are unable to sleep in a single bed with their extra pillows. ;)
Of course. And no one conversed during breakfast. :laugh:
I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
ON purpose? WTF!
It is some of the so-called supporters I worry about.
Indeed, but I love the person they were gathering to hear speak because HE GETS IT.
Dr. Peter Gerhardt http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june11-gerhardt_04-22/
He's a no bullshit kind of guy. He doesn't believe in curing, he believes in empowering. Everything comes down to pushing for the supports that teens and young adults need to be as independent as they possibly can be when they age out of the current education system which is already lacking is proper support to begin with.
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
Wait, what conference is this?
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I'm in a hotel full of aspies and aspies supporters 8)
Wait, what conference is this?
Dr. Gerhardt is speaking just outside of Toronto.
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This pretty lady managed to survive three nights of below freezing cold and made a rather hopeful web today.
Not a great pic, but she is shy and it was windy, but here she is, in all her courage. a classic orb weaver spider.
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:GA:
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Do you have a problem with spiders?
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You got a problem with that? :zoinks:
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People who rent those hourly trucks from Home Depot have no clue on packing them or securing their loads. Today it was what looked to be boxed cabinets and luckily the fell over against the cab and not off the side of the truck but I am sure it gave the driver a good scare :lol1:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAHA4zQedg&index=715&list=UUpko_-a4wgz2u_DgDgd9fqA
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
They stink. And they scream.
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
I love them! I used to have 2 myself. Ridiculously cute.
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
They stink. And they scream.
So do children. :zoinks:
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
They stink. And they scream.
So do children. :zoinks:
:lol1:
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House rabbits are endlessly entertaining. No idea why we never got any before. :bunny:
House rabbits?
WTF, over?
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Funny, with some type of flu, both my kids find comfort in the same. (independent from each other) They start watching The last Air bender, and Blackadder. The way to get through the last bit of the afternoon, after very extended sleeping in.
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Saw a bunch of protesters on the road next to the highway on the way home but could not figure out what it was about one had a sign that said 'You are ruled by sin' some of them might have been a counter protest not sure though
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A lovingly kept 70s Jaguar XJ was parked outside the local restaurant.
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Saw a bunch of protesters on the road next to the highway on the way home but could not figure out what it was about one had a sign that said 'You are ruled by sin' some of them might have been a counter protest not sure though
Did you ever find out what that was about?
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Saw a bunch of protesters on the road next to the highway on the way home but could not figure out what it was about one had a sign that said 'You are ruled by sin' some of them might have been a counter protest not sure though
Did you ever find out what that was about?
No, although I think it may have been some abortion thing I looked at the area as I passed by today and there is some Yale medical building there and they protest at Planned Parenthood a few miles away all the time so maybe they were just looking for a new spot
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Traffic was horrendous today a local highway was closed due to a fatal hit and run and the traffic spilled over everywhere
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Adapting to the new time regime is hard for me this year.
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Adapting to the new time regime is hard for me this year.
We still have one more day, I am not looking forward to it
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Sometimes the Swedes are doing their best to copy anything American.
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Not just the Swedes.
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I know. :-\ It's to be expected, all things considered, but I also find it a bit sad.
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Creative lot of kids (4 to 6 yo)
We've not had proper snow for years in a row. But that does not take away the urge to build fortresses. So, a whole bunch of little tykes was collecting leaves with their tractors, tricycles and wheelbarrows, making a massive leaf-fortress.
Was fun to watch.
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Sometimes the Swedes are doing their best to copy anything American.
:bigcry:
It is often the other way around here, but unless the American is of Swedish descent, then usually nothing noteworthy is ever accomplished.
I think I have mentioned my father's old fabricator friend who used to help Dad out of binds in his business by building things from "scratch" to replace some form of "unobtainium" piece from some ancient musical instrument that my father was restoring. I remember his name was Emil. Emil's main business was restoring old cars.
BUT, his hobby was model trains. He once built "from scratch" a two foot long train engine that actually operated on steam, with a built in propane fuel source to power the rest of his train set all around the tracks in his shop. It was built purely from brass, painted strategically and looked exactly like something from the 1880s, but modernized a bit internally to work with modern fuel. He actually included a tiny reservoir of light oil which was also heated and atomized into the steam exhaust to make the exhaust appear more authentically blue in color, just for "show."
He had a lot of tracks around his huge shop (adapted from a pole-built barn).
He was most definitely All American, trying to still enjoy his Swedish heritage of fine craftsmanship.
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
:needpics:
:M
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
:needpics:
:M
I had a road crew out front last month.
What you hope for:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/35/d8/0a/35d80a6d54ad384ac37960e4a0229b6b.jpg)
What you normally get:
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/daballers/09%20fantasy/why-are-construction-workers-fat-as.jpg)
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Saw more than a few close call on car accidents this morning on the way to work
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The fob for my work badge has a sticker stating, made in Canada; can't recall ever seeing the words, made in Canada.
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Saw a pretty green snake while trimming weeds. 8)
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
:needpics:
:M
I had a road crew out front last month.
What you hope for:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/35/d8/0a/35d80a6d54ad384ac37960e4a0229b6b.jpg)
What you normally get:
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/daballers/09%20fantasy/why-are-construction-workers-fat-as.jpg)
The last one cannot crawl. :M
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
:needpics:
:M
I had a road crew out front last month.
What you hope for:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/35/d8/0a/35d80a6d54ad384ac37960e4a0229b6b.jpg)
What you normally get:
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/daballers/09%20fantasy/why-are-construction-workers-fat-as.jpg)
The last one cannot crawl. :M
But he can roll. :M
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My front yard is crawling with construction men.
:needpics:
:M
I had a road crew out front last month.
What you hope for:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/35/d8/0a/35d80a6d54ad384ac37960e4a0229b6b.jpg)
What you normally get:
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/daballers/09%20fantasy/why-are-construction-workers-fat-as.jpg)
The last one cannot crawl. :M
But he can roll. :M
Phoenix did not say her front yard was rolling with construction men.
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:odeon:
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While walking this afternoon I swear I saw a small rainbow in a near clear sky. I know it's not scientifically possible but it was there.
Unless this is the same thing as Skippy's Godzilla size brother I saw in the middle of town the other day. In other words, I'm going troppo :P
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Went and measured a house of a small farm to give them a price on adding insulation. The owner was very nice and very interesting ended up talking for over an hour about all kinds of stuff from hobby farming to blacksmithing. I gave him a very good price and he agreed to it on the spot :2thumbsup: Must recharge now that was a lot of talking for me going to go fix some stuff
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I am now fourth from the bottom in the list of Most Time Spent Online.
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More often than I wish, my (fairly substantial) subwoofer awakens my computer from hibernation, due to shaking the mouse too much.
Fuck!
Every win can be a fail as well.
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Odeon, WE are getting an IKEA store not that far away!!
Yippeeeee!
:hurl:
I am certain that they will have thousands of customers, everyday.
OH!! I have seen some audio guys use some of there hyperbolically shaped bowls for high frequency "horn/impedance matching" kewl looking wooden things.
NOt sure how it all worked, though.
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Ten kids for St Martens this year. This part of the street seems to stay pretty consistent. Completely different kids than I had last year though.
Lots of candy left. (Because one year, I had 60 children at my door, I've also had the massive number of three, one year)
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Stuck with my wife's car while she uses the van to pick up art supplies for work and she defiantly needs a new car hers is loud, the radio only kinda works and the heat only works on high among other things :zombiefuck: We are trying to hold out till after winter but it's getting bad
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More a random conversation than a random observation.
After sports, group getting dressed again, someone talking about the new album from Adèle.
R: Those plump people, they always have such great voices and can sing so well.
Me (with grin): Well R, I managed the plump bit, but that great singing still isn't happening.
* little bit of silence *
R: And those dark people, they always have such great voices, and can sing so well.
* silence again *
:LMAO:
R is a bit special.
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I made a paste of catnip and water to put on the scratching boards I have.
One of them lies flat.
Sirius got aggressive at Luna, and then claimed the flat scratching board as his, by sitting on it. His tail all over the still wet catnip paste.
I'm just wondering what will happen later today, when Luna finds out how well Sirius smells.
:popcorn:
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The new brand of cellulose insulation I am buying is super dusty, at times in the attic today I couldn't see what I was doing and had to stop and let the dust clear.
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Some film crew is setting up equipment downtown no idea what they are filming but it looks like it's more than some commercial for a local business
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Signed up on another forum. Observation: Hyke is spending way too much time online today.
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Both kids still fast asleep.
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Lots of bicyclists around lately and most are obeying the traffic laws. A sure sign the Apocalypse in near :zoinks:
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Fixed another TV...37 LCD...circuit boards were covered with dust from someone that used that scented carpet powder in their living room.
That stuff is lethal. :P
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20 bots online; haven't noticed that many in a while.
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^
Something exciting must be going on here then. Those bots do have a drama radar.
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Drama? Here? Nah, not us. :P
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I need coffee.
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Funny how there is a terrorist lurking in every corner now, if the papers are to be believed.
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Funny how there is a terrorist lurking in every corner now, if the papers are to be believed.
Hell, I've gotten them in my bedroom.
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
The managing director checking in? :orly:
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Road work is going on everywhere
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
The managing director checking in? :orly:
It was Marie Antoinette distributing stale cake. (Yes, I know the quote is hearsay) I was also there distributing haggis.
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
Back in the 80s when I was in collage and living in a not so nice area near the school there was a family of Gypsys next door who had a Rolls in their garage. Both the house and the garage were in rather poor shape but the car looked great although I never saw it leave the garage, some people have strange priorities
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
Back in the 80s when I was in collage and living in a not so nice area near the school there was a family of Gypsys next door who had a Rolls in their garage. Both the house and the garage were in rather poor shape but the car looked great although I never saw it leave the garage, some people have strange priorities
Weird isn't it.
Know some that will buy the cheapest ham they can possibly get for the holidays, cheapest cuts of meat, never fix anything with the house unless they have water pouring in, live with 40yr old carpet, and complain their back hurts from sleeping on a 35yr old mattress.
But they will get new cars every 2 years that hardly ever leave the driveway.
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It's bizarre isn't it. I live 4 houses down from Centrelink and walk past there all the time. I have noticed the cars there are mostly pretty new - better than what I have. I can't help but feel envy.
Got my car serviced though and the guy there said it was in pretty good shape, better than some cars half its age.
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This was last week - I saw a Rolls Royce parked outside Centrelink. A rich car parked at a place for the poorest people.
Back in the 80s when I was in collage and living in a not so nice area near the school there was a family of Gypsys next door who had a Rolls in their garage. Both the house and the garage were in rather poor shape but the car looked great although I never saw it leave the garage, some people have strange priorities
Weird isn't it.
Know some that will buy the cheapest ham they can possibly get for the holidays, cheapest cuts of meat, never fix anything with the house unless they have water pouring in, live with 40yr old carpet, and complain their back hurts from sleeping on a 35yr old mattress.
But they will get new cars every 2 years that hardly ever leave the driveway.
I know people like that, too. It is weird.
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On a gluten free diet, you forget that food is tasteless because you learn compensations and either accept them or make workarounds. There is no workaround for GF bread - you just put up with it being tasteless because finally they are getting the texture right.
But today we had sandwiches made with bread from a company in VT called Against the Grain. We found some in a store in Plattsburgh, NY. I had their pizza while living in FL and it was awesome so I put my trust in and we paid $15 for 4 baugettes. The texture was a bit off, but the bread smelled and tasted of bread. And of course because it's Vermont, no artificial ingredients.
Not sure I will be able to put up with tasteless again.
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Cut through the skin on my knuckle all the way to the bone. I discovered that I use my left hand more when typing so can get away with being a three finger typist for a while.
Another observation - apparently I don't use my right pinky that much. Probably the source of many typos.
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I was working on the roof of a house today that was kinda close to the road when a fire truck went by it was deafening, much worse than hearing it on street level
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The Lagunitas IPA is like their pale ale but with a slice of lemon.
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Rude customers don't deserve polite cashiers.
(And then she complained to management about how incompetent the cashier was and called her a "dumb bitch.) I went up to management after her and said that the cashier was trying hard to please her and that the customer was rude and called her a dumb bitch. Management thanked me for telling the other side of the story.
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Rude customers don't deserve polite cashiers.
(And then she complained to management about how incompetent the cashier was and called her a "dumb bitch.) I went up to management after her and said that the cashier was trying hard to please her and that the customer was rude and called her a dumb bitch. Management thanked me for telling the other side of the story.
:thumbup:
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Rude customers don't deserve polite cashiers.
(And then she complained to management about how incompetent the cashier was and called her a "dumb bitch.) I went up to management after her and said that the cashier was trying hard to please her and that the customer was rude and called her a dumb bitch. Management thanked me for telling the other side of the story.
It's too bad you can't make people like that work for a month as a cashier, or in food service, or pumping gas, or whatever the job is that they make life hell for the person doing it.
I think it would provide the best attitude adjustment ever.
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An utterly grey morning, this. I hate this time of year.
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An utterly grey morning, this. I hate this time of year.
If Hyke had made this post it would have read this way:
An udderly grey morning, this. I hate this time of year.
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An utterly grey morning, this. I hate this time of year.
If Hyke had made this post it would have read this way:
An udderly grey morning, this. I hate this time of year.
Hyke is udderly at peace with the grey that age brings to the reflection in the mirror.
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My head is killing me. Sorry, but that's not very random, is it?
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My head is killing me. Sorry, but that's not very random, is it?
It's very specific indeed.
There is only one solution.
Off with that head. :M
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My head is killing me. Sorry, but that's not very random, is it?
It's very specific indeed.
There is only one solution.
Off with that head. :M
Only the Queen can order that!
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Odeon's head would look lovely on my wall.
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My head is killing me. Sorry, but that's not very random, is it?
It's very specific indeed.
There is only one solution.
Off with that head. :M
Only the Queen can order that!
Odeon's head would look lovely on my wall.
There you are already. I was just about to post that there would be a Queen here soon.
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I'm attached to my head, thank you very much.
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I'm attached to my head, thank you very much.
I was hoping for a portrait, silly.
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There is a weather warning for freezing rain. The weather report for Montreal includes information about what to do if you have foraging livestock. Apparently animal reactions to ice storms are similar to those in blizzards.
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How quiet a day starts, when the talkative kid suddenly loses her voice. :laugh:
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Last year for my white Christmas tree, half the branches have turned tan. :P
Love white trees, but they get fugly when they get too old.
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There's a storm raging outside. Again.
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Yesterday I stopped and got a coffee and there was a single sock in the middle of the parking spot in front of Dunkin' Donuts, when I arrived at where I was working there was another single sock of the same color in front of my van in the parking lot :apondering:
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Haven't you found socks before?
A security guy just spotted an abandoned bag at the airport.
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Yesterday I stopped and got a coffee and there was a single sock in the middle of the parking spot in front of Dunkin' Donuts, when I arrived at where I was working there was another single sock of the same color in front of my van in the parking lot :apondering:
You have a stalker that likes to leave subtle hints of their presence? :LOL:
Be glad it wasn't underwear. :zombiefuck:
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More of a happy bitch. I will probably NEVER understand the mind(s) of the intellectually impaired/developmentally disabled/mentally retarded.
The PR was at a club social (Christmas party) last night. All of the members are impaired to some degree. In no particular order, this happened:
PR snubbed the guy she made friends with after being scared shitless of him for 5 years.
Later on joked with him.
PR never wants to dance with anyone because she "has a boyfriend" (Internet Hollywood singer)
Dances (hand holding only) with a guy.
A girl that the PR went off on 2 weeks ago at bowling came up and hugged and talked to her for a while. This girl wouldn't bowl with the group last week because she didn't believe the PR was banned for 2 weeks.
One other girl who never dances with a guy. And danced on her own quite a lot.
A third girl had her first guy dance.
The PR actually wanted to have her picture taken with a fellow cheerleader sitting on her lap. The cheerleader is pretending to drink and the PR is making a funny face.
I know it's all good, but it sure does screw up what we're expecting to have happen with our girls. :roar: :hair:
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Yesterday I stopped and got a coffee and there was a single sock in the middle of the parking spot in front of Dunkin' Donuts, when I arrived at where I was working there was another single sock of the same color in front of my van in the parking lot :apondering:
You have a stalker that likes to leave subtle hints of their presence? :LOL:
Be glad it wasn't underwear. :zombiefuck:
I once found a bloody shirt and underwear inside a wall of a house I was working on :zombiefuck: It looked to have been in there at least twenty years though and the current residents knew nothing about it when I asked as they had only bought the house about five years prior
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
:thumbup:
It's intriguing how every few years new terminology pops up as pc.
Here people with a handicap had been transformed into "people with a distance to the job market". Now handicapped and unemployed and elderly are all thrown in the new pc terminology; "the inactive". Any action that does not create money for the person doing the action in the shape of an income is inaction nowadays in the Netherlands.
I've been inactive at work yesterday, I really did a lot. :M
Wonder what new pc terminology will be invented to describe me, in a few years.
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
:thumbup:
It's intriguing how every few years new terminology pops up as pc.
Here people with a handicap had been transformed into "people with a distance to the job market". Now handicapped and unemployed and elderly are all thrown in the new pc terminology; "the inactive". Any action that does not create money for the person doing the action in the shape of an income is inaction nowadays in the Netherlands.
I've been inactive at work yesterday, I really did a lot. :M
Wonder what new pc terminology will be invented to describe me, in a few years.
Mince
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
:thumbup:
It's intriguing how every few years new terminology pops up as pc.
Here people with a handicap had been transformed into "people with a distance to the job market". Now handicapped and unemployed and elderly are all thrown in the new pc terminology; "the inactive". Any action that does not create money for the person doing the action in the shape of an income is inaction nowadays in the Netherlands.
I've been inactive at work yesterday, I really did a lot. :M
Wonder what new pc terminology will be invented to describe me, in a few years.
Mince
:plus:
Only useful to make broth, gelatin and tough boots in a few years, but mince sounds flattering.
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
:thumbup:
It's intriguing how every few years new terminology pops up as pc.
Here people with a handicap had been transformed into "people with a distance to the job market". Now handicapped and unemployed and elderly are all thrown in the new pc terminology; "the inactive". Any action that does not create money for the person doing the action in the shape of an income is inaction nowadays in the Netherlands.
I've been inactive at work yesterday, I really did a lot. :M
Wonder what new pc terminology will be invented to describe me, in a few years.
Inactive does seem very offensive for a pc term. :laugh:
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A marquee at a school advertised an open position for unique needs teacher; now wondering if special is no longer pc.
:thumbup:
It's intriguing how every few years new terminology pops up as pc.
Here people with a handicap had been transformed into "people with a distance to the job market". Now handicapped and unemployed and elderly are all thrown in the new pc terminology; "the inactive". Any action that does not create money for the person doing the action in the shape of an income is inaction nowadays in the Netherlands.
I've been inactive at work yesterday, I really did a lot. :M
Wonder what new pc terminology will be invented to describe me, in a few years.
Inactive does seem very offensive for a pc term. :laugh:
I think most pc words come with a political agenda. This one is introduced by the government when they presented new income and tax plans. With the word "inactive" cutting a lot becomes very acceptable.
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People are bloody odd. I generally get on with most people. But there are certain people I simply do not really warm to and who don't get me. My partner at work I am tied to for the next few months. Bit like that. Nice enough I guess but we do not seem to connect. Shame. We are assessing together and have to bounce ideas off each other and there is nothing there at all.
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Having known two people from these industries, I've concluded that the U.S. falls third in security precautions to the following two:
Number 2 - the gaming/animation industry - there's a lot of overlap between the two. And a heck of a lot of security. Very few unintentional leaks, too for all the games and films that are made. I think they come after you and kill you if you commit a tech leak.
But the all time number one in security - Ma Bell or her equivalents in telecommunications.
If you see a building with no signs or indications of what's inside, no windows, one door and a parking lot, suspect telecommunications. I dated a woman who worked in this place and they actually had no lobby. I wanted to bring her lunch and she said there was no place to leave it. They would not take it at the door and there was no lobby. Based on having taken her to work a few times, I have been able to spot these in almost every city where I have lived.
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Lots of water backing up on the roads today
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The days are going to start getting longer. (http://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/sbed_underthebed_100-100.gif?w=150&h=144) Gotta hibernate while I can!
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Nasty-looking skies today.
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The bathrooms at work have just been freshly painted ... in really ugly colors. :zoinks:
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Windy today.
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Home Depot was not as busy as I expected it to be
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Salty pig meats have nuances to their aromas. My neighbors were recently cooking some pig meat, and at first
I thought it was :bacon: then sausage, finally I realized it was ham.
The whole building eventually smelled deliciously of grilled ham. :drool:
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Lots of traffic on the way home today with lots of them driving like they were already out partying
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
They look a bit like the Pizzelles here. About the same ingredients too, I used to do big batches of different flavors (lemon, orange, vanilla, anise, & choc) every Christmas/New Years.
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Why can't I ever be left alone in this chair?
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Why can't I ever be left alone in this chair?
Because I find you irresistible?
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
They look a bit like the Pizzelles here. About the same ingredients too, I used to do big batches of different flavors (lemon, orange, vanilla, anise, & choc) every Christmas/New Years.
This year we made three batches. Lemon, mineola/cinnamon and lime/cardamom knieperties. Anise and vanilla are common flavours here too. And there is a darker variation with rye flour that is really nice. Some people roll them, others serve them flat, or do both. I hardly ever roll them.
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
They look a bit like the Pizzelles here. About the same ingredients too, I used to do big batches of different flavors (lemon, orange, vanilla, anise, & choc) every Christmas/New Years.
This year we made three batches. Lemon, mineola/cinnamon and lime/cardamom knieperties. Anise and vanilla are common flavours here too. And there is a darker variation with rye flour that is really nice. Some people roll them, others serve them flat, or do both. I hardly ever roll them.
Yum, those sound awesome. Never heard of these before.
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
They look a bit like the Pizzelles here. About the same ingredients too, I used to do big batches of different flavors (lemon, orange, vanilla, anise, & choc) every Christmas/New Years.
This year we made three batches. Lemon, mineola/cinnamon and lime/cardamom knieperties. Anise and vanilla are common flavours here too. And there is a darker variation with rye flour that is really nice. Some people roll them, others serve them flat, or do both. I hardly ever roll them.
Yum, those sound awesome. Never heard of these before.
They are. :drool:
@ IQ, we were discussing a choc variety here, and were wondering if the cocoa would not get burned too much. Do you put cocoa powder in the dough or something else?
Also, I'd like to try a dark sugar and coffee variation next time I make them.
And maybe roll that one and serve it filled with cream.
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Why can't I ever be left alone in this chair?
Because I find you irresistible?
:eyelash:
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Yesterday I partied by proxy. My cab home smelled like beer, and my building
smelled like the marijuana my downstairs neighbor was smoking. :stoned:
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There are 3 active Randy accounts.
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Not sure I'd call them active, but yeah, he tended to forget his login details.
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Yeah not active... but they're there.
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Poor Randy.
We just had a plumber inspect a water leak in the old heating.
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The house still smells of knieperties (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniepertie). Different recipe than Wikipedia gives, and better of course, handed down from my grandmother, and enhanced by daughter and me.
In the distance some people are setting off some last bits of fireworks. The year is getting back to relative silence after yesterday night.
Do like the days of, but will not mind the world getting back to something like normal come Tuesday.
They look a bit like the Pizzelles here. About the same ingredients too, I used to do big batches of different flavors (lemon, orange, vanilla, anise, & choc) every Christmas/New Years.
This year we made three batches. Lemon, mineola/cinnamon and lime/cardamom knieperties. Anise and vanilla are common flavours here too. And there is a darker variation with rye flour that is really nice. Some people roll them, others serve them flat, or do both. I hardly ever roll them.
Yum, those sound awesome. Never heard of these before.
They are. :drool:
@ IQ, we were discussing a choc variety here, and were wondering if the cocoa would not get burned too much. Do you put cocoa powder in the dough or something else?
Also, I'd like to try a dark sugar and coffee variation next time I make them.
And maybe roll that one and serve it filled with cream.
We just added cocoa until it looked "right".
This sounds about right, with the added extra of espresso powder. :o
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/chocolate-pizzelle-recipe
I do remember that they tend to stick more. :LOL:
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The cats keep sneaking around the house like they did something bad
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Listening to a radio DJ asking how people pack for vacations, and a woman comes on and says her husband starts packing six weeks before, decides the clothes are wrong, repacks, then decides the suitcase is the wrong size, then maybe not enough gadgets, then the suitcase is wrong and maybe they need a new one...
This is how I pack (gadgets and power cords are important!) - wonder if it's a guy thing. Py throws a bunch of clothing in a suitcase, a bag with bathroom stuff and packs her backpack with art stuff and a change of clothes and she's done in a single night.
Suitcases and backpacks are gadgets. My current backpack has 11 pockets. Haven't been tempted to buy another since I got it.
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Listening to a radio DJ asking how people pack for vacations, and a woman comes on and says her husband starts packing six weeks before, decides the clothes are wrong, repacks, then decides the suitcase is the wrong size, then maybe not enough gadgets, then the suitcase is wrong and maybe they need a new one...
This is how I pack (gadgets and power cords are important!) - wonder if it's a guy thing. Py throws a bunch of clothing in a suitcase, a bag with bathroom stuff and packs her backpack with art stuff and a change of clothes and she's done in a single night.
Suitcases and backpacks are gadgets. My current backpack has 11 pockets. Haven't been tempted to buy another since I got it.
Sounds more like an OCD thing. I pack the night before or the morning of, usually straight from the laundry basket.
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Ask Lady Weeble.
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I pack it all a week before and I tend to go overboard.
I actually have a spare coffee maker just for vacation purposes...heaven forbid I have to wait in line in the lobby to get a cup of coffee in the morning and carry on a conversation with some talkative morning person I do not know.
Plus if they actually provide one in the room who knows when they've cleaned it last. :P
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I pack the night before, bringing as little as possible.
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We were about to park in a car park, yesterday, and observed what probably was the worst driver ever try to get out of the space we wanted. What should have been a question of backing out and then turning the wheel to the left took about ten minutes of indescribable maneuvering. I was in stitches.
I should have filmed it.
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I pack it all a week before and I tend to go overboard.
I actually have a spare coffee maker just for vacation purposes...heaven forbid I have to wait in line in the lobby to get a cup of coffee in the morning and carry on a conversation with some talkative morning person I do not know.
Plus if they actually provide one in the room who knows when they've cleaned it last. :P
We bring a rice cooker. It's a tiny one that makes 3 cups of cooked rice. Among other things, we've done scrambled eggs and cake in hotel rooms.
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The exchange rate is approaching 1.42 CDN for 1 USD. I changed some money when it was at 1.40 but it's predicted to get worse (better?) so I am waiting.
So it's worth 0.7055 USD right now
The record is 0.6198 in mid-Jan of 2002.
Most of the dips seem to be during winter: late Dec through Feb. Wonder why winter is so bad for the Canadian economy? You'd think they'd be used to it.
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Listening to a radio DJ asking how people pack for vacations, and a woman comes on and says her husband starts packing six weeks before, decides the clothes are wrong, repacks, then decides the suitcase is the wrong size, then maybe not enough gadgets, then the suitcase is wrong and maybe they need a new one...
This is how I pack (gadgets and power cords are important!) - wonder if it's a guy thing. Py throws a bunch of clothing in a suitcase, a bag with bathroom stuff and packs her backpack with art stuff and a change of clothes and she's done in a single night.
Suitcases and backpacks are gadgets. My current backpack has 11 pockets. Haven't been tempted to buy another since I got it.
Sounds more like an OCD thing. I pack the night before or the morning of, usually straight from the laundry basket.
Me too, but always with the aid of a list, otherwise who knows what I'll forget! :spaz:
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Ask Lady Weeble.
OCD manifests differently from person to person. :nerd!: Maybe this man does indeed have OCD-derived
concerns about packing "correctly," or maybe he's just an anxious traveler. I overpack, but with little anxiety.
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Ask Lady Weeble.
OCD manifests differently from person to person. :nerd!: Maybe this man does indeed have OCD-derived
concerns about packing "correctly," or maybe he's just an anxious traveler. I overpack, but with little anxiety.
Mine is train wreck derived. I am afraid that I will forget something I will need. If everything is in it's pouch and in the right place in the suitcase then I can rest a little easier.
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Not so much my observation as that of my GP Doc.
I went in for a complete physical this morning.
Doc was pleased that my weight is down some, my blood pressure is perfect (with correctional drugs that have been prescribed), my lungs are clear and healthy (he asked again if I still smoked - I said yes. He said he was surprised, because my lungs sound clear deep and healthy, not like a smoker's lungs - I told him I was getting more exercise these days), my muscle tone is good (I told him that I was able to do some biking before the weather got so bad and I am starting to work out more heavily again on my four hundred pound punching bag since my hip seems to be all healed now) and that I was a specimen of excellent health.
BUT, as I was complaining about rather severe leg cramps keeping me awake at nights after hard exercise and what I perceived as difficulty in rebuilding muscle in my lower extremities, he ordered some blood tests to determine if my thyroid is performing properly and to find if I have low testosterone levels. At my age either are likely causes of muscle cramps after eliminating all the more common causes related to dehydration and grossly improper diet. Also my magnesium levels are to be suspected, despite my improved diet.
All in all, though, I passed the physical!
I was actually a little worried about it, but we will see what all that bloodwork tells us.
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Ask Lady Weeble.
OCD manifests differently from person to person. :nerd!: Maybe this man does indeed have OCD-derived
concerns about packing "correctly," or maybe he's just an anxious traveler. I overpack, but with little anxiety.
OOPS. I was being a smartie and implying that Lady Weeble did my packing, so I wasn't able to contribute to the topic.
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Parts postcount is almost the phonenumber of my brother. It misses one number.
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People are idiots.
I wish this was really random but I'm afraid it isn't. I've had ample evidence of this throughout the day.
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Making reply 3000 in this thread.
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3001 for me, then.
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I observed that Odeon is capable of adding 1 to 3000. :thumbup:
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When a long weekend is coming up, no one really gives a damn at work. I left 2 hours early and no-one cared.
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People are idiots.
I wish this was really random but I'm afraid it isn't. I've had ample evidence of this throughout the day.
Also, some of the biggest idiots can be the biggest assholes. :thumbdn:
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When a long weekend is coming up, no one really gives a damn at work. I left 2 hours early and no-one cared.
What holiday is it in Australia? :orly:
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26th of January is Australia Day.
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I observed that Odeon is capable of adding 1 to 3000. :thumbup:
It was very difficult.
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People are idiots.
I wish this was really random but I'm afraid it isn't. I've had ample evidence of this throughout the day.
Also, some of the biggest idiots can be the biggest assholes. :thumbdn:
It happens, yes.
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People are idiots.
I wish this was really random but I'm afraid it isn't. I've had ample evidence of this throughout the day.
Also, some of the biggest idiots can be the biggest assholes. :thumbdn:
It happens, yes.
Credit the Dunning-Kruger Effect! :nerd!:
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Marley has been so much better behaved lately and has even started to like going for rides in the van
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There are two flea markets near me that are opened every weekend and there is a McDonalds right next to one of them. The manager there has to patrol the parking lot and ask people who are getting out of their cars about what they are there for and he has cars get towed if people park in their parking lot and go next door. I realized lot of people do it and it's become a problem so now they have to patrol it so my husband and I just took turns going over there looking while our kids played and ate and one of us stayed. Our car didn't get towed because we were customers and we didn't abandon our car in the parking lot.
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There are two flea markets near me that are opened every weekend and there is a McDonalds right next to one of them. The manager there has to patrol the parking lot and ask people who are getting out of their cars about what they are there for and he has cars get towed if people park in their parking lot and go next door. I realized lot of people do it and it's become a problem so now they have to patrol it so my husband and I just took turns going over there looking while our kids played and ate and one of us stayed. Our car didn't get towed because we were customers and we didn't abandon our car in the parking lot.
What about people going to the flea markets and eating at McDonalds afterwards. Can imagine the flea markets bring a lot of extra customers to McDonalds.
Weird that you can't even eat as a family, without being afraid your car gets towed.
If they want to make it exclusive, maybe they can build a gate for people who want to leave, that only opens if you insert a coin that only customers get after paying their meal.
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There are two flea markets near me that are opened every weekend and there is a McDonalds right next to one of them. The manager there has to patrol the parking lot and ask people who are getting out of their cars about what they are there for and he has cars get towed if people park in their parking lot and go next door. I realized lot of people do it and it's become a problem so now they have to patrol it so my husband and I just took turns going over there looking while our kids played and ate and one of us stayed. Our car didn't get towed because we were customers and we didn't abandon our car in the parking lot.
What about people going to the flea markets and eating at McDonalds afterwards. Can imagine the flea markets bring a lot of extra customers to McDonalds.
Weird that you can't even eat as a family, without being afraid your car gets towed.
If they want to make it exclusive, maybe they can build a gate for people who want to leave, that only opens if you insert a coin that only customers get after paying their meal.
They just don't want their parking lot to get full that customers wouldn't be able to eat there because of cars there parked by flea marker customers. Lot of places are like that. They want customer parking only and always threaten to tow your vehicle if you part there and aren't a customer. They have signs up for it.
Parking is very limited at these places which is why you should take the light rail there since the stop is so close and then you have to walk a few blocks.
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Think. Write. Think. Delete.
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Not feeling like posting today.
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Students who don't read the textbooks are particularly good at mangling concepts.
So for example a hallmark of a true experiment is manipulation of the treatment or independent variable (IV). The experimenter changes something about the treatment (or introduces one) to see if there is a change in the target behavior (the dependent variable or DV). Simple, yes?
So a student asks can his team do their experiment without manipulating the independent variable which actually is not a stupid question since the curriculum designers left out good explanations of what happens when you can't manipulate the IV. It means you no longer have an experiment (this applies only in the case of a single non-manipulated variable). Instead, you have a choice of observation strategies which are legitimate means of conducting research.
So along comes a student who says that you don't have to manipulate the IV in a research study depending on the type of experiment. Sigh.
This is followed by another student who posts that "you may not be physically manipulating anything" but that the differences in things like gender and age count as manipulation. This is because (according to her) manipulation can be naturally occurring.
So glad the OP knew better than to listen to these [rude word deleted].
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Think. Write. Think. Delete.
I've done that too. Sometimes it saves a lot of regrets later on. 8)
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My phone seems to be missing calls
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My phone seems to be missing calls
Never get rid of it. :P
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As far as invasive flora goes round here, christ, the amount of himalayan balsam that grows is insane. I spent quite a while last year whacking down balsam that had started to sprout in and around some of the stands of grass I harvest ergot fungus from.
And its infested a favourite local woodland too, to the extent they hold days for people to go and crack down on it.
Not wrong on the giant hogweed hyke, it really is a nasty bugger if you come into contact with it, burned me once, on my leg, left a black blister about the diameter of a five pence coin that took ages to heal. Didn't really hurt though. Makes me wonder how deep it went.
Its invasive as all hell too, takes years of herbicide intensive treatment to purge it from an area utterly. I've even seen it sprouting up in roadside grass verges. Cut a big plant down last year here because it decided to grow right outside a primary school.
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Every fourth car on the road these days seems to be a white SUV. :dunno:
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Every fourth? It's a sign! :GA:
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Every fourth? It's a sign! :GA:
But of what?! Should I call one of those psychic hotlines? :GA:
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If my partner were here in Canada on a work permit, I would be able to get one for myself and also get health insurance through the government instead of her job. But since she was born here, I am unable to get one because she can't get a work permit because she was born here.
I fell in love with Canada when I came here as an adult. I figured out that they would not take me unless I was offered a job, and I didn't want to get a job just to come here. By the time Py got the job here, my interest in living in Canada had waned somewhat, but I was still excited to come. Not so excited now. Too many people here fall on the incompetent side of mediocre on the spectrum from competent to waste of flesh. They ignored the visa stamp that says June and now it's in their computer that they arbitrarily decided that my visa was expired as of the date of their letter. A conflict like this means a big hassle at the border.
The silver lining is now I can't go to visit my mother as I promised. The lawyer said that in general it's possible they would give me trouble getting back in but they often don't bother U.S. citizens. Not telling my mother that part.
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There is a swarm of 17 Chinese bots here now :zombiefuck:
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There is a swarm of 17 Chinese bots here now :zombiefuck:
How do you know that they are Chinese and not from Goople or Russia or India?
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There is a swarm of 17 Chinese bots here now :zombiefuck:
How do you know that they are Chinese and not from Goople or Russia or India?
I can see their IP addresses
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Seriously, white cars and white SUVs everywhere, what's up?!
Carwash owners love it though. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0a2BWE3zA
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Every fourth? It's a sign! :GA:
But of what?! Should I call one of those psychic hotlines? :GA:
Yes, now, while we still have time! :GA:
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Every fourth? It's a sign! :GA:
But of what?! Should I call one of those psychic hotlines? :GA:
Yes, now, while we still have time! :GA:
Good thing I'm too paranoid to use a credit card. At $1/minute to talk to a psychic, I'd quickly go broke. :P
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
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Sat in a web meeting with this Indian guy who apparently loved his own voice. I don't know why, he sounded shrill and had a funny accent.
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
OK, if you insist.
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
OK, if you insist.
You should use your psychic powers to see and describe the afterlife! :autism:
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
OK, if you insist.
You should use your psychic powers to see and describe the afterlife! :autism:
There is no afterlife.
That'll be $20.
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Seriously, white cars and white SUVs everywhere, what's up?!
Carwash owners love it though. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0a2BWE3zA
My wife feels the same way and went out of her way to buy a car that wasn't white, she didn't want a black or silver one either and got a light blue one
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Seriously, white cars and white SUVs everywhere, what's up?!
Carwash owners love it though. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0a2BWE3zA
My wife feels the same way and went out of her way to buy a car that wasn't white, she didn't want a black or silver one either and got a light blue one
I have owned nine white or "off-white" vehicles in my days. I love white cars!! My wife has a "pearllescent" beige Lincoln and my son's car (which, by the way, he has never driven outside the driveway at our house) is an off-white metallic Chevrolet Traverse. A truly beautiful fucking car. I drive it a lot.
Now I own my second black vehicle, Cadillac Escalade (edited. See below). My first was in the late seventies. It was a '69 Boss 302 Mustang. It had gold lettering, striping, etc. It was an amazingly fun car! My Escalade is just awesome but I generally keep it for horrid snow days. We have had none of those this winter.
Oh, and my wife will not ever own a silver car. She thinks they are the same color as the road and thus camouflaged from the average driver. Just asking to get in a car wreck, right?
I remind her that all our cars have really bright driving lights set to work all the time. MAybe the other drivers can not see our car coming but they WILL see the lights heading their way.
:^)
Sorry to have to edit, but I feel like an idiot. I do not even know what car I drive. Mine is actually an Escalade. Way back when I went shopping for a new-ish car a "friend" of mine had just bought a new Navigator. Now I REALLY needed to get a new car, since my current car at the time was a Ford mini-van. I loved my "friend's car" and I went shopping for a used one since I could not afford a NEW one.
Never even saw a single Navigator used for sale, NOT one anywhere offered for sale (that kind of speaks volumes in itself), but I lucked onto a decent deal on a comparable Cadallac that was three years old and within my budget.
I now "mostly" drive the car I bought for my son, who still has not even tried to get a license or take courses. We found an awesome deal on a fairly high mileage Chevrolet Traverse with "all the modern bells and whistles." We bought it for our son and daughter to learn on (very decent safety ratings, dependable, etc) and I LIKE it a lot and so I drive it to work most days.
If we are going to take a long trip down into Indianapolis (or down to Kentucky to meet up with my cousin as I did a couple of weeks ago) for some reason, I generally take the big SUV.
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
OK, if you insist.
You should use your psychic powers to see and describe the afterlife! :autism:
There is no afterlife.
That'll be $20.
Of course if you repent now, you will enjoy an eternal life in paradise.
Please drop your "tithe" (ten percent of your entire income, please) into the collection plate.
:laugh:
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Seriously, white cars and white SUVs everywhere, what's up?!
Carwash owners love it though. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0a2BWE3zA
My wife feels the same way and went out of her way to buy a car that wasn't white, she didn't want a black or silver one either and got a light blue one
Light blue sounds refreshingly different, like a robin's egg, nice for spring. :thumbup:
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Another of my observations is that a lot of the newer cars are "pearlescent" (thanks DirtDawg for the word)
and therefore their exact color is hard to pin down and describe. Makes them good getaway cars. :police:
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On the other hand, I kind of like black cars, might own one eventually. 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHrOpqFE5A
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Walter White once owned a white car, then bought a black car. :heisenberg:
(http://dl9fvu4r30qs1.cloudfront.net/f5/e5/1901ef7e4458ad5c40a67da0ba44/bb18.png)
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The white parts of my fingernails are about 1mm long. Time to cut em! :arrr:
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Best color car I ever had was bright orange.
Never lost it in a parking lot even once.
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Skelth didn't log out of chat. Clever and witty move.
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Skelth didn't log out of chat. Clever and witty move.
Skelth is there to stay.
Or Skelth got stuck there for days by accident.
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I predict monetary issues in your future. :zoinks:
If I give you all my account numbers and passwords, will you tell me more? :autism:
OK, if you insist.
You should use your psychic powers to see and describe the afterlife! :autism:
There is no afterlife.
That'll be $20.
Of course if you repent now, you will enjoy an eternal life in paradise.
Please drop your "tithe" (ten percent of your entire income, please) into the collection plate.
:laugh:
You can have $2, then. ;D
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The sand the hospital puts on the parking lot and sidewalks is almost pure white like the beaches where I lived in Florida
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The sand the hospital puts on the parking lot and sidewalks is almost pure white like the beaches where I lived in Florida
That's to make a hospital stay as much fun as a day at the beach! :shark: :laugh:
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One of my cats was up on it's hind legs intently smelling the rear bumper and spare tire of my neighbors SUV when I pulled in the driveway I watched it for almost two minutes trying to figure out what it was after before it stopped :dunno:
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My sig is getting obnoxiously long. I'm taking up too much bandwidth. :autism:
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One of my cats was up on it's hind legs intently smelling the rear bumper and spare tire of my neighbors SUV when I pulled in the driveway I watched it for almost two minutes trying to figure out what it was after before it stopped :dunno:
Another cat sprayed the rear bumper. I bet if you went near the SUV it smelled like cat piss.
Don't even ask how I know this...on second thought...
The neighbors cats (who were not fixed) used to piss on my truck. >:(
The reaction it got from other cats was the same. It's like a little furry gang marking their territory with graffiti for the others to read.
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One of my cats was up on it's hind legs intently smelling the rear bumper and spare tire of my neighbors SUV when I pulled in the driveway I watched it for almost two minutes trying to figure out what it was after before it stopped :dunno:
Another cat sprayed the rear bumper. I bet if you went near the SUV it smelled like cat piss.
Don't even ask how I know this...on second thought...
The neighbors cats (who were not fixed) used to piss on my truck. >:(
The reaction it got from other cats was the same. It's like a little furry gang marking their territory with graffiti for the others to read.
Yes, same with bicycles. Bicycles themselves is not too bad. But if you have great carrier bags on the bike, they get a smell that keeps on giving. :P
Somehow cats also like to sharpen their nails / mark their territory on bicycle tires. Keeps amazing me that the bicycle never falls over when they do this.
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One of my cats was up on it's hind legs intently smelling the rear bumper and spare tire of my neighbors SUV when I pulled in the driveway I watched it for almost two minutes trying to figure out what it was after before it stopped :dunno:
Another cat sprayed the rear bumper. I bet if you went near the SUV it smelled like cat piss.
Don't even ask how I know this...on second thought...
The neighbors cats (who were not fixed) used to piss on my truck. >:(
The reaction it got from other cats was the same. It's like a little furry gang marking their territory with graffiti for the others to read.
Yes, same with bicycles. Bicycles themselves is not too bad. But if you have great carrier bags on the bike, they get a smell that keeps on giving. :P
Somehow cats also like to sharpen their nails / mark their territory on bicycle tires. Keeps amazing me that the bicycle never falls over when they do this.
They like to sharpen their nails on just about everything. I have a workbench in the basement made out of 2x4s and they have worked halfway through one of the legs they have also wrecked wood trim and sheet rock in other parts of the house and they don't ever seem to want to do anything to those scratching pole things
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One of my cats was up on it's hind legs intently smelling the rear bumper and spare tire of my neighbors SUV when I pulled in the driveway I watched it for almost two minutes trying to figure out what it was after before it stopped :dunno:
Another cat sprayed the rear bumper. I bet if you went near the SUV it smelled like cat piss.
Don't even ask how I know this...on second thought...
The neighbors cats (who were not fixed) used to piss on my truck. >:(
The reaction it got from other cats was the same. It's like a little furry gang marking their territory with graffiti for the others to read.
Yes, same with bicycles. Bicycles themselves is not too bad. But if you have great carrier bags on the bike, they get a smell that keeps on giving. :P
Somehow cats also like to sharpen their nails / mark their territory on bicycle tires. Keeps amazing me that the bicycle never falls over when they do this.
They like to sharpen their nails on just about everything. I have a workbench in the basement made out of 2x4s and they have worked halfway through one of the legs they have also wrecked wood trim and sheet rock in other parts of the house and they don't ever seem to want to do anything to those scratching pole things
Mine do only scratch on scratching boards inside. Outside it is different, but there is a lot they'll leave alone. Bicycle tires are never left alone though, all cats apparently need to mark them.
And lots of cats need to spray bicycle carrier bags. We're having more and more male cats with balls still attached in the neighbourhood.
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Somebody sharing my name in Finland bought some cloud storage but the connection details were sent to me. Cool.
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Somebody sharing my name in Finland bought some cloud storage but the connection details were sent to me. Cool.
:laugh:
Maybe the two of you could meet. :asthing:
Ex of mine googled his name (not too common), and found someone with almost the same interests as he has. I once tried to contact someone and was too lazy to check my address book. Googled, and found someone else, same profession, same specialisation in that profession, same hobbies, just other side of the country. Coincidences, of course, but funny.
Have not found someone with my full name yet. Did find someone doing a study I once did, at an other university, who used my first name. Was intrigued, because I had been told I had a double studying at that university. Was not my double, but my niece, she uses her second name online, and that happens to be my first name.
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Somebody sharing my name in Finland bought some cloud storage but the connection details were sent to me. Cool.
:laugh:
Maybe the two of you could meet. :asthing:
Ex of mine googled his name (not too common), and found someone with almost the same interests as he has. I once tried to contact someone and was too lazy to check my address book. Googled, and found someone else, same profession, same specialisation in that profession, same hobbies, just other side of the country. Coincidences, of course, but funny.
Have not found someone with my full name yet. Did find someone doing a study I once did, at an other university, who used my first name. Was intrigued, because I had been told I had a double studying at that university. Was not my double, but my niece, she uses her second name online, and that happens to be my first name.
This guy's full name is not the same as mine but they send stuff to my email address for some reason. It's very odd.
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This guy's full name is not the same as mine but they send stuff to my email address for some reason. It's very odd.
Probably because he provided the wrong email address.
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This guy's full name is not the same as mine but they send stuff to my email address for some reason. It's very odd.
Probably because he provided the wrong email address.
Doesn't compute. I suspect his provider got it wrong, probably based on his name.
Although yeah, maybe. Maybe the guy is an idiot.
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This guy's full name is not the same as mine but they send stuff to my email address for some reason. It's very odd.
Probably because he provided the wrong email address.
Doesn't compute. I suspect his provider got it wrong, probably based on his name.
Although yeah, maybe. Maybe the guy is an idiot.
Can't recall purchasing anything where my email has been assumed by the provider. It's more logical to assume they have the wrong address because that's the email address they were given.
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Who gets his email address so wrong?
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Is the difference that big, or does it seem a possible typo?
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It's my name, surname.lastname@gmail.com.
Google doesn't differentiate between surname.lastname@gmail.com and surnamelastname@gmail.com, so it can't be that. And remember that the guy's name is the same as mine so I'm not sure how he'd get it so wrong.
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Have you purchased things there too, in the past?
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Have you purchased things there too, in the past?
No, never.
I managed to contact their customer support (their website was a fucking disaster) so we'll see what happens. My namesake will wonder about his cloud storage at some point, too, especially since I followed the link, logged in and changed the password.
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It's my name, surname.lastname@gmail.com.
Google doesn't differentiate between surname.lastname@gmail.com and surnamelastname@gmail.com, so it can't be that. And remember that the guy's name is the same as mine so I'm not sure how he'd get it so wrong.
Maybe not understanding 'so wrong' if the only difference is the period in the username, or why a system wouldn't differentiate between those two emails when one has a period in the username and the other doesn't; the period makes them different usernames. If his email is the one with the period and yours is the one without the period, then sounds like a typo forgetting the period in the username.
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But that's the thing: he could never have created a Google account without the full stop. He could never have accessed it. Google would have said the email was already in use.
Obviously he could use it when registering for the cloud service, but what's the point if he can't access the account?
I've had my Google account ever since Gmail was still in beta. He hasn't.
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The hoard is creeping back into my living space. Clutter is my natural environment. :autism:
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There were flyers at the bus stop today, about a boy gone missing. He had a nice face. When I got home and checked my mail, I saw in a MSN newsflash that he had been found drowned.
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There were flyers at the bus stop today, about a boy gone missing. He had a nice face. When I got home and checked my mail, I saw in a MSN newsflash that he had been found drowned.
Damn. :(
My sister had a vivid dream several years ago about a young boy drowning. Days later,
it happened, in much the same way the dream depicted it. My father also had at least one
(possibly) precognitive dream in his life. I do wonder if we are all connected into one mind. :apondering:
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The squirrels are making a mess with the sunflower seeds
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I've downsized my ambitions from "greatness" to "better." In doing so, I have observed that
"better" is a moving target. So I just scurry around playing whac-a-mole, making small
improvements that will just have to be made again in another day, week, month.
Life is all about putting out small fires. :yarly:
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Actually yesterday.
Ran into an old (20+ yrs) boyfriend and his SO at the auction yesterday.
He kept leaving her in the crowd and getting in my line of sight, motioning to me to come talk to him.
I pretended not to see him. :dunno:
Realized that some jackasses...will just turn into older jackasses.
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Actually yesterday.
Ran into an old (20+ yrs) boyfriend and his SO at the auction yesterday.
He kept leaving her in the crowd and getting in my line of sight, motioning to me to come talk to him.
I pretended not to see him. :dunno:
Realized that some jackasses...will just turn into older jackasses.
Yeah, what a prize he would have been, chatting you up behind her back.
Icequeen is independent and she has her mighty truck! :icequeen:
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CBC is getting a tough skin about the mice. Not grossed out by the corpse of the late Teaspoon 2, who expired in our dustpan after crawling or falling in there.
I did feel bad because I am sure he was very young, but teen pregnancy is rampant among mice. Is it better that I didn't have to kill his children? Is it bad to anthropomorphize them?
Definitely geeky for this line of thought as well as the ability to spell "anthropomorphize" without trouble and without dyslexic interference.
One of my favorite things about Py is that I don't have to define words for her.
OK, getting random. Time to go back to grading.
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I overslept. :(
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I've pissed off someone really bad, in a friendly way. :green:
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Lots of road work and detours around town today got stuck in 4 of them just going and getting a coffee and bringing the dog over by the river where I can let her run around without a leash
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I've pissed off someone really bad, in a friendly way. :green:
Is our little cow becoming a troll? :trollface:
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I've pissed off someone really bad, in a friendly way. :green:
Is our little cow becoming a troll? :trollface:
She is one of our more successful ones. :zoinks:
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I've pissed off someone really bad, in a friendly way. :green:
Is our little cow becoming a troll? :trollface:
She is one of our more successful ones. :zoinks:
They grow up so fast. Sunrise, sunset. :'(
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* becomes shy *
No, no way, not turning shy any more. :hyke:
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* becomes shy *
No, no way, not turning shy any more. :hyke:
Much more fun to troll this thread. :trollface:
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Hadn't seen it for years, but today I saw a toddler with teeth that had all been rotting away from the sides. There were only tiny yellowish white spikes with brown sides left. Probably because of sending it to bed with a bottle with some sweet stuff in it on a regular basis.
Thought the warnings had been enough, since I had not seen it for over 15 years I think. But apparently there still are carers that stupid.
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It was toad orgy day at West Rock State park, there where hundreds of them all along the bank of the pond and floating around in clumps in the water :zombiefuck:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20160419_110926_cr_zpsa8h8bif5.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20160419_110926_cr_zpsa8h8bif5.jpg.html)
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Apparently there was a desk on the motorway, earlier today.
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"IntensitySquared ... we've got toad porn!" :frog: :autism:
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The session I just attended was on motivating and engaging students. The presenter put an exclamation mark after each word in the title (that should have been a warning).
Why the speaker delivered this information in a monotone, made no activities and asked no questions to engage the audience, I do not know. It was so boring that I may have been traumatized by it. Luckily there is a break now. I could not bring myself even to look at the program.
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"IntensitySquared ... we've got toad porn!" :frog: :autism:
We are inclusive. :M
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It is utterly relaxing for me to look at Sakura - this season is no exception. Many hi-res images posted. Plumeria does the same, and the fragrance sometimes mitigates the train wreck. Not sure why about that. My father grows plumeria. I kill it. Recently I bought some essential oil that doesn't smell the same as the flowers. Eucalyptus does it for me too, and the essential oil for that smells just like the live plants, which I've only seen in California.
I noticed that there is no thread for people to share what relaxes them. Aspergers is stressful.
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The session I just attended was on motivating and engaging students. The presenter put an exclamation mark after each word in the title (that should have been a warning).
Why the speaker delivered this information in a monotone, made no activities and asked no questions to engage the audience, I do not know. It was so boring that I may have been traumatized by it. Luckily there is a break now. I could not bring myself even to look at the program.
I see that punctuation-mark-after-every-word gimmick everywhere and I am so. Over. It. :P
Maybe that speaker belongs here. He could be the Gopher's new special interest. :zoinks:
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Thats a tree frog, not a toad.
Toads usually have much drier skin than frogs and USUALLY are warty while frogs have smooth, and moist skin. Toads typically get about by walking, frogs hop.
Wolfish-so start one.
Damn I am parched. Time for a nice big gulp of cherry coke, fresh out of the fridge and nicely chilly:)
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Thats a tree frog, not a toad.
Toads usually have much drier skin than frogs and USUALLY are warty while frogs have smooth, and moist skin. Toads typically get about by walking, frogs hop.
I know it's a frog. We don't have a toad smiley and I wanted to use this one. :P
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It is utterly relaxing for me to look at Sakura - this season is no exception. Many hi-res images posted. Plumeria does the same, and the fragrance sometimes mitigates the train wreck. Not sure why about that. My father grows plumeria. I kill it. Recently I bought some essential oil that doesn't smell the same as the flowers. Eucalyptus does it for me too, and the essential oil for that smells just like the live plants, which I've only seen in California.
I noticed that there is no thread for people to share what relaxes them. Aspergers is stressful.
Had to look up Sakura. I love that tree. It was in the garden where I grew up. My kids have seen it too, and have played in the pink "snow" at the end of the blossoming. The tree is no more, alas. It fell apart because of age and had to go.
Every end of April I get happy when I see one of those trees.
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:odeon:
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Afternoon pee smelled strongly of coffee. :coffee:
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Lesson learned.
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Better that, than the other way round.
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Better that, than the other way round.
:lol1: :plus:
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Well its accurate enough, is it not?
Which would you prefer if neither is not an option? piss with coffee in it, or your coffee with someone's piss in it?
(for those autistic fucking freaks amongst us here, that is an example of the 'rhetorical question', I really don't need to be told of preference one way or the other:P
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Well its accurate enough, is it not?
Which would you prefer if neither is not an option? piss with coffee in it, or your coffee with someone's piss in it?
(for those autistic fucking freaks amongst us here, that is an example of the 'rhetorical question', I really don't need to be told of preference one way or the other:P
I sometimes feel as if caffeinated pee is heavier than non-caffeinated.
I'm sure it's not, it just feels that way. As if the molecular structure is different or something. :tard:
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Afternoon pee smelled strongly of coffee. :coffee:
Did you think about recycling it?
Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) article on Urine Therapy (http://www.curezone.org/forums/am.asp?i=122980)
Is urine therapy a cure for ailments?
by A. F. DAWOOD
Dr. C. P. Mithal, M.D., an Indian doctor, in his book "The Miracles of Urine Culture" reveals some stunning facts on the efficacy of urine for so many dreadful diseases, which to lay people seem incredible. He asserts that urine is a panacea for ailments like diabetes, cancer, tuberculosis and for diseases of eyes, ears, teeth and skin. Moraji Desai, a former Prime Minister of India, vouchsafes the fact that he had tried the efficiency of urine on himself very successfully and on his advice some others have tried this remedy with success. The author elicits the following information, which would raise the eye-brows of the readers: that in the days of yore urine therapy was practised widely in the interior villages to the extent that old grandmothers gave children to drink their own urine to overcome fever, lose motion and many other ailments; that Tibetan lamas (monks) used to drink their own urine to preserve their health, as it was believed that urine contained nutritious ingredients; that in the past, a mixture of cow urine and human urine was an essential composition in the ancient ayurvedic medicine; that travellers and explorers drank their own urine when water was scarce in the desert.
Volatile
Dr. C. P. Mithal further pinpoints that urine contains volatile salts which are beneficial to the human body because these salts destroy acidity and get rid of pain in kidney, intestine, and womb; furthermore urine, a natural tonic, eliminates giddiness, tension in nerves, lazy feeling, hemicrama, paralysis, decaying of any part of the body, common cold, diseases of brain, nerves, joints and leukorrhoe (a whitish discharge from vagina resulting from inflammation or congestion of the mucous membrane). According to this book, there is a string of advantages by the use of urine internally and externally. A sick cow or dog drinks its own urine from time to time and recovers from the illness in a few days. If the teeth are washed many times daily with urine, advised a French dentist three hundred years ago, those suffering from tooth ailment could get relief. Dr. Mithal highlights that two books, one published in the nineteenth century "One Thousand Notable Things" and the other published in 1695 "Solomon's English Physician", record the following useful features of urine.
By drinking urine, diseases of kidney, liver and bile, dropsy, jaundice, sinuses and plague could be cured; by washing the anus with urine diseases of the ear, nose and eyes could be cured and the joints become flexible and the skin becomes smooth.
He also quotes in his book an interesting account of an English author, C. Scott on Dr. W. H. Buxton's application of urine therapy in his book "Doctor's Disease and Health". According to this book, though incredible it sounds, the doctor cured himself of cancer by using urine pack and drinking urine, and also drank three tumblers full of urine daily for preservation of his eye sight, in addition to using urine as eye drop. Monks in India, leading a solitary life in the jungles, called Naga Sadhus, remain naked throughout the year and drink their urine daily to maintain good health. The erudite doctor describes urine as a product of the body's excretory system but contains chemical composition such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride and many more, all of which are essential for body health and hence concludes that urine is a natural tonic.
Islam considers urine an impurity and a drop of urine on body or clothes of one due to pray could nullify his or her prayer. I am not aware of the Buddhist point of view on urine but the Holy Bible, according to Dr. Mithal refers to urine therapy in these cryptic words, "Drink waters out of thine own cistern; when thou fastest, annoint thy head and wash your face." It was J. W. Armstrong, those father used to cure disease of domestic cows, horses and dogs by treating them with urine, that first understood the significance of these words. Armstrong was suffering from T.B. for which antibiotics such as stretomycia and penicillin were not available during that time. Having failed to get completely cured from T.B. by two doctors, he adopted urine therapy after he came across the above Bible statement. He fasted on urine and tap water for 45 days and at the same time annointing his body with urine. At the end of forty nine days he broke his fast with raw meat.
It is said that urine is a sure curative for heart ailments; that urine is mixed with other medicines by allopathic doctors and urine is used for the manufacture of skin tonic by some foreign firms.
There even is a forum. :zoinks:
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First of all, he is completely, totally, and absolutely wrong, in stating that the body would make use of urine to correct 'acidosis' (which does, actually, in real fact, exist as a medical complaint, however if it is severe enough to warrant treatment at all, then its vital to seek medical help, it isn't just some trivial crap people spout on about foods causing it or curing it.
The body wishes to survive, ergo, it has evolved the biological mechanisms with which to do so. There is a bicarbonate buffer system that effectively controls haematological PH without any help at all.
The body is more than capable of maintaining homeostasis. If we could not, then we would simply be unable to survive, save perhaps being attended to in an ICU.
Salts? yes, sure. What goes in, must come out again at some point, and we excrete electrolytes via sweating and urination. If someone wants to get their electrolytes from drinking piss instead of powerade and food they are welcome to, but I'd be prepared to bet large sums of money (if I had any), that a nice cold bottle of isotonic sports drink, a couple of bananas, melon,etc for potassium rich food (watermelon is even richer in K than is banana), We get, those who can consume dairy produce without intolerance, enough calcium that way, we probably these days get MORE than an ample serving of Na, of course salt ingestion is intaking Cl- as well as Na.
Magnesium can be found in rich quantities in many seeds and nuts.
In short, there is no simple mineral that can only, or that would benefit from drinking urine. If it has come OUT in the urine, then it didn't pop out of thin air into existence suddenly, the person xingested it to begin with. Presumably, from something that doesn't make one look like a fuckup.
I'm not even going open my mouth on the subject of 'because the bible/koran/talmud/flying invisible spaghetti monster. Because it just doesn't need saying. Other than that said books
say quite a lot of things. Does he also go round stoning faggots to death, cutting people's hands off, executing adulterers and 'witches' ?
Or 'sparing the rod' and 'spoiling the child' If he believes all the shite written by primitive tribespeople with zero comprehension of modern western science and modern medicine, then I have
some prime real-estate and a villa to sell him in sun-kissed nigeria. I heard his bank account is lovely this time of year.......
There are hormones excreted in urine so I could see it being an emergency field-expedient assist, for people with hormonal deficiencies if a normal producer and excreter were present also.
Although I don't know how effective it could be. If they were trapped somewhere sans potable water then distilled urine can be used , but continual consumption of actual undistilled urine, fresh on tap, so to speak, is mainly going to reintroduce waste products the body excreted because they are WASTE. Garbage. Rubbish. Alex plank, crap, worthless trash. See where that theme is going?t
Txhis if more than the immediate short-term future, drinking unpurified piss will damage the kidneys in particular, by reintroducing the toxic bio-waste produced by the body to it, oncesuoit it has be`en removed, is akin to pouring dirt back into a freshly cleaned..whatever.
As for the long list of 'cured' or 'curable' maladies, don't even get me started, because I'd tear his credibility ragged shreds if I were present at such encouragement, or perhaps bring along some low-contagiousness, highly infectious organism/s with me, to stick him with , such as y-pestis. I bet he would kick and scream the house down if he were approached by someone with a syringe of infectious material and about to jab him with it. Should be fine with that considering his clairms he won't need any antibiotics when infected with Y.pestis, because he claims to be able to cure it, does not mean that they ARE able to, they are meaning-free and worthless and idiotic claims he is making, if all they had to do would be to drink piss and be fine and whole, why did hundreds of thousands to millions get exterminated by the black death.
Are we too, to believe simple piss cures every type of cancer under the sun? and everything else. Ebola virus? hey, we are going to piss in a bottle and throw it in your face or force feed it. But again it cures viral diseases, bacterial like bubonic plague, TB, (technically a mycobacterium rather than a bog standard bacterial species, two, actually as there exists both human pulmonary TB and bovine TB, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M.bovis respectively. The bovine form CAN replicate and thrive in humans though btw), cures liver disease, leaving all those poor alcoholics too ignorant to pull themselves a pint of their own recycled beer to suffer cirrhosis.
Eye complaints? urine IS said to be sterile, and possibly makes do as an emergency eyewash or wound wash if there is nothing, NOTHING else available that is so. But to the extent I believe the claims without backup....personally I'll stick to saline pods for use if ever again I end up copping something corrosive or toxic in the eyes (had a powder burn as a kid, actually ON my right eye, ended up in hospital for 6 to 8 hours, laid out on a table with my eyelids pulled down whilst saline was squirted into my eyes. For all that 6 or 8 hours. NOT fun. And had some 'dr' suggested I needed
no treatment, but that he was going to try pissing in my face, before I piss off home and salve my eyeball burn with my own, or animal piss? lets just say I'd have been determined to find their home addresses out, and paid a visit not with
the ounces of perchlorate/magnesium/aluminium (second 'I' there, americans, I think I'd have realized if I just blew up some 'aluminum' in my face) but with a good few tens of kilos at LEAST, in an enclosed container full of ballbearings, and wrapped in razor-wire around the outside (ever seen what an explosion in a thin-walled metal container does, if wrapped in something like wire?
Ends up blowing the walls of the container flat, ribbonlike, and sending that and the wrapping whipping out at such speed I've seen a hollowed out deodorant can full of explosive turn into one long twisty strip of razor-sharp edged metal, extended from being the curved vessel wall, to one long blade, driven through the surroundings fast enough for it to have sliced right into a BIG linden tree, too big to be encircled in a man's arms.
If that had been a person accidentally getting in the way, or if someone deployed that against a person, christ, that thing would probably have cut them in half. Certainly powerful enough to
sever the likes of arms and legs, in a similar principle to how one after a tornado, may witness strands of ordinary grass, embedded in, from being driven through tree trunks like hammered nails. Thats natural phenomena and grass stalks. Explosive charges and metal? not much I found wouldn't be sliced through by such a projectile. I only let such things off as a little kid/teen for fun, away from any and all people, just for the amusement of building the charges, experimenting at the time with different LEs, HEs and incendiary compositions, shaped charges, etc. And my targets things like wooden boards, tree stumps, steel plates, etc. just for the fun in trying to develop ever more efficient charges and fillings, then testing brisance, penetration depth, and width of penetration site
if it wasn't something loaded with submunitions, like a beehive round or canister shot, shotgunlike effect (think canister full of high explosive, the additional bits required to initiate same, such as boosters, caps/pipes full of mercury fulminate, only instead of otherwise nothing, teargas, smoke, or WP, a whole load of thin, flattened, roughly x-shaped, in profile flechettes. The buzzing shriek heard on firing those things really does, sound like a hive of furiously enraged bees in flight. NOT something I'd have fancied getting on the wrong end of! because targets would be peppered with hundreds of those razoredged pointy darts, that would EASILY penetrate straight through tisssue, they often did through a piece of wood. And anything else would be sliced to shreds. Very, very effective, even in the hands of a creator not yet in double-digit figures, or if so, then not by long at all, and his amateur attempts to replicate the beehive shells fired as antipersonnel weapons by tanks which are more or less the same thing, I just didn't have a tank. Still don't, sadly. Although if ever I really strike it rich, I would love to buy one, one can get the likes of soviet-era tiger tanks online, armor is old compared to modern antitank capabilities, past it really, but I see no reason it couldn't be beefed up, and something extra, like a big power generator and a PIKL, or PEP cannon, maybe big directed microwave weapon or something to spice up the main tank gun a bit xD
Would be fun as hell a project, to modernize and update a WWII tank until its got some thoroughly modern composite armor, spaced armor layer over the top to defeat tandem charge rounds,
and a selection of modern energy weapons :D
I won't be drinking any piss in the meantime to stay 'healthy' though thats for certain haha. ew.
Raw meat is begging for some pretty nasty parasites. Like Trichinella, found in pork, tapeworms, you name it. Nasty, too. I can't abide even the thought of rare meat, the way people can ask for
and get, their steak served up slightly browned for the first mm or two each side, and bloody, quivering flesh inside...EWWWWW, jesus. thats just nasty. I like my meat, especially my steaks very
well done, something tender, but that I can really have a good gnaw on, until each mouthful is sucked and chewed so dry and empty its little but fiber once swallowed. Until every last drop of seasoning and tasty beef-juices, every fleck of spice has been gnawed from each piece. Not a soft, possibly disease-transmitting, bloody piece of HOPEFULLY dead flesh, but which
I wouldn't actually trust that it wouldn't start mooing on the plate, and needing a couple of sharp blows delivered with a piece of pipe, a hammer, etc. Just to ensure it doesn't up and try running off away from my plate altogether. I won't even eat meat that has a trace of light, light, ever so slight pink to the middle, it MUST be well done for me to like it.
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I was only taking the piss out of CBC, Lestat. :zoinks:
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My son is stressed out for some reason. This is proving to be a great morning. ::)
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I was only taking the piss out of CBC, Lestat. :zoinks:
I can take the piss out of myself, I have been doing it since I was born. :bonnet: :trollface:
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Damn, you must have been thirsty then hyke :D
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Damn, you must have been thirsty then hyke :D
Nah, not for myself, that stuff is golden.
I'm bringing it on the market. Coffee Flavoured Weeble Pee, the cure of all modern ailments.
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I was only taking the piss out of CBC, Lestat. :zoinks:
I can take the piss out of myself, I have been doing it since I was born. :bonnet: :trollface:
But do you recycle it? That (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,17153.msg1113303.html#msg1113303) was the question.
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Some piss-recycling trivia: when the chukchee and lapp peoples shamen take the fly agaric mushroom as a divination aid, then they would allow the less strongly constituted to take and consume their urine, because of two reasons. First, because uncured fly agaric is meant to be, and in every or near enough so report i've read from people that didn't cure it, it was a real gutbuster as well as physically rough all round. This is thought, and most very probably is because of the toxic ibotenic acid being present in addition to the sought muscimol, this on passage through the metabolic machinery of a human (or reindeer, which is thought to be how the tribesfolk learnt of its intoxicating properties, by watching reindeer go berserk over the mushroom, apparently all they need do to call in the animals is scatter bits of fly agaric mushroom on the ground and the deer flock to it) then it is metabolized to muscimol, which itself is excreted almost in its entirety, as it went in without being changed, in the urine, saving one the rough and ready nature of uncured Amanita muscaria. And because the mushroom could only be had seeasonally in limited quantity as could be found and picked, it was/is valuble to them so not everybody could afford to barter for some, so they.....shared...in other ways. Seemingly one portion would thus pass through many, before its activity is exhausted.
Quite happy to stick to picking my own and curing them for the following year and for the winter personally. NOT many reindeer to get them first on my local golf course of course, and I don't know about siberia, but in england they are plentiful enough during the fruiting season, indeed more or less to myself. I get the odd warning 'not to eat those, they will poison you' (only if you don't know hot to make use of them), nobody I know of uses them as an intoxicant, and actually I have never heard of ANYONE who uses them to season their recipes, in a purely culinary manner but me. I've met more than one hiker or dog walker on that golf course and its attached woodland that was first afraid for my safety, and then quite astonished to be told I was taking them home to make my special steak spice blend! fair enough I guess, they meant well in giving me the advice/warnings because all the mushrooming guidebooks and texts DO make claim that its either poisonous, or 'very' poisonous. And it IS lethal to dogs, and possibly to cats.
The books do make them sound a LOT more poisonous or dangerous than they are though. The ONLY actual DIRECT death due to ingestion I'm aware of was decades ago, an italian diplomat who mistook them for the much sought after and reportedly delicous Ceasar's mushrooms, Amanita ceasaria, so named for being a favourite of the roman emperor Claudius, who actually met his end by means of a dish of these that had been poisoned with the juice of the deadly poisonous A.phalloides, the deathcap. No guesses what that one does needed! This italian DID die from actual poisoning, but that was because he cooked and dined on a huge pile of the things. Aside from that, there have been deaths amongst campers who took the fly agarics as an inebriant, but that is not the fault of the mushroom, but the fault of someone not being careful in respect of WHERE and WHEN they took it, they froze to death whilst insensible, and would not have done so, and not have come to harm had that same set of people taken their mushrooms outside of a setting where they could come to harm from the climate. Not any different to driving drunk really, just a different intoxicant and environmental hazard, you don't drink a pint of vodka, rum, etc. if your about to step into a car and drive, and then expect to come out the other end just fine, not sensibly at least. No different at all. As long as one pays the proper respect to what one does with the mushrooms, then its all well and good. Act like an idiot, generally, one ends up suffering the consequence no matter what the cause.
Not had anyone ask me to spare them a bowl of steaming piss, yet, though. Have been asked NOT to, but thats not quite the same, is it? :P
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Lol hyke. What, you aiming to come out with a niche product to take over the kopi luwak market?
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The birds outside are louder than normal today
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Lol hyke. What, you aiming to come out with a niche product to take over the kopi luwak market?
Thought it would do well in a natural health shop. Cure for all kinds of stress induced ailments. Coffee, cured by going through the calming rocking motion of a :cbc: . And with the addition of body compatible natural salts.
Expensive bottle, vague label, even vaguer language on that label. Very low dosage, because it is potent stuff. Should work.
:trollskull:
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I know homeopathy takes the piss, but that isn't QUITE what is intended. Although its about as ridiculous as these bonebrained evolutionary throwback quack therapy travesties gets. When one of those herbal, mineral etc. things comes in a plutonium variety, then thats kind of a good clue as to the value of any of the rest.
Not that anyone seems to know a damn thing about it beyond 'treatment' for radiation poisoning rofl. Some schmucks will suck up any old crap.
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Home
Despot Depot was way too crowded for me today
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We had snow this morning. WTF?
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Home Despot Depot was way too crowded for me today
Do you have alternatives where you can shop??
Luckily, we still have some mom&pop hardware stores here.
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We had snow this morning. WTF?
Lots of hail, quite some rain, and a bit of snow here too.
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Lol hyke. What, you aiming to come out with a niche product to take over the kopi luwak market?
Thought it would do well in a natural health shop. Cure for all kinds of stress induced ailments. Coffee, cured by going through the calming rocking motion of a :cbc: . And with the addition of body compatible natural salts.
Expensive bottle, vague label, even vaguer language on that label. Very low dosage, because it is potent stuff. Should work.
:trollskull:
Awww, yes, my calming rocking motion :cbc: is good for the coffee.
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We had snow this morning. WTF?
Lots of hail, quite some rain, and a bit of snow here too.
It's still quite cold so I wouldn't be surprised if we had more.
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Lying down for a nap right after eating spaghetti with meat sauce is unwise if one is prone to heartburn. :sick:
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The black flies were really bad when I was out on my walk today
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Bryan Cranston is very leggy. Short torso, long legs. :heart:
(http://www.halloweeninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/walter-white-underwear.jpg)
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One of the few physical things that is a downer for me in people is way too short legs compared to their torso. There was this teacher at primary school, his torso was huge, he was an average sized man, but his legs were as long as those of the 9 year olds he had in class, maybe even shorter.
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One of the few physical things that is a downer for me in people is way too short legs compared to their torso. There was this teacher at primary school, his torso was huge, he was an average sized man, but his legs were as long as those of the 9 year olds he had in class, maybe even shorter.
Aaron Paul is proportioned more the way you describe here, longish torso and shorter legs. Love them both. :heart:
(http://media.hollywood.com/images/l/waltandjessefinale.jpg)
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One of the few physical things that is a downer for me in people is way too short legs compared to their torso. There was this teacher at primary school, his torso was huge, he was an average sized man, but his legs were as long as those of the 9 year olds he had in class, maybe even shorter.
Aaron Paul is proportioned more the way you describe here, longish torso and shorter legs. Love them both. :heart:
His legs have been cut off. How cruel.
(http://media.hollywood.com/images/l/waltandjessefinale.jpg)
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Just googled him, to see what he looks like with legs attached. That teacher was way more extreme in length of torso and shortness of legs. He had the shortest legs I have ever seen on a human being of average height.
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Daughter had to pick up boyfriend since boyfriend had a drink with his pals.
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Why is it that it's the guys from the military who cannot follow instructions?
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Why is it that it's the guys from the military who cannot follow instructions?
If they are currently military, maybe they only obey their superior officers.
If they are formerly military, maybe they are in rebellion against having to obey. :apondering:
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still amazed that trump won anything. but statesers are nototiously unaware of issues with foreign policy.
i did not know that the mayor of london was a muslim. yikes.
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The mayor of Rotterdam is too.
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The wind was howling around here again today, they have cut a lot of trees down between here and the beach in the last year giving it a much clearer shot at my house they before
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I've been observing people's torso-length-to-leg-length ratios lately. A friend got me started.
She says men often have longer torsos and shorter legs. That's true of two guys I work with. :nerd!:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
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The house down the street still hasn't sold, the grass is getting high and my outdoor cat has turned it's yard into his favorite hunting grounds
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Neighbour has given one of her felines the privilege to become an outdoor cat. So yesterday we had a big intruder, showing with every step he made that he knew he was doing something he should not be doing. Very funny. He'll probably grow bolder soon. Thank goodness he is a neutered he.
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
i thought hot flashes meant that you don't have it anymore?
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
i thought hot flashes meant that you don't have it anymore?
Before you get to that stage, there is the limbo stage. Where nothing goes to plan, rhythm or order anymore.
Once periods are gone for over a year, then one can be pretty sure that they're gone. Till then, victim to random attacks of the hormones. Both when it comes to hot flashes and to periods.
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
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Neighbour has given one of her felines the privilege to become an outdoor cat. So yesterday we had a big intruder, showing with every step he made that he knew he was doing something he should not be doing. Very funny. He'll probably grow bolder soon. Thank goodness he is a neutered he.
maybe he's just there for the mice.
sigh, grading papers and i can tell who "helped" each other because they had exactly the same awful spelling error (exparament) - ugh. and of course, both got the same bad grade 3.4/5 points.
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
i thought hot flashes meant that you don't have it anymore?
Before you get to that stage, there is the limbo stage. Where nothing goes to plan, rhythm or order anymore.
Once periods are gone for over a year, then one can be pretty sure that they're gone. Till then, victim to random attacks of the hormones. Both when it comes to hot flashes and to periods.
My friend's doctor told her she shouldn't consider herself done with periods till she'd been without them
for two years, and that turned out to be reliable in her case. She went without for 16 months, then resumed.
So, yes, it's a special time for us, anything can happen. I prefer the hot flashes to the periods, actually. :laugh:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
:fatchef:
There you are, butchering your opponent, before breakfast. Even before your morning shave.
:trollskull:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
Kick ass! :arrr:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
:fatchef:
There you are, butchering your opponent, before breakfast. Even before your morning shave.
:trollskull:
Heh, I don't exactly have to shave, but there are a few wiry chin whiskers to tweeze. :prude:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
Kick ass! :arrr:
I definitely feel close to raising my voice at times! :laugh:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
Kick ass! :arrr:
I definitely feel close to raising my voice at times! :laugh:
OMG, watch out for the weeble! :laugh:
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My hot flashes have tapered off again, and I've gotten very catty and cranky in my dislike of random
pop-culture celebrities. Both signs point to a rise in hormones/PMS and a possible period on the horizon. :headhurts:
Time to call someone out. The hormonal forces are with you. :trollskull:
I'm not going to start anything with anyone, but if someone else starts, I will finish it. :heisenberg:
Kick ass! :arrr:
I definitely feel close to raising my voice at times! :laugh:
OMG, watch out for the weeble! :laugh:
I pack a mean wobble! :laugh:
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Got a new assignment and immediately got blocked on it.
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Got a new assignment and immediately got blocked on it.
Blocked as in thwarted? What's going on? :-\
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Got a new assignment and immediately got blocked on it.
Blocked as in thwarted? What's going on? :-\
Blocked as in external circumstances preventing me from working on the story.
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Got a new assignment and immediately got blocked on it.
Blocked as in thwarted? What's going on? :-\
Blocked as in external circumstances preventing me from working on the story.
I'm sorry, that sucks. I hope you get another project. :-\
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Now that I've started paying more attention to the torso length/leg length ratio in people I know,
I can't believe how many people I know who have short little legs! Like really short! :puppy: :tinfoil:
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It's amazing what you can fit in the backseat of a medium size car if you're determined enough.
Put this big wooden wishing well I had in the garden at the curb. It needed a lot of the wood replaced and I just don't have the time to fool with it.
Watched this young couple spend 15 minutes trying to stuff it in the backseat of their car. They got it stuck in the door frame, so one is shoving...and the other pulling.
They got it in though.
:asthing:
I need to film this shit.
Brought back memories of BT (before truck), and trying to stuff a full sofa sized porch glider in the back of a VW Golf. 8)
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Got a new assignment and immediately got blocked on it.
Blocked as in thwarted? What's going on? :-\
Blocked as in external circumstances preventing me from working on the story.
I'm sorry, that sucks. I hope you get another project. :-\
There is always something to do, but they have not planned ahead very well, this time around.
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Brought back memories of BT (before truck), and trying to stuff a full sofa sized porch glider in the back of a VW Golf. 8)
I think you got this backwards. It's easier to fit a VW Golf in a porch glider. :zoinks:
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Brought back memories of BT (before truck), and trying to stuff a full sofa sized porch glider in the back of a VW Golf. 8)
So I found out.
Needless to say I didn't get that one home. :LOL:
I think you got this backwards. It's easier to fit a VW Golf in a porch glider. :zoinks:
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1110555 Posts in 18005 Topics by 555 Members. Latest Member: anderson
Latest Post: "Re: Jelousey" ( Today at 09:25:55 PM )
I like those three groups of three fives.
Like all those numbers.
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Home inspectors are weird, at times he sounded like he was this super expert and knew everything other times like he was just quoting from the code books but didn't really know anything
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Lighting really makes all the difference between me looking almost pretty and looking like a sick troll. :zombiefuck:
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weebles are physically unable to resemble trolls :cbc:
most of the time py is a looker (think linda hamilton's sarah from terminator); but in the right light she looks like one of those figure drawing models
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
No Jag dealer?
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five sided items fit best (not perfectly) together in threes.
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
No Jag dealer?
That is a couple towns over towards NYC, although I did pass a Mercedes and an Audi dealership a few blocks before the Bentley dealer. The town is Greenwich Ct it's one of the richest in the country. Here's a link Zillow a real estate company with maps showing the homes for sale as well as estimates on the other properties Link (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Greenwich-CT/pmf,pf_pt/45565_rid/41.042526,-73.591748,40.973353,-73.708993_rect/12_zm/) it's incredible, my house would be worth more than double if it was down there.
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
No Jag dealer?
That is a couple towns over towards NYC, although I did pass a Mercedes and an Audi dealership a few blocks before the Bentley dealer. The town is Greenwich Ct it's one of the richest in the country. Here's a link Zillow a real estate company with maps showing the homes for sale as well as estimates on the other properties Link (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Greenwich-CT/pmf,pf_pt/45565_rid/41.042526,-73.591748,40.973353,-73.708993_rect/12_zm/) it's incredible, my house would be worth more than double if it was down there.
Damn. :o
When do they have their clean up days? I would love to go trash picking there. :autism:
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
No Jag dealer?
That is a couple towns over towards NYC, although I did pass a Mercedes and an Audi dealership a few blocks before the Bentley dealer. The town is Greenwich Ct it's one of the richest in the country. Here's a link Zillow a real estate company with maps showing the homes for sale as well as estimates on the other properties Link (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Greenwich-CT/pmf,pf_pt/45565_rid/41.042526,-73.591748,40.973353,-73.708993_rect/12_zm/) it's incredible, my house would be worth more than double if it was down there.
Damn. :o
When do they have their clean up days? I would love to go trash picking there. :autism:
One of my brothers had a business there and next door there was some sort of non profit thrift shop you would not believe the stuff he used to get there and out of the dumpster. The best came out of the dumpster The complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first edition two of the books were signed the rest initialed he got $1500 for them :o Like I said that was the best but there were many others that were in the hundreds, he also used to do clean outs down there about half the stuff in his antique store when he opened came from those two sources
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Driving down in the rich part of the state today and noticed there was a Bentley dealer on one side of the road and diagonally across from it was a Ferrari dealer :zombiefuck:
No Jag dealer?
That is a couple towns over towards NYC, although I did pass a Mercedes and an Audi dealership a few blocks before the Bentley dealer. The town is Greenwich Ct it's one of the richest in the country. Here's a link Zillow a real estate company with maps showing the homes for sale as well as estimates on the other properties Link (http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Greenwich-CT/pmf,pf_pt/45565_rid/41.042526,-73.591748,40.973353,-73.708993_rect/12_zm/) it's incredible, my house would be worth more than double if it was down there.
Damn. :o
When do they have their clean up days? I would love to go trash picking there. :autism:
One of my brothers had a business there and next door there was some sort of non profit thrift shop you would not believe the stuff he used to get there and out of the dumpster. The best came out of the dumpster The complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first edition two of the books were signed the rest initialed he got $1500 for them :o Like I said that was the best but there were many others that were in the hundreds, he also used to do clean outs down there about half the stuff in his antique store when he opened came from those two sources
I believe it.
Old money. You can tell by a lot of the homes.
Someone passes away and the kids/grandkids are clueless, or just really don't care. :P
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Someone passes away and the kids/grandkids are clueless, and just really don't care. :P
Fixed. :M
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I had novocaine injections in my gums today before having teeth drilled. Despite the topical numbing gel,
I still felt the needle. As my brother once observed, it feels as if it's going right through your face.
I kind of like the pain. It's fleeting. It's ... interesting. Sometimes it makes my eyes water. :trollskull:
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I had novocaine injections in my gums today before having teeth drilled. Despite the topical numbing gel,
I still felt the needle. As my brother once observed, it feels as if it's going right through your face.
I kind of like the pain. It's fleeting. It's ... interesting. Sometimes it makes my eyes water. :trollskull:
I remember one visit to the dentist. I told him I could feel what he was doing. He insisted i was numbed. The next time I felt something I bit him. We dicided to part company after that visit.
Gave blood today and had the worst stick of my life. I actually yelped.
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I had novocaine injections in my gums today before having teeth drilled. Despite the topical numbing gel,
I still felt the needle. As my brother once observed, it feels as if it's going right through your face.
I kind of like the pain. It's fleeting. It's ... interesting. Sometimes it makes my eyes water. :trollskull:
I remember one visit to the dentist. I told him I could feel what he was doing. He insisted i was numbed. The next time I felt something I bit him. We dicided to part company after that visit.
Gave blood today and had the worst stick of my life. I actually yelped.
Don't you hate idiots who presume to tell you what's going on in your nervous system? >:(
Sorry about the stick. Are your veins far below the surface? Mine are nice and big! :autism:
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I had novocaine injections in my gums today before having teeth drilled. Despite the topical numbing gel,
I still felt the needle. As my brother once observed, it feels as if it's going right through your face.
I kind of like the pain. It's fleeting. It's ... interesting. Sometimes it makes my eyes water. :trollskull:
I remember one visit to the dentist. I told him I could feel what he was doing. He insisted i was numbed. The next time I felt something I bit him. We dicided to part company after that visit.
Gave blood today and had the worst stick of my life. I actually yelped.
i used to have cavities done with no numbing.
bad sticks suck
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there seems to be a new hair fashion. grey hair. saw two young women with what looked like badly done grey hair. blue in places. i guess all the other colors got old.
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there seems to be a new hair fashion. grey hair. saw two young women with what looked like badly done grey hair. blue in places. i guess all the other colors got old.
I've seen that. Wannabes. I have a few of my own natural grays. :M
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I had novocaine injections in my gums today before having teeth drilled. Despite the topical numbing gel,
I still felt the needle. As my brother once observed, it feels as if it's going right through your face.
I kind of like the pain. It's fleeting. It's ... interesting. Sometimes it makes my eyes water. :trollskull:
I remember one visit to the dentist. I told him I could feel what he was doing. He insisted i was numbed. The next time I felt something I bit him. We dicided to part company after that visit.
Gave blood today and had the worst stick of my life. I actually yelped.
i used to have cavities done with no numbing.
bad sticks suck
No numbing for me when getting cavities fixed.
Only for extraction, and even then, no novocaine. It stays in my system way too long. Both the feel of the needle and the numbing sensation. Don't have the guts to experience that in my mouth. (Last time they used novocaine on me, the effects took half a year to taper off).
@ QV, my dentist did not believe the things I could feel and would not feel. But, he decided to follow my directions after a while, and noticed I can feel things going wrong in my teeth that other people cannot feel. Also that indeed, I can get my root canals inflamed without going through the roof with pain. I feel what happens, but it is not pain. I now wait till all canals are dead, before I get it fixed. Then I won't need any numbing.
:hyke:
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there seems to be a new hair fashion. grey hair. saw two young women with what looked like badly done grey hair. blue in places. i guess all the other colors got old.
Yup, it comes with a blueish or violet haze. First there is massive bleaching, but because there most of the times is a bit of yellow remaining, they ad some blue or violet to neutralise the yellow.
In my village there are only three now and then going for "weird" colours in their hair.
But since the grey is an option, there are quite a few "grey" people walking around.
So, in stead of other colours going old, this could be for people who don't have the guts to go for green or purple, yet they want to stand out, in a mild and "sophisticated" way.
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At everyone who posted about needle sticks. I've been giving blood for over 35 years. Once the technician probably made a small tear in the vein when he was pulling the needle out. My arm had a 6 inch bruise on it for days. That was an inconvenience. This stick was hopefully a one-off. I won't stop giving blood because of a moment of pain. It's too important.
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
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andersom has been immortalized by kinder surprise.
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andersom has been immortalized by kinder surprise.
:lol1:
That is a scary surprise.
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I think I have pretty decent tolerance for everyday small pains. At the worst of my toothaches,
I wasn't crying. I would sit in bed rocking back and forth, or I would sway from foot to foot. :trollskull:
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However, I would never had my teeth drilled without being numb first. It's not just the
intensity of the pain that bothers me, but the unpredictability of it. I don't want to have a
startling bolt of pain and flinch or jerk back in the chair at the moment that a drill or other
instrument is in my mouth. Dangerous! I'm a pretty good patient, though. Once numbed,
I sit in the chair (sometimes rigid, sometimes relaxed) and stay still, only whining a bit or
raising a hand if they hit a nerve. But I need to brush and floss more. :tard:
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
It wasn't meant as criticism of people who don't donate. I actually go there for the pineapple juice. It's the only time I let myself have it, and it's my favorite juice.
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
It wasn't meant as criticism of people who don't donate. I actually go there for the pineapple juice. It's the only time I let myself have it, and it's my favorite juice.
I love :pinan: juice too, but it gives me instant heartburn. :(
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I have a slightly higher-than-normal platelet count, and should probably donate some of them,
but I want them around to help me clot when I have my occasional nosebleeds and bloody gums. :bloody:
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
It wasn't meant as criticism of people who don't donate. I actually go there for the pineapple juice. It's the only time I let myself have it, and it's my favorite juice.
besides being a universal donor, i went for the cookies and orange juice (and the gallon donor pins). i went every two months like clockwork.
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
It wasn't meant as criticism of people who don't donate. I actually go there for the pineapple juice. It's the only time I let myself have it, and it's my favorite juice.
besides being a universal donor, i went for the cookies and orange juice (and the gallon donor pins). i went every two months like clockwork.
Dad was a universal donor. I'm O+ though.
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i gave blood for 15 years and then they wouldn't let me because i was anemic.
no one is implying that anyone should avoid giving blood or getting stuck for other things. at least i don't think so. anyway, i'm not.
i've had plenty of bad needle sticks - it happens. doesn't mean it doesn't suck. it takes a long time for a blown vein to heal. i've got one that's taken about two months so far.
i'd still be giving blood if i could since my type is in high demand.
It wasn't meant as criticism of people who don't donate. I actually go there for the pineapple juice. It's the only time I let myself have it, and it's my favorite juice.
besides being a universal donor, i went for the cookies and orange juice (and the gallon donor pins). i went every two months like clockwork.
Dad was a universal donor. I'm O+ though.
Had to look up "universal donor". I am O-, but I have made antibodies against blood type A. So, probably not that universal.
I don't donate. It's not the fear of the needles. I can watch if they draw blood from me. But after more than four vials of blood I am about to faint. The more they get, the worse the effect.
Friend of mine does react similar. He has been a donor, till they did not want him anymore. He took too much time to recover in the seat used for drawing blood to make his donation worth while.
I did feel somewhat guilty, for not donating blood. But since he told me his story, that sense of guilt is over.
After my death, they can have my organs. That I will donate.
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In the U.S. they will not take any organ donations if the deceased is 70 or older. Not even skin We tried to have Dad's organs donated, but he was 78 when he died.
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It's the day before the vote.
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It's the day before the vote.
Are you in London?
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In the U.S. they will not take any organ donations if the deceased is 70 or older. Not even skin We tried to have Dad's organs donated, but he was 78 when he died.
My Dad withdrew his will to donate. He was so stuffed with medication, it showed in every bit of tissue on his body, that he did not want to leave any of this to someone who needed healthy parts of someone else.
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In the U.S. they will not take any organ donations if the deceased is 70 or older. Not even skin We tried to have Dad's organs donated, but he was 78 when he died.
My Dad withdrew his will to donate. He was so stuffed with medication, it showed in every bit of tissue on his body, that he did not want to leave any of this to someone who needed healthy parts of someone else.
my sister was pretty unhealthy when she died but they still took her corneas.
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In the U.S. they will not take any organ donations if the deceased is 70 or older. Not even skin We tried to have Dad's organs donated, but he was 78 when he died.
My Dad withdrew his will to donate. He was so stuffed with medication, it showed in every bit of tissue on his body, that he did not want to leave any of this to someone who needed healthy parts of someone else.
my sister was pretty unhealthy when she died but they still took her corneas.
I think corneas are a little bit different. We asked if they could take some skin (for burn victims, but they shook their heads) so it was the age thing for Dad.
BTW - I've read of 2 separate instances of rabies being transmitted with a cornea transplant. The donor died, from unknown causes, in the hospital.
PA has had 2 cornea transplants and one corneal cell transplant. The cell transplant was a bitch.
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It's the day before the vote.
Are you in London?
Next week. I'm following this from home.
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From the stats on I2.
Male to Female Ratio: 1.4:1
When reading on male to female ratio with ASS the numbers are different.
Parts must be a hell of a woman, bringing these numbers so close. :nerdy:
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Went to the new Shoprite(grocery store) that just opened a couple weeks ago and found the design and lay out dreadful in so many ways I don't think I will be going back. For one the place is huge but to get out your funneled through a double door that I can almost touch both sides of then to a single door, it was empty when I was there just after they opened but it will be a people traffic jam when they get busy :zombiefuck:
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Went to the new Shoprite(grocery store) that just opened a couple weeks ago and found the design and lay out dreadful in so many ways I don't think I will be going back. For one the place is huge but to get out your funneled through a double door that I can almost touch both sides of then to a single door, it was empty when I was there just after they opened but it will be a people traffic jam when they get busy :zombiefuck:
We have a Price-Rite that's hard to get out of for some reason. Bad layouts just suck! :GA:
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Went to the new Shoprite(grocery store) that just opened a couple weeks ago and found the design and lay out dreadful in so many ways I don't think I will be going back. For one the place is huge but to get out your funneled through a double door that I can almost touch both sides of then to a single door, it was empty when I was there just after they opened but it will be a people traffic jam when they get busy :zombiefuck:
We have a Price-Rite that's hard to get out of for some reason. Bad layouts just suck! :GA:
Heaven forbid they have a sale on steak...people are going to get trampled.
I dislike crowded lobbies and will avoid a store just because of that fact. Hate people bumping into me. :P
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Went to the new Shoprite(grocery store) that just opened a couple weeks ago and found the design and lay out dreadful in so many ways I don't think I will be going back. For one the place is huge but to get out your funneled through a double door that I can almost touch both sides of then to a single door, it was empty when I was there just after they opened but it will be a people traffic jam when they get busy :zombiefuck:
We have a Price-Rite that's hard to get out of for some reason. Bad layouts just suck! :GA:
Heaven forbid they have a sale on steak...people are going to get trampled.
I dislike crowded lobbies and will avoid a store just because of that fact. Hate people bumping into me. :P
There's a shop in a town nearby that is that cramped that I only dare to venture in on rainy days when the streets are abandoned and there are barely people around shopping. Even then, I will check the shop before entering. If there is another customer present, I will not go in. And if there is no customer present, I will not go in far, I'll ask for what I need. I want to be able to get the hell out of there the moment someone else comes in.
Claustrophobia hits me every time I'm there.
The shopkeeper only ads things and never throws things out.
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Went to the new Shoprite(grocery store) that just opened a couple weeks ago and found the design and lay out dreadful in so many ways I don't think I will be going back. For one the place is huge but to get out your funneled through a double door that I can almost touch both sides of then to a single door, it was empty when I was there just after they opened but it will be a people traffic jam when they get busy :zombiefuck:
We have a Price-Rite that's hard to get out of for some reason. Bad layouts just suck! :GA:
Heaven forbid they have a sale on steak...people are going to get trampled.
I dislike crowded lobbies and will avoid a store just because of that fact. Hate people bumping into me. :P
My wife said the same thing :2thumbsup: It's a 68,000 square feet store with only that one non emergency exit and the check outs are very close to it without much maneuvering room. Another thing is the exit doors don't open automatically when you pass by them on the out going side like in most stores so you can only enter through another set of double doors on the far end of the building. I hate people bumping me also and avoid places they will like the plague
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Had a lot people ask about where I got the tie dye shirt I wore today at the market which I thought was odd till I found out
Dead and Company is on tour in the area
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Another nice total postcount on I2. Now ruined by me.
1112111 Posts in 18029 Topics by 555 Members. Latest Member: anderson
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lonely people talk a lot
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Too many rabbits.
Bunnies by my shed, bunnies by my truck, bunnies on my porch, bunnies have eaten my hosta plants.
Then one tiny one the size of a guinea pig hops up to me...and it reeks of stinking cuteness.
It just sits there next to me for awhile wiggling it's little nose then hops over to another hosta plant looking at me, like the doe that peered in my back window as she munched the leaves on the ones in the backyard...I wave the white flag of surrender and go inside so that I cannot witness the destruction.
I have more, and they'll grow back. The coyotes and the feral cats that you hardly ever see in the daylight will take care of the rabbits soon enough.
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when you call them bunnies it's harder to think of them as vermin.
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sometimes it's easy to misinterpret the things that are related to autism, especially when they are being acted out instead of discussed.
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Lots of shady looking people hang out behind the restaurant I am working on. I started locking the door after hearing the door chime a lot from people just checking to see if it was open I guess none of them came in far enough for me to see them.
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Lots of shady looking people hang out behind the restaurant I am working on. I started locking the door after hearing the door chime a lot from people just checking to see if it was open I guess none of them came in far enough for me to see them.
You may need to speak to them about the operating hours of the restaurant. :P
We're CLOSED now! :chainsaw:
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Air-conditioned air smells really stale/stagnant after awhile. Fresh outdoor air is needed. :yarly:
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^How hot is it where you are, cbc?
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^How hot is it where you are, cbc?
It sometimes gets into the 90s (Fahrenheit), but it's the humidity that gets to me most.
Also, I'm having frequent sweats as I go through menopause, so I have my own personal hot climate! :laugh:
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Weird games happening in the karma stats.
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Weird games happening in the karma stats.
What is happening? I can't see karma stats with this theme.
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Hubert minuses Stormtrooper, with the comment "derp." Stormtrooper minuses Zegh, with the comment: "MLAisafag". Stormtrooper does not minus Hubert.
Weird game. It's going on for quite a while.
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I saw you looking at karma stats when I looked at Who's Online. So I was able to see them too. And I saw what you said. Strange indeed.
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I saw you looking at karma stats when I looked at Who's Online. So I was able to see them too. And I saw what you said. Strange indeed.
Next time you want to see them, and I am around, ask me and I'll go there so you can get there via this detour.
:laugh:
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I saw you looking at karma stats when I looked at Who's Online. So I was able to see them too. And I saw what you said. Strange indeed.
Next time you want to see them, and I am around, ask me and I'll go there so you can get there via this detour.
:laugh:
Heheh, thank you! :)
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I saw you looking at karma stats when I looked at Who's Online. So I was able to see them too. And I saw what you said.
Strange indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCdlBrgEmE
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Speaking of karma stats ... :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4
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The cops pull lots of people over near the restaurant I have been working on
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Wood stairs painted with black glossy paint are really hard to keep clean and dust-free.
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Wood stairs painted with black glossy paint are really hard to keep clean and dust-free.
They are easier to keep clean than wood stairs with grey mat finish paint. :autism:
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My almost-black hair dye is fading away. I'm going to let it. 8)
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Wood stairs painted with black glossy paint are really hard to keep clean and dust-free.
They are easier to keep clean than wood stairs with grey mat finish paint. :autism:
Really? The grey matte would match the dust fairly closely, whereas the gloss shows every speck of it.
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Wood stairs painted with black glossy paint are really hard to keep clean and dust-free.
They are easier to keep clean than wood stairs with grey mat finish paint. :autism:
Really? The grey matte would match the dust fairly closely, whereas the gloss shows every speck of it.
They would look cleaner, but the matte finish would harbour way more filth than a glossy finish.
It would also be cleaner because you'd clean the black glossy wood way more often than the matte grey finish.
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Wood stairs painted with black glossy paint are really hard to keep clean and dust-free.
They are easier to keep clean than wood stairs with grey mat finish paint. :autism:
Really? The grey matte would match the dust fairly closely, whereas the gloss shows every speck of it.
They would look cleaner, but the matte finish would harbour way more filth than a glossy finish.
It would also be cleaner because you'd clean the black glossy wood way more often than the matte grey finish.
You need two long-haired cats to run up and down them daily. :zoinks:
The little dustmops do a good job on the dust...but leave cat hair everywhere. Not sure what's worse actually. :apondering:
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Having cats I think. I have to use a lint roller daily as well as sweeping.
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Having cats I think. I have to use a lint roller daily as well as sweeping.
I have a couple of those velvet-type lint brushes I go around with for the furniture. I was forever buying refills for the roller.
Roller still works best on clothes though. The tabby always makes sure to shed on the light stuff, and the mostly white one rolls all over anything dark. :zombiefuck:
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Having cats I think. I have to use a lint roller daily as well as sweeping.
I have a couple of those velvet-type lint brushes I go around with for the furniture. I was forever buying refills for the roller.
Roller still works best on clothes though. The tabby always makes sure to shed on the light stuff, and the mostly white one rolls all over anything dark. :zombiefuck:
Yep, Liam is mostly white and my black stuff pays the price. Molly is half Siamese so her fur just covers everything.
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in the opening for .hack sign, the dancer is not just wearing vr goggles. she's also wearing a mocap suit.
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Having cats I think. I have to use a lint roller daily as well as sweeping.
I have a couple of those velvet-type lint brushes I go around with for the furniture. I was forever buying refills for the roller.
Roller still works best on clothes though. The tabby always makes sure to shed on the light stuff, and the mostly white one rolls all over anything dark. :zombiefuck:
Cheap duct tape works well, the more expensive stuff not so much it's a bit too sticky
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I saw an old Rolls Royce drive by while I was downtown today
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Jack is pretty close to 9999 posts. And to 10001 posts too. :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
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Not entirely sober, me.
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Odeon now has over 90,000 posts. I'll never catch up. :bigcry:
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:hamsterwheel:
You need to work harder. ;D
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:hamsterwheel:
You need to work harder. ;D
But it's summer. I'm supposed to be on vacaaaaaaaaaaation. (emo)
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I am home alone.
Now I don't know what to do first. :GA:
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Finally, peace and quiet around here.
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I've been chosen by a neighbourhood cat. She's visiting me daily now.
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I've been chosen by a neighbourhood cat. She's visiting me daily now.
That is a guest to truly cherish.
My neighbour told me yesterday she was amazed at how cats all seem to like me. All the cats she ever had ended up spending lots of time either in my garden, or even in my house. Even the unpettable ones would come and sit close to us to get petted. And it is not just cats from her doing that.
I do not feed cats that are not my own. I do always have bowls of fresh water in my garden for visiting critters, be it hedgehogs, birds, escaped dogs or cats.
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I've been chosen by a neighbourhood cat. She's visiting me daily now.
That is a guest to truly cherish.
My neighbour told me yesterday she was amazed at how cats all seem to like me. All the cats she ever had ended up spending lots of time either in my garden, or even in my house. Even the unpettable ones would come and sit close to us to get petted. And it is not just cats from her doing that.
I do not feed cats that are not my own. I do always have bowls of fresh water in my garden for visiting critters, be it hedgehogs, birds, escaped dogs or cats.
We tend to give the visitors something to drink, too. The cat seems to like milk. :)
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The guy at the new convenience store is extremely friendly and their prices are less than the others around here, it would be nice if that lasted
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The guy on the other side of the street sure loves his car. Sunday evening he spent over five hours on cleaning it, yesterday, he spent another night on the car, polishing.
I passed it today, I saw he missed a spot. The ornamental bit on top was a bit dodgy. The rest of the effect was gone somewhat because of rain.
It's a black BMW alpina.
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Autistic guy in my class likes Coke Zero, same as I do. We were at the train station heading home when he opened his bag and took out empty Coke Zero bottles. Ten of them. I couldn't help but laugh thinking he had been carrying those around for quite a while.
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Christ...I am WIRED :P
Looks like there might just be something in this bisulfite reduction scheme for pseudoephedrine afterall...because damned, this can't just be pfed, I've taken it before and it makes me ill. Instead I'm bouncing off the fucking walls and 6 hours has just up and disappeared.
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One of today's presenters was a woman who was so nervous that she inserted "um" between every second or third word or so.
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hawai'ian shirts are in fashion now. that will make it harder for me to add to my collection. i saw an article where someone was boasting they had a collection of 10. i think i might have somewhere between 30 and 40 because i have strict criteria. has to be made in hawai'i or look like it. most of mine were made in hawai'i and a percentage of those are shirts i bought while there. the rest are from thrift stores but that won't be as easy until the fad dies.
there were a lot of hawaiian shirts at otakuthon yesterday but i could not figure out why.
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Pressing on the brake won't make the car go any faster. :facepalm:
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Day three home alone and at times you would not think so the cats make so much noise I keep thinking someone else is home
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Odeon-cats should NOT be given milk, it can make them ill.
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I like to give Liam the last bit of milk from my cereal in the mornings. It's ok though, lactose free.
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Odeon-cats should NOT be given milk, it can make them ill.
Just to be argumentative:
I've given cats milk off and on without noticeable/unwanted results. The key is moderate, infrequent amounts.
However, I did have a dog that was allergic to milk. It took us almost $1,000 in tests and visits/antibiotics because she kept getting bronchitis. Figured out on my own, that I was the cause of it, giving her cheese.
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Odeon-cats should NOT be given milk, it can make them ill.
Just to be argumentative:
I've given cats milk off and on without noticeable/unwanted results. The key is moderate, infrequent amounts.
However, I did have a dog that was allergic to milk. It took us almost $1,000 in tests and visits/antibiotics because she kept getting bronchitis. Figured out on my own, that I was the cause of it, giving her cheese.
This one didn't get milk from me more than rather infrequently.
I should also point out that none of the two cats I had as a child had any noticeable problems from being given milk every now and then. Usually they'd drink water but back then, nobody worried about giving cats milk.
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The "princess" here gets a little sip of milk every morning and has done so since she was a kitten.
...and heaven help your sorry ass when someone uses up all the milk the night before. :zombiefuck:
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The PCA for The PR has to use abbreviations on the report form for the type of activities they do. Self exploration does not mean what we would think it means.
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So, QV, the PCA for the PR requires TLAs?
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So, QV, the PCA for the PR requires TLAs?
Okay, TLAs = ?
totally lost abbreviations?
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Three Letter Acronyms
:laugh:
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Three Letter Acronyms
:laugh:
Actually, I only saw one and two letter acronyms on the form. Wait a bit, they'll expand.
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Three Letter Acronyms
:laugh:
Actually, I only saw one and two letter acronyms on the form. Wait a bit, they'll expand.
Don't be like that, you'll ruin a perfectly good joke. :P
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Three Letter Acronyms
:laugh:
Actually, I only saw one and two letter acronyms on the form. Wait a bit, they'll expand.
Don't be like that, you'll ruin a perfectly good joke. :P
Little (autistic literal) old lady here. What's the perfectly good joke?
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Three Letter Acronyms
:laugh:
Actually, I only saw one and two letter acronyms on the form. Wait a bit, they'll expand.
Don't be like that, you'll ruin a perfectly good joke. :P
Little (autistic literal) old lady here. What's the perfectly good joke?
TLA :M
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It was way too loud at work today my ears still ache
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So, QV, the PCA for the PR requires TLAs?
OMG, IKR?! LOL, WTF! :zoinks:
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Young male celebrities look like jerks when they try to wear classic hats. :flasher:
It just seems incongruous when a T-shirt-and-jeans-wearing guy
tops off a sloppy ensemble with a fedora. :dunno:
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This was yesterday, but after I handed in my books at the college library, I went to the toilet and was almost bowled over by the smell of pot smoke. I did my business and by the time I finished I was wheezing a bit.
Just didn't think I would smell something like that in the library toilets!
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This was yesterday, but after I handed in my books at the college library, I went to the toilet and was almost bowled over by the smell of pot smoke. I did my business and by the time I finished I was wheezing a bit.
Just didn't think I would smell something like that in the library toilets!
Is it exam time? Maybe people need to relax a little. :baked:
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We are four weeks into semester 2. The stress could be getting to some people already.
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A great way to relieve the itch of healing skin is ... with heat! My burned area feels better when I
apply hot running water, or just blast it with hot air from my hair dryer! Not long enough to re-burn,
of course. It "scratches" the itch without shredding the skin. Soon the area will be all better. :2thumbsup:
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I sat next to a Spanish guy on the flight home. He listened to rap music while playing candy crush or something on his phone.
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Went to an estate sale I parked half a block away on a side road while everyone else parked either almost blocking the road or half up on the neighbor's lawns yet I am the one that gets the dirty looks as I walk to my van, what fucking assholes
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There's one store that I walk past on the way home from work that constantly has displays of new fashions in the window that are all the same hideous shade of fluorescent salmon pink.
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My left ear is blocked. It affects the way music sounds through my headpho0nes. :thumbdn:
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Our washer doesn't fit all the bedsheets in the house.
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Wow. I just saw some blue in the sky.
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Our washer doesn't fit all the bedsheets in the house.
maybe just your sheets? mine would not fit - i have at least five sets unopened and at least four sets (your old ones included) in use.
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so here i am again at my mother's house with the kitchen nightmares and her idiosyncrasies. and still i do it. py wonders why.
i don't really know. but since i have been here she's had far less trouble with her blood sugar so it's a vacation for her from that headache. it was 82 on thursday and 78 today. before i came it was around 178 or so daily. no change in diet, just me here fixing things and giving her permission to shop.
i am not sure she has anyone with whom she can shop anymore. i think i'm no good for it because i get what i need and then wait for her, but it seems to have some effect.
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Our washer doesn't fit all the bedsheets in the house.
maybe just your sheets? mine would not fit - i have at least five sets unopened and at least four sets (your old ones included) in use.
I meant all the bedsheets currently being used, and I have no idea how you're managing to use four. :P One on your bed, one on the couch, and then I'm lost.
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I have no idea how you're managing to use four.
Maybe he built a fort. :zoinks:
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I have no idea how you're managing to use four.
Maybe he built a fort. :zoinks:
Or a gopher trap. :trollskull:
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My remote pointer for presentations decided to not only stop working but to literally fall apart.
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My remote pointer for presentations decided to not only stop working but to literally fall apart.
Where can you buy another one of those from?
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My remote pointer for presentations decided to not only stop working but to literally fall apart.
Where can you buy another one of those from?
There's a local computer shop that should be able to sell me something like it. In fact, I'll probably take the opportunity to upgrade to something more modern. I've had this one for a few years now.
It's nice to have one when presenting, though, as it's possible to move around rather than staying by the laptop.
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Our washer doesn't fit all the bedsheets in the house.
maybe just your sheets? mine would not fit - i have at least five sets unopened and at least four sets (your old ones included) in use.
I meant all the bedsheets currently being used, and I have no idea how you're managing to use four. :P One on your bed, one on the couch, and then I'm lost.
they are in rotation.
though a gopher trap would be an interesting use. cleaning might be difficult if the straw/grass gets into the washer.
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I saw three ospreys circling above my back yard and calling to each other
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I spotted no less than five newly wed couples posing for pictures today.
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I spotted no less than five newly wed couples posing for pictures today.
Different places or same one? There is a spot in my town it's by the duck ponds, with a little waterfall with a small foot bridge in front of it leading to a tiny island, some days they are lined up to get photos there
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I spotted no less than five newly wed couples posing for pictures today.
They'll all be divorced within 10 years. Dumbasses. :wedding: :trollface:
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I spotted no less than five newly wed couples posing for pictures today.
They'll all be divorced within 10 years. Dumbasses. :wedding: :trollface:
Totally agreed. :thumbup:
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I spotted no less than five newly wed couples posing for pictures today.
Different places or same one? There is a spot in my town it's by the duck ponds, with a little waterfall with a small foot bridge in front of it leading to a tiny island, some days they are lined up to get photos there
Different places. That's what was so interesting about it.
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The days are definitely getting shorter. Winter will be here before we know it! :snowman:
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It's colder, too. Summer's not over yet, though.
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The days are definitely getting shorter. Winter will be here before we know it! :snowman:
Stop it!!!
It's colder, too. Summer's not over yet, though.
Both of you.
The first one that mentions the "s" word is grounded. :roar:
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It goes without saying that I will be going out to pick fresh ones for medicinal use, once prepared to remove the poison from them, but I at least, if on the odd chance I can find none, I still have many bags and tupperware containers full of fly agaric mushrooms. These help in small quantities, to inure against the discomfort caused by cold and freezing weather,
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It's quite inconvenient to sit on your medicines. You'll be pulling pills off your backside hoping you've gotten them all before PA walks in.
I sat au naturale on the bed to put my underwear on. The pills were on the bed for me to take.
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Lol at first I read that as 'out of your backside', as in you plugged whatever it was. But then had to look over it again when you mentioned pulling them out again, for if you'd plugged the things they would have to have been dissolved first. That said, apparently some people do actually plug pills of MDxx by just sticking them up there haha.
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The days are definitely getting shorter. Winter will be here before we know it! :snowman:
Stop it!!!
It's colder, too. Summer's not over yet, though.
Both of you.
The first one that mentions the "s" word is grounded. :roar:
Sorry mum. :zoinks:
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But, but, the winter is so pretty! :snowing: :snowing: :snowing:
And they cancel school! The kids will get to stay home! What could be better? :clap: :trollskull:
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Noticed the guy I was working for had three or four of those little one shot liquor bottles in the door pocket of his pick up while he was looking for something :beer:
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Noticed the guy I was working for had three or four of those little one shot liquor bottles in the door pocket of his pick up while he was looking for something :beer:
He is BRAVE. :viking:
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But, but, the winter is so pretty! :snowing: :snowing: :snowing:
And they cancel school! The kids will get to stay home! What could be better? :clap: :trollskull:
Hell.
Hell could be better.
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Noticed the guy I was working for had three or four of those little one shot liquor bottles in the door pocket of his pick up while he was looking for something :beer:
I have a collection of those from my Grandpa I kept when he died, including one from Braniff Airlines.
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Noticed the guy I was working for had three or four of those little one shot liquor bottles in the door pocket of his pick up while he was looking for something :beer:
That's for the morning coffee. ;)
SO had a friend that always had a shot of whiskey in his morning coffee. Said it kept him going...must have helped he was cutting his own grass with a push mower up until knee surgery 2 years ago and had a wife about 20 years younger than he was.
He got hit head-on on a curve and killed by a couple of speeding teenagers this spring...he was 84.
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http://s17.postimg.org/4gl3c4yvz/DSCN0825.jpg (iodine vapor, after heating a little hydrolysed iodine monochloride that had to go, to make way for a still pot for purifying my latest works.
http://s21.postimg.org/l6lct7frr/DSCN0834.jpg Quite large chunks of elemental I2, quite a good pic.
Next up-gallium. (gallium-indium alloy, actually, gallium is JUST solid at RT, but the moment it gets even a little warm, it flows like mercury. Ga-In and Ga-In-Sn (gallium, indium, tin aka galinstan are used in thermometers) And like mercury, it forms amalgams, and it strips the oxide coating from aluminium and prevents it reforming. The result is a disease-like spread of corrosion that literally crumbles the aluminium away. Its why mercury and presumably gallium are NOT welcome on planes because of the potential for in-flight disintegration with a sufficient spill, apparently.
http://s17.postimg.org/qoknxjbxb/DSCN0836.jpg
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http://s17.postimg.org/4gl3c4yvz/DSCN0825.jpg (iodine vapor, after heating a little hydrolysed iodine monochloride that had to go, to make way for a still pot for purifying my latest works.
http://s21.postimg.org/l6lct7frr/DSCN0834.jpg Quite large chunks of elemental I2, quite a good pic.
Next up-gallium. (gallium-indium alloy, actually, gallium is JUST solid at RT, but the moment it gets even a little warm, it flows like mercury. Ga-In and Ga-In-Sn (gallium, indium, tin aka galinstan are used in thermometers) And like mercury, it forms amalgams, and it strips the oxide coating from aluminium and prevents it reforming. The result is a disease-like spread of corrosion that literally crumbles the aluminium away. Its why mercury and presumably gallium are NOT welcome on planes because of the potential for in-flight disintegration with a sufficient spill, apparently.
http://s17.postimg.org/qoknxjbxb/DSCN0836.jpg
It's amazing what it can do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ilxsu-JlY
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(http://s18.postimg.org/7vie26aah/DSCN0838.jpg) Atmospheric pressure, relatively short-path distillation.
Been meaning to score a few large slugs of scrap aluminium from a local foundry to test it side by side, Hg and Ga.
The horrid looking black shit in the heating bath is just diethylene glycol brake fluid, works well with a BP of nearly 300 deg'C
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The place that fucked up my car when they said I needed a new rack and pinion and then gave my car back with the steering all hosed up after putting in the new one didn't call me Thursday or Friday like they said they would do when the Manager was supposed to return from vacation. They said they would after I told them the second opinion they told me to get, since after a week they had no idea why the steering was hosed up, was that the new rack and pinion was bad. I just got back from the first place and they said they wanted to redo the rack and pinion, as opposed to letting the dealer do it and giving me my money back. Well, the dealer apparently finished the other work (airbag impact sensor) to pass inspection, but also never called me as they were waiting for me to call and let them know if they were doing the rack and pinion or yje pther place wanted to do it again. I know the car is done at the dealer, because I went over there and it was outside the bay door with a new passed inspection sticker. So another couple of days are lost with no car because of poor communication. I could've gotten the car back and already had it at the first shop again. Yesterday was my birthday, so after not hearing from either by Friday evening I just did not want any more stress on my actual birthday, given I had to deal with my son's friends coming over for his sleepover, the reminder that another birthday passes with my Mum gone, an absent father, no friends, and having to deal with the mother of my children and all of that baggage.
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Two ladies in the shop, happily gathering clothes, and trying them on. When they left, more than three hours later, each one of them carried more clothes than I have in my entire wardrobe.
Amazing.
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They changed the traffic patterns on the highway where I went today since the last time I drove that way could it be they are almost finished with the seemingly endless construction
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The Skype installer stalls halfway through on my computer.
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You could try running it in a virtual machine raxy.
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That seems a lot of trouble to go through for an app I rarely use. I have an old version installed right now, it just keeps whining that it wants an update, then fails to actually take the update when I finally get off my ass and attempt it.
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You might want to do a proper uninstall first, if it's a Windows machine.
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When peeling onions to be cooked, be sure to peel off enough layers. The tougher layers don't cook
very well, even in deep fat. I've had onion rings with that layer of skinlike stuff ... not good. :yarly:
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A lesbian couple at the end of my street has all republican political signs up in there yard, no Trump ones though, not exactly what you would expect.
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What would you expect? :orly:
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When I'm bored with life, it really helps me to remember a song I used to like,
and find it online and listen to it. It makes life seem worthwhile again. 8)
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
That's how one recognises a true lesbian. They vote democrat. It's a well known fact. Just like the fact that all democrats voters are lesbians, even when some of them are in disguise. :M
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
Because the US republican platform is based in religious family values, and doesn't support gay rights.
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
That's how one recognises a true lesbian. They vote democrat. It's a well known fact. Just like the fact that all democrats voters are lesbians, even when some of them are in disguise. :M
Maybe she's a gun owner.
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
That's how one recognises a true lesbian. They vote democrat. It's a well known fact. Just like the fact that all democrats voters are lesbians, even when some of them are in disguise. :M
Maybe she's a gun owner.
When ideologies collide ... :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTRRfhcUBwk
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What would you expect? :orly:
Democrat.
Because...?
That's how one recognises a true lesbian. They vote democrat. It's a well known fact. Just like the fact that all democrats voters are lesbians, even when some of them are in disguise. :M
Maybe she's a gun owner.
When ideologies collide ... :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTRRfhcUBwk
:laugh:
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i got a credit for accepting not amazon prime delivery of my paintbrush.
so far i have received 21 notices that i have received a credit.
always thought amazon would undergo a different kind of implosion.
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Due to the autumn break it is very silent at this hour of the day.
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Curtains need ironing after you buy them in a packet. Too bad, though, not getting done. Kayleigh has already hung them.
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Ahh. I think you're safe. If I understand correctly, super-realism can only be achieved by getting into the habit of closely observing various actual real subjects ;) quite apart from the slog of developing some technical skills.
I wouldn't bother. It's a heckova slog, and if you're anything like me, you'll never, ever have sufficient draughtsmanship for super-realism anyway. A Van Gogh vase is about as near as I can come to that :LOL:, cos my hands have too much of a mind of their own. That said, it would be awsomely cool to be Van Gogh...unless I actually was Van Gogh of course, in which case I'd be finding that nobody appreciated me, and I'd be going nuts and cutting my ear off and all that, and thinking how awasomely cool it would be to be somebody else. :apondering:
Meh. Let's just settle for being Walkie and Weeble , huh? :hug:
[EDIT: yeah, i put Van Goph, twice over. Just caught myself and corrected. Heck, I must have gophers on the brain , huh? :laugh: ]
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Ahh. I think you're safe. If I understand correctly, super-realism can only be achieved by getting into the habit of closely observing various actual real subjects ;) quite apart from the slog of developing some technical skills.
I wouldn't bother. It's a heckova slog, and if you're anything like me, you'll never, ever have sufficient draughtsmanship for super-realism anyway. A Van Gogh vase is about as near as I can come to that :LOL:, cos my hands have too much of a mind of their own. That said, it would be awsomely cool to be Van Gogh...unless I actually was Van Gogh of course, in which case I'd be finding that nobody appreciated me, and I'd be going nuts and cutting my ear off and all that, and thinking how awasomely cool it would be to be somebody else. :apondering:
Meh. Let's just settle for being Walkie and Weeble , huh? :hug:
[EDIT: yeah, i put Van Goph, twice over. Just caught myself and corrected. Heck, I must have gophers on the brain , huh? :laugh: ]
Heh, those gophers will work their way into your heart! :laugh:
I agree that photorealism is not for everyone. I don't think that's why I'm painting.
I guess I'll continue and see what I can do! If I get frustrated I'll look for an online tutorial. 8)
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Whatever you do, however you do it is fine...just stay away from the porn channels. ;)
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Why? Surely boobs will help. :M
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Whatever you do, however you do it is fine...just stay away from the porn channels. ;)
There is no porn watching in this apartment. :M :angel: :harp:
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Someone painted the cannon sticking out of the ground at the corner of High street and Broad Street green and put a traffic cone on top of it :grrr:
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Whatever you do, however you do it is fine...just stay away from the porn channels. ;)
There is no porn watching in this apartment. :M :angel: :harp:
Why not?
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Whatever you do, however you do it is fine...just stay away from the porn channels. ;)
There is no porn watching in this apartment. :M :angel: :harp:
Why not?
No interest on my part. I'd rather watch Jurassic World (again). :dino:
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Whatever you do, however you do it is fine...just stay away from the porn channels. ;)
There is no porn watching in this apartment. :M :angel: :harp:
Why not?
No interest on my part. I'd rather watch Jurassic World (again). :dino:
But porn can be sort of like Jurassic Park. :zoinks:
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Porn cannot live up to this level of coolness. 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ho6ht3EK4
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(http://t09.deviantart.net/o3u1iktONfr4aza2FjhQAXuobaw=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre09/711b/th/pre/i/2005/267/3/d/penis_art_2_by_cherubrocker.jpg)
:zoinks:
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WTF is that? :o
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WTF is that? :o
It's pornography masquerading as art! :mad:
It's disgraceful! Repent, sinner! :soapbox:
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It has a butt crack. Maybe.
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The wind is whistling in my window.
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The wind is whistling in my window.
+ Alliterative
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I really admire the disciplined painters who can create super-realistic objects that come alive
on the canvas, but I don't think that's what I want to get out of it. I paint in front of the TV often, the way I
used to snack in front of the TV, the way some people knit or crochet. Whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm
thinking about, goes into the picture in some way. Maybe gaining technical skills would change that. :apondering:
Ahh. I think you're safe. If I understand correctly, super-realism can only be achieved by getting into the habit of closely observing various actual real subjects ;) quite apart from the slog of developing some technical skills.
I wouldn't bother. It's a heckova slog, and if you're anything like me, you'll never, ever have sufficient draughtsmanship for super-realism anyway. A Van Gogh vase is about as near as I can come to that :LOL:, cos my hands have too much of a mind of their own. That said, it would be awsomely cool to be Van Gogh...unless I actually was Van Gogh of course, in which case I'd be finding that nobody appreciated me, and I'd be going nuts and cutting my ear off and all that, and thinking how awasomely cool it would be to be somebody else. :apondering:
Meh. Let's just settle for being Walkie and Weeble , huh? :hug:
[EDIT: yeah, i put Van Goph, twice over. Just caught myself and corrected. Heck, I must have gophers on the brain , huh? :laugh: ]
You're encouraging the gopher to paint. he's already after my kolinsky sable watercolor brush.
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WTF is that? :o
It's pornography masquerading as art! :mad:
It's disgraceful! Repent, sinner! :soapbox:
Wondering what the flames represent; some sort of painful infection maybe.
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You're encouraging the gopher to paint. he's already after my kolinsky sable watercolor brush.
I think you mean MY Kolinsky sable watercolor brush. :zoinks:
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Paintoff! Paintoff!
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All this talk about painting and brushes. I would like to see some of these paintings.
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This afternoon when I was washing my car I couldn't help but notice my neighbour's ankle monitoring bracelet while he was also outside talking on the phone :GA:
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What did he do?
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I have no idea. He's probably a convicted rapist knowing my luck.
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You're encouraging the gopher to paint. he's already after my kolinsky sable watercolor brush.
I think you mean MY Kolinsky sable watercolor brush. :zoinks:
Leave Wolfish's Kolinsky sable watercolor brushTM alone. You can paint with a stick. :hahaha: :trollface:
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Paintoff! Paintoff!
This could get ... interesting. :kapkao:
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
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All this talk about painting and brushes. I would like to see some of these paintings.
I haven't used my Photobucket account in years. I'd have to use that ... probably need a new password. :laugh:
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This afternoon when I was washing my car I couldn't help but notice my neighbour's ankle monitoring bracelet while he was also outside talking on the phone :GA:
Don't worry. The implant will shock him if he gets too close to a perimeter ... oh, wait. :tard:
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
Ask Al.
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
what word?
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Artistic. :zoinks:
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Paintoff! Paintoff!
This could get ... interesting. :kapkao:
You going to make a bid for the prize and steal it away from both of them? :tooledup:
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Artistic. :zoinks:
Oooooh very neat trick for posting it , Gopher ! I shall have to remember that one. :plus:
I recall that back when i was a n00b, the swear filter had been set to turn the word "arse" into Scrapheap :LOL:. Maybe Odeon should do something a bit more creative with
Artistic? It just vanishes doesn't it? Very diasappointing.
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
Ask Al.
Al? So, what gives?
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Paintoff! Paintoff!
This could get ... interesting. :kapkao:
You going to make a bid for the prize and steal it away from both of them? :tooledup:
Yeah. She's already nobbling the gopher:
You're encouraging the gopher to paint. he's already after my kolinsky sable watercolor brush.
I think you mean MY Kolinsky sable watercolor brush. :zoinks:
Leave Wolfish's Kolinsky sable watercolor brushTM alone. You can paint with a stick. :hahaha: :trollface:
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Artistic. :zoinks:
Oooooh very neat trick for posting it , Gopher ! I shall have to remember that one. :plus:
I recall that back when i was a n00b, the swear filter had been set to turn the word "arse" into Scrapheap :LOL:. Maybe Odeon should do something a bit more creative with
Artistic? It just vanishes doesn't it? Very diasappointing.
Yeah, it translates to nothing. I think fixing that one is way overdue. The person it was made for was banned a long time ago. :dunno:
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Artistic. :zoinks:
Oooooh very neat trick for posting it , Gopher ! I shall have to remember that one. :plus:
I recall that back when i was a n00b, the swear filter had been set to turn the word "arse" into Scrapheap :LOL:. Maybe Odeon should do something a bit more creative with
Artistic? It just vanishes doesn't it? Very diasappointing.
That word filter happened because of Meadow, IIRC. It should probably be removed, considering Meadow is long gone.
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
what word?
c.o.n.vict.ed rap.i.st
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Ok, why has that word in particular been filtered?
what word?
c.o.n.vict.ed rap.i.st
Oh! I see convicted is OK, but "rapist" comes out as Our Glorious Leader. Not funny, IMO.
Ty for the info.
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You'd have to know the context. Time to remove that filter, though.
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I love my daughter very much but never seems to stop talking and it's making me crazy :blah:
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^Mine is like that, too.
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^Mine is like that, too.
I've got two of them.
My son and his dad.
They sometimes both pace back and forth too.
...and they wonder why I'm trying to make homemade wine this winter.
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I have no idea how people get to their houses in the neighborhood I drove through today when there is snow or ice on the road. Some of the hills were so steep that just the small amount of sand on the road today made my tires spin
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
Did you pay per word? :P
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The PR was almost four and still speaking in one or two word sentences: want pickle, more, up, etc.
Easter morning she woke up, walked into the kitchen and said, "I had a good sleep." What impressed us was both the complete sentence and the intangible idea.
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From yesterday, Chinese on signs is not restricted to Chinatown anymore in NYC it's all over the place
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They need to find their way outside Chinatown, too. :zoinks:
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I think those nearly 16 yo girls of us should meet.
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Nice to see some sun today!
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Watching a programme on yachts.
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
Did you pay per word? :P
We do now.
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I think those nearly 16 yo girls of us should meet.
Great idea. I will pay for shipping, One way.
(kidding, of course. I love and treasure my daughter.)
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I guess I know who has influence here, some friend relationships look like serious nepotism here! ::) Gotta give Al serious props for speaking the truth!
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Getting even one unpleasant-but-necessary thing done can lift my morale so much. 8)
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People are fools.
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"Use every available space" got a whole new meaning this morning.
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"Use every available space" got a whole new meaning this morning.
that was NOT me sitting next to you on the Undergroan (sic).
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"Use every available space" got a whole new meaning this morning.
that was NOT me sitting next to you on the Undergroan (sic).
Or overgroan. :P
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"Use every available space" got a whole new meaning this morning.
that was NOT me sitting next to you on the Undergroan (sic).
Or overgroan. :P
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Not sure if it's just tinnitus but I hear a rumbling that sounds like machinery in the distance
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Not sure if it's just tinnitus but I hear a rumbling that sounds like machinery in the distance
That wouldn't be tinnitus. We heard it as well, though sometimes, it's the big tanker jet from the nearby Air Force/Air National Guard Base in Newington NH, circling overhead.
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Now, either you're a lot closer than I thought or somebody does have issues with tinnitus. :P
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I think those nearly 16 yo girls of us should meet.
Interestingly, I met a man today wearing a funny t-shirt, He was a worker replacing our sign at work.
His shirt said: "You can't scare me. I have daughters." I love that one. I would need a singular version.
:green:
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I think those nearly 16 yo girls of us should meet.
Interestingly, I met a man today wearing a funny t-shirt, He was a worker replacing our sign at work.
His shirt said: "You can't scare me. I have daughters." I love that one. I would need a singular version.
:green:
I want one. :green: :hyke:
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Some people just love to attack other people they have no understanding of or think that they are of an inferior social position here! Gotta love it, of course I see this irl as well. ::)
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes I think those nearly 16 yo girls of us should meet.
Interestingly, I met a man today wearing a funny t-shirt, He was a worker replacing our sign at work.
His shirt said: "You can't scare me. I have daughters." I love that one. I would need a singular version.
:green:
I want one. :green: :hyke:
Me too.
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Some people just love to attack other people they have no understanding of or think that they are of an inferior social position here! Gotta love it, of course I see this irl as well. ::)
WTF are you talking about?
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Some people just love to attack other people they have no understanding of or think that they are of an inferior social position here! Gotta love it, of course I see this irl as well. ::)
WTF are you talking about?
You wouldn't understand me.
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$143 for clothes for 3 days for The PR. It would have been cheaper to get the washer fixed.
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Some people just love to attack other people they have no understanding of or think that they are of an inferior social position here! Gotta love it, of course I see this irl as well. ::)
WTF are you talking about?
You wouldn't understand me.
Right, you can out-passive-aggressive anybody.
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I noticed a cute guy at Waitrose today, I shyly smiled at him and he giggled back.
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It's snowing. :GA:
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Why so much for three days clothing for the royal sweetiepie?
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Why so much for three days clothing for the royal sweetiepie?
I only had a limited amount of clean clothes and no washer. So,
2 Tshirts
2 pairs of outer pants
3 bras
1 heavy Polo shirt to use as a nightgown
3 pairs of boxer shorts to wear under the nightgown
one pair of shoes and 1 pair of flashy slippers (kept these last 2 at home, the slippers are for Christmas - purple furry mules with a purple ribbon accent and a purple bigggggg stone)
The PR has some unawareness of her right side, hence the need for the boxer shorts since most of the time her shorts are usually rolled down somewhat on that side and she is a plopper when she sits. I am trying to avoid comments from the staff or patients.
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Didn't realize the time change and show up somewhere too early.
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Two more days till the long national nightmare winds down...........
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Two more days till the long national nightmare winds down...........
I thought it was two more days until it begins. :zoinks:
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Two more days till the long national nightmare winds down...........
I thought it was two more days until it begins. :zoinks:
Both of you are right, I fear.
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She can yank my robe off if she wants to keep warm any day. All she'd need do is remind me to take the H pipes out of my pocket, as some have sharp spade-shaped tips for loading the pipes by digging them into a vial of dipromorphine base and then toking away post melting with a lighter, plus said DPM unless of course she'd like a toke, I'd be more than willing to share, after all, she IS royalty:)
Plus my E-cig, a blister strip of the hated gabapentin I must currently still take, my mobile phone and wallet. Plus digital camera, some guava juice (which again I'd gladly share with her royal beautifulness:), some candies, again sharable, and my wallet since I need my debit card right now to get me some calcium metal, or possibly either lithium metal or IF I can find some, I really need some palladium catalysts, some affordable mercuric chloride, there is some on ebay but its all too expensive for me right now until I am again paid, some pyridine, more acetone, isopropanol, anhydrous non-denatured EtOH for making ether, some conc. sulfuric and nitric acids, plus I've currently got a bunch of borosilicate glass tubing, some glass pippettes and a jar full of my much liked dipropionyl heroin, two syringes and a few spare needles. I'd happily share my gear with such a lovely gal, but given that ONE toke from a properly loaded pipe was enough to whack me to the ground even with a hefty tolerance, I'd have to show her how much to dose.
Then...THEN, she can ohmygodplease, rip my robe off of me, I'd be sure to take my shirt off first, then put the robe back on:P Because A-I wouldn't want her to be in the slightest bit too cold, and B-I'd so love her to rip my top off and wrap up all snuggly warm in it, as I'm wearing currently, on my top just a grey shirt, a counterfeit brand name top I got for a couple million lira in turkey (about £2 or so) that now is heavily covered in..err..I think it might be sodium bicarbonate, possibly caustic soda but I don't think so else it would have eaten a hole through said shirt. And other than that, just my robe. Although I'd prefer she gave me a moment's warning so I can take off the tie that goes round the back/front to tie like a belt, since I use it as a tourniquet at times. Then she can rip off anything I'm wearing whatsoever:)
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You sound really complicated. :zoinks:
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My bitch ex-boss, tried to be "nice" with a greeting to me today, as I was running around performing my tasks. Such a two faced little "hitler". Faked niceness, but, she jumped down my throat too many times, when I was working in her department. She also lied to me several times. And the scuttlebutt in the area was that many people left because of her bitchiness and rudeness. I just blew her off, she's one of those type of people that just is able to push my buttons. So it's easier now that I am not in her department and since I'm no good and faking niceness, it's just easier to pretend that I don't hear her and am too busy to respond. And hating her is too energy draining and likely to lead to a major melt down and releasing of the "raging red eyed demon" that lurks within me. Though I must admit, for a fleeting instant, it would feel great to see fear in her eyes if I did let it all out. Even at the cost of my job. Then of course I would feel crappy and drained afterwards. So it's not worth it in the end. Yep, damned if I do and damned if I don't......so I always choose the easier damned.
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What do you mean 'complicated'. Well yes, in some ways I am, since there is a lot to me. People tell me I am 'deep' whatever that means. I simply mean that I'd love the PR to strip me bare, if she is cold or chilly to take the clothes from my back and wear those, and I'd make sure there was nothing potentially harmful in the pockets of the robe before she *oh me oh my..MMMMmmmhhh* tore it from my body.
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Millennials overuse the word "amazing." :soapbox:
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Well, it is amazing that the topic reply notifications have resumed showing up in my In Box instead of spam.
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Millennials overuse the word "amazing." :soapbox:
The term "millennial" is amazingly overused. :zoins:
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Amazing isn't it? >:D
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Some people just love to attack other people they have no understanding of or think that they are of an inferior social position here! Gotta love it, of course I see this irl as well. ::)
WTF are you talking about?
You wouldn't understand me.
Right, you can out-passive-aggressive anybody.
I tell you what, ask Pea about me, I like and respect him. You, I respect, but like mcmanslag and esquireslimebag, you seem to like to attack others as it suits you. Think of me as you will, your choice. I helped you reconnect to him and let the chips fall where they may.
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^Mine is like that, too.
Make that three of us or four.
... and to think, there was a time when we were worried that my daughter would never talk. We got her therapy to help with this. REALLY good therapy, apparently,
:apondering:
Did you pay per word? :P
We do now.
My autistic nephew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NuKTvwoG0
That's how he talks all the time . :LOL: just not in rhyme usually.
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What do you mean 'complicated'.
Based on what you wrote, it sounds like a person would need step through a flowchart to get a safe hug. :zoinks:
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I tell you what, ask Pea about me, I like and respect him. You, I respect, but like mcmanslag and esquireslimebag, you seem to like to attack others as it suits you. Think of me as you will, your choice. I helped you reconnect to him and let the chips fall where they may.
Yeah, I appreciate that, and I don't have a serious problem with you.
Still, I'm gonna take potshots in passing when I see a big neon passive aggressive target painted on a post.
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Still, I'm gonna take potshots in passing when I see a big neon passive aggressive target painted on a post.
How many passive-agrressives does it take to screw in a light bulb? :orly:
Nevermind, I'll do it myself. :zoinks:
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:laugh:
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Still, I'm gonna take potshots in passing when I see a big neon passive aggressive target painted on a post.
How many passive-agrressives does it take to screw in a light bulb? :orly:
Nevermind, I'll do it myself. :zoinks:
This gave me a good laugh to start the day. I guess you're good for something. :laugh: :trollface:
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I tell you what, ask Pea about me, I like and respect him. You, I respect, but like mcmanslag and esquireslimebag, you seem to like to attack others as it suits you. Think of me as you will, your choice. I helped you reconnect to him and let the chips fall where they may.
Yeah, I appreciate that, and I don't have a serious problem with you.
Still, I'm gonna take potshots in passing when I see a big neon passive aggressive target painted on a post.
I can respect that. For the record, I do the same on FB and Pappy sometimes chimes in with a challenge. I rant and rave, squeek and sqwauk there as well. Even Carlotta does that and it's ok by me. Once I get my ya-ya's out of my system I move on to the next thing.
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Went to vote early today and the lines were long, but, moved swiftly enough. I'll be working 3-11, so the results will not be known by me till I get home. How many shots I knock back will depend on the results! :fiveshots:
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Not really, I'd just take my phone out, not that a phone would matter, and put it down separately, then do what I usually do if I want the contents out of my robe pockets. Turn it upside down and shake until the contents fall out. So I'd take it off, put it back on in order to enable its being ripped off if so desired to be (by parties other than myself)
And of course QV moves the blades and pointy stuff and meds. I have almost without exception got a couple of doses of a heavy-duty sedative-hypnotic/antiseizure drug (used mostly in the matter capacity) in my pocket, not that a couple of caps of it would do someone nontolerant any harm, but you can bet that within maybe 20 minutes at most you'd be spark out cold. Stuff has a real kick to it. And when I am tinkering, as in, tinkering with technological bits and pieces then I am near enough certain to have a pair of long nosed pointy tipped electrical pliers that would if misused make an excellent stabby pointy pokey implement of proddage. And fairly often a box lined with a pair of magnetic strips between which scalpel blades are held on the one side, and the spare for a trio of surgical scalpels, well two of them are the other one has a solid plastic handle so its insulated, two metal handled ones, one very small, the other regular-average size and the insulated one is a bit of a butcher's cleaver in scalpel terms, big fat handle and takes a variety of odd blades, such as a chisel-type blade, still thin like a conventional scalpel blade, but the edge is at the end only, of a long rectangular blade, and is razor sharp. They come in useful generally speaking, opening packages, think I might have used one of the three to open the tape and packaging on the two big parcels that 'santa clause', during his non-seasonal work as a mailman brought me today. and they are especially, especially handy when I've come back from a mushroom foraging hunt and want to know if what I have are things I can eat. For things like taking really really thin slices and dissecting out single fragments from gills and gill edges so I can place them using the very tips of the scalpel blades, onto microscope slides so as to do minimal damage to the cell structure, because that is typically, along with spore shape, size, orientation and type as well as reactivity with certain chemical test reagents, what I wish to examine under my 'scope in the first place, and they are the finest of fine details so they require a delicate touch, and cutting sections from the cap tissue itself to examine the shape of the hyphae, evidence of anastomoses (connections between the hyphae, they look like say, if you had two blood veins from a human side to side and little tiny veinlets joining between them connecting them, or whether the hyphae are septate (having a dividing structure between lengths of the same hypha, like an airlock almost, only singular, one every so often rather than two as a pair close together every so often)
And something I REALLY would like, is not for mycology, but pharmacological studies using cultured tissues, called a patch clamp, or cell clamp, which is where a cell is clamped by suction via micropippettes, and usually for the purpose of determining activity at various receptors, ion channels etc. by applying chemicals of interest plus buffer solution containing nutrients to enable the cell to live throughout testing and first a signal amplifier to record the tiny microscopic little electrical currents flowing as ion flux of different types flowing in and out of cellular ion channels, creating a potential differential, which is passed to an amplifier, signal recorder etc. and either recorded on a computer or I suppose one could have something to plot a trace onto paper. Either way, a way to record the data one seeks. Plus there is a very similar technique called cell clamping, which rather than using a patch of cell membrane, excised from the cell, using an entire cell and a pair of similar electrodes, formed of glass capillary tubing both connected to micromanipulators attached to the microscope stage. Would allow me a much MUCH greater lot of leeway and sophistication in the things I can develop safely, testing for many modes of toxicity without ever putting them in my own body first. That way some things that would obviously be neurotoxins from the shape of the electrical signal trace after ligand application, from modes of binding etc. can be safely abandoned before ever, ever getting close to a human. And I do not DO testing on animals, I won't stand for that kind of disgusting act. I cannot prevent it worldwide, and I do see WHY it is done, but all the same I cannot do it (in a can't stand the thought of performing such a hideous act of barbarism and cruelty) and will not do it. Nor would I tolerate it being done within the lab I exercise control and ownership of.Its simple, it won't happen. Simple as that.
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Not really, I'd just take my phone out, not that a phone would matter, and put it down separately, then do what I usually do if I want the contents out of my robe pockets. Turn it upside down and shake until the contents fall out. So I'd take it off, put it back on in order to enable its being ripped off if so desired to be (by parties other than myself)
And of course QV moves the blades and pointy stuff and meds. I have almost without exception got a couple of doses of a heavy-duty sedative-hypnotic/antiseizure drug (used mostly in the matter capacity) in my pocket, not that a couple of caps of it would do someone nontolerant any harm, but you can bet that within maybe 20 minutes at most you'd be spark out cold. Stuff has a real kick to it. And when I am tinkering, as in, tinkering with technological bits and pieces then I am near enough certain to have a pair of long nosed pointy tipped electrical pliers that would if misused make an excellent stabby pointy pokey implement of proddage. And fairly often a box lined with a pair of magnetic strips between which scalpel blades are held on the one side, and the spare for a trio of surgical scalpels, well two of them are the other one has a solid plastic handle so its insulated, two metal handled ones, one very small, the other regular-average size and the insulated one is a bit of a butcher's cleaver in scalpel terms, big fat handle and takes a variety of odd blades, such as a chisel-type blade, still thin like a conventional scalpel blade, but the edge is at the end only, of a long rectangular blade, and is razor sharp. They come in useful generally speaking, opening packages, think I might have used one of the three to open the tape and packaging on the two big parcels that 'santa clause', during his non-seasonal work as a mailman brought me today. and they are especially, especially handy when I've come back from a mushroom foraging hunt and want to know if what I have are things I can eat. For things like taking really really thin slices and dissecting out single fragments from gills and gill edges so I can place them using the very tips of the scalpel blades, onto microscope slides so as to do minimal damage to the cell structure, because that is typically, along with spore shape, size, orientation and type as well as reactivity with certain chemical test reagents, what I wish to examine under my 'scope in the first place, and they are the finest of fine details so they require a delicate touch, and cutting sections from the cap tissue itself to examine the shape of the hyphae, evidence of anastomoses (connections between the hyphae, they look like say, if you had two blood veins from a human side to side and little tiny veinlets joining between them connecting them, or whether the hyphae are septate (having a dividing structure between lengths of the same hypha, like an airlock almost, only singular, one every so often rather than two as a pair close together every so often)
And something I REALLY would like, is not for mycology, but pharmacological studies using cultured tissues, called a patch clamp, or cell clamp, which is where a cell is clamped by suction via micropippettes, and usually for the purpose of determining activity at various receptors, ion channels etc. by applying chemicals of interest plus buffer solution containing nutrients to enable the cell to live throughout testing and first a signal amplifier to record the tiny microscopic little electrical currents flowing as ion flux of different types flowing in and out of cellular ion channels, creating a potential differential, which is passed to an amplifier, signal recorder etc. and either recorded on a computer or I suppose one could have something to plot a trace onto paper. Either way, a way to record the data one seeks. Plus there is a very similar technique called cell clamping, which rather than using a patch of cell membrane, excised from the cell, using an entire cell and a pair of similar electrodes, formed of glass capillary tubing both connected to micromanipulators attached to the microscope stage. Would allow me a much MUCH greater lot of leeway and sophistication in the things I can develop safely, testing for many modes of toxicity without ever putting them in my own body first. That way some things that would obviously be neurotoxins from the shape of the electrical signal trace after ligand application, from modes of binding etc. can be safely abandoned before ever, ever getting close to a human. And I do not DO testing on animals, I won't stand for that kind of disgusting act. I cannot prevent it worldwide, and I do see WHY it is done, but all the same I cannot do it (in a can't stand the thought of performing such a hideous act of barbarism and cruelty) and will not do it. Nor would I tolerate it being done within the lab I exercise control and ownership of.Its simple, it won't happen. Simple as that.
That is about as random as it gets.
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
Thinking he was responding to the gopher; the lack of quoting before responding sometimes makes posts seem directionless.
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
It is what it is..........if you were expecting aspergianisland.....well....prepare to be disappointed!
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Still, I'm gonna take potshots in passing when I see a big neon passive aggressive target painted on a post.
How many passive-agrressives does it take to screw in a light bulb? :orly:
Nevermind, I'll do it myself. :zoinks:
This gave me a good laugh to start the day. I guess you're good for something. :laugh: :trollface:
That's great. Just don't be telling people I'm good for anything. :zoinks:
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
It is what it is..........if you were expecting aspergianisland.....well....prepare to be disappointed!
Hey! if i was expecting AI , then I wouldn't be here at all. i got completely disillusioned with that den of neurotics and narcissists , remember? :LOL:
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Lestat often does not read timestamps. He can react on a two year old post, without quoting it. Quoting would make a difference.
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Lestat often does not read timestamps. He can react on a two year old post, without quoting it. Quoting would make a difference.
I have suggested to Lestat before that he quote but I don't know if he read it.
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Lestat often does not read timestamps. He can react on a two year old post, without quoting it. Quoting would make a difference.
I have suggested to Lestat before that he quote but I don't know if he read it.
Don't think the thought of quoting crosses his mind, the moment he starts writing.
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Yeah my bad, I should have quoted. And renneh, hadn't seen your post about timestamps. Sometimes old things have come up in my unread posts bit, if theres a backlog. Unintentional. I'd hoped it would have been obvious I was responding to the gopher.
And I guess the reason for not taking much note of timestamps, might be due to my severe dyscalculia/borderline acalculia but not quite. Its actually really difficult to read, let alone do anything WITH numbers. So I kinda don't actually even know where the timestamps ARE, I'd have to go and look at two posts in sequence to even find them, I off the top of my head, have no idea. Don't need to be told I can find them. But yes. Shit happens, no harm done.
And hey QV? how you doing? and how is PR? Hope your doing good, and of course, she is in my thoughts.
And don't you worry, my parade, it hasnae' been pissed on. (QV will know what I mean), my 'parade' is doing just fine. Although one of the marching band is just about to march off to go play videogames, guy must have ADD or something. Whilst another is about to go reagent and glassware shopping, he would rather like some sodium, potassium and calcium metal. Barium and strontium too if he can find either at a good price, and in actual lab use quantities rather than mere few chips and slices in inert gas filled ampoules as element collection samples. When it comes to time to building the element collection frame, Lestat is going to do all from scratch and have PROPER display samples, but for the most part those elements will be going to be put to a good use:)
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
It is what it is..........if you were expecting aspergianisland.....well....prepare to be disappointed!
I remember aspergianisland. I loved the island picture on the homepage. :apondering:
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^ yep. :LOL:
I sometimes wonder if Lestat has somehow managed to post his reply on the wrong thread? or maybe he's hallucinating posts? I dunno .
It is what it is..........if you were expecting aspergianisland.....well....prepare to be disappointed!
I remember aspergianisland. I loved the island picture on the homepage. :apondering:
It was a good place for awhile, then it descended into chaos and imploded. And the owner had a big hand in that. She made me the one and only Admin. without even asking me or telling me. I just signed on one day and BAM there it was. I had access to all admin. powers and stuff. I tried to pm Crucibelle, to thank her for her "confidence" in me. But, then again, I was the only regular left. Everybody had either been banned or walked away. Basically, my one main job that I did was get rid of the spambots....all 1200+ of them. I unbanned a couple of people, that crucibelle had forgotten why she banned them. The site was pretty dead before she finally pulled the plug by not spending any more money on it. Btw, it took her nearly a month before she responded to my PM. :dunno: And yes, it was quite a den of neurotics and a few narcissists. :laugh:
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I noticed Janicka has a birthday coming up and checked her profile. Then I started to recall her and her posts and sent her a PM.
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I noticed Janicka has a birthday coming up and checked her profile. Then I started to recall her and her posts and sent her a PM.
I noticed as well but she hasn't been here for a few years. She was cool.
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I noticed Janicka has a birthday coming up and checked her profile. Then I started to recall her and her posts and sent her a PM.
I noticed as well but she hasn't been here for a few years. She was cool.
Yes...she was!
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
Am really bad about putting off gas, also bad about forgetting about gas which makes the procrastination worse. There's been a few times when the remaining miles counter read zero, and had no idea how long it had been on zero. It's a moment of realization in total panic to find the nearest station. Have never actually stalled yet though. Husband said my car should be named Maxwell, because it's good to the last drop. :laugh:
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
Lol Parts.
Once I made it to a gas station just like that. Next to me a motorcycle crawled up. Then the gas station happened to be out of order. It would take a few hours to fix it. Neither the motorcyclist nor I had enough fuel left to make it to the next station.
So, walked home for lunch and then back.
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
Lol Parts.
Once I made it to a gas station just like that. Next to me a motorcycle crawled up. Then the gas station happened to be out of order. It would take a few hours to fix it. Neither the motorcyclist nor I had enough fuel left to make it to the next station.
So, walked home for lunch and then back.
SO does this, last time he clogged the pump. I never let it go down further than 1/4 tank.
If you have an older ride it can sometimes suck the scale and crap up into the pump that settles in the bottom of your tank.
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
Lol Parts.
Once I made it to a gas station just like that. Next to me a motorcycle crawled up. Then the gas station happened to be out of order. It would take a few hours to fix it. Neither the motorcyclist nor I had enough fuel left to make it to the next station.
So, walked home for lunch and then back.
SO does this, last time he clogged the pump. I never let it go down further than 1/4 tank.
If you have an older ride it can sometimes suck the scale and crap up into the pump that settles in the bottom of your tank.
That happened with my car and I had to have the injectors taken out and cleaned. Wasn't cheap.
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When your vehicle is REALLY low on gas it does the almost stall as your driving when the fuel pump sucks air :zombiefuck:
I thought I had another 20 miles or so on the tank of gas and didn't want to get it with the trailer hooked up, when it started doing this pulled into the next gas station and filled up putting 34.96 gallons in my 35 gallon tank :fp:
Lol Parts.
Once I made it to a gas station just like that. Next to me a motorcycle crawled up. Then the gas station happened to be out of order. It would take a few hours to fix it. Neither the motorcyclist nor I had enough fuel left to make it to the next station.
So, walked home for lunch and then back.
SO does this, last time he clogged the pump. I never let it go down further than 1/4 tank.
If you have an older ride it can sometimes suck the scale and crap up into the pump that settles in the bottom of your tank.
My Audi back then was an old one, but it made it just fine.
Still don't get how I let that happen. Because of my former car, I kept checking oil level every other week, and then I missed out on the gas?
:asthing:
The car died a year later. As the man at the garage said, an unforeseeable "heart attack". RIP, trustworthy and comfortable car.
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Odeon is a dickless boy wonder, a special little snowflake who thinks he can make his points by blowing off a thoughtfully written post making several points as just invalidated because of his opinion, without backing that up.
Fucking spineless little jellyfish. Grow a dick, put your head between your legs, suck and swallow.
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Odeon is a dickless boy wonder, a special little snowflake who thinks he can make his points by blowing off a thoughtfully written post making several points as just invalidated because of his opinion, without backing that up.
Fucking spineless little jellyfish. Grow a dick, put your head between your legs, suck and swallow.
I can and I did. You're fuming, aren't you?
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Apparently, my FB posts against Bigoted misogynist sexual predator God Emperor trumpty-numpty was too much for a couple of members of my wife's family. Oh well, no big loss. They will be well off with their wealth and power. :green:
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My favourite dog came to visit. :)
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The tide was really high this morning
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I really need to rethink stuff.
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I saw a van that had C000000 as the the license plate number
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Dickheads everywhere.....and I'm talking about the ones irl....not the internuts!
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I should be in bed
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There's some crazy drivers out there. Glad I live in the middle of town instead of having to drive to it.
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Marley seems very sleepy today
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A few snowflakes are coming down along with the rain! :snowman:
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A few snowflakes are coming down along with the rain! :snowman:
I think one of them is me :fly:
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A few snowflakes are coming down along with the rain! :snowman:
I think one of them is me :fly:
Welcome to America! :snowman:
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A few snowflakes are coming down along with the rain! :snowman:
I think one of them is me :fly:
Welcome to America! :snowman:
unfortunately, i'm just a snowflake coming down with the rain
same old British rain, not landing anywhere interesting
else i might be just in time to escape to canda huh? :LOL:
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else i might be just in time to escape to canda eh? :LOL:
Fixed. :zoinks:
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A new lady is working at the coffee shop
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
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...It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
...yep, and you know what's worse? When you see the places, know they made a movie locally because you where stuck detouring around town forever because of it, you drive past it every friggin day...and you still wonder...where the fuck is that?...when you first see it.
The last two movies they made here...well lets just say...the place looks 100 times better on film. It looks like somewhere you would want to actually move to. :zombiefuck:
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
I think that voodoo part is probably true. :zoinks:
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
I think that voodoo part is probably true. :zoinks:
Yes, gopher sacrifice is the most frequent practice. :trollskull:
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
I think that voodoo part is probably true. :zoinks:
Yes, gopher sacrifice is the most frequent practice. :trollskull:
My Majesty loves me and would never do her voodoo on me. :zoinks:
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Hank of hair and piece of bone, that's my little gopher guy.
(Song lyrics)
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Hank of hair and piece of bone, that's my little gopher guy.
(Song lyrics)
See, there's even a song about it. (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_108.gif) :trollskull:
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My morning coffee has a pleasant aftertaste with a hint of sandalwood. :coffee:
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SJWs are everywhere... :( People are going *apeshit * over Trump on FB. They're really full of hate, it's actually a bit scary. It's so ironic that (some) anti-Trump people are really being horrible to the Trump voters. How do they think they're going to change anything by unfriending and belittling people?
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SJWs are everywhere... :( People are going *apeshit * over Trump on FB. They're really full of hate, it's actually a bit scary. It's so ironic that (some) anti-Trump people are really being horrible to the Trump voters. How do they think they're going to change anything by unfriending and belittling people?
Ooooo, it really is like Brexit, then....at least in one regard ::)
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SJWs are everywhere... :( People are going *apeshit * over Trump on FB. They're really full of hate, it's actually a bit scary. It's so ironic that (some) anti-Trump people are really being horrible to the Trump voters. How do they think they're going to change anything by unfriending and belittling people?
Ooooo, it really is like Brexit, then....at least in one regard ::)
I would say it's worse...people are really having a go at Trump supporters on FB. I tried commenting that it was a shame unfriending people was ironically dividing people, which is what they say they're against. I mean, if they want people on their side, hating people and pushing them away isn't going to do it.
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I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
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SJWs are everywhere... :( People are going *apeshit * over Trump on FB. They're really full of hate, it's actually a bit scary. It's so ironic that (some) anti-Trump people are really being horrible to the Trump voters. How do they think they're going to change anything by unfriending and belittling people?
Ooooo, it really is like Brexit, then....at least in one regard ::)
I would say it's worse...people are really having a go at Trump supporters on FB. I tried commenting that it was a shame unfriending people was ironically dividing people, which is what they say they're against. I mean, if they want people on their side, hating people and pushing them away isn't going to do it.
I heard of people being disowned by their families for voting the wrong way on Brexit. And did you read those hate mails Avaaz were sending out, in their ironically entitled "Vote for Love" campaign? I might see if I can fish one out. I kept 'em for future reference, just in case I ever started trusting Avaaz's opinions again
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I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
Yeah, That's my problem , pretty much. All too often, these people are -purportedly- standing for issues I believe in :zombiefuck:
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SJWs are everywhere... :( People are going *apeshit * over Trump on FB. They're really full of hate, it's actually a bit scary. It's so ironic that (some) anti-Trump people are really being horrible to the Trump voters. How do they think they're going to change anything by unfriending and belittling people?
Ooooo, it really is like Brexit, then....at least in one regard ::)
I would say it's worse...people are really having a go at Trump supporters on FB. I tried commenting that it was a shame unfriending people was ironically dividing people, which is what they say they're against. I mean, if they want people on their side, hating people and pushing them away isn't going to do it.
I heard of people being disowned by their families for voting the wrong way on Brexit. And did you read those hate mails Avaaz were sending out, in their ironically entitled "Vote for Love" campaign? I might see if I can fish one out. I kept 'em for future reference, just in case I ever started trusting Avaaz's opinions again
I didn't see those, would you show one to me please? Being disowned by their families...man the whole thing screams of irony.
I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
Yeah, That's my problem , pretty much. All too often, these people are -purportedly- standing for issues I believe in :zombiefuck:
Perhaps we should unfriend them and form our own group! Haters!
..Not that I've ever remained friends with one before they've got rid of me.
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Both Carla and myself were "unfriended" by her uncle and aunt for our "liberal" leanings. But, they are wealthy and privileged and likely to be further enriched by trumpty numpty and his cadre of oligarch's.
Hate crimes are up against gays, transgenders, Women who speak their minds and fight for their right's, minorities. Creationism now has major support in Washington to be the "new" science taught country wide. Corporations are employing strong arm tactics against native people's who are blocking their ruthless path to mine and exploit resources without regard to property rights or environmental protections. Plus, we have a president who is so thin skinned that he can't take even a smidgen of the abuse and criticism that has been heaped on past presidents, especially Obama. He wants to employ strong arm tactics against the media and anybody who dares to use the 1st amendment right of free speech against him and his fellow oligarch's. Plus, he wants to put his family members into high government positions. Almost like a 3rd world dictatorship. It's going to be interesting for the next few years.
I know, I know, that statistics can be found here and there to buttress anybodies differing opinion. So all some of us can do is watch, speak out and hope for the best...or prepare for the worst.......
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
I know you do. :zoinks:
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Hank of hair and piece of bone, that's my little gopher guy.
(Song lyrics)
:lol1: :plus:
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A film crew was shooting outside a local garage.
Do you know what they are making? The last year or two they have been filming a couple movies around my town one was some Lifetime Network thing and the other some Indie move that just came out not sure what the name is but it was in the paper. It's a weird feeling watching a trailer and seeing places you go past all the time.
Hard to say. I got the idea it is a feature film or a TV production rather than a commercial, but I can't really point out why.
They shot a film in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, one that I later watched on TV. There was a car chase through the city and while I instantly recognised the locations, they took a lot of liberties with both the distances involved and where you'd actually have to drive to get from A to B. Sort of amusing, but it completely ruined the film for me.
Ah, yes. The ubiquitous New Orleans Mountains in the background, everyone says ,"Cher," we all practice voodoo, etc.
I know you do. :zoinks:
Yeah, but I'm embarrassed about the seances.
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Saw a helicopter land on top of the hospital I was working next to today
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canadian thanksgiving was in october. we are nonetheless having black friday sales here. sadly, i need to go get a printer that isn't part of the sale. hopefully since it's a regular work day it won't be too crowded.
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Roast pork chow mein tastes way better cold.
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The water was shooting out about 7 feet into the river from a pipe they keep open to prevent silting in the city water lines normally it only goes out about a foot
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The house I have been working on smells like weed
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The house I have been working on smells like weed
Nothing like a freebie. :zoinks:
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Shepherd's pie really is the king of casseroles. :2thumbsup:
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I don't see the biohazard symbol smiley anymore, is it gone? :orly:
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I don't see the biohazard symbol smiley anymore, is it gone? :orly:
Where was it? On the Reply page or the additional smileys page?
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I don't see the biohazard symbol smiley anymore, is it gone? :orly:
Where was it? On the Reply page or the additional smileys page?
On the additional smilies page, I think. I'm going to feel stupid if I've been overlooking it. :tard:
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I only found this one: :parts:
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I only found this one: :parts:
Thank you, that's the one! I just forgot the code. :parts: :)
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Why not look on ebay wolfy, quite possibly get one cheaper that way.
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I don't get it. I just did a video of myself, thinking I was looking more animated. I played it back and I look as inanimate as before. What?? Do I really look like that?
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Lots of posts today.
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Lots of posts today.
:hamsterwheel:
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I didn't notice him so he touched my arm to make me notice. That was interesting.
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My skin is a pale gray-beige, but in some lights it looks quite yellow. :witchygoldfish:
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A turkey sandwich tastes good anytime. :thumbup:
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I didn't notice him so he touched my arm to make me notice. That was interesting.
Like this? :stick: Stop touching me.
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I didn't notice him so he touched my arm to make me notice. That was interesting.
Like this? :stick: Stop touching me.
No, it was more of a gentle brush and hello while passing behind. Didn't even have the chance to respond; when turning to look his back was already to me while walking away.
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Puppy's tired.
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The closer I am to my moving date, the less patience I have for the guy that lives behind me. He's really a colossal asshole.
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The closer I am to my moving date, the less patience I have for the guy that lives behind me. He's really a colossal asshole.
Be sure to wave buh-bye :fingers: the day you move out!
Maybe the pups could leave him a little gift. :darnit:
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The closer I am to my moving date, the less patience I have for the guy that lives behind me. He's really a colossal asshole.
Be sure to wave buh-bye :fingers: the day you move out!
Maybe the pups could leave him a little gift. :darnit:
I will be so happy to not see him again. Yesterday the boyfriend was out mowing the lawn and the guy walks out of his house, over to where he's cutting the grass, stares, rolls his eyes and shakes his head and goes back inside again. WTH? ::)
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The closer I am to my moving date, the less patience I have for the guy that lives behind me. He's really a colossal asshole.
Be sure to wave buh-bye :fingers: the day you move out!
Maybe the pups could leave him a little gift. :darnit:
I will be so happy to not see him again. Yesterday the boyfriend was out mowing the lawn and the guy walks out of his house, over to where he's cutting the grass, stares, rolls his eyes and shakes his head and goes back inside again. WTH? ::)
The day you leave, you could drive past him very slowly, all rolling your eyes in unison. :get: ::) ::) ::) ::)
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The closer I am to my moving date, the less patience I have for the guy that lives behind me. He's really a colossal asshole.
Be sure to wave buh-bye :fingers: the day you move out!
Maybe the pups could leave him a little gift. :darnit:
I will be so happy to not see him again. Yesterday the boyfriend was out mowing the lawn and the guy walks out of his house, over to where he's cutting the grass, stares, rolls his eyes and shakes his head and goes back inside again. WTH? ::)
The day you leave, you could drive past him very slowly, all rolling your eyes in unison. :get: ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Can't seem to write properly lately here; seeing post later full of mistakes. Now wondering it it's happening at work too.
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Can't seem to write properly lately here; seeing post later full of mistakes. Now wondering it it's happening at work too.
Are you talking about typos, misspellings, wrong word choices? :-\
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Can't seem to write properly lately here; seeing post later full of mistakes. Now wondering it it's happening at work too.
Are you talking about typos, misspellings, wrong word choices? :-\
Spell check within the browser usually catches misspellings, except for the occasional forgotten s at the end of plural words but that's normal for me. Missing words, incorrect words, sentences which don't really make sense.
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
No, things have been good. A bit obsessed though, maybe that's it.
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
Maybe sleep deprived? Also, I don't know if you're into perimenopause yet, but apparently
"senior moments" are common at that time because of the hormonal fluctuations. :nerd!:
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Puppy's really tired now.
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Puppy's really tired now.
I go sleep now? :puppy:
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Puppy's really tired now.
I go sleep now? :puppy:
She's been very busy today. We went to a dog training thing earlier, with lots of other dogs and people.
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Puppy's really tired now.
I go sleep now? :puppy:
She's been very busy today. We went to a dog training thing earlier, with lots of other dogs and people.
She's a lucky girl, you keep her life busy and fun. :thumbup:
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
Maybe sleep deprived? Also, I don't know if you're into perimenopause yet, but apparently
"senior moments" are common at that time because of the hormonal fluctuations. :nerd!:
Sleep deprived is probably a normal state of affairs most of the time. Haven't seen any sign of menopause. About ten years ago thought it was coming early, having only three or four cycles per year for about three years. It may have been due to working mainly around men. Then got current job position and now sit surrounded by fertile women; have been regular ever since. :laugh:
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Puppy's really tired now.
I go sleep now? :puppy:
She's been very busy today. We went to a dog training thing earlier, with lots of other dogs and people.
She's a lucky girl, you keep her life busy and fun. :thumbup:
:)
She needs it. Spanish Water Dogs can be shy and apprehensive by nature, so she really needs to meet other dogs and learn how to behave around them. Basically, she's a spazz. :P
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Puppy's really tired now.
I go sleep now? :puppy:
She's been very busy today. We went to a dog training thing earlier, with lots of other dogs and people.
She's a lucky girl, you keep her life busy and fun. :thumbup:
:)
She needs it. Spanish Water Dogs can be shy and apprehensive by nature, so she really needs to meet other dogs and learn how to behave around them. Basically, she's a spazz. :P
Awww, that's adorable. She's learning social skills! Have her post here. :laugh:
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Just seen on FB:
"FOR SALE - Swarovski bangle, new condition, worn once $100"
First comment: "Is it real diamond??"
:tard: :tard:
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
Maybe sleep deprived? Also, I don't know if you're into perimenopause yet, but apparently
"senior moments" are common at that time because of the hormonal fluctuations. :nerd!:
Sleep deprived is probably a normal state of affairs most of the time. Haven't seen any sign of menopause. About ten years ago thought it was coming early, having only three or four cycles per year for about three years. It may have been due to working mainly around men. Then got current job position and now sit surrounded by fertile women; have been regular ever since. :laugh:
How old are you? Could you be peri-menopausal? It happens a good 10 years before menopause itself. I've always had crappy sleep cycles but it got even worse once peri-menopause hit. And yes, your brain goes too! Forget things, miss things etc.
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
Maybe sleep deprived? Also, I don't know if you're into perimenopause yet, but apparently
"senior moments" are common at that time because of the hormonal fluctuations. :nerd!:
Sleep deprived is probably a normal state of affairs most of the time. Haven't seen any sign of menopause. About ten years ago thought it was coming early, having only three or four cycles per year for about three years. It may have been due to working mainly around men. Then got current job position and now sit surrounded by fertile women; have been regular ever since. :laugh:
How old are you? Could you be peri-menopausal? It happens a good 10 years before menopause itself. I've always had crappy sleep cycles but it got even worse once peri-menopause hit. And yes, your brain goes too! Forget things, miss things etc.
Am 45, but haven't had any symptoms at all. Just some recent garbled text noticed here. Have been overly preoccupied with a recent interest and those thoughts tend to intrude on other things, but not so much at work. Actually have been feeling very focused and on point at work; will have to make a point to notice if emailing any word salad. Hopefully not.
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
No, things have been good. A bit obsessed though, maybe that's it.
Suddenly autocorrect acting up?
Or headaches. They can do shit like that.
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Have you been more stressed lately? :apondering:
Maybe sleep deprived? Also, I don't know if you're into perimenopause yet, but apparently
"senior moments" are common at that time because of the hormonal fluctuations. :nerd!:
Sleep deprived is probably a normal state of affairs most of the time. Haven't seen any sign of menopause. About ten years ago thought it was coming early, having only three or four cycles per year for about three years. It may have been due to working mainly around men. Then got current job position and now sit surrounded by fertile women; have been regular ever since. :laugh:
How old are you? Could you be peri-menopausal? It happens a good 10 years before menopause itself. I've always had crappy sleep cycles but it got even worse once peri-menopause hit. And yes, your brain goes too! Forget things, miss things etc.
Am 45, but haven't had any symptoms at all. Just some recent garbled text noticed here. Have been overly preoccupied with a recent interest and those thoughts tend to intrude on other things, but not so much at work. Actually have been feeling very focused and on point at work; will have to make a point to notice if emailing any word salad. Hopefully not.
LNWS = late night wine spill?
One section of my keyboard is not so responsive...too lazy to change it yet.
Wine has claimed the lives of countless keyboards.
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Suddenly autocorrect acting up?
Or headaches. They can do shit like that.
Not the headache type; maybe one or two per year, if at all.
LNWS = late night wine spill?
No, it's definitely me and not the tech. :laugh:
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How would you know about menopausal anything miss K....your about 30 years too early from the look of you. Either that or your a 'vintage wine' ager rather than a 'cheese' ager. The former get older, more precious and more tempting to do things involving one's mouth, to. The other gets older, stinkier and probably moldy:P
Pics I've seen I could have taken you for mid-late 20s. If it wasn't for your having kids AND a brain I'd have thought that the case.
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How would you know about menopausal anything miss K....your about 30 years too early from the look of you. Either that or your a 'vintage wine' ager rather than a 'cheese' ager. The former get older, more precious and more tempting to do things involving one's mouth, to. The other gets older, stinkier and probably moldy:P
Pics I've seen I could have taken you for mid-late 20s. If it wasn't for your having kids AND a brain I'd have thought that the case.
I'm 42. Full on peri-menopausal and hating every minute of it. Aging has never bothered me and still doesn't. But this PM stuff I really don't need.
Have noticed though that now Monkeyboy has reached the age of 18 and has cleared 6ft, when we're out together people assume we're a couple. We've had our fair share of assumptive people making off colour remarks which are both mortifying and hysterically funny. :laugh:
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Have noticed about myself and my joints that sometimes the best response to pain is not
to favor the limb, but just to plant my feet and power through. Not a doctor, YMMV. :apondering:
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Have noticed about myself and my joints that sometimes the best response to pain is not
to favor the limb, but just to plant my feet and power through. Not a doctor, YMMV. :apondering:
If you plant your feet how can you go anywhere? Do your feet prefer sun or shade? How much water?
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This is not a good day. :(
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This is not a good day. :(
Why's that?
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
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This is not a good day. :(
Why's that?
The world is going to shit.
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
For a split second I thought you said breasts. :laugh:
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Have noticed about myself and my joints that sometimes the best response to pain is not
to favor the limb, but just to plant my feet and power through. Not a doctor, YMMV. :apondering:
If you plant your feet how can you go anywhere? Do your feet prefer sun or shade? How much water?
By planting my feet, I mean putting weight on them and being BRAVE! :arrr:
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
For a split second I thought you said breasts. :laugh:
That would not be awesome as I have zero attraction to him :laugh:
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
For a split second I thought you said breasts. :laugh:
That would not be awesome as I have zero attraction to him :laugh:
It would have been totally awesome if you posted pics. :M
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
For a split second I thought you said breasts. :laugh:
That would not be awesome as I have zero attraction to him :laugh:
It would have been totally awesome if you posted pics. :M
Probably not. I'm so burned out I'm looking pretty haggard these days. Even my breasts are probably tired. :laugh:
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I witnessed an awesome moment between my naturopathic vet and one of my beasts.
For a split second I thought you said breasts. :laugh:
That would not be awesome as I have zero attraction to him :laugh:
It would have been totally awesome if you posted pics. :M
Probably not. I'm so burned out I'm looking pretty haggard these days. Even my breasts are probably tired. :laugh:
Pictures of the beast and the vet, of course. Remember, this is a family oriented site.
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Families have varying interests. :M
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This IS a pretty twisted family
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Families have varying interests. :M
QFT
... and most often those varying interests and situations are not easy to resolve or define or even quantify.
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The IT/secretarial lady at work has been away for two weeks now so I'm filling in for her on some of her duties, such as in this case invoicing our fees to clients.
And for this past week alone I have invoiced the equivalent of my annual salary :zombiefuck:
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Neighbours are replacing their existing deck with stamped concrete and the machinery is so loud it makes it sound like they're doing work on the roof of my house.
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The dogs occupy the sofas.
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I had some boxes of things delivered today and I realized as the delivery guy was putting them in my front hall, he was ever so slowly building a wall between him and the dog. I pointed out if that was his intention and he said "Hell yes, that's a big ass dog ma'am." :laugh:
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I had some boxes of things delivered today and I realized as the delivery guy was putting them in my front hall, he was ever so slowly building a wall between him and the dog. I pointed out if that was his intention and he said "Hell yes, that's a big ass dog ma'am." :laugh:
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:laugh:
My over-excitable puppy went after my feet when I got up and managed to scratch my ankles.
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First Japanese wineberries were ripe today. There are a couple of plants (Rubus phoenicolasius) in the garden and I ate the first three of them today. Like them.
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The new neighbors above are a noisy bunch.
But only in the evening, and you can't hear it in the house. :thumbup:
...and they have a cute little weiner dog that likes to chase my rabbits. :thumbup:
...and they set off fireworks last night. :thumbup:
...and they obviously love country music. :zombiefuck:
3 out of 4 isn't bad I guess.
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I cannot fault your tastes there lutra. I've had those, and there are a couple of places where they grow locally in big sprawling thickets. Been wanting to try both making jam/preserve from them and fermenting them into alcohol and, after of course stripping the 'heads' and redistilling that to render the methanol-containing fraction suitable for solvent purposes, to end up with something drinkable, tasty and highly flammable.
Been wondering how the berries of sea buckthorn (which unlike those of common buckthorn and alder-buckthorn are not toxic, or powerful purgatives, but whilst they are very tart and quite acidic, have an excellent flavour that I think would go just lovely in a spirit distilled from the two fruits) might perform, using the sweetness of the wineberries to balance the natural sourness of the sea-buckthorn. The latter are really pretty tart, but the flavour is good, very aromatic and they are quite fine to simply strip from the bushes and pop into one's mouth. Very, very very high in vitamin C as well (the sea-buckthorn). Little round orange, slightly speckled things about the size of a BB pellet, and really quite tasty)
Something like that, maybe fermenting the starches in quinces to alcohol as well, to benefit from the aromatic flavour of quince fruit (here they are only edible after being processed into something like a jelly or jam, else they are full of the most delightful scent but rock hard and quite utterly inedible off the bush in this climate). Made some 'quince cheese' back in my Kanner's autie school, like smooth marmalade basically and it was really good. Didn't seem to last nearly as long as the fair quantity made implied it should, which says it all really. Delish, and tasty enough to eat straight out of the tub with a spoon.
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I do not do well sitting in one place directing people. It's driving me batshit. I would much rather be the one doing the work when it's something I would normally be more than capable of doing. Although my kids are doing their best packing. They're awesome.
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...and they obviously love country music. :zombiefuck:
My upbringing gave me a strange affinity for the redneck peoples and their native music. :zoinks: In some indescribable way I like it, even though I never personally choose to listen to it. :dunno:
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Someone knocked my passenger side mirror out of alignment
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The neighbors hired a new lawn crew...and the guy has absolutely no skill backing up a truck with a trailer on the back.
First he jackknifed it, then he landed in one neighbors flower bed, then he almost ripped out the wire on the pole, almost hit the shed, and ran into my pampas grass.
SO suggested half way through this 20 minute mess that I offer to back the truck up for him.
Yeah...right. Nothing like having your ass handed to you by a short, little 50 yr old woman in front of your two teenage sons. I hid.
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I'm so glad I don't have any neighbours close by.
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I don't have the upper body strength to start the lawnmower. Guess I'll have to find the $ to have it mowed.
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I don't have the upper body strength to start the lawnmower. Guess I'll have to find the $ to have it mowed.
Is there a local high school student who is dependable enough to do it? That would cost far less than having an actual lawn crew.
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I don't have the upper body strength to start the lawnmower. Guess I'll have to find the $ to have it mowed.
Is there a local high school student who is dependable enough to do it? That would cost far less than having an actual lawn crew.
That's a good route if you can find one.
...or consider going electric if the yard is tiny, self-propelled gas with electric start is also nice but takes more maintenance.
You primed it well?
Even the behemoth 6.5 hp I keep running for SO to use at the bar starts on the first pull here. But the bigger the motor the harder the pull...and they take time every year to make sure they do start on the first pull. If I could get away with an electric one I would.
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...another thing I do often, because I'm a short little shit. Take it on a nice level area where it rolls well or a very slight grade, push away on the handle as you pull the rope, just don't let go. Let the weight of the mower help you pull the cord.
My old Honda doesn't require you to hold the handle when you start it since it has a blade clutch, and has a step on the deck for leverage.
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What does it mean to prime a lawnmower well? I'm going to have to be figuring out these things very soon.
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The pups limp is back in a huge way and it's worrisome.
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What does it mean to prime a lawnmower well? I'm going to have to be figuring out these things very soon.
Most push mowers now have engines from briggs & stratton.
It's a simple durable engine that can take alot of abuse.
Check the gas, check the oil, run the hell out of them.
Check oil on level with the motor off and the engine cold.
(http://www.briggsandstratton.com/~/media/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions/Engine/Images/Small%20Engine%20Care%20and%20Repair/Checking%20and%20Changing%20Oil/checking_the_oil_47C.jpg)
Depending on the engine it will be a plastic one like above or a metal one. Keep it between full and min on the stick don't go over, wipe it off, thread it in, take it out again and check. Normally most take 30 weight oil. 10/30 works, and it's not the end of the world if you dump 5/30 in there either. Just make sure it has oil.
You will see a red primer button/bulb (sometimes they are black with a red band on on the side) on the front or side of the carb just below the air cleaner. Normally you push this in slowly with your thumb around 3x before trying to start it to get the gas up in the carb...some are greedy little shits that want 5x (there should be a little sticker just below it or near it saying how many times to push it in).
(http://outdoorpowerinfo.com/repairs/images/briggs_carb_790206/_briggs_carb_assembly.JPG)
Just about all have an engine brake now where you need to hold the bale/squeeze it together to the handle to engage the blade before you pull the cord to start them.
(http://eu-en.myfaqcenter.com/Resources/BriggsFAQs/shared/pics/Faqs/125-brake_safety.jpg)
This shuts off the engine and kills the blade if you slip on a hill and the mower comes back at you. You won't be able to pull the cord if you don't hold the bale.
#1 Prime, #2 squeeze the bale, #3 pull...#4 pull again, #5 cuss and give it 1 more prime if it's being an asshole. Repeat #4 as needed, until you either start the little SOB, smell gas (it's flooded, go have coffee and let it sit for an hour), you pass out, or a neighbor offers to start it. ;)
Well maintained they usually start in at least 3 pulls. Not many people have time for that though, I'm up to my ears in mowers right now with another one sitting in the back of the truck now that was just tossed to the curb this evening.
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^Ours is one of the best they made, ever. Starts on the first pull every time. It's an awesome little engine.
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^Ours is one of the best they made, ever. Starts on the first pull every time. It's an awesome little engine.
Mine too. With the exception of the Honda (SO hit the sidewalk with it)...which takes a couple of tries. Still it's going on 30 yrs old. The decks usually rot out before the engine quits.
The 6.75 I curbed in the fall and rebuilt the carb on this spring sat under 5ft of flood water at the bar. Drained everything, changed and dried everything...one pull.
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Imagine where we would all be if their engineers had worked at NASA or participated in fusion power research.
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Mosquitoes like my ankles.
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They're engorged with all that sweet sweet blood.
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Their snacking preference is causing me a lot of itching!!! :thumbdn:
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The weather report appears to be completely off the mark.
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Their snacking preference is causing me a lot of itching!!! :thumbdn:
Apple cider vinegar, or tea tree oil (dilute if needed).
Not mosquitoes here, they just like my arms.
Chiggers.
Bugs...I just love the variety here. :laugh:
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I love bugs, I just don't like being bitten by them. But I've lived through not one, but two, brown recluse bites so it could be worse :laugh:
Todays observation: Went to see a show put on by the youngest at her current camp which is dog training at the local rescue agency. The kids did so great! All of the dogs are up for adoption and I had to laugh because out of the 4 they were using for training, 2 of them came and sat on my feet while meeting everyone in the crowd as if to pick me as their person. :laugh:
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I do not do well sitting in one place directing people. It's driving me batshit. I would much rather be the one doing the work when it's something I would normally be more than capable of doing. Although my kids are doing their best packing. They're awesome.
I don't like it either. I'd rather do it myself. :sumo:
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I thought it was weird today that the teacher for our Java class was eating hot chips with tomato sauce while he taught.
I don't feel so bad about having a drink in class now.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. I haven't been in Finland in a few years but it's all the same really.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. I haven't been in Finland in a few years but it's all the same really.
In these days and this world, there's something to be said about continuity.
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Continuity is under-rated.
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I could use some continuity right now.
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This (http://metro.co.uk/2011/09/20/man-claims-140-year-old-photo-proves-nicolas-cage-is-a-vampire-158465/) made me laugh.
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First of the tomatoes are turning orange (from being bright green). Plants are in my garden.. I noticed today. Will be (?) a couple of weeks still when they are fully ripe though.
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I could use some continuity right now.
Seriously. I'm right there with you on that one.
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The ice cream truck went by and was playing Christmas music :-\
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The ice cream truck went by and was playing Christmas music :-\
A bit early, heh.
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Helicopter flying around all afternoon low and slow and I just found out why.
MILFORD, CT — The Milford Fire Department and several other agencies are in the midst of a rescue operation off Silver Sands State Park near Charles Island, said Fire Battalion Chief Anthony Fabrizi. Two people, who are from Stratford, were swept off the sandbar leading to Charles Island and into the water Friday.
One person was rescued, while emergency crews are searching for the second person, Fabrizi said. Fabrizi said at about 12:45 pm, Milford Fire dispatch received a 911 call reporting two men in their mid 20s had been swept off the Charles Island sandbar.
Link (https://patch.com/connecticut/milford/milford-fire-department-searching-person-who-fell-sandbar-near-charles-island)
It's not even a mile from my house, someone drowns out there almost every year there is a lot of signage but nobody pays attention. Its not a hard hike but if you get the timing wrong and the tide comes in the currents are very strong and can pull you off the tombolo to deep water. I think they need one with the number of people who have died and there names maybe that would make an impression.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. I haven't been in Finland in a few years but it's all the same really.
In these days and this world, there's something to be said about continuity.
Continuity is a good thing.
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Helicopter flying around all afternoon low and slow and I just found out why.
MILFORD, CT — The Milford Fire Department and several other agencies are in the midst of a rescue operation off Silver Sands State Park near Charles Island, said Fire Battalion Chief Anthony Fabrizi. Two people, who are from Stratford, were swept off the sandbar leading to Charles Island and into the water Friday.
One person was rescued, while emergency crews are searching for the second person, Fabrizi said. Fabrizi said at about 12:45 pm, Milford Fire dispatch received a 911 call reporting two men in their mid 20s had been swept off the Charles Island sandbar.
Link (https://patch.com/connecticut/milford/milford-fire-department-searching-person-who-fell-sandbar-near-charles-island)
It's not even a mile from my house, someone drowns out there almost every year there is a lot of signage but nobody pays attention. Its not a hard hike but if you get the timing wrong and the tide comes in the currents are very strong and can pull you off the tombolo to deep water. I think they need one with the number of people who have died and there names maybe that would make an impression.
That's sad. I find that living around water, it's only the locals who really know the temperament of the water and how vicious it can be and how quickly it can change. We have issues with that up here as well. People also have no idea what a riptide looks like from shore and it's valuable to know if you're going to go into place with that are prone to them.
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They finished the removal of ab asbestos roof a hundred metres from me. Was a cool sight, big crane, carrying a cage with men in hazzard suits. Looked cool.
Now other crane there to place new roof. Less fun to look at.
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Asbestos is scary stuff.
So far, every workman who has come to work on the house has been really great.
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Asbestos is scary stuff.
So far, every workman who has come to work on the house has been really great.
It is. My stepdad worked with asbestos as a plumber when he was young. Now he has 2/3 lung capacity. He is still awesome though, and plays golf and goes to the gym regularly.
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Asbestos is scary stuff.
So far, every workman who has come to work on the house has been really great.
It is. My stepdad worked with asbestos as a plumber when he was young. Now he has 2/3 lung capacity. He is still awesome though, and plays golf and goes to the gym regularly.
I salute your badass stepdad! :headbang:
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I have zero tolerance for people lacking authenticity. It occurred to me while at the warehouse. I had to deal with two different saleswomen. One I really like. She's as real as it gets. The second is all showy, runs her mouth and constantly "on" and I kept walking away from her while she was talking to the SO because it made my skin crawl. She called me just now and I couldn't wait to get off the phone.
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I stripped out the baseboards from a room that has asbestos tile today.
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^Not good.
The college carpark floods when it rains, right where I like to park my car. Paid for it by getting wet feet.
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I stripped out the baseboards from a room that has asbestos tile today.
:hide:
Are you wearing a mask/ventilator/any safety equipment? :o
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I had a particulate mask but it wasn't rated for asbestos.
How not good is it? The carpet guy, who knew the tiles were asbestos, advised me to remove the quarter round at the bottom of the molding when he found out I was going to paint the room. When I started pulling it up, though, it had little nails that went through the tile. I was being slightly reckless and finished pulling it up anyway. Then I took up the baseboards themselves, which only had nails through the drywall.
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You should be okay if the tile isn't broken.
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Asbestos is nasty, DO use a suitable particle mask, preferably a gas mask with additional particulate filters like an ABEK-1 cartridge with added particle filter (these look like round disk shaped pads and go over the top of the filter canisters and under the screw on part that holds the canisters in) If you need I could, for just the price of the mask and filters plus shipping send you a suitable one. I need to go to my place for masks, gas tanks and the like anyway to get a new mask that fits better than the two I have now. I want a full-face mask not just a strap-on one, something compatible for a full-body hazmat suit, the kind of thing that looks like a space-suit you see in movies featuring deadly plagues, or military special ops teams in chemical warfare zones, something that operates in not simply a filtering but a tank-fed positive pressure or demand valve positive pressure NBC suit. Not because I want anything to do with chemical weapons or deadly viruses. Interesting enough reading certainly but I don't either have a USE for lethal plagues and poxes, or chemical weapons. Its just for proper protection when working with certain chemicals that you quite simply, do not get either a warning, or a second chance from. You fuck up, your dead sort of thing. Partly after a scare with something accidentally formed once in the past that could well have killed me in minutes effectively (although I'd not have known I was dead meat until many hours later, after my lungs started bleeding out plasma and I'd have drowned in my own blood.) Thankfully I was wearing a half face mask and I recognized the smell from my reading and mental databanks, although faint and with little warning properties itself, I knew what it actually MEANT, and knew to flee for my life, and ventilate the entire premises after coming back wearing every bit of protective gear that I could muster, and even behind the high-spec mask, holding my breath, coming in long enough to open a window or two, stick a fan on and then retreat again until I could get away and take another breath or two from a region far, far away. Had I not known what that faint, faint smell meant, it would easily have been ignorable since it was not in any way irritating or caustic etc. Subtle, and absolutely lethal is what it was, although I am not about to name it, for my own security's sake. Certainly not something I would ever, ever work with, or make deliberately. But that could have done for me within a few breaths unprotected at just some few parts per million in air. Or one close up whiff and I'd have been for it, and nothing that could be done about it either. Thankfully my emergency decontamination procedures are instinctive by now, and whilst I have needed them only maybe twice or three times in my life, four if you count non-fatal but crippling permanently, thanks to the filth tampering with my perfectly lawfully owned and used property illegally and maliciously. I both read up on whatever could possibly go wrong in anything I do first, prepare accordingly, and its...well...practice with things that merely are unpleasant to the senses such as foul stinkers of high potency make for good practice, or something that will just burn you. Now its ingrained and almost reflexive. Saved my sight after the filth fucked with something they should not have been there to fuck with in the first place, much less actually fucked with. If my chemical 'oh shit here we go..' autopilot mode had not been exactly that-instananeous and automatic, the pain would have incapacitated me in seconds and at worst I had about ten seconds to do something about it and keep my eyes.
What sort of particle mask was it raxy? I can easily dig up the specs I should think and see how it should fare against asbestos. Even if not specifically rated for something, many masks can deal with many things not specifically listed. For example, my ABEK-1 combined organic vapors/mists/fumes, acid gases and alkaline gases twin-canister half face mask is rated against chlorine gas, bromine vapors etc. but it says nothing about iodine monochloride, which is moisture sensitive, releasing strong acid, halogens and other things you don't want to breathe in, its air sensitive I THINK, not totally sure about sensitivity to oxygen, but it fumes like a jilted lover in air due to the moisture content, letting off vapors that will turn stainless steel keck clips to this: in maybe an hour, from the concentration of vapors on a teflon-taped, tight-fitted ground glass joint. After about 20min to a half hour it had bronzed in color, still looked shiny and actually got quite a nice patina, unusual for stainless steel, which I might actually try using for more artful purposes. But after a little longer that is the result:
The mask cartridges in question are rated for halogens other than fluorine (which would just ignite the mask on contact probably. It'll set fire to bricks, concrete and rocks in dilute streams of fluorine gas mixed in an inert carrier gas, never mind rubber and plastics! but the halogens are composed of two halogen atoms, of the same kind, E.g two chlorine atoms to form one molecule of Cl2 gas, or bromine, iodine Br+Br=Br2, I+I=I2 and so on so forth. Iodine monochloride is in some ways similar, its formed of iodine and chlorine, rather than simply both atoms being the same kind of halogen. The bonds between the atoms are weaker, and it is more reactive than either, and has some properties leaving it sort of in the middle between the two with respect to some of its properties. It is, for example, a dark, fuming liquid that is somewhat reminiscent of bromine, its a powerful oxidizing agent, its highly toxic and it forms an unusual polyatomic hydrohalic acid when hydrolyzed by water, and like the halogens will insert into an alkene C=C double bond, to give an unusual mixed chloroiodide that I can forsee will turn out rather useful in chemistry pursuits of mine. Like bromine, the element composed of two atoms of same species, which itself fits in between chlorine gas and iodine (a solid which easily vaporises and sublimes), and is a dense, toxic fuming liquid, although fluorine aside, afaik the elemental halogens do not easily just hydrolyze, ICl does on the other hand, its stable when kept dry, and ideally topped off with some dry argon, in a bottle composed of something that will resist being attacked by it, with a perfluorocarbon based plastic top, a sealing disk in the cap of the bottle and plenty teflon tape wrapped round the threads of the bottle neck. Which is how I keep the iodine monochloride that I made and distilled successfully. Sealed up like that, securely, and kept in the fridge (the chemical fridge I mean, dedicated to the holding of things you really don't want to end up in your supper and that are volatile)
Its stable, when stored like that, but if exposed to air, the water vapor traces cause it to fume profusely giving off vapors that I'd really not want to even think about inhaling. And if dropped into water, a single drop reacted quite violently, and decomposed more or less instantly on the spot without having time to sink. Dripped onto a little bit of (red) phosphorus powder (outside, masked up, gloved up, booted up, full face visor over goggles and the gas mask, leather trench wrapped round the lot) it instantly burst into a searing white flame and some nasty ass fumes. Some fine metal powders too were ignited. Haven't tested it in organic solvents yet, but when I've the time, things like acetone, naphtha, paper, plastics, oils and various organic solvents will be tested, again outside and on a very small scale using drops or two of ICl and 0.5ml-1ml per solvent, or 100mg quantities of solids, excluding wood, paper etc. which will just have a squirt applied to a sheet of paper, a dry piece of wood etc.)
And after a (physically caused, thanks to a running nose making the seal valve stick and come loose) accident that resulted in me getting a TINY breath, I had to be prescribed an asthma reliever inhaler to breathe properly for the next 3-4 days or so. So I know that it does not take much at all to cause serious harm. When working with it I replace my mask cartridges probably far more zealously than need be, hourly or with higher concentrations, half hourly. Because you don't get much of a warning before it will do some serious damage. It can be smelled at much lower concentrations than are harmful, its not one of those sneaky little ninja-toxins like say carbon monoxide that creep up and stab you in the back before you ever know its there or off you so fast you haven't a chance, and its irritant, like Cl2, Br2 etc. at a far lower concentration than it takes to do damage, but a mask failure and sudden deep breath etc (I didn't get anything of the kind, I realized and I ran for it, holding my breath after breathing out the moment I sensed its odor to get out and fix the mask) and it'd do some damage alright. So from the very fact my own mask (one of the two I have) simply will permit me to work with, or synthesize, distill etc. ICl without either suffering irritant effects or worse, that itself tells me that the mask, although not rated for ICl or ICl3 (both were present, plus chlorine gas) will protect me when used properly. Doesn't make the stuff any less dangerous if it were to be treated with disrespect or stupidity, but the absence of a rating for a specific chemical does not AUTOMATICALLY render it useless against it.
And there are factors that affect breathing gear requirement such as concentration of fumes, dusts, vapors, gases etc. such, the duration which the mask user is to be exposed, or if its simply an emergency escape air tank to provide sufficient breathing time, to either act to remedy the situation, run the fuck away or both in case of working with something at a given concentration and then an accident resulting in an increase, such as a spill, a gas tank of something being punctured, left open accidentally, blown up in a fire, something being spilled, dropped and a container breaking etc.
So the trick is to plan ahead, and plan also for exigencies that would result in exceeding the specs of whatever equipment is used/needed. Those 'air recirculation system, meet faecal matter' moments that are not planned TO happen, but owing to the hands of Mssrs. Murphy and Sod sticking undesired fingers in your particular kind of pie ought to be anticipated and planned FOR if they DO happen regardless of intentions to the opposite effect.
(https://s3.postimg.org/y8w6j0uab/stainless_steel_my_arse.jpg)
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Asbestos is nasty, DO use a suitable particle mask, preferably a gas mask with additional particulate filters like an ABEK-1 cartridge with added particle filter (these look like round disk shaped pads and go over the top of the filter canisters and under the screw on part that holds the canisters in) If you need I could, for just the price of the mask and filters plus shipping send you a suitable one. I need to go to my place for masks, gas tanks and the like anyway to get a new mask that fits better than the two I have now.
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What sort of particle mask was it raxy? I can easily dig up the specs I should think and see how it should fare against asbestos. Even if not specifically rated for something, many masks can deal with many things not specifically listed.
I'll get the specs on it next time I'm out at the house.
I don't plan to actually remove the asbestos tiles. The guy from the testing company who confirmed the asbestos content said it would be expensive and unnecessary, since they're in good shape. They aren't cracked or water damaged (though there is an area of the basement that clearly had water damage in the past, but the tiles are already removed from that room) and there's no buckling of the surface. They are going to be covered up with carpet in most rooms and plywood and then linoleum in one of the rooms.
So I hope I won't need to get one of the heavy duty respirators. It's good of you to offer, but it also probably doesn't make financial sense to ship one overseas. Maybe better to recommend specs and see if I can find something here. I found this (https://www.uline.ca/Product/Detail/H-1111/Reusable-Respirators/3M-6300-Half-Face-Respirator-Large?pricode=YC786&gadtype=pla&id=H-1111&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI74Og5d-01QIVDIFpCh15CQpDEAQYAyABEgIksvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) which is very cheap compared to $100+ for other models, and available in Canada, not sure if I could get it in local hardware stores but if not, maybe order it.
I don't know if I would need a better asbestos mask just to paint the room, if I wasn't doing anything to the tiles.
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Asbestos is nasty,
Actually, asbestos has gotten a bad rap.
There's only a few varieties of it that are significantly carcinogenic.
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As long as the asbestos isn't damaged there is no danger, nor need for a mask. Just don't cut the tiles up or go drilling in them.
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What sort of particle mask was it raxy?
McCordick Glove & Safety NIOSH N95 Particulate Respirator, 42CFR84 approved.
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We have a lot of caterpillars here. One in particular you can't touch with your bare hands because they're known to be "poisonous" but they can't kill humans. The liquid they secrete burns your skin similar to touching stinging nettle. But we have countless amounts of them on the property. I scoop them up in leaves if they're dangling from trees and move them off to the back parts of the garden. They look like this:
(http://dandelion-films.com/white-fuzzy-caterpillars-with-black-dots-18.jpg)
And eventually turn into this:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3514/5800930023_d4e246f285_z.jpg)
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That's a beautiful moth. Pity about the caterpillars.
We've got oak processionary caterpillars this year. Think they were quite good in sucking them away, because I've only seen the warning signs. Not the caterpillars nor their webbing.
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The people I bought from were entirely organic in their property maintenance so no pesticides or whatnot. That means we have tons of creepy crawlies which I personally love. I've never seen so many butterflies and moths. It's amazing.
Even these guys are welcome here. I just move them to safer places.
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The people I bought from were entirely organic in their property maintenance so no pesticides or whatnot. That means we have tons of creepy crawlies which I personally love. I've never seen so many butterflies and moths. It's amazing.
Even these guys are welcome here. I just move them to safer places.
We've been here 27 years and were too lazy to put anything on the lawn. So we're organic by being naturally lazy.
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The people I bought from were entirely organic in their property maintenance so no pesticides or whatnot. That means we have tons of creepy crawlies which I personally love. I've never seen so many butterflies and moths. It's amazing.
Even these guys are welcome here. I just move them to safer places.
We've been here 27 years and were too lazy to put anything on the lawn. So we're organic by being naturally lazy.
It's illegal here to spray pesticides. Has been for years. I'm personally not a fan because it takes 7 years for the chemicals to clear the ground. But I hear that this couple were militant about it. They were quite extreme and wouldn't do controlled burns either, or deal with the undergrowth. Not because they were lazy but because the husband was against it for some reason. :dunno:
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The people I bought from were entirely organic in their property maintenance so no pesticides or whatnot. That means we have tons of creepy crawlies which I personally love. I've never seen so many butterflies and moths. It's amazing.
Even these guys are welcome here. I just move them to safer places.
You would have loved my parents' yards, as they were also against using chemicals, and we lived
near the woods. My brother owns that house now and gets wild turkeys in the back yard. :laugh:
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The people I bought from were entirely organic in their property maintenance so no pesticides or whatnot. That means we have tons of creepy crawlies which I personally love. I've never seen so many butterflies and moths. It's amazing.
Even these guys are welcome here. I just move them to safer places.
You would have loved my parents' yards, as they were also against using chemicals, and we lived
near the woods. My brother owns that house now and gets wild turkeys in the back yard. :laugh:
We have wild turkeys too. I haven't spotted any on our property (and most likely won't as they'll stay away due to the dogs) but I've seen them down the street wandering around :laugh:
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I prefer organic pesticides, my mother did too. The house was infested with spiders though when I moved in...and not the little scrawny kind. :P
Diatomaceous earth fixed that thankfully.
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The coyotes were calling back and forth to each other early this morning. That explains why one of the dogs started crying when she heard them, itching to get outside and join them. She wasn't allowed.
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My brother owns that house now and gets wild turkeys in the back yard. :laugh:
I once heard the US national bird was almost the wild turkey. I wonder if Americans would have still been so arrogant without the eagle. :lol1:
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It's nice here.
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I can finally see the bottom of my pool. There's hope this algae issue is being resolved :asthing:
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Is it the chlorinated kind or the saltwater kind?
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Chlorine. Switching to saltwater next year.
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It's the hardness of the water that wants me to out sugar in my coffee and tea.
Thought of sugar in my tea did not even cross my mind when on holidays. Water was so soft there. I used to get that quality of water out my tap, when I lived elsewhere.
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Saw one of these creatures humming around the blue Buddleja yesterday whilst I was eating my dinner. Stopped eating and had a proper look (in the garden).
Think that's quite special for these moths (Sphingidae) usually live more South or more Central Europey. Totally reminds me of seeing a hummingbird fly. Totally cool.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/IC_Macroglossum_stellatarum1_NR.jpg/800px-IC_Macroglossum_stellatarum1_NR.jpg)
(photo NOT shot by me/from wikipedia)
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^ That is so cool!
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Yes, it is. Um, today I'm constantly looking outside (when I'm downstairs) in the hope to see the insect again. None seen though.
Should have my camera ready/at hand, I think now..
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Had one of those visiting my lobelias bit more than a month ago. They are cool and make a nice sound too.
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My brother owns that house now and gets wild turkeys in the back yard. :laugh:
I once heard the US national bird was almost the wild turkey. I wonder if Americans would have still been so arrogant without the eagle. :lol1:
:lol1: Probably not. Wild turkeys are not too bright. I remember there was one who lived in a
high-traffic area of my city, and in all her months in that area, the poor thing never became traffic-wise.
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Hey CBC, ça va bien? :)
But re Hykey (I wrote):
Once, two whiles ago, a bright pink one (Roze Pijlstaartvlinder?) flew through the open Velux window in the attic and it made a noise then. Incredibly loud. Well, for a creature that small.. it did. It flew between the curtain and the glass and.. FFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (or sutin') and it amazed me. Think it was the first time I encountered such a moth.
Oh, and I thought they were quite rare here (in Holland) but they're not that rare. Um, have to read up on that for a bit more.. but Wikipee states there are 19 species of hawk moths at our whereabouts.
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These sorts of things fascinate me. Now I want to go to Holland and see one for real. :laugh:
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There were a few weeks of continuous passive aggressive conversations outside. I heard a relationship going to pieces in detail, without the chance to avoid hearing that. It was loud, it was specific. Now the neighbours do not venture out at all anymore. Even the kids do not play outside. Last I saw of them was kid two weeks ago telling me out of the blue his mum and dad were sleeping apart (not surprising), his mum shutting him up immediately. Since then hardly a sign of life anymore, bar slamming of doors or banging of stairs a few minutes every other day. And yesterday one snarky remark of neighbour to his wife.
These were neighbours who were almost always outside, with one very noisy and attention seeking seven year old. This is weird. Way more silent, but weird. Especially the kids this muted is almost scary.
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There were a few weeks of continuous passive aggressive conversations outside. I heard a relationship going to pieces in detail, without the chance to avoid hearing that. It was loud, it was specific. Now the neighbours do not venture out at all anymore. Even the kids do not play outside. Last I saw of them was kid two weeks ago telling me out of the blue his mum and dad were sleeping apart (not surprising), his mum shutting him up immediately. Since then hardly a sign of life anymore, bar slamming of doors or banging of stairs a few minutes every other day. And yesterday one snarky remark of neighbour to his wife.
These were neighbours who were almost always outside, with one very noisy and attention seeking seven year old. This is weird. Way more silent, but weird. Especially the kids this muted is almost scary.
Now I want to hear those specific details.
Not that we do gossip here. Purely scientific interest. :M
I do feel sorry for those kids , though. :(
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Things like him asking her for days and days if did not love her child (only mentioning the youngest) because she pondered on taking a job 30 km from home. Things like telling oldest kid off all the time (not his, but hers) also when youngest clearly was the asshole of the moment. Things like him shouting, dancing and screaming with joy when he got a Tinder match.
Yesterday I heard him snarking at her because she had not checked his bedroom for mosquitoes...
The joys of neighbours with a loud outdoor life. I spent way more time than other summers with doors and windows closed.
OK, it is calmer than when I had a golddigging neighbour with a horizontal sidejob and the moaning powers of Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis combined. So I should not complain. :D
Do find it sad for the kids. Parents breaking up is hard enough. No need to add to that with games like this.
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Love that the parents make it loud and clear for all and sundry and then shut up the kids.
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Yup.
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Love that the parents make it loud and clear for all and sundry and then shut up the kids.
Seriously. And the husband sounds like an ass. So if you take a job that requires travel, that equals you not loving your child? ::)
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Love that the parents make it loud and clear for all and sundry and then shut up the kids.
Seriously. And the husband sounds like an ass. So if you take a job that requires travel, that equals you not loving your child? ::)
Very passive aggressive. Wonder if both will move out over time or just one. Hope he will leave.
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Love that the parents make it loud and clear for all and sundry and then shut up the kids.
Seriously. And the husband sounds like an ass. So if you take a job that requires travel, that equals you not loving your child? ::)
Very passive aggressive. Wonder if both will move out over time or just one. Hope he will leave.
True. In situations like this, one always hopes the nicer of the two will stay or both will leave. :laugh:
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Love that the parents make it loud and clear for all and sundry and then shut up the kids.
Seriously. And the husband sounds like an ass. So if you take a job that requires travel, that equals you not loving your child? ::)
It's so much more loving to shout about it in the street, so that said child (and whole neighbourhood too) know exactky how to interpret it.
Sounds like the woman can't do right. She needs to get shot of him, before the pair of them also ruin their kids' chances of making a good relationship.
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Makes me feel positively blessed neighbor-wise. There's an older lady, who is nice enough to talk with, on friendly terms with, and on one side a high fence with some indian (as in india indian, not native american indian) or somewhere along those lines lot, hindus not muslims, they are polite, generally keep themselves to themselves, and on the closer side a young couple, the guy is decent, and the young lady is absolutely lovely, joined them for a BBQ before, and when I politely, quietly at first after introducing myself once they moved in (previous inhabitant of the house was an old, old man who died) let them know beforehand that I was a chemist and not to be alarmed if they saw me wearing/setting up/putting to work the tools of the trade, they thanked me for letting them know, and we get on well. Got to say, the young blonde is rather a stunner too. I wouldn't say anything, unless directly asked, because I wouldn't wish to even try to split them up, since they are happy together, and I'd wish ill on neither of them for my gain. But if she were single and looking for a naughty autie, I'd be there as fast as the crack of a rifleshot. I have a hunch that she has aspie tendencies too, just from quite a few subtleties, like with her plants, her gardening, things have to be just so in the right place, or 'that wouldn't feel right there, couldn't do that'. Subtle, but I wouldn't be surprised. Quite open and friendly. They are on holiday atm though, going round the world. Will be very glad to see them back again, hear about what they got upto, and see her smile again.
LOL@'horizontal sidejob'
Let me guess...one that involves a fair bit of developing of upper body strength and the core musculature? frequent worn out mattress springs?
And I couldn't agree more about the kids. They always should be left out of such (ironically or fucking what?) childish, power games. Just isn't right. And when I see someone like that bollocking one kid for something they could see perfectly well the events taking place, as they took place, that another kid was the actor involved in whatever situation, and the innocent kid ending up looking like they feel like shit, it really does make my blood turn to acid and start seething inside. Nothing I can do about it, or say, unless its something actually serious. But generally, its the injustices, they piss me off and make me boil internally. Always have been that way.
And not checked the guy's bedroom for mosquitos? and he wanted her out of it in the first place?
I don't think its the mosquitos that are the bloodsuckers in that particular scenario hyke.
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I saw 5 turkey vultures today at a local farm. Three of them were sitting on the fence posts and one of them had his wings spread open. Gorgeous wing span!
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Three of them were sitting on the fence posts and one of them had his wings spread open.
Husband has a photo from the old house of a vulture sitting on a fence post doing that. It's a creepy photo; there's some sense of symbolism there, crucifixion pose of an angel of death, or something like that. Really like it.
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Three of them were sitting on the fence posts and one of them had his wings spread open.
Husband has a photo from the old house of a vulture sitting on a fence post doing that. It's a creepy photo; there's some sense of symbolism there, crucifixion pose of an angel of death, or something like that. Really like it.
Huh. So it's not just me who thinks that sort of thing. That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw it with its wings spread out...angel of death. Creepy yet cool.
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Apparently it snowed up north last night.
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There is a lot of weird random metal stuff buried in my yard
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There is a lot of weird random metal stuff buried in my yard
Do you know who inhabited your place before you did?
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Maybe one of Vulcan's apprentices.
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrr
A kleptomaniac squirrel trying to hide the evidence.
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There is a lot of weird random metal stuff buried in my yard
Do you know who inhabited your place before you did?
It was built in 1941 before that it was a meadow possibly farmland before that. We are the third owners of the house my in laws were the second. The first owners evidently burned their garbage and dumped the ashes from the coal stove out back. My kids also liked to dig and make contraptions.
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I'm now well versed in how to put together chain link fencing :viking:
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I'm now well versed in how to put together chain link fencing :viking:
You will acquire many new skills in your new life in the country! :viking:
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I'm now well versed in how to put together chain link fencing :viking:
You will acquire many new skills in your new life in the country! :viking:
This is very true. SO and I were at the hardware store discussing our to do list and we keep having to add to it and the current project we're working on isn't even completed. It's the list that never ends :laugh:
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Desktop app says it's raining but my eyes suggest a blue sky. :-\
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Got to witness the eclipse with the kids thanks to my neighbour lending us his welders glass from his mask.
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Today I woke up and the house smelled like onions. I have no clue why.
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Today I woke up and the house smelled like onions. I have no clue why.
Raw chopped onions, or sauteed? :orly: :tinfoil:
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I think the sauteed kind. Probably yesterday's breakfast and the pan I didn't clean. :-[ It was just weird that I didn't notice it till then.
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I think the sauteed kind. Probably yesterday's breakfast and the pan I didn't clean. :-[ It was just weird that I didn't notice it till then.
You'd probably gone noseblind to it, after smelling it while cooking. :orly:
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I think the sauteed kind. Probably yesterday's breakfast and the pan I didn't clean. :-[ It was just weird that I didn't notice it till then.
You'd probably gone noseblind to it, after smelling it whiloe cooking. :orly:
You do. It's like cooking cabbage rolls.
I don't smell anything until I have to go outside for something...then bam...damn this house smells like cabbage.
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Weird, that means noseblindness resets itself while you're asleep.
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Weird, that means noseblindness resets itself while you're asleep.
Makes sense to me. It's about the brain, not about the nose.
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I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
Damn. I meant pro-choice was a big deal to me i.e. I’m for abortions. I think I meant that pro-life was a big deal to me because the concept of no abortions is fucking scary to me.
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I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
Damn. I meant pro-choice was a big deal to me i.e. I’m for abortions. I think I meant that pro-life was a big deal to me because the concept of no abortions is fucking scary to me.
Me too.
I would hate to see history repeat itself.
Women will have abortions whether they are legal or not. Making them illegal just raises the odds that they'll die from one.
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I mean, I'm all for supporting people on benefits, and pro-life is a big deal to me too. I get that I'm not residing in America, but believe big changes can have massive consequences on other countries too. But supposedly my own kind, on "my side" are behaving irresponsibly. How is it responsible to hate on other people and be nasty to them? These SJWs are not only kicking themselves in the foot, but they're going against supposedly their own nature. I get that sitting back doing nothing isn't going to get them anywhere, but neither is unfriending people and heavily shaming them.
Damn. I meant pro-choice was a big deal to me i.e. I’m for abortions. I think I meant that pro-life was a big deal to me because the concept of no abortions is fucking scary to me.
Me too.
I would hate to see history repeat itself.
Women will have abortions whether they are legal or not. Making them illegal just raises the odds that they'll die from one.
Exactly. I really don’t get the thought process behind pro-life. It doesn’t take into account the mothers’ mental and physical health, and her childrens’, or her ability to raise children. It seems really misogynist.
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Up at stupid o'clock. Ugh.
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My sympathies.
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I've been awake since sometime after 3 a.m., dammit! :tard:
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Not the only one. Last night was hell.
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Squirrels seem to be everywhere around here today
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I saw car in front of me on the train tracks while stuck in traffic so I left room for that car to back up for in case the train comes.
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There was an accident on the main road, not far from here. I bet they drove on summer tyres.
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I have all season tires which the guy at the dealership insisted were good enough, but I'm not convinced.
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My old man just helped come up with a perfect solution to a pesky little problem that has been bedeviling me for some time.
In the meantime before I decide on the (and find a good deal on ebay for) right replacement powered vacuum pump for high vacuum, I've a venturi pump of lesser power but still rather vital for me, for when I need not the full force of a high powered vac pump, and as a backup that cannot break down, because it has no moving parts, and is powered by the venturi effect, a water aspirator type that uses high pressure water flow to pull a vacuum.
Problem is, the attachment port for water inflow is JUST too much on the wide side for the water hose that supplies the flow to pull the vacuum, so he suggested (my old man) that I soften the tubing with hot water.
So I did, and at the same time as I immersed the tubing end in boiling water, I had the idea to force the glass to contract by running it under cold water, and the combination of his idea and my adaptation in the use of cooling the glass to shrink it momentarily, giving a tight seal when the two regained thermal equilibrium worked a treat. Got some hose stuck on nice and tight now; just as well, because I've a reaction mixture to perform a distillation on, and it has a compound in there that is modestly sensitive to oxidation in air, and the reaction doesn't need to be heated excessively. And both the liquid portions (it needs also to be free'd from some methanol for my product to crystallize), I'll be wanting to recycle the two reagents used, any that haven't reacted since both are valuable and rather watched and hard to get. One of them very watched and very difficult to obtain safely, so as I can't simply heat the mixture, and distill off the methanol then the....other two components of the reaction...I'll distill it under vacuum, leaving my product behind in the pot and then be able to strip the methanol out by vac distillation at room temperature, and if needs be, finish off the reaction with some MW irradiation.
Although thanks to a bit of overheating, accidentally on a portion of my reaction mixture, I'll need to perform a recrystallization from boiling hot isopropyl alcohol and freeze out the product in fractions, and subsequent vacuum-filtration at each stage to purify it. A bit of a setback, but shouldn't be anything I can't fix.
And at the very least, I'll have to recover a certain nitro-compound, of a rather expensive and difficult to get nature (no, not a nitro-explosive, it isn't explosive at all, not that kind of nitro compound, but its still watched whenever the chance for big brother's evil eye to spy on transactions involving it occur. Thankfully mine is clean, not that I'm up to no good with it. ) So I'm definitely not going to let any of it go to waste, and recycle every last drop possible, after removing the rxn liquors from my project and recrystallizing the solids left behind, which will be where my desired product is.
So my old man really came up with a good one there, and I a bit of improvement in the use of the cooling water bath for the vac aspirator and shrinking it. So a combination of vacuum distillation and shock-freezing out my product ought to come through for me just nice.
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I have all season tires which the guy at the dealership insisted were good enough, but I'm not convinced.
Depends on the kind of winters you get, I guess. I wouldn't use them because I wouldn't trust the rubber to behave predictably for any significant temperature span. You'd either have subpar handling during the summer or dangerous tyres during the winter.
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The nasty kind.
Such a pain to have to replace them twice a year, but it may be worth the tradeoff. I just know me and don't trust myself to get them changed on time. Don't have an established relationship with a garage here, same at the previous place. Last spring it totally fell off the radar and I ended up driving on winter tires throughout the summer (different, older car that is replaced now, so I doubt the same tires would fit).
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The nasty kind.
Such a pain to have to replace them twice a year, but it may be worth the tradeoff. I just know me and don't trust myself to get them changed on time. Don't have an established relationship with a garage here, same at the previous place. Last spring it totally fell off the radar and I ended up driving on winter tires throughout the summer (different, older car that is replaced now, so I doubt the same tires would fit).
Just got two new snow tires on the back on the van, they don't have studs so I will probably drive them all year they will wear out faster in the summer but the van has almost 200,000 miles on it now so they will most likely last the rest of it's life
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The truck doesn't see much snow anymore.
It's reached the Twinkie stage (it's so well preserved let's see how long it keeps.)
I don't go out much anyways.
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The nasty kind.
Such a pain to have to replace them twice a year, but it may be worth the tradeoff. I just know me and don't trust myself to get them changed on time. Don't have an established relationship with a garage here, same at the previous place. Last spring it totally fell off the radar and I ended up driving on winter tires throughout the summer (different, older car that is replaced now, so I doubt the same tires would fit).
It is a pain but worth it.
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It was the porter at the hotel's first day on the job. I didn't complain that he went the wrong direction for the elevators, and he didn't complain that all I had was Canadian change.
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Just installing a cracked DL of civilization 3.
Raxy...you didn't complain? thats nice of you, since it is of course considered good grace not to speak whilst your mouth is full :D
Twinky stage...lol. From what I've read, those things don't so much have a sell-by date but a half life, with isotopic decay governing when they go 'off'
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Thought it wasn't going to work for a moment. Forgot I had not replaced the .EXE with the cracked version. Its working nicely now, have played the original, as well as civ II. Never played civ III before...I like the 3d look, although just getting used to the interface. I've only been at it a few minutes though, so thats fair enough. I'm figuring it out, or will do. Still, made an advance or two, plus gotten a couple from some minor tribes. A road system between two cities, plus a couple of workers and defensive units built. On my way to add a couple of archers for ranged support, so as to send the warriors scouting, and have the archers help pop off any minor barbarians that get pissy.
Already had one lot get rowdy, although quickly put down.
I have to admit though, to a certain amusement at the incongruity of the sumerians eventually having the potential to field tanks and have the odd nuclear sub lurking around packing nuclear warheads, developing the laser, and space travel :P I reckon with such ambitions whilst still fielding swordsmen and on their way to an archer unit, this sumerian king must have a touch of the :autism:
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Bushfires in the north of town
Kid swept out to sea and now missing south of town.
Emergency services were run off their feet today :GA:
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^It's all happening there.
Only thing I noticed was that it was really difficult to get a parking space at the shops due to Christmas shopping starting in earnest and the food court was packed. So we went to a restaurant outside where it was less packed.
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First they said it was 800ha and stated as under control, then it was 1700ha and stated as under control, then it was 3600ha and stated as under control...
Now it's 6000ha and supposedly under control LOL. I'll believe it when I stop choking on smoke.
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First they said it was 800ha and stated as under control, then it was 1700ha and stated as under control, then it was 3600ha and stated as under control...
Now it's 6000ha and supposedly under control LOL. I'll believe it when I stop choking on smoke.
They sound like they are telling fibs. Doesn't sound under control to me!
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Martha, our cat, wants to stay inside because of the weather. I don't blame her, she's 13.
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Canadian army mechanics were volunteering on the Habitat house I worked on today. They were here getting training at the Sikorsky plant were they build Blackhawk helicopters
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While out driving this evening I saw a dark orange Yaris with "Marry Me Plz" emblazoned with black sign writing down the side.
I only saw a quick glance of it so I was unable to determine whether it was an open marriage proposal from a desperate singleton behind the wheel, or whether it was a dumb name for a marriage celebrant business.
Or maybe it was a closed marriage proposal and a weird quirky way to do so (by getting the proposal signwritten on your GF's car!)
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Ok, just solved my own mystery, its a marriage celebrant :tard:
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Filburt seems to like our outside cat a little too much :doggy: :zombiefuck:
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Need to wait until my old man goes to bed again, for me to be able to set up the chlorine generator again and finish making that batch of bromine I was working on the other night.
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Sunset and a rainbow at the same time.
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Sunset and a rainbow at the same time.
Lucky.
We had the sunset and the rain, but no rainbow here.
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Just had a rather nice surprise.
First-found a five pound note, plus 22 pence in small change (20p and a 2p coin)
Second-was going to give myself an intramuscular dose of methadone hydrochloride, but, after blood flowed into the syringe, I realized I had entered a vein with the needle-tip. Thought bugger it, that suits me just fine and depressed the plunger anyway. Damn....that feels pretty fucking sweet. Lighting up a cigar and putting my feet up after that. Nice and smooth is how it feels, and nothing like a smoke after a dose of most any opioid.
Methadone usually has quite a long time to onset after being taken by mouth, a slow climb but a fairly strong peak effect, but this time, it was just straight to the max. Not a rush, as such, well, there was a mild one, but lovely relaxation, lots of warmth and mmmhh..the pain in my upper neck and the lower right side of the back of my skull has stopped thumping away as if I had a hangover and had a brass bloody marching band practicing inside my head, for the first time picking up an instrument...ever. Oh, and with its members being about 8 years old, and trying to sing at the same time.
In one of those african khoisan group languages with the fucking weirdass click-consonants. With their balls stuck in a nest of stinging red ants (or with a cervix stuffed full of same, for the female members of said intracranial talentless brass band of 8-year-old brats during a monstrous hangover).
Thats now faded into the background.
Also found in my backpack, a half of a large bottle of dextromethorphan cough syrup. Useful for lowering and lessening the development of tolerance to opioid pain medication, and in high doses with a pleasant dissociative effect. Already bought a bottle of the stuff just today, but then found two in my pack. I have no idea where that came from. Opened, so I've obviously bought it in the past, drank a half bottle, and put it in my pack. I thought 'what the fuck..why is a large size bottle of robitussin-brand cough mixture in my backpack, when I bought a bottle of benylin'.....I KNOW I saw what was bought from the pharmacy whilst I cashed in the script from the hospital, because the bottle was handed to me, in a large blue box with the label in big bloody lettering displaying the brand. Then the other full one, the benylin one fell out into my lap after upending and shaking it like crazy, until the pack stopped making any noises, to be sure I'd shaken all the gubbins loose from out of there.
Lets see..I know there was another nice surprise somewhere, can't remember what it is now. Bugger.
Oh, yeah thats it. A bottle of that newish mango diet coke came dropping out too. Although fucked if I'm opening THAT for a while after the shaking given to the bag :P
Can't say I'm wild about the new mango stuff. Would give it another try if they do one that isn't sugar free bollocks (really...diet coke....coke isn't MEANT to be fucking health food, a liquid version of lettuce, wheatgrass juice and rabbit-pellets......) Not mad about it, but its drinkable. Saw it on sale and bought 4-5 bottles or so, its alright, but nothing special, prefer the original honestly, the kind WITH the sugar in it.
Say, anyone tried the new cherry coke ? theres some sort of new version come out. Not the original, well known cherry coke, but this came out as a pair with the mango stuff. If anyone's tried it, is it any good?
And also, I think the pharmacist forgot to charge me for a bottle of acetone I bought...or at least...that wasn't in my backpack when I WENT to hospital but was in there when I just emptied it, after asking for 'tone in the pharmacy. I certainly only got billed for the OTC version of dihydrocodeine, the weak stuff that needs extraction and vac filtration etc, and the dex syrup and citric acid I bought.
I don't get it....the only other person who uses that backpack is my father. And I really cannot see why he would be buying bottles of acetone and/or leaving them in that pack, or any other backpack for that matter. Not like its any use for fishing, which is probably the only time he'd take a backpack out anywhere.
Thats even weirder than the dex syrup. Thats just fucked type weird. It just appeared. Oh well. I can always use the acetone, I go through a fair bit of the stuff as a common lab solvent, both for reactions, recrystallizations and washing products. Of course I recycle as much as possible via distillation and re-distillation and redrying, I do that with all my solvents though, of course. Its better for the environment AND it saves the wallet from suffering and me from thinking 'fuckfuckfuck I need more money for this set of glassware or/and reagents'.
At least anything thats practical to recycle, obviously if I'm using something like a cryogenic liquid gas as a solvent, through a pipe with valves attached, stuffed with whatever is to be extracted, then that doesn't get recycled, stuff like dimethyl ether, butane, propane etc. Because I'm sure as fuck not about to buy some dry ice or liquid nitrogen just to condense a can of fucking lighter fuel, or some MeOMe.
The only other one is ammonia, and that I can recycle, at least the only one I personally often use as a solvent, anhydrous NH3, and that can be recycled, sort of at any rate, by leading the offgassed ammonia vapor into a wash bottle full of acid. Trapping it as an ammonium salt. Ideally the formate or acetate, because whilst other ammonium salts can be used just for liberating ammonia gas by addition
of a base such as NaOH, KOH, anything a stronger alkali that isn't sensitive to water, makes it kick off a storm of NH3 gas. But ammonium formate has very useful properties for catalytic transfer hydrogenation and other reductive protocols, and ammonium acetate is a handy tool for when one needs a REALLY mild base, such as preparing buffer solutions, for some knoevanagel condensations (substrate dependent, some aldehydes prefer other bases than ammonium acetate during the condensation with the nitro compound, not sure why, just some substrates like other bases better than they do ammonium acetate. Just one of those things, yields are better or worse with different bases for different combinations of aldehyde and nitro compound, like...some like ammonium acetate, some give shit yields and better ones with butylamine, some don't like that and prefer cyclohexylamine.....I myself favour triethylenetetramine, at least its always served me nicely. Have wondered about hexamethylenetetramine (camping stove solid fuel, I've got some, picked up a big bag of bulk broken, crushed smashed up camp fuel tablets for next to nothing because they were all fucked to pieces. That said, I only wanted them for formaldehyde production, and I'd have smashed them to bits to begin with and dissolved them in acid, free shipping and a price that was near nonexistent :autism:) and check out how that to see how they perform in terms of yield with different substrates and using different nitro-compounds, testing various positioning of electron-withdrawing functional groups, electropositive groups and neutral ones on the phenyl ring of the aldehyde I'd use for the test one, as I'm interested in the Knoevanagel for aryl or heteroaryl-based substrates (benzaldehyde would be a classic example of such an arylic aldehyde and theres plenty of literate about knoevanagel condensations with it, both published in journals and via the underground lit too. A LOT of fine tuning for certain specific synths
in the underground literature. Possibly better than in the published white-hat lit.
Because there have been decades of research into two specific general patterns, with various aldehydes, testing various bases, rxn conditions. And for all establishment scientists might look down on 'amateurs' there are lot of us who are 'amateur' ONLY in the sense that have not got a formal contract, wage and pension scheme or fixed employer, and as a matter of talent, they are at times, exceedingly capable.
And 50+ years of research most likely as to which aldehydes like which bases depending on the electronegativity or electropositivity of substituents on the phenyl ring of benzaldehyde (an amphetamine synth with nitroethane and benzaldehyde, nitromethane can be used for phenethylamine or substituted phenethylamines, and many psychedelic amphetamines are done ofttimes with the Knoevanagel).
So its kinda...well its been explored out the wazoo, over a LONG time, and people are still refining and tweaking. I rather like one of the cutting edge routes myself, which rather than the typical heating the mixture of aldehyde, nitro-compound with an acidic hydrogen and base of choice (NOT hydroxide, explosive, shock-sensitive nitronates can be formed between caustic hydroxide alkalis and nitroalkanes, especially the low weight, short-chain nitroalkanes like nitromethane, nitroethane, nitropropane etc, so organic bases are typically used)
For about 6 hours to 6 and a half hours, on the steam bath. During which the liquid turns dark red. Which is a sign saying 'I've been overdone a bit Mr.Chemist, you've given me the post-rxn-liquor version of sunburn', yields suffer if thats permitted to happen. But when I do it. I do it in the microwave.
Really fast, 20 minutes total irradiation time at 900 watts, pulsed irradiation as otherwise it'll boil in a minute or less, and it doesn't want to be refluxed, just heated. MW heating is a fucking wonderful tool for it (and other chemistry procedures) but especially here, it shines, it really gives the most excellent yields, I've often had flasks, after the freeze-crystallization, just end up as a solid mass of crystals which requires dissolving out with alcohol! or if cooling, after cooling to room temperature
but not freezing, just damn cold, below zero, flicking a tiny seed-crystal into the liquor, and watching it flash-crystallize into one big solid block right in front of my eyes, spreading as quick as water if poured over the floor.
Very pretty to watch I have to confess, although on the other hand, it does make a nuisance of itself in that the stuff needs to have methanol added, warmed, dissolved, then poured out into a tray and evaporated, since any flask to redistill and reclaim the meths, would end up with a solid bright yellow block in it, that looks like a gigantic urinal-cake, only molded to take the shape of the inside of the flask.
The color is great though, doing a microwave knoevanagel (aka Henry) condensation, darkening to reddish means overdoing it to a degree, the stuff should be as yellow as possible, and if overcooked, so to speak, then the intermediate nitroalkene comes out pumpkin orange and needs more recrystallization steps to purify it. Which inevitably means more sodding about for AGES taking melting points in my thiele tube, means filling a microcapillary tube with a few milligrams of sample, and immersing it in the tube, clamped steady, just above the lowest gas flame on the oven stove top burners that can persist on their own, watching the mercury thread ever so slowly crawl forwards up the thermometer, fraction of a degree by fraction of a degree.
And watching not just for melting, but for when the sample first begins to 'sweat' and look moistened, glistening, as if it had passed through fog or dew, then through the range it partially melts, and finally, the moment it actually melts entirely.
Takes quite a long time, as the interior is basically an oil bath with some adaptation to ensure even and accurate convection and conduction of heat, 3/4 hour sometimes, longer if the MP is pretty high.
And one doesn't just do it ONCE...oh no, the chemist doesn't get away that easily once he's in the clutches of a thiele tube, he's got that to do with EVERY recrystallization, every wash, every finished reaction. In triplicate.
Taking melting points via thiele tube is a pain in the asshole, and one of those things about chemistry I just don't want to be doing. Its tedious, tiresome and involves me getting into damn uncomfortable positions for my knee and hip joints (both hips) watching a tiny wee thin trail of Hg crawl up the bore of the thermometer for fucking hell only knows how long it'll take to reach its MP with a tiny flame like that, no bigger than an alcohol lamp with a wick, its been a couple of hours before (for ONE sample, and that means the other two in the triplicate for that particular sample testing need to be done)
Although I do usually take that as my cue for a fag break, a long draught of cold, frosty, damn near cryogenic beer. Preferably several bottles :autism: and something to eat, after I've stripped my gloves off and washed my hands.
Ugh thats another thing that irks me big time. Wearing impermeable gloves for hours or days on end. Makes the surface of the skin go all...like someone went to sleep in the bath and woke up the next day, and absolutely covered in blackish grey dead skin cells and mucky crap 'stuff' that turns into horrid little annoying roll-shaped things if you rub your hands to try get rid of some. I usually scrape down the palms of my hands and front side of my fingers, as well as the sides using my penknife. Not enough to come even close to cutting me, but sufficient to scrape a growing tide-esque wall of inside-glove-and-dead-flesh-mixed-with-dirt-and-sweaty-as-hell onto the blade. Its just nasty.
I really would like some very thin cotton gloves, or gor-tex ones to serve as undergloves, not to provide protection, but just to stop my hands sweating like a politician playing truth or dare. When the politicians include tony bliar (spelling intentional) and vladimir putin, maybe whatever tosser in israel hasn't been assassinated in a timely manner or otherwise fucked off and the palestinian...whatever they have left there....and some hardline jihadist types too :P
It just makes the most abominable mess. And I don't like having to scrape off BITS OF ME with a knife. Not one bit. Takes off a right big pile of black gunge too. ICK!
Its as if I'm bloody growing (or shedding, rather, being quite so disgusting) a colony of mcdanglypencildick under my gloves. Like some sort of pestilential orangery.
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You can spaz out all day and all night if you want but at the end of the day, you are going to keep yourself to yourself. Keep updating the social mask with dwugs because the only person that wants you is yourself. Thank god that will die too when time kills you.
And you know what I'm going to do about it? Nothing.
Keep raging, mcdinglydangly is still here watching and laughing at the cunt that you think you allowed yourself to become.
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I really, really, really hate migraines. Had one yesterday. Not bad, mind, just enough to remind me.
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Northern latitudes are a pain in the ass in the summer when you're trying to sleep.
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The light bothers you?
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^That's what I was going to ask.
Today my mental health case worker visited and we talked about work, as in me getting a job. May have to start by volunteering but that's ok. This is something I haven't thought about for a very long time given that I've been at uni or Tafe for years.
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Talked to a Brit at a Danish pub called the Old English Pub. He couldn't place my accent. Thought I was English but couldn't place me.
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The light bothers you?
Yeah... more in the early mornings than late nights, but both really. I am very much not a morning person.
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Wondering where my baseball cards from years past were.... discovered them in the Garage.
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Clearly, I need more coffee.
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Fogily, I need more coffee.
Fixed that for ya.
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Wicked headache in left eye will not go away no matter how much headache medicine I take. A cold Mountain Dew from 7-11 probably would have helped, but the weather, combined with the headache, has kept me inside. A catch-22 kind of scenario. Watched a lot of Phineas & Ferb today with a break for Tron: Legacy.
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^That's what I was going to ask.
Today my mental health case worker visited and we talked about work, as in me getting a job. May have to start by volunteering but that's ok. This is something I haven't thought about for a very long time given that I've been at uni or Tafe for years.
Why would you have to start by volunteering?
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^That's what I was going to ask.
Today my mental health case worker visited and we talked about work, as in me getting a job. May have to start by volunteering but that's ok. This is something I haven't thought about for a very long time given that I've been at uni or Tafe for years.
Why would you have to start by volunteering?
My case worker said it depends on the place of work if I would have to start by volunteering. Places like second-hand shops for instance. I'll only do it if I really want a job there.
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I did a bit too much reading today, only this time it was because I was editing my work. Funny think is I gotten to the 13th chapter of my manuscript, and I started editing since 8:20am this morning through the beginning of the 6th chapter.
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^That's what I was going to ask.
Today my mental health case worker visited and we talked about work, as in me getting a job. May have to start by volunteering but that's ok. This is something I haven't thought about for a very long time given that I've been at uni or Tafe for years.
Why would you have to start by volunteering?
My case worker said it depends on the place of work if I would have to start by volunteering. Places like second-hand shops for instance. I'll only do it if I really want a job there.
I see. Unpaid internships are modern day slavery. Don't even understand how it's legal. Hopefully you find one that pays, or at least an actual charity to 'volunteer' your work.
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Probably shouldn't have collected glass in my feet.
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It is too hot. Twice over. A-hot enough to make me uncomfortable, so I've just been resting with the windows and bay doors open, with some oxy, morphine and sleeping pills to help me relax.
And B-I have a flask full of bromine that needs to be distilled and redistilled to isolate and purify it, and Br2 is both volatile, stinky (the name 'bromine' comes from the ancient greek word 'bromos' meaning 'stench'), corrosive and toxic (its one of the halogens, comes between chlorine and iodine in the periodic table, although IIRC it is more toxic than chlorine gas). And its scorching hot out now, so I'm waiting until the evening/night time where it is colder so the coolant lines to my condensers don't need to work so hard, although I'll still be circulating salted ice-water through the condenser coils and using a Vigreaux wrapped in Al foil to insulate it to assist in condensing as much Br2 as possible, with the receiver flask immersed in an ice-salt-water-antifreeze bath to cool it down as far below zero 'C as possible. Still, not a task I am looking forward to..having to wear a gas mask, goggles, elbow-length doubled up pairs of thick artificial rubber gloves with a pair of surgical nitrile gloves over the top for good measure, and blast-shield over my face, neck, head and upper torso, and heavy leather trench for a labcoat, it gets really uncomfortable, sweaty and stifling after not very long at all.
Plus I have a pressure-equalizing addition funnel to vent free of chlorine gas, and a stack of condensers and vigreaux column to purge of the most obnoxious bromine monochloride gas, which is unstable towards H2O, as well as extremely toxic and very, very, VERY corrosive, reactive, unpleasant stuff.
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Probably shouldn't have collected glass in my feet.
Where else would you collect it?
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Probably shouldn't have collected glass in my feet.
Where else would you collect it?
I don't know really. That's why I kept it there.
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Saw lots of banned vehicles on the parkway today including the box truck that gave a bridge a little kiss right in front of me. It wasnt much I didn't see any damage but I could hear it hit and from the drivers panic braking he felt it too :o
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This time, no harm no foul, not even close. But not sure whether this fits in as an observation or a quick bitch. Because there are a fair few factors that mean it seems as though it ought not to qualify as bitchworthy.
But when I need to dose my morphine IM, sometimes its happened, where there is a really deep and hitherto unknown, unexpected vein at the site, and it has gone in intravenously after the needle tip seemed to have gone in to the muscle as expected/intended, but unbeknownst to me until after the fact, it has actually entered a deep, deep vein sideways on (IVs should be done at a shallow angle if intentionally performed to avoid damaging the vein etc.), but the muscle thickness and vein size has been precisely correct for it both to conspire together for it to go in, and avoid penetrating straight through and out again, making it an IV shot where it ought to have been an IM.
Just happened then, resulting in a massive head and body rush. Very pleasant mind you at this dose, but the last time it happened, I couldn't have aimed it there if I'd tried, not without an ultrasound system to visualize the deep tissues, same again, but last time the dose was much, much less light, and enough to cause me to come on with a right thumping headache, from the histamine release, heart rate increasing and pounding like crazy. Ended up having to crush up several antihistamine tablets and liquefy them, using a needle-less measuring syringe to dose it up the rear end, felt like I was about to throw up if I swallowed the bitter tablets, some cyclizine, pretty effective sedating antihistamine, but they taste bitter and nasty. I'd have tossed my cookies that time where I had that banging headache, was way too much IV, rather than IM.
Although this time, although not that I could have avoided it, at least without a medical ultrasound unit, it was just enough to be very pleasant, that time it happened a while ago, that headache, bloody hell, definitely 'quick bitch' territory, if not blowing off a little steam.
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Met another aspie in the wild today, I knew it before it was even mentioned. Aspie radar...it's real. :laugh:
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I believe in aspie radar.
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So do I.
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Aspie Radar needs a cool name.
Like "Gaydar".
"Nerdar", "Spazzdar", "Dorkdar", "Rainmandar". All alternative names that suck. Can anyone do better?
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I like spazzdar.
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Same. I can usually tell when there is something 'up' in that respect, and I'm usually right.
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Aspie Radar needs a cool name.
Like "Gaydar".
"Nerdar", "Spazzdar", "Dorkdar", "Rainmandar". All alternative names that suck. Can anyone do better?
I am going with spazzdar as well. It just works.
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Spazzdar...I like it. :zoinks:
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Is that autism specific, or applicable to the neurodiverse?
I like it all the same. Autistic Spazzdar!
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Well it depends, some other neurodiverse there are quite obvious visual sign. E.g Down's. In which case observation alone is enough,same with the altered facies shown with other such conditions. But I can usually sniff out an autie/aspie from a mile off.
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I can sniff them out too, depending on functioning level I guess. Sometimes they have a tang to their voices. It’s not a bad thing, I find it cute. I wouldn’t know how to describe it.
My voice is different, not sure if it has that tang to it or not, I’ve noticed the tang in some of the men. Tang because, it seems a suitable word to describe it to me for some reason.
Dyspraxia, not always able to tell apart from a particular walk or umm, not sure what else. The higher functioning ones I knew loved reading and had very good verbal/language skills.
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I know just what you mean about the voice thing, sometimes its subtle, sometimes totally obvious.
My ex fiancee, she had a really spazzy (in the good way) voice, and DAMN, it was so, so fucking HOT. Used to drive me wild with just 'hi'. Not what she said, but the way she said things. Absolutely...just....MEOW! :autism:
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Do not know about your sniffing. I have a nose like a dog but with human sensibilities or is it vulnerabilities?
I generally smell people many feet away and I am often put off, some, even if I know what they just ate and want some. Especially women though, due to their questionable hygienic practices or various other things to do with their body chemistries. Men, too, but They stink in different ways.
I do not think there is an aspie accent or speech impediment, but the delay in response might be noticeable at times. Eye contact or even hesitant eye contact is always noticeable to me.
I was slapped into making eye contact by a very caring mother. Mentioned it before.
My son is an amazing artist with drawing scenescapes including dinosaurs and early mammals. It has taken me ten years to get him to NOT show the eyes looking away in his art. Tough for him. But getting there.
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I've heard of "autdar" and "aspiedar" but agree with people here, spazzdar is best.
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There's something about an aspie's or an autistic's body language in public, a sense of discomfort and defensiveness.
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There's something about an aspie's or an autistic's body language in public, a sense of discomfort and defensiveness.
No.
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There's something about an aspie's or an autistic's body language in public, a sense of discomfort and defensiveness.
No.
Fuck, if you're not going to write pointless walls of text any more, someone's gotta do it. This paragraph was a waste of time and space. If you had not read this and I had not typed this you and I could’ve done something more productive than reading this mindlessly and carelessly as if you did not have anything else to do in life. Life is so precious because it is short and you are being so careless that you do not realize it until now since this void paragraph mentions that you are doing something so mindless, so stupid, so careless that you realize that you are not using your time wisely. You could’ve been playing with your dog, or eating your cat, but no. You want to read this barren paragraph and expect something marvelous and terrific at the end. But since you still do not realize that you are wasting precious time, you still continue to read the null paragraph. If you had not noticed, you have wasted an estimated time of 20 seconds. Imagine what you could’ve done with those 20 seconds besides reading this non-productive paragraph. Imagine the things you could’ve accomplished. Imagine the possibilities. But time is irreversible and you still do not realize this. Somehow you have managed still to waste around now 35 seconds reading this stupid, excessive, and long paragraph with your irreversible time. If you haven’t realized that, then you have not yet read the whole paragraph. Even if you did, you still refuse to stop reading this essay. After around 45 seconds, you are still reading this mindlessly and carelessly with your precious and non-reversible time. If you remembered from the first sentence of this disgustingly long paragraph, you would remember that this paragraph was a waste of time and space, imagine if I had not typed this paragraph and you had not read it. Imagine all the things you could’ve done, the things that made you, you. But no, you are still reading this paragraph and it has been around 60 seconds, which is a whole full minute. A minute! Yet you still have the urge and motivation to read this pointless and long essay. Now you have nearly reached the end, you ponder, why am I reading this? Why is the writer making a paragraph so long that I have the urge and motivation to finish this pointless paragraph to prove him that reading is what makes me, me. Then you realize, you have wasted now around a minute and 10 seconds. If you had not make the idiotic decision of continuing to read this paragraph, use that mind of yours to think what you could’ve done throughout your whole irreversible time. You could’ve finished your homework, play with your cat, eat your seal, or you could’ve discovered who made the fire hydrant, if you did not get the reference, you could’ve went and learned something and post it on reddit in the subreddit “Today I learned”, but you still have the urge to read this insanely long paragraph, pondering how I typed this without rest. Then you read this text and see that text over there. Why am I still reading this? How does this paragraph know what I’m thinking? What did I eat last April the 17th? Then you come to the conclusion that you know that this useless and insanely long paragraph would tell you. And you are right, but I did not write this and you have wasted now around 2 minutes. A full 2 minutes. Now, use that intelligence that you have, assuming that your IQ is above 60 and you are literate. Now that you have made it this far, you wonder if you learned anything, but no, you did not get the reference about the fire hydrant and refused to look it up, then you make the decision of reading this long essay with your irreversible time. Since you have made it this far on your long journey, you try have the urge to stop reading. But I bet you cannot finish this paragraph for which you are lazy and want to continue on with your life, but you keep on reading this long, wasteful, barren, and non-productive essay that will not benefit you in any way than making you lose your irreversible and precious time, but that is not even a benefit. Soon you realize that it has been now 3 minutes. A full 3 minutes, now you use your intelligence with an IQ above 70 and ponder about the things you could’ve done, the assignments you could’ve done, the dogs and cats you could’ve eaten. But you continue reading this now nearly 2 paged paragraph. Then you wonder how this is even a paragraph. How am did I make it this far? Do I get a certificate? Why am I reading this pointless and barren paragraph? How does this essay know what I’m thinking about? Then finally, you feel relaxed and accomplished because the essay said finally to make you hyped up that you accomplished reading a nearly 2 paged essay then the paragraph creates a plot twist; You’re no where near the ending. Your insides wince a little while you’re reading this endless paragraph. Wondering if this will ever end. Then you start getting nervous that it’s almost time for bed, then you wonder what you ate for breakfast on June the 9th. How does this paragraph know what you’re thinking about you think? Because when you’re reading a paragraph inside your head, the words are projected into your brain with the IQ above 90 and then the thought process go through your internal organs and through yours eyes and you wonder if this is actually true but it’s really not because all it is non-sense. Then you look at your watch, if you had one, and realize that it’s been a near 4 minutes. 4 minutes, if you expect this paragraph to say the old and customary saying after you’ve discovered how long it’s been, then you’re wrong. This time, the paragraph is going to criticize you why you’re still reading this essay with your irreversible and precious time. Why are you still reading this you ask? Because you are so headstrong and careless, yet you have the urge and motivation to continue reading this essay that it feels like an eternity. If you have made it this far, then it is mind boggling on what you could’ve done with your near 5 minutes. Imagine the things you could’ve eaten ; sushi, sharks, dogs, snakes, cats, fish, humans, dogs, dogs, and many more wonders of this world. Then when you are reading this, you realize that there is no long a wall of text, you realize that you think you’ve made it to the ending and I congratulate you on your epic journey across the wall of text. Yet you have not yet realized, that you wasted a full 5 minutes on this paragraph that feels endless yet it has been ceased. This paragraph was a waste of time and space. If you had not read this and I had not typed this you and I could’ve done something more productive than reading this mindlessly and carelessly as if you did not have anything else to do in life. Life is so precious because it is short and you are being so careless that you do not realize it until now since this void paragraph mentions that you are doing something so mindless, so stupid, so careless that you realize that you are not using your time wisely. You could’ve been playing with your dog, or eating your cat, but no. You want to read this barren paragraph and expect something marvelous and terrific at the end. But since you still do not realize that you are wasting precious time, you still continue to read the null paragraph. If you had not noticed, you have wasted an estimated time of 20 seconds. Imagine what you could’ve done with those 20 seconds besides reading this non-productive paragraph. Imagine the things you could’ve accomplished. Imagine the possibilities. But time is irreversible and you still do not realize this. Somehow you have managed still to waste around now 35 seconds reading this stupid, excessive, and long paragraph with your irreversible time. If you haven’t realized that, then you have not yet read the whole paragraph. Even if you did, you still refuse to stop reading this essay. After around 45 seconds, you are still reading this mindlessly and carelessly with your precious and non-reversible time. If you remembered from the first sentence of this disgustingly long paragraph, you would remember that this paragraph was a waste of time and space, imagine if I had not typed this paragraph and you had not read it. Imagine all the things you could’ve done, the things that made you, you. But no, you are still reading this paragraph and it has been around 60 seconds, which is a whole full minute. A minute! Yet you still have the urge and motivation to read this pointless and long essay. Now you have nearly reached the end, you ponder, why am I reading this? Why is the writer making a paragraph so long that I have the urge and motivation to finish this pointless paragraph to prove him that reading is what makes me, me. Then you realize, you have wasted now around a minute and 10 seconds. If you had not make the idiotic decision of continuing to read this paragraph, use that mind of yours to think what you could’ve done throughout your whole irreversible time. You could’ve finished your homework, play with your cat, eat your seal, or you could’ve discovered who made the fire hydrant, if you did not get the reference, you could’ve went and learned something and post it on reddit in the subreddit “Today I learned”, but you still have the urge to read this insanely long paragraph, pondering how I typed this without rest. Then you read this text and see that text over there. Why am I still reading this? How does this paragraph know what I’m thinking? What did I eat last April the 17th? Then you come to the conclusion that you know that this useless and insanely long paragraph would tell you. And you are right, but I did not write this and you have wasted now around 2 minutes. A full 2 minutes. Now, use that intelligence that you have, assuming that your IQ is above 60 and you are literate. Now that you have made it this far, you wonder if you learned anything, but no, you did not get the reference about the fire hydrant and refused to look it up, then you make the decision of reading this long essay with your irreversible time. Since you have made it this far on your long journey, you try have the urge to stop reading. But I bet you cannot finish this paragraph for which you are lazy and want to continue on with your life, but you keep on reading this long, wasteful, barren, and non-productive essay that will not benefit you in any way than making you lose your irreversible and precious time, but that is not even a benefit. Soon you realize that it has been now 3 minutes. A full 3 minutes, now you use your intelligence with an IQ above 70 and ponder about the things you could’ve done, the assignments you could’ve done, the dogs and cats you could’ve eaten. But you continue reading this now nearly 2 paged paragraph. Then you wonder how this is even a paragraph. How am did I make it this far? Do I get a certificate? Why am I reading this pointless and barren paragraph? How does this essay know what I’m thinking about? Then finally, you feel relaxed and accomplished because the essay said finally to make you hyped up that you accomplished reading a nearly 2 paged essay then the paragraph creates a plot twist; You’re no where near the ending. Your insides wince a little while you’re reading this endless paragraph. Wondering if this will ever end. Then you start getting nervous that it’s almost time for bed, then you wonder what you ate for breakfast on June the 9th. How does this paragraph know what you’re thinking about you think? Because when you’re reading a paragraph inside your head, the words are projected into your brain with the IQ above 90 and then the thought process go through your internal organs and through yours eyes and you wonder if this is actually true but it’s really not because all it is non-sense. Then you look at your watch, if you had one, and realize that it’s been a near 4 minutes. 4 minutes, if you expect this paragraph to say the old and customary saying after you’ve discovered how long it’s been, then you’re wrong. This time, the paragraph is going to criticize you why you’re still reading this essay with your irreversible and precious time. Why are you still reading this you ask? Because you are so headstrong and careless, yet you have the urge and motivation to continue reading this essay that it feels like an eternity. If you have made it this far, then it is mind boggling on what you could’ve done with your near 5 minutes. Imagine the things you could’ve eaten ; sushi, sharks, dogs, snakes, cats, fish, humans, dogs, dogs, and many more wonders of this world. Then when you are reading this, you realize that there is no long a wall of text, you realize that you think you’ve made it to the ending and I congratulate you on your epic journey across the wall of text. Yet you have not yet realized, that you wasted a full 5 minutes on this paragraph that feels endless yet it has been ceased. This paragraph was a waste of time and space. If you had not read this and I had not typed this you and I could’ve done something more productive than reading this mindlessly and carelessly as if you did not have anything else to do in life. Life is so precious because it is short and you are being so careless that you do not realize it until now since this void paragraph mentions that you are doing something so mindless, so stupid, so careless that you realize that you are not using your time wisely. You could’ve been playing with your dog, or eating your cat, but no. You want to read this barren paragraph and expect something marvelous and terrific at the end. But since you still do not realize that you are wasting precious time, you still continue to read the null paragraph. If you had not noticed, you have wasted an estimated time of 20 seconds. Imagine what you could’ve done with those 20 seconds besides reading this non-productive paragraph. Imagine the things you could’ve accomplished. Imagine the possibilities. But time is irreversible and you still do not realize this. Somehow you have managed still to waste around now 35 seconds reading this stupid, excessive, and long paragraph with your irreversible time. If you haven’t realized that, then you have not yet read the whole paragraph. Even if you did, you still refuse to stop reading this essay. After around 45 seconds, you are still reading this mindlessly and carelessly with your precious and non-reversible time. If you remembered from the first sentence of this disgustingly long paragraph, you would remember that this paragraph was a waste of time and space, imagine if I had not typed this paragraph and you had not read it. Imagine all the things you could’ve done, the things that made you, you. But no, you are still reading this paragraph and it has been around 60 seconds, which is a whole full minute. A minute! Yet you still have the urge and motivation to read this pointless and long essay. Now you have nearly reached the end, you ponder, why am I reading this? Why is the writer making a paragraph so long that I have the urge and motivation to finish this pointless paragraph to prove him that reading is what makes me, me. Then you realize, you have wasted now around a minute and 10 seconds. If you had not make the idiotic decision of continuing to read this paragraph, use that mind of yours to think what you could’ve done throughout your whole irreversible time. You could’ve finished your homework, play with your cat, eat your seal, or you could’ve discovered who made the fire hydrant, if you did not get the reference, you could’ve went and learned something and post it on reddit in the subreddit “Today I learned”, but you still have the urge to read this insanely long paragraph, pondering how I typed this without rest. Then you read this text and see that text over there. Why am I still reading this? How does this paragraph know what I’m thinking? What did I eat last April the 17th? Then you come to the conclusion that you know that this useless and insanely long paragraph would tell you. And you are right, but I did not write this and you have wasted now around 2 minutes. A full 2 minutes. Now, use that intelligence that you have, assuming that your IQ is above 60 and you are literate. Now that you have made it this far, you wonder if you learned anything, but no, you did not get the reference about the fire hydrant and refused to look it up, then you make the decision of reading this long essay with your irreversible time. Since you have made it this far on your long journey, you try have the urge to stop reading. But I bet you cannot finish this paragraph for which you are lazy and want to continue on with your life, but you keep on reading this long, wasteful, barren, and non-productive essay that will not benefit you in any way than making you lose your irreversible and precious time, but that is not even a benefit. Soon you realize that it has been now 3 minutes. A full 3 minutes, now you use your intelligence with an IQ above 70 and ponder about the things you could’ve done, the assignments you could’ve done, the dogs and cats you could’ve eaten. But you continue reading this now nearly 2 paged paragraph. Then you wonder how this is even a paragraph. How am did I make it this far? Do I get a certificate? Why am I reading this pointless and barren paragraph? How does this essay know what I’m thinking about? Then finally, you feel relaxed and accomplished because the essay said finally to make you hyped up that you accomplished reading a nearly 2 paged essay then the paragraph creates a plot twist; You’re no where near the ending. Your insides wince a little while you’re reading this endless paragraph. Wondering if this will ever end. Then you start getting nervous that it’s almost time for bed, then you wonder what you ate for breakfast on June the 9th. How does this paragraph know what you’re thinking about you think? Because when you’re reading a paragraph inside your head, the words are projected into your brain with the IQ above 90 and then the thought process go through your internal organs and through yours eyes and you wonder if this is actually true but it’s really not because all it is non-sense. Then you look at your watch, if you had one, and realize that it’s been a near 4 minutes. 4 minutes, if you expect this paragraph to say the old and customary saying after you’ve discovered how long it’s been, then you’re wrong. This time, the paragraph is going to criticize you why you’re still reading this essay with your irreversible and precious time. Why are you still reading this you ask? Because you are so headstrong and careless, yet you have the urge and motivation to continue reading this essay that it feels like an eternity. If you have made it this far, then it is mind boggling on what you could’ve done with your near 5 minutes. Imagine the things you could’ve eaten ; sushi, sharks, dogs, snakes, cats, fish, humans, dogs, dogs, and many more wonders of this world. Then when you are reading this, you realize that there is no long a wall of text, you realize that you think you’ve made it to the ending and I congratulate you on your epic journey across the wall of text. Yet you have not yet realized, that you wasted a full 5 minutes on this paragraph that feels endless yet it has been ceased.
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I think you ought to have split this up into a few paragraphs to make it less confrontational to the prospective reader.
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Thanks Al, your constructive feedback has been noted.
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Thanks Al, your constructive feedback has been noted.
It was not a very good read either.
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Thanks Al, your constructive feedback has been noted.
It was not a very good read either.
You read it? What was it about?
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Thanks Al, your constructive feedback has been noted.
It was not a very good read either.
You read it? What was it about?
Stuff
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Right stuff.
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Noticed an odd smell, like hydrogen sulfide, after some GAA (as solvent for a boiling slurry of iron dust and....a substrate...) spat up out of the condenser during addition of the substrate. Odd thing is, it CAN'T be H2S, because the substrate contains no sulfur, and there is no source of the element present in this reaction. So not scared shitless of what it might do (H2S is deadly, and sneaky as hell, stinks like rotting eggs, but also paralyzes the olfactory nerve temporarily, at least temporarily assuming it doesn't kill you, being near enough as toxic as hydrogen cyanide, and just as capable of an instant kill, so the foul eggy smell disappears with H2S exposure, but the gas itself is still there, hence, sneaky little bastard, causing one to believe its safe when in fact, you just can't detect it anymore, until you breathe enough to off you.)
That burnt GAA smells like H2S though for some reason, a few drops landed directly on the heating element of the hotplate and got roasted, making a right rotten eggy stench. But thankfully, no sulfur source for it to be anything but an imitation.
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Teething has started. :zombiefuck: Formerly happy little guy wants me to know that everything hurts and nothing is ever going to be okay again mommy.
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When my sister had a teething baby, she used some stuff called Bonjela to ease her (the baby's) pain. Anything like that in Canada? It was a gel that is rubbed onto the little one's gums.
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Hm, amazon.ca seems to stock it. The drugstore might too.
I tried ice with him today, but he wouldn't chew on a frozen cloth long enough to get any relief from it.
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Could try oragel extra strength if its available, or there's a local anaesthetic liquid with lidocaine, if you can't get them, I could buy a couple and send them to you if you'd like?
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I remember buying all those freezable teething rings, orajel, the whole recommended arsenal for like 10 seconds of relief. My mom took him one day when he was so miserable I couldn't get a moments peace... and brings him back smiling, happy as hell.
I'm like WTF did you do now grandma?
She just gave me this wicked look and said "peach schnapps".
She would rub it on his gums.
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:2thumbsup:
Getting yer toddler drunk FTW!!!
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Lots of Norwegians on the road today.
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:2thumbsup:
Getting yer toddler drunk FTW!!!
My pediatrician was in his early 60's and she mentioned it to him.
He laughed and said "well I can't recommend it, but I used brandy on my kids".
I guess that's what she used on me too. :laugh:
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A few drops of spirit isn't going to hurt the wee cub, its not getting him drunk, just using the spirit to numb his gums.
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Drunk toddlers with colicky pains. That would be something, I guess.
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Drunk toddlers with colicky pains. That would be something, I guess.
Hey, Mom put whiskey and paregoric/opium in my bottles and I turned out okay. :kapkao:
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A few drops of spirit isn't going to hurt the wee cub, its not getting him drunk, just using the spirit to numb his gums.
Absinthe would numb his gums alright.
I'm being anti-baby here though. We were all a baby once.
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Paregoric? thats a REALLY, really OLD-school med! They still sell a cough syrup sort of similar to paregoric. Called Gee's linctus, its over the counter still, surprisingly, as its based on tincture of opium, and quite respectably strong too, couple of bottles of that (200ml per bottle) and you'll be glowing for most of the rest of the day with a lovely relaxing buzz.
Although using that sort of thing for teething babies? shit no. the very young are much, MUCH more sensitive to opioids than adults, teens or older preteens (of course in the last case it should only be under doctor's supervision, as an overdose is more likely) Babies in particular though, they used to make a great many 'mother's soothing syrups' and 'mother's little helper' remedies, intended to quiet teething babies, and little'uns stroppy for whatever other little wee brat being little wee brat reasons. Because lets face it, little kids are stroppy little shits for all sorts of reasons, or no reason at all for that matter :P
These were all the rage, these opiate-based (and often also quite alcoholic along with the laudanum, opium, paregoric and other various opium derivatives, many of these 'calming' patent products intended for quieting babies that wouldn't shut their little howling screaming puking shitting faces when mommy wanted to sleep instead of listen to screaming all night and day long, had a lot of alcohol as well, and they were a big problem, in the 1700s and earlier, because of the number of fatal overdoses of babies due to the use of these opiate syrups and cordials; it used to be a really quite big societal problem back then, some of my old antique physician's textbooks from the 16th century tell of it, and how they ought never to be used due to the risk of fatal poisonings of the babies by the opium content.
But a drop or two of alcohol on a fingertip is IMO not going to present anything like the kind of acute danger those opiate syrups did. Although absinthe shouldn't be used, there is a lot of sugar present in it, and other liqueur type alcohols, and if any teeth are present that is awfully bad for the baby's teeth/tooth, and besides, such early exposure to a lot of sugar could predispose the baby to be hooked on sugary foods to excess later on in life.
Oh, and OOOHHH! SQUEEEEEEEEE! just went to check on my ammonium formate I've been preparing, by first mixing aqueous formic acid and aqueous ammonia solution, followed by slowly, carefully evaporating down the solution, to get rid of the water, and I just noticed that the beaker is starting to get a deposit of clear crystals around the rim.
SQUEESQUEESQUEESQUEEEEEEE!!!
Been busy evaporating that down for over fifteen hours, finally down to less than 30ml of now highly concentrated solution. Going to put some cling film over the top, to prevent it from absorbing water (ammonium formate is pretty hygroscopic and I need dry crystalline product, not a thick syrupy liquid) and take it off the hotplate for a while, allowing it to cool down, see if it is supersaturated, which it should be, hopefully, then I could just filter off my first crop of crystalline ammonium formate, and keep it in the dessicator to dry it out thoroughly over something like freshly flame-fused caustic, before putting it in a bag and smashing it up with a hammer to powder for use as a dessicant)
Going for one last check on it, after I stick my gas mask on (if any were to spit and drip onto the hotplate it would first dehydrate to formamide, and formamide would dehydrate further to decompose to hydrogen cyanide gas, so mask and goggles on time) and grab some cling film.
Bugger....no damn cling-film.
Just had to transfer the solution by picking up the beaker and transferring the much-reduced-volume of by now concentrated as hell ammonium formate, at a temperature of between 95 and 98 'C, slowly and accurately pouring it into a series of much smaller microscale beakers which will fit in my dessicator, of about 10ml capacity in each, after first filling a container with sodium hydroxide as small grains, like salt but smaller, sticking that in the base of the dessicator and covering it with a metal grille full of holes, on which the microscale beakers now are sitting, the top of the dessicator on, being sucked dry of H2O.
That wasn't much fun. Had to make the transfer accurately, just in case of any decomposition to cyanide, holding the searing hot beaker and in the other hand, one microscale beaker after another, pouring in a portion of the whole, and feeling the skin of my thumb and first three fingers of one hand, and my thumb and forefinger and second finger of the other hand first dry out and then start crisping up at the surface, more or less just keeping hold of the damn things by dint of sheer willpower and refusal to drop them after all that time spent evaporating off the water oh so slowly. Easy enough to make the ammonium formate solution itself, just takes a load of time stripping the water off without overheating it (boiling point of H2O being 100 'C of course, whilst the degradation temperature for ammonium formate to start turning to formamide is 180 'C, but the temperature of the stirplate surface itself is a lot hotter than the liquid in the beaker, although this was moderated by heating it with the beaker being put onto a metal grille impregnated with a disk of refractory material.)
Now, to slowly strip away the remaining H2O using a dessicant rather than heat.
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Lestat, of course, it's OLD-school med. I'm almost 69. Mom gave it to me to make me sleep after I had my (then unrecognized) reaction to the MMR vaccine. Two days after the vaccine I started sleeping 4 or 5 hours a day. I wasn't even 6 months old.
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Hm, amazon.ca seems to stock it. The drugstore might too.
I tried ice with him today, but he wouldn't chew on a frozen cloth long enough to get any relief from it.
Those liquid filled teething rings, after being coated with a light brushing of honey and frozen were the best answer we came up with.
You will need several.
The honey seemed to keep them interested for a bit longer but a tiny topical alcohol is possible for sleep time.
Your freezer will not freeze booze, but an eyedropper full rubbed on the outside will numb where ever it touches.
As we get older we lose a bit of the affect, but "high brow tasters" will warn about trying to taste too many varieties at one sitting, because the alcohol will topically numb the tongue and palette.
Why not aching gums as well?
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On another note, it seems as if comedians have possibly spoofed a president before ... ... ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evt6As72m4
Johnny Carson was awesome!
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Does anyone remember what oo-moxx or u-mocks are?
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That is what I call it when you find "that spot" on your dog's side and he/she pounds his/her leg almost uncontrollably.
Cats have oo-mock spots, too. Maybe we all do.
Our "new" dog is a fucking ROCK of self control and demonstrates what seems to be deliberate resistance to taking pleasure from oo-mocks.
Well, I found one he can not resist. It is not on his side, but under his throat, kind of where one might find an oo-Mock spot on a cat.
And it is repeatable!
I like this new discovery.
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I know of oo-mox. The Ferengi love it on their sensitive ears. What happens to your dog when you find his oo-mox spot?
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Hehe, good to see someone else gets the reference. Although with me, it isn't my ears, but a woman raking her nails either up and down my feet and/or hands, or dragging a pointy set of claws down my back, thats definitely a turn on.
Random observation-bugger. Went to set a pizza to cooking, but the last pepperoni meat feast one I had in the fridge is one without the stuffed crust. Damnation and piss! I wante'd a stuffed crust one. I hadn't realized there were TWO different varieties of Co-Op double pepperoni pizzas differentiated mainly in the color of the box label. until it was too late and they were bought and on the way home to provision me for a couple of weeks (I can eat a LOT of pizza given the opportunity, and in record time too, cooking two for a serving and dropping one face down on top of the other one to give a sandwich made of pizzas, fold in half, munched in just enough time for your belly to tell your brain that it's full
Ideal ratio of stuffed crust>stuffed face>just stuffed=satisfaction+eruption of belch to signify same. Trust an autie to turn cooking a pizza (or pair thereof) into an equation for greatest efficiency :autism:
Might make me a spazz, but it works for me. Means I can eat more pizza before the bits of me below the neck have time to tell the bits above I have to stop. Not want to but have to. Still can't get around the needing to rest and digest after, after all there is only so much volumetric capacity between beak hole and bunghole, so to speak, but that way, at least it's ensured that the most is filled relative to the enjoyment of gorging on double-barreled pizza-sandwiches.
I'd be a real fat bastard if it wasn't for my happening to be of the sort of build that just doesn't seem to get fat. Highly strung and quick to burn through something eaten, but oddly can seem to go for a long time without eating if I chose or had to. But I can certainly stuff down pizza sandwiches at a rapid pace for a fair period of time and not get plump. I don't think I've ever BEEN plump, let alone anything you'd look at and think 'there are going to be second helpings by the time he's cooked and served'. But at least its all lean meat. Well, lean meat, and internal organs with plenty bones here and there with the usual anatomical stringy bits.
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I know of oo-mox. The Ferengi love it on their sensitive ears. What happens to your dog when you find his oo-mox spot?
OH, he just pounds his paw, like all dogs do, but Finding His spot was like a WIN!! "I now have complete control!"
:woohoo:
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(https://i.imgur.com/VUjzpKN.jpg)
How I'd love to be in the pub with one of these.
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I drove my family interstate to stay with my sister for a week. I only had the weekends off so I had to fly back on Monday morning after driver them there (about 900 km) and then I flew back again on Friday night so I could drive them back home.
My sister's latest dog is an "American Staffordshire". That's code for "Pitbull" as far as I'm concerned.
I really, really wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of that 60-odd pounds of teeth and muscle.
But yeah, found all the oo-mox spots on that dog very quickly and she wouldn't let me out of her sight after that. She'd park herself beside me and nudge me, and if I stopped patting her she'd turn around and make these little yelping/howling noises.
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Apparently one can buy ice cream made from grass fed camel's milk here in Indiana.
They mostly sell soap products, but the news girl was trying the ice cream on air.
Camel milk is considered a modern super food. Not sure how they got around FDA shit.
:dunno:
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Apparently one can buy ice cream made from grass fed camel's milk here in Indiana.
They mostly sell soap products, but the news girl was trying the ice cream on air.
Camel milk is considered a modern super food. Not sure how they got around FDA shit.
:dunno:
Two pint bottles $49.99 :o They also have hump fat :zoinks:
https://desertfarms.com/
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Apparently one can buy ice cream made from grass fed camel's milk here in Indiana.
They mostly sell soap products, but the news girl was trying the ice cream on air.
Camel milk is considered a modern super food. Not sure how they got around FDA shit.
:dunno:
According to a screen filler at the bowling alley, camel's milk is the only milk that won't curdle.
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Scrap is pretty much the most clueless person around, Tequila included, yet he keeps posting as if he was just the opposite.
You wanted random observations, right?
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Scrap is pretty much the most clueless person around, Tequila included, yet he keeps posting as if he was just the opposite.
You wanted random observations, right?
#1. :M
(https://theaimn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gaslighting1-e1510355547354.jpg)
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Even though he's not very smart, I do love Pappy. I think we're the best friends he's got now that McDangly has gone.
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Even though he's not very smart, I do love Pappy.
Bitch, I've got 3 world championships in professional motorsports.
Do you even have one world championship in ANYTHING??
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Dang, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.
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Even though he's not very smart, I do love Pappy.
Bitch, I've got 3 world championships in professional motorsports.
Do you even have one world championship in ANYTHING??
I'm the world champion at making Pappy's tiny little brain explode.
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Pappy's gone.
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Scrap is pretty much the most clueless person around, Tequila included, yet he keeps posting as if he was just the opposite.
You wanted random observations, right?
#1. :M
(https://theaimn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gaslighting1-e1510355547354.jpg)
Posting in the mirror seems to have not gone out of style for you.
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Apparently every time someone points out that Pappy is an idiot, they are gaslighting him. This is ignoring the fact that Pappy really is an idiot.
I like it when Pappy posts that gaslighting meme, it reminds me how easily triggered he is.
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Scrap is pretty much the most clueless person around, Tequila included, yet he keeps posting as if he was just the opposite.
You wanted random observations, right?
#1. :M
(https://theaimn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gaslighting1-e1510355547354.jpg)
Posting in the mirror seems to have not gone out of style for you.
What? I thought you didn't know me, right? If you did you would recognize my style RIGHT AWAY, right?
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Scrap is pretty much the most clueless person around, Tequila included, yet he keeps posting as if he was just the opposite.
You wanted random observations, right?
#1. :M
(https://theaimn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gaslighting1-e1510355547354.jpg)
I rest my case.
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Are you an Odeon fanboy odeon?
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???
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Odeon Cinemas. Cinema chain in the UK. See here (http://www.odeon.co.uk).
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Oh, right. Well, there are lots of theatres named Odeon and I used to like the one on Leicester Square. Not impressed with it today.
I picked the name Odeon here because I have a home cinema named that. Nothing to do with the British cinema chain, simply a proper theatre name.
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Can we see some photos?
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Here's the projector running 70mm.
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I'd have to do some digging to find a good picture of the auditorium. Can't be arsed right now.
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I rest my case.
:lolhit:
Oh, I get it, we're playing by 6th grade rules. :thumbup:
Well at least I'm not a self-loathing gamma male who wants nothing more than to be spit roasted by 2 niggers, one in the ass, one in the mouth, like a pig on a rotisserie.
Tell me odeot, how does your own shit taste like, being licked off a nigger's cock?? Personally I find it gross but you're into that kind of thing.
There, did I do it right??
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Ah, so that's what posting in the mirror means.
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Ah, so that's what posting in the mirror means.
I think we already established that he isn't very bright.
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Here's a stack of Dolby processors and other cinema sound equipment in the booth. Dolby processors are an obsession of mine.
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Tell me odeot, how does your own shit taste like, being licked off a nigger's cock??
Oh, shock humour! Very good. Thank you sir.
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Dang, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.
Did you ignore my posts from the early days of this site??
I posted updates of our race teams on an almost weekly basis.
I was also briefly on a reality TV show, Driving Force which aired on A&E.
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Everyone's got their fifteen minutes of fame.
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Lots of people volunteer to help someone move but very few ever show up :thumbdn:
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I'm one of those people who used to always get "volunteered" to help people move.
One of my friends still remembers when I helped him and his ex-wife move into a flat and I carried their washing machine up 6 flights of stairs by myself.
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I'm one of those people who used to always get "volunteered" to help people move.
One of my friends still remembers when I helped him and his ex-wife move into a flat and I carried their washing machine up 6 flights of stairs by myself.
Is that why you walk so silly?
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I'm one of those people who used to always get "volunteered" to help people move.
One of my friends still remembers when I helped him and his ex-wife move into a flat and I carried their washing machine up 6 flights of stairs by myself.
Is that why you walk so silly?
:)
If I tried that today I probably wouldn't be able to walk for a month, silly or not. I don't have the core strength or leg strength any more, although I still have the long arms.
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Scrap is an Uber Beast Postwhore.
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Odd sight this morning an older woman in a black dress and a fur coat riding an old fashion bicycle with a package on the back at 730 this morning :apondering:
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Dang, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.
Did you ignore my posts from the early days of this site??
I posted updates of our race teams on an almost weekly basis.
I was also briefly on a reality TV show, Driving Force which aired on A&E.
Probably, yeah. There were a lot of other things going on.
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My doctor's surgery really PISSES me off sometimes.
They have me as a patient with known specific prescription needs, they know what meds, what dose, and how often, and are meant to get them ready the friday before they are due on monday. This time I had to get a cab to take me from my place to the surgery and then into the nearby village to get the scripts to the early/late opening pharmacy, and what the fuck...they had ONLY printed off my pain med script, two different morphine preparations, and oxycodone IR, but they hadn't bothered to print off my antiseizure meds, the benzo script [which is fucking irresponsible, and could really easily cause a patient SERIOUS and acutely dangerous health issues if they had to go without benzos being on time, when they were meant to take their next dose. I don't use it as frequently as prescribed, because I'm not willing to fuck around allowing it to make me physically dependent, but if I followed the advice of the script as to how much to take and when, I would have been dependent long ago. Benzo WD isn't just unpleasant, but potentially lethal, or if not fatal, there is potential for permanent neurological damage from physical withdrawal)
Nor did they bother with clonidine or tizanidine, which they should also have done, my stomach meds, anything, just the pain meds.
So I had to wait, too, just for the pain meds, costing me more money for the fucking cab, because the doctor hadn't signed the fucking things. And ONLY got given the pain med script. Had to take them, or I'd have gotten sick as a result, was already beginning to feel pretty uncomfortable, so I grabbed those and went to pick them up in the cab.
Then the moment I got home, the pharmacy phoned me saying the surgery had realized they fucked it up, and the pharmacy would have the meds owing delivered within a few hours, which they did.
Only, the muscle relaxant, tizanidine (a relative of clonidine, alpha2 adrenergic autoreceptor agonist which inhibits noradrenaline release, also an imidazoline receptor agonist), I'm meant to be taking 1x4mg tablet 5xdaily. The stupid bastards did the script for ONE tablet. For a week......WTF????
So I'm going to have to call the surgery tomorrow and chew them out for it, get them to fax the rest to the pharmacy and have the pharmacy deliver.
That isn't an addictive med, but it can cause a physical rebound if suddenly stopped, that results in severe hypertension and a lot of physical discomfort.
Going to have to call them out on some pain med coverage from the other week extra they should have given me but didn't (meant to give me 6x30mg morphine for four days, but instead, gave me four capsules, total. Only reason I didn't get in any trouble as a result was that two doctors each, it seems, knew that additional oxycodone IR was also to be done, and BOTH of them did a script for it, and as a result I ended up with it being doubled, and just managed to scrape by thanks to their fuckup. And call them for a new seizure rescue pack, as I'm out of rescue med doses and only have the prophylaxis daily dosing ATM. So need a new rescue bottle.
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I quite frequently see Scrap online when I'm online. However, he seldom replies to my replies to him while I'm still online.
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Kira, our newest cat, will eat another cat's vomit. Liam threw up in my bedroom doorway this morning so I put paper towel over it to soak up most of it. When I came home from my walk, Kira was playing with the paper towel and there was no vomit in sight. It was easy to clean the spot where it was.
Thanks Kira, heheh.
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Kyle doesn't handle really cold weather that well lots of :bigcry: all morning at work
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I went through a bottle of Worcestershire sauce in 2 weeks by myself.
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Even I don't drink it that fast.
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I went through a bottle of Worcestershire sauce in 2 weeks by myself.
I use a sixteen ounce bottle of "Lea and Perrins" every time I brine a pork shoulder roast, about fourteen to eighteen pounds of meat.
Have not had a chance at a feral for a while. Those are usually a bit smaller and almost all lean - need some treatment (like brining and injecting) and slow cooking.
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You could tell when it was high tide in the crawlspace I worked on today when the puddles began appearing were it was just damp when we started in the morning
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Scrap is an Uber Beast Postwhore.
And staying that way.
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Time to top up my morphine for the time I have to stand up for ages supervising, adjusting, mixing, etc. and then go get to work on a little project of mine.
Something is telling me I ought to complete my spreadsheet too first, but meh, no. The spreadsheet can wait, or perhaps I can work on it when I've gotten things down to 'just let it sit and stew for a few hours', and it'll wait anyhow, it will still be there just the same.
Dammit, I want to get to some actual chemistry! And I have just the thing in mind.
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Scrap is an Uber Beast Postwhore.
And staying that way.
I've been doing this for several weeks now. You just now noticed??
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Scrap is an Uber Beast Postwhore.
And staying that way.
I've been doing this for several weeks now. You just now noticed??
That's correct.
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Time to top up my morphine for the time I have to stand up for ages supervising, adjusting, mixing, etc. and then go get to work on a little project of mine.
Something is telling me I ought to complete my spreadsheet too first, but meh, no. The spreadsheet can wait, or perhaps I can work on it when I've gotten things down to 'just let it sit and stew for a few hours', and it'll wait anyhow, it will still be there just the same.
Dammit, I want to get to some actual chemistry! And I have just the thing in mind.
Spreadsheet. Excel?
It's one thing I'm not that great at. At college I had to learn how to make Excel do stuff with formulas. Not very easy.
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Excel is the devil's tool. :flame:
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I like Parts' avatar. :plus:
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It's pretty cool. 8)
Everyone seems to oversleep this morning.
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When I did Chemistry exams at school I used to struggle on the multiple guess section and the short answer section because I never studied and I was always thinking about other stuff during class.
But there was always a section at the bottom of the test, worth 30% of the total mark, called stoichiometry. In hindsight it was the hypercalculia that got me through this section because you didn't really have to know anything other than how to work the numbers. I would always get 30/30 and that kept my marks slightly above average. If I had been as bad at stoichiometry as I was at the rest of the exams I'd have been struggling to even pass.
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I'm always broke around Christmas so I have to do it in January. Uhhhh
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I'm always broke around Christmas so I have to do it in January. Uhhhh
Do what in January?
I'm always broke around Christmas time as well.
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I still have 1 more fossil to get, grr!!
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Ren-no, not excel, the old fashioned way. Drawn out on paper.
And MOSW-Stoich is my worst part as far as chemistry goes.
I've often thought I make for a pretty unlikely individual to have ended up taking up chemistry for a hobby, since I'm dyscalculic as hell. And sometimes, not always but the more complex rearrangements and cycloadditions, tautomerizations can go a bit skewy in my mind's eye. But it seems, being a spazz counts for something, if one wants to succeed badly enough, that is sure as hell IMO a pretty strong driving force.
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I'm always broke around Christmas so I have to do it in January. Uhhhh
Do what in January?
I'm always broke around Christmas time as well.
Christmas. My recent move to hooterville cost me fuckin $3,000. Urgh
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My hometown has changed a lot since the last time I was down there
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I want more snow. It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit with hardly any snow. Being snowed in, is my favourite :viking:
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I want more snow. It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit with hardly any snow. Being snowed in, is my favourite :viking:
Have you ever been properly snowed in? For a few days, at the very least?
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I want more snow. It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit with hardly any snow. Being snowed in, is my favourite :viking:
Have you ever been properly snowed in? For a few days, at the very least?
Yes. Several times. I remember one time my Dad having to go out my bedroom window on the second floor, dressed in a snowsuit and holding a shovel, and jumping off the roof into the snow and then trying to dig himself out and eventually dig out the front door of the house. It was one of those monster storms where when you opened the door, all you saw was a wall of snow.
Another time, in 2012, we got hit with a blizzard and a wicked ice storm that paralyzed the city. Transformer blew, trees broke, power lines down, the roads were covered in debris and trees and snow and ice and power was out for days. None of that ever freaks me out but I always make it a point to be well stocked up. Where I live now we heat by woodstove and always have a large stockpile of firewood (10 cords) but we have to have bottled water on hand because if the power goes out (which it does frequently) we also lose out water supply because we're on well water.
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I want more snow. It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit with hardly any snow. Being snowed in, is my favourite :viking:
Have you ever been properly snowed in? For a few days, at the very least?
Yes. Several times. I remember one time my Dad having to go out my bedroom window on the second floor, dressed in a snowsuit and holding a shovel, and jumping off the roof into the snow and then trying to dig himself out and eventually dig out the front door of the house. It was one of those monster storms where when you opened the door, all you saw was a wall of snow.
Another time, in 2012, we got hit with a blizzard and a wicked ice storm that paralyzed the city. Transformer blew, trees broke, power lines down, the roads were covered in debris and trees and snow and ice and power was out for days. None of that ever freaks me out but I always make it a point to be well stocked up. Where I live now we heat by woodstove and always have a large stockpile of firewood (10 cords) but we have to have bottled water on hand because if the power goes out (which it does frequently) we also lose out water supply because we're on well water.
And you still want this? :o
It's happened to me a couple of times, and it's not something I particularly enjoyed in any way, shape or form.
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I want more snow. It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit with hardly any snow. Being snowed in, is my favourite :viking:
Have you ever been properly snowed in? For a few days, at the very least?
Yes. Several times. I remember one time my Dad having to go out my bedroom window on the second floor, dressed in a snowsuit and holding a shovel, and jumping off the roof into the snow and then trying to dig himself out and eventually dig out the front door of the house. It was one of those monster storms where when you opened the door, all you saw was a wall of snow.
Another time, in 2012, we got hit with a blizzard and a wicked ice storm that paralyzed the city. Transformer blew, trees broke, power lines down, the roads were covered in debris and trees and snow and ice and power was out for days. None of that ever freaks me out but I always make it a point to be well stocked up. Where I live now we heat by woodstove and always have a large stockpile of firewood (10 cords) but we have to have bottled water on hand because if the power goes out (which it does frequently) we also lose out water supply because we're on well water.
And you still want this? :o
It's happened to me a couple of times, and it's not something I particularly enjoyed in any way, shape or form.
Yes. I love it. But I think it's because then I'm forced to not be so busy. I have to stay home. If the power goes out, there's less noise overall. So no internet, not tv, I can curl up with a book and I know nobody can reach me by phone. Now everyone around me basically goes batshit but I'm good. :laugh:
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Well, each to her own. I grew up with snow and long winters, but I would probably not miss it if I never saw it again.
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I spent 5 years living in the deep south of the US and I realized I missed it immensely. I guess you can take the woman out of Canada but you can't take Canada out of the woman?? Something like that.... :nerdy:
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Oh, I miss Finland. I just don't miss the snow.
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Well, each to her own. I grew up with snow and long winters, but I would probably not miss it if I never saw it again.
Personally don't miss winter at all.
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Fun Fact: Just performed on Saturday night a Scandinavian themed choral performance. I've learned to sing in so many languages this past season!
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People tend to be really timid. Like the un-tamed wild...their anxiety spikes in crowds, and then they act strangely.
I've noticed this. Its weird how quickly the mask goes up when people are in crowds.
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People tend to be really timid. Like the un-tamed wild...their anxiety spikes in crowds, and then they act strangely.
I've noticed this. Its weird how quickly the mask goes up when people are in crowds.
Which is why I try to avoid crowds. I have this thing with lack of authenticity.
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Well, each to her own. I grew up with snow and long winters, but I would probably not miss it if I never saw it again.
Personally don't miss winter at all.
I grew up without any winter weather. A cold day in January meant that it clouded up for a few days and got down into the fifties and rained for two or three days straight AND everyone got out their subzero parkas and insulated vests or not.
There were lots of folks who were completely immune to that cold fifty degree drizzly weather. I was one. I had a waterproof wind breaker I kept in the car, just in case.
That was the tip of south Texas. McAllen, which has been in national news a bit lately, due to the mass influx of illegals in the area.
I honestly do not want to do the whole :odeon: thing, because it has always been a kind of free zone for passage where relatives were just uniting families and I support that, but things have changed lately.
Getting used to a fierce Indiana winter was a process for me. The fall was the worst though. I know, everyone else LOVES the fall, but to me, it meant like a BAD winter storm where it might hit the forties every five or ten years and literally everything turned brown and died.
So convincing ME that the fall was a good thing (Uhm - SADS) was even more difficult than trying to convince me that winter meant some kind of re-birth.
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People tend to be really timid. Like the un-tamed wild...their anxiety spikes in crowds, and then they act strangely.
I've noticed this. Its weird how quickly the mask goes up when people are in crowds.
Which is why I try to avoid crowds. I have this thing with lack of authenticity.
Yeah, I can relate. I end up becoming extra silly in crowds (the resident fool), just to try and help people to relax. I've also noticed that people drink alcohol to help let loose, but if there's no alcohol they don't seem to remember how to relax.
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People tend to be really timid. Like the un-tamed wild...their anxiety spikes in crowds, and then they act strangely.
I've noticed this. Its weird how quickly the mask goes up when people are in crowds.
Which is why I try to avoid crowds. I have this thing with lack of authenticity.
Yeah, I can relate. I end up becoming extra silly in crowds (the resident fool), just to try and help people to relax. I've also noticed that people drink alcohol to help let loose, but if there's no alcohol they don't seem to remember how to relax.
Agreed.
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I spent 5 years living in the deep south of the US and I realized I missed it immensely. I guess you can take the woman out of Canada but you can't take Canada out of the woman?? Something like that.... :nerdy:
:indeed:
Never going back to live in a sub/tropical climate if I can help it.
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Only have ever spent a few months in igloo land. Living here in Indiana I sometimes miss my south Texas weather, usually in January.
Nothing like walking out to your back yard with a cup of coffee, wondering if the fog is this thick everywhere and pulling a fresh ripe orange off one of your trees.
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I'd really love it, if I could hear one of your vocals recordings, miss K.
That'd SOOOOOoooooo give me that squeebly feeling. Lots and lots of squeebles. Yes, yes it would :)
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I'd really love it, if I could hear one of your vocals recordings, miss K.
That'd SOOOOOoooooo give me that squeebly feeling. Lots and lots of squeebles. Yes, yes it would :)
If anything was recorded from the concert, I'll share it. Haven't seen anything yet though.
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You could always record a solo. I bet you have a beautiful, totally squeeblicious voice. Like molten honey dripping from a bag full of sweeties. Only far more scrummy:) If that smile you have is anything to go by, oh damn, I bet you sound wonderful.
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There are some big icicles hanging from the tunnel ceiling on the parkway, big enough to break a windshield if they fell
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There are some big icicles hanging from the tunnel ceiling on the parkway, big enough to break a windshield if they fell
:o
Why hasn't the city cleared them yet? That's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
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Probably did later in the day I went through early in the AM northbound, the southbound tunnel didn't have any on my way home. Both leak badly when it rains and need a major renovations
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EBM was here this month. Changed his avatar, but didn't post.
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Jack sees all. :zoinks: :laugh:
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:laugh: It really was random. Followed a bot into an old thread from who's online, and noticed an avatar I've never seen before.
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Just saw an article that said Motorcycle chariot racing was a thing in the 1920's and it looked pretty badass. Made me think of Scrap. 8)
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The controls for windscreen wipers in a Mercedes Benz mini truck are well hidden.
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Now I'm curious. Where are they?
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Someone says I speak a weird language
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Holy crap that text screws with my eyes
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:-[ She's sending me mixed signals again
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Now I'm curious. Where are they?
There's an integrated turn knob in the indicator stalk, left of the wheel. It's invisible from where you sit. Weirdest placement I ever saw.
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Holy crap that text screws with my eyes
Not just me then.
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People watching at a dance club is an interesting affair. It's amazing how many dudes roll in at 1am, after drinking elsewhere and just expect to show up and meet some chick and take her home. Meanwhile, most of us have been there dancing and having a good time since 11pm. They don't realize how out of place they look and they got next to zero action.
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After going a few days (possibly more) without a battery for the walkie at work... I was able to find a spare to help me.
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So the other post was weird because we have a Walkie in the group. Then this post is weird because Mocha is the name of my gecko :laugh:
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New guy at work seems to be intent on peeing in territorial boundaries.
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Okay we need to vote him off the island. So annoying.
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Okay we need to vote him off the island. So annoying.
I thought I'd just pee on him. :zoinks:
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Your poor office janitors.
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:lol1:
I sleep better during the day than I do at night.
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:green:
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We've had a few changes to the staffing where I work, more "offshore" resources being brought in on temporary visas for specific pieces of work.
Not so much peeing on territorial boundaries. Unless "territorial boundaries" is a euphemism for dunny seats and bathroom floors? These guys are definitely of the "if it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down" school of flushing too. Although not all that strict on the latter.
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I'm a janitor part-time in one of the biggest multipurpose stores in the country, I have to clean the restrooms even when there is shit and piss everywhere... Sure I would gag like a drama queen for about a couple minutes, yet I got used to doing so much that my DQ tendencies have decreased by 30 seconds.
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Saw a V-22 Osprey fly over while out walking the dog
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It was that annoying temperature where the sidewalks are too clear to take the cub out on a sled, but it's too cold and snowy everywhere else to take out the umbrella stroller.
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Why do my kids end up having a crisis, both on the same day? It would work better for me if we could space these things out. Holy blowing up my phone, Batman
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Crises always come in bunches. :LOL:
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Crises always come in bunches. :LOL:
I know. But I'm tired of adulting :lol1:
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Crises are like dustbunnies. They like flocking together.
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It's 18:46. Haven't had dinner yet. Crises are like dust bunnies. Can I go to bed now?
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It's 3:14pm
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Put me in the crisis boat too.
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My writing so far in my two rough drafts consists of 145 pages (85 pages for one, 60 pages for the other :-/ )
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My house still smells like the babysitter's perfume.
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Put me in the crisis boat too.
There's place for just a few more. And then we'll take off on a long long yourney. There will be alone time, there will be music, there will be books, there will be fun, there will have to be some folk festivals.
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I have this one friend who is a looney, yet a lovable one :M
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I have this one friend who is a looney, yet a lovable one :M
:eyelash:
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I have this one friend who is a looney, yet a lovable one :M
:eyelash:
:lol1:
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I have this one friend who is a looney, yet a lovable one :M
:eyelash:
Including Gary ^__^
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
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I am forever going to be alone...
especially when my one friend won't stop giving me the stop MIXED SIGNALS!!!!
If you like me as a friend, STOP WITH THE FUCKING MIXED SIGNALS GOD DAMN IT!
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
It gets to be a bit much sometimes. I'm not about to give her the assurances she craves but therapy through text messages is a lot of work.
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
It gets to be a bit much sometimes. I'm not about to give her the assurances she craves but therapy through text messages is a lot of work.
Same. We've been talking a lot about how he knows he has the skillset to answer these questions on his own but he doesn't like the feeling of anxiety so he wants someone else to answer it for him so it gets rid of the feeling quickly but that's not actually helping him.
The texting is a lot and it's amazing how much energy that can take.
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
It gets to be a bit much sometimes. I'm not about to give her the assurances she craves but therapy through text messages is a lot of work.
Same. We've been talking a lot about how he knows he has the skillset to answer these questions on his own but he doesn't like the feeling of anxiety so he wants someone else to answer it for him so it gets rid of the feeling quickly but that's not actually helping him.
The texting is a lot and it's amazing how much energy that can take.
I hear you. I'm in the same boat, I feel like I'm tethered to the phone some days now.
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
It gets to be a bit much sometimes. I'm not about to give her the assurances she craves but therapy through text messages is a lot of work.
Same. We've been talking a lot about how he knows he has the skillset to answer these questions on his own but he doesn't like the feeling of anxiety so he wants someone else to answer it for him so it gets rid of the feeling quickly but that's not actually helping him.
The texting is a lot and it's amazing how much energy that can take.
I hear you. I'm in the same boat, I feel like I'm tethered to the phone some days now.
I think enough of us have reached the stage in life where we need a section just for the parenting struggles. lol
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I feel like I'm being tugged by some strings... meh, it's all bullshit anyways -_-
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
Even my animals yawned knowing the obvious........
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The fact that my daughter's left the nest does not mean that she's suddenly immune to her OCD and no longer looking for assurances from me.
This. I'm at my wits end with the oldest. His is off the charts right now and combining that with his anxiety and work stress, it's constant questions. He can't seem to trust his own opinion about anything right now. :(
It gets to be a bit much sometimes. I'm not about to give her the assurances she craves but therapy through text messages is a lot of work.
Same. We've been talking a lot about how he knows he has the skillset to answer these questions on his own but he doesn't like the feeling of anxiety so he wants someone else to answer it for him so it gets rid of the feeling quickly but that's not actually helping him.
The texting is a lot and it's amazing how much energy that can take.
I hear you. I'm in the same boat, I feel like I'm tethered to the phone some days now.
I think enough of us have reached the stage in life where we need a section just for the parenting struggles. lol
We have meetups on Thursdays. :P
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I work from home, usually, which is great since I can start the day from the couch, answering email while drinking my morning coffee. This morning my wife decided to do the same. She had a conference call with someone, on the couch, when I got up.
My personal space has been violated. :P
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Facebook is catching on to my digital nomad lifestyle, it seems. I get a lot of ads on various ways to enhance my productivity while on the road.
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I went to an open house yesterday which I sort of liked. But the interior lighting was all weird. Instead of ceiling lights on the second level all the rooms had wall lights that were as dim as shit. Maybe it had something to do with the ceiling material itself, looked like some sort of panel instead of plasterboard.
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I went to an open house yesterday which I sort of liked. But the interior lighting was all weird. Instead of ceiling lights on the second level all the rooms had wall lights that were as dim as shit. Maybe it had something to do with the ceiling material itself, looked like some sort of panel instead of plasterboard.
So maybe that's the only way the lighting electrics could be done?
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
In Canada the police tell them to do that so that they can see the cars coming.
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
In Canada the police tell them to do that so that they can see the cars coming.
That's the rule here for pedestrians in the countryside. Not for people on bikes. Bikes are big part of traffic here. They have to follow the "regular" rules. And very often they will have their own paths or lanes to use.
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I went to an open house yesterday which I sort of liked. But the interior lighting was all weird. Instead of ceiling lights on the second level all the rooms had wall lights that were as dim as shit. Maybe it had something to do with the ceiling material itself, looked like some sort of panel instead of plasterboard.
So maybe that's the only way the lighting electrics could be done?
Evidently. I guess they didn't want to put holes into their fancy ass cladding on the raked ceilings. It's probably only PVC.
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I like having the house to myself first thing in the morning when it's quiet
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New Haven has way too may one way streets
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New Haven has way too may one way streets
The city next to mine is like that. Not always easy to navigate
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New Haven has way too may one way streets
The city next to mine is like that. Not always easy to navigate
It sucks, but it's still 1000 times better than NYC it's been almost two years since I had to go there for work
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New Haven has way too may one way streets
The city next to mine is like that. Not always easy to navigate
It sucks, but it's still 1000 times better than NYC it's been almost two years since I had to go there for work
Agreed. I almost moved there in 1995. I like to visit from time to time but that's about it.
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I only drove in NYC once, and it was a miserable experience.
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I only drove in NYC once, and it was a miserable experience.
My sister said I wouldn't enjoy NYC, too flashy, all the other schpeal...
Yet when I was in London UK, I was enjoying the little bit I was observing... of course, I was sleep-deprived from being awake on the plane from O'Hare to Heathrow.
When I go to the UK again, I wouldn't mind seeing London again, maybe go visit Manchester as well.
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
In Canada the police tell them to do that so that they can see the cars coming.
This was in the middle of said road.
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
In Canada the police tell them to do that so that they can see the cars coming.
That's the rule here for pedestrians in the countryside. Not for people on bikes. Bikes are big part of traffic here. They have to follow the "regular" rules. And very often they will have their own paths or lanes to use.
It's you and the Danes. One less amusing side of working in Copenhagen was to avoid getting run over by the bikes in the morning. They all hate pedestrians, it seems.
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Kids driving their bikes on the wrong side of the road. Not a lot of traffic on that particular road but cars are bigger than bikes.
In Canada the police tell them to do that so that they can see the cars coming.
That's the rule here for pedestrians in the countryside. Not for people on bikes. Bikes are big part of traffic here. They have to follow the "regular" rules. And very often they will have their own paths or lanes to use.
It's you and the Danes. One less amusing side of working in Copenhagen was to avoid getting run over by the bikes in the morning. They all hate pedestrians, it seems.
Here pedestrians often have their own paths to use. Especially when there will be lots of traffic on biicycle.So, most of the time it's fine. Often more clearly separated from the main road than the cyclist's lanes too.
But yes, cyclist's can be as agressive in traffic as other users of the road. Big problem here are the cyclist's with electrical support. Some if them go way to fast for a bicycle lane, but can't be on the main lanes either.
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The problem with cyclists around here is that they don't respect any rules. They ride their bikes on pavements and on main roads, depending on what happens to be best at any given moment.
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Lots of prohibited vehicles on the parkway today, technically I was one of them but you would have to look at my registration to see that I'm slightly over the weight limit
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You need to go on a diet. :P
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You need to go on a diet. :P
Yeah I do but loosing 1100 pounds is a little out of my reach :zoinks:
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My PC is having issues... so I decided to Crank Tweet Microsoft on the matter...
If anyone objects, please do so and I'll keep it in my logs.... if not, I'm going to raise hell with Microsoft regarding Windows 10.
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Schools are closed next week for March Break and the province has decided to close all public schools until April 6.
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Should I call myself off of work tomorrow? Just so I am on the safe side?
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Denmark and Norway are closing their schools for a while. Sweden's keeping them open for now.
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We're working from home as of today.
They haven't closed the cub's daycare... yet.
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Trudeau said he's considering closing the border for awhile.
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Schools here are closing and the grocery stores are mobbed
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Montreal is closing all public spaces for 2 weeks
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The grocery store was a zoo this morning and all out of TP, of course.
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No one is making fun of my toilet paper hoard now. :zoinks:
(https://nowucka.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/img_2723.jpg)
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:lol1:
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There were lots of dag walkers in the neighborhood I was working in today
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No one is making fun of my toilet paper hoard now. :zoinks:
You should start selling it for $200/roll.
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No one is making fun of my toilet paper hoard now. :zoinks:
You should start selling it for $200/roll.
I'd rather hoard it. :zoinks:
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ScoMo has a very punchable face. That's all I could observe during his address to the nation today.
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Denmark closed their borders yesterday. Norway did the same the evening before. Germany closed theirs today.
Sweden is keeping the borders open but I guess it really doesn't matter all that much when everyone else closes down theirs and most flights get cancelled.
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Canada hasn't closed yet but I suspect it's just a matter of time. Trudeau said he was considering it.
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Illinois has the schools shut down from 16th through the 30th...
Two weeks .__.
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This is so weird. From relative normalcy to shutdown in less than two weeks.
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Right? Curious what the Prime Minister will say today. The Premier said Ontario isn't shutting down but that was yesterday (and it was Ford so there's that too). Every day it changes. We had 42 more cases in my province overnight. Ours is the worst in the country but not anywhere near what Spain or Italy or even the US are going through. We're still relatively contained to just over 300 countrywide.
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Canada closed the border to all countries but the US. Exceptions are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, their immediate families, US citizens, and air crew. But anyone who shows signs of COVID-19 even if they are one of the exceptions will not be allowed into the country.
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Our borders are still open. Not sure it matters.
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Now it's closed to US citizens as well and some provinces are under a state of emergency (Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia)
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:( My last chance of getting help was a US friend coming to stay with me.
Fuck the universe.
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:( My last chance of getting help was a US friend coming to stay with me.
Fuck the universe.
Well shit. I'm so sorry, Pyr.
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Pritzker (Governor of my State) closed certain avenues down except for locales like Walmart (and/or other big box, and grocery locations)... the main locations in general as of this moment?
Primary Election Voting Booths all throughout...
Sheesh -_-
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They have been running lots of fiber optic cable around town lately
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We're cancelling the conference I'm one of the organisers for. There's no way in hell we can do it in June, the way things look now.
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They have been running lots of fiber optic cable around town lately
This reminds me I have to finish installing the new router in the basement.
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
That's what drives me bonkers. Countries can't contain it if people keep doing stupid shit.
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
That's what drives me bonkers. Countries can't contain it if people keep doing stupid shit.
And just now the PM just announced that all licensed venues are to be shutdown by midday tomorrow :zoinks:
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
That's what drives me bonkers. Countries can't contain it if people keep doing stupid shit.
And just now the PM just announced that all licensed venues are to be shutdown by midday tomorrow :zoinks:
Smart move
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
That's what drives me bonkers. Countries can't contain it if people keep doing stupid shit.
$1000-$50,000 fines now here.
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We're supposed to be socially distancing ourselves but that doesn't stop the pub over the fence from being packed full of patrons does it?
That's what drives me bonkers. Countries can't contain it if people keep doing stupid shit.
$1000-$50,000 fines now here.
That's smart. Nothing like that here but two police regions have been informed that no one will be getting vacation and all hands on deck so I'm thinking that's coming soon. There was an arrest in Quebec of a woman who tested positive and broke quarantine to go for a walk around the block. But I think she had been misinformed on what protocol was. She was wearing a mask, in her pj's, early in the morning when no one was out. I think she thought if she didn't see/talk to anyone that it was okay. Police took her to the hospital without incident.
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Someone claiming to be so and so from my Dad's past added me as a friend on Facebook...
Dad, on the other hand, got conformation from so and so's husband that this person isn't interested in getting back onto Facebook...
I guess practice for #AnnoyTheDon should be put into action?
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Finally got a full weeks of groceries so now I can relax. Nobody has anywhere to go until the 28th.
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Enjoy your time together!
We are all still working, although the two kids are on reduced hours. We still have more than normal time to spend together.
Really glad I no longer work for Best Buy! Even though they have stepped up on their own to pay employees who are staying home due to having kids out of school or feeling sick, etc. no customers are allowed inside the store. It has become a curb service stop. All employees are there working voluntarily, but with enhanced pay.
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We are. Everyone home and healthy, so far.
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I hope the US can avoid the situation that Italy finds itself in.
Australia is going to start heading into winter soon. That's when infection rates might soar.
I am in self quarantine. Boring. Can't even go for a walk or go shopping.
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What is with these armchair statisticians who think the mortality rate for this thing is overblown?
I just gave one a link to the CDC epidemiology theory and told them to knock themselves out with a calculator LOL.
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I hope the US can avoid the situation that Italy finds itself in.
Australia is going to start heading into winter soon. That's when infection rates might soar.
I am in self quarantine. Boring. Can't even go for a walk or go shopping.
The numbers out of the US is already worse than what Italy was at the same time period. I'm on day 11 of self quarantine. I gave myself a week for sloth mode but then I had to make a daily schedule to follow to have some balance.
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I hope the US can avoid the situation that Italy finds itself in.
Australia is going to start heading into winter soon. That's when infection rates might soar.
I am in self quarantine. Boring. Can't even go for a walk or go shopping.
The numbers out of the US is already worse than what Italy was at the same time period. I'm on day 11 of self quarantine. I gave myself a week for sloth mode but then I had to make a daily schedule to follow to have some balance.
Yep, thanks to trumpolini and his sycophants. We're behind the eight ball. So individual states are calling their own shut downs. And trumpolini is attacking them. He is a fucking asshole. But, the magatards here will be happy! ::)
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Went for a walk to the foreshore and there were loads of people down there drinking coffee from cafés that no longer have seating. So they were sitting on the foreshore benches or on the grass in the shade.
Also, on the way there I passed Centrelink and the line from there extended all the way to the corner. These are people that have to apply for benefits because they no longer have jobs.
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I hope the US can avoid the situation that Italy finds itself in.
Australia is going to start heading into winter soon. That's when infection rates might soar.
I am in self quarantine. Boring. Can't even go for a walk or go shopping.
I'm at an attempt of self quarantine.. so far it's somewhat decent.
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Went for a walk to the foreshore and there were loads of people down there drinking coffee from cafés that no longer have seating. So they were sitting on the foreshore benches or on the grass in the shade.
Also, on the way there I passed Centrelink and the line from there extended all the way to the corner. These are people that have to apply for benefits because they no longer have jobs.
I noticed this yesterday too, instead they were mulling around in a circle outside the cafe like a bunch of loitering teens. Stupidity finds a way.
The analysts are predicting that the unemployment rate won't go over 7.5% but I reckon that figure will be four times that.
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They postponed the project I was working in, and so now I'm officially out of work.
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They postponed the project I was working in, and so now I'm officially out of work.
Good luck Odeon!
The Indiana Governor is closing "everything," beginning today, this past midnight.
I spoke too soon about my daughter's job. They decided yesterday to shut down many of the locations in central Indiana.
So, as a result of shutting down a thriving restaurant, you have to do something with all the food you had planned to cook this week.
They are getting rid of everything, including all the food, napkins, menus, condiments, upholstered chairs, etc. so they can "sanitize the entire restaurant." Basically, everything that is not made of stainless steel that they can not pressure wash with bleach or is nailed down in some way, has to go.
On a more positive note, my daughter came home with four large "big brown grocery bags" which the restaurant used for carry out items, full of frozen meats and potatoes all ready to thaw and cook.
Bounty is huge, including two restaurant sized seven pound meatloaves, two large bags (twenty pounds) of frozen chicken breasts, two bags of frozen bread dough for rolls (quite a bit of prep to turn that into bread, but I am glad to have them), a few fresh fruits, some frozen fruits (used for berry pie filling), a few condiment things, like butter honey and crap.
The locations planning to close had already donated most everything to their regular food kitchens and charities where all their daily leftovers and overbuys go, but the last five working employees got a bit of the charity as well. That was just her part of five employees grabbing the last of the food from the restaurant.
I still have some freezer space, but wow. What a haul.
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They postponed the project I was working in, and so now I'm officially out of work.
Good luck Odeon!
Thanks mate.
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I hope the US can avoid the situation that Italy finds itself in.
Australia is going to start heading into winter soon. That's when infection rates might soar.
I am in self quarantine. Boring. Can't even go for a walk or go shopping.
The numbers out of the US is already worse than what Italy was at the same time period. I'm on day 11 of self quarantine. I gave myself a week for sloth mode but then I had to make a daily schedule to follow to have some balance.
Yep, thanks to trumpolini and his sycophants. We're behind the eight ball. So individual states are calling their own shut downs. And trumpolini is attacking them. He is a fucking asshole. But, the magatards here will be happy! ::)
They've now, unfortunately, topped every country in the world with their numbers. Including China, Spain and Italy. Awful.
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The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
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The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
No, that's very true. But I also think that if he had acted more quickly (he was briefed on it 3 months ago and chose to ignore it), he could have worked towards flattening the curve vs smashing through the top of it. That's really what my main point is. At the very least to offer some kind of reprieve for an already overwhelmed healthcare system. Places like Chicago and are now entertaining the idea of DNR for all COVID-19 patients, regardless of age, in order to protect their nursing staff.
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The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
Agreed. Even stats for confirmed cases are difficult due to more testing equals more cases, as well as mortality rates which would be deaths compared to confirmed cases. Though confirmed deaths per capita are a bit different. If one is interested in percapita data, found this website. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus It has a graph titled: Total confirmed deaths of COVID-19 per million people, which is easier viewed when moving the slider at the bottom to show only today's date.
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Per capita data can also be misleading. With a large nation such as China or the US, you'd need to look at epicentres. A "country" is somewhat arbitrary.
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that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
JUST LIKE YOUR ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE, THEN.
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Per capita data can also be misleading. With a large nation such as China or the US, you'd need to look at epicentres. A "country" is somewhat arbitrary.
Thats true; individual states might be a more fair comparison. New York currently has a death per million rate six times the national average, though Italy's rate is about five times that of New York, and Spain about three times New York,
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Per capita data can also be misleading. With a large nation such as China or the US, you'd need to look at epicentres. A "country" is somewhat arbitrary.
Thats true; individual states might be a more fair comparison. New York currently has a death per million rate six times the national average, though Italy's rate is about five times that of New York, and Spain about three times New York,
It makes sense how quickly it has spread through New York given how dense the population is and so many living in close quarters in parts of the state.
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As a former resident of that state. The densest pop. is NYC in the south, Buffalo in the west and Rochester in the north. The rest is pretty rural. NYC and it's points north and east. Points south belong to New Jersey and Penn. Just a little FYI.
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As a former resident of that state. The densest pop. is NYC in the south, Buffalo in the west and Rochester in the north. The rest is pretty rural. NYC and it's points north and east. Points south belong to New Jersey and Penn. Just a little FYI.
Yes, have spent a lot of time there throughout all my growing up years and in Uni. Was very close to moving to NY in '95.
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Per capita data can also be misleading. With a large nation such as China or the US, you'd need to look at epicentres. A "country" is somewhat arbitrary.
Thats true; individual states might be a more fair comparison. New York currently has a death per million rate six times the national average, though Italy's rate is about five times that of New York, and Spain about three times New York,
It makes sense how quickly it has spread through New York given how dense the population is and so many living in close quarters in parts of the state.
It does make sense. NYC alone has about two thirds of the states total deaths, placing the city about a third the rate of Italy
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Canada has 717 new cases confirmed since 9am this morning. Looking forward to seeing a decline in the rate of daily cases.
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Canada has 717 new cases confirmed since 9am this morning. Looking forward to seeing a decline in the rate of daily cases.
Canada is ahead of the curve. Unlike what the orange faced shit gibbon is and his magatard fundie minions is doing to US. >:(
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Canada has 717 new cases confirmed since 9am this morning. Looking forward to seeing a decline in the rate of daily cases.
Me too.
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Canada has 717 new cases confirmed since 9am this morning. Looking forward to seeing a decline in the rate of daily cases.
Me too.
Me too!
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Canada has 717 new cases confirmed since 9am this morning. Looking forward to seeing a decline in the rate of daily cases.
Me too.
I don't know what the hell is going on in Quebec, but their cases are exploding. They weren't anywhere near ON or BC who were neck and neck and then yesterday or the day before, they blew everyone out of the water.
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The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
indeed. Also ,be aware that different countries have vastly different access to test kits. here in the UK, our frontline NHS staff are still waiting to be tested; they've hardly tested anyone but Boris", cos they've hardly got any freaking test kits; so infection rates here will be way, way higher than "çonfirmed case figures suggest :(
Obviously, the States are much better equipped for testing people. saw a vid from the States of ordinary citizens standing in line at a station to be tested...errr, whaaa? yeah these are people who suspect they have co-vid 19 are NOT staying in isolation but rather getting all scrunched together in a long l;ne with others who think they have co-vid -19, and nobody's telling them: "FFS, Go home. guys. If you're not positive yet, then you surely will be, by the time you get tested"
Here in the UK (where Boris was rightly criticised fpr being a bit cavalier about this) we were told, three weeks or so back. that if we had any suspect symptoms then we must self-isolate.
...which I, myself duly did, having had the bad luck to pick up some virus or other at just the wrong moment. And i was just ready to come out of self-isolation when we were told that EVERYBODY (key workers excepted) has to stay at home from now on . huh. well truth to tell, it makes very little difference to my lifestyle, cos i can;t really go anywhere exept by taxi, and the fares here are such that i can rarely stretch to more transport than needed for medical appointments... which is exactly how i caught this damned thing, i do believe.
But my point is that untold thousands like myself would probably show up as statistics, if only tests were available. so i still don't know if had THE viris, or just some normal virus, do I? and it's likely to be weeks , if ever, before they can tell me the answer to that that.
Meantime , everybody's signed up for online supermarket services at once, ofc, and those servces are getting overwhelmed ofc.
Me, I've been very lucky thus far, actually had most of thse few things that i can actually eat delivered in sufficient quantities, almost per usual. But then, I got special privileges as pre-exising customer, ni telling how far that helped. i did experiece some blips due to panic-buying, previously . but hey! here i am, fat as ever, nothing drastic.
have been sick as dog these past few weeks mind, cos soon as i felt well enough to do so. i started following NHS advice to wash hands like a bad case of OCD , wipe down surfaces with disinfectant every time you touch something etc. but i;ve been plagued ever-more-severely with asthma, hayfever, weeping eyes, grogginess, sleepiness and other symptoms that i choose not to mention . Yesterday, i suddenly twigged that ALL those cleaning agents are full of corn derivatives (even my fucking soap, cos they changed the ingredients while i wasn't looking) so the more I clean, the more i'm breathing in molecules of corn . I've now I've stopped the damned cleaning and I'm feeling somewhat better already.
Feel free to laugh. I am! :LOL:
Hope they don't send the cops round to check if I'm obeying the cleaning directive. :LOL: Heck, this covid-19 thing nigh-on killed me, aleady, in an indirect fashion.
Good luck, everybody!
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Sweden's curve still appears to be fairly flat, but here, just as everywhere else, studying the country is not that meaningful. Look at the large cities instead.
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have been sick as dog these past few weeks mind, cos soon as i felt well enough to do so. i started following NHS advice to wash hands like a bad case of OCD , wipe down surfaces with disinfectant every time you touch something etc. but i;ve been plagued ever-more-severely with asthma, hayfever, weeping eyes, grogginess, sleepiness and other symptoms that i choose not to mention . Yesterday, i suddenly twigged that ALL those cleaning agents are full of corn derivatives (even my fucking soap, cos they changed the ingredients while i wasn't looking) so the more I clean, the more i'm breathing in molecules of corn . I've now I've stopped the damned cleaning and I'm feeling somewhat better already.
Feel free to laugh. I am! :LOL:
Hope they don't send the cops round to check if I'm obeying the cleaning directive. :LOL: Heck, this covid-19 thing nigh-on killed me, aleady, in an indirect fashion.
Honestly I haven't changed much about the way I'm cleaning my own place, except washing my hands when I've come in from something like a grocery run. Sanitizer everywhere seems needless when the conditions and people haven't changed. Makes more sense in public spaces.
Also, Walkie!!!! Good to see you.
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I don't know what the hell is going on in Quebec, but their cases are exploding. They weren't anywhere near ON or BC who were neck and neck and then yesterday or the day before, they blew everyone out of the water.
They changed their testing procedure.
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The US also has a much higher population than Italy or Spain. I don't want to downplay the threat but that particular statistic doesn't seem meaningful.
indeed. Also ,be aware that different countries have vastly different access to test kits. here in the UK, our frontline NHS staff are still waiting to be tested; they've hardly tested anyone but Boris", cos they've hardly got any freaking test kits; so infection rates here will be way, way higher than "çonfirmed case figures suggest :(
Obviously, the States are much better equipped for testing people. saw a vid from the States of ordinary citizens standing in line at a station to be tested...errr, whaaa? yeah these are people who suspect they have co-vid 19 are NOT staying in isolation but rather getting all scrunched together in a long l;ne with others who think they have co-vid -19, and nobody's telling them: "FFS, Go home. guys. If you're not positive yet, then you surely will be, by the time you get tested"
Here in the UK (where Boris was rightly criticised fpr being a bit cavalier about this) we were told, three weeks or so back. that if we had any suspect symptoms then we must self-isolate.
...which I, myself duly did, having had the bad luck to pick up some virus or other at just the wrong moment. And i was just ready to come out of self-isolation when we were told that EVERYBODY (key workers excepted) has to stay at home from now on . huh. well truth to tell, it makes very little difference to my lifestyle, cos i can;t really go anywhere exept by taxi, and the fares here are such that i can rarely stretch to more transport than needed for medical appointments... which is exactly how i caught this damned thing, i do believe.
But my point is that untold thousands like myself would probably show up as statistics, if only tests were available. so i still don't know if had THE viris, or just some normal virus, do I? and it's likely to be weeks , if ever, before they can tell me the answer to that that.
Meantime , everybody's signed up for online supermarket services at once, ofc, and those servces are getting overwhelmed ofc.
Me, I've been very lucky thus far, actually had most of thse few things that i can actually eat delivered in sufficient quantities, almost per usual. But then, I got special privileges as pre-exising customer, ni telling how far that helped. i did experiece some blips due to panic-buying, previously . but hey! here i am, fat as ever, nothing drastic.
have been sick as dog these past few weeks mind, cos soon as i felt well enough to do so. i started following NHS advice to wash hands like a bad case of OCD , wipe down surfaces with disinfectant every time you touch something etc. but i;ve been plagued ever-more-severely with asthma, hayfever, weeping eyes, grogginess, sleepiness and other symptoms that i choose not to mention . Yesterday, i suddenly twigged that ALL those cleaning agents are full of corn derivatives (even my fucking soap, cos they changed the ingredients while i wasn't looking) so the more I clean, the more i'm breathing in molecules of corn . I've now I've stopped the damned cleaning and I'm feeling somewhat better already.
Feel free to laugh. I am! :LOL:
Hope they don't send the cops round to check if I'm obeying the cleaning directive. :LOL: Heck, this covid-19 thing nigh-on killed me, aleady, in an indirect fashion.
Good luck, everybody!
Welcome back. The only public testing stations heard of here are drive through.
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Honestly I haven't changed much about the way I'm cleaning my own place, except washing my hands when I've come in from something like a grocery run. Sanitizer everywhere seems needless when the conditions and people haven't changed. Makes more sense in public spaces.
Haven't changed cleaning either. Though already bleach everything, and household cleaning supplies consist of only windex, bleach, and comet. :laugh:
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Hope they don't send the cops round to check if I'm obeying the cleaning directive. :LOL: Heck, this covid-19 thing nigh-on killed me, aleady, in an indirect fashion.
Honestly I haven't changed much about the way I'm cleaning my own place, except washing my hands when I've come in from something like a grocery run. Sanitizer everywhere seems needless when the conditions and people haven't changed. Makes more sense in public spaces.
Also, Walkie!!!! Good to see you.
Thanks, you too :)
weeeell, TBH. i'm stretching the rules a tad. i'm now employing a neighbour to help with cooking and laundry and she's started coming in and out again, since the virus cleared. i think she counts as a carer (therefore allowed) effectively, but wouldn't like to have to argue that point in court. given that her duties don't include 'personal care".
Facts are though
- since i moved into tiny flat without room for washing machine, and communal laundrry situated 40 yards from my door (and in an unheated outbui;ding FFS). can'tg get the laundry done without help, at least not without totally crippling myself for next several days
not to mention annoying fellow residents by falling asleep before laundry is done and inadvertently leaving it in the dryer overnight.
- since cutting out last traces of corn from diet.. (oh!and i'm now sensitive to soya too, now, did i say?) cooking a meal for myself is. on average, just as draining a task as doing the laundry. Cant eat frozen veg, ready meals (no matter how ""free from") store-bought bread (all GF varieties contain corn). stock cubes, marmite, sauces, etc, etc. As a result, can't get anything vaguely approaching a healthy diet without help.
[li] as reult of above help, not only am i eating much better, but now have the energy left over to be able to wash myself a lot more often than once per week (my average since moving, i'm afraid to admit)[/li][/list]
.Curiously, washing oneself seems to be a much bigger deal. and considerably more vital than any of this other stuff according to social services etc. and it's the thing i'm last willing to ask for help[ with ofc, especially given that I clearly could do it easily enough. if not so worn out.
Anyways since neighbour is coming in anyway, we figure she might as well stay and watch the ten;çlock news with me (she doesn;t have a TV licence) etc. That's not so annoying as you might think, cos she's autistic too, therefore can understand (via self-reference) the need for certain bounderies. though apt to forget sometimes. ofc. but. anyway, that's stretching my point even further isn't it?
Actually. it's c;ose to ideal, the way things worked out for both of us. As self-employed she's now lost almost all her income, and the "generous"" new government package doesn't even begin to plug the actual and immediate hole. So my own small, but ongoing contribution fell into place just when money was desperately needed. Win-win. :)
But there you are. I've been atoning for my small trangressions by much handwashing. like you would :LOL:
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My Chive plants are bursting out of the ground!!!!!!! :2thumbsup:
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I don't know what the hell is going on in Quebec, but their cases are exploding. They weren't anywhere near ON or BC who were neck and neck and then yesterday or the day before, they blew everyone out of the water.
They changed their testing procedure.
That would make sense. I hadn't heard that.
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My Chive plants are bursting out of the ground!!!!!!! :2thumbsup:
ooh! that's good to hear, though i'm also a little bit green with envy. had to leave all my beloved chive plants behind when my landlady kicked me out. I actually tried growing herbs here, but it was pretty damned futile. The only part of the "garden" that I can usefully reach is the exact same part that the local rough sleepers and junkies can usefully reach. Ugh! :zombiefuck:
Anyways, your post made me smile. in fond remembrance of what was possibly my favourite moment of spring, come to think. So thanks! :)
*sigh* Well, at least it's a constant reminder that things could easily be so very much worse for me... though, truth to tell, i never got the hang of taking comfort in other folks'misery, like you're meant to. That just seems heartless to me! :S . And I can''t help thinking that it's sad for us all that life round here has become so freaking ugly.
But, hey :) somewhere, chives still burst out of the ground in the spring, and that makes me feel there's a tiny bit of hope for us all.
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My front yard is making a statement, for sure. About a third of my daffodils, all my crocuses, very early species tulips and all my alliums are either blooming or about to. Surprised to see the Turkish tulips up and blooming with the others.
It has been a weird winter. Never really got super cold, like twenty below zero Fahrenheit or anything. Rained a lot. Barely snowed.
No blooms from the Allium plants, such as decorative garlic, flowering chives, etc. but those types make their first show with stiff spiky foliage. Very fetching. There will not be any blooms from this genus until July, around here.
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My front yard is making a statement, for sure. About a third of my daffodils, all my crocuses, very early species tulips and all my alliums are either blooming or about to. Surprised to see the Turkish tulips up and blooming with the others.
It has been a weird winter. Never really got super cold, like twenty below zero Fahrenheit or anything. Rained a lot. Barely snowed.
No blooms from the Allium plants, such as decorative garlic, flowering chives, etc. but those types make their first show with stiff spiky foliage. Very fetching. There will not be any blooms from this genus until July, around here.
Really miss having daffodils. There's no winter so they don't grow here.
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The old couple across the street are sitting in lawnchairs on their front lawn in the sunshine. They're so freaking cute. :zoinks:
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..usual loada overlong drivel....
Welcome back. The only public testing stations heard of here are drive through.
Thanks. :) Very, very nearly gave you a drive-through plus by way of thanks. :hide:
i know, i know, but i'm a bit out of practice/ have a head like a sieve/ whatever
no offence intended, ever... :apondering: except when offence really is intended. and that's very rare . and wouldn't ever do that by way of a plus. much too forthright for that :green: :asthing:
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The karma system here isn't offensive; it's awkward and creepy.
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The karma system here isn't offensive; it's awkward and creepy.
You're awkward and creepy. :hahaha:
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Lots of New York cars on the parkway this morning heading North
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I learned a few days abo that it's possible to regrow the ends of regular store bought onions by suspending the roots in water, and grow a who.e new edible onion. In the current spirit of self sufficiency I'm testing it out, and already see some new root tendrils on my spring onion ends.
I'd kinda had the impression that Monsanto and the like had rendered most store bought veg sterile due to absurd copyrights, so I'm happy to learn that's not always the case.
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The sky is blue, the rain happened... and I was asleep until 3:03pm Local Time today
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Great to see you, as always, Walkie.
Not too many extra long posts these days, with Al and Lestat missing in action. Yours, at least, are always interesting and don't boil down to "Odeon is a poo poo head and he was mean to me once".
We are not yet in full lockdown but I had to cut short an overseas trip and I am not allowed to leave the house. 7 days of self quarantine down, 7 to go.
I don't envy your food intolerances. Mine are annoying enough and they are mild by comparison. I suspect my food intolerances started at the same place my bad teeth did, with heavy doses of tetracycline when I were a wee lad.
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Lots of people walking their dogs.
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Great to see you, as always, Walkie.
Not too many extra long posts these days, with Al and Lestat missing in action. Yours, at least, are always interesting and don't boil down to "Odeon is a poo poo head and he was mean to me once".
We are not yet in full lockdown but I had to cut short an overseas trip and I am not allowed to leave the house. 7 days of self quarantine down, 7 to go.
I don't envy your food intolerances. Mine are annoying enough and they are mild by comparison. I suspect my food intolerances started at the same place my bad teeth did, with heavy doses of tetracycline when I were a wee lad.
hey! thanks :)
"Odeon is a poo-poo head"" made me chuckle
I looked up tetracycline. It wasn't clear from the info I found, why it would have those effects? I'm now curious about that.
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I learned a few days abo that it's possible to regrow the ends of regular store bought onions by suspending the roots in water, and grow a who.e new edible onion. In the current spirit of self sufficiency I'm testing it out, and already see some new root tendrils on my spring onion ends.
I'd kinda had the impression that Monsanto and the like had rendered most store bought veg sterile due to absurd copyrights, so I'm happy to learn that's not always the case.
Planted a few in the garden over a year ago. Have been harvesting a lot from the plants. They bloomed last summer. To my utter surprise they started budding the end of February. That's what they still are doing. It's too cold to bloom.
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The UK government have told us not to gather in groups and a maximum of 2 people without social distancing, however. I see a group of 6 walking casually as if nothing has happened or haven't heard of we are on lockdown?
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I had a doctor's appointment in the city this morning and everything was eerily quiet. Not many people out and about.
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My front yard is making a statement, for sure. About a third of my daffodils, all my crocuses, very early species tulips and all my alliums are either blooming or about to. Surprised to see the Turkish tulips up and blooming with the others.
It has been a weird winter. Never really got super cold, like twenty below zero Fahrenheit or anything. Rained a lot. Barely snowed.
No blooms from the Allium plants, such as decorative garlic, flowering chives, etc. but those types make their first show with stiff spiky foliage. Very fetching. There will not be any blooms from this genus until July, around here.
Really miss having daffodils. There's no winter so they don't grow here.
No winter where I grew up, either. Never knew what I was missing, until I came to Indiana to live.
The only ones who had "spring bulbs" blooming in south Texas were large nurseries that had enough cool space to keep thousands of bulbs dormant at a degree above freezing for a few months, just to make the effort worth it all.
The game then becomes about finding the exact sub-species or cultivar of popular brilliant spring flowering bulbs which require the fewest weeks of dormancy to still put on a big show. Then, sell as many as you can!
Here I am enjoying bulbs that I planted ten or even fifteen years ago and they have survived with basic minimal care.
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I learned a few days abo that it's possible to regrow the ends of regular store bought onions by suspending the roots in water, and grow a who.e new edible onion. In the current spirit of self sufficiency I'm testing it out, and already see some new root tendrils on my spring onion ends.
I'd kinda had the impression that Monsanto and the like had rendered most store bought veg sterile due to absurd copyrights, so I'm happy to learn that's not always the case.
I have posted about this in many conversations over the many years I have been here.
Generally, if you are intending to plant the bottoms of fresh green spring onions AND you already have a garden bed prepared for just such a treasure, do not even bother with the roots in water trick. I keep a place for just these types of food scraps and I simply walk out with them after meal prep with a trowel and put them directly into the soil.
I place them about an inch deep and keep the area moist. I often see the first leaves above ground in just a few days.
I have also replanted fennel, lettuce, garlic (and mainly almost any vegetable that is complete with a root end attached will work) all which came from the grocery store.
Another tip about your spring onions: When you harvest, do not pull them up. Bring garden handheld clippers with you and dig just under the soil and clip them, instead of pulling the whole thing up. That way you are not pulling the roots out disturbing them quite dramatically and then replanting them. Just leave them in place, clip the part you want to eat and the remaining undisturbed root will regrow much faster.
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Came back to this remembering you mentioned Monsanto.
There is probably more than a little hybridization underway which makes keeping seeds impossible and that is true of all those "big science" plant companies.
However, since you still have a viable root connected to your onion, you have the actual parent product and all the offspring will resemble the original plant. Main variables then revolve around the growing conditions.
Biggest problem I have encountered trying to re-root onions is when the original store batch was speed dried, using a low temperature, vacuum kiln drying process.
I suspect that this process does damage to the roots that does not "heal."
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I learned a few days abo that it's possible to regrow the ends of regular store bought onions by suspending the roots in water, and grow a who.e new edible onion. In the current spirit of self sufficiency I'm testing it out, and already see some new root tendrils on my spring onion ends.
I'd kinda had the impression that Monsanto and the like had rendered most store bought veg sterile due to absurd copyrights, so I'm happy to learn that's not always the case.
Planted a few in the garden over a year ago. Have been harvesting a lot from the plants. They bloomed last summer. To my utter surprise they started budding the end of February. That's what they still are doing. It's too cold to bloom.
If you study the "flowers" you will find many tiny clumps of immature seeds. As they mature and dry they become viable. Since Allium is a biennial genus you will not get any bulbs the first year. Plenty of top growth, but the bulbs form in the second year.
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Golf clubs are booming here. Swedish virus restrictions are comparatively mild so playing golf is OK for now.
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Golf clubs are booming here. Swedish virus restrictions are comparatively mild so playing golf is OK for now.
People here are talking about how shocked they are that people there can do those kinds of things. It's getting a little judgy. :hide:
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My stepdad is still playing golf a number of times per week. But the clubhouse is closed so he can't have a cold beer afterwards. He has to wait until he gets home.
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OUCH!
Here, the state, many cities, a few counties, etc. are looking into allowing sealed bottle carry out from bars and restaurants in an effort to try and keep some of the important businesses alive during this "fear." No mixed drink carry out, but the change would help the bars and restaurants move out some inventory and make a few bucks to stay afloat.
I would think that it should be fairly easy to keep a safe distance and still serve refreshments to tired thirsty golfers outside. Just pay the employees hazard levels, only use volunteer work, supply them with proper protective gear and shut up. Keep the good things going!
PS
I am not a golfer. I have never golfed, except Texas style where you gamble. Some jerk hits a ball way out there and you get to shoot it with your high powered rifle. First to hit the ball wins the pot of sign up money. Just like bingo, but a little more interesting.
That is FUN!
I have played miniature golf, twice and I honestly have no explanation as to why I ever repeated this mistake. I truly am not that good.
BUT, golf is good for people and it is a mostly harmless if not good thing in general.
Any business that begins with over planting acres of land with oxygen producers/carbon dioxide eaters deserves a few positive thoughts.
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My normal resting temperature, when I'm not overheated from running around at work,
is in the 97 degrees F range. I like to see those nice low numbers so I know I'm OK. 8)
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Welcome back.
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TeH Danger is among us.
I feel safe now.
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
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TeH Danger is among us.
I feel safe now.
I do what I can. :heisenberg:
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
Yeah, keep your social distance, weeble. :zoinks:
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
Yeah, keep your social distance, weeble. :zoinks:
I'm not going anywhere near your burrow. It's an actual shithole. :gopher: :hahaha:
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
Yeah, keep your social distance, weeble. :zoinks:
I'm not going anywhere near your burrow. It's an actual shithole. :gopher: :hahaha:
No way. My bitches keep everything neat and tidy. :zoinks:
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Golf clubs are booming here. Swedish virus restrictions are comparatively mild so playing golf is OK for now.
People here are talking about how shocked they are that people there can do those kinds of things. It's getting a little judgy. :hide:
Sweden's taken a different approach to most countries. A former prime minister suggests we tend to self-isolate anyway. :P
I don't know if our approach is any worse than the rest of the world's. The numbers suggest it isn't.
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
Yeah, keep your social distance, weeble. :zoinks:
I'm not going anywhere near your burrow. It's an actual shithole. :gopher: :hahaha:
No way. My bitches keep everything neat and tidy. :zoinks:
Apart from the rabies. :hahaha:
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Why has my younger cat become obsessed with the front window? He paws at it all the time. I go to look at what all the fuss is about and there's nothing there, not a bug or gecko, nothing :dunno:
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TeH Danger is among us.
I feel safe now.
hehe, me too.
WELCOME BACK WEEBLE! :cbc: :grouphug:
i thought COVID-19 would bring some oldies back :)
me, i self-isolate almost all the time, so it's sorta co-incidence in my case (and curiosity, and missing folk)
heck it's gonna be even harder keeping up with you lot, now that you all have the exact same advantage as me
it's really good to see so many of the old crowd anyway :)
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They just announced that we're on quarantine (except for essential services) for 12 more weeks
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We Ontario or Canada?
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We Ontario or Canada?
Ontario. This came from Ford. Trudeau didn't say anything specific during his press briefing today but did say he's not above adding extra measures if people don't start doing what they're asked to do. But I think your numbers aren't climbing as quickly anymore are they? They still are in ON.
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Welcome back.
Thank you. *doesn't touch you* ;)
Yeah, keep your social distance, weeble. :zoinks:
I'm not going anywhere near your burrow. It's an actual shithole. :gopher: :hahaha:
No way. My bitches keep everything neat and tidy. :zoinks:
Apart from the rabies. :hahaha:
They accept me for who I am. :zoinks:
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A former prime minister suggests we tend to self-isolate anyway. :P
:zoinks:
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Why has my younger cat become obsessed with the front window? He paws at it all the time. I go to look at what all the fuss is about and there's nothing there, not a bug or gecko, nothing :dunno:
He wants to go outside and do cat things. :M
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A former prime minister suggests we tend to self-isolate anyway. :P
:zoinks:
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This is so true. You have no idea. :lol1:
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Business is booming for legal publishers. Wondering why that is.
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A former prime minister suggests we tend to self-isolate anyway. :P
:zoinks:
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This is so true. You have no idea. :lol1:
I wonder what autism rates in Sweden are like?
but more to the point, your country just isn't overcrowded like mine, is it? You have space to spread yourselves out. Try doing that on the London tube and 99% of passengers would be so late for work, it would be time to go home before they arrived :laugh:
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The tube is crowded, sure, but people still avoid eye contact. The same with walking in London. Lots of people but no Brit will establish eye contact.
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The tube is crowded, sure, but people still avoid eye contact. The same with walking in London. Lots of people but no Brit will establish eye contact.
'that's cos the nutters are inclined to mistake it for a "come on". So they say (and can vouch for the truth in that) but hey! if we all did it, then they'd have to find something else to over-react to, wouldn't they?
I found that carrying a sketch pad and pencil around helps, if you like staring at other people. They are flattered rather than outraged if it turns out that you you are making a sketch of them :green:
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Business is booming for legal publishers. Wondering why that is.
In countries that have been in quarantine longer than most are also reporting that divorce lawyers are also very busy :P
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The tube is crowded, sure, but people still avoid eye contact. The same with walking in London. Lots of people but no Brit will establish eye contact.
Many could be avoiding eye contact because they are having to ration their own toilet paper. They are not confident that their butts are clean.
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Business is booming for legal publishers. Wondering why that is.
In countries that have been in quarantine longer than most are also reporting that divorce lawyers are also very busy :P
Possibly not your area of concern, but here it is the gun dealers also showing super successful business times.
One of the guys I stop by often (I usually use his resources for smithing work, since I really do not buy many guns these days. I have plenty.) told me a few days ago that he was almost out of handguns. He showed me an insurance pic he had dug up to use for promotional reasons that showed his three huge safes packed full of over two thousand handguns in stock "We have it in your size" was his slogan, as if he had a shoe store.
He had about two hundred guns on display and NONE in the safes.
That is just the handguns. He is very low on shotguns and rifles as well and no ammo whatsoever.
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Someone needs to make a meme using a total milquetoast wimp celebrity all long-bearded and muscled up from a long time "in the fight," armed well, guarding his mountain of toilet paper.
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There was a brick shithouse of a bouncer outside the grocery store today, letting one person at a time trickle in and making sure everyone stayed in line at a sufficient distance apart.
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There was a brick shithouse of a bouncer outside the grocery store today, letting one person at a time trickle in and making sure everyone stayed in line at a sufficient distance apart.
:hide:
eek. That feels very doomsday-ish.
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TeH Danger is among us.
I feel safe now.
hehe, me too.
WELCOME BACK WEEBLE! :cbc: :grouphug:
i thought COVID-19 would bring some oldies back :)
me, i self-isolate almost all the time, so it's sorta co-incidence in my case (and curiosity, and missing folk)
heck it's gonna be even harder keeping up with you lot, now that you all have the exact same advantage as me
it's really good to see so many of the old crowd anyway :)
Hello Walkie! Good to see you too!
Thank god for the internet, where we can still meet safely no matter what. :hug:
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There was a brick shithouse of a bouncer outside the grocery store today, letting one person at a time trickle in and making sure everyone stayed in line at a sufficient distance apart.
:hide:
eek. That feels very doomsday-ish.
Granted I don't live in the greatest neighbourhood but it was still weird. So I went to the drugstore across the street instead, which also has essentials. :laugh:
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Another freaky doomsday-ish feeling hit me today ...
Last night/early morning on patrol doing the Neighborhood Watch thing, Tom and I did not see a single soul outside anywhere on any of our routes. Only one car drove by that we saw from 1 AM until a bit after 5 AM and it was a police car.
This is a small, "roll up the sidewalks early" type of community (hence the need for trained neighborhood watch programs being popular - you see someone roaming at stupid late they are probably from Indy and bring an undesirable element to a small town. Watch and report.) anyway, but last night was VERY still.
Last week it was fairly light with still a bit of bustle ruffling, but not last night. Creepy.
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The tube is crowded, sure, but people still avoid eye contact. The same with walking in London. Lots of people but no Brit will establish eye contact.
Many could be avoiding eye contact because they are having to ration their own toilet paper. They are not confident that their butts are clean.
:lol1:
This was already the case before covid-19. :laugh:
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There was a queue to the state-owned liquor store today, with a guard making sure that only a few people were allowed in at the same time.
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A few stores in our area have initiated number limits on customers at a time. They use only one entrance and another for exit to keep track of the number. Market Basket for one, though other stores are considering the same option.
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A few stores in our area have initiated number limits on customers at a time. They use only one entrance and another for exit to keep track of the number. Market Basket for one, though other stores are considering the same option.
Obligatory here now.
And sanitizer at the entrance. So the shopping carts have clean handles.
Staff is polishing doors of fridge and freezer units clean constantly.
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A few stores in our area have initiated number limits on customers at a time. They use only one entrance and another for exit to keep track of the number. Market Basket for one, though other stores are considering the same option.
Obligatory here now.
And sanitizer at the entrance. So the shopping carts have clean handles.
Staff is polishing doors of fridge and freezer units clean constantly.
When I walked into Lowe's (a hardware super store), they were doing the same thing with the carts.
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There was a brick shithouse of a bouncer outside the grocery store today, letting one person at a time trickle in and making sure everyone stayed in line at a sufficient distance apart.
:hide:
eek. That feels very doomsday-ish.
Granted I don't live in the greatest neighbourhood but it was still weird. So I went to the drugstore across the street instead, which also has essentials. :laugh:
That's exactly what I would have done :laugh:
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They're mounting protective glass sheets in front of counters in some shops now. Saw one at a coffee specialty shop yesterday.
Now, there's an essential business if you ever saw one.
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They're mounting protective glass sheets in front of counters in some shops now. Saw one at a coffee specialty shop yesterday.
Now, there's an essential business if you ever saw one.
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Coffeeshops, I they are still open are only take away now.
The supermarket has customized perspex sheets at the tills.
The snackbar has conjured a screen all the way through the shop. A drywall frame of wood covered with a huge sheet of plastic. With one small opening to transfer food and pay by card.
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The youngest is asleep, as are the dogs. HB and the oldest are at the grocery store so the house is blissfully quiet. :heart:
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They're mounting protective glass sheets in front of counters in some shops now. Saw one at a coffee specialty shop yesterday.
Now, there's an essential business if you ever saw one.
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Coffeeshops, I they are still open are only take away now.
The supermarket has customized perspex sheets at the tills.
The snackbar has conjured a screen all the way through the shop. A drywall frame of wood covered with a huge sheet of plastic. With one small opening to transfer food and pay by card.
This specialty shop sells coffee beans from all over the world. They also have an excellent selection of chocolates.
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We have a favorite shop in town here, too. Last time I popped in there I dropped forty bucks on coffee beans and some green tea.
Was not enough. They are unfortunately closed now. No carry out service, even.
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Sweden's been quite relaxed about restrictions so far, yet they're now asking the parliament to grant them extraordinary powers for the next three months. The idea is to not have to go through parliament for temporary legislation to curb the virus.
Ugh. This is not a government I trust.
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If the virus were to spread there, as quickly as it has in other places, I can see why that might be necessary **if** moving things through Parliament can take awhile. We have an Emergency Measures act which allows special temporary measures to ensure safety and security during national emergencies. Although any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. And each Municipality has more power to lock things down as need to help control spread in their own immediate area so they don't have to wait for the Premier of the Province to authorize things.
We have 3600 cases in my province and they've put all restrictions in place up to the point of ordering a shelter in place (right now they're asking people to do the right thing, and counting on the majority doing so but they do have the power to issue tickets up to 5K for people who refuse to follow social distancing rules) but even with all that in place...people only leaving home for groceries, medical appoints, a walk around the block or working an essential service, they will expect we will have 80,000 confirmed cases by the end of April.
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Our street has been pretty quiet traffic-wise today.
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If the virus were to spread there, as quickly as it has in other places, I can see why that might be necessary **if** moving things through Parliament can take awhile. We have an Emergency Measures act which allows special temporary measures to ensure safety and security during national emergencies. Although any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. And each Municipality has more power to lock things down as need to help control spread in their own immediate area so they don't have to wait for the Premier of the Province to authorize things.
We have 3600 cases in my province and they've put all restrictions in place up to the point of ordering a shelter in place (right now they're asking people to do the right thing, and counting on the majority doing so but they do have the power to issue tickets up to 5K for people who refuse to follow social distancing rules) but even with all that in place...people only leaving home for groceries, medical appoints, a walk around the block or working an essential service, they will expect we will have 80,000 confirmed cases by the end of April.
I've no problems with taking decisions quickly if need be. It's just that I'd rather see another government.
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If the virus were to spread there, as quickly as it has in other places, I can see why that might be necessary **if** moving things through Parliament can take awhile. We have an Emergency Measures act which allows special temporary measures to ensure safety and security during national emergencies. Although any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. And each Municipality has more power to lock things down as need to help control spread in their own immediate area so they don't have to wait for the Premier of the Province to authorize things.
We have 3600 cases in my province and they've put all restrictions in place up to the point of ordering a shelter in place (right now they're asking people to do the right thing, and counting on the majority doing so but they do have the power to issue tickets up to 5K for people who refuse to follow social distancing rules) but even with all that in place...people only leaving home for groceries, medical appoints, a walk around the block or working an essential service, they will expect we will have 80,000 confirmed cases by the end of April.
I've no problems with taking decisions quickly if need be. It's just that I'd rather see another government.
That's fair
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Looks like they'll get their speshul powers. Supposedly there is a worry that the relaxed attitude is not as effective as some had hoped.
I do agree that they have to do more.
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Car traffic around me has gone way down but foot traffic has skyrocketed
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
If that is the case, that's pretty hopeful. Then we will have that group immunity sooner than I expected.
But o e would expect quite some serious cases too, in that environment. Did they say anything about that? And do you know if they used reliable tests? (There seems to be quite a market for very dodgy tests too)
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There was a queue to the state-owned liquor store today, with a guard making sure that only a few people were allowed in at the same time.
Ours are private sector, of course, but I was going to buy a super sweet rum for a fancy cake I want to make.
Local stores are closed to public and trying to stay alive with curbside service. That did not work for me. I need to browse a bit.
My fancy Caribbean cake will have to wait for a while.
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
If that is the case, that's pretty hopeful. Then we will have that group immunity sooner than I expected.
But o e would expect quite some serious cases too, in that environment. Did they say anything about that? And do you know if they used reliable tests? (There seems to be quite a market for very dodgy tests too)
The tests were reliable, as far as I know - this was the Swedish health authorities doing random tests. It is indeed promising if true, but I've not seen it mentioned again yet.
There is a mathematician who claims that between 500,000 and 1,500,000 Swedes have had the virus already, based on statistical analysis and information about previous virus spreads, This guy does statistical analysis of infectious diseases for a living and supposedly knows what he's talking about. Now if THAT is true, then it's very good news.
But me, I'm thinking there is a catch somewhere.
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There was a queue to the state-owned liquor store today, with a guard making sure that only a few people were allowed in at the same time.
Ours are private sector, of course, but I was going to buy a super sweet rum for a fancy cake I want to make.
Local stores are closed to public and trying to stay alive with curbside service. That did not work for me. I need to browse a bit.
My fancy Caribbean cake will have to wait for a while.
Caribbean cake? :toporly:
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
This is why many in the medical community have said that masks are recommended when out in public. The mask does not protect you, but it may help to curb the spread of the virus from people who are infected but showing no symptoms.
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Delivery trucks seem to go my my house almost nonstop all day
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
This is why many in the medical community have said that masks are recommended when out in public. The mask does not protect you, but it may help to curb the spread of the virus from people who are infected but showing no symptoms.
But it also suggests that far more people have had the virus than originally thought.
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Lots of people out and about. Not good.
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Apparently they tested a group of people in a supermarket or similar at random, here. Half of them had the virus but none had any symptoms.
This is why many in the medical community have said that masks are recommended when out in public. The mask does not protect you, but it may help to curb the spread of the virus from people who are infected but showing no symptoms.
But it also suggests that far more people have had the virus than originally thought.
I'm going for the hopeful interpretation.
Masks and gloves for the general public is advised against here. They would help, when applied the right way. But would be counterproductive when used the wrong way.
But there is desinfectant at the entrance of stores. Handles of grocery carts are cleaned between customers. Employees keep on deep cleansing all surfaces regularly touched. There are lines on floors, indicating what 1,5 meter is. I'm pretty impressed by how well people do keep to the regulations. Also with the wa spring weather. And the curve of acceleration in hospitalisation seems to flatten nicely.
Now hoping it will go down soon.
If that many people have been infected already, without getting sick, it may go down soon.
Am aware that figures in Sweden will probably be higher, because of quite lax regulations, compared to other European countries.
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Look, there's toilet rolls again and a whole ton of them too. :o
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They're restocked here too. Still can't find yeast or disinfecting wipes though. And all purpose flour is still hard to come by but I found a bag a few weeks ago.
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Rice is difficult to come by. :-\
Was at the supermarket yesterday. There was a public announcement on the speakers about social distancing while shopping, and I couldn't help but think about dystopian science fiction films. I expected the speaker to continue with "and remember that your government loves you."
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Rice is difficult to come by. :-\
Was at the supermarket yesterday. There was a public announcement on the speakers about social distancing while shopping, and I couldn't help but think about dystopian science fiction films. I expected the speaker to continue with "and remember that your government loves you."
Big Brother is Watching! :santa:
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We'll be the first to succumb to the robotic overlords.
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We'll be the first to succumb to the robotic overlords.
There was a Gold Key comic book series set in the 30-31 first century called "Magnus, robot hunter". Who could decapitate a robot with a single karate chop. More recently, there was Samurai Jack, who could slice thru Aku's Robot hunters with his magic sword.
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Damn it Mrs. King, why did you mention to me about her again? Why!?!
:(
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Rice is difficult to come by. :-\
Was at the supermarket yesterday. There was a public announcement on the speakers about social distancing while shopping, and I couldn't help but think about dystopian science fiction films. I expected the speaker to continue with "and remember that your government loves you."
:laugh:
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We'll be the first to succumb to the robotic overlords.
Near me Stop and Shop already has a robot and it;s creepy as hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_ge2IUykc
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All the storm sirens went off a little while ago warning of an extra high tide and flooding on the beach road I wasn't expecting it and it freaked me out a bit till I hear the announcement
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There's growing dissent among scientists about the path chosen by this government. Some say that the voluntary social distancing is not nearly enough and that as a result more people will die.
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I don't need more enemies at work... I've had enough after the first time, and the people who hated me already left....
Now we have a new "Mr. Bob" who I refer to as Anglo-Bob -__-
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A Swedish daily newspaper had an article about Swedish supermodels having to find new career paths in the wake of the coronavirus. This is indeed worrying.
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Oh no, the poor lambs!
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Paraphrase:
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
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Did a porch drop off of mask supplies at my friend's house and brought the dogs for the drive. Took pics and both dogs are grinning. Amazing how the simplest things are the happiest things right now.
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Paraphrase:
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
Damn it! Now I want the Criterion Edition of that movie :(
I have the old DVD of it from the thrift shop, so I'm still keeping it because it's a good conditioned relic.
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Paraphrase:
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
Damn. Now I want to watch that movie.
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22 Swedish scientists signed a letter protesting against the lax handling of the coronavirus crisis.
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Paraphrase:
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
Damn. Now I want to watch that movie.
Over the winter my daughter and I watched many movies together. That was one she had never seen in its entirety, only excerpts.
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Paraphrase:
Do you hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
Damn. Now I want to watch that movie.
Over the winter my daughter and I watched many movies together. That was one she had never seen in its entirety, only excerpts.
It's a brilliant movie. I've screened it a couple of dozen times at least but haven't seen it since it came out.
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
They keep coming into walmart for boredom relief! And I want to smack the living shit out of them.
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
They keep coming into walmart for boredom relief! And I want to smack the living shit out of them.
They make the worst messes too... and I clean a Walmart!
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
They keep coming into walmart for boredom relief! And I want to smack the living shit out of them.
I'll help.
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
"He would consider it rude."
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
They keep coming into walmart for boredom relief! And I want to smack the living shit out of them.
I'll help.
Do you take requests?
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Saw a large gathering of teenagers laughing and talking on the street. Surely, friends will not infect friends. Right?
They keep coming into walmart for boredom relief! And I want to smack the living shit out of them.
I'll help.
Do you take requests?
I'd like to request a free cherry coke. :zoinks:
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So we got our "economic stimulus" check from the IRS. :-\ It was nice, and we are in a good place overall, BUT, I keep thinking that 1200 dollars in a one off payment is not gonna do a whole helluva lot beyond a month or so for the unemployed, people on the edge of financial crisis, the homeless, etc. The plus side is that for us it was a direct deposit from the IRS.......I didn't have to soil myself by touching a check with trumpolini's name on it. :zombiefuck:
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Dinner is more fun to cook when you're drinking a glass of wine and playing music
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Dinner is more fun to cook when you're drinking a glass of wine and playing music
Yep! :wine: AND changing the channel when the trumpolini press conference comes on. I wanted to watch MASH, but, I'll settle for Wheel of Fortune.
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So many small rocks in the garden where the fuck do they come from? When I put the garden there I sifted the soil down to about 8 inches yet every year there are more fucking rocks
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So many small rocks in the garden where the fuck do they come from? When I put the garden there I sifted the soil down to about 8 inches yet every year there are more fucking rocks
They come from a hard place. :zoinks:
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Dinner is more fun to cook when you're drinking a glass of wine and playing music
Just as BBQ'ing outside requires a cold beer.
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Dinner is more fun to cook when you're drinking a glass of wine and playing music
Just as BBQ'ing outside requires a cold beer.
:agreed: But I don't drink beer so I just take my wine outside when I BBQ :laugh:
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Dinner is more fun to cook when you're drinking a glass of wine and playing music
Just as BBQ'ing outside requires a cold beer.
:agreed: But I don't drink beer so I just take my wine outside when I BBQ :laugh:
That works too. :laugh:
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So many small rocks in the garden where the fuck do they come from? When I put the garden there I sifted the soil down to about 8 inches yet every year there are more fucking rocks
They come from a hard place. :zoinks:
A penis?
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So many small rocks in the garden where the fuck do they come from? When I put the garden there I sifted the soil down to about 8 inches yet every year there are more fucking rocks
Growing up, picked up large rocks from the field every year and joked about owning a rock farm.
https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/how-rocks-appear-your-garden.php
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So many small rocks in the garden where the fuck do they come from? When I put the garden there I sifted the soil down to about 8 inches yet every year there are more fucking rocks
They come from a hard place. :zoinks:
A penis?
Gawd, I hope not. :zombiefuck:
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Moved onto Variscite. In a big way :boatfish:
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
Here it's ok, as long as they are not crowded. And we took great pains to find lesser known places to hike. If it had been crowded we would have turned around and tried another alternative.
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People are out and about in hordes here. Not the right way to self isolate.
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Just noticed that the people who are taking a bus in London all have to go through the back doors and they would not need to pay to go anywhere.
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Wouldn't want to travel by bus right now. :-\
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I hate fishing. :fish2:
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
I merely parked my car within the vague vicinity of a park (and then walked the other direction) and had a cop suspiciously pulling up to the vehicle.
So I'm resorting to taking the cub to less conspicuous places for a walk. Like random other neighbourhoods. And graveyards. :LOL:
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Graveyards FTW. :laugh:
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Graveyards FTW. :laugh:
We have some nice old and scenic graveyards not far from here. They make nice quiet walking places and usually very few people around.
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
I merely parked my car within the vague vicinity of a park (and then walked the other direction) and had a cop suspiciously pulling up to the vehicle.
So I'm resorting to taking the cub to less conspicuous places for a walk. Like random other neighbourhoods. And graveyards. :LOL:
My mom and I always went on walks through the graveyards. We used to love it, we used to randomly "adopt" some of the neglected older graves and trim around them, planting flowers etc. Sprucing the place up a bit. :laugh:
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
I merely parked my car within the vague vicinity of a park (and then walked the other direction) and had a cop suspiciously pulling up to the vehicle.
So I'm resorting to taking the cub to less conspicuous places for a walk. Like random other neighbourhoods. And graveyards. :LOL:
My mom and I always went on walks through the graveyards. We used to love it, we used to randomly "adopt" some of the neglected older graves and trim around them, planting flowers etc. Sprucing the place up a bit. :laugh:
Me too!!! I still do this! :)
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Variscite is really under apprechiated :zombiefuck:
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I'm trying to make it easier for her to get a higher score on Scrabble, and she still isn't getting it.
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My mom and I always went on walks through the graveyards. We used to love it, we used to randomly "adopt" some of the neglected older graves and trim around them, planting flowers etc. Sprucing the place up a bit. :laugh:
Me too (walks in graveyards with Mum. Wow! do all Mums taje their kids on walks through graveyards? :LOL:) That's a great idea, sprucing them up :) but they don't seem to let people do that in English graveyards. I mean, you're not allowed to actually plant things on the graves, only leave cut flowers, which rapidly wilt and die, ofc, so they don't exactly help with keeping the graveyard pretty , not unless you're a very regular visitor (with a very large garden or plently of money to spend at the florist) . So the older parts of cemetaries tend to be rather more gloomy than they might be. though the headstones are a lot more varied and intersting.
My local cemetary has a "garden of remembrance"where people can scatter ashes . That's planted up and maintained really nicely. I wouldn't mnd winding up there. the last thing I 'd want is for my family to feel obliged to tend a traditional grave, then feel sad and guilty when they can't keep it up.
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a couple of days back, i encountered my neighbour from two floors up, on my way to the communal bins.
""You know that man above you, the screamer? "' she began (she calls him this because he screams, for unknown reasons, at random intervals; and is otherise a very odd person). 'Well, yesterday he was cooking fresh mint"
"How do you know it was him?"' i enquired ( a little nervously , because her intonation seemed to suggest there was something antisocial about this activity. And I had cooked with fresh mint on the day in question)
"Because I see everything and i smell everything" she intoned menacingly, and i seized on the chance to head off in a different direction.
Well , two days later , I plucked up the courage to admit that I was cooking fresh mint on the day in question, so it was probably my cooking odours she smelled.
""Oh were you? she beamed. ""Well that makes more sense. I thought it was a very unusual choice for him . His cooking odours are usually really unpleasant: garlic, onions, meat"
*phew*
We're a very odd lot around here :LOL: I probably fit right in *sigh*.
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Epidote reminds me of Tourmaline
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Seems like nothing much has changed about this whole corona situation. However, I've noticed that you can see the night skies a whole lot more than you could before all this.
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A friend of mine in LA, posted a picture of the LA freeway during what would be normal rush hour traffic jam. The sky was blue with no pollution haze to obscure the view.
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Was on FB and saw a family in Grosse Point Michigan had put up signs on the sidewalk that said "You have now entered the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Silly Walks," so walk silly or something to that effect. And apparently, their neighbors are running with it. Even allowing themselves to be filmed for posting on the internet as a way of boredom relief. Creativity and self expression know no limits. 8)
https://www.boredpanda.com/yorkshire-silly-walks/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
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We are a terribly uncoordinated family when it comes to sports (okay me and the kids, HB has always been good at sports) so playing badminton was full of belly laughs.
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A good day to hike a local nature preserve!
I wish that was an option here but they've all been closed and the fines for using them are hefty.
I merely parked my car within the vague vicinity of a park (and then walked the other direction) and had a cop suspiciously pulling up to the vehicle.
So I'm resorting to taking the cub to less conspicuous places for a walk. Like random other neighbourhoods. And graveyards. :LOL:
My mom and I always went on walks through the graveyards. We used to love it, we used to randomly "adopt" some of the neglected older graves and trim around them, planting flowers etc. Sprucing the place up a bit. :laugh:
My mom did this with me also mostly the really old ones we also used to go looking for the little family ones that were overgrown.
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Most parks around here are still open though some features like the boardwalk over the marsh and play equipment are closed. Not really sure why walking along the street and staying apart is any different and walking in parks and doing the same
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Most parks around here are still open though some features like the boardwalk over the marsh and play equipment are closed. Not really sure why walking along the street and staying apart is any different and walking in parks and doing the same
Rough guess, Parks may be more of a temptation to congregate in groups. And children would definitely not follow social distancing in a playground.
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Most parks around here are still open though some features like the boardwalk over the marsh and play equipment are closed. Not really sure why walking along the street and staying apart is any different and walking in parks and doing the same
Rough guess, Parks may be more of a temptation to congregate in groups. And children would definitely not follow social distancing in a playground.
That's exactly why they closed them here. The trails were packed on sunny days.
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Most parks around here are still open though some features like the boardwalk over the marsh and play equipment are closed. Not really sure why walking along the street and staying apart is any different and walking in parks and doing the same
Rough guess, Parks may be more of a temptation to congregate in groups. And children would definitely not follow social distancing in a playground.
That's exactly why they closed them here. The trails were packed on sunny days.
I have seen lots of people but not really in groups everyone keeps their distance, personally I don't go if there's too many people but I was the same before this started. At some of the state parks they have closed the parking areas when they have deemed them too crowded till some people leave. As to the children thing the playground and equipment were closed early on. I have a yard I can get out in but think of all the people who live in apartments maybe not in a walkable area that have nowhere to go.
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People have been ignoring the social distancing recommendations in some restaurants. Now the health authorities have forced some of the restaurants to close.
Still think mandatory social distancing is a better idea than a stupid recommendation. People comply for a while but then there's beautiful weather with no corona in sight and they start thinking how bad can things be, really. Surely nothing bad would happen when it's sunny outside?
Fucking idiots.
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Yeah I fully mean to follow instructions and keep social distancing, but on a beautiful clear spring day, it's really tempting to be lulled into the idea that everything is fine.
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We had a few days of a steady decrease in positive cases in my province but in the last 24 hours, there was another spike.
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We've had a few spikes again and I bet they match the temperature highs when adjusted for incubation periods. Utter fucking madness.
And one of the problems is that none of us is immune to the lure either. It's not forbidden so yeah, why not go outside, why not play a round of golf or go shopping for a summer jacket? Or test the social distancing in place at the favourite restaurant? Or buy furniture at fucking IKEA?
If the guidelines were rules, if they fined us for breaking them, maybe things would change, but no, they think we're doing just fine. Maybe a few too many deaths at old people's homes and care facilities, but the other countries will have those deaths later, right? In Sweden, we have a model.
And they miss the one thing that is why we do all those things now: we buy ourselves time.
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We've had a few spikes again and I bet they match the temperature highs when adjusted for incubation periods. Utter fucking madness.
And one of the problems is that none of us is immune to the lure either. It's not forbidden so yeah, why not go outside, why not play a round of golf or go shopping for a summer jacket? Or test the social distancing in place at the favourite restaurant? Or buy furniture at fucking IKEA?
If the guidelines were rules, if they fined us for breaking them, maybe things would change, but no, they think we're doing just fine. Maybe a few too many deaths at old people's homes and care facilities, but the other countries will have those deaths later, right? In Sweden, we have a model.
And they miss the one thing that is why we do all those things now: we buy ourselves time.
We have all of those restrictions in place and we still had a spike. But, I wouldn't be surprised if this coincided with Easter weekend when people probably gathered even though they were told not to.
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Texas and other republitard states are opening up many business with supposed "restrictions" on spacing and numbers. HELLO SECOND WAVE OF INFECTIONS.
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It has gotten really hazy here today; the sun is orange. And now I'm wheezy. Just had to take extra Symbicort.
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Proper social distancing at the doctor's office today. Some people even wore masks, which is still kind of unusual around here.
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Proper social distancing at the doctor's office today. Some people even wore masks, which is still kind of unusual around here.
Uncommon here, too. Seems to be some kind of stigma around here associated with the wearing of masks or any kind of protective gear for the same matter.
Those knuckle draggers stopped making fun of the deli servers a few years ago for using gloves when they found out it "helped" them in some ways they had yet to imagine.
:zombiefuck:
I wear a mask and have been for about ten days when I go to any store. I do not glove up, but I still have a jealously guarded supply of the travel sized hand cleaners, a couple of them in the car.
Nothing new about keeping hand sanitizer close by. This is another adaptation of having an adult autistic (somewhat OCD) or two (easily distracted) living in your home. I have to keep a small supply handy for immediate use as needed. We taught them this, so as a result of this adaptation, I used to order the travel sized containers online by the case. I am down to less than a half case. I think the little squeeze bottles are 75mL and they do not go far.
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We have some too because I ordered them to have in our bags when we went to Florida in January. I have always called Disney the mecca for germs and given how sick I got despite all the hand washing and hand sanitizer, I wasn't wrong.
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It's still difficult to find hand sanitiser here.
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I've seen more people walking around my neighborhood in the last few weeks than in the last ten years
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I've seen more people walking around my neighborhood in the last few weeks than in the last ten years
Same with my area, more people walking that I haven't seen before.
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Read an interesting article in the latest National Geographic Magazine about Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
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I've seen more people walking around my neighborhood in the last few weeks than in the last ten years
Here too, but assumed it's because people can't go to the gym. It's weird because of not seeing the ones who were always there before, a couple of small packs of older ladies who walked together in groups. Maybe they're walking alone now, so it looks like more people out and about. :laugh:
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Read an interesting article in the latest National Geographic Magazine about Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
National Geographic? I've seen it featured in Time magazine but never National Geographic. I have the app on my phone so I might have a look for the article there.
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I've seen more people walking around my neighborhood in the last few weeks than in the last ten years
Here too, but assumed it's because people can't go to the gym. It's weird because of not seeing the ones who were always there before, a couple of small packs of older ladies who walked together in groups. Maybe they're walking alone now, so it looks like more people out and about. :laugh:
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Read an interesting article in the latest National Geographic Magazine about Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
National Geographic? I've seen it featured in Time magazine but never National Geographic. I have the app on my phone so I might have a look for the article there.
Do you need a subscription for that? I'm curious too but not enough to subscribe.
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Read an interesting article in the latest National Geographic Magazine about Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
National Geographic? I've seen it featured in Time magazine but never National Geographic. I have the app on my phone so I might have a look for the article there.
Do you need a subscription for that? I'm curious too but not enough to subscribe.
I've just looked and now it seems you do. They cancelled the app in November. Shows that I haven't looked at it for a while. You can sign up to get emails from them but that's the last thing I want.
I did read an interesting article about Williams Syndrome, said to be the opposite of autism.
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I did read an interesting article about Williams Syndrome, said to be the opposite of autism.
spooky! :LOL: i stumbled across Williams syndrome, for the first time ever (so far as I recall) just a couple of days ago. It was mentioned, in passing, in a totally unrelated article, and, my interst piqued, i looked it up on Wikipaedia, like you would. And I'm like "Eureka!". There's this guy in my town who's hung about the fringes of just about every arty circle, and who almost everbody I meet seems to know by name. Even my fellow spazzes and weirdos (i mean people who accept and even like me) tend to think that he's ""weird"and somewhat creepy, and to speculate as to what, exactly, is wrong with him. That guy on the right, of the two guys in the Wiki photo looks almost exactly like him, especially that smile. That exact smile is on the guy's face so often that i find it impossible to picture his face without that smile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_syndrome
Opposite of autism? hmm, i can see why that would be said. I mean, this guy is totally extroverted , calls himself a ""thespian" (but I'm not sure he's ever had an actual paying acting job to speak of; seems to be permanently out-of-work) and clearly has a number of apposite skills. Most notably he can do "stage whispers"and is expert at projecting his voice as if speaking from a stage; only problem being that he does it all the time. Seems to live in a fantasy world, and often tries to hit on women with zero sucess, but isn't easi;y discouraged (to make an understatement) I was just laughing with my neighbour about this, very recently (turns out that this is something we have in common ) . When he was trying to hit on her, he went on and on about his "girlfriend", ëven sharing details of their sex life. which is something he also did with me, at one juncture, though i didn't realise he was still trying to hit on me when he did that. I thought he meant to signal that he'd mercifully given up :LOL: . I also thought (along with all of my mates) that said girfriend was fictional, because nobody ever saw them together, but my neighbour tells me: No, she's real; she's actually met the girl, but didn't get the impression she was actually a girlfriend as such, but maybe a "friend with benefits"?
So, yeah, no doubt you can see a few very marked differences there, but then again, he's the same as us in one very obvious and important respect: completely socially incompetent. Spectacularly socially incompetent, even. So much so, that I'd feel sorry for him, if he wasn't laughing and smiling all the damned time.
Definitely Williams, isn't it?
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Read an interesting article in the latest National Geographic Magazine about Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
National Geographic? I've seen it featured in Time magazine but never National Geographic. I have the app on my phone so I might have a look for the article there.
Do you need a subscription for that? I'm curious too but not enough to subscribe.
My subscription is going to lapse and I'm letting it go. Ever since the Murdoch group bought the company that prints NG it's changed in ways that don't match my interests anymore. If you wish I would be happy to send you my copy. Otherwise it will be put in the recycling bin.
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Sure why not.
I haven't read NG regularly in a while and it sucks to hear the quality dropped. I used to love it as a kid.
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Sure why not.
I haven't read NG regularly in a while and it sucks to hear the quality dropped. I used to love it as a kid.
A lot of publications have changed over the years, but NG, from my perspective has gone down in substance. And I have had this subscription for 50 years or so.
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Sorry this is a reflection of my thoughts from earlier:
If that motherfucker gets anywhere near her, I will seriously kick his fucking ass!
You son of a bitch! BACK OFF!!!!
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I've seen more people walking around my neighborhood in the last few weeks than in the last ten years
Noticed that here, too. One block away they took out some old railroad tracks and for now it is just gravel. That old track has become a horse trail.
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I will always like plain bagels with butter.
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I will always like plain bagels with butter.
Me too. Toasted, please.
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Lots of people walking their dogs today.
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I will always like plain bagels with butter.
Me too. Toasted, please.
Of course, I forgot to mention the toasted part!
I'd never had a bagel before until the supermarkets started selling them a few years ago.
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I will always like plain bagels with butter.
Me too. Toasted, please.
Of course, I forgot to mention the toasted part!
I'd never had a bagel before until the supermarkets started selling them a few years ago.
It's what I have for breakfast every single day. It's rare that a deviate from it. Although I was at someone's house once and for breakfast they asked if I wanted a bagel and I said sure, asked if I could toast it and she said no problem, she would. Then they just let them sit there and get cold and internally I'm wondering what the point of the toasting was and how she had clearly just ruined a perfectly good bagel. :laugh:
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I get a craving for egg bagels once in awhile. I like them toasted with butter, but, if Carla makes a dish that uses cream cheese. I'll use up the rest of the cream cheese on the bagels.
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I'm always changing it up. Either butter, cream cheese, peanut butter or laughing cow.
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I hate cream cheese but I love toasted bagels with egg salad on them.
Now I'm hungry.
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And now I want egg salad :laugh:
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Egg salad............yuck! I have a serious issue with eggs........the only way I can take them is in omelets or french toast batter. Otherwise major gag reflex....
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Egg salad............yuck! I have a serious issue with eggs........the only way I can take them is in omelets or french toast batter. Otherwise major gag reflex....
I'm not complaining. Just means more eggs for me :smarty:
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Egg salad............yuck! I have a serious issue with eggs........the only way I can take them is in omelets or french toast batter. Otherwise major gag reflex....
I'm not complaining. Just means more eggs for me :smarty:
Yeah, Carla says the same thing. Though for a short time, about 2 weeks, eggs were a scarce commodity down here. And she loves hard boiled eggs.
:apondering:
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I hate pain...
I....
fracking....
hate...
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Get well soon, Genesis. (emo)
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Egg salad............yuck! I have a serious issue with eggs........the only way I can take them is in omelets or french toast batter. Otherwise major gag reflex....
Omelets, maybe, everything else, no. I can't stand egg. :zombiefuck:
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Egg salad............yuck! I have a serious issue with eggs........the only way I can take them is in omelets or french toast batter. Otherwise major gag reflex....
I'm not complaining. Just means more eggs for me :smarty:
Yeah, Carla says the same thing. Though for a short time, about 2 weeks, eggs were a scarce commodity down here. And she loves hard boiled eggs.
:apondering:
My favourite thing growing up was "Nanny's eggs" and we called them that simply because my Nanny (Great grandmother who was a Brit) used to make them all the time. It was hard boiled eggs, smashed up with a bit of butter mixed in. So so good.
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Humanity is vile, lack of kindness, empathy, generosity... selfish twats, the me-first attitudes... damn them, damn them all to a life of meaningless shit!
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Since this new announcement took place yesterday, there been so much confusion and now London is back to its packed self again.
Is it safe to go out or is it not?
One says we can and the other days until Wednesday.
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Guessing London is something of a coronavirus petri dish now.
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My cousin lives in Reeth and he's been reporting the daily numbers and how it has shifted percentage wise and given what I've read, I'd say that it's a mistake to open up so soon. It needs to be done slowly and in stages
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I heard that Germany is reporting a surge in cases after opening up.
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Florida and Georgia are already getting a surge in cases.
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I guess they need more bleach.
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Crush boi relayed me the following story today:
Since the restrictions the toilets in the office building have been locked to all but staff members of my work, the dentist across the corridor and financial planning.
But the dentist has been letting patients use the toilets from time to time, which IMO is no issue, but try telling that to the stupid partner at work.
Wanna know the laughable thing he did in response? He called our local MP.
Then after that call ended he called Crimestoppers and made a vexatious report about the dentist breaking COVID regulations.
And the police actually came!
I mean....What the Hell!
I wonder, is this MP actually friends with him or does she merely grit her teeth and tolerate him like we do? That would have been a ridiculous phone call to receive at any rate.
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I mean, I can't find any hard and fast law that dictates that all lavatory facilities must be shut to customers/clients/patients etc.
I mean, not all shopping centre toilets are shut. Still open in all the takeaway restaurants as well. Council owned facilities are locked.
So therefore the rule for us to keep ours shut isn't a regulation as such, more just a directive from building strata, or maybe a rule stupid partner made up himself.
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Why do people always seem to park next to you? Parked in an empty 100+ space parking lot at a sports field to walk the dog I get to the other side of the field and some lady parks right next to my van. She was still sitting there doing paperwork when I got back to it and gave me a dirty look like I was the one who parked right next to her
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Why do people always seem to park next to you? Parked in an empty 100+ space parking lot at a sports field to walk the dog I get to the other side of the field and some lady parks right next to my van. She was still sitting there doing paperwork when I got back to it and gave me a dirty look like I was the one who parked right next to her
I'v had the same happen to me. I like to park in an open area and when I do and start shopping. I come out to find cars parked right next to me, but, other open spots untouched. :facepalm2: Sounds like you encountered a "karen".
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It's like how women travel to the bathroom in packs. It's an unexplained phenomena. :dunno: :laugh:
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Yep. I always park way, way down on the end so I can pull though the space with the yacht or just to get the extra walking in...come back and I'm always surrounded.
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Yep. I always park way, way down on the end so I can pull though the space with the yacht or just to get the extra walking in...come back and I'm always surrounded.
I'm the same if I cant pull thru I like to back in so I can make a quick get away when needed
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Same here. I park way down, away from everyone else, and yet there is always someone parked next to me when I return. WTF is wrong with them?
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Lots of people out and about today.
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Lots of people out and about today.
Same and now even more so since the UK has eased lockdown. But still keeping social distancing and not visiting friends and family (unless it's for care or medical reasons).
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Same here. This weekend is a big holiday in Canada so I'm curious about what the numbers will be after that. We're down to only 1.6% daily increase in positive cases. I'm dreading the spike after the weekend.
I'm slowly working on making our backyard a fun place to hang out since we'll be spending a heck of a lot of time there this summer.
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What's happening here is that people are starting to ignore the recommendations. We never had proper lockdown, only the voluntary kind, and now the weather keeps improving and people are bored.
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That's what I fear will happen too especially since Provincial park trails are now open. We had restrictions but people are tired of following them.
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I've said it before. How can anything bad happen when it's sunny outside?
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:lol1: Just reading that and instantly I'm like "I'm over this whole humanity thing already." :tinfoil: :laugh:
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:lol1: Just reading that and instantly I'm like "I'm over this whole humanity thing already." :tinfoil: :laugh:
Humanity is overrated.
-- Gregory House
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So is sanity, but, we won't go there........ :autism:
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:lol1:
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Give me another few months of this and I'll reconsider sanity.
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We found heaps of old photos when cleaning out the filing room today. Lots of photos of staff xmas parties in the 90's and early 00's, misc office photos.
Looking back at the photos of other boss guy was the weirdest, as now we know that he is gay, the camp manner in the pictures becomes evident.
I like to think he had a lot of fun when he was younger and didn't stay closeted. If he ever wants to tell some stories I'm here for it :2thumbsup:
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Lots of laid-off and furloughed folks spending time on the golf course today. I drove there at lunchtime to hit some golf balls and forget about stuff, but the place was packed.
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It's like the whole of Streatham has never had a lockdown. Long walk but what the hey.
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There's two elderly neighbours who take a walk together every day but he stays on one side of the country road and she stays on the other and they call out to each other while they walk. Makes me smile every time I see them.
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:laugh:
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When you happen to have some clients with autistic kids and you can tell they got it from their dad just by talking to him on the phone :P
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And I feel a bit guilty because he had an extremely bad stutter today and I made a remark to myself about it as I was hanging up the phone. I hope he didn't hear me :facepalm2:
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When you happen to have some clients with autistic kids and you can tell they got it from their dad just by talking to him on the phone :P
When my son was diagnosed the doctor who did the testing and diagnosis said "You DO realize the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right?" :lol1:
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Got an email regarding my Covid-19 test. I am good!
My son was possibly exposed at work over a month ago and the store wanted everyone on that shift tested. Since I picked him up from work that day, I was expected to come in for a free test as well. It finally happened and we are all testing negative for Covid-19. Even negative for anti-bodies.
My wife was checked as a part of UPS' support, etc.
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I do not consider it cool or tough or macho or whatever other asinine thoughts of weakness getting tested implies to some.
I do not feel smarter or better prepared or anything from testing negatively. Just a bit relieved.
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^ Glad your gang is in the clear, DD
I figured out how to backwash the pool sand filter today by myself to see if it would fix the filtration issue we were having. I'm one of those people who doesn't hold on to info if I'm not doing it myself on a near daily basis. I hadn't done this one before but figured it out easy enough and solved the filter problem with the pool which had caused a problem with the gas pool heater and I saved us two tech visits, one from the pool company and one from the gas tech. :nerdy:
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...whatever other asinine thoughts of weakness getting tested implies to some.
These people are also known as 'dickheads'. :wanker:
Good to know you're all good anyway :thumbup:
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We have way more toads and spring peepers this year. I keep rescuing them from the yard (at least 3 a day) and moving them to the pond where they have water, rocks and tons of greenery and bugs. :frog:
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...whatever other asinine thoughts of weakness getting tested implies to some.
These people are also known as 'dickheads'. :wanker:
Good to know you're all good anyway :thumbup:
Thanks guys. I know all that information had "expired" about thirty seconds after the samples were taken, but I still feel relieved, mainly for my son who was probably exposed. His natural "never touch anything" baseline behavior has served him well.
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I am glad to see that my hurried post was at least somewhat discernible to some. Thanks, again, Dunc. I read it now and feel I left out some clarification elements.
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^ Glad your gang is in the clear, DD
I figured out how to backwash the pool sand filter today by myself to see if it would fix the filtration issue we were having. I'm one of those people who doesn't hold on to info if I'm not doing it myself on a near daily basis. I hadn't done this one before but figured it out easy enough and solved the filter problem with the pool which had caused a problem with the gas pool heater and I saved us two tech visits, one from the pool company and one from the gas tech. :nerdy:
:GA: Pools are awesome, but they are a raucously loud pain right in some of our quiet places. You know what I mean.
Yes, usually quiet. No comments about the mysterious balloon music coming from the pool, please.
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I'm glad you're all OK, DD.
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I'm glad you're all OK, DD.
Yeah, thanks, but to think outloud a moment ...
I was not really worried except for a little for my son, who was at a local known infection site for hours.
I still think it was all him and his hesitancy to touch anything. Now, we give him a very good reason to not touch anything and he is right at home.
Probably have not shared this much, but I LOVE that "little" fellow (he is larger than I am).
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The so-called Palme Group, who's been investigating the murder of our then-PM, Olof Palme, closed down the investigation today, 34 years after the fact. The person most likely to have committed the murder is dead and they say there's little else to be investigated now. They name the person, though, and implied that had it not been for the original investigation being a complete mess, that person would have been prosecuted.
And of course, every amateur sleuth is now protesting and calling the investigation a scandal. Guessing this will lead to a host of new private investigations, magazine articles, TV shows and whatnot, and at some point there will be a new official committee looking into the murder.
Etc.
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No telemarketer calls today two days ago I got 7
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Part 2 of the Aspie client at work. Apparently his stutter is even worse in person.
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Lots and lots of people out and about today.
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The bunnies are officially gone because Phoenix showed me where the nest was and she was digging to make sure there weren't any left in there. Now she's obsessed with it and has trampled the garden. :facepalm2:
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The lightning tracker on my phone has been going nuts all day
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That lady's thick arm at work terrified me today...
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Never mind...
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Dog decided to bark randomly. Not sure whats going on.
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Felt like a Starbucks kinda day...
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After getting to the house a I was working while sitting in the van drinking coffee with my brother a red fox casually strolled down the center of the street with a dead woodchuck in it's mouth. It went a block down the road then turned left down the center of the side street. I hope Gary is ok :zoinks:
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The day at work was too short. The day was too damn short!
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Too many people on the road heading to the beach, sitting in the left lane going less than the speed limit. I miss driving across Europe like last year, where you could cruise quickly and get over and maintain a consistent speed, outside of cities and construction zones, of course.
Paris to Amsterdam to Berlin and back to Paris was a breeze. I hope to do it again some time. Maybe hit Switzerland via more Deutschland towns I used to go to in the 00s.
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After getting to the house a I was working while sitting in the van drinking coffee with my brother a red fox casually strolled down the center of the street with a dead woodchuck in it's mouth. It went a block down the road then turned left down the center of the side street. I hope Gary is ok :zoinks:
I'm a gopher. >:( I partied too hard and he was just helping me home. :zoinks:
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Today working at the same house as the other day there was a doe and a faun in the side yard
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Very cool. We've had a fair few deer here in town since lockdown but not seen a family group. :thumbup:
The idiots are everywhere today.... they allowed the pubs to open :GA:
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Gramma and Ginga make me laugh at depressing moments.
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Too many people on the road heading to the beach, sitting in the left lane going less than the speed limit. I miss driving across Europe like last year, where you could cruise quickly and get over and maintain a consistent speed, outside of cities and construction zones, of course.
Paris to Amsterdam to Berlin and back to Paris was a breeze. I hope to do it again some time. Maybe hit Switzerland via more Deutschland towns I used to go to in the 00s.
You were lucky when driving in Europe. Just saying.
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Spent most of yesterday trying to find out the ISO weight of the projector oil in my garage cinema. With the advent of all things digital, projector oil is becoming harder to source. Turns out air compressor oil should work but more investigation is needed. The various additives in most engine oils would harm the projector.
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School holidays have started. I was on the train sitting far from anyone when a group of about 10 teenagers got on and sat all around me. I got up and moved to the next carriage. I heard them all laugh but I don't know if it was about me moving or not. They were pretty rowdy.
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Apparently social distancing is not a thing everywhere in a hospital. The bloody doctor shook my hand and I shook his out of habit before realising what happened.
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On the Lightning Ridge FB group there's some learn to drive workshops on in Walgett, the next town over at 100km away.
How is anyone supposed to get to Walgett from the Ridge to attend?
Drive themselves there???
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Not sure why people never read the obvious signs, waiter life.
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I love how much joy my dog brings people when we're out and about. She's an attention grabber for sure.
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I love how much joy my dog brings people when we're out and about. She's an attention grabber for sure.
Mine, too. I love it when I run into someone and they happen to be dog people. Our little fellow is a Dachshund/Collie mix, complete with big fluffy tail, impressive main, long ears, and four inch legs. Irresistible!
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I love how much joy my dog brings people when we're out and about. She's an attention grabber for sure.
Mine, too. I love it when I run into someone and they happen to be dog people. Our little fellow is a Dachshund/Collie mix, complete with big fluffy tail, impressive main, long ears, and four inch legs. Irresistible!
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We had a thing happen the other day where this guy in his 20's was driving and had his music blasting, his shades on and you could tell he was trying to look super cool. He pulls up to us at a stop light and keeps his chill appearance. Then I put the back window down and my dog stuck her head out and smiled at him and he instantly turned off his music and started baby talking to her. It was hilarious!!! She's a Leonberger aka the lion dog, so she's a big goofy love bug and she automatically assumes that everyone is her new best friend.
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Kinda miss having a dog that would assume anything like that. Ours is paranoid.
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Kinda miss having a dog that would assume anything like that. Ours is paranoid.
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My other dog used to be amazing but as she got older she was super grumpy. She used to practically eat the glass in the back window if she even saw a kid walking to school. I was also like can you NOT look like you want to eat small children?!?!?! But it was only when she was in the car. Otherwise she was great. She wouldn't go looking for new friends like our other dog does though. Phoenix is like the over excited Walmart greeter
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I was also like can you NOT look like you want to eat small children?!?!?!
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I finally saw the comet last night. It has dimmed but the tail was still visible with a pair of binoculars.
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Just got hit by a blast of vanilla fragrance not sure where it came from windows are open and a group of people just passed by but damn its strong
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Had to stop at Walmart for a couple of things and saw my neighbor up there. She had her mask on and her hair up like me and I didn't recognize her. :laugh:
Realized we could start a life of crime and start robbing convenience stores or banks right now.
"Yes officer I saw it...it was a short woman, but I didn't recognize them...they were wearing a mask."
Winter would even be better with the addition of a ski hat and a puffer jacket. :zoinks:
Woman?? Man?? Color hair?? Describe their facial features... :dunno:
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It's a bizarre feeling when you go into town and 95% of people are in masks.
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They're still not that common here.
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I'm disillusioned, with the revelation that one of the cleverest Disneyland performers on youtube is just a Callie from The Valley in RL.
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I like that no matter where I am at night, I know my dog is close by. It's comforting.
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There was a crazy man yelling at cars running around and laying down on the road in New Haven today. He mostly skipped by me but the dump truck behind me he really harassed, charging at it touching the grill and laying down hike it hit him.
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There was a crazy man yelling at cars running around and laying down on the road in New Haven today. He mostly skipped by me but the dump truck behind me he really harassed, charging at it touching the grill and laying down hike it hit him.
Probably trying to get an insurance payout.
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I was also like can you NOT look like you want to eat small children?!?!?!
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+1 :lol1:
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Turns out that "female equivalent of a dick pic" was intentional :o
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Even though it has become mandatory to wear masks in shops now, I still a shit ton of people going into shops without a mask.
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People are idiots.
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Most people going in places wear masks around here
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The rain was all over the place when I was out, to the point that it made having an umbrella pointless. Still got soaked. >:(
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More feral cats then usual where I walk the dog today
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That blonde.... I ran into her before.... but where?
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Had my kidneys X-rayed this morning. I was early and got in right away.
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People are driving like crap today
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I shouldn't be so grouchy
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I live in an environmentally protected area and you have to get permission from a local agency to build ANYTHING that is beyond the footprint of a pre-existing structure. Behind me are countless acres of corn fields. Apparently someone bought the farm and put in an application with the environmental agency to tear down the farmhouse which dates back ages, and the corn fields to build a massive house (13,100 + sq ft) and it was approved. They started clearing the fields today and it makes me sad.
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I live in an environmentally protected area and you have to get permission from a local agency to build ANYTHING that is beyond the footprint of a pre-existing structure. Behind me are countless acres of corn fields. Apparently someone bought the farm and put in an application with the environmental agency to tear down the farmhouse which dates back ages, and the corn fields to build a massive house (13,100 + sq ft) and it was approved. They started clearing the fields today and it makes me sad.
Yet if you wanted a small shed they would give you a hard time. Also WTF do you do with a 13,100 + sq ft house? I have worked on ones that big even ones double that size and I just don't understand it, fuck I'd be hard pressed to figure out what to do with a 3000 square foot house. Of course if it was a workshop that would be a different story :zoinks:
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I like large houses. More room for a proper cinema.
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I like large houses. More room for a proper cinema.
You need a special building on your property for that :zoinks:
I worked on a 30,000+ square foot house in Greenwich that had a replica of a 1900 era theater in the basement probably 4000 square feet with 16 foot high ceilings and a sloped floor
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My computer and space heater are frenemies and don't like sharing a powerboard.
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I live in an environmentally protected area and you have to get permission from a local agency to build ANYTHING that is beyond the footprint of a pre-existing structure. Behind me are countless acres of corn fields. Apparently someone bought the farm and put in an application with the environmental agency to tear down the farmhouse which dates back ages, and the corn fields to build a massive house (13,100 + sq ft) and it was approved. They started clearing the fields today and it makes me sad.
Yet if you wanted a small shed they would give you a hard time. Also WTF do you do with a 13,100 + sq ft house? I have worked on ones that big even ones double that size and I just don't understand it, fuck I'd be hard pressed to figure out what to do with a 3000 square foot house. Of course if it was a workshop that would be a different story :zoinks:
Exactly. We're not allowed to build a 12x12 workshop for HB but they can build that?!?!
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I like large houses. More room for a proper cinema.
You need a special building on your property for that :zoinks:
I worked on a 30,000+ square foot house in Greenwich that had a replica of a 1900 era theater in the basement probably 4000 square feet with 16 foot high ceilings and a sloped floor
Ooh. I want that.
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Last talk of the conference and I can't focus.
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They are playing crowd sounds on the baseball games on the radio
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^That's just weird.
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They've done it with the footy here as well. It's almost convincing until you see all the empty seats.
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They're doing the same for hockey.
It's my day off and it's an absolutely downpour outside. That makes me quite happy because curling up in bed on a rainy day is the best.
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They've done it with the footy here as well. It's almost convincing until you see all the empty seats.
That and the cardboard cut outs to represent patrons in the stands.
I have heard that MLB have done this for their baseball games, too.
As far as one of my own observations...
The Indianapolis 500 is turning into another covid-19 nightmare due to some virtual pushing and shoving by both sides of local politics.
Penske (big name in racing) bought the entire track, all the ad rights, museum and everything and wants to have the race (read as, "start making money, today") and has run into conflicts with local health "authorities" related to the huge IU Health network.
Penske has been working for months with the State, CDC, etc and they have a PLAN in place.
Now the local health admins are trying to stop the race, completely.
I gave up on attending the race back when they announced that it would be delayed until August.
I entered with the devoted race fans who volunteered to NOT attend so the crowd count could be reduced to one quarter its normal head count, which approaches 350,000 people, normally.
The Indy 500 website had a new FAQ page set up for this issue. I'm OK with the solution. I have a voucher for next year's tickets and a half off voucher for the following year if I want to continue my yearly (journey to Mecca) race day fun.
I have mixed feelings. They would probably be wise to cancel the race for this year as the Second Wave spreads it dark wings. But I want the race to happen.
:zombiefuck:
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Even where I live, with numbers being low (less than 200 in the entire province every 24 hours), those in the medical fields at well known universities are saying that when schools open in September, they suspect we'll be in another lockdown by Thanksgiving (October).
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Our numbers are down, too, but that's because of all the social distancing measures.
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Numbers are low in Connecticut too under 200 per day since mid June with a couple exceptions. We did get it real bad when it all started due to being close to NYC though.
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If I look like I'm busy, it isn't enough... if I am busy it's enough for me because it makes the time fly by...
Although the schedule at work is too short .__.
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Getting a hair cut today. Slightly uncomfortable about it.
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
:lol1:
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Dad got admitted into the hospital... only this time, I don't know how to feel about it... because ever since I could remember since being back from Pakistan in 1995, there was always those times Dad was admitted and somehow I just accepted that he was always going to have these problems... no matter if it was health or psychological .___.
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
Ask for more pay. :P
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Dad got admitted into the hospital... only this time, I don't know how to feel about it... because ever since I could remember since being back from Pakistan in 1995, there was always those times Dad was admitted and somehow I just accepted that he was always going to have these problems... no matter if it was health or psychological .___.
I hope he's all right.
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
Ask for more pay. :P
They also want me to relocate across the Atlantic... otherwise I might be temped. :P
Haven't decided how sarcastic to be in my respone that says I already work closely with the group they were telling me about to recruit me to.
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Dad got admitted into the hospital... only this time, I don't know how to feel about it... because ever since I could remember since being back from Pakistan in 1995, there was always those times Dad was admitted and somehow I just accepted that he was always going to have these problems... no matter if it was health or psychological .___.
:hug:
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
Ask for more pay. :P
They also want me to relocate across the Atlantic... otherwise I might be temped. :P
Haven't decided how sarcastic to be in my respone that says I already work closely with the group they were telling me about to recruit me to.
Recruiters aren't the brightest lot and obviously have trouble reading, but it sometimes pays off to be nice.
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Our numbers are down, too, but that's because of all the social distancing measures.
Everyone cooperating toward this goal may be our last hope.
Unfortunately, some of this is reality life. Lots of folk won't even wear masks.
*impersonating covidiot redneck*
Ah, live in a fray cuntree. You kain't tell me whut ta doo. Ain't 'frade o' no beer flu anyway.
News came down today of an agreement between opposing factions here near us.
They are running the Indianapolis 500 with no fans in the stands. :'(
Probably a good idea.
:puke:
There, I said it.
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
Time to negotiate a raise!
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Just got a LinkedIn contact message from a recruiter trying to hire me for the company I already work for. (Yes it's listed.) :LOL:
Ask for more pay. :P
OOOPS, I see you beat me to the essence.
Yeah, be nice Pyraxis, but maybe offer a compliment for recognizing talent, just to keep things smoldering.
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Our numbers are down, too, but that's because of all the social distancing measures.
Everyone cooperating toward this goal may be our last hope.
Unfortunately, some of this is reality life. Lots of folk won't even wear masks.
Most people don't need to wear masks, asymptomatic transmission is extremely rare. If you have symptoms, wear a mask. If you're around infected people, wear an N95 mask.
*impersonating covidiot redneck*
Ah, live in a fray cuntree. You kain't tell me whut ta doo. Ain't 'frade o' no beer flu anyway.
People living in rural areas are much less susceptible. I'm in a county of 200K people with inly 400 cases and 1 "covid" death.
News came down today of an agreement between opposing factions here near us.
They are running the Indianapolis 500 with no fans in the stands. :'(
The NHRA is doing the same thing with the US Nationals. Hard to say if it will make a difference or not.
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^It's basically the other way around, Scrap. The masks mainly protect others, not the wearer, if WHO and others are to be believed.
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I don't have the palate for a "hook, line and sinker" gobble of any of what has tumbled out of the CDC, WHO, the many and varied university dominions who all feel they can wield license over a concern because they tried to hack at a double blind study related to the issue.
I want to see some firm consistency and/or unity between the authorities and dependable logic in place to help everyone navigate this tangled mess better on their own.
... and soon, please.
:headhurts:
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Dad got admitted into the hospital... only this time, I don't know how to feel about it... because ever since I could remember since being back from Pakistan in 1995, there was always those times Dad was admitted and somehow I just accepted that he was always going to have these problems... no matter if it was health or psychological .___.
I hope he's all right.
I hope so too... I just hate it when he is like this
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One of the buddies I worked with during my photography stint had MS. He was often near collapse, trying to buffalo through the day. It seemed random until it became almost constant.
He woke up in the hospital sometimes; recently quite often, until this morning when he didn't.
We stayed in touch, but not like barbecue on the weekends or anything. We used to bike together for a couple of years, but for about a year he has been too weak.
MS does some ugly things to people.
On a brighter note, one of my night watch/neighbor buddies has been talking about retiring from his day job for over a year and today he did so. What I did not know was that he was a kind of local celebrity to the next county over where he worked. He is a couple of years older than I am, but he had been with the hospital system for FORTY (fucking) years.
In fact, I found out after seeing him on the early local news that he was The First fully trained EMT in the county.
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Good luck with your dad, Genesis.
*offers manly hug ... bump shoulders and slap very high on the back, twice, but no more than twice*
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My evening drives with the dog through the countryside are now my favourite time of the day. Windows down, music up, very little traffic.
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^It's basically the other way around, Scrap. The masks mainly protect others, not the wearer, if WHO and others are to be believed.
To be fair to Scrap, what you said was actually implicit in his post if you think about it:
Most people don't need to wear masks, asymptomatic transmission is extremely rare. If you have symptoms, wear a mask. If you're around infected people, wear an N95 mask.
N95 respirators and surgical masks are examples of personal protective equipment that are used to protect the wearer from airborne particles and from liquid contaminating the face.
ttps://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equipment-infection-control/n95-respirators-surgical-masks-and-face-masks
In this instance at least, Scrap evidently knows his shit.
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There's an onion recall I didn't know about. :GA:
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^Only from Thomson though. I had the same freak out. I use them almost daily and had 3 sitting on my counter from there
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^Only from Thomson though. I had the same freak out. I use them almost daily and had 3 sitting on my counter from there
brand names Thomson Premium, TLC Thomson International, Tender Loving Care, El Competitor, Hartley’s Best, Onions 52, Majestic, Imperial Fresh, Kroger, Utah Onions and Food Lion.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/thomson-international-inc-conducts-voluntary-recall-red-yellow-white-and-sweet-yellow-onions-because
I checked on the Aldi recall website, and the onions that were in my fridge had been recalled. Sugarbutt already ate one. :emosad:
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Oh, they've also recalled some ready to eat food items which contain the onions.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-and-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/archive/2020/pha-08052020-01
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Still lots of power lines down on the roads in parts of town
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I was sad the other day, now I'm too happy....
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^Only from Thomson though. I had the same freak out. I use them almost daily and had 3 sitting on my counter from there
brand names Thomson Premium, TLC Thomson International, Tender Loving Care, El Competitor, Hartley’s Best, Onions 52, Majestic, Imperial Fresh, Kroger, Utah Onions and Food Lion.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/thomson-international-inc-conducts-voluntary-recall-red-yellow-white-and-sweet-yellow-onions-because
I checked on the Aldi recall website, and the onions that were in my fridge had been recalled. Sugarbutt already ate one. :emosad:
Ah okay. I think you have a different list because the only ones transported up to Canada are Thompson so we're only affected by that brand.
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^Only from Thomson though. I had the same freak out. I use them almost daily and had 3 sitting on my counter from there
brand names Thomson Premium, TLC Thomson International, Tender Loving Care, El Competitor, Hartley’s Best, Onions 52, Majestic, Imperial Fresh, Kroger, Utah Onions and Food Lion.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/thomson-international-inc-conducts-voluntary-recall-red-yellow-white-and-sweet-yellow-onions-because
I checked on the Aldi recall website, and the onions that were in my fridge had been recalled. Sugarbutt already ate one. :emosad:
Ah okay. I think you have a different list because the only ones transported up to Canada are Thompson so we're only affected by that brand.
It's all actually all Thompson here too, but Thompson sells to other wholesalers and retailers who rebrand the product, so it affected a lot more brand names in the US. :orly:
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That makes sense. I'm just going to go to a local farm for awhile.
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The onions from my local Safeway have been extra shitty for the past year or so, going moldy way too fast or maybe there's something wrong with the way I store them, but it probably has nothing to do with the recall.
I'd eat onions from my own garden all year if I could, but I eat a ton of onions and it's nowhere near big enough. The harvest will last me a month or two at best.
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I havent had any problems like that, but the recall is for anything shipped since May 1st. We don't eat a ton of onions, I don't eat any, but I don't know how many the guys have eaten since May, and I have to toss all the breakfast burritos I just prepped in the freezer. :dunno:
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All those breakfast burritos (yum)? What a bummer. :(
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^It's basically the other way around, Scrap. The masks mainly protect others, not the wearer, if WHO and others are to be believed.
To be fair to Scrap, what you said was actually implicit in his post if you think about it:
Most people don't need to wear masks, asymptomatic transmission is extremely rare. If you have symptoms, wear a mask. If you're around infected people, wear an N95 mask.
N95 respirators and surgical masks are examples of personal protective equipment that are used to protect the wearer from airborne particles and from liquid contaminating the face.
ttps://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equipment-infection-control/n95-respirators-surgical-masks-and-face-masks
In this instance at least, Scrap evidently knows his shit.
You're right. My bad.
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I havent had any problems like that, but the recall is for anything shipped since May 1st. We don't eat a ton of onions, I don't eat any, but I don't know how many the guys have eaten since May, and I have to toss all the breakfast burritos I just prepped in the freezer. :dunno:
Heat kills off salmonella.
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I havent had any problems like that, but the recall is for anything shipped since May 1st. We don't eat a ton of onions, I don't eat any, but I don't know how many the guys have eaten since May, and I have to toss all the breakfast burritos I just prepped in the freezer. :dunno:
Heat kills off salmonella.
I don't know if lightly sauteing some onions in a pan equals cooking them thoroughly. I don't even know if those onions have any salmonella, but I do know Sugarbutt's health is kind of fragile and I can't knowingly let him eat food from a salmonella recall. I wouldn't do that to him even if he were healthy. :lol1:
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I thought you reheated the burritos from the freezer. A hot heat for 10-15 minutes (defrosted) I would have thought would kill salmonella.
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There are still people selling stuff door to door in the neighborhood :zombiefuck:
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I thought you reheated the burritos from the freezer. A hot heat for 10-15 minutes (defrosted) I would have thought would kill salmonella.
Microwave. :orly:
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There are still people selling stuff door to door in the neighborhood :zombiefuck:
:yikes:
None of that here, thankfully.
My daughter goes half nuts every Halloween decorating the front porch. She has bats, witches, ghosts, hay bale forts, pumpkins, corn stalks, jack-o-lanterns, a laser light that casts creepy eyeballs on the wall and I have set up a minimal stereo to play spooky noises for trick or treet.
She is torn between enjoying herself decorating, but worried that doing so will cause MANY kids to come to the door and be disappointed.
:dunno:
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I take my dog for a drive every evening and there's this one massive horse farm we pass and at the time we drive by, all the horses are in for the night but a couple of them will stick their heads out of the barn windows and if I say to my dog I see your friends, she runs to the side of the vehicle facing the farm and sticks her head out and grins. Cracks me up every time, they all watch her go by. :laugh:
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I'm not used to change as I thought I would be... especially since I'm suppose to specialize in one department now...
:yawn: Also
note to self: Avoid Dr. Pepper at 10:00 at night! :facepalm2: :facepalm2:
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I need to start getting up earlier again. I've been slipping throughout the summer.
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My next door neighbour is about ready to swing a bat at the myna birds that keep perching on her clothesline.
It's so funny that she finds them so annoying. Even better when my cat chirps at them through the window which makes more myna birds turn up :laugh:
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Gary is a gopher.
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people arent taking the richie allen show seriously enough.
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So many kooks, so little time.
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Gas went up five cents a gallon since the last time i got it
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I have blue hands, but not from playing in the toilet water.
I bought a carved wood giraffe at a sale and the wood was painted/stained with very dark spots. I washed it to remove any deep down dust and dirt and the dark stain turned out to be old fashion laundry bluing. It came off on my hands. This was many hours ago. It's still there.
WTF!?!
:yikes:
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Pigeons? Here?! WTF?
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Pigeons? Here?! WTF?
You don't have pigeons where you live? Really?
HB just came home from the night shift and we were talking about my lack of sleep.
Me: I hurt in so many places from lack of sleep and stress
Him: I hurt in so many places because
Me (jumps in): because you're older than me?
Him: You're an asshole.
Me: I know. That's why you married me
:lol1:
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We do have pigeons but not around the house.
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Pigeons? Here?! WTF?
You don't have pigeons where you live? Really?
HB just came home from the night shift and we were talking about my lack of sleep.
Me: I hurt in so many places from lack of sleep and stress
Him: I hurt in so many places because
Me (jumps in): because you're older than me?
Him: You're an asshole.
Me: I know. That's why you married me
:lol1:
:lol1:
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There are still branches and bits of telephone poles scattered around on the sides of the roads from last weeks storms
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James T. Kirk a bisexual?
that's new...
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Today I didn't go anywhere. It was fucking great. :lol1:
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I'm making a collection of Pokemon and Star Trek themed PEZ dispencers....
sheesh, how autistic and childish am I?
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I never saw any Star Trek-themed PEZ dispenser.
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I'm making a collection of Pokemon and Star Trek themed PEZ dispencers....
sheesh, how autistic and childish am I?
I kept a PEZ container once. My son has a beginning collection of (5) Pokemon. I have always liked to see them.
The one I kept is from the '80s. It is Little Bo Peep.
Bet there aren't many of those old cartoon ones still around.
As far as the bolded part ... maybe a little. :asthing:
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Paraphrasing a co-forumer from another land who brings up a valid point ...
All this talk about race is getting to be painful to watch. I don't think of myself of being any kind of race. I am a brother, a son, a neighbor, a nurse, a Christian, poker player, a damn fine chef and a good citizen. I don't wake up in the morning and wrap on my East side doo rag and think, I am a black man.
What is a black race anyway?
I think I know what a white race is. You can tell them when you see them. They are all pale and none of them can jump. We are quite different. I grow greens and melons; they grow tomatoes and onions, but then we trade. Before they can get real smart, they need glasses. None of them know how to use spices properly either.
He gravitated toward joking, but I think the point worth repeating is, What is race? Do we actually know?
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The problem is the world is full of people with Reggie's intellect who keep doing dumb things based on melanin quota.
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I knew we were right all along.
*runs to buy larger hat*
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9d/09/66/9d0966b605d7c152990270a4755ee903.jpg)
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My thoughts seem to go up and down with random crap from a long time ago... lately this time it was Russian History, and Lit Class from 2009. WTF?
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My brain doesn't function yet. Need more coffee.
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Me: logs in, clicks on new replies
Also me: Reads through top 4 posts and the responses in 3 of them are from Odeon about coffee :laugh:
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Coffee, indeed. One of those days for me where I drink coffee almost all day. The rain might be done, but still a dismal day to look at.
I am beginning Coffee, Volume Three and it is going well.
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Me: logs in, clicks on new replies
Also me: Reads through top 4 posts and the responses in 3 of them are from Odeon about coffee :laugh:
I focus on what's important. :M
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Why is a Hawk screaming almost all day in our area??????? Literally it starts screeching from sunrise to sunset. It's either an adult defending it's territory or a fledgling wanting to be fed by it's parents who are encouraging it to hunt on its own. I'd go into the woods myself to see what it is. BUT, I have no desire to be dive bombed by protective parents if it is the latter.
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Of course the guy was the kid's father.... They have the Swedish look!
-_- :yawn:
If some girl claims I was the father to their kid... I would of denied it saying "The kid looks too arayan to be mine!"
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The coffee at the Java Joint was not as good today as it usually is :'(
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The house is not the same without Liam. :(
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I'm sorry, Ren. It's such a big loss :hug:
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Had a fun day... just wish I wasn't so weird.
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Went to the movies today and it was perfect because everyone thinks everyone else is going so no one goes. We were the only ones there. Hoping to catch a few more movies in case they shut things down again now that our numbers are ticking upwards again.
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Apparently I am adorable :-[
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Apparently I am adorable :-[
:eyelash:
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Apparently I am adorable :-[
:eyelash:
:green:
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Sounds like someone added a construction site outside. Except I can't figure out where.
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Somebody was driving a little bulldozer in my next door neighbour's yard yesterday.
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Samsung warranty claims department are a bunch of thieves.
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Samsung's support department has oddly been about as good as they get for me. Never a problem, in spite of some decidedly not clear-cut issues.
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Watched a documentary series on netflix about adults on the spectrum dating. What annoyed me is the typical infantilised depiction of the people themselves, in a "oh, look at how kooky and cute are they for doing normal people things!" kind of way rather than showing their individuality or personalities in any real way. Even the music was typical tinkly, ukulele baby music. ::)
I get that some autistic people need more help than others, and I'm sure it's not the intention of the people who made it, but it just comes off as being rather patronising as a whole regardless.
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Ugh. Even for people with shitty social skills and intellectual developmental delays, that's dehumanizing. Adults are adults with adult desires no matter how uncomfortable it makes NT's.
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:agreed:
This is why I don't like disclosing that I am on the the spectrum, the reaction is rarely positive from my own experience. For example, I had the same attitude towards me at work then I had to disclose it (shit hit the fan a couple of years ago, and they forced my hand basically), ranging from people over-explaining things to me to "jokes" on my apparent stupidity.
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People just have no idea what the reality is of being on the spectrum. I've thought about bringing it up at work but I always end up deciding against it for reasons like that.
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At work I got the comment, "But everyone is a little bit autistic."
I responded "Yeah? Try having the whole lot!"
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I've had people say that to me as a reason for questioning my reasonable adjustments.
Just stop. :facepalm2:
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Lots of Trump supporters out waving flags on the side of the roads today must have been some sort of organized thing because I saw several groups in different towns all doing the same thing
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Saw a bunch of people running around with compasses and maps.
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I think any time I plan quiet time for myself, it throws up the bat signal to let my children know that it must immediately ask a lot of questions. :apondering:
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I like watching crap telly... people's drama and stupidity is funny to me.
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I think any time I plan quiet time for myself, it throws up the bat signal to let my children know that it must immediately ask a lot of questions. :apondering:
This.
My son does this a lot.
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I think any time I plan quiet time for myself, it throws up the bat signal to let my children know that it must immediately ask a lot of questions. :apondering:
This.
My son does this a lot.
I'm like what do I need to do to prevent this from happening? Is there some kind of trick? Do you have to throw them off your scent? Throw salt over your shoulder? Make some of offering to the do not disturb gods? If you figure it out, let me know. :laugh:
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I think any time I plan quiet time for myself, it throws up the bat signal to let my children know that it must immediately ask a lot of questions. :apondering:
This.
My son does this a lot.
I'm beginning to think that the moment my arse touches a chair a text alert goes out to everyone in my family.
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People talk way too loud on their phones. Today while walking the dogs I could hear a woman talking but couldnt figure where she was then I spotted her about 100 yard away across a field and a pond talking on her phone
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I thought there was a good play in the football game I was watching on the TV in the breakroom.... turns out it was an interference... an interference I didn't understand from where I said to my co-worker:
I have no idea what the hell is going on with this game.
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I thought there was a good play in the football game I was watching on the TV in the breakroom.... turns out it was an interference... an interference I didn't understand from where I said to my co-worker:
I have no idea what the hell is going on with this game.
But they're using their hands and not their feet! Why isn't it called "Handball"?
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Neighbours outside are being loud as fuck. I can hear their entire conversation as clear as day, all boring shit of course. :wanker:
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It wasn't today, but this weekend I noticed all the one way aisle signs are gone at the walmart. :dunno:
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Lots of construction on the way to and from the jobsite today
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I'll have random observations by the time my shift is over later today (because it's 12:36 in the morning right now)
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Had to shop groceries today. The place was full of people. No social distancing, no masks, no allowing other people to pass. I wanted to scream that it's not over. We may have better numbers than some countries at the moment, but it's not a guarantee of anything.
So fucking tired of this.
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People not caring is why there's a 2nd peak going on over here at the moment. It's furiating on how utterly stupid most people are, even when presented the most simple of requests.
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I beginning to see lockdown zombies in the shops buying trolley loads of toilet paper. I find it difficult to walk passed without calling them wankers.
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Eek! I was just about to go to get, but now i'll have to see to my next grocery order. It had settled back down to next-day deliveries, just like before Covid, and i'd got used to it Chances are I won;t get a delivery slot any sooner than 7 days hence (if I'm lucky!) if it's gone back to panic buying now. well. ta-ta and wish me luck *sigh *
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Good luck!
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Thankyou. I've just managed to put an order in for Tuesday, Not with my usual supermarket though, can't get aslot with them til 7 days later than that ! so, can't get all the stuff i wanted, such as more more of those baked beans. Luckily I'm not too low on the hard-to-get staples, but not high enough for complacency. so i'll have to start put some carefu; thought into orders again.
For now, i've just booked a load of slots with placeholder items thrown in to make up mimimum, order value. I Can add items, and swap items out later on. when my brain ias more aletrt . Hope i don't do what i did, last time and clean forget to cancel some the orderrs I don't need as things turn out:laugh: I've felt bad about that, even before uIcount the cost/ :-[
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We're in our second wave in Ontario it's from covid fatigue. People figured it was over, got tired of following the rules and now our numbers are doubling every 10 days.
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I'll have random observations by the time my shift is over later today (because it's 12:36 in the morning right now)
It seems like whenever I am the only Janitor in the building, I also have to handle the restrooms...
Surprisingly enough I had no interruptions, no women barging in, no random hispanic lady pretending not to understand me, people demanding Karens telling me how to do my job (oh wait....)
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I beginning to see lockdown zombies in the shops buying trolley loads of toilet paper. I find it difficult to walk passed without calling them wankers.
Are people still panic buying where you live? :dunno:
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I don't get the urgent mass buying of toilet roll. It does nothing but destroy the supply for everyone else. Wow well done buying 10 stacks of jumbo loo roll, covid cured everyone! :wanker:
Fucking idiots, the whole lot of them. In the past 6 months we've used only 1 and half 8 packs of toilet roll despite being constantly in the house. That's despite constant shite'n, wanks, mishaps etc, doubly folded over and used liberally in general.
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It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.
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I don't get the urgent mass buying of toilet roll. It does nothing but destroy the supply for everyone else. Wow well done buying 10 stacks of jumbo loo roll, covid cured everyone! :wanker:
Fucking idiots, the whole lot of them. In the past 6 months we've used only 1 and half 8 packs of toilet roll despite being constantly in the house. That's despite constant shite'n, wanks, mishaps etc, doubly folded over and used liberally in general.
I can totally relate to someone who feels like they need a lot of toilet paper. :lol1: What I can't relate to, is someone who feels like they need a lot of toilet paper but they don't already have a lot of toilet paper. Especially now. :dunno: The rest, I may just be used to it, because panic buying happens here every time a storm points this way. Some stuff makes sense, like all the bread and lunch meat disappearing, ice and canned stuff like soups, because people are basically preparing to camp in their homes if there's a power outage. What I don't understand is the bottled water. It's stunning people who live in a disaster zone would wait until the last minute to be prepared with drinking water.
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It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.
The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. :dunno:
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My home state's second wave happened in the City, and down in the southern part of the state... the university towns were most affected.
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The numbers are rising in a few parts of the country but there's no second wave yet, I think. I'm sure it'll come because people are ignoring all the rules now.
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All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper. I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.
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All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper. I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.
Maybe you'll learn a lesson this time. :zoinks:
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All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper. I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.
Maybe you'll learn a lesson this time. :zoinks:
Gopher's look quite soft and absorbent.
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:lol1:
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Lots people out walking and riding bikes early on a Sunday morning, I dont like it it used to be my quiet time to be out with the dogs
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It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.
The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. :dunno:
Did you guys ever flatten the curve for a good chunk of time the first time around though? Our province didn't open up until we were under 2% of new daily cases for weeks (so under 100 new daily cases). We were down to 0.2% for awhile and now we're back to 1% daily again and they're limiting things again.
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It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.
The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. :dunno:
Did you guys ever flatten the curve for a good chunk of time the first time around though? Our province didn't open up until we were under 2% of new daily cases for weeks (so under 100 new daily cases). We were down to 0.2% for awhile and now we're back to 1% daily again and they're limiting things again.
Honestly I can't even wrap my head around the whole aspect of positive cases, or understand how anyone else can either, because it's grounded in availability and abundance of testing, so I can only think about it in terms of mortality. I don't think anyone here has acknowledged the US is already on the downside of a second wave, at least I haven't seen or read anyone else say it, although that graph Jack found on excess mortality clearly shows it. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=2020-01-05..latest&country=~USA®ion=World
So, I guess you have to consider you're talking to a gopher. :zoinks:
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful. :dunno:
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful. :dunno:
Our tracks test percentages as well. Wish Canada was an option to plug into that graph but we don't exist in the list :P
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful. :dunno:
Our tracks test percentages as well. Wish Canada was an option to plug into that graph but we don't exist in the list :P
I thought that was weird, but I'm hoping other places like Canada and Australia will be added later, because a single source for multiple countries is more interesting.
Here you go. :thumbup: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2020001/article/00076-eng.htm
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful. :dunno:
Our tracks test percentages as well. Wish Canada was an option to plug into that graph but we don't exist in the list :P
I thought that was weird, but I'm hoping other places like Canada and Australia will be added later, because a single source for multiple countries is more interesting.
Here you go. :thumbup: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2020001/article/00076-eng.htm
Sweet Thank you!
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Saw a V-22 Osprey fly over kinda low
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Wore my t-shirt inside out for 11 hours today and nobody in my family thought to tell me. It has writing on it so it's twice as noticeable. The fact that it says "Caffeine because adulting is hard" makes it all the more comical. Thankfully I was wearing a jacket when I went out today :facepalm2: :laugh:
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I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing. :zoinks:
Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful. :dunno:
You can create a model for the former based on the latter but essentially you're right, of course.
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Wore my t-shirt inside out for 11 hours today and nobody in my family thought to tell me. It has writing on it so it's twice as noticeable. The fact that it says "Caffeine because adulting is hard" makes it all the more comical. Thankfully I was wearing a jacket when I went out today :facepalm2: :laugh:
:laugh:
It would have been awesome if you hadn't.
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Dr Harry (the TV animal behavior expert) lives the area. Some workmates were bitching about him today and how he's actually an unfriendly grump :laugh:
He bought his property off the guy who owns the NRMA shopfront below our office.
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I was driving out of the grocery store parking lot this morning when I almost hit a guy on a bike. It quickly became clear he was stealing, he had a basket from the store full of groceries and he was jumping onto a bike in mid run, right in front of the car. There was a store worker running after him, who was joined by a patron in the lot. A box of cereal fell out of the basket. He darted out across four lanes of traffic and made it to the other side of the road and rode away.
For a moment I was thinking about how to stop him, but afterwards it was more like would he have even stopped if I'd offered to pay for the groceries and whatever he needed? How desperate do you have to be to steal a basket of food from the grocery store?
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Wore my t-shirt inside out for 11 hours today and nobody in my family thought to tell me. It has writing on it so it's twice as noticeable. The fact that it says "Caffeine because adulting is hard" makes it all the more comical. Thankfully I was wearing a jacket when I went out today :facepalm2: :laugh:
:laugh:
It would have been awesome if you hadn't.
It really would have summed up the entire pandemic in one moment. :laugh:
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I was driving out of the grocery store parking lot this morning when I almost hit a guy on a bike. It quickly became clear he was stealing, he had a basket from the store full of groceries and he was jumping onto a bike in mid run, right in front of the car. There was a store worker running after him, who was joined by a patron in the lot. A box of cereal fell out of the basket. He darted out across four lanes of traffic and made it to the other side of the road and rode away.
For a moment I was thinking about how to stop him, but afterwards it was more like would he have even stopped if I'd offered to pay for the groceries and whatever he needed? How desperate do you have to be to steal a basket of food from the grocery store?
I paid for big bag of dog food after a middle aged woman had ran off with one. I told the guy working the till to leave her alone and I would pay. If she was stealing food for a dog you can bet your life she's hungry herself, I thought.
People don't steal food because they're winning in life.
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Truth
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+1
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I was driving out of the grocery store parking lot this morning when I almost hit a guy on a bike. It quickly became clear he was stealing, he had a basket from the store full of groceries and he was jumping onto a bike in mid run, right in front of the car. There was a store worker running after him, who was joined by a patron in the lot. A box of cereal fell out of the basket. He darted out across four lanes of traffic and made it to the other side of the road and rode away.
For a moment I was thinking about how to stop him, but afterwards it was more like would he have even stopped if I'd offered to pay for the groceries and whatever he needed? How desperate do you have to be to steal a basket of food from the grocery store?
I paid for big bag of dog food after a middle aged woman had ran off with one. I told the guy working the till to leave her alone and I would pay. If she was stealing food for a dog you can bet your life she's hungry herself, I thought.
People don't steal food because they're winning in life.
:indeed: :plus:
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It's good to have the board back. I missed you guys. :)
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Putting an art deco style mirror in the bathroom does not entitle one to call the entire studio room art deco.
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It's good to have the board back. I missed you guys. :)
Aw shucks. :eyelash:
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Putting an art deco style mirror in the bathroom does not entitle one to call the entire studio room art deco.
:lol1:
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I'm glad I have you guys and the other forums I frequently visit...
I feel accepted, even if I am an awkward autistic man who still lives in his mother's basement because he has no idea what he wants to achieve in his life.
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:)
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There's a lot of drama in that old Kempsey town. Crackwhores and their custody battles. Primary school aged kids B&E'ing and stealing motorbikes.
Centrelink fraud. Bushfire relief fraud. Firebugs burning down empty commission houses. The list goes on.
Sounds like a fun place to move to :zoinks:
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Today I have heard cicadas doing their thing. Summer is coming.
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Fall...fall is here.
*sneezes*
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I see regi is still the sovereign of the sinbin........... ::)
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He hasn't posted in a while, tho.
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He hasn't posted in a while, tho.
Looks like he changed his name. Oh well, creativity is not his strong suit.
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He hasn't posted in a while, tho.
Looks like he changed his name. Oh well, creativity is not his strong suit.
I changed his name. He's in the sinbin so there's not much he can do.
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Definitely a night owl.... .___.
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The weatherman got it right today it's a fucking miracle
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80xOFX4OdOU
With some weather forecasters, you won't care.
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I've been feeling especially awesome lately. I mean, I'm naturally awesome anyway, but wow. :zoinks:
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You are indeed a fine specimen of gopher.
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Indeed. Of course, you're the only gopher I know, but still.
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Aw, shucks. :zoinks:
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Aw, shucks. :zoinks:
You is the most gophersome gopher on this here forum.
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Dell Thunderbolt docks are fucking useless. I need to get a better one.
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I just got random spam from Donald Trump exhorting me to donate money. I wonder how much he is using these last few days to shake down the country for $$$, and will use some kind of accounting black magic to redirect it to pay off his massive personal debts.
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At work, I realized that I have my solitude.... and at home, I also have my solitude... it's just most people don't understand one simple thing... When I am hiding, don't bother me... unless your my cat or a lovable furry rodent whose weirdness I grew to appreciate.
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:eyelash:
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Holy fuck the Trump campaign is really laying it on thick with the spam. I wonder how many mailing lists they bought.
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I just got random spam from Donald Trump exhorting me to donate money. I wonder how much he is using these last few days to shake down the country for $$$, and will use some kind of accounting black magic to redirect it to pay off his massive personal debts.
I don't know why but that is something I would also imagine that he would do. Especially the black magic redirect shit.
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I'm looking forward to the day when he's out of that damned office and no longer dominates the news.
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Plenty of people have signs for republican politicians on their front yards but very few of them have ones for Trump, even the local republican headquarters doesnt have one
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Plenty of people have signs for republican politicians on their front yards but very few of them have ones for Trump, even the local republican headquarters doesnt have one
Come to Western Pa.
They have signs, flags, banners, and even little cardboard Trump trains decorating the yards. :zombiefuck:
...and as they party by their bonfires, have fall cookouts, attend his numerous rallies, and hold trick or treat festivities you can smell the scent of stupid and covid in the air.
I think it's going to be a loooonnngg winter here. :roar:
Anyone have any tips on how much TP I should be stockpiling?
Gopher?
I need the advice of a professional prepper here. :laugh:
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Plenty of people have signs for republican politicians on their front yards but very few of them have ones for Trump, even the local republican headquarters doesnt have one
Come to Western Pa.
They have signs, flags, banners, and even little cardboard Trump trains decorating the yards. :zombiefuck:
...and as they party by their bonfires, have fall cookouts, attend his numerous rallies, and hold trick or treat festivities you can smell the scent of stupid and covid in the air.
I think it's going to be a loooonnngg winter here. :roar:
Anyone have any tips on how much TP I should be stockpiling?
Gopher?
I need the advice of a professional prepper here. :laugh:
There are people like that here too just not a lot. There is a guy who sets up on the sidewalk downtown by the green with about twenty flags and banners with the cardboard cut outs, who waves and yells as you go by I just find it odd in a normal presidential election year almost everyone with a republican sign would have one for the president also but not this year
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Anyone have any tips on how much TP I should be stockpiling?
Gopher?
I once read a standard roll last the average person about three days and that seems about right. I have an allotted toilet paper storage space that restricts me so I don't go overboard. The top shelf of my bathroom closet will fit eight 12 packs of jumbo rolls, and I also keep one pack in the boy's bathroom. I estimate one of those packs lasts about a month in our bathroom, and that's probably being a little generous. I have no sense of how much the boy uses. When he needs more, he just takes a pack from our bathroom and I replace it. :dunno:
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:thumbup: Sounds about right. I'm going to do the math and stock up while I can.
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Plenty of people have signs for republican politicians on their front yards but very few of them have ones for Trump, even the local republican headquarters doesnt have one
Come to Western Pa.
They have signs, flags, banners, and even little cardboard Trump trains decorating the yards. :zombiefuck:
...and as they party by their bonfires, have fall cookouts, attend his numerous rallies, and hold trick or treat festivities you can smell the scent of stupid and covid in the air.
I think it's going to be a loooonnngg winter here. :roar:
Anyone have any tips on how much TP I should be stockpiling?
Gopher?
I need the advice of a professional prepper here. :laugh:
My job is based in western PA. My boss mentioned on the phone that a senior member of staff in his office has given him a MAGA hat and T shirt to wear in the work place. He's a little unsure as to how to tell the guy to f**k off without compromising future job prospects.
When I go to that office my first feeling is just how WHITE the office is. No POC. Everyone is a white anglo-saxon protestant with a northern european or western european surname. I wondered where all the dark skinned folks were but you see them at around 6:30pm when its time to clean the office, and all the Central/South Americans drive the cars. It was like travelling back to the 1950s in terms of race culture. I tried to explain how different Europe was to them but mostly that led to blank stares and a lot of blinking incomprehension.
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It was Melbourne Cup day today and I LOL'ed at the crowd cheering being dubbed into the audio during the race at a completely empty Flemington race course.
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People are finally starting to wear masks here.
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The lines at the polls where almost to the street when I drove by early but on my way home there were only about 8 people
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I don't think any US election was ever followed so closely around here than this one.
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I don't think any US election was ever followed so closely around here than this one.
It's a morbid fascination. We're watching principles being put to death. Slowly. But in real time.
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:agreed:
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So we have Trump already claiming victory (based on the predicted Red Mirage) as well as massive voter fraud.
And now Biden appears set for victory based on mail-in ballots.
The scene is set for epic butthurt and unrest.
What is really scary is that without the pandemic, Trump would likely have romped to victory. Surely his failed response to the pandemic cost him in the region of 5% of votes?
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This Portrait of Donald "Jessica" Trump is boring me to tears... can someone please slap me in the face?
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My job is based in western PA. My boss mentioned on the phone that a senior member of staff in his office has given him a MAGA hat and T shirt to wear in the work place. He's a little unsure as to how to tell the guy to f**k off without compromising future job prospects.
When I go to that office my first feeling is just how WHITE the office is. No POC. Everyone is a white anglo-saxon protestant with a northern european or western european surname. I wondered where all the dark skinned folks were but you see them at around 6:30pm when its time to clean the office, and all the Central/South Americans drive the cars. It was like travelling back to the 1950s in terms of race culture. I tried to explain how different Europe was to them but mostly that led to blank stares and a lot of blinking incomprehension.
The whole area is like being in a time warp.
I grew up in Upstate NY, and it was pretty white bread there, but nothing compared to when I moved here.
Your boss is right to be unsure about saying anything...you either become one of them, act along...or try to avoid as much interaction as possible outside of work related matters...most are quick to ostracize anyone that might think differently or isn't on the same page as they are.
The attitudes towards race, sex...it's crazy. Used to tell myself that as soon as I could I was going to move far, far away from this area...almost did...but shit happens. Maybe some day.
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I don't think any US election was ever followed so closely around here than this one.
It's a morbid fascination. We're watching principles being put to death. Slowly. But in real time.
Yup. You can see the twisted body parts all over the place.
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What is really scary is that without the pandemic, Trump would likely have romped to victory. Surely his failed response to the pandemic cost him in the region of 5% of votes?
Saw a trumpist being interviewed. She said the pandemic wasn't his fault.
::sigh::
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What is really scary is that without the pandemic, Trump would likely have romped to victory. Surely his failed response to the pandemic cost him in the region of 5% of votes?
Saw a trumpist being interviewed. She said the pandemic wasn't his fault.
::sigh::
That's what they all say.
::)
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My job is based in western PA. My boss mentioned on the phone that a senior member of staff in his office has given him a MAGA hat and T shirt to wear in the work place. He's a little unsure as to how to tell the guy to f**k off without compromising future job prospects.
When I go to that office my first feeling is just how WHITE the office is. No POC. Everyone is a white anglo-saxon protestant with a northern european or western european surname. I wondered where all the dark skinned folks were but you see them at around 6:30pm when its time to clean the office, and all the Central/South Americans drive the cars. It was like travelling back to the 1950s in terms of race culture. I tried to explain how different Europe was to them but mostly that led to blank stares and a lot of blinking incomprehension.
The whole area is like being in a time warp.
I grew up in Upstate NY, and it was pretty white bread there, but nothing compared to when I moved here.
Your boss is right to be unsure about saying anything...you either become one of them, act along...or try to avoid as much interaction as possible outside of work related matters...most are quick to ostracize anyone that might think differently or isn't on the same page as they are.
The attitudes towards race, sex...it's crazy. Used to tell myself that as soon as I could I was going to move far, far away from this area...almost did...but shit happens. Maybe some day.
I messed up when I was there in the run up to the 2016 election. I was chatting to someone who I thought was cool and mentioned the election coverage on the TV and he said totally deadpan "Of course, we'll never have another President as good as Ronald Reagan". I was laughing for a good 5 seconds before I realised that he wasn't joking.
It was awkward.
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Husband unloaded a case of water into the fridge, but neglected to place the labels facing forward. Now have to wait until he's asleep in order to fix it and avoid going crazy or appearing ungrateful.
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Ingrate. He'll never notice, so I'm gonna tell him. :zoinks:
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The dog is barking at something outside. There's no one there that I can see. I guess she's bored.
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Husband unloaded a case of water into the fridge, but neglected to place the labels facing forward. Now have to wait until he's asleep in order to fix it and avoid going crazy or appearing ungrateful.
If he's anything like me he'll wait until you're asleep and turn them all back to random directions again. The next day my wife would get her own back by cutting a block of cheddar cheese diagonally, or by leaving the milk out of the fridge. Trivial irritations like this is how me and my wife keep ourselves interested. We could never leave the other because then the other might have more fun, and besides you can't end a game when there's a score to settle.
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Husband unloaded a case of water into the fridge, but neglected to place the labels facing forward. Now have to wait until he's asleep in order to fix it and avoid going crazy or appearing ungrateful.
If he's anything like me he'll wait until you're asleep and turn them all back to random directions again. The next day my wife would get her own back by cutting a block of cheddar cheese diagonally, or by leaving the milk out of the fridge. Trivial irritations like this is how me and my wife keep ourselves interested. We could never leave the other because then the other might have more fun, and besides you can't end a game when there's a score to settle.
:laugh: That's funny. Though seriously doubt it will be noticed. It's just something I do, but never say anything about it. There's probably never a day when I don't straighten something, so fully realize it's mine to own.
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The cub doesn't know the difference between "too big" and "too small" when it comes to clothes. We've had two days of tantrums because he didn't want to put on his snow pants because he said they were too big. I thought he meant the legs were fat and padded and that was strange. Finally got them on him today and discovered the problem is they're actually too small.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocyA4Y4mPo
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One of the far-right nutters in Sweden defended Trump in the morning paper the other day.
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I'm the world's loneliest bachelor :(
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I'm the world's loneliest bachelor :(
:hug:
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Midweek holidays fuck with my sense of time.
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Midweek holidays fuck with my sense of time.
What's your holiday? :orly:
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Remembrance Day.
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Remembrance Day.
That seems like Veteran's Day here. It's a national holiday here, but I think the only people who get off work are the ones who work for the man. :orly:
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Walmart was still open, so I took the cub to buy some new snow pants. Most white collar jobs are off work though, and schools and childcare are closed.
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Remembrance Day.
We have the same thing but we don't get time off. People wear poppies and we have a minute silence at 11:11am.
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Apparently, I'm likable at Walmart :-/
:o :o :o :o :o :o
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I upset people with my views on poppies.
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What is your view on poppies? :P
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I keep reading that as poopies. :zoinks:
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What is your view on poppies? :P
The whole thing has been highjacked by the jingoistic "Support the Troops" flag wavers. It's not a patriotic thing. Its an acknowledgement of the horror and futility of war and symbolises the lost generation of youth that were ground to pieces only to rot in the fields of Flanders.
If you can find patriotic glory in that message then you deserve a boot.
And the people with rainbow or white poppies are no better. The original poppy was all about inclusivity and pacivism anyway.
I put my money in the box but I don't wear the poppy. Not until the guilt shaming arseholes stop doing their thing.
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Apparently, I'm likable at Walmart :-/
:o :o :o :o :o :o
I'm not at all surprised. :eyelash:
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I needed a mental break on Tuesday... and so far, it was well worth it.... I think I got this in the bag for tomorrow!
:aff: :woohoo: :glug:
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What is your view on poppies? :P
The whole thing has been highjacked by the jingoistic "Support the Troops" flag wavers. It's not a patriotic thing. Its an acknowledgement of the horror and futility of war and symbolises the lost generation of youth that were ground to pieces only to rot in the fields of Flanders.
If you can find patriotic glory in that message then you deserve a boot.
And the people with rainbow or white poppies are no better. The original poppy was all about inclusivity and pacivism anyway.
I put my money in the box but I don't wear the poppy. Not until the guilt shaming arseholes stop doing their thing.
I like what it's supposed to represent.
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
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You OK? :-\
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
The stick up the nose ain't comfortable.
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
The stick up the nose ain't comfortable.
Not something i'd like to experience again either.
Wishing you a negative outcome, Genesis.
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
:GA:
Are you feeling sick? :emosad:
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I don't know... because the stuff Mom and Dad went through were just negative results that were common colds... I'm hoping mine is the same thing.
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Fingers crossed.
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Still waiting for the results..... I'm guessing tomorrow is when I get them?
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Still waiting for the results..... I'm guessing tomorrow is when I get them?
I would assume it would be the same. If you haven't been around anyone who has been infected with COVID, it's unlikely you would have it.
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Still waiting for the results..... I'm guessing tomorrow is when I get them?
I would assume it would be the same. If you haven't been around anyone who has been infected with COVID, it's unlikely you would have it.
I'm a cleaner at a big box store, I avoid people while I'm cleaning the place out... and the majority of that time is the toilets or the garbage in the associate lounge. Also plenty of hiding places away from the stupid people who leave their messes everywhere.
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
Just got the results back: I'm in the negative.... (what a relief!) yet the awkward news is simply this... I need to take a Leave of Absence because I had 1 to 2 symptoms of COVID when I went to go get tested.
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I'M GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19! FUCKING HELL!!!
Just got the results back: I'm in the negative.... (what a relief!) yet the awkward news is simply this... I need to take a Leave of Absence because I had 1 to 2 symptoms of COVID when I went to go get tested.
:thumbup: Do you have to provide more than one negative test to return to work? :orly:
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Glad it was negative, Genesis.
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Some places have dumb policies, like needing every symptom to be gone even if the test has already proven negative.
(Ok I get why, to prevent a spiralling series of closires from the common cold, but it is frustrating.)
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As far as I know... I just need to bring the copy of my negative result after the LOA is over.
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I saw a woman sitting on the grass on the side of the road by the hospital, hooked up to an oxygen cylinder laying flat on the ground next to her smoking a cigarette :zombiefuck:
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People are stupid. :facepalm:
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Still people driving around with big Trump flags on their trucks
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Still people driving around with big Trump flags on their trucks
Same here...and all over the lawn. etc.
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Pedal powered monorails! I never knew such things existed, but they look awesome :laugh:
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Just tried to eat an imported Hershey's chocolate bar. The aftertaste is like vomit :zombiefuck:. Is that normal?
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Just tried to eat an imported Hershey's chocolate bar. The aftertaste is like vomit :zombiefuck:. Is that normal?
Probably. Americans are just used to it. Once read Hershey used sour milk, though it's rumored a chemical is now used instead. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-4155658/The-real-reason-American-chocolate-tastes-terrible.html
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Just tried to eat an imported Hershey's chocolate bar. The aftertaste is like vomit :zombiefuck:. Is that normal?
I am literally only 3 hrs away from Hershey, Pa and I don't eat their chocolate.
Seriously, don't do this to yourself.
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Finally, I have my 2 days off ^__^ *sighs* yay!
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The Swedish King pissed off some people by criticising the country's covid response (or rather the lack of one). He says we've basically failed, and he's not wrong.
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I offered my views on the Disney Star Wars trilogy in an FB group and helped start a flamewar. It's been a while but oh what fun.
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Pluto TV has a Mission Impossible channel :2thumbsup:
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Pluto TV?!?
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Pluto TV?!?
It's an app I think there is a EU version https://pluto.tv/welcome
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Pluto TV?!?
That's what she said
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Just tried to eat an imported Hershey's chocolate bar. The aftertaste is like vomit :zombiefuck:. Is that normal?
I am literally only 3 hrs away from Hershey, Pa and I don't eat their chocolate.
Seriously, don't do this to yourself.
Unfortunately Hershey's bought out Cadburys in the UK and over the last few years have slowly been changing the recipe to be more "Hershey". It tastes like shit now.
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Cadbury's was never a favourite, tbh.
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I loved Cadbury eggs as a kid. Can't really tolerate them now.
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Too much sugar, basically. But I guess it's what you get used to when you're a kid. When I worked in London I could never find sweets I really liked. The crisps were OK but the chocolate was not.
The Brit pub tradition got me through it all. :P
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Jack likes chocolate. It really doesn't matter why kind it is. :laugh:
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Christmas day seems to be the best day of the year to get Indian or middle eastern take-away (cause it's the only take-away places open).
I mean, I was tempted to get some vindaloo but it was too late.
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Yoshi has a way of being lovable.... what's your secret you feline? Honestly.... what's your secret?
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Lots of people outside today, very few of them keeping their distance.
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I needed that nap...
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The vacuum packed peking duck fillets are expensive but I'm obsessed with duck (particularly in thai!). Then what do I do? I eat 2/3 of it and decide I've had enough ::) :P
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I have my usual order from McDonald's and I'm always happy and completely satisfied with it.
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Apparently they'll start vaccinating people tomorrow.
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Saw a nuclear sub heading out to sea
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^Any observation I can make pales in comparison with that one. :P
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Saw a nuclear sub heading out to sea
Maybe it's headed for Lake Pontchartrain to participate in the midnight submarine races. They're always popular with couples.
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^Any observation I can make pales in comparison with that one. :P
It's only cause for concern when you see more than one head out in less than a week. :zoinks:
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Christmas day seems to be the best day of the year to get Indian or middle eastern take-away (cause it's the only take-away places open).
I mean, I was tempted to get some vindaloo but it was too late.
Glad I'm not the only one who does this. Didn't do it this time, but have had a nice christmas day vindaloo a few times in the past.
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I've driven just under 900 miles so far this year :zombiefuck:
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I've driven just under 900 miles so far this year :zombiefuck:
That's about all I drove for 2020. :laugh:
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I've driven just under 900 miles so far this year :zombiefuck:
That's about all I drove for 2020. :laugh:
I haven't driven since 2007
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You win. :laugh:
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I've driven just under 900 miles so far this year :zombiefuck:
That's about all I drove for 2020. :laugh:
I haven't driven since 2007
:lol1:
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Things start to get strange when you watch CNN for more than 7 days non-stop.
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You too? It's a different kind of life.
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I'm not going to find the right woman :( Am I?
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I'm not going to find the right woman :( Am I?
PA and I met in a management class in 1969. We both kinda liked each other, but literally sat at opposite sides of the room, him in the back and me in first chair. I thought he was a bit scary, he thought I was a hippie. I kept looking every semester to see him in the halls, but no joy. In 1982 we "formally" met at a singles group. I approached him and this was literally the conversation:
Me, Didn't you go to UNO?
Him, Yes.
Me, I thought I recognized you. Can I get you a cup of coffee?
Him, No I don't drink coffee.
Me, Can I get you a cup of tea?
Him, I don't drink tea.
Me, Can I get you a cup of hot water?
He burst into the most glorious laughter (and I knew I had him.)
It took almost a year of conversations before he asked me out. We went to a play and he asked me if I'd like to go out again. I said yes. Nine months later he called me up for our second date. He had a theory that if you were depressed, just get some more rejection and you'll climb out of it quicker. He expected me to bawl him out, but I said sure. Threw him for a loop. We started dating intensely.
In Fall 1984 we were engaged and married in March 1985. He was 43, I was 34.
The weird part was that:
his father knew my aunt,
one of his uncles worked in my mom's childhood best friend's family business,
my grand uncle and his grandfather were baker,
my dad shopped at the grocery store that his aunt and her husband owned,
his father and mother shared a house in WW2 with my mother's cousin and his wife
my mother and his mother lived around the corner from each other for a while as children
But we never met until college.
I realize that this may not happen to you, but sometimes a Hollywood script falls into your life and it can happen at the oddest time.
P.S. Neither he or I had been on more than 3 dates with others, we were different religions, had an intense love of history (mine is social, his was WW2/military), we backed rival football teams, etc. but we made it work.
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People will start calling a certain Aussie demographic 'Cheers' instead of 'Coons' from now on :zombiefuck:
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People will start calling a certain Aussie demographic 'Cheers' instead of 'Coons' from now on :zombiefuck:
Yeah that's weird. It seems like it would be more pc to just call them by the proper term of their demographic, rather than introduce a more joyful sounding slur to replace the old one. :dunno:
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Dozens of channels, several streaming alternatives, Youtube, Blu-rays... and I couldn't find anything I wanted to watch.
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I don't have a bucket list, but if I did this wouldn't be something I would imagine putting on it. The bowling alley had an after-the-funeral reception for a deceased bowler. They didn't use all of the place, but there were pictures of the deceased, flowers, food and non-alcoholic refreshments.
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My car and sharp high driveway kerbs don't mix. It happened once when I tried to get into Tempe Tyres in Sydney a year or two ago; I circled the block like three times because each time I thought I was approaching their driveway at the wrong angle, but it was just something weird with my rear diff locking up when I approach such a sharp turn on an angled incline. I gave up and drove away. It happened again today when I went to the chemist.
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Watched a Bond movie with Roger Moore earlier, Was struck by the disco-style soundtrack that I thought was very cool, once upon a time.
Barbara Bach was still hawt. :drool:
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My car and sharp high driveway kerbs don't mix. It happened once when I tried to get into Tempe Tyres in Sydney a year or two ago; I circled the block like three times because each time I thought I was approaching their driveway at the wrong angle, but it was just something weird with my rear diff locking up when I approach such a sharp turn on an angled incline. I gave up and drove away. It happened again today when I went to the chemist.
I have the problem with high kerbs and speed bumps. My car will bottom out unless I exit my friend's driveway at a specific angle and do it slowly.
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My car and sharp high driveway kerbs don't mix. It happened once when I tried to get into Tempe Tyres in Sydney a year or two ago; I circled the block like three times because each time I thought I was approaching their driveway at the wrong angle, but it was just something weird with my rear diff locking up when I approach such a sharp turn on an angled incline. I gave up and drove away. It happened again today when I went to the chemist.
I have the problem with high kerbs and speed bumps. My car will bottom out unless I exit my friend's driveway at a specific angle and do it slowly.
My car is even lower and longer than yours! Yes speed humps are another enemy. I've been quite mindful of driveway attributes when looking at houses.
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That open home today was underwhelming. Gaps in the DIY installed laminate everywhere, warped scotia moulding. They pretty much just slapped the paint on, they didn't even use an enamel on the trim, just the same wall paint.
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The bloody beavers have been at it again. Noticed a couple of trees about to fall when walking the dog.
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I have a big huntsman spider in my house and the cat is trying to get at it.
I don't care if it's there, as long as it doesn't crawl over my face in the middle of the night.
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I saw a rental box truck on the highway that yawed back and forth so much on turns I was sure was going to flip over
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I have a big huntsman spider in my house and the cat is trying to get at it.
I don't care if it's there, as long as it doesn't crawl over my face in the middle of the night.
I found this article on the weather site I follow:
"First the good news. Huntsmen spiders do not – repeat NOT – have any inclination whatsoever to creep their spidery, eight-legged crawl across your face while you're sleeping. You did not wake up with spider tracks on your eyelids this morning, we 99.999% promise.
The bad news is that huntsmen are out and about in large numbers right now, which is typical for the end of summer. Indeed, there are an awful lot of them in some parts of Australia this year.
Dr Lizzie Lowe is an arachnologist at Macquarie University and she's not afraid of spiders. In fact she loves them.
"The thing I find fascinating about them is there are so many different types and they have so many different ways of catching their prey," she told Weatherzone.
"They're actually really beautiful too. Like anything dangerous, the more you get to know about it and understand it, the less afraid you are. There are very few spiders that can hurt you. In fact less than half of one percent of all spiders will do harm."
OK Dr Lizzy, fine. But what about huntsmen? They look so evil. Can we really trust them to leave us alone when they're lurking high up on our bedroom wall.
"Huntsmen don't have very good eyesight. They see light and dark and movement and that's about all. They will never intentionally run towards you because they're small and not highly venomous. They can bite you, but they won't do any harm.
"Huntsmen are super fast but they get confused, so if a huntsman is running towards you, it's confused. They're not aggressive spiders at all and they generally stay high up because that's where they're finding the food they want to eat."
Dr Lizzy went on to tell us that huntsmen are a "summer spider". Their eggs hatch in springtime, stimulated by the warmer temperatures and rain of spring. But some spiders do two rounds of breeding which is why many people are seeing another batch of babies right now.
For the average arachnophobe like us, it's a nightmare scenario seeing a horde of baby spiders on the wall. That's what happened to Sydney resident (and associate professor in medical science) Dr Darren Saunders last week.
"I reckon around 100 of the little guys were on my bedroom ceiling," he told Weatherzone. "They're only 1-2 mm including legs. I was too tired to do anything about it so left them alone.
According to Dr Lizzy, leaving them alone is a sensible course of action because the baby huntsmen won't stick around for long anyway.
"When the babies hatch out, they disperse very quickly over one or two days. They are highly cannibalistic and don't want to be eaten by their nestmates. Also they need to have their own food so it's within their own interests to disperse.
"There's probably only enough food for one huntsman in each house."
Dr Lizzy told us that one of the favourite foods of huntsmen is cockroaches. "Would you rather have a horde of cockroaches in your house or one huntsman?" she said.
It's a fair point. If you hate cockroaches (and surely we're all united on this), get used to that hairy eight-legged monster on your wall. Embrace it. Or at least tolerate it.
But if your fear is stronger than your rational mind and you really can't stand huntsmen, a large plastic see-through Tupperware container and a piece of cardboard or paper are Dr Lizzy's tip for a safe and efficient spider relocation to the garden every time." - Weatherzone.
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Ugh. I didn't want to know that. :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:
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Did anyone see the video of the huntsman spider dragging a dead mouse up the side of a fridge? That's fucking metal. I thought we had some big house spiders. :headbang2:
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Spotted a cockroach in the laundry. All the cat did was stare at it. I'd like a huntsman now.
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Tried reading with Yoshi on my chest... he kept getting distracted by the strings of my hoodie.
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Lots of people out and about.
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Someone spilled a lot of gasoline at the convenience store by the green
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Somebody is getting a little obsessed with crush boi and it's not me.
It's the (former) boss guy from the other office!!
180 calls, 5-6 times per day over the past month, and he's been sending crush boi weird texts that have hinted at an intensifying emotional neediness :O_o:
Crush boi is extremely annoyed but he can't do anything about it, he's just a lonely old man.
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New unopened power tools posted on facebook marketplace at half price with the photo of them holding it in the front seat of their car, yeah sure that's not stolen
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Somebody is getting a little obsessed with crush boi and it's not me.
It's the (former) boss guy from the other office!!
180 calls, 5-6 times per day over the past month, and he's been sending crush boi weird texts that have hinted at an intensifying emotional neediness :O_o:
Crush boi is extremely annoyed but he can't do anything about it, he's just a lonely old man.
That's harassment! He could get the police involved but then again it's hard to know what to do in this type of situation.
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Somebody is getting a little obsessed with crush boi and it's not me.
It's the (former) boss guy from the other office!!
180 calls, 5-6 times per day over the past month, and he's been sending crush boi weird texts that have hinted at an intensifying emotional neediness :O_o:
Crush boi is extremely annoyed but he can't do anything about it, he's just a lonely old man.
That's harassment! He could get the police involved but then again it's hard to know what to do in this type of situation.
Simply asking them to please stop calling and texting might do the trick. Maybe best to ask by text, so there's proof in writing should the matter become pressing.
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Somebody is getting a little obsessed with crush boi and it's not me.
It's the (former) boss guy from the other office!!
180 calls, 5-6 times per day over the past month, and he's been sending crush boi weird texts that have hinted at an intensifying emotional neediness :O_o:
Crush boi is extremely annoyed but he can't do anything about it, he's just a lonely old man.
That's harassment! He could get the police involved but then again it's hard to know what to do in this type of situation.
Simply asking them to please stop calling and texting might do the trick. Maybe best to ask by text, so there's proof in writing should the matter become pressing.
Usually, that's the best way to approach it... for now :(
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The dog freaked out during this morning's walk. Yay.
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My mother really doesn't like the troll (I don't blame her to be honest)
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The Chinese put a probe in orbit around Mars yesterday.
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Somebody is getting a little obsessed with crush boi and it's not me.
It's the (former) boss guy from the other office!!
180 calls, 5-6 times per day over the past month, and he's been sending crush boi weird texts that have hinted at an intensifying emotional neediness :O_o:
Crush boi is extremely annoyed but he can't do anything about it, he's just a lonely old man.
That's harassment! He could get the police involved but then again it's hard to know what to do in this type of situation.
Well I wouldn't go that far, the situation isn't what it seems, seeing as crush boi was the one that helped him out the most when he was recovering from the stroke 18 months ago. Crush boi still answers at least one call per day in the evening and replies to some texts, but the problem is it erodes away at his spare time when he wants to get stuff done because it's always at least a 30 min call. Then the old man guilt trips him for being too busy when crush boi uses that as a reason for not answering/replying.
We're not sure whether it's 'love' or what (the old boss guy IS gay, as we found out). He even made some comment about 'encroaching on Charlotte's territory', as if to imply I see him as a romantic threat :laugh:. Crush boi doesn't swing either way buddy, he's asexual :laugh:
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My mother really doesn't like the troll (I don't blame her to be honest)
Tell your momma I still love her, Genesis. :zoinks:
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Perv.
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My mother really doesn't like the troll (I don't blame her to be honest)
Tell your momma I still love her, Genesis. :zoinks:
You're an exception... the friendly Gopher to have tea with on I^2
The troll I am referring to is my on/off's bestie -_-
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:eyelash:
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Spent time outside in the snow, playing with my dog.
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I am so going to be alone the rest of my life aren't I?
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I shined a UV light on my computer desk and now I feel all itchy.
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I do as I am told, yet deep down I'll never be a Yes Man.
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I shined a UV light on my computer desk and now I feel all itchy.
Keep clorox wipes in the office; not a much of a germaphobe so they're mainly for the dust and smudges. Few years ago, was working late and the maintenance person came by, emptied the wastebasket and then started wiping down the desktop. Told husband about it and how it freaked me out, having no idea where else the cleaning rag had been, in the toilets for all I knew. Never had the impression of my desk being cleaned while out, so was really hoping it was wiped only because I happened to be sitting there and it wasn't a normal thing, but was tempted to UV light my workspace. Husband told me to simply clean each morning and let it go. He said, do not, I repeat DO NOT, bring a UV light to the office.:laugh:
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I do as I am told, yet deep down I'll never be a Yes Man.
There's sometimes a difference between being a push over and doing as told. When it comes to work, not only want to be told what to do, but also to be told exactly. Working independently is easier when expectations are perfectly clear..
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I do as I am told, yet deep down I'll never be a Yes Man.
There's sometimes a difference between being a push over and doing as told. When it comes to work, not only want to be told what to do, but also to be told exactly. Working independently is easier when expectations are perfectly clear..
Yep
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I shined a UV light on my computer desk and now I feel all itchy.
Keep clorox wipes in the office; not a much of a germaphobe so they're mainly for the dust and smudges. Few years ago, was working late and the maintenance person came by, emptied the wastebasket and then started wiping down the desktop. Told husband about it and how it freaked me out, having no idea where else the cleaning rag had been, in the toilets for all I knew. Never had the impression of my desk being cleaned while out, so was really hoping it was wiped only because I happened to be sitting there and it wasn't a normal thing, but was tempted to UV light my workspace. Husband told me to simply clean each morning and let it go. He said, do not, I repeat DO NOT, bring a UV light to the office.:laugh:
NEVER shine your UV light around in a hotel room. I made that mistake once. Trust me on this, ignorance IS bliss.
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Elk jerky doesn't really taste that much different than beef jerky
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Elk jerky doesn't really taste that much different than beef jerky
It may be more about the seasonings.
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Mom has a fever :(
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Elk jerky doesn't really taste that much different than beef jerky
"Elk Jerky" sounds like the name of Canadian Folk Singer.
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My life is one complicated jigsaw puzzle. It's too fucking complicated -__-
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My life is one complicated jigsaw puzzle. It's too fucking complicated -__-
How is your Mum?
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My life is one complicated jigsaw puzzle. It's too fucking complicated -__-
How is your Mum?
She came home later on in the afternoon... right now she just needs to focus on being on a diet to help her through her issue.
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So I bought a new bathroom towel ring to replace the thing that looked like a toilet roll holder. But the towel ring is all out of shape out of the box. Its round and all but looking at it from the side it's very wonky. Not sure if it's normal :blonde:
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The birds like Jazz and Samba music when I'm out of the house at work.
They have excellent taste... especially Tolstoy, and Yoko
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Noticed a couple of trees damaged by beavers.
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I need to get lost in my place of employment again.... that way I can develop new shortcuts to get the hell out of there when my shift is over.
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There's 25 guests online. I haven't seen that many in a while. :orly:
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There's 25 guests online. I haven't seen that many in a while. :orly:
What about when you guys had 312 people online in the same day?
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There's 25 guests online. I haven't seen that many in a while. :orly:
What about when you guys had 312 people online in the same day?
I think that was accumulative, and started out smaller with about 25. :zoinks:
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^ Wasn't that just a google bot flash mob?
I also recall the bots had a fetish for a certain thread by Spokane Girl :orly: :poop:
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^ Wasn't that just a google bot flash mob?
I think Odeon said they were China bots, but I think that was back in December. i see in the stats the most ever online was 1025 - January 16, 2020, 01:01:48 PM. I totally missed that one. :dunno:
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^ Wasn't that just a google bot flash mob?
I think Odeon said they were China bots, but I think that was back in December. i see in the stats the most ever online was 1025 - January 16, 2020, 01:01:48 PM. I totally missed that one. :dunno:
Those were definitely Chinese bots. I remember banning entire IP ranges on the server.
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Somebody's been taking down trees without permission in the neighbourhood.
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The snow piles are melting fast
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Somebody's been taking down trees without permission in the neighbourhood.
More of this. I don't mind, tbh, since the township is ignoring pretty much everything around here.
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When people see my mother and I together at dancing, they automatically assume we live together, that I have no independent life of my own, and that I must be 'special' or something. It happened last night. I am not joined to my mummy's hip, now come sit and lets attempt a conversation [yes you, you tall guy over there I've been trying to get the attention of for years].
Mothers: the ultimate contraception device :P
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With spring comes the competitive cyclist, taking up space in the middle of the road because apparently the cycle lane is too slow. >:(
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Gawd, even my father thought crush boi and I were together. He invited him to come with me when I drive to the ridge next month :laugh:
I set him straight of course. Sorry to disappoint you dad :P
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That's sort of sad.
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Lots of lower than normal helicopters around today
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What is the function of a quilted quilt cover?
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Joy Division sounds as fresh to me now as they did 40 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No
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Something major is going on at the local primary school (where I had every intention of voting in the state election today. I had to go elsewhere). High fencing was up, along with scaffolding everywhere. So what happens to the kids that go there? Then again, I could only see the front of the school so maybe they have extra portable classrooms at the back.
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Dad wanted to go out on a small outing, so I went along.... little did I know we stopped at the Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts Hybrid in town... He got coffee, I got Ice Cream for him and me.
Afterwards, we stopped at the liquor store... he had to go relay a message to someone, little did I know... it was probably that Apple Cider stuff that he likes so much being given to him.
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The Baskin Robbins we had down the street closed and went elsewhere (I think). What a shame because they had the best caramel ice cream I've ever had.
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Chrysler scored in the bottom handful of brands in the most recent JD Powers reliability survey, so that's something I guess :autism:
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I feel like it's necessary to throw a pie at someone... problem is, would I get charged with assault, or given a ticket that says "Pay for the Lulz!"?
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Today I was all of a sudden included in discussions about this transition to Xero we're going through at work. I even attended an hour long zoom meeting!
They even *shocked* made me feel like a helpful part of the process!
I'm thinking maybe somebody said something to them about me being left out all the time :laugh:
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I think I'm finally over her :-(
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Damn, I forgot how good these headphones sound. I finally picked up my Sennheiser BT cans from the repair shop today - the pair had some significant crosstalk and so I left them to be fixed two months ago. Apparently Sennheiser forgot all about them because after reminding them last week, they decided to give me a brand new pair instead.
They'll need a week's worth of burn-in, though, at the very least.
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Some kind of event was going on in the city today, the train was packed going to and coming back.
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A bunch of teens in training outfits were blocking a walking bridge when I was out and about with the dog. Apparently covid restrictions didn't apply.
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Lots of crows in the neighborhood today
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Mom is making curry.... I can smell and sense the spices from here.
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There is a plastic bag stuck up in a tree in my back yard. Will have to figure a way out to remove it tomorrow
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A guy was walking in the middle of the road this morning, face down looking at his phone while cars drove past.
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The fact that I'm even thinking of this particular guy this way tells me that I've officially lowered my dating standards down to "Mammal" :P
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There was a car with no wheels laying on its side in an intersection I drove though today but it wasn't an accident it looked like it fell off a truck but there were no trucks around :dunno:
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The fact that I'm even thinking of this particular guy this way tells me that I've officially lowered my dating standards down to "Mammal" :P
Gophers are mammals. Just saying. :eyebrows:
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There was a car with no wheels laying on its side in an intersection I drove though today but it wasn't an accident it looked like it fell off a truck but there were no trucks around :dunno:
People throw their junk everywhere these days. :zoinks:
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Turns out Mr Mammal is moving to Sydney on Friday, so that notion was short lived :-\
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The dog needed a bath. Done, and now I need one.
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The dog needed a bath. Done, and now I need one.
I'll go fetch my long handled grout scrubber. :zoinks:
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The dog needed a bath. Done, and now I need one.
I'll go fetch my long handled grout scrubber. :zoinks:
:eyebrows:
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Speaking of the dog, she's in full guard mode today, barking at everything that passes.
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I wanted to figure out my PTO at work... couldn't happen because the server kept saying Error 503
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I had four days off. Now I want four more.
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It appears to me that the people who are against vaccine certificates are also the same people that are against vaccines in general. And masks. Social distancing. Lockdowns. Foreign people. Foreign languages. Foreign people speaking foreign languages. Dark skin in general. People with education. And books.
I'm not saying they're wrong and I'm right (although I am right). I'm just saying that there is definitely a type.
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There were more than usual people walking around downtown today
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It appears to me that the people who are against vaccine certificates are also the same people that are against vaccines in general. And masks. Social distancing. Lockdowns. Foreign people. Foreign languages. Foreign people speaking foreign languages. Dark skin in general. People with education. And books.
I'm not saying they're wrong and I'm right (although I am right). I'm just saying that there is definitely a type.
I'm against people against vaccines.
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We decided to buy pizza today. Turns out lots of other people have thought the same. Lots of people there getting their pizzas.
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It appears to me that the people who are against vaccine certificates are also the same people that are against vaccines in general. And masks. Social distancing. Lockdowns. Foreign people. Foreign languages. Foreign people speaking foreign languages. Dark skin in general. People with education. And books.
I'm not saying they're wrong and I'm right (although I am right). I'm just saying that there is definitely a type.
They're called fuckwits.
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The condition appears to be highly contagious.
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It appears to me that the people who are against vaccine certificates are also the same people that are against vaccines in general. And masks. Social distancing. Lockdowns. Foreign people. Foreign languages. Foreign people speaking foreign languages. Dark skin in general. People with education. And books.
I'm not saying they're wrong and I'm right (although I am right). I'm just saying that there is definitely a type.
They're called fuckwits.
Over in the states we would have called them Dumbfucks.
Or according to the German side of me, these people would be simply: Dumme Scheiße
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In Swedish I'd say "stolpskott".
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I'm torn between Scheiss kopfs (shit heads) and Scheiss arse (shit asses). My phonetic spelling is off, I know.
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I used to like saying vomit spitz n pukin, but at the moment I can't remember why. :zoinks:
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I think I need to clean my keyboard... or replace it -_-
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Apparently buying a dog is a lot more expensive now than a year ago. People working from home all decided to get puppies. I wonder what will happen when they return to their offices.
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Apparently buying a dog is a lot more expensive now than a year ago. People working from home all decided to get puppies. I wonder what will happen when they return to their offices.
Between them not having enough time and the dogs acting up due to separation anxiety they will seek to rehome them that will be prime dog getting time
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Apparently buying a dog is a lot more expensive now than a year ago. People working from home all decided to get puppies. I wonder what will happen when they return to their offices.
Between them not having enough time and the dogs acting up due to separation anxiety they will seek to rehome them that will be prime dog getting time
:'(
I know. It's so sad.
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Took apart the useless circular raised flowerbed in the middle of my concrete back patio, which has always been too dry to grow anything but weeds and ants. Turns out it was hiding an octagonal gap in the concrete with a rotted stump in it.
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Cat litters can really vary wildly between cats can't they. This corn husk litter isn't stinky in the slightest with my younger cat (granted there is still clay litter mixed in his too). With my older cat it smells, yet it's a cat litter smell that is out of the ordinary. It kinda smells like a semi trailer full of livestock rather than the strong ammonia smell I'm used to with clay litter :orly:
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Lots of people out and about today.
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I watch the Maury show to laugh at other people's stupidity...
When I'm at work, I am quiet.
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People are stupid. A random observation to end all random observations.
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One of the tenants who lived in my place before I bought it 10 years ago died recently. Weird.
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They'll start vaccinating us plebs in three weeks' time, apparently.
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2nd Vaccine is on Wednesday.... I got this.... problem was the getting to and from -___-
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I kind of wish that everyone would stop calling this experimental injection of the mass public with MRNA a vaccination.
You educated folk know what I am talking about.
My observation included tits this morning. Not pretty, and I had to help her up, but she's fine and I remained a gentleman.
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I saw a tractor trailer miss hitting a bridge by only a few inches, kinda disappointed I would have gotten it all on my dash cam
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More traffic today than I've seen in quite a while.
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I saw a tractor trailer miss hitting a bridge by only a few inches, kinda disappointed I would have gotten it all on my dash cam
I need a dash cam, I think I'm going to do some research on them. I've seen some stupid shit, would have been nice to have footage of it.
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I'm a lonely bachelor whether I like it or not.
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I saw a tractor trailer miss hitting a bridge by only a few inches, kinda disappointed I would have gotten it all on my dash cam
I need a dash cam, I think I'm going to do some research on them. I've seen some stupid shit, would have been nice to have footage of it.
Take my advice and get one that allows you to easily save an incident while driving. Mine, a Rollei I bought on a whim and got cheap, is not brilliant. The picture quality is fine but the interface still confuses me after more than two years of ownership, and the only foolproof way to save something is to shut down the thing and copy the clip to a hard drive at the earliest opportunity.
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I saw a tractor trailer miss hitting a bridge by only a few inches, kinda disappointed I would have gotten it all on my dash cam
I need a dash cam, I think I'm going to do some research on them. I've seen some stupid shit, would have been nice to have footage of it.
Take my advice and get one that allows you to easily save an incident while driving. Mine, a Rollei I bought on a whim and got cheap, is not brilliant. The picture quality is fine but the interface still confuses me after more than two years of ownership, and the only foolproof way to save something is to shut down the thing and copy the clip to a hard drive at the earliest opportunity.
If it has a G sensor all you need to do is reach over and give it a tap and it should save it. I would recommend getting one that lets you access it with bluetooth because getting the little sd card out is a pain in the ass
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^Excellent advice.
Damn, now I want to buy a new one.
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There was a rabbit in my front yard last night
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UPS doesn't seem to know in which country the parcels they handle are. I was supposed to receive a parcel yesterday, according to their tracking service, but nothing turned up and today they revised the location of said parcel. It's in... Shanghai.
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I'm scared
I'm scared
I am so scared
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I'm scared
I'm scared
I am so scared
:hug:
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We have daily morning calls where everyone is supposed to report in on what they're doing. I can think of few meetings more pointless than these, and I just want to yell that I'm not interested and then hang up.
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We have daily morning calls where everyone is supposed to report in on what they're doing. I can think of few meetings more pointless than these, and I just want to yell that I'm not interested and then hang up.
You can let them all know I've been doing important gopher crap. :zoinks:
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I have a slow leak in my right rear tire
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We have daily morning calls where everyone is supposed to report in on what they're doing. I can think of few meetings more pointless than these, and I just want to yell that I'm not interested and then hang up.
You can let them all know I've been doing important gopher crap. :zoinks:
Honestly, I should. I'm thinking most of them wouldn't even notice.
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I'm lucky that mine are just an online thread where everyone has to write a sentence about what they're doing.
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They have been running fiber optic cable all over town lately and today they were on my street on my street. I wonder how long till it's up and running been having lots of problems with lag lately and want to ditch my current provider
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Somebody's been cutting down trees again.
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People were driving like maniacs today
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Registrations are picking up. This is going to be a good year.
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Lots of traffic on the parkway today
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Online conferences can feel almost like the real thing. You definitely miss being at one.
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I miss real conferences.
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At the flea market the manager and the cops had an argument with some woman in front of my van which ended in her being told if she every set foot on the property again she would be arrested. She apparently been harassing people and trying to scam dealers
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Maybe it's better this way... yes it's sad, but they made their choice, and I made mine.
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They filled the really deep pot hole I drive by everyday, it sets off the G sensor in my dash cam if I forget to swerve around it
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I just need to be more of myself.... how hard can that be?
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People are out and about in hordes.
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People are out and about in hordes.
They have been around here lately also since Connecticut lifted the mask mandate.
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People are out and about in hordes.
They have been around here lately also since Connecticut lifted the mask mandate.
The mandate was lifted here too, but everyone still seems to be wearing them anyway. I still only go out once per week, but I haven't noticed anyone without a mask in the stores. I've gotten used to them and have grown to like it, so I wonder if the day will come when I'll be expected to stop wearing a mask but wont want to. :dunno:
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People are out and about in hordes.
They have been around here lately also since Connecticut lifted the mask mandate.
The mandate was lifted here too, but everyone still seems to be wearing them anyway. I still only go out once per week, but I haven't noticed anyone without a mask in the stores. I've gotten used to them and have grown to like it, so I wonder if the day will come when I'll be expected to stop wearing a mask but wont want to. :dunno:
I'd say about 70% wear them in stores here. I generally still wear one most of the time and always if the store has a sign requesting that you do.
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You got to love Sunday drives sometimes, always find that people drive much more recklessly or for some reason, people feel its the best time to drive like a madman.
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People are out and about in hordes.
They have been around here lately also since Connecticut lifted the mask mandate.
The mandate was lifted here too, but everyone still seems to be wearing them anyway. I still only go out once per week, but I haven't noticed anyone without a mask in the stores. I've gotten used to them and have grown to like it, so I wonder if the day will come when I'll be expected to stop wearing a mask but wont want to. :dunno:
I'd say about 70% wear them in stores here. I generally still wear one most of the time and always if the store has a sign requesting that you do.
I've noticed one that still required them, and one says vaccinated aren't required. At some point I'll end up looking like an anti-Vader, so I'll probably feel pressure to stop wearing themwhen it looks like others are stopping. Lots of states have laws against covering faces in public. I wonder if that will change now. :dunno:
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
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Connecticut and the other five states in New England are on the top ten list for the most vaccinated states
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
The numbers are down but not by that much, I'd think.
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
The numbers are down but not by that much, I'd think.
Doubt the integrity of the number of deaths your country reports? It's the great thing about that graph. It's simple, not muddied by how many people are tested, infected, vaccinated, or even reported as pandemic deaths. It's simple excess mortality, current as compared to mortality rates of the previous five years. It doesn't necessarily mean no one is dying from covid; but it does mean covid hasn't increased the average mortality rate since February. The US has been bouncing back and forth between 1-3% since March. Compared to 51% at the highest peak, it makes for good optimism.
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People are out and about in hordes.
They have been around here lately also since Connecticut lifted the mask mandate.
The mandate was lifted here too, but everyone still seems to be wearing them anyway. I still only go out once per week, but I haven't noticed anyone without a mask in the stores. I've gotten used to them and have grown to like it, so I wonder if the day will come when I'll be expected to stop wearing a mask but wont want to. :dunno:
I'd say about 70% wear them in stores here. I generally still wear one most of the time and always if the store has a sign requesting that you do.
I've noticed one that still required them, and one says vaccinated aren't required. At some point I'll end up looking like an anti-Vader, so I'll probably feel pressure to stop wearing themwhen it looks like others are stopping. Lots of states have laws against covering faces in public. I wonder if that will change now. :dunno:
I noticed several people without masks in the stores this weekend. Maybe next week I'll try not wearing one. :dunno:
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
The numbers are down but not by that much, I'd think.
Doubt the integrity of the number of deaths your country reports? It's the great thing about that graph. It's simple, not muddied by how many people are tested, infected, vaccinated, or even reported as pandemic deaths. It's simple excess mortality, current as compared to mortality rates of the previous five years. It doesn't necessarily mean no one is dying from covid; but it does mean covid hasn't increased the average mortality rate since February. The US has been bouncing back and forth between 1-3% since March. Compared to 51% at the highest peak, it makes for good optimism.
I doubt the numbers on excess mortality, tbh. The health authorities here are shit when it comes to reliable statistics.
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
The numbers are down but not by that much, I'd think.
Doubt the integrity of the number of deaths your country reports? It's the great thing about that graph. It's simple, not muddied by how many people are tested, infected, vaccinated, or even reported as pandemic deaths. It's simple excess mortality, current as compared to mortality rates of the previous five years. It doesn't necessarily mean no one is dying from covid; but it does mean covid hasn't increased the average mortality rate since February. The US has been bouncing back and forth between 1-3% since March. Compared to 51% at the highest peak, it makes for good optimism.
I doubt the numbers on excess mortality, tbh. The health authorities here are shit when it comes to reliable statistics.
Dont doubt the numbers, with the exception of small margins of error for incomplete data in more recent months due to delayed reporting. The one possible issue is, calculating excess deaths beyond the first year. It makes sense mortality rates might drop below normal for a few years because so many elderly died in 2020.
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Lots of people fishing in the river where I take Filburt for walks
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Very few people wear masks here but the pandemic isn't over and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. People are idiots.
That graph I've been watching shows your country excess death rate has been below 0% since early February.
The numbers are down but not by that much, I'd think.
Doubt the integrity of the number of deaths your country reports? It's the great thing about that graph. It's simple, not muddied by how many people are tested, infected, vaccinated, or even reported as pandemic deaths. It's simple excess mortality, current as compared to mortality rates of the previous five years. It doesn't necessarily mean no one is dying from covid; but it does mean covid hasn't increased the average mortality rate since February. The US has been bouncing back and forth between 1-3% since March. Compared to 51% at the highest peak, it makes for good optimism.
I doubt the numbers on excess mortality, tbh. The health authorities here are shit when it comes to reliable statistics.
Dont doubt the numbers, with the exception of small margins of error for incomplete data in more recent months due to delayed reporting. The one possible issue is, calculating excess deaths beyond the first year. It makes sense mortality rates might drop below normal for a few years because so many elderly died in 2020.
True. Consider yourself virtually plussed.
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An osprey has been flying around my neighborhood a lot lately
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An osprey has been flying around my neighborhood a lot lately
The raptor? Or the tilt wing military aircraft?
(And the football is on. Just saying.)
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An osprey has been flying around my neighborhood a lot lately
The raptor? Or the tilt wing military aircraft?
(And the football is on. Just saying.)
The raptor. There are a lot of them around town most I have seen in years.
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My old laptop's Ubuntu install is finally ready to upgrade, two months after the new version was released.
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As of today pot is legal in the state of Connecticut, no place to legally buy it yet though
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I slept okay... just annoyed at the stupid people around me though
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The moors are beautiful this time of year - all purple heather and waving grasses. Also saw a pair of curlews fly straight across the road in front of us on Bingley Moor the other day heading back from Leeds - a wow moment.
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:bounce: <---- :nerdy:
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Today, it rained on the motorway. Only the motorway, nowhere else.
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:lol1:
We had a spattering of rain as I was taking the cub to the playground, but nothing deterring.
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Did you know that you have to wear a mask while playing the pokies at the pub in NSW, but if you have a free glass of water in your hand that you pretend to sip on (or a beer whatever you prefer) you can play with your mask off? You still have to have a mask in your possession though.
I've inadvertently discovered a loop hole here. Somebody could get one of those drinking hats and go a full day without putting their mask on.
Stupid Gladys and her funny COVID rules :laugh:
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Even though my job is a hellhole, it's a learning experience many like myself must go through... if you are wanting to be cooperative with your fellow human beings NT or not... You need to stop having a pity party all the time.
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Somebody cut down a bunch of the wild blackberries where I walk the dogs by the river :grrr:
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Yesterday someone didn't read the low bridge signs, happens about once a month here and at another bridge in town
(https://i.postimg.cc/Sxgmd7SL/Screen-Hunter-473.jpg)
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A Windows 11 is coming?
WTF?
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Yesterday someone didn't read the low bridge signs, happens about once a month here and at another bridge in town
(https://i.postimg.cc/Sxgmd7SL/Screen-Hunter-473.jpg)
There's some great footage of this sort of thing on Youtube. Cracks me up every time, especially when they don't even slow down when approaching the bridge.
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A Windows 11 is coming?
WTF?
Did you ever doubt MS would do it?
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So, I go shopping at the local supermarket and there is this huge white pick up truck near me. It has a large pro trump flag with 2024 on it. It also has the phrase "Make america great again". There is also a large american flag with some sort of thing in the blue star field, which I couldn't read. And finally, on the back window of the truck cab was a large stencil that read; "Show me your titties."
Yep, a true trump humper! ::)
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So, I go shopping at the local supermarket and there is this huge white pick up truck near me. It has a large pro trump flag with 2024 on it. It also has the phrase "Make america great again". There is also a large american flag with some sort of thing in the blue star field, which I couldn't read. And finally, on the back window of the truck cab was a large stencil that read; "Show me your titties."
Yep, a true trump humper! ::)
If I showed him my titties, he would run screaming for the hills. :zombiefuck:
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So, I go shopping at the local supermarket and there is this huge white pick up truck near me. It has a large pro trump flag with 2024 on it. It also has the phrase "Make america great again". There is also a large american flag with some sort of thing in the blue star field, which I couldn't read. And finally, on the back window of the truck cab was a large stencil that read; "Show me your titties."
Yep, a true trump humper! ::)
If I showed him my titties, he would run screaming for the hills. :zombiefuck:
That I would PAY to see!
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Passed a tractor trailer on the parkway today that was about to go into the tunnel, I hope it didn't get stuck. Trucks and buses are banned on the road due to the low bridges and narrow lanes.
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A Windows 11 is coming?
WTF?
Did you ever doubt MS would do it?
No... it just feels too soon
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I'm not particularly impressed by what I've seen so far, but who knows. Maybe they'll surprise me.
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The new book I'm reading "Horde" by Marie "some french name" (too lazy to get it at this hour). Anywho she has the usual foreword telling me what she is writing about, but, then spends the entire first chapter telling me what she is writing about in each chapter............and its a long one. This has all the hallmarks of a long slow boring read. :yawn:
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Wondering about Microsoft's Windows 11 upgrade specs.
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Too many people out at garage sales I even skipped some because they were so crowded
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People who never drive further than the grocery store in normal circumstances filled the bloody motorway today and everything took forever.
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People who never drive further than the grocery store in normal circumstances filled the bloody motorway today and everything took forever.
Right now it's mass migration from the Mountains back to Massachusetts. The reverse of what happens on Friday.
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It was the same again today. I mean seriously, where did they get their driver's licenses?
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It was the same again today. I mean seriously, where did they get their driver's licenses?
ACME school of driving, Wile E. Coyote, chief instructor. 8)
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It was the same again today. I mean seriously, where did they get their driver's licenses?
I've driven so little for so long, I don't know if it's made me a worse driver but I sort of feel like it has. :dunno:
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Lots of people out and about mid day for a Tuesday not many were I walked the dogs though which was nice
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It was the same again today. I mean seriously, where did they get their driver's licenses?
ACME school of driving, Wile E. Coyote, chief instructor. 8)
:laugh:
He taught them everything he knows.
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A bunch of kids making noise just outside. The dog doesn't like it.
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There was a dog barking outside a minute ago.
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Drove down the highway in the northbound lane and witnessed a fully engulfed in flame shell of an SUV. Around noon time. I could feel the heat as I drove in the right hand lane heading south. Traffic heading north for the weekend in the lakes and mountains was starting to backup big time as emergency vehicles were just starting to arrive. Took a detour to get home as traffic was backing up for miles. I never saw such a fireball of a vehicle fire in my life. I hope the people inside managed to escape the inferno.
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Drove down the highway in the northbound lane and witnessed a fully engulfed in flame shell of an SUV. Around noon time. I could feel the heat as I drove in the right hand lane heading south. Traffic heading north for the weekend in the lakes and mountains was starting to backup big time as emergency vehicles were just starting to arrive. Took a detour to get home as traffic was backing up for miles. I never saw such a fireball of a vehicle fire in my life. I hope the people inside managed to escape the inferno.
Propane, most common fuel for RV accessories.... That shit makes one big scary inferno.
Hope they all made it out okay.
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Drove down the highway in the northbound lane and witnessed a fully engulfed in flame shell of an SUV. Around noon time. I could feel the heat as I drove in the right hand lane heading south. Traffic heading north for the weekend in the lakes and mountains was starting to backup big time as emergency vehicles were just starting to arrive. Took a detour to get home as traffic was backing up for miles. I never saw such a fireball of a vehicle fire in my life. I hope the people inside managed to escape the inferno.
Propane, most common fuel for RV accessories.... That shit makes one big scary inferno.
Hope they all made it out okay.
Agreed. It could not have been burning long for it to be noticed and emergency called. But, when I went by, it looked like a burning shell. No glass, no tires, nothing but a fireball in a metal shell.
As for car fires, I have noticed there is usually news of 1 or 2 at least every other week. :dunno:
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Lots of holiday drivers on the motorway again today. A cunt in a BMW tailgated me for around 30 km or so.
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The water just off the pier looked murkier than usual today
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Drove down the highway in the northbound lane and witnessed a fully engulfed in flame shell of an SUV. Around noon time. I could feel the heat as I drove in the right hand lane heading south. Traffic heading north for the weekend in the lakes and mountains was starting to backup big time as emergency vehicles were just starting to arrive. Took a detour to get home as traffic was backing up for miles. I never saw such a fireball of a vehicle fire in my life. I hope the people inside managed to escape the inferno.
Propane, most common fuel for RV accessories.... That shit makes one big scary inferno.
Hope they all made it out okay.
Agreed. It could not have been burning long for it to be noticed and emergency called. But, when I went by, it looked like a burning shell. No glass, no tires, nothing but a fireball in a metal shell.
As for car fires, I have noticed there is usually news of 1 or 2 at least every other week. :dunno:
Update: The Driver is ok. Apparently his check engine light went on, so he pulled over into the break down lane and looked under the hood. The engine block was on fire and then everything went boom. He's ok. Emergency crews were responding to several calls however in the area. So they were scrambling to get the people to wherever they were needed and calling for assistance from other towns.
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Drove down the highway in the northbound lane and witnessed a fully engulfed in flame shell of an SUV. Around noon time. I could feel the heat as I drove in the right hand lane heading south. Traffic heading north for the weekend in the lakes and mountains was starting to backup big time as emergency vehicles were just starting to arrive. Took a detour to get home as traffic was backing up for miles. I never saw such a fireball of a vehicle fire in my life. I hope the people inside managed to escape the inferno.
Propane, most common fuel for RV accessories.... That shit makes one big scary inferno.
Hope they all made it out okay.
Agreed. It could not have been burning long for it to be noticed and emergency called. But, when I went by, it looked like a burning shell. No glass, no tires, nothing but a fireball in a metal shell.
As for car fires, I have noticed there is usually news of 1 or 2 at least every other week. :dunno:
Update: The Driver is ok. Apparently his check engine light went on, so he pulled over into the break down lane and looked under the hood. The engine block was on fire and then everything went boom. He's ok. Emergency crews were responding to several calls however in the area. So they were scrambling to get the people to wherever they were needed and calling for assistance from other towns.
Glad he's okay. :thumbup:
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Well that's a relief. Lucky the guy was paying attention.
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I need to get back into the routine of revising my manuscript... hopefully the new change (or tweak for that matter) in my schedule will help me find days to do work at home instead of being a lazy ass on my days off.
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I like how he happens to have a group photo with me in it as his FB banner but he has no idea who the girl in the picture is :autism:
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People can be such a pain in the ass
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People can be are such a pain in the ass
I just made a trip to Walmart for three things that took me over an hour...."can be" isn't even an option.
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With the wildfires recently, the cub learned that sometimes the air is too stinky to go out. Around the same time, we went to a park across the river from some big oil refineries, and he saw the tall smokestacks feeding white plumes and flickers of fire into the sky.
Now he is convinced that factories make all clouds, and whenever it's overcast it's because the smokestacks are running.
Not quite sure that's how it works, kiddo. :P
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Should it be "translation", "conversion" or "transformation"? This speaker is hung up on semantics.
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They cut down a big tree at the end of my street bit by bit using a crane to take the big pieces away so they would not his the nearby houses
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Saw 2 hummingbirds fighting each other over the Basil flowers.
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Saw 2 hummingbirds fighting each other over the Basil flowers.
I went to Prep School with Basil Flowers. I used to copy French off him. I think he joined the Clergy.
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Saw 2 hummingbirds fighting each other over the Basil flowers.
I went to Prep School with Basil Flowers. I used to copy French off him. I think he joined the Clergy.
:lol1:
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So many people out and about today.
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It's getting overgrown one of the places I walk the dogs
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Ignorance Kills
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We went from 400-something cases per day to 600-something cases per day. We skipped the 500's altogether!
It's always fun seeing what tally the next day brings.
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Lots of people at Eisenhower park today
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Took a drive up to NH White Mountains on the highway. It just reinforced my amazement at the stuff people leave lying by the side of the road, shoes, hats, towels, clothes, etc. If I took a van and traveled all over the highways around the state and in nearby Maine........I could open a thrift store with all the stuff I see. :o
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There's an annoying fly buzzing around the room right now.
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We went from 400-something cases per day to 600-something cases per day. We skipped the 500's altogether!
It's always fun seeing what tally the next day brings.
Now we've skipped the 700's and jumped straight up to 800 cases per day.
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With Hurricane "Henri" approaching and due to hit New England and spin into NH, it will be interesting to see what happens with customers in walmart today while I work. It's due to hit our area late Sunday afternoon/early evening. :hide:
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With Hurricane "Henri" approaching and due to hit New England and spin into NH, it will be interesting to see what happens with customers in walmart today while I work. It's due to hit our area late Sunday afternoon/early evening. :hide:
Don't stand in front of the bread and toilet paper.
Hope it veers off some, it looks menacing. :P
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With Hurricane "Henri" approaching and due to hit New England and spin into NH, it will be interesting to see what happens with customers in walmart today while I work. It's due to hit our area late Sunday afternoon/early evening. :hide:
Don't stand in front of the bread and toilet paper.
Hope it veers off some, it looks menacing. :P
Further to the East would be great as it stands now I'm in the redzone on my local news :zombiefuck:
Lots of people getting gas in containers today when I filled up my can for my generator
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Had the are occurrence to be out at night and noticed a few random street lights that looked like uv lights. Looked it up and it turns out to be a manufacturer defect which is causing led lights to gradually turn purple, and it's happening all over the country.
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Had the are occurrence to be out at night and noticed a few random street lights that looked like uv lights. Looked it up and it turns out to be a manufacturer defect which is causing led lights to gradually turn purple, and it's happening all over the country.
I love purple lights. :zoinks:
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Had the are occurrence to be out at night and noticed a few random street lights that looked like uv lights. Looked it up and it turns out to be a manufacturer defect which is causing led lights to gradually turn purple, and it's happening all over the country.
I love purple lights. :zoinks:
They are pretty but was a little disappointed they aren't uv.
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At least the virus is bipartisan
Yeah.... about that....
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Had the are occurrence to be out at night and noticed a few random street lights that looked like uv lights. Looked it up and it turns out to be a manufacturer defect which is causing led lights to gradually turn purple, and it's happening all over the country.
I love purple lights. :zoinks:
They are pretty but was a little disappointed they aren't uv.
The photos of the purple lit streets and homes reminded me of years ago reading about other countries using blue street lights, which were supposed to reduce rates of crime and suicides.
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With Hurricane "Henri" approaching and due to hit New England and spin into NH, it will be interesting to see what happens with customers in walmart today while I work. It's due to hit our area late Sunday afternoon/early evening. :hide:
Don't stand in front of the bread and toilet paper.
Hope it veers off some, it looks menacing. :P
Surprisingly, it was not as crowded as I expected! Didn't work in the bread aisle, but, the toilet paper section is a bit low on several brands. The storm is not due to hit us until latr afternoon/early evening Sunday.
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
Flagged for various ID10T Errors!
One NEVER wants their dog to leave them, and most especially not ALONE!!
Your dog is your best friend, even if you do not recognize this.
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Random, indeed, but barely relevant, possibly more philosophical than helpful, but if one forgets to bring in their Sun Tea and it sits out at night, does it become Moon Tea?
I will need help powering past this one it seems.
:apondering:
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
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One NEVER wants their dog to leave them, and most especially not ALONE!!
Your dog is your best friend, even if you do not recognize this.
He's Sugarbutt's best friend. We're good enough friends, but I struggle with the ethics of owning animals and wouldn't otherwise have one. It's my own personal thing and I don't really understand it, so I don't try to influence other people, but it is what it is. :dunno:
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I used to struggle with the ethics of spaying and neutering them. Still don't like to think about it too hard. Though I understand logical reasons for doing it. The things we do for population control, when we're also the ones creating the environmental conditions where heavyhanded population control is necessary.
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Interviewed an applicant for an architect role today. Interesting to be on the other side of the table.
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
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One NEVER wants their dog to leave them, and most especially not ALONE!!
Your dog is your best friend, even if you do not recognize this.
He's Sugarbutt's best friend. We're good enough friends, but I struggle with the ethics of owning animals and wouldn't otherwise have one. It's my own personal thing and I don't really understand it, so I don't try to influence other people, but it is what it is. :dunno:
Owning? You've shown me yet another elevated level of how your varied psychoses have affected your ability to think "straight."
:'(
You have never owned them, in truth. They aren't actually pets, like your cellphone or your favorite rock. You can only adopt them as family members and establish a guardianship relation where you are in charge of making their lives as pleasant and rewarding for THEM as possible.
READ THAT PART AGAIN, "for THEM" and do you will do so to the end of their lives. Otherwise, fuckoff, cuz you don't deserve to have animal friends.
If I was to take score, animals own US, not the other way around. If it doesn't seem so, then get a heart and start again.
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
Flagged for various ID10T Errors!
One NEVER wants their dog to leave them, and most especially not ALONE!!
Your dog is your best friend, even if you do not recognize this.
He's Sugarbutt's best friend. We're good enough friends, but I struggle with the ethics of owning animals and wouldn't otherwise have one. It's my own personal thing and I don't really understand it, so I don't try to influence other people, but it is what it is. :dunno:
Owning? You've shown me yet another elevated level of how your varied psychoses have affected your ability to think "straight."
:'(
You have never owned them, in truth. They aren't actually pets, like your cellphone or your favorite rock. You can only adopt them as family members and establish a guardianship relation where you are in charge of making their lives as pleasant and rewarding for THEM as possible.
READ THAT PART AGAIN, "for THEM" and do you will do so to the end of their lives. Otherwise, fuckoff, cuz you don't deserve to have animal friends.
If I was to take score, animals own US, not the other way around. If it doesn't seem so, then get a heart and start again.
I can phrase it differently if that makes it better. It's not something I talk about much because like I said I don't fully understand it, plus I have no interest in making people defensive about their beloved animals, but the fact still remains I struggle with it and I'd personally rather not do it. :dunno:
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I think I have a stalker :'(
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What did they do this time?
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What did they do this time?
They have a tendency to hide their number from my caller ID because I blocked them... I think they tried doing the same method to my mother's phone at least 4 times
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What did they do this time?
They have a tendency to hide their number from my caller ID because I blocked them... I think they tried doing the same method to my mother's phone at least 4 times
I have private numbers blocked because of them using that method.
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The stuff I ordered came in the mail today, but the packaging was the same stuff as the dog treat packaging, it was even a similar shape and size, so since it looked and sounded like dog treats the dog was absolutely convinced I had received a delivery of dog treats, and I had to give him a dog treat so he would leave me alone. :lol1:
Flagged for various ID10T Errors!
One NEVER wants their dog to leave them, and most especially not ALONE!!
Your dog is your best friend, even if you do not recognize this.
He's Sugarbutt's best friend. We're good enough friends, but I struggle with the ethics of owning animals and wouldn't otherwise have one. It's my own personal thing and I don't really understand it, so I don't try to influence other people, but it is what it is. :dunno:
Owning? You've shown me yet another elevated level of how your varied psychoses have affected your ability to think "straight."
:'(
You have never owned them, in truth. They aren't actually pets, like your cellphone or your favorite rock. You can only adopt them as family members and establish a guardianship relation where you are in charge of making their lives as pleasant and rewarding for THEM as possible.
READ THAT PART AGAIN, "for THEM" and do you will do so to the end of their lives. Otherwise, fuckoff, cuz you don't deserve to have animal friends.
If I was to take score, animals own US, not the other way around. If it doesn't seem so, then get a heart and start again.
I can phrase it differently if that makes it better. It's not something I talk about much because like I said I don't fully understand it, plus I have no interest in making people defensive about their beloved animals, but the fact still remains I struggle with it and I'd personally rather not do it. :dunno:
Maybe just make a friend and be the best friend you can be.
This is not a phrasing difference. I am talking about an entirely alternative paradigm to what some do with their beloved charges.
The old saying, "Be the person your dog thinks you are" holds merit.
Peace, Bro!
:grouphug:
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I think I have a stalker :'(
Another?
... or is it the same person ramping up.
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Somebody has been doing a lot of pruning and clean up at one of the places I walk the dogs and I don't think it's the city
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The old saying, "Be the person your dog thinks you are" holds merit.
QFT
I try. :)
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It's "that time of year" for the dog. She's not yet particularly interested in the many males looking her way but give it another week or so.
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I saw a bald eagle
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I saw a bald eagle
Not common here at all, but I saw one last month by the river and so have many here lately.
Not just one bird, either. Seems to be several perusing our humble grounds this summer.
:headbang2:
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With my daughter's newfound love of mineral collecting, I tend to watch for interesting items near the river, again, as in my youth.
I often find colored quarts (she loves the pinks), broken spear or arrow heads, various metamorphic or striated sedimentary formations, limestone with shells exposed (kind of fun to find in landlocked Indiana), etc. So common in Indiana that people lose interest, but not me and now my daughter has some interest.
Today, I found an interesting fossil, Not just another petrified coral either.
I have seen quite a few of these in museums and such and I found a piece of a small bone about two inches long with mineralized marrow clearly visible and the structure of the bone is well defined.
It means nothing in the grand scheme, but it will please and surprise her when she returns from work.
:thumbup:
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It's "that time of year" for the dog. She's not yet particularly interested in the many males looking her way but give it another week or so.
Are you making reference to a breeding program?
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I think I have a stalker :'(
Another?
... or is it the same person ramping up.
It's the same person I've been complaining about to you guys for awhile now.
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It's "that time of year" for the dog. She's not yet particularly interested in the many males looking her way but give it another week or so.
Are you making reference to a breeding program?
Nah, just mentioning the state of the dog. She's fairly hyper now. She's never been NT, if there is such a thing for dogs, but books could (and should?) be written about her when in heat.
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Lots of rocks and dirt in the streets from last nights torrential rain and flooding.
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Even if I did find someone else... would they accept me for me, or would they judge me for random mundane stupid shit like the other girl did?
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The guy selling at the flea market who was across the isle from me looked like Jeremy Wade from the show River Monsters.
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Ever notice how your mind can just change if you allow it to?
I have a newish cutting board from spring "card rewards" (used card points and chose this item) made of thin bamboo. Very clever design, I noticed right away, but I hated it, because it was thin and light.
Understand, I grew up with people who butchered livestock on the kitchen table. The cutting board was thick and heavy duty. In fact, if you had to change a tractor tire, the cutting board could be used to hold it up while you do.
This new cutting board seemed flimsy to me at first. I hated it. I have a variety of cutting boards for my own kitchen and mostly light, compared to my grandfather's chopping and cutting solutions.
But, now, after using it for a few months, I love it for the very same reasons I hated it when I first introduced myself to it.
I hated it because it was thin and light, now I love it because it is thin and light.
"The mind is a TERRIBLE thing!" (Richard Pryor)
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That parmi dinner from the pub next door was shithouse. I'm never giving it another chance ever again.
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I'm supposed to send back a laptop to a former client in the UK. Said client was supposed to take care of the paperwork and so all I'd have to do was hand over the package to a courier.
Not so fast.
The UK is no longer an EU member so there's LOTs of paperwork to be done, from laptop battery documentation to customs declarations and paid customs invoices. Bloody hell, no wonder the supermarket shelves in the UK are empty now, nobody wants to export anything to the UK anymore.
It's probably cheaper and faster to pay me for a flight there and back. Except I'd probably end up in Covid quarantine instead. :GA:
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Major bathroom remodeling happening at my place.
Showering with a tap and a bucket, camping style. Yay.
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Major bathroom remodeling happening at my place.
Showering with a tap and a bucket, camping style. Yay.
OY :plus:
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Showering with a tap and a bucket, camping style. Yay.
:eyebrows:
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I'm having trouble finding the dog's food again. I don't know why since the stores seem back to normal now. :dunno:
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I tried an automatic touchless car wash for the first time today. It was ordinary.
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Major bathroom remodeling happening at my place.
Showering with a tap and a bucket, camping style. Yay.
I remember when we remodelled this place. Four months of temporary arrangements, from having no kitchen to no shower to no bathroom to just about everything else. It was worth it but there were times when I had my doubts.
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My architect colleague at work is slowly but surely being worn out. He's been with the company for years and they've grown to rely on him for everything so they pull him into every meeting and every discussion there is. And there's a lot.
I'm trying to take stuff off him but he's resisting. Wondering how to put it to him.
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What is it about architects and that mentality. :laugh:
Dude needs a capable assistant and a kick in the butt to delegate. Or if the company's not allowing that then a stark reminder of the consequences to something he cares about (which may not be his own welfare :P) when shoddy work happens as a result of exhaustion.
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He likes to work when he's off, too. Don't know how many times I've had an email from him when he's supposed to be on holiday.
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Dunno. My work has its issues, but there's a real cultural push at the moment to limit your overtime and keep work/life balance in mind. Guess they burned out too many people fifteen years ago. There was a time when it was a huge media thing and that seemed to put sufficient pressure on them when individual complaints meant nothing.
There are still people who don't listen, though, and the sense I get is they have drastically different experiences at the company depending on how well they're able to moderate things.
Me, work was a refuge when I didn't know what I'd be walking into at home, so it's kind of been a non-issue. Like, working certain types of overtime is a "simply can't do it" and nobody's made the mistake of trying to force it. And now with limited childcare and even more limited local support it's the same thing. I'm lucky to be valuable enough to them to get away with it.
But the request ... becoming demand... to do more and more can get at people's psychological weaknesses. And that can maybe only be addressed at the source. Unless one can create a cultural movement on demand, I guess, but there are already so many people trying to do that that it just adds to the noise.
So yeah. It's hard to say.
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The company isn't good at setting limits, at all. Part of the problem is that we have customers across the pond so working in the evening is not unusual.
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Apparently the (former) other boss guy has been randomly calling people he knows and verbally abusing them.
MRI scan of his brain came back clear so I guess one should find another explanation for his odd behavior.
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The company isn't good at setting limits, at all. Part of the problem is that we have customers across the pond so working in the evening is not unusual.
I get that. And I get the meetings with the Indian/Malayan contingents at 7am too.
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Gas went up 10 cents a gallon since the last time I filled up
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The local Paralympics champion is selling his limited edition Galaxy S21. They gave them away for free to all the athletes. This could be quite the find :orly:
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The company isn't good at setting limits, at all. Part of the problem is that we have customers across the pond so working in the evening is not unusual.
I get that. And I get the meetings with the Indian/Malayan contingents at 7am too.
Yup. Although they're used to working late. :P
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I've worked for global companies before but not like this. Because everyone is working from home, they all assume that you're reachable round the clock. And because your mobile's got Teams and everything else, I guess they're right.
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I adamantly refused to install the company chat app on my phone.
They can pay for a work phone if they want that shit.
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Well, I'm a contractor.
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Ah. Well then. :P
I hope you're billing them through the teeth for those hours.
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Our fridge has just gotten really loud. ???
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I was sitting here watching amateur vids of the UFO that flew over NSW earlier and just then my smoke alarms mysteriously went off :tinfoil:
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Ah. Well then. :P
I hope you're billing them through the teeth for those hours.
I am.
Had a contractor friend who always told me he bills his clients as soon as he thinks about them. He wasn't wrong. It's too easy to reply to Teams messages or email during off hours without including any of it in the invoice. I'm getting better at it, though.
I'm doing odd hours for another client. It's not much, and most of it is just keeping up with their ever-changing ISO requirements, but I've been making sure that they pay for not only the actual hours put into those but also the admin work and all those little things that add up.
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Our fridge has just gotten really loud. ???
Constantly, or right after you close the door?
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I was sitting here watching amateur vids of the UFO that flew over NSW earlier and just then my smoke alarms mysteriously went off :tinfoil:
They don't want you to watch those vids. :M
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My older cat is having a mood swing after I put her flea treatment on :laugh:
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My Android TV app is no longer connecting to the TV box. Must have been another update to the bloody box ruining it.
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Comet Tv is back on an over the air station near me again
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Comet Tv is back on an over the air station near me again
I miss that channel. Some really neat bad sci-fi and horror movies as well as vintage sci-fi tv shows.
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Comet Tv is back on an over the air station near me again
I miss that channel. Some really neat bad sci-fi and horror movies as well as vintage sci-fi tv shows.
You can get it on your phone, computer or roku for free. I have an old tv in my office that I use for broadcast stations and checking old video games and its nice to be able to have something on that doesn't require cable or internet
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The KDE desktop celebrates 25 years today.
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Felt makes a much better edging than black ribbon for ghost costume eyes.
Am attempting to sew for the cub. This doesn't happen often. :P
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Felt makes a much better edging than black ribbon for ghost costume eyes.
Am attempting to sew for the cub. This doesn't happen often. :P
Awesome.
Was looking through old photos on the hard drive yesterday. When the kid was into Naruto and wanted to be Gaara...and there wasn't a costume to be found.
(https://i.imgur.com/engYBlSm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0ol30ucm.jpg)
That damn Gourd took me a week to make. :laugh:
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That is really cool.
The ghost costume is pretty simple, just a cheap white towel that I cut holes in for eyes and mouth, but he's pretty excited about it. He loves being a ghost after his bath by putting the towel over his head.
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Rain rain and yet more rain. We left Florida in rain and came home to rain. C'est la vie!
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Lots of police downtown with lights on but nothing seems to be happening
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Organic Hot Dogs are questionable
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Organic Hot Dogs are questionable
Are they meat or soy protein, like veggie dogs?
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Organic Hot Dogs are questionable
Are they meat or soy protein, like veggie dogs?
I have no idea what it is... it doesn't have its preservatives... plus it has that vegan-texture shit that I don't like...
It's meat... yet doesn't have the texture I enjoy.
The soy/ground beef texture in this particular generic of Hamburgers at Aldi's on the otherhand is actually really tasty... best of all not "ORGANIC"!
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Lots of people tailgating me on the motorway today. Was it something in the air or what?
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Got a half dollar in my change, first one in more than 10 years. Same place gave me two two dollar bills over the summer
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Part of the house I'm working on still stinks like spray foam which generally means someone fucked up
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I think I just found out why Nelson County bourbon & cola is significantly cheaper than Jim Beam. Can barely taste the bourbon :zombiefuck:
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Guy came earlier and loaded up all 13 trimmers I tossed in a lot and posted to Marketplace.
My carport is almost ready for winter. :asthing:
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No matter how much you've eaten you still have room for a small bowl of Bombay Mix.
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Had reason to fill in an IRS form today. From a tech POV, they use a PDF with inline forms and digital signing, which is nice. Even a Swedish citizen can do it. I don't think our authorities are that permissive (but I haven't tried so I don't know).
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The trains are running again on the Waterbury line after a few months of track work
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The cub just learned the meaning of money.... he has a handful of pennies his trains have been carrying around as freight and he told me he wanted to use "a money" to buy a toy. So, okay, one lesson at a time? I let him carefully carry the penny to the store where I had to get some things anyway, and let him pick out a toy. Then he very carefully gave the penny to the cashier (and she winked at me and palmed it back into the bag) and got his toy.
Theennnn he discovered that when you buy a thing, you don't get your coin back. :bigcry:
After much deliberation he decided to keep his toy and let the cashier keep the money. :LOL:
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Wait until your cub starts paying by card. He'll get that back. ;)
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Lots of crazies out on the road today
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A Google streetview car was prowling around town today
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I hate the new automatic Google spell and grammar checker. It pops up in forms and annoys the hell out of me. Maybe it's finally time to ditch Chrome for good.
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Lots of crazies out on the road today
The boy commented about the traffic today. I told him it will be crazy until Christmas, and it doesn't really matter what day or time of day at this point. :dunno:
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Lots of crazies out on the road today
The boy commented about the traffic today. I told him it will be crazy until Christmas, and it doesn't really matter what day or time of day at this point. :dunno:
They were even out 730am on a Sunday on my way to work. I did get only two red lights out of the thirty or so I have to go though which made up for them
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The grammar check they've added to Chrome keeps pissing me off.
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My boss is a closed book.... doesn't reveal too much about themselves except that they quote catchphrases from different films and that they have an Alaskan Malamute named Kodiak.
Yep... definitely a spectrum case...
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:lol1:
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The Home Depot in New Rochelle sucks
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^What's wrong with it?
The cats are scared of the street sweeper.
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Yoshi comes running when he hears me calling him from downstairs of the house...
fascinating. I think the cat likes me
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^What's wrong with it?
The cats are scared of the street sweeper.
Too many people, more employees than any one that I have ever been in but most are just looking at their phones, at least twenty minutes in line for check out and people trying to sell you stuff in the parking lot. Some of it is just the location less than a mile from New York city and everything seems to be way to crowded for me down there
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I have rescued another dog, but this time from the alley way behind our house (Old House, still live there). Now our Dog Family is complete already, in my book. Two to be friends to each other, one boy, one girl and done, right?
I have coaxed a lost fluffball running wild near a busy road into my care and bathed and fed her, but I really do not want another dog right now.
Poor thing looked like if you had taken four bags of really dirty cotton balls, painted a nose on one end (can't see her eyes) and made the other end wag. She was pitifully disgusting to look at. AND hungry enough to try to trust me a bit.
I began the process of bringing her back to the beauty she obviously used to know.
I called to talk to the Humane Society to find what I need to do to help them get her back to her owner's home.
They said just drop her off, tell them where she was found and they will scan for a chip and do everything. ?? ?? ??
Problem is that we are already falling for her. But we don't "need" another dog right now. Just putting that out there, but it may already be too late. :lol1: :asthing: :lol1:
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I plan to take the fluffball in to the Humane Society to have them scan for a chip.
I do not want to keep someone else's "precious'" from them. Dropping her off and looking away is not going to happen so easily.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
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The Catholic in me finds that strange also.
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Is it a church or a cult?
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There's a whole 'nother shopping precinct behind Westfields Kotara??
I know what day trip I'm going on over my xmas holidays :hyke:
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Is it a church or a cult?
No idea, it has the church and pastors name on the sign thats about it
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Is it a church or a cult?
No idea, it has the church and pastors name on the sign thats about it
We have a number of them around here!
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The local brewery had what looked like a superspreader event. Some kind of party.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
I moved into what used to be a store, still has the big windows in front but they are covered.
There used to be a church that set up a tent at the flea market and do the church thing there I think I have a photo someplace
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My daughter has reminded me that we are going to move away from five pets buried in our back yard. She is worried about them.
I don't know where she came up with this latest "truama," but I tried to explain how the shells we buried were not our beloved pets and those loved ones had already left those vessels which we were left to dispose.
What next!?!
:dunno:
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
I grew up where "churches" can just materialize inside a tent. Drive by one and you might think the circus is in town, but it is sometimes the snake people, "on the road" and making money.
Remember, MONEY is the point of most mobile churches or ministries or evangelical pursuits. Do not let them fool you. I am not so cynically inclined in matters of faith most of the time, but these people should be exposed for what they are.
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The local brewery had what looked like a superspreader event. Some kind of party.
We had a local brewery that used to do something similar. Every week end in the summer, they had a small band in the parking lot of the huge trucking depot where they occupied a corner stall. Also "tasting" tables were available to hawk the newest recipes or just for the hell of it all. Not sure the difference.
They folded this year due to staffing and Covid issues in general.
It was always fun to drop by and see what the band sounded like, but they are gone now.
:bigcry:
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
I moved into what used to be a store, still has the big windows in front but they are covered.
There used to be a church that set up a tent at the flea market and do the church thing there I think I have a photo someplace
Okay. Misunderstood and thought it was a church combined with an operating store. Have seen churches and church base charities in odd places before like a strip mall, but definitely never a gas station.
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It might be how some churches get started, just renting a space until collecting enough tithe to build a church.
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Rode on a plane and swore it smelled like pee. On returning home, the house also seemed to smell like pee. Now not sure if the smell of pee is stuck in my nose from the plane, or if I'm the one who smells like pee. :laugh:
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I'm the one who smells like pee.
:hahaha:
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There's a whole 'nother shopping precinct behind Westfields Kotara??
I know what day trip I'm going on over my xmas holidays :hyke:
I wish I lived near you as I could be your shopping buddy. I love shopping, Mum used to be my shopping buddy a few years ago.
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There's a whole 'nother shopping precinct behind Westfields Kotara??
I know what day trip I'm going on over my xmas holidays :hyke:
I wish I lived near you as I could be your shopping buddy. I love shopping, Mum used to be my shopping buddy a few years ago.
I gotta drive for 2.5 hours to get there though. Day trips to the shopping centres in Newcastle are fun, albeit tiring.
I even drove all the way to DFO in Homebush one time and drove back the same day.
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After the great depression glassware mini plate crash. I did a thorough vacuuming of the kitchen floor and found several shards that I had missed last night after the crash. For such a little plate it left a lot of shards, big and small all over that side of the kitchen. And Amber, who dropped the dish, was standing barefoot in the debris field. I swiftly swept the area around her and told her to wear footwear until I could clean the floor completely in the light of day. So now that's done. The floor is safe for barefoot young ladies.
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I woke up early this time... (if you count 11:35 as early?) Went to go check up on Dad... he's okay, now I have a wee bit of downtime before I get ready for my shift...
During the downtime, give the birds fresh food, and water... check Yoshi and Louie's water bowl... get ready for work, and avoid annoying my bosses at work.
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Found out we lost a family of "friends" in the Kentucky tornadoes.
She worked at the Amazon plant, he was home with the kids. Both locations destroyed. Many families lost.
The entire town looks like a garbage dump from the helicopter fly-over. Very little left of the town.
I know you've all heard all about it, but sometimes it is closer to you when Mother Nature comes calling.
Saddened!
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I bought some custard yesterday, had some last night, but now I can't tell it apart from the other half empty tub I forgot was in the fridge that's weeks old.
They literally looked the same inside, no off smell or anything, and the use by date on the old tub was 6 Jan 22. The use by date on the tub I bought yesterday; 1 Jan 22 :O_o:
I think I'm going to avoid buying perishable foods from that particular supermarket altogether from now on.
Twice now I've had the runs, first time due to the Coles brand chicken tenders sold there (and I swear I overcooked them), and the second time after one of the microwavable chocolate puddings.
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How many times will it take for me to get blocked by Ted Cruz after calling him Canuck on Twitter?
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How many times will it take for me to get blocked by Ted Cruz after calling him Canuck on Twitter?
Well, when he stops licking trumpolini's shoes, maybe he will get around to you.
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How many times will it take for me to get blocked by Ted Cruz after calling him Canuck on Twitter?
I blocked him first. I can't be arsed to properly apply myself...he's such a weenie.
I think Scott Baio was the only one that beat me to the block.
Blocked by Chachi...seriously...wtf. :lol1:
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:lol1:
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Watched the latest Spiderman movie today. It's pretty much a given that there will be more to see after the end credits but most people left the cinema before that.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
I can't wait until they start putting 'em in the front of supermarkets. Get me some Bejesus right after checkout.
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My daughter has reminded me that we are going to move away from five pets buried in our back yard. She is worried about them.
I don't know where she came up with this latest "truama," but I tried to explain how the shells we buried were not our beloved pets and those loved ones had already left those vessels which we were left to dispose.
What next!?!
:dunno:
A reason I never liked burial. Things are too easily to become attached to.
Eating your loved ones seems the most proper way of disposing of remains.
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While I do stuff for my own motives and needs, it's nice to know somethings I do get moments of approval from others. Today, I was doing my usual walk and pick up litter on the stretch of road I have adopted to cleanup. A truck comes down the hill, beeps at me and the driver gives me a big thumbs up. Not the first time I have received approval for my efforts. It boosts my spirits to know that. And at this time of year with the funk I'm in any sincere positives are gratefully accepted. Tbh, I thought the driver was going to give me the finger. Not the first time that has happened while I was walking.
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Just noticed they put a church in a convenience store I used to go to :-\
That's strange.
I grew up Catholic and always thought store front churches were kinda weird but this is even odder I used to go there and buy milk and there is a liquor store next to it
Have never seen or heard of churches in stores, so didn't even know it's a thing.
I can't wait until they start putting 'em in the front of supermarkets. Get me some Bejesus right after checkout.
Personal favorites are the lone prophets loitering outside with a megaphone. Who needs a church? :laugh:
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I really can't tell what's fact or fiction with the Troll and Automaton...
Maybe because that's what gaslighting does to you?
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I really can't tell what's fact or fiction with the Troll and Automaton...
Maybe because that's what gaslighting does to you?
That's the purpose of gas lighting, making you question yourself. I just treat it ALL as fiction and ignore it!
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The local brewery had what looked like a superspreader event. Some kind of party.
We had a local brewery that used to do something similar. Every week end in the summer, they had a small band in the parking lot of the huge trucking depot where they occupied a corner stall. Also "tasting" tables were available to hawk the newest recipes or just for the hell of it all. Not sure the difference.
They folded this year due to staffing and Covid issues in general.
It was always fun to drop by and see what the band sounded like, but they are gone now.
:bigcry:
Ours seems to be doing fine still, covid or no covid. Their restaurant/pub is not open every day and I don't think it's their main income anyway. It's a nice place to visit in the summer, though, so I hope they keep it open.
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I really can't tell what's fact or fiction with the Troll and Automaton...
Maybe because that's what gaslighting does to you?
That's the purpose of gas lighting, making you question yourself. I just treat it ALL as fiction and ignore it!
I try to ignore it... and they keep trying to attach themselves onto me like a leech. The troll already destroyed what I had with the Automaton, I don't want it to affect my other friend.. she was acting like a complete floozy around both of us.. and I did my best to restrain... my buddy, on the other hand, he fell for the trap. He got accused of assault (even when she was asking for it!)
Sometimes I wish those "parents" she had would just give her a lobotomy, or even a hysterectomy.
Dumb pigs like her shouldn't breed.
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I really can't tell what's fact or fiction with the Troll and Automaton...
Maybe because that's what gaslighting does to you?
That's the purpose of gas lighting, making you question yourself. I just treat it ALL as fiction and ignore it!
I try to ignore it... and they keep trying to attach themselves onto me like a leech. The troll already destroyed what I had with the Automaton, I don't want it to affect my other friend.. she was acting like a complete floozy around both of us.. and I did my best to restrain... my buddy, on the other hand, he fell for the trap. He got accused of assault (even when she was asking for it!)
Sometimes I wish those "parents" she had would just give her a lobotomy, or even a hysterectomy.
Dumb pigs like her shouldn't breed.
I'm sorry if this is ableist and sexist to point out... I'm just at the point where I hate this person, and I'm glad I am staying away.
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Somebody a couple streets over used a snow blower to get the dusting of snow off their driveway :zombiefuck:
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Had a major wave of grief come over me as I was driving and remembering that this is the month I lost my dearest friend. I was listening to siriusXMradio spa channel and the music just hit me the right way. But, there was also a bit of relief that he passed away before the pandemic. The lockdown and restrictions would have been devastating for him since he was such a lover of life and active and just such a force of nature in a good way. R.I.P. Frederick P. Murray. I thought my grief was winding down, but, the eyes teared up and the choking sobs welled up. Not the best thing to happen while driving. :'(
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Tomorrow I go to Wisconsin for some Christmas time with my sister and her in-laws... should be fun, just a wee bit scared though for Dad's sake.
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Tomorrow I go to Wisconsin for some Christmas time with my sister and her in-laws... should be fun, just a wee bit scared though for Dad's sake.
Couldn't go to Wisconsin... Dad was sick, as well as the Dog :(
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I started painting my dining chairs this week, starting with the primer. However I did not anticipate tanning bleed through the paint :facepalm2:.
So it's back to the drawing board with a proper oil based sealant instead.
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Zinsser spray acquired. One can lasted two chairs. Now I need to source 3-4 more cans.
I swear the paint has costed twice the amount I paid for the actual chairs at this point :P
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Ice roads out there today.
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Almost no traffic on the highway this morning :2thumbsup:
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Cops were guiding traffic outside of the Pharmacy when Mom and I went out... okay.... what happened?
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Cops were guiding traffic outside of the Pharmacy when Mom and I went out... okay.... what happened?
What did *you* do? :zoinks:
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The power lines going through the park were humming loudly this morning
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Cops were guiding traffic outside of the Pharmacy when Mom and I went out... okay.... what happened?
What did *you* do? :zoinks:
Threw a pie at the Troll's house :tard:
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Cops were guiding traffic outside of the Pharmacy when Mom and I went out... okay.... what happened?
What did *you* do? :zoinks:
Threw a pie at the Troll's house :tard:
Only this time I forgot the laxatives because someone else needed them -_-
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...You were hoping the troll would lick it off the walls?
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...You were hoping the troll would lick it off the walls?
Yes :'(
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:lol1:
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Lots of people decided to order pizza today.
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Lots of people decided to order pizza today.
How can you tell? :orly:
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Lots of people decided to order pizza today.
How can you tell? :orly:
They'd be ready in 25 mins instead of the usual ten.
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Lots of people decided to order pizza today.
How can you tell? :orly:
They'd be ready in 25 mins instead of the usual ten.
:o
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Just ordered nachos from Zambrero. Every time I said no thanks to sauce or one of the toppings the cashier said "that's ok, that's ok"
I mean like, am I supposed to apologise for not wanting those things? ??? :laugh:
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Jellybean is exceptionally affectionate today
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My cat's belly flab flaps from side to side when she walks and it's funny.
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My cat's belly flab flaps from side to side when she walks and it's funny.
"The primordial pouch is a flap of skin on a cat's belly that runs the length of the abdomen. It's easily seen near the back legs. The pouch sways from side to side as the cat walks. The area feels like soft gelatin in a plastic baggie."
You're right, it is funny. :D
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The new starter sure can talk. Bloody hell.
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Very little traffic again today. Planned on it taking 45 minutes to get to work only took 25 didnt even get to finish my coffee
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Lots of people out and about today. The weather is nice, I guess.
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Still windy out.
I have a relatively large set of wind chimes which I want to move. They are made (by me, twenty five years ago) from long pipes and sound literally like chimes, but orchestral chimes, not the typical windchime crap that you can buy somewhere. I can hear them now and I do not want to forget to take them with me when we go from this old house.
Awaiting my son's efforts to remove his electronics from his room. I am almost ready to intervene and just do it myself.
:hide:
I just need to see PROGRESS!!!!
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Just flip the breaker to the room and say the electricity for the electronics is waiting at the new house. :zoinks:
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Reflecting on the past year, I'm really not in a good place with my life right now.
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Just flip the breaker to the room and say the electricity for the electronics is waiting at the new house. :zoinks:
Once someone told me their son was bugging them to give his compute back. I told her to agree, give him the computer back, but keep the keyboard.
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Reflecting on the past year, I'm really not in a good place with my life right now.
:hug:
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Just flip the breaker to the room and say the electricity for the electronics is waiting at the new house. :zoinks:
Once someone told me their son was bugging them to give his compute back. I told her to agree, give him the computer back, but keep the keyboard.
When the kids were teens, husband once threatened to have the internet turned off. Said it was a great idea, and would love to tell verizon to get lost. It would be a huge relief to the budget and we could free ourselves from all that mindless crap. Since the phone, cable tv and internet were all on the same bill, my approval was met by complete silence. Such an absurd thing was never suggested again.
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Reflecting on the past year, I'm really not in a good place with my life right now.
Same. Wish it was different.
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Reflecting on the past year, I'm really not in a good place with my life right now.
Same. Wish it was different.
Bah, sorry to hear that. What's going on, on your end?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtiA1SFIAI
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Its fucking cold outside
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Reflecting on the past year, I'm really not in a good place with my life right now.
Same. Wish it was different.
Sorry to hear it, both. :hug:
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We finally replaced the old boiler with a new one. Very pleased so far.
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Three loads out today.
We are down to the final bits of what we care about keeping. Next problem is to leave the place a little more "clean" than what we have going on at present.
I am keeping some hoarder stuff, I have to admit.
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Its fucking cold outside
You can say that again!!!!!!!
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Traffic was very light today
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Its fucking cold outside
You can say that again!!!!!!!
Honestly, around here in Indiana, it has been the wimpiest winter I have ever seen. I do realize that I have tipped the hat of the winter Goddess, with this post and she will be all about proving my wrongs.
We've been here before and I am ready for her worst. Moving is the main issue, though. We still have to move more stuff. Did I mention that we were burglarized?
Evil abounds. Mmost especially close to a big city like Indianapolis. I lost very valuable things with this burglary. All my own fault! I can not blame any other than myself. BUT FUCK!!!
:hide:
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Supermarket shelves are getting emptier here. I managed to get some backup toilet paper but until things ease (if they ever do) I will have to get creative with buying stuff for dinner. Tonight; cheese & bacon pasta bake. The pasta is 12 months from my pantry but that's ok :laugh:. The pasta bake jar sauce and the diced bacon were things I could get.
There were rapid antigen tests at the chemist today but they looked a bit...too Chinese, if you know what I mean. Even the instructions were in Engrish.
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I just can't leave work alone. Thinking Teams needs to go from the mobile.
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Flat pack furniture is evil
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Kind of a late start to the moving effort.
Everyone is sick, but me. Kids did great earlier, but showing barfage and who knows what else comes from an hour in the toilet. :yikes:
I'm fine, but I probably need to keep some distance from others.
I'm here to strike the computer, since we now have wifi up and going at the NEW place.
Ordered a bench grinder to replace the old one. Bought an eight inch DeWalt HD. I forgot how damn heavy that workbench was and it required Herculean effort to move it with my son. Kind of wanted for the "professionals" to move it, but I could not free it from its bonds in time for that.
We did it, though. Coffee has been the grace of every day moving.
:lol1:
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Interesting how a minor incident involving an Insurance Error causes me great panic, yet when my parents have someone working to waterproof the basement... My cat decides to use his feral tendencies and hides outside the whole time.
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Flat pack furniture is evil
Yeah, I have bought some, recently.
Remorse comes with the assembly, but the result is often worth the effort.
Our new home is very modern. So, some widgety looking items go with what we already have.
Fucking Trane AC unit though. One year old. I had thought that all our expenditures upon saving this old house were going to waste, but two year old water heater, two year old water treatment (can not live in Indiana without some form of water treatment), one year old furnace and AC. Two year old roof. We are not losing anything with the new home.
The funny part is that we bought this home at auction. WTF!! Really! Never even imagined that we could have won an auction for a home. But, we did.
Life is good for us. Do well, Parts. I love your input. Do more!
I have already donated the spare washer and dryer, but the microwave (another one year old item) need to go to a family somewhere who needs it. I have a spare range as well. .... and mirrors, FFS!! Too damn many mirrors!
:lol1:
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I might have to start calling dad earlier in the evenings. He was in bed at 7:30pm when I returned his missed call earlier tonight. He and stepma both seem to be in bed dozing off whenever I return his call around that time.
There is still daylight outside at 7:30pm.
Old people :oldman:
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^Same with my parents. They also get up at 5am every day.
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Used to look forward to retirement as a time when the world would allow my body to sleep when it wanted, which was between the hours of four AM and noon. Though over the past year have started going to sleep around ten PM and don't even use the morning alarm anymore. Might use the alarm just to be safe if ever returning to the office but for now it's pointless. It's weird.
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Went to a doctor's appointment today, and the thing I always dreaded the most was the scale. I know my weight is at a stage it shouldn't be in, I know that my injuries seem to be weird, but it isn't injury prone pitcher weird like those guys on the Cubs I used to root for either... the injury-prone tendencies of Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, or even Rich Harden himself... all three loaded with talent, but filled with unlucky situations... I don't want to be in a rut, I don't want my past relationships to define what people think of me.
I am not athletic like those guys, nor am I a STEM variety autistic... I have creative ambitions, but where do I begin?
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Seems like Red Bull is the drink of choice of the litter bug A'holes, who throw their empties out on the roadside where I walk.
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It is now apparent that painting is my zen, except when painting carved timber legs and cross bars, they can get fucked.
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It is now apparent that painting is my zen, except when painting carved timber legs and cross bars, they can get fucked.
Cleaning has always been my zen because it such a mindless yet rewarding thing to do, except for all the grout in this house; that grout can get fucked. :laugh:
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Honestly, around here in Indiana, it has been the wimpiest winter I have ever seen. I do realize that I have tipped the hat of the winter Goddess, with this post and she will be all about proving my wrongs.
I'm guessing that's what you did. It's been so cold here this week, there was frost on the roofs and grass one morning and there's been falling iguana warnings. :lol1: When it's that cold here then I assume it's ungawdly cold everywhere else. :zoinks:
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Not everywhere, heheh. It's ungawdly hot here. In the high 30s this week. Records have been broken here for the hottest summer ever.
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It was above freezing here today. That's not supposed to happen in January.
Next week is going to be back to -15C though.
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It looks like the wax on the table is going to be a success. :woohoo: I'll probably do another treatment soon for good measure, but I'm not sure when. It's big grocery shop week and I also want to do the cars this weekend. :dunno:
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Farscape is on Comet TV weekdays 4-6 :2thumbsup:
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The people who bought my old place would have had their first strata AGM today or yesterday. Buyers remorse yet? :zoinks:
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If those two linger in my mind any longer, I am going to fucking lose it... better off ignoring the physical pain that caused my LOA, I'm going to have a cup of tea.
Move along... nothing to see here, listen to John Coltrane you whiny "pity party meh!"
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Aldi didn't have about six things I needed on my shopping list, and they seemed really low on several other things. I don't know if it was bad timing on my part or something else. I've read some places are having distribution issues, but I haven't noticed any problem there and I assumed it's because they mainly sell their own products. I was able to find alternate replacements at Walmart but I have scarsity fears about sugarbutt's dietary needs and the experience was very triggering. :GA:
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On Thursday nights I usually buy our dinner from Aldi on the way home from work - burgers and salad. A couple of weeks ago there was practically nothing there to buy, no meat, no salad and no bread buns. So I went home disappointed and empty handed. We ended up having sandwiches for dinner.
I feel for you, Gary, running around to multiple places to get the groceries you need is no fun.
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On Thursday nights I usually buy our dinner from Aldi on the way home from work - burgers and salad. A couple of weeks ago there was practically nothing there to buy, no meat, no salad and no bread buns. So I went home disappointed and empty handed. We ended up having sandwiches for dinner.
I feel for you, Gary, running around to multiple places to get the groceries you need is no fun.
I go to walmart once per week anyway because there's a couple things the guys like which aldi doesn't have, plus I buy household supplies there and we usually need something, so that part was no big deal, but yeah, it was the meat section that stressed me out the most. I'm hoping it was just bad timing. I used to shop on the weekends as soon as they opened in the morning and everything was fully stocked for the day. Being at home all the time made it possible to pop over on lunch break on Fridays, then go to walmart friday evening, and that meant not having to go anywhere at all the whole weekend. I've noticed since the vaccine rollout, aldi has become super busy at noon on friday. I've grown to really like staying home all weekend and just focusing on Sugarbutt and the house, but I may just need to go back to shopping as soon as they open in the morning. :dunno:
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Some dog owners shouldn't be allowed to own dogs. Just saying.
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I tend to procrastinate on the stuff that I am afraid of...
Why god why?
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I tend to procrastinate on the stuff that I am afraid of...
Why god why?
I think it's something everyone is inclined to do. :dunno:
“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” -Mark Twain
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Current breakout might only be partly due to monthly hormones, the other part might be a dirty face cleansing cloth.
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I've spent time comparing audio streaming services. Most make it difficult to use their services in Linux. The one that doesn't, Spotify, is the on I want to get away from.
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Are there any that are good for obscure foreign language music? I've never subscribed to one because I figured their selection would be too Western skewed, but I used to love internet radio back in the Last.fm days and before. I know there's an app Parts has posted for streaming radio stations from around the world but I've never been able to get it to work.
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Saw a big truck scraping its way out from under a low bridge, he was lucky he didn't get stuck
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Are there any that are good for obscure foreign language music? I've never subscribed to one because I figured their selection would be too Western skewed, but I used to love internet radio back in the Last.fm days and before. I know there's an app Parts has posted for streaming radio stations from around the world but I've never been able to get it to work.
Qobuz has a few weird choices, I guess, but above all a large collection.
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Why is my cat so adorable when he is taking a nap?
Might be because anything he does, it's either adorable or mischevious
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So the vine that was growing over the fence was a bottle gourd!
There's a singular gourd there that's still growing over the fence. It's at least 18" long!!
The question is what can I use it for?
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So the vine that was growing over the fence was a bottle gourd!
There's a singular gourd there that's still growing over the fence. It's at least 18" long!!
The question is what can I use it for?
I have gourd PTSD. :orly: Once when I was a kid, I was playing outside at someone's house and I noticed a dried gourd. I didn't see any openings so I picked it up and shook it, expecting it to rattle like a maraca from the dried seeds inside. Well there was an opening and it had a wasp nest in there, so they all stormed out and attacked me. I recall that experience every time I see or even think of a gourd. :hahaha:
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So the vine that was growing over the fence was a bottle gourd!
There's a singular gourd there that's still growing over the fence. It's at least 18" long!!
The question is what can I use it for?
I have gourd PTSD. :orly: Once when I was a kid, I was playing outside at someone's house and I noticed a dried gourd. I didn't see any openings so I picked it up and shook it, expecting it to rattle like a maraca from the dried seeds inside. Well there was an opening and it had a wasp nest in there, so they all stormed out and attacked me. I recall that experience every time I see or even think of a gourd. :hahaha:
Shouldn't that make you anti-wasp rather than anti-gourd? I mean, it wasn't the gourd that stung you.
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So the vine that was growing over the fence was a bottle gourd!
There's a singular gourd there that's still growing over the fence. It's at least 18" long!!
The question is what can I use it for?
I have gourd PTSD. :orly: Once when I was a kid, I was playing outside at someone's house and I noticed a dried gourd. I didn't see any openings so I picked it up and shook it, expecting it to rattle like a maraca from the dried seeds inside. Well there was an opening and it had a wasp nest in there, so they all stormed out and attacked me. I recall that experience every time I see or even think of a gourd. :hahaha:
Shouldn't that make you anti-wasp rather than anti-gourd? I mean, it wasn't the gourd that stung you.
Nope. I think that's a perfectly good reason for anyone to distrust a gourd. :lol1:
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I noticed this weekend a vast majority of people aren't wearing masks in the stores, and the stores I visit no longer have signs posted asking people to wear them, although the employees in one store were still wearing them. I don't know if this is all of a sudden, or if it has been gradually building and I just noticed it. :dunno:
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I noticed this weekend a vast majority of people aren't wearing masks in the stores, and the stores I visit no longer have signs posted asking people to wear them, although the employees in one store were still wearing them. I don't know if this is all of a sudden, or if it has been gradually building and I just noticed it. :dunno:
Where I am at, the Governor ends the mandate on the 28th... I still think it's a bad idea.
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Everyone here is still wearing masks in stores, thankfully.
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Everyone here is still wearing masks in stores, thankfully.
I'm still going to wear my mask until I see the results otherwise, I don't care if John Q. Public or Karen McBlabbyblab gets huffy at me about it... because anyways that old bat can screw off.
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I'm slowly getting used to wearing a mask. I'd rather not wear one, though.
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I'm still going to wear my mask until I see the results otherwise, I don't care if John Q. Public or Karen McBlabbyblab gets huffy at me about it... because anyways that old bat can screw off.
I doubt there will ever be any results against wearing masks. I think it was proven a long time ago, masks are helpful against spreading germs from respiratory excretions in general and that's why surgeons have worn them for a hundred years. There hasn't been a mandate here for a long time but most people still wore them and stores had signs suggesting or requesting them. I'm still going to wear mine too, but I've noticed masks seemed to have carried a message, and that message has changed as mask recommendations have changed. During the mandates it just meant being a law abiding citizen, then after the mandate the message was someone cared about not getting sick, then the message changed to identify someone who isn't vaccinated, then the message changed again to someone who many or may not be vaccinated but cared about not making other people sick. I can't help but wonder what message a mask is sending now, for the seemingly few still wearing them. :dunno:
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Online check-in is a pain in the butt due to the covid paperwork.
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I'm still going to wear my mask until I see the results otherwise, I don't care if John Q. Public or Karen McBlabbyblab gets huffy at me about it... because anyways that old bat can screw off.
I doubt there will ever be any results against wearing masks. I think it was proven a long time ago, masks are helpful against spreading germs from respiratory excretions in general and that's why surgeons have worn them for a hundred years. There hasn't been a mandate here for a long time but most people still wore them and stores had signs suggesting or requesting them. I'm still going to wear mine too, but I've noticed masks seemed to have carried a message, and that message has changed as mask recommendations have changed. During the mandates it just meant being a law abiding citizen, then after the mandate the message was someone cared about not getting sick, then the message changed to identify someone who isn't vaccinated, then the message changed again to someone who many or may not be vaccinated but cared about not making other people sick. I can't help but wonder what message a mask is sending now, for the seemingly few still wearing them. :dunno:
That the anti-maskers are the biggest idiots of all?
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My favorite V-dub mod:
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All time best snowman:
Only problem is that his bowl is not full of lasagna. It looks like brains. :)
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I'm still going to wear my mask until I see the results otherwise, I don't care if John Q. Public or Karen McBlabbyblab gets huffy at me about it... because anyways that old bat can screw off.
I doubt there will ever be any results against wearing masks. I think it was proven a long time ago, masks are helpful against spreading germs from respiratory excretions in general and that's why surgeons have worn them for a hundred years. There hasn't been a mandate here for a long time but most people still wore them and stores had signs suggesting or requesting them. I'm still going to wear mine too, but I've noticed masks seemed to have carried a message, and that message has changed as mask recommendations have changed. During the mandates it just meant being a law abiding citizen, then after the mandate the message was someone cared about not getting sick, then the message changed to identify someone who isn't vaccinated, then the message changed again to someone who many or may not be vaccinated but cared about not making other people sick. I can't help but wonder what message a mask is sending now, for the seemingly few still wearing them. :dunno:
That the anti-maskers are the biggest idiots of all?
Right now it might just say I don't realize things have changed again. I looked it up and it actually is all of a sudden because the CDC changed their recommendations again. :dunno:
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My favorite V-dub mod:
That is totally awesome. 8) Makes me want one again.
Half the fun was modding them.
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I've been watching one for about five years around the corner from where we used to live. I want one to play with.
But this guy will never sell it!
Not that I am bored with my Chevelle project, but, except for popping in to start it a few times over the winter, I have not even driven it in months.
:bigcry:
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I've been watching one for about five years around the corner from where we used to live. I want one to play with.
But this guy will never sell it!
Not that I am bored with my Chevelle project, but, except for popping in to start it a few times over the winter, I have not even driven it in months.
:bigcry:
Miss mine.
Not that I'm lacking for projects though :laugh:. Hubby believes automatics should be able to shift on the fly :zombiefuck:...he was taking my F150 hunting for a few months. It's slipping like hell now.
He broke a lot of stupid shit in his RAV4, and has moved on to the Cadillac. I can fix the RAV4 and if I'm quiet about it I could get a year or two with it until he either fixes the truck or kills the Cadillac. :lol1:
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We men tend to break things we play with. It's a Mars thing, I think. As you know, March, named in his honor millinea ago, has only just started. More breaking will happen, soon. :lol1:
Not really lacking for projects myself. I have my own music room in our new home!! I intend to address the varied acoustical issues and make it my best sounding music room ever. Not just with awesome gear I own, but the actual ROOM itself is going to improve how the gear interacts with the room. Kind of focused there at present.
I go over to my storage building every week to start up my Chevelle, keep oil flowing, battery charged and it never fails ... some kid comes over with his mouth open, eyes bugged out, jaw dropped and yet still trying to talk to ask WTF that sound is. Well, it's a bored and stroked SS 396 with inch and a quarter header pipes leading into 3 inch pipes hampered some by BIG diesel truck mufflers, leading to twin three inch outlets, cleverly installed to be completely out of sight. Looks almost stock, but she's NOT. She makes a unique sound that I truly love.
Some of these youngsters are almost able to talk right after getting a closer look.
It is always funny. I'm sure I was the same at that age.
I mean tooling around in Mom's Prius or Civic when you could actually have fun with a car? No brainer to me, but it took large coin to sign up for this club.
Something more to live (and WORK) toward for those inclined.
I can't wait for the weather to turn!
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I'm still going to wear my mask until I see the results otherwise, I don't care if John Q. Public or Karen McBlabbyblab gets huffy at me about it... because anyways that old bat can screw off.
I doubt there will ever be any results against wearing masks. I think it was proven a long time ago, masks are helpful against spreading germs from respiratory excretions in general and that's why surgeons have worn them for a hundred years. There hasn't been a mandate here for a long time but most people still wore them and stores had signs suggesting or requesting them. I'm still going to wear mine too, but I've noticed masks seemed to have carried a message, and that message has changed as mask recommendations have changed. During the mandates it just meant being a law abiding citizen, then after the mandate the message was someone cared about not getting sick, then the message changed to identify someone who isn't vaccinated, then the message changed again to someone who many or may not be vaccinated but cared about not making other people sick. I can't help but wonder what message a mask is sending now, for the seemingly few still wearing them. :dunno:
That the anti-maskers are the biggest idiots of all?
Right now it might just say I don't realize things have changed again. I looked it up and it actually is all of a sudden because the CDC changed their recommendations again. :dunno:
:'(
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We men tend to break things we play with. It's a Mars thing, I think. As you know, March, named in his honor millinea ago, has only just started. More breaking will happen, soon. :lol1:
Not really lacking for projects myself. I have my own music room in our new home!! I intend to address the varied acoustical issues and make it my best sounding music room ever. Not just with awesome gear I own, but the actual ROOM itself is going to improve how the gear interacts with the room. Kind of focused there at present.
I go over to my storage building every week to start up my Chevelle, keep oil flowing, battery charged and it never fails ... some kid comes over with his mouth open, eyes bugged out, jaw dropped and yet still trying to talk to ask WTF that sound is. Well, it's a bored and stroked SS 396 with inch and a quarter header pipes leading into 3 inch pipes hampered some by BIG diesel truck mufflers, leading to twin three inch outlets, cleverly installed to be completely out of sight. Looks almost stock, but she's NOT. She makes a unique sound that I truly love.
Some of these youngsters are almost able to talk right after getting a closer look.
It is always funny. I'm sure I was the same at that age.
I mean tooling around in Mom's Prius or Civic when you could actually have fun with a car? No brainer to me, but it took large coin to sign up for this club.
Something more to live (and WORK) toward for those inclined.
I can't wait for the weather to turn!
Yeah, it used to upset me sometimes, but it's his nature...so I'm like..meh..anymore.
Hubby had a 69 Chevelle with a built out 396 when I met him. Red with the black stripes. That rumble is music to my ears.
His mother talked him into selling it for a "more sensible/dependable" new Chevy Cavalier at the time, this was before we were dating...he pulled up to the store in the Cavalier and I was just like...WTF did you do? :facepalm2: His dad and him went half on a low, low mileage 66 Dodge Charger w/383 V8 a month later, went on our first date in it and had to come home early, mice had chewed the wiring to the headlights in the grill and they wouldn't flip open.
He ended up trading in the Cavalier after only two years...the more he drove it the more he hated it...we were living together by then...brought home a red Nissan 4x4 stick. His mother went nuclear on us both...him for buying it, and me for saying it's your money get WTF want. :laugh:
That truck was a blast. :zoinks:
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Saw that new electric Mustang on the motorway today. Horrible-looking thing.
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Jelly bean has picked up a new odd behavior, hanging out between the inner and outer shower curtain and watching you take a shower
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They've set up a temporary traffic light to bring order to the bridge over the railway.
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The peeping frogs are out in full force at the park
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I'm seeing a lot of this: people sitting in their cars with the motor running, looking down at their phones. Petrol costs a phenomenal amount lately, yet yesterday I saw two lots of people doing this. One at the work car park and the other at Aldi. How can they afford it!
Another one: kids being left in the car with the motor running and presumably, the air conditioning on. I think that's kind of dangerous.
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I'm seeing a lot of this: people sitting in their cars with the motor running, looking down at their phones. Petrol costs a phenomenal amount lately, yet yesterday I saw two lots of people doing this. One at the work car park and the other at Aldi. How can they afford it!
Another one: kids being left in the car with the motor running and presumably, the air conditioning on. I think that's kind of dangerous.
I see the same thing around here. I hate just idling and shut the car off unless it's bitter cold. There is even a law in Connecticut where you can get fined for idling more than three minutes
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I do it mainly because of bitter cold. :LOL: But even then, not for more than a few minutes while the engine warms up.
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To those who live in the state of Georgia, I feel sorry for you having a Representative who is dumb as a bag of bricks.
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To those who live in the state of Georgia, I feel sorry for you having a Representative who is dumb as a bag of bricks.
Amen to that!
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To those who live in the state of Georgia, I feel sorry for you having a Representative who is dumb as a bag of bricks.
Amen to that!
Whoever let her run for the representative position to begin with needs a psych-evaluation
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Lots of people out and about again today.
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so far in the state it's 50/50 with people wearing masks and not wearing masks
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It's quite a lot fewer wearing masks here in Indiana.
There are Huge plastic barriers at every store counter, so if I am the only customer, popping in for coffee for instance, I might not don my mask. BUT, if I am going into a store with just a very few patrons, I mask up. I get weird looks sometimes, but I am the one who is conscious. They will re-awaken soon enough.
I have stopped wearing an additional face shield, because that was mainly to remind ME to not touch my face or rub my itchy eyes or adjust my glasses until I could wash my hands, arms and face, as soon as possible.
Hell, I still got Covid, though. Twice. It's almost become a WHATEVER thing.
We will reach the so called "herd immunity" once everyone who is going to die from this virus has already died. That is the standard no one actually talks about.
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After "living" with my first attempt at wide band DIY audio absorption in my listening room for more than a week, I am very pleased with the results. I still I can benefit from some dispersion of reflected residue, however.
Kind of abandoning the fractal dispersion idea, though. Probably going with typical, proven QRD11 DIY type diffusion for my big flat walls.
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I'm still going to wear my mask, so if it annoys an anti-masker/anti-vaxxer then it's a wholehearted "fuck you!" to them... because I want to make it through this in one peace.
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I'm still wearing mine and give zero fucks that here the mandate has changed. I didn't trust the government before to make rational and timely decisions, why the fuck should I start now?
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I will be wearing my mask as I do not trust people especially at walmart. Staff AND customers! :roar:
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I'm still wearing mine and give zero fucks that here the mandate has changed. I didn't trust the government before to make rational and timely decisions, why the fuck should I start now?
Same here. But basically in the 1% bracket around here though...and some of the glares I get from people that are unmasked. :zombiefuck:
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I'm still wearing mine and give zero fucks that here the mandate has changed. I didn't trust the government before to make rational and timely decisions, why the fuck should I start now?
Same here. But basically in the 1% bracket around here though...and some of the glares I get from people that are unmasked. :zombiefuck:
Haven't gotten glares, but, then I see a lot of people and staff wearing masks.
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Yeah staff are still wearing them here. I hope I'm making their days a tiny bit better.
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Yeah staff are still wearing them here. I hope I'm making their days a tiny bit better.
I did get a questioning comment and glance by a juvenile wanna be mgr. and I told him to mind his own business. :roar:
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The new work vests at Walmart are too hideous... if I was told to wear it, then by golly I'll wear it.... but the coloring? It makes me look like a technicolor rainbow.
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The sales tax in Port Chester NY is 8.375% :zombiefuck:
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The sales tax in Port Chester NY is 8.375% :zombiefuck:
Wtf, glad I don't live in NY anymore.
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Kind of do not fully understand the whole cryo treatment thing, but I have some new cabling that has been cryo'ed (eBay, never thought I would win the bidding with my shithead lowball offer, but some people just need to sell off things, it seems) and wholly and Holy shit! Had them in five days now.
I am trying to convince myself that I am full of shit, but it is not working.
Now working metal, being cry'oed, like blades, spinning cutters, improvements make sense to me, but this is a pile of streaming electrons dancing in a rope. WTF!?!
My next test is to "live" with them for about a month or so. THEN change them out to what I had before. If I can still hear a difference after going back to the old Pro-Audio cabling, then I have much more to learn.
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From yesterday, there was a buggy whip on top of one of the water heaters in the basement I was working in :dunno:
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Now Hana has 4 eggs :o
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Saw a coyote while out walking today
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Saw a coyote while out walking today
Everywhere here lately, spotted one yesterday just below the house going after a rabbit around noon.
Told neighbor to keep a watchful eye on her little shi zui when she lets him out a little 4 ft cute picket fence isn't going to keep them out if they want to come in.
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Work was dull, quite pointless... GOD HELP US!
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Rumour has it my brother want to come stay over Easter weekend. But let me guess, he won't ring ask anytime before good friday. He'll give me 24 hours notice.
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Spring has sprung.
Daffodils blooming their asses off and after 2 days of rain everything is as green as an emerald.
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No people leads again -__-
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Everyone was walking their dogs today, when I was walking mine.
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Went out with Mom to get errands done... stopped at the Mexican Grocery Store near our house and got some goodies.
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I counted chairs for the first time ever and realized we own a ridiculous amount of chairs. :lol1:
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Gas went down a few cents
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Gas went down a few cents
Depends upon the station location and brand.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUX6Ol08JlQ
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Walmart Radio should have regular associates do the DJ work for a day...
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Why in the fuck are there spray paint markings over the driveway I partly own??
Does this have anything to do with the drainage issues I heard my neighbours talking about? Am I going to open the garage Tuesday morning to find my car blocked in by earthworks? Why haven't I been told anything?
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Senior texting abbreviations. Might be different from yours.
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A little bored around the motorcycle shop? I'll take two, please.
Renaeden might identify with the result:
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I'm going on a diet and exercise plan... I'll monitor calorie intake as I go along
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I worked out for an hour and all I lost was 60 minutes.
:lol1:
Good luck.
At my age, I benefit from correcting questionable dietery practices quite a bit. But skipping a few exercise days, due to my injury for instance, has set me back by a lot.
I'm not trying to do anything athletic anymore, but holding the ever-present arthritus in check is a reason to keep going for me. ANY exercise is better than none.
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That guy who I met from a dating site once, accountant guy. What's his face. Haven't seen him in years.
Yeah, his house burnt down the other night :-\
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I have some ex-relationships in my past which, with news like that, I would just file it under a balancing of karma.
... or as Johnny Cash wrote, "... when The MAN comes to town ..."
:dunno:
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The reason people call all these pics "selfies" these days is because "narcissistie" is too hard for them to spell.
:lol1:
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
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The reason people call all these pics "selfies" these days is because "narcissistie" is too hard for them to spell.
:lol1:
After the oldest had been away from home for a couple of years, she asked what I wanted for Mother's Day. Told her I wanted a photo album with all of the selfies I'd seen and hadn't seen since she left, because her phone was the only place where all those photos lived. She made one album for me, and one for each grandmothers. She said she felt narcissistic while making them, but I love mine. One of the better gifts ever received.
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The reason people call all these pics "selfies" these days is because "narcissistie" is too hard for them to spell.
:lol1:
After the oldest had been away from home for a couple of years, she asked what I wanted for Mother's Day. Told her I wanted a photo album with all of the selfies I'd seen and hadn't seen since she left, because her phone was the only place where all those photos lived. She made one album for me, and one for each grandmothers. She said she felt narcissistic while making them, but I love mine. One of the better gifts ever received.
I'm sure it was and is.
I had collected together a sampling of my kids in pics I had taken over ten or twelve years to send to my mom, who has not seen them in person since her health began to fade and travel became a burden. I made her a few small paper prints, a flash drive full to print more if she wanted (she would need assistance from one of my cousins who live close by) and put everything on one of those "slide show" picture frames to hang on the wall.
She thought that was the best gift I had ever given her, but asked why I wasn't in there more.
Basically she had not seen them mature and I have not changed much, except for growing a Grizzly Adams beard and allowing my hair to grow past my shoulders again.
She has seen me. She did not recognize me when I last visited her in the hospital until I got within hugging distance.
Last time I had really long hair it was sun bleached, almost blond, now it is darkened and not much gray at all, a few strands, but my massive beard is pure Santa Clause.
:lol1:
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
Probably good advise for stepping upon these shores, these days.
Back in 1992 when I got married, my soon to be brothers in law had not met my Best Man. My wife knew him as my best friend and constant cohort in many endeavors, some even productive on a grander scale. We had never mentioned that he was "black," because as you mention, that fact was never relevant to any conversations we had had.
I have to say there were awkward times that should never have happened. They called my soon to be mother in law aside and asked about the reception and how we had ribs and a lot of southern things in my honor, as a Texan. She just said something along the lines of ... What? Do you think he won't like ribs?
It's a stupid part of behaviors that only show how much farther some have to go to actually become decent Americans.
Yeah, my Best Man is black. I don't think I have ever mentioned that here, either.
I've talked about how he busted his damn leg AGAIN on his motorcycle two days before our wedding, but it was not because he was black so none of that part mattered. His rental suit had to be altered again, though, in order to accomodate the cast. Some stress.
But even more stress in that I had to go find his motorcycle and rescue it to get it home safely where he had lost it in the woods when he got hurt.
Whatever?!? I say!
Sorery for all the typos, folks. Still trying to type one handed.
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I can do this! No matter how long it takes, I think I got this in the bag (I hope)
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Lots of low helicopters buzzing around today making things in my house shake :zombiefuck:
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
Probably good advise for stepping upon these shores, these days.
Back in 1992 when I got married, my soon to be brothers in law had not met my Best Man. My wife knew him as my best friend and constant cohort in many endeavors, some even productive on a grander scale. We had never mentioned that he was "black," because as you mention, that fact was never relevant to any conversations we had had.
I have to say there were awkward times that should never have happened. They called my soon to be mother in law aside and asked about the reception and how we had ribs and a lot of southern things in my honor, as a Texan. She just said something along the lines of ... What? Do you think he won't like ribs?
It's a stupid part of behaviors that only show how much farther some have to go to actually become decent Americans.
Yeah, my Best Man is black. I don't think I have ever mentioned that here, either.
I've talked about how he busted his damn leg AGAIN on his motorcycle two days before our wedding, but it was not because he was black so none of that part mattered. His rental suit had to be altered again, though, in order to accomodate the cast. Some stress.
But even more stress in that I had to go find his motorcycle and rescue it to get it home safely where he had lost it in the woods when he got hurt.
Whatever?!? I say!
Sorery for all the typos, folks. Still trying to type one handed.
My dad's best friend at work was this big black guy who rode a Harley, Moses used to come visit a lot. Uptight white woman next to us used to just scowl at him. Later she started giving my dad and mom some random shit about my cars, runoff from the hill after it rained, etc. Just stupid shit.
Moses and my dad held this big performance act one day...walking around the house, my dad pointing stuff out, water lines, talking about the roof...and nosy pops her head out and my dad introduces him as her potential "new neighbor"...I still don't know how they kept it together until they got in the house, we all about died :laugh:...the look on her face :o...never another word said.
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Our old house, we were in the flight path of Grissom Air Force Base training. You never knew what might fly over. I've seen huge helicpters carrying tanks and shit.
You never know. Sometimes some "fast and low" passes by things going too fast to tell what they were.
You never know.
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They make Blackhawks one town over and test them in the area. Had one make an emergency landing on the beach about a mile from my house in the 90s
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
Probably good advise for stepping upon these shores, these days.
Back in 1992 when I got married, my soon to be brothers in law had not met my Best Man. My wife knew him as my best friend and constant cohort in many endeavors, some even productive on a grander scale. We had never mentioned that he was "black," because as you mention, that fact was never relevant to any conversations we had had.
I have to say there were awkward times that should never have happened. They called my soon to be mother in law aside and asked about the reception and how we had ribs and a lot of southern things in my honor, as a Texan. She just said something along the lines of ... What? Do you think he won't like ribs?
It's a stupid part of behaviors that only show how much farther some have to go to actually become decent Americans.
Yeah, my Best Man is black. I don't think I have ever mentioned that here, either.
I've talked about how he busted his damn leg AGAIN on his motorcycle two days before our wedding, but it was not because he was black so none of that part mattered. His rental suit had to be altered again, though, in order to accomodate the cast. Some stress.
But even more stress in that I had to go find his motorcycle and rescue it to get it home safely where he had lost it in the woods when he got hurt.
Whatever?!? I say!
Sorery for all the typos, folks. Still trying to type one handed.
My dad's best friend at work was this big black guy who rode a Harley, Moses used to come visit a lot. Uptight white woman next to us used to just scowl at him. Later she started giving my dad and mom some random shit about my cars, runoff from the hill after it rained, etc. Just stupid shit.
Moses and my dad held this big performance act one day...walking around the house, my dad pointing stuff out, water lines, talking about the roof...and nosy pops her head out and my dad introduces him as her potential "new neighbor"...I still don't know how they kept it together until they got in the house, we all about died :laugh:...the look on her face :o...never another word said.
I think that she deserved all of that!
My buddy freaked out some of "those people" once when we had bought a couple of watermelons at the farmer's market, acting like he just stole it. "No, no Ah bought dis!" he would yell at me, acting like he was trying to hide it. He doesn't talk like that. His education and command of language exceeds my own and I ain't stupid, much.
I gave it away, because I couldn't stop laughing at his spectacular performance, trying to hide a watermelon. He went out of his way to get the damn thing out of his car to walk past these assholes acting all crazy, then run from me.
He's one of the funniest men I know.
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They make Blackhawks one town over and test them in the area. Had one make an emergency landing on the beach about a mile from my house in the 90s
:yikes:
Hope everything was OK for the crew.
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
Probably good advise for stepping upon these shores, these days.
Back in 1992 when I got married, my soon to be brothers in law had not met my Best Man. My wife knew him as my best friend and constant cohort in many endeavors, some even productive on a grander scale. We had never mentioned that he was "black," because as you mention, that fact was never relevant to any conversations we had had.
I have to say there were awkward times that should never have happened. They called my soon to be mother in law aside and asked about the reception and how we had ribs and a lot of southern things in my honor, as a Texan. She just said something along the lines of ... What? Do you think he won't like ribs?
It's a stupid part of behaviors that only show how much farther some have to go to actually become decent Americans.
Yeah, my Best Man is black. I don't think I have ever mentioned that here, either.
I've talked about how he busted his damn leg AGAIN on his motorcycle two days before our wedding, but it was not because he was black so none of that part mattered. His rental suit had to be altered again, though, in order to accomodate the cast. Some stress.
But even more stress in that I had to go find his motorcycle and rescue it to get it home safely where he had lost it in the woods when he got hurt.
Whatever?!? I say!
Sorery for all the typos, folks. Still trying to type one handed.
My dad's best friend at work was this big black guy who rode a Harley, Moses used to come visit a lot. Uptight white woman next to us used to just scowl at him. Later she started giving my dad and mom some random shit about my cars, runoff from the hill after it rained, etc. Just stupid shit.
Moses and my dad held this big performance act one day...walking around the house, my dad pointing stuff out, water lines, talking about the roof...and nosy pops her head out and my dad introduces him as her potential "new neighbor"...I still don't know how they kept it together until they got in the house, we all about died :laugh:...the look on her face :o...never another word said.
I would have paid to see that! :2thumbsup:
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I can do this! No matter how long it takes, I think I got this in the bag (I hope)
Know what, pal? YOU CAN DO THIS!
It won't be easy, but if you want, you can do!
I'm just going to say, don't try to do too much at once or in a short time. You did not get where you are overnight. Don't expect to fix everything overnight.
Also, take breaks from "giving it HELL" and get back to it all after a rest.
You CAN do this!
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It's quite special having a large negro bouncing past you asking, in German, "alles gut?"
(not sure what the PC phrase for a large, coloured person is)
It might depend on where a person lives but that's not acceptable here. I think nowadays the PC thing to do, is to not even mention someone's race unless it's somehow relevant. :dunno:
The visuals were striking, that's all. This person looked like Yaphet Kotto and he was literally bouncing past me and looked very much out of place to me.
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
It's hard to describe people without saying what they look like. :lol1: As for the particular verbiage, I don't know what's commonly used and accepted where you live. I just know it's no good here. :dunno:
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
It's hard to describe people without saying what they look like. :lol1: As for the particular verbiage, I don't know what's commonly used and accepted where you live. I just know it's no good here. :dunno:
I realise that.
Understand that for the first eleven years of my life, the only person of colour I ever met in real life was a Pakistani girl in my class. She wasn't particularly dark or anything, the rest of us were simply really pale. Kind of a typical thing growing up in Finland back then. The big difference was more her jet black hair. I thought she was very pretty and very different.
It's about context and what you are used to.
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
It's hard to describe people without saying what they look like. :lol1: As for the particular verbiage, I don't know what's commonly used and accepted where you live. I just know it's no good here. :dunno:
I realise that.
Understand that for the first eleven years of my life, the only person of colour I ever met in real life was a Pakistani girl in my class. She wasn't particularly dark or anything, the rest of us were simply really pale. Kind of a typical thing growing up in Finland back then. The big difference was more her jet black hair. I thought she was very pretty and very different.
It's about context and what you are used to.
I was basically the brown girl you knew in a sea of pale people, until I moved away from there. :lol1: When I need to describe what someone looks like I say something about their complexion like I would their hair color, like light/dark/tan, instead of naming a race. I'm not really sure if that's okay. :dunno:
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Honestly, I don't know what's OK to say and what's not. Good point about race, though. I will try to take it to heart.
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I feel like I'm being singled out by a midget
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
Listen to your gut or your intuition!
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And now I'm wondering what to make of my observation. Does it mean that I am prejudiced? Probably. But did I think less of that person? No. I think it tells something about me, not him. I'm wondering what.
I think we all have a degree of prejudice when it comes to strangers and sometimes we notice stereotypes. The key point, that you made though, is that we shouldn't think less of a person, until they have done something to deserve it.
There's a fellow who works in one of those one stop gas mart places. He is 6'7", shiny black skin, large accent, I see him a lot and one day I asked if he played basketball, assigning to him my own stereotype. Big tall skinny guy in Indiana, had to have played college ball somewhere.
Nope, he says "football" and he doesn't play basketball. He looks to be approaching thirty. I asked where he was from and if he was a receiver and which team he had played for - again another stereotype from me.
He said that it was not that football, but soccer and he is from "TuNIsie." I thought he meant Tennessee, but he had used his own name for his country which we call Tunisia. Oh!
Then he pulls out his wallet and shows me a screen capture of him making one of his scores from an ESPN broadcast. Soccer. Professional soccer player from Tunisia. Cool!
Yeah, I had it all wrong, from prejudging with my own set of experiences, without even meaning to.
:dunno:
... but I did recognize a professional athlete.
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The cars already look dirty again. >:(
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I'm definitely getting singled out by a midget... If I get fired, then by all means... I'll look forward to it.
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News helicopter circling I hope its just a story about the weather and the beaches opening up
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Just do your damn job, and you'll do just fine
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I am not sure where this is from (I mean I found it on an audio site with a joke thread) and I know it is popular to meme everyone famous, but I think this is a very young Christina Ricci meme'ed out.
Excellent message, too, BTW!
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I am not sure where this is from (I mean I found it on an audio site with a joke thread) and I know it is popular to meme everyone famous, but I think this is a very young Christina Ricci meme'ed out.
Excellent message, too, BTW!
correct, the photo is her character, Wednesday Adams, from the Adams Family movie.
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Thank you. :thumbup:
Not that I am crazy enough to see Ricci in everything, but she does seem to pop up a lot lately.
:LOL:
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We've all seen redneck stupid, redneck "hold my beer" stuff, but redneck awesome is rare.
This bunch of Texas folk needed an outbuilding, but didn't want to fuck up their mesquite or hackberry trees, so they built around them.
"The mind is a terrible thing!" ... Richard Pryor playing on the old "mind is a terrible thing to waste" Public Service messages. "You can be all smart and everything but that MIND will get you in trouble every time!!"
It's a barbeque place, BTW. Another example of redneck awesome, generally.
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Plussed you once, already, but the treehouse is awesome.
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Last week's meeting in Munich was more productive than I thought. I keep spotting problems other customers have that I'd be able to fix with the design we outlined last week.
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Plussed you once, already, but the treehouse is awesome.
I would love to see the inside.
These guys = :viking:
Another point regarding this photo and Texas living, west of the piney wood logging part of the state, anyway. If there is something green growing you do not step on it. No need for a keep off the grass sign. Long time residents understand this and these "yanqui" carpetbaggers who come to town will have it explained to them in short order if they step on anything green.
Also, if there is something growing that is making shade, there needs to be a life or death reason to cut it down. You don't just cut down a tree because you think it's in your way. Go someplace else to try your plan. There are plenty of places for buildings but to most, trees are treasure.
Don't think that's a thing? Spend an afternoon in the south Texas sun, then report back. I know, Arizona is even hotter, but those people also know all this and build half their structures partially underground.
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If there is life on other planets, what's the likelihood that they're parallel worlds?
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For a devout atheist, Isaac Asimov colored an amazing future in his writings, going many hundreds of thousands of years into the future with his "universe."
There were no aliens. Only humans, all from our own tiny little speck of wet dust. Whether it was Creation or Evolution, it only happened once.
I kind of think that, if I were a gambling man, the math is against anything only happening once in our universe.
Toward the end of his future history, space travel was almost a million years old and the galaxy was heavily populated with our future selves, with the same troublesome tendencies.
Interesting was how they evolved differently on different environments to the point many were no longer recognizable as human, except they were human, originally.
Oh, it is not just one of his books. It is a theme across all of his writings over a lifetime of work. Much of which I have read and enjoyed. He has many textbooks that I have not read, however, mostly biochemistry related, pertaining to his own studies.
Parallel?
I like to think there is a world out there with a better version of me that did not marry that first wife of mine and held on until I found my REAL wife/life partner.
There are however even more reasons for me to not think about that possibility.
I wonder somethimes as to how we would know that a particular "world" was a parallel to our own.
A lot of people write about this idea and it is almost always a fun, athletic mental exercise.
Maybe someone will comment with something to add. I can not.
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This was over the weekend but I noticed the stores I went into had removed the plastic shields at the checkouts, although the clerks were still wearing masks. I didn't expect that. I figure even if there were no covid it's probably nice for a cashier to have the shields considering how many people probably cough or sneeze right in front of them everyday. :dunno:
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That removing the barriers thing seems a bit premature to me.
I went into a liquor store a couple of weeks back. I don't use alcohol anymore (recently found an email I wrote to my brother which nailed down the date, no booze for me since 2011), but a prolific beer importer is the only place I can find my favorite, St. Pauli Girl non alcoholic beer. (Which I can fully recommmend, btw.)
They were installing upgraded, more fully covered screens for the counters. Seemed to be way too much for the old lady waiting in line, impatiently. I wonder if she is still alive.
I am not convinced that this whole thing is over, yet. I seem to be among the few. But, believe me, I want it done and gone as much as anyone.
We're just not there yet and a few more peaks are ahead for us.
Wear a mask, don't touch any mucous membrane areas, wash your hands and arms, clean everything again if someone comes to your house, etc. etc. etc.
Oh, and get your fucking shots people!! It doesn't do much right away, but if you are "colonized" (I know that is usually considered to be a bacterial thing) by this virus, you have a better chance of not suffering severely. That note alone should be enough for any thinking individual.
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I see nice masks available free to patrons at many stores, BUT, they are all just piled up in an easy to grab display. Free to grab for anyone.
No consideration whatsoever for the possibly that the entire stack of masks is already contaminated, from a person grabbing one a few minutes ago. WTF!!
Maybe if those masks were enclosed in some kind packaging still, instead of just opening a huge box from China and throwing them out there, pretending to help?
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Actually, dropping in to CVS this morning after my PT session, they had packaged masks right at the entry door for free to anyone, which had the "Honeywell" brand name. Still sealed, N95. Very nice masks.
Limit was posted as three, please. I grabbed one.
Maybe someone IS trying to help.
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At least I don't get picked on by the old geezers for still wearing my mask(s).
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Not all of us old geezers are that stupid.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
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DIY camper/tiny house, made from a retired horse trailer. I'd have to say, well fucking done!!
Even has quasi-skylights, storage over the hitch tongue, turn out windows.
... and a tiny, two seater, roofed porch with columns!
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Going through much more old stuff still, I came across a box of contact sheets with negatives, from my six month long sabbatical in Mexico when I left the music business. It was much more safe to travel in Mexico back then, most especially as a "rich" American.
Some shots are amazing. Sunsets, sunrises, burros, mountains, streams, my guide's kids and just people shots of third world villages beaming with super awesome people, jumping at the gift of their days, from Durango to Cabo. I was asked over and over how far south I had to go to get to Durango, Mexico. Dummies! I told them, not far, I drove west from my parents' south Texas home.
Over a hundred rolls of film I took with me, which I just processed to make contact sheets with no prints made. Cheaper that way and more professional in many ways. I shot a lot and I ran out of film just after I reached Cabo San Lucas, where I stayed for a while. Not so much touristy shit going there back then. Once we reached Matzatlan we boarded a "ferry" to take us the miles across the gulf to El Sur De California peninsula.
Wasn't much of a ferry, but what a ride! Fishing the whole way. Loaded with fresh sea bass upon arrival. All the eats were set for a week.
Fished for weeks off the, then vacant, shores near Cabo. I don't think Cabo Wabo existed, yet or I would have gone looking for Sammy himself. We both knew Joe at that time. That might have made for an introduction at least.
I no longer own printing and processing equipment, so getting a digi image will require me to get my Nikon bellows duplicating system back into operation. Can do, but until I am ready to make me a few wall hangers of a few of the best, I'll just have to keep that project in the "To Do" category.
It was still life on the road, but there were no roads. Not in a normal sense of the word. We walked and sometimes road a burro. I had bought three for the trip and the guide had two of his own. Crossing the mountains was incredible and yes I ate lizards and snakes, cooked them first, unlike my guide's kids often did with the little ones too small for the fire. An occsional prairie chicken, which my guide took with just a sling. That man ciould work a "David Style" sling like I had never seen before.
Guns were not allowed, but he did not need one for feeding his crew.
I had actually bought a building in Durango to store my car when the roads got to be too rough for the fucking Crown Victoria LTD I owned. When we returned from our two month long "hike" I wanted to just give the family who had guided me all that shit. But they would not take the burros. Burros were too valuable.
The building, no problem, they would take it. Buildings come and go, but burros can help you make a living. They would not allow me to just give them the animals. I ended up selling all three burros for what I had paid for one. It was still too much for this extended family of about twenty five, including at least four generations to afford.
But word spread around town and people came from all over to give them a couple of pesos to help.
I went down there with eight thousand dollars in my pocket, thinking it would be a nice vacation. I spent three times the amount of time I had originally planned, had a lifetime of fun, unwound my stove up soul, bought a building, three burros, ate and boarded myself for six months, and came home with over four thousand dollars still.
Travel in the wilds of Mexico was cheap back then.
I had decided to return home and make a living with my camera. Soul searching well underway. And it worked; I made a decent living with my cameras.
One big box I had found last month had the left overs of a case of page protectors I had bought once. I've spent the last hour putting these contact prints into proper archive protectors. That will make going back through later a lot easier and keep them healthy for years to come.
So much memory lane shit going on around here. All I'm really trying to do is "finish" moving into this new home.
:lol1:
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I'll try not to do a wall of text with every box, but that one was special.
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I like your experience stories. You've done things I've never heard about before. :)
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:lol1:
I'm sure you've done things I've never heard of as well.
I get started going through some of these boxes and the memories just flood over me. Every touch fills me with old and sometimes forgotten emotions.
I posted something you can read in one minute, but I spent six months of my life in the wilderness trying to figure what the hell I am going to do with myself. I had given up on everything I had ever known. Except for my camera and my camera got me through most of the worst of it.
That was my main point, but I rambled on too much.
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I'd agree with Ren. I enjoy your posts.
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My B&W sub arrived. It's one hell of a sub. It's tiny but amazingly musical. It can do 25Hz in the right environment, which is plenty for me, and it never ever gets boomy. It's incredibly refined for what it is.
I'm expecting another several hours of listening to get it to settle, though.
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My B&W sub arrived. It's one hell of a sub. It's tiny but amazingly musical. It can do 25Hz in the right environment, which is plenty for me, and it never ever gets boomy. It's incredibly refined for what it is.
I'm expecting another several hours of listening to get it to settle, though.
The mysterious "Break In" concept is a real thing, even though the flat earthers tell us we are all full of shit. Hundred hour range is common for a low frequency transducer to get to the designed specifications and begin to perform where it should.
You do not have to add the "for what it is" phrase with your new subwoofer. What it is is a highly capable music machine which will fill a small space.
I have not heard the 8" B&Ws, but I am very familar with the 10" efforts from this company. They are quite capable and supremely mucical.
One acid test for any good low frequency enhancement system is that it disappears when used, only popping its head up when needed.
After positive placement, some break in and your adjusting it to match what you are already used to hearing, I believe you will be satisfied.
:thumbup:
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Apparently, in China they have a yearly contest I had not heard of as yet. Much like our own Miss America pageant, except they are looking for the best buttock presentation.
Spending too much time on the 'net lately, I suppose.
Hey, I'm nursing a booboo!
This particular winner looks like an anime character in the face, almost, but her butt? Yep, earned the top spot. Couple of pics of this celeb. Oh, this was before the pandemic. Not sure if the pageant has been re-imagined yet.
Outstanding buttockery!
:lol1:
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I'd agree with Ren. I enjoy your posts.
Thanks for your indulgence. I'll try to rein in the typos a bit better.
Trying to use two hands typing, now, but I have very little control of my left.
No nerve damage they tell me, just massive atrophy of the entire mechanisms of my left arm and hand.
My arm was stilled for two months while the bones healed.
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This day has been amazing in so many ways.
Last night it rained most of the night. Just a constant, steady, light rain with short periods of stormy winds, thunder, lightning and heavy downpours.
This morning has been all about the birds here. We opened the house up and it is almost like the birds are inside our "greatroom." Their calls are just echoing around inside the house. I love birds.
I love our new home!!
I walked our girl dog out very early, rain seemed to be over, sun was barely a promise. I could hear voices.
It is so quiet here. I look around and it was two blocks away down the street, people were talking and I could understand their speech.
Nothing like that at the old place. We are so removed from the hustle and bustle and noise of the city that I am still getting used to the quiet. Amazed.
But the birds are still partying!
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There is a guy who travels around with his dog, breed unknown, looks beagelish. Anyway, when I first encountered this pup, was when I was bicycling down the road and behind me I hear an incessant barking. And of course I am thinking, "Oh shit, I am being chased by a fucking dog." The barking gets louder and louder as it gets closer and closer. FINALLY, it reaches me and turns out to be a dog, with its head out the window barking incessantly as the car goes by. <WHEW> So since then I have learned that this dog is what it is. You can hear it coming and you can hear it going, barking incessantly, like a hound mix breed. Now that the weather has warmed, his owner drives a motorcycle with the dog in a cage in a sidecar. Barking incessantly, and you can hear it coming and going. I have named the dog, "Doppler Dog", for the effect of its sound. :LOL:
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Her ass is better than my exes ass! :o
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Careful, some upgrades come with service contracts and possibly loss of flexibility you've come to depend upon.
:lol1:
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Neighbor had pavers for a patio delivered and the guy kept hitting the lift boom on the power lines :zombiefuck:
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Careful, some upgrades come with service contracts and possibly loss of flexibility you've come to depend upon.
:lol1:
:nerdy: ok
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I'm way off my game somehow. When I went to take my meds, I noticed I haven't taken them for the past three days. I know what happened last night, I made an impromptu trip to the store because I realized there's not enough bread to last for the week, but I didn't notice that when I shopped on Friday. My medicine alarm went off while I was driving to the store, so I forgot to take them when I got back home. I don't know what happened the other days. Sugarbutt noticed today we're almost out of cheese. I told him, I know right? I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm also almost out of all of my vitamins, and I wouldn't have been able to refill my pill case if it weren't for the days I missed. Sometimes I have to wonder where I've been. :dunno:
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I'm way off my game somehow. When I went to take my meds, I noticed I haven't taken them for the past three days. I know what happened last night, I made an impromptu trip to the store because I realized there's not enough bread to last for the week, but I didn't notice that when I shopped on Friday. My medicine alarm went off while I was driving to the store, so I forgot to take them when I got back home. I don't know what happened the other days. Sugarbutt noticed today we're almost out of cheese. I told him, I know right? I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm also almost out of all of my vitamins, and I wouldn't have been able to refill my pill case if it weren't for the days I missed. Sometimes I have to wonder where I've been. :dunno:
I am old and I use one of those old people pill reminder thingies that hold a week's worth.
Sometimes I go get pills in all earnest and find "OH SHIT!! it's Wednesday?" and I have not taken my meds since Monday. How did I miss a day?
I instantly think of a thousand reason why this could have happened.
I usually calm myself and take my BP as I am getting back up to speed with my meds. Often it is fine, but there are times, not so fine.
I dnon't know how to better keep up with my daily meds. Actually, here, we have a thread for that.
Those pill thingies only work if you check them every day. Not really happening.
I have no answer, only empathic understanding.
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when I shopped on Friday. My medicine alarm went off while I was driving to the store, so I forgot to take them when I got back home.
Back to this again ...
Your alarm, is it a phone app or do you use the phone's clock settings as a reminder?
Just curious.
I have set my phone clock to go off to remind me at times, but for that to work requires my phone to be close at all times. That is not always the case, so I stopped bothering people.
I do have a warning from my internals that becomes noticeable if I go too long without my tachycardia meds. My heart does the "Jump frantically a few beats and wait" thing that the meds prevent.
Just wondering if your alarm was internal or from a device.
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I like listening to this song, I just don't understand why Kenshi Yonezu would call it "Lemon":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_ViT4Ra7k
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when I shopped on Friday. My medicine alarm went off while I was driving to the store, so I forgot to take them when I got back home.
Back to this again ...
Your alarm, is it a phone app or do you use the phone's clock settings as a reminder?
Just curious.
I have set my phone clock to go off to remind me at times, but for that to work requires my phone to be close at all times. That is not always the case, so I stopped bothering people.
I do have a warning from my internals that becomes noticeable if I go too long without my tachycardia meds. My heart does the "Jump frantically a few beats and wait" thing that the meds prevent.
Just wondering if your alarm was internal or from a device.
It's not an app, only the alarm settings in the clock. I can set it to vibrate if wanted, but I use a sound since it goes off in the evening. I'm usually really good about remembering to take meds, and not letting frequently used things completely run out in the house. The alarm is really for Sugarbutt. He kept forgetting his evening meds but he doesn't like alarms, although he seems fine with me using an alarm to remind me to remind him to take them. So, now I use and alarm and just take my meds the same time as him. He didn't miss any, so I guess I was reminding him and then not doing it for myself. :lol1:
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when I shopped on Friday. My medicine alarm went off while I was driving to the store, so I forgot to take them when I got back home.
Back to this again ...
Your alarm, is it a phone app or do you use the phone's clock settings as a reminder?
Just curious.
I have set my phone clock to go off to remind me at times, but for that to work requires my phone to be close at all times. That is not always the case, so I stopped bothering people.
I do have a warning from my internals that becomes noticeable if I go too long without my tachycardia meds. My heart does the "Jump frantically a few beats and wait" thing that the meds prevent.
Just wondering if your alarm was internal or from a device.
It's not an app, only the alarm settings in the clock. I can set it to vibrate if wanted, but I use a sound since it goes off in the evening. I'm usually really good about remembering to take meds, and not letting frequently used things completely run out in the house. The alarm is really for Sugarbutt. He kept forgetting his evening meds but he doesn't like alarms, although he seems fine with me using an alarm to remind me to remind him to take them. So, now I use and alarm and just take my meds the same time as him. He didn't miss any, so I guess I was reminding him and then not doing it for myself. :lol1:
I find the boldy part very familiar.
My son's new job, he goes in at seven AM and I drive him. He is not yet driving at twenty three. We have done lots and lots of driving, but he just will not try it on his own or take the tests.
His alarm is always set for him to arise early enough to be ready. Unfortunately, all my kids are just like me; none of them, (including my two elder sons from two different women) actually ever sleep, except for cat naps and such.
I am sleeping more at my age, but I awaken (to pee, no story here. move along. At least I still awaken, BEFORE.) and find him eating at three AM. Really? I'm like WTF, you have to be at work in four hours. I get back, "Hey I got this, Dad. Sorry to wake you. I'll be ready." And he has spent another night without consistent sleep.
But the alarms piss him off. If he is left to himself, things seem to go well, but me "helping" by setting an alarm for both of us is the ruin of an otherwise OK day.
I have yet to learn how to express my love and concern in productive ways that he understands.
He is growing away from me and my constant worry, wanting him to be at work on time and keep a damn job, just irritates him. Alarms seem to undermine all I have worked to instill in his behavior.
I typically awaken about two minutes before the alarm is set, all my life, and I have no idea how this came to be but my, now passed (I lost my Neena baby!), cat used to come in and begin licking my eyelids so I would wake before the alarm. I can't tell you how she could tell time, but it happened way too often to be an accident.
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It might be a natural thing to everyone. Alarms just SUCK!
... the him being OK with you setting an alarm for you to remind yourself to remind him is how it seems to go here. But, he's always up before me.
Alarms don't actually disturb my sleep much at times, so I set them for him to wake me.
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Here's a pic of my Neena. We lost her this winter. She was fourteen years old in this pic and still protecting me. She was a 'fraidy cat, but still a watch cat!
She would bellow and come to warn me if she saw something untoward. Never knew what that might be.
Here, she is guarding me from a sketchy squirrel, rounding up maple seeds.
Might have posted it before. If so, I will try to do better. I have many!
Pic doesn't show how petite she really was. Kind of exaggerates her stature. Weighed about nine pounds, but a fireball of wicked fury if she became frightened.
I have scars to prove it. Hated lightening!
I don't do tatoos, but my kitty scars are good memories.
She would be excited but she was coming to me to find safety.
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I haven't seen this picture of your cat before. She's gorgeous. She has some tabby lines but doesn't look full tabby. A unique cat.
Gary, I have to remind Kayleigh to take her meds. Yesterday morning I reminded her but forgot to take my own.
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Been there!
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I haven't seen this picture of your cat before. She's gorgeous. She has some tabby lines but doesn't look full tabby. A unique cat.
She was a gray tabby cat. Her fur was really fun when she moved. On her chest there was an owl if she stood up tall, Egyptian pose, then moving a bit and sitting down, the fur would make a wolf. There was a horse on one side and an elephant on the other. It was the red contrasting with some deep blacks in her coat that seemd the most unusual for a gray Tabby. If you looked at her from above and her feet were hidden, you would swear you saw a black cat.
But she was more spotty than stripey. You could see stripes, but they were broken everywhere. Looked spotty.
I miss her so much.
Another loving, but funny thing, she would often come and try to "save me" from the shower. That water stuff really worried her.
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Another cool thing about Neena is that she talked to me all the time, like constantly, but in all her years I don't remember her ever saying, "Meow." When food was coming she said, "Mowwer, MOWWER!" About as close as she ever came to cat words.
I think she covered all the vowel sounds you would hear in English and a few more that were just hers.
I miss her.
I learned early to not choose a cat, but to allow the cat to choose you. She was three weeks old when I got her. Saved litter from an old store warehouse, many siblings.
She chose me. I fed her from an eyedropper at first.
At three weeks of age, she chose me and remained completely attached and faithful as a best friend her whole life.
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Sorry, guys.
I know she was just a cat.
She was my best friend for fourteen years of my life. Bigger number in cat yearsl Like over one hundred.
She's been gone a while.
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Did any of our northern folk get a chance to see the Lunar Eclipse a couple of days ago?
We had a rare view with no clouds for a change here in Indiana. Kind of wish I hade set up a camera on my kid's scope. I did not try because rain was in the forecast, like most times when a celestial event occurs.
Scope is a cool kid toy I bought for my son fifteen years ago. We had some fun with it, but it wasn't Hubble so he got bored. Even being a toy in my view, I can never throw away lenses.
1200mm and with a couple of adapters and can fit a camera to it.
We had a red moon for a bit!
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I need an exit strategy... the plans you ask? Simple... just go with the basics, how I'm going to do it is another story (for another day)
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Sorry, guys.
I know she was just a cat.
She was my best friend for fourteen years of my life. Bigger number in cat yearsl Like over one hundred.
She's been gone a while.
Not just a cat. She was your companion.
I'm a bit sad now as my sister is saying goodbye to her son's cat Baymax this Saturday. He has renal failure and anaemia due to a tumour on his kidney. There is no treatment that will work for him. He is only 6 years old.
Whenever I went to my sister's house, Baymax was the first cat to say hello and give me smooches. He would try to get into my arms as he liked to be held. He was a big white cat who shed a lot of fur. As a cat he really stood out. I'll never forget him.
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Sorry, guys.
I know she was just a cat.
She was my best friend for fourteen years of my life. Bigger number in cat yearsl Like over one hundred.
She's been gone a while.
Not just a cat. She was your companion.
I'm a bit sad now as my sister is saying goodbye to her son's cat Baymax this Saturday. He has renal failure and anaemia due to a tumour on his kidney. There is no treatment that will work for him. He is only 6 years old.
Whenever I went to my sister's house, Baymax was the first cat to say hello and give me smooches. He would try to get into my arms as he liked to be held. He was a big white cat who shed a lot of fur. As a cat he really stood out. I'll never forget him.
Cats are amazing! Most non-cat people think they are stupid because they won't do tricks.
Unintellegent my ass!
I was just worried that I had crapped in this thread too long and bored everyone to tears.
Baymax sounds like he was quite a wonderful companion.
Neena and I used to play "fetch" with rubber bands. I would sling them across the room and she was right after it, brought it back to me and chased it again and again, just playing.
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Speaking of playing, in this new home grounds we have MANY rabbits.
We had quite a few in the old neighborhood as well, but they never got very big. I suspect that was because of the hawks. Here they are full grown big ass bunnies and today I saw five of them playing "tag" or some bunny version out in the back yard.
I have not seen any of the huge Redtail hawks here (almost as big as eagles) and these big bunnies are too big for the owls that seem to proliferate.
Just enjoying my coffee and the cool peaceful air between night and morning rains, watching this bunny game was better than any sports shit on TV!
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Speaking of playing, in this new home grounds we have MANY rabbits.
We had quite a few in the old neighborhood as well, but they never got very big. I suspect that was because of the hawks. Here they are full grown big ass bunnies and today I saw five of them playing "tag" or some bunny version out in the back yard.
I have not seen any of the huge Redtail hawks here (almost as big as eagles) and these big bunnies are too big for the owls that seem to proliferate.
Just enjoying my coffee and the cool peaceful air between night and morning rains, watching this bunny game was better than any sports shit on TV!
There are bunnies here too. The past couple of months two have been in the back yard daily, and about a week or two ago another very young tiny bunny showed up too. One day, the baby bunny was playing that funny tag game with a baby squirrell. Sugarbutt and I were rolling with laughter. I love them. :heart:
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They renumbered the exits on I95 in Massachusetts so they line up with the mileage markers
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I am in violation.
My car registration renewal papers came almost two months ago and I mailed them back the next day. They still have not arrived. We are driving on expired plates.
:hide:
I hate this!
I am not one of these liberal types. I am quite conservative.
I like to follow the laws of the land. I need a little cooperation from, "The Land," though. DAMN IT!!
Update:
My wife's plates came today. So she won't be fired from work or blackballed from her union for driving illegally. This is big!
WHEW!
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How does it feel to know that your woke-ass Tesla purchase is helping another sketchy billionaire to buy up things like Twitter?
:hahaha:
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THIS IS MY CAR!
This one is not mine, but I saw this and almost shit my pants. My baby is darker blue metallic, white interior, SWEET!
I need to get her out again and make it a prime time moment. She needs a headshot.
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My B&W sub arrived. It's one hell of a sub. It's tiny but amazingly musical. It can do 25Hz in the right environment, which is plenty for me, and it never ever gets boomy. It's incredibly refined for what it is.
I'm expecting another several hours of listening to get it to settle, though.
The mysterious "Break In" concept is a real thing, even though the flat earthers tell us we are all full of shit. Hundred hour range is common for a low frequency transducer to get to the designed specifications and begin to perform where it should.
You do not have to add the "for what it is" phrase with your new subwoofer. What it is is a highly capable music machine which will fill a small space.
I have not heard the 8" B&Ws, but I am very familar with the 10" efforts from this company. They are quite capable and supremely mucical.
One acid test for any good low frequency enhancement system is that it disappears when used, only popping its head up when needed.
After positive placement, some break in and your adjusting it to match what you are already used to hearing, I believe you will be satisfied.
:thumbup:
Been listening to lots of music lately. It's a wonderful little speaker, unnoticeable when it needs to hide and precise when it needs to act. I've been moving it slightly every now and then but it seems my initial instincts were right so it now stands pretty much where I first placed it.
Very happy with it. :)
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Was in a client meeting today, supposedly a simple demo by a colleague. However, the client finished the session with "oh, just one more thing we're wondering about," never a good thing. This one was a product question that was urgent but the first time I'd heard about it, and a critical issue, too. People really need to start telling me things so I won't have to find out like this.
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There is an osprey nest on the police stations radio tower
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The longer I am away, the more weepy that troll portrays herself to be to a mutual friend...
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The boy's car has a few small nicks in the paint that need attention. I found his touch up pen but I've never done that before, so I'm going to do some research tonight on how to use it, and if I feel brave enough I might do that tomorrow. My car has a couple nicks too, but I don't have a pen. I should get one. :dunno:
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This is not so random.
We saw this coming. We have had four vets look for any answers about our old dog and to help us determine his difficulties and his age.
He is old! Three vets agree that he is between 12 and 14 years old. That's getting way on up there for puppers!
When we got him four year ago, we were told he was three years old. But we were seeing this cataract develop and nothing they could do.
He has been one of the happiest, jumpiest, playful, enthusiastic dogs I have known until recently.
I just had him out again, at his request 1:30AM, but he has in the past month gone completely blind and is suffering from extreme depression.
This is not a joke. I know I have been posting almost exclusively on the laugh thread, but this is for real.
After weeks of research about his condition and looking for coping therapy ideas, we are there. He is completely blind now.
He has gone downhill for quite a while, like not being able to jump on to the couch successfully at times or make it up into my car when we take him out (and he always wants to go anywhere with us), all the time watching this continually growing cloud in his eye.
I have never cared for a blind dog. I have known several others who had happy, loving blind dogs, who loved them even more for the care and patience the dogs required. Those were all young dogs.
My little buddy is much older than we had been told at first. The one vet I trust the most has shown me pics of advanced aged dogs' wear patterns on teeth and my dog has even more severe wear on his teeth.
Even if we can help him find his way around the house and yard again, he may not have much time left.
He has brought a smile to my face every day I have known him and filled my heart with warmth watching him "tolerate" my daughter's over affectionate constancy of hugs and such which he never cared for, but accepted from her.
Yeah, I've been on and on about my big booboo lately, but this is worse. I was mad about breaking my arm, but I am deeply saddened to see my little buddy going down like this.
If I seem to disappear, I'll be back. But you will know why, now.
I can handle this. I've had to put down many favorite pups and kitties over my life, but this one will devastate my daughter. My son won't show much, but this will hurt him, too.
I'm going to hold out as long as I can, but when my buddy stops smiling at us when we are with him, things may have pushed me to make a final decision.
Either we have all had to do this or we all will have to if we choose animals as partners. It just happens. My daughter is not ready.
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Both the guys commented on the fact it's noon and I'm still in my pajamas. I guess that just doesn't happen. :lol1:
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Both the guys commented on the fact it's noon and I'm still in my pajamas. I guess that just doesn't happen. :lol1:
Of course it does.
It's a holiday, for one.
My wife has been on vacation this week. She spent half the week in her jammies. She changed a lot due to the weather going back and forth, but the only times she put her jeans on was when we went out or for the patio project, still underway.
I say 'jam out every chance!
:lol1:
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Wrote out a long tweet in response to Dan Rather:
When has it ever subsided? The division is what's causing the country to fall apart... morons in the GOP spewing stupidity, Nancy Pelosi trying to be hip yet she's not understanding the fact that the Democrats need new blood, someone with just as much experience as her to lead as well to unify the country as a whole... yes we need the GOP, just as the GOP needs the Democrats... but this us vs. them complex needs to stop... The divide is what's making it unbearable to live in the states.
As long as we get rid of the trouble of Ms. Greene and the other MAGAites, we can move on to the stuff that matters... not the stuff that causes the rift that I am sick and tired of. Do you understand my anger, Mr. Rather?
Do you understand that as an autistic observer, I have to witness xenophobia, and ignorance take the center stage, as well as seeing the Democrats trying to put their yes men who aren't Bernie Sanders into the running as President of the "Beacon", the one that immigrants from far and wide strived to approach, yearning to be free? Because that's the society I still remember.
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Tractor trailer on the parkway again this morning stopped just before a bridge he was not going to be able to fit under :zombiefuck:
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Google Maps invented a roadblock and suggested I take a much longer route, today. I didn't take the bait, and there was no roadblock.
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There was conjoined twins at the flea market today
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Lots of tourists about today. Our little village is a tourist magnet these days.
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Not touristy, just locals out in huge numbers. Super busy roads. It was 80F/27C and clear, beautiful late spring day. It was a play day! They even blocked off one of our few bridges over the river, which I use to get our kids to work. That was annoying, but I am glad to see the small town come back to life.
The area where they host the "farmers market" has been under renovation, again, so they extended the market day from just a Saturday morning to include all day and all day Sunday.
The bridge was closed to protect the massive foot traffic this change created.
... but, HEY! It's Leg Season!
:woohoo:
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Now that the weather has warmed consistently, the hummingbirds have come back. We have eight really large, well grown huechera plantings in our yard which the hummingbirds frequent in the mornings.
We had a few at the old place, but here they swarm through every morning in large numbers. Really beautiful!
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Now that the weather has warmed consistently, the hummingbirds have come back. We have eight really large, well grown huechera plantings in our yard which the hummingbirds frequent in the mornings.
We had a few at the old place, but here they swarm through every morning in large numbers. Really beautiful!
Need to put mine in the flower bed. Neighbor always buys those pricey flower arrangements every year, and tosses them over the hill come fall when everything dies ..sometimes they mix perennials in with the annuals though. Noticed this winter that one plant was still fighting to hang on in the pile of rubble when I walked out to get the mail. Stuck it in a pot and brought it in, it's nice and healthy now on the back porch.
My mom used to have them here, but I guess you need to divide them every 4 years or so because they can get woody and rot during the winter here if not. We didn't.
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Thoughts of revenge are best left for fiction, not the real world... if it happened in the real world I would be in county jail being ordered to take counseling from a Christian Therapist who has no idea what they're doing.
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Now that the weather has warmed consistently, the hummingbirds have come back. We have eight really large, well grown huechera plantings in our yard which the hummingbirds frequent in the mornings.
We had a few at the old place, but here they swarm through every morning in large numbers. Really beautiful!
Need to put mine in the flower bed. Neighbor always buys those pricey flower arrangements every year, and tosses them over the hill come fall when everything dies ..sometimes they mix perennials in with the annuals though. Noticed this winter that one plant was still fighting to hang on in the pile of rubble when I walked out to get the mail. Stuck it in a pot and brought it in, it's nice and healthy now on the back porch.
My mom used to have them here, but I guess you need to divide them every 4 years or so because they can get woody and rot during the winter here if not. We didn't.
I love free plants! I used to haunt the grocery stores in the fall when they dump everything that's not perfect. Grocery stores don't usually have a dedicated/educated person to care for the displays they lease from nurseries. So they just toss everything not "shiny" enough to sell. Goldmine!
I have reclaimed many things that just needed to be repotted and given a second chance.
There's another native plant that attracts hummingbirds, but they are quite large. I'll let someone else use those.
I'll stick with smaller plants.
I am pleased with how these huechera are doing. Probably divide them next year. I swore to myself that I would only watch and learn for this entire year before I do anything but nursing efforts.
I am going to fill a few holes with the small, shrubby, ever-bloomig roses this fall, though. Bright red ones I have chosen are commonly called "Fire Meidiland Rose." They stay small, but it's still a rose, so, same care as big-ass fancy English roses, but with much better behavior.
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I have a few roses, bought a bunch of them one year reduced for a $1.00 after they lost their labeling. Surprises are nice.
Ended up with 2 climbers and some assorted bushes.
Cemetery up the road used to dump anything in pots over the hillside after every holiday so that they could mow the grass. azaleas, lilly's, rhododendrons from that dump, curbside iris, freebies by the dumpster, daffodils near old cellar holes from burned out houses....
Friend of mine inherited a house from an elderly aunt years ago...the aunt and her mother had a huge cottage garden. My friend preferred the structured, typical small landscaping shrubs, stone with well defined borders and a few well behaved plants. (I am not a fan of the well-behaved...I have trumpet vine on my porch railing...that stuff is a bigger asshole than English ivy)
So there I was with a shovel, tarps/boxes laid down in the back of a VW Golf, and plants literally poking out of the sunroof. Probably a dozen or so trips. Saved what I could. :LOL:
First thing to go was the giant Rhododendrons in front because she considered them a "security risk" blocking the view of the house from the road... 30+ yr old Peonies she was mowing to the ground and was pissed because they kept growing back. My mom about fell over when she heard about it.
"GET THOSE PLANTS"
...so I did.
I did A LOT of digging that year, I could barely walk upright for a month...while my mom ooohhhed and awwwed over every muddy carload.
It was so worth it.
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Thoughts of revenge are best left for fiction, not the real world... if it happened in the real world I would be in county jail being ordered to take counseling from a Christian Therapist who has no idea what they're doing.
Agreed and Amen!
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I did not mention trumpet vine, but that is the large, "attracts hummingbirds" plant I was talking about. I had it on my back fence at the old place. I had taken bamboo stakes and woven them into the chainlink fence at the back and the trumpet vines grew six to eight feet tall out there with those bamboo stalks as support.
Those plus some euonymus and I had a living privacy fence of native plants that required very little care.
Rhododendrons don't do well here unless you dig a huge hole and replace all the natural soil with a heavily acidic mix of peat and active organic matter. They need low pH and that's quite a trick to accomplish in limestone soil. You have to build a giant inground pot for them to thrive.
I do regret not salvaging my thirty year old peonies and a chance to cherry pick a massive group of irises and Asiatic lillies from our old place.
But, as I have mentioned, our new home is landscaped well and beautiful to behold.
Busted wing kind of gave me a reality check.
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The bunny brigade is out in force this morning.
So cool to see these big ass bunnies everywhere. There is one especially large bull that is actually "eating size" running around out back. He has a call that marks him as king shit bunny.
I won't do it, don't worry. My wife does not like game and to her, rabbits are not for eating anyway.
She won't even touch venison I bring in, unless I make chili with it. I guess all the spices hide the "gaminess" of the deer? I like venison and wild rabbits, too.
But, I'll give her this one.
Besides, if I eat them they will be gone and I like watching them a lot more.
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There was a guy out it the river in a kayak frantically trying to get away from a swan while yelling 'FUCK FUCK FUCK' today when I was walking the dog . I fucking hate swans and know enough to give them a wide berth evidently he did not :hahaha:
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Few swans here, but same story with "adapted to humans" Canadian geese.
There can some kind of goosey bachelor party going on at the lake and they won't even let you out of the car when you pull up.
... until you feed them something, that is. Then they won't let you leave.
:lol1:
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Noticed a 2nd construction type cargo holder was placed near the entrance to our townhouse area. The first one has windows and bars in them, as well as a hook up to an electrical out let at the base of a nearby utility pole. :dunno: :apondering:
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On my daily walk, I noticed the two full beer cans that I left on a rock wall by the roadside cemetery were gone. :P They were the cans I found in the inner rock wall of said old cemetery. By the fading on the cans, they had obviously been there for some time, a year or two or more. I wasn't about to take them home to try to drink them. :zombiefuck: Oh well, cheers to whoever took them. :beergrin:
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... but, HEY! It's Leg Season!
:woohoo:
This.
Prague had lovely summer weather. Just sayin'. :eyebrows:
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... but, HEY! It's Leg Season!
:woohoo:
This.
Prague had lovely summer weather. Just sayin'. :eyebrows:
:eyebrows:
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All the car clubs were out today. Not sure why, except that it is Sunday. The weather is questionable, rainy at times.
I would love to get my Baby out to show her off some, but not doing it if rain is likely.
I think it is just that EVERYONE is dying for decent weather and trying to start things up, anyway.
I did stop to admire a Model A Ford, though.
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Sundays are always so weird
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Sundays are always so weird
That's why I stopped working on Sundays.
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Sundays are always so weird
That's why I stopped working on Sundays.
My overthinking gets the best of me on Sundays when I am not working.
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Lots of Nova Scotia tourism adds on lately makes me want to go back
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The more I read... the better I'll get in my writing.
Better read my book now
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Lots of Nova Scotia tourism adds on lately makes me want to go back
I loved my trip there back in the late 70's. Took the overnight ferry from Nova Scotia. 8)
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My friend is asking about what it's like being on the spectrum.... I think it's her that's asking about the signs/symptoms of autism for herself...
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Lots of Nova Scotia tourism adds on lately makes me want to go back
I loved my trip there back in the late 70's. Took the overnight ferry from Nova Scotia. 8)
I went there for my Honeymoon in 91. The ride over was very rough even the crew was getting sick but after that it was a great trip
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:yawn: It's been a long day... I'm going to hide in the basement the rest of the night
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Tourists all around us today. Our quaint little village is a magnet for idiots come summer.
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Lots of traffic today on the parkway which is kinda odd for a Saturday
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Being Father's Day, which I completely forgot about until my wife showed the three new hummingbird feeders she got for me, the hotrods clubs were out and about.
I thought about taking out my baby, but decided to stay home with the family.
Saw a lot of nice hot rods, though, just playing Daddy Taxi.
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Hummingbird feeders are working. I suppose. Birds seem to linger longer.
Bought this fancy stuff with extra calcium to help with egg laying, label says.
I don't believe it yet.
I have been wanting to cut back some of the trees and keep the street look more "limbed up," but everywhere I start to cut back there's another cardinal, robin or blackbird nest right above my head.
I can't. Cutting limbs would harm them. I'm way beyond the "fuck it they're just birds" mentality. These are my birds. It falls to me to care for them.
I'm just going to wait, leave things wild for now.
Still getting to know my neighbors, including all my new friends with wings.
Don't need to know any more about the commenting strollers walking by who waste my time performing petty intelligence displays for no reason.
Everybody wants to stop by and tell me how nice the couple was who lived here before us. Is it a challenge for me to be nice, too?
Old man died, then a year later, old woman died. Kind of how it goes. I get it!!
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There was a farm stand on a trailer selling veggies outside the offices at an industrial park where I pick up supplies evidently they go there every Monday
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Don't see those much these days. I love supporting local truck farms. I usually stop and buy something when I see one.
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I just this morning discovered that we have an oriole nest tucked into one of our security light fixtures.
I saw the nest a few days ago, but I have had a look at the parents. Orioles are really pretty!
I have turned the light off so it won't disturb the nesters. Old house we had no orioles anywhere, except for the seldom seen pass through. They were always run off by other birds who lived there.
This is cool!!
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I'm not used to my boss wearing Red...
Usually, when you're wearing Red it's to symbolize something... or the fact that you're easily wanting to piss off a Bull.
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:LOL:
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Not as many fireworks going off around here as there were in years past this close to the fourth of July
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Out and about during lunch. In the city centre for the first time in a while. It felt like it had been years, because there were buildings I could swear I hadn't seen before.
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The traffic is it's normal clogging self on the highway heading north to the Mountains. Large campers, aka, "war wagons" galore! Just a typical long summer weekend in NH.
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Traffic was shitty around here too
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Traffic was shitty around here too
Considering where you are, they are probably headed in multiple directions. Here in the seacoast NH area, it's usually straight north to the White Mountains or the Lakes Region.
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Incessant fireworks tonight and that will be the recurring theme for the rest of the long weekend. >:(
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Ah, yes. Happy fourth.
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Ah, yes. Happy fourth.
Not so much happy as bemused at the insanity of the human race at this time of year. At least the "human" race in the USA. :facepalm2:
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Feeling grateful for some honest people! I went to the store and used the robo-cashiers as I only had one item. Did my debit card and left...............with the item, but, my wallet was left on the robo-cashier. Didn't realize it until I got home. In full panic mode, I drove very quickly back to the store hoping against hope that someone turned it in. Yes, I was screaming and wailing in my car. Got to the store and ran in to customer service right next to the robo-cashier. And as soon as the words left my mouth....."has anyone turned in a wallet, the young clerk went to his drawer and produced my wallet. I offered him a reward, but, he declined as somebody else turned it in to him. I thanked him profusely and wished him a great day. My brain has been in senility mode today, BIG TIME. Panic recedes, got home, put the car in the garage and spent an hour painting the garage as a form of meditation and now feeling better after rest and brandy. Yeah, I know I'm a lush, but, I deserve it! :headbang2:
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What's a lush?
I once lost my wallet like that but when I went back it was gone for good. There wasn't much in the the way of cash but I had to cancel all my cards, etc. Huge inconvenience. Very glad you got yours back. :)
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What's a lush?
I once lost my wallet like that but when I went back it was gone for good. There wasn't much in the the way of cash but I had to cancel all my cards, etc. Huge inconvenience. Very glad you got yours back. :)
A lush is a drunk or something like that. Yeah, I had horrors about getting new credit and debit cards and a new Drivers license. Which can be a whole other level of nightmare in my state. I got lucky.
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Well you deserve to be a lush after that ordeal!
I once lost my phone on the train. It fell out of my pocket. I was in the city and so the first thing I did was go to the phone shop and cancel my SIM card. It was my first smartphone and I couldn't afford another one so I had to make do with my old regular phone for ages afterwards.
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Ah, yes. Happy fourth.
Yeah, we are the ungrateful colonists who once said, "NO!" and made it fucking stick.
We had to remind those horrible mother fuckers what NO meant more than once, though. Assholes just did not seem to get it. NO! means NO!
I can sometimes hear some fireworks in the far off distance if I go outside. Only hear some of the largest ones, but not many.
Where we used to live closer to city center there were always lots of fireworks at all hours during patriotic holidays.
Fucking rednecks spend two or three months mortgage on beer, bang and pop for a couple of nights. Then what do you have? A hangover, your ears ring and you're broke.
Out here where we live now, you have to go outside to hear much more than one big one far away every hour or so.
It's quiet here. I love it!
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Feeling grateful for some honest people! I went to the store and used the robo-cashiers as I only had one item. Did my debit card and left...............with the item, but, my wallet was left on the robo-cashier. Didn't realize it until I got home. In full panic mode, I drove very quickly back to the store hoping against hope that someone turned it in. Yes, I was screaming and wailing in my car. Got to the store and ran in to customer service right next to the robo-cashier. And as soon as the words left my mouth....."has anyone turned in a wallet, the young clerk went to his drawer and produced my wallet. I offered him a reward, but, he declined as somebody else turned it in to him. I thanked him profusely and wished him a great day. My brain has been in senility mode today, BIG TIME. Panic recedes, got home, put the car in the garage and spent an hour painting the garage as a form of meditation and now feeling better after rest and brandy. Yeah, I know I'm a lush, but, I deserve it! :headbang2:
This is the best news I have heard all week!
I still hold my hope for this world because of a few like this. I think we will win, if we can hold out.
I'm glad it worked out for you.
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Well you deserve to be a lush after that ordeal!
I once lost my phone on the train. It fell out of my pocket. I was in the city and so the first thing I did was go to the phone shop and cancel my SIM card. It was my first smartphone and I couldn't afford another one so I had to make do with my old regular phone for ages afterwards.
Thanks! And an OUCH on your phone! I am paranoid about that myself. I refuse to wear it in the back pocket of my pants, as I see so many people do. At work, I keep it in a pouch that I wear on my belt. When wearing my usual sweatpants or shorts, I keep it in the front pocket so I can feel it's presence.
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Not nearly as many fireworks going off as there were in past years
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Not nearly as many fireworks going off as there were in past years
It's a full pop and boomer out there tonight! >:(
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One of our neighbors put on a little five minute show last night as the sky darkened.
He said he has a few more for today.
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Not nearly as many fireworks going off as there were in past years
It's been quiet here too. There was a little noise but none of it sounded close. I don't think any have gone off in the neighborhood. That may change tonight, but I expected it to be noisy all weekend with the holiday falling on a Monday. :dunno: Then again Sugarbutt and I are getting old and neither of our hearing is so good anymore. :zoinks:
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I heard a little bunch of poppers nearby and just figured if they're spending the money on noise makers, I'll go look for something shiny. Kind of nice out, so I set the sprinklers going to freshen the air a bit. I mean Hell it's been hot today, but cooling at sundown.
It was about dark when the big boomers started from the city display. They have moved their efforts from the roof of the High School to a park recently built for concerts (I did not attend tonight).
We are in the perfect place! about a mile away.
We had a "balcony level" view of the entire hour long show. It was a sight!
Bathroon and fresh ice fifty feet away, comfortable chair, side table, fresh air, breeze, NO DRIVING!! terrified little doggy to comfort (she's a talker, barks at the big ones and then seeks my approval, she's adorable!), but she trusts me now to save her from all this nonsense.
Full tummy from the grilling we did earlier, no having a hand in any of fighting a crowd. We just sat out and enjoyed the show. Held my wife's hand for a bit loving our new situation.
I had not even imagined that this little perk came with this new home.
It started to sprinkle as the show was done. Still dropping some, but not enough to be enough.
Great day!! Happy Independence Day, everyone!
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Its been a long time between drinks (like a decade now) but...
I'm finally hated by someone again!! :roses:
Apparently she flies into a jealous mood swing at the very mention of my name.
She's jealous of crush boi's cat getting more attention than her too, like, its a cat dude. How immature of a friend do you want to be.
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Midsommar is now on Stan. Seems weird watching the non-directors cut version.
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Ok, Stan have apparently made a few cuts to the movie themselves :finger:
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I'm in the red zone at work... and in all honesty... I'm scared shitless
GET ME OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!!
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You see some odd things on Facebook market place
This popped up today, its even somewhat local
1948 Lockheed f94 no engines or wings $18000
(https://i.postimg.cc/Xq75psMV/273057833-5070891669598372-2010137961754643334-n.jpg)
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You see some odd things on Facebook market place
This popped up today, its even somewhat local
1948 Lockheed f94 no engines or wings $18000
(https://i.postimg.cc/Xq75psMV/273057833-5070891669598372-2010137961754643334-n.jpg)
^You can afford that can't you Parts? ;)
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You see some odd things on Facebook market place
This popped up today, its even somewhat local
1948 Lockheed f94 no engines or wings $18000
(https://i.postimg.cc/Xq75psMV/273057833-5070891669598372-2010137961754643334-n.jpg)
^You can afford that can't you Parts? ;)
Dad told me about the time he was in Myanmar, and the hull of an imperial Japanese plane which looked like the one Parts was looking at was used as a shelter for the tribal people in a particular area he was passing by on boat. I guess people could use the hull for practically anything?
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I think it's a crap price without wings, Parts.
You know parts.
:green:
Very interesting!
Long ago a photographer "friend" had a chance to go to a surplus junk yard for old war planes with a relative. I was busy elsewhere in music.
I loaned him two cameras, several lenses and twenty rolls of film and told him to take pics of everything. He brought back ten rolls.
It was actually kind of sad and still, the whole thing was fun to go through.
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You see some odd things on Facebook market place
This popped up today, its even somewhat local
1948 Lockheed f94 no engines or wings $18000
^You can afford that can't you Parts? ;)
Dad told me about the time he was in Myanmar, and the hull of an imperial Japanese plane which looked like the one Parts was looking at was used as a shelter for the tribal people in a particular area he was passing by on boat. I guess people could use the hull for practically anything?
I ran across a site (Dark Roasted Blend, I think it was) that showed many old planes and boats used for housing.
I'l try to find it again.
Some have done cool stuff with gutted planes and even upside down boats to live in.
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I've seen retired American school buses used for living in.
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I've seen retired American school buses used for living in.
My brother knew a guy who used old school buses as warehouses for his business
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Three different bands I worked for had old school busses converted to living quarters for short touring gigs they had.
When the schools are tired of fixing old buses, there is still a lot of meat left on those old bones.
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My son still has not gotten his drivers license.
But he took it upon himself to enroll in a driving school and has just completed his first week of training, after I pick him up today, that is.
As adult like as that seems, he also fucked up by not giving his new workplace a heads up before it was time to do the training. OOPS!
I did not interfere. I let him work this mistake out on his own, while I waited in the car. (chewing on my teeth)
Sounds like he'll still have a job when his school finishes.
Lots of adulting for him lately.
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I want a small school bus as a dedicated flea market vehicle I came close to getting one once but needed a daily driver at the time.
You can get some really weird stuff at estate sales this is the odd item for today
(https://i.postimg.cc/nrZTCBZH/KIMG1464.jpg)
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This new Florence and the Machine song on my mp3 player is really catchy... I likey ^_^
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I think there may be something wrong in the world of hazelnut coffee. :dunno: I primarily drink hazelnut coffee but recently it's tasting and smelling bad. At first I thought it was the brand of coffee, because Aldi didn't have any one week and I bought some at WalMart instead. I tossed that coffee and opened up an Aldi pack but it was bad too. Then I thought I might have covid because that's the first thing that came up when I googled it, but both the guys also agreed the coffee didn't smell good like it usually did, and the boy agreed it also taste like crap. Then I figured the coffee machine needed cleaning, but that didn't make any difference either. Since the coffee machine was fairly old, I bought a new one and also a different brand of hazelnut coffee I've never bought before. Still total crap coffee. It's possible all three of those brands get their coffee from the same manufacturer and only the packaging is different, or maybe there's just something wrong in the world of hazelnuts. I bought a pack of regular coffee and it seems okay. It actually smells like coffeee. I won't say it tastes good because it's not really my preference, but at least it doesn't taste bad. I've thrown away three packs of opened hazelnut coffee and I have two more unopened in the cabinet. I'm terrible about returning things, so I'm not sure what I'll do about that. :dunno:
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A couple of weeks ago I noticed the cat cupboard smelling bad. I found that the smell was coming from the dry food which is kept in a container. To me it smells like spew but the cats are eating it, especially Kira who loves dry food. Today I fed him the last of it and I'm going to buy new stuff. A different flavour this time.
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There were only 14 people at the dance social today, which is an abysmal turnout. The numbers for this particular social one saturday a month have been dwindling for some time. Nobody from the other classes except for a few (including me and mum) want to go to it :-\
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There are lots of green blueberries but hardly any ripe ones out back
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9 more days before the storm! :green: :eyebrows: :o
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^ I hope I get to experience the giddy excitement of counting down to my last day at my job one day :fuckyeahdance:
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That girl who's jealous of me seemed awfully hung up on the fact I had a few of crush boi's chips that he brought back to the office at lunch. I mean, he offered to let me have some, lady. I guess she's trying to convince him that I'm a mooch or a parasite. She's been getting stroppy over the strangest shit. She's even jealous of the receptionist who works with us, who's like 60 and married. She's pretty much jealous of all his friends male and female except for one she thinks is a lesbian but isn't.
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It's been pouring down all day. Not many people outside except for hapless dog owners who have to. :P
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Not many blueberries are ripe yet
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^ I hope I get to experience the giddy excitement of counting down to my last day at my job one day :fuckyeahdance:
You'll get there
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End-of-holiday woes today. :GA:
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I need to quit hesitating to drop by mom and pop garage sales.
Today I bought a B&D Workmate for ten bucks. It looks brand new, but they have not made them for twenty years. I forgot the back was nearly full of stuff.
I had the kids and the dogs with us, just returning from the park and the back was full of boxes of donations for Goodwill.
I managed. Gawd! I love my crossover SUV thingy!
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Not many blueberries are ripe yet
Our blueberry season is about over. Usually peaks around the fourth of July.
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Almost forgot to mention, while we were out, we drove past our old home.
It's gone!
The city has torn it down and hauled the remnants away, tore out my fabulous birdblind, cut down all my wonderful trees.
It's gone. We knew it was going to happen.
Eight others as well, which makes twelve of the nineteen homes destroyed for this city project. They had originally said sixteen homes, but they have upped it some as they complete plans.
I should take a pic of the pizza place that was a block away from us for all the time we were there. They have yet to tear that place down.
Owners went back and did a giant wall graffiti mural that said "Thanks everyone! Goodbye!" in a kind of psychedelic looking spray paint masterpiece.
We knew it was coming.
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I needed a haircut today, so I waited until my Mom got home... after that I got cleaned up... now I have 9 minutes until I have my telehealth appointment with my therapist.
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Not many blueberries are ripe yet
Our blueberry season is about over. Usually peaks around the fourth of July.
Ours peaks in August still usually more are ripe by now
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People keep asking me if I miss Walmart, when in all honesty... I don't.... I'm just purposefully cryptic so no one knows my actual true feelings on the matter.
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People keep asking me if I miss Walmart, when in all honesty... I don't.... I'm just purposefully cryptic so no one knows my actual true feelings on the matter.
Even though the ones who do get confused by my methods is none other than my own mother.
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^ You could just say you're looking forward to a new job.
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So lying in bed, recovering from a hard night of work at the temple to the walton klan, and some guy in the neighborhood adjacent to us starts up his mini excavator at 7 AM, SUNDAY 7 AM........these things may be as small as a VW bug, but, they are LOUD. And the exhaust fumes coming out of it are thick and heavy. But, the noise was incredible and one could feel the vibrations of that engine along with the high volume drone. I gave up trying to sleep anymore, I'm sure his immediate neighbors didn't appreciate that any more than I did. This was a good 50-60 or so yards away, as the Crow flies. OY ::)
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Now that I am temporarily unemployed I need to stay busy... and right now I'm trying to construct this lego set... only thing is these pieces look impossible to put on top of the head piece I am working on. What do I do? It's a Batman Classic TV piece... and I'm just puzzled with these pieces not complying.
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My wife made an awesome blueberry pie yesterday.
I decided another piece would work as a breakfast. Fabulous!
:thumbup:
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Seems like Odeon has not popped his head up for a couple of weeks. Happens more often these days.
:'(
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Hopefully he's okay
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Hopefully he's okay
I'm sure he is. Most likely busy with real life.
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Seems like Odeon has not popped his head up for a couple of weeks. Happens more often these days.
:'(
This place has slowed a great deal in recent years. Had the thought quite some time ago there might simply be a loss if interest. That would be understandable and KTLO is appreciated.
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Seems like Odeon has not popped his head up for a couple of weeks. Happens more often these days.
:'(
This place has slowed a great deal in recent years. Had the thought quite some time ago there might simply be a loss if interest. That would be understandable and KTLO is appreciated.
And nobody would care if Dox47 outed himself, finally.
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My interwebs is being a little glitchy today. I'm trying to stream a show and it keeps bogging down and refreshing. :emosad:
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
Delusions are not just an Island chain in Alaska!
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My interwebs is being a little glitchy today. I'm trying to stream a show and it keeps bogging down and refreshing. :emosad:
Stormy stuff, rainy all day, weirdness happened yesterday.
Yet, today the electricity has been off four times. All the 'net things reset after a bit, but it all seems a day late.
Why today with dark but pleasant skies. Why not yesterday with all the lightning and fun.
:dunno:
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
The problem is that our Constitution includes very specific wording in the Fourth Amendment.
There must be some affirmation of very specific illegal items known to be within a property to even have a proper warrant issued by the Justice system.
Here is a quote from the Constitution we have all agreed to honor and live by:
Amendment IV
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
It is not so vague as some other Rights we enjoy.
In theory, according to the warrant to search, Trump was supposed to have left the White House with classified documents in his possession.
Trump is an ass, but not a stupid ass. If he stole classified documents, who in their right mind would think he was comfortably sitting on stolen classified Presidential documents in his Florida sanctuary a year and a half later?
Use your brain.
This is different from how the media is portraying the thing.
Some think I'm a big Trump fan because I live a conservative life, but those short thinkers just do not know anything about me.
I am conservative, yes, but do not try to dump me in with the ignorance and foolishness the Republicans have shown recently.
I have voted Republican in the past, but not for any of this set of morons.
To be clear, I am not a Republican.
:heisenberg:
Just noticed that I have one of the best numerical palindromes ever as a post count. I can never post again without removing previous posts.
:lol1:
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
Delusions are not just an Island chain in Alaska!
Or me wishing I would find the right woman before I'm at least 40 :yawn:
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Some think I'm a big Trump fan because I live a conservative life, but those short thinkers just do not know anything about me.
I am conservative, yes, but do not try to dump me in with the ignorance and foolishness the Republicans have shown recently.
I have voted Republican in the past, but not for any of this set of morons.
To be clear, I am not a Republican.
:heisenberg:
That's the weird thing, conservative political parties everywhere are going bat shit insane, the Liberal/National Party here in Australia (our conservative party) just went off the rails and did so much corrupt shit and did it in a way where they though they were untouchable, so blatant. We even had pretty much all of our main stream media backing them. I think a lot of conservative voters here just had enough of it. Even past conservative leaders were sick of how the party has acted recently. I get the impression similar things have happened in your neck of the woods.
Seems like somebody behind the scenes is pushing some strange agenda.
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I'm only the small minority that still thinks he is a puppet -___-
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GOP & Trump: "They haven't made a public statement WHY they searched Mar-a-Lago or shown any evidence...abuse of power...disband the FBI..."
Garland today: "Fine...let them see the search warrant."
GOP & Trump: No...wait.
:lol1:
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GOP & Trump: "They haven't made a public statement WHY they searched Mar-a-Lago or shown any evidence...abuse of power...disband the FBI..."
Garland today: "Fine...let them see the search warrant."
GOP & Trump: No...wait.
:lol1:
where's the damn popcorn... oh wait
right here :popcorn:
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There were giant mutant crickets in the basement I was working on today
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There were giant mutant crickets in the basement I was working on today
I wonder if it was a special year for them or something. We have giant mutant grasshoppers here, they're yellow and green and get about four inches long. This year there were tons of them hanging out around the front of the house. They really freak me out! :GA:
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I don't miss cleaning up after Humans... I don't miss it one bit.
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I don't miss cleaning up after Humans... I don't miss it one bit.
Cleaning after other people can also ruin a person for cleaning after their self. One of my first jobs out of school was residential house cleaning. I actually like house cleaning but there's no better way to ruin something enjoyable than to make it into a job. :lol1: There's a thing in the news box about a person finding a job doing something they love and never working a day in their life, but I'm not sure that's often true. :dunno:
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
The problem is that our Constitution includes very specific wording in the Fourth Amendment.
There must be some affirmation of very specific illegal items known to be within a property to even have a proper warrant issued by the Justice system.
Here is a quote from the Constitution we have all agreed to honor and live by:
Amendment IV
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
It is not so vague as some other Rights we enjoy.
In theory, according to the warrant to search, Trump was supposed to have left the White House with classified documents in his possession.
Trump is an ass, but not a stupid ass. If he stole classified documents, who in their right mind would think he was comfortably sitting on stolen classified Presidential documents in his Florida sanctuary a year and a half later?
Use your brain.
This is different from how the media is portraying the thing.
Some think I'm a big Trump fan because I live a conservative life, but those short thinkers just do not know anything about me.
I am conservative, yes, but do not try to dump me in with the ignorance and foolishness the Republicans have shown recently.
I have voted Republican in the past, but not for any of this set of morons.
To be clear, I am not a Republican.
:heisenberg:
Just noticed that I have one of the best numerical palindromes ever as a post count. I can never post again without removing previous posts.
:lol1:
A big part of me thinks that yes, he really is that stupid. His responses and excuses give me little reason to doubt his ineptness.
We should all consider ourselves lucky. Imagine someone like Putin in his place.
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MAGAites think that a raid that was given a legal warrant, and due process is illegal if the raid was done to their grand leader.
I don't understand the standard here....
The problem is that our Constitution includes very specific wording in the Fourth Amendment.
There must be some affirmation of very specific illegal items known to be within a property to even have a proper warrant issued by the Justice system.
Here is a quote from the Constitution we have all agreed to honor and live by:
Amendment IV
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
It is not so vague as some other Rights we enjoy.
In theory, according to the warrant to search, Trump was supposed to have left the White House with classified documents in his possession.
Trump is an ass, but not a stupid ass. If he stole classified documents, who in their right mind would think he was comfortably sitting on stolen classified Presidential documents in his Florida sanctuary a year and a half later?
Use your brain.
This is different from how the media is portraying the thing.
Some think I'm a big Trump fan because I live a conservative life, but those short thinkers just do not know anything about me.
I am conservative, yes, but do not try to dump me in with the ignorance and foolishness the Republicans have shown recently.
I have voted Republican in the past, but not for any of this set of morons.
To be clear, I am not a Republican.
:heisenberg:
Just noticed that I have one of the best numerical palindromes ever as a post count. I can never post again without removing previous posts.
:lol1:
A big part of me thinks that yes, he really is that stupid. His responses and excuses give me little reason to doubt his ineptness.
We should all consider ourselves lucky. Imagine someone like Putin in his place.
Looks more that way with his every word.
We ARE lucky, so far.
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Went to a park in the city I grew up in and there were nannies everywhere doesn't anybody raise their own kids anymore
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Went to a park in the city I grew up in and there were nannies everywhere doesn't anybody raise their own kids anymore
I agree with you, But, I offer this caveat.............look closer! Look closer!
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Why are you such an ass?
Oh my... you took notice I vote democrat... fascinating ::)
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Went to a park in the city I grew up in and there were nannies everywhere doesn't anybody raise their own kids anymore
Meh. People who can afford a nanny probably aren't raising their kids any less than people who need to use daycare. :dunno:
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I seen a menagerie of things this week; A 4 car pile up on Tuesday morning, a Mr Drifter in a Commodore who stacked it in the wet yesterday, and today I witnessed a security guard chase a thief when I was walking into the shops. They both almost barrelled me over on the stairs. I should have cocked me leg out and tripped the thief over for him.
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Convenience stores seem to have become the new poor mans casino with people hanging around and buying scratch tickets and playing keno. I get a ticket once in awhile but these people stand at the counter or sit at the little tables and stay there awhile
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Convenience stores seem to have become the new poor mans casino with people hanging around and buying scratch tickets and playing keno. I get a ticket once in awhile but these people stand at the counter or sit at the little tables and stay there awhile
I've noticed that. Sometimes when I get Carla a $1 scratch ticket for fun, there will occasionally be a customer buying a number of the high priced scratch tickets and taking up a lot of time with the clerk. And I do mean a lot of time. ::) I privately refer to them as "lottery clogs". And a lot of them either are elderly or look like they are in need of money and yet, they are spending a lot to chase the get rich quick scheme.
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Yoshi's tail was becoming an issue for him, so the alternate to help him is to amputate it... the vet's office informed me about 9 minutes ago that he just went in for surgery.
I hope he's okay :(
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Yoshi's tail was becoming an issue for him, so the alternate to help him is to amputate it... the vet's office informed me about 9 minutes ago that he just went in for surgery.
I hope he's okay :(
Sending good thoughts!
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Yoshi's tail was becoming an issue for him, so the alternate to help him is to amputate it... the vet's office informed me about 9 minutes ago that he just went in for surgery.
I hope he's okay :(
Sending good thoughts!
Me too.
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He went through the surgery okay... he's just on pain meds that he hates... especially the kind we have to feed him with through a syringe. He's stubborn for a 5 year old tabby... but then again that's my Yoshi for you.
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So in my wanderings and picking up "trash", I find a set of bicycle handle bars. Just tossed to the side of the road up a little embankment. I brought it home and put it in my metals pile to be brought to a nearby metals recycling place next week. I never know what I will find! 8)
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I got my necessity shopping done... of course I'm saving the Twizzlers for later. Might watch a Samurai film later... Maybe Lady Snowblood?
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The pomp going on at this funeral..... Man!
I hope that marching beat isn't still an earworm in my head tomorrow.
Fun fact; horses are unpredictable, hence why the coffin carriage is being pulled by sailors.
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Now there's a 25 mile hearse procession to Windsor!
Lawd, switching it off now.
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I'm at my computer listening to music and playing solitaire while my wife is watching it on TV. I'm not down for that stuff.
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The most sensitive observation will be on the other thread... but this one will stick right here:
I'm hiding in my room, almost bored out of my mind... trying to decide one what to do for a side hustle to earn money to help go towards my rent.... I could do my paintings again, and earn money from that. Or I could simply continue looking for employment by myself, even though I'm doing an odd job on the side.
-__- decisions, decisions... also SSI if you could help me not feel like I'm a broke ninny, that would be absolutely great.
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My new speakers have a long way to go before they break in much.
I had some personal distractions for the first month I had them and only just last week end plugged them in for the first time.
Man! They are stiff and harsh. Nothing like what most folks talked about.
I need to beat the crap out of them for a while longer.
Power up, press Go.
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Now there's a 25 mile hearse procession to Windsor!
Lawd, switching it off now.
I had it on in the background until the last minute. You didn’t miss anything.
They didn’t show “commercials” on the TV (we call them adverts, for some reason Channel 4 called them commercials) all day yesterday, and all the shops were shut until 5pm. People made a last minute rush to the shops on Sunday, even though they were only going to be closed for a day. It was hard to order anything online today too, because the shops were shut in England yesterday.
I guess everything is back to normal now.
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It's a beautiful day, time to annoy the Trump Fanatics on twitter
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It's a beautiful day, time to annoy the Trump Fanatics on twitter
Enjoy! :2thumbsup:
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It's a beautiful day, time to annoy the Trump Fanatics on twitter
Enjoy! :2thumbsup:
So far no annoyances yet... this one lady in red... I desperately want to push buttons so she blocks me.
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It's a beautiful day, time to annoy the Trump Fanatics on twitter
Enjoy! :2thumbsup:
So far no annoyances yet... this one lady in red... I desperately want to push buttons so she blocks me.
So far nothing yet....
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The forum calendar says today is Elephant Appreciation Day. :lol1:
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Today is the 22nd of September, and that guy (Dan Bongino) keeps saying Biden is the worst president and is still posting that Biden is the worst president. Just admit you have a crush on Grandpa Joe wiseass!!!
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I was today years old when I found a term to describe my second life avatar's look; Bimbo-core :bounce: :blonde:
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Very very windy today.
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People find the dumbest reasons to be pissed off at Disney for.
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Haha! The receptionist at the other office is on Google street view.
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tuneless whistling people who are loud are extremely annoying >:(
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Dad's been miserable... and I hate it >:(
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I will never understand the need for some jackoff dude needing to whistle over and over and over and over again, the same crap until I am climbing the walls in a store. :finger: I am sound sensitive and I left the store with a brain worm, which fortunately has abated. And it is always men who do this! :finger:
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I will never understand the need for some jackoff dude needing to whistle over and over and over and over again, the same crap until I am climbing the walls in a store. :finger: I am sound sensitive and I left the store with a brain worm, which fortunately has abated. And it is always men who do this! :finger:
:hide:
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It was very crowded at the deli today
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The next time I see an OAN clip, I am going to go find the nearest OAN station and do this: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:
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The next time I see an OAN clip, I am going to go find the nearest OAN station and do this: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:
But you only have two fingers. It will take you three tries.
See if you have enough left for a pair for me.
:tard:
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i have never been more incensed at work than I was tonight. I seriously want to choke slam several mgrs. into a deep fat fryer. :mischief:
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i have never been more incensed at work than I was tonight. I seriously want to choke slam several mgrs. into a deep fat fryer. :mischief:
What happened?
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i have never been more incensed at work than I was tonight. I seriously want to choke slam several mgrs. into a deep fat fryer. :mischief:
What happened?
I was working my usual stocking job in the paper aisle. And I need certain tools, a ladder cart to reach the top to either put stuff up there or take stuff down. I also have a hook type grabber thingy on a small handle to get at stuff that would otherwise be out of reach. Finally I have my water bottle and a plastic garbage bag to put the plastic in for recycling. In short the stuff I need to do my job. And lastly, at the time of day, they pull all the associates to do zoning. Which is pulling stuff from the back of the shelves to the front, to give the illusion of full shelves. So I'm dealing with my job of stocking, dealing with customer questions and a horde of fellow worker crammed into the aisle that I am working in. Now I leave my cart out in the center aisle to be available if I need it, with my grabber tool, bag and water bottle on top of it. It's a bit stressful for me to say the least.....my break time comes and I go for it. I come back, my fucking cart is gone, including the tool that I made to use. Just gone, I am pissed, I can't find it anywhere. I go to the manager working and the f'ing bitch just laughs and blows me off. As does another mgr. Disrespect to the MAX. I manage to catch sight of my cart and stuff before I explode. I grab it back and put it back where I left it. I try to calm down, take deep breaths and manage to get control of my emotions. But, underneath, I am still simmering. I go home simmering and manage to relax with difficulty, with my hot shower and a couple of shots of brandy. I also have a lot of other things weighing on my mind outside of work at walmart. :boxers: :stick: :tantrum: :bangbang: :smash: Sensory overload was on full display, Fortunately, I am off for the week and Carla and I get some needed time off together on Saturday.
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I think someone is living in the storage unit next to mine. I wouldn't mind but they are acting very weird peeking at me though their door which is only cracked open and such
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I think someone is living in the storage unit next to mine. I wouldn't mind but they are acting very weird peeking at me though their door which is only cracked open and such
That would weird me out too. :lol1:
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^That's weird.
rock hound, I understand. The same has happened to me where I volunteer though nowhere as stressful as your situation. I hang and tag clothes which is pretty easy work. Last Friday I put the tagging gun down on the table next to the tray full of tags and went to lunch. When I came back, it was gone. I got anxious because it had my needle in it. Everyone has their own needle due to hygiene reasons. It didn't take long for me to find the culprit. He was tagging soft toys. He had finished and the tagging gun was just sitting on the bench. I said to him to ask next time and use his own needle.
What a pain. I get stressed when my things are moved by other people without my knowing.
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^That's weird.
rock hound, I understand. The same has happened to me where I volunteer though nowhere as stressful as your situation. I hang and tag clothes which is pretty easy work. Last Friday I put the tagging gun down on the table next to the tray full of tags and went to lunch. When I came back, it was gone. I got anxious because it had my needle in it. Everyone has their own needle due to hygiene reasons. It didn't take long for me to find the culprit. He was tagging soft toys. He had finished and the tagging gun was just sitting on the bench. I said to him to ask next time and use his own needle.
What a pain. I get stressed when my things are moved by other people without my knowing.
I hear you. Thanks for understanding!
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There are two people in the unit they at least said hello today and are not being so secretive though I did have to listen to them arguing as I put my flea market stuff away
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I bought some grapefruit at the store yesterday and just had one.
MAN! They are wonderful this year.
These came from California.
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Watching the news is a clusterfuck these days. Invariably there's going to be something that will fuck you over, and there's usually a hint of something that will do it later.
Climate change, check. Yup, give it time.
Asteroids, yup. DART is absurd, tbh. The only reason you're not worried is because you haven't done the math.
Trump. Yup, the fact that he's not making sense at all is of no consequence to anyone.
Putin. 'nuff said.
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My new drivers are really breaking in nicely.
I've only had power to them for just over two weeks, but they are sounding great even with just a whisper worth of volume.
I have been powering them with my old McIntosh to force some movement out of them when I am home alone and can really crank them up.
I will eventually add a subwoofer system to the mix, but for now, I am just enjoying the amazing clarity. These will replace my Visatons for full range.
Not sure if my custom built JBLs will do the lows or if the pre-Klipsch Jamos will be called to duty. I'm not going with a boxed sub system, all open baffle. You can never go back to boxes once you have experienced a really good Open Baffle system.
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That outfit that the kpop idol was wearing in France is too cute. Then again... she's a cute girl, what can you expect from me? I like the cute types, no matter what their background is.
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My new drivers are really breaking in nicely.
I've only had power to them for just over two weeks, but they are sounding great even with just a whisper worth of volume.
I have been powering them with my old McIntosh to force some movement out of them when I am home alone and can really crank them up.
I will eventually add a subwoofer system to the mix, but for now, I am just enjoying the amazing clarity. These will replace my Visatons for full range.
Not sure if my custom built JBLs will do the lows or if the pre-Klipsch Jamos will be called to duty. I'm not going with a boxed sub system, all open baffle. You can never go back to boxes once you have experienced a really good Open Baffle system.
Two things:
I have yet to own Klipsch speakers. I think I am lacking. I attended a HiFi exhibition last weekend. There was a Klipsch demo that I absolutely adored. It was mostly ridiculously hi-end stuff, all of it, with price tags bordering on the ridiculous, but the Klipsch demo was fairly affordable and had this stunningly live, punchy sound that I really want. The speakers are too large for anything I have at the moment - not objectively large, btw - but sooooo good. I wantsssssss them.
Second, re open baffle: I do not mind an open back - I would look at the back wall and make sure to dampen it. However, for cinema setups, the baffle is a wall surrounding the fronts of the speakers, all of them, L to C to R, and for a good reason. Directly in front of the speakers there's a screen, which is (mostly) why, but I believe there's loudspeaker theory for that wall in other ways, too.
For reference, this is a fairly typical cinema baffle: https://blogs.qsc.com/app/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/Baffle-Wall-v.2-550x367.jpg
Note the sub openings.
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The windows look wicked filthy since the storm, but window cleaning is still two weeks away. :dunno:
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My new drivers are really breaking in nicely.
I've only had power to them for just over two weeks, but they are sounding great even with just a whisper worth of volume.
I have been powering them with my old McIntosh to force some movement out of them when I am home alone and can really crank them up.
I will eventually add a subwoofer system to the mix, but for now, I am just enjoying the amazing clarity. These will replace my Visatons for full range.
Not sure if my custom built JBLs will do the lows or if the pre-Klipsch Jamos will be called to duty. I'm not going with a boxed sub system, all open baffle. You can never go back to boxes once you have experienced a really good Open Baffle system.
Two things:
I have yet to own Klipsch speakers. I think I am lacking. I attended a HiFi exhibition last weekend. There was a Klipsch demo that I absolutely adored. It was mostly ridiculously hi-end stuff, all of it, with price tags bordering on the ridiculous, but the Klipsch demo was fairly affordable and had this stunningly live, punchy sound that I really want. The speakers are too large for anything I have at the moment - not objectively large, btw - but sooooo good. I wantsssssss them.
Second, re open baffle: I do not mind an open back - I would look at the back wall and make sure to dampen it. However, for cinema setups, the baffle is a wall surrounding the fronts of the speakers, all of them, L to C to R, and for a good reason. Directly in front of the speakers there's a screen, which is (mostly) why, but I believe there's loudspeaker theory for that wall in other ways, too.
For reference, this is a fairly typical cinema baffle: https://blogs.qsc.com/app/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/Baffle-Wall-v.2-550x367.jpg
Note the sub openings.
I'm not sure what you are getting at. I know that front theater speaker systems are required to fire through the projection screen with some degree of fidelity.
And yes, the screen affects the sound and the loading of the drivers.
Lots of the old Westinghouse and Altec theater systems were horn loaded in front and open baffle in the rear.
Mine are not anything like that.
I am energizing a tiny listening room, 12'x14'x9' and I do have bass traps along the wall/floor junction. I had them in the upright corners at first, like most people say to do, but they work better the way I have them now, mounted to the wall at the floor, laying sideways.
I was not diss'ing Klipsch as much as warning about what they did to the Jamo company when they bought them out.
The Jamo infinite baffle drivers I have were made in the early '90s, before Klipsch took over the factory.
They were designed to be used in various open baffle or open back installations.
I have started an "H" baffle for them to operate at a 90 degree angle from my Full range drivers, thus further eliminating room modes, nodes and nulls, by way of dual bi-cardiod dipole propagation patterns separated by 90 degrees.
I had this before using an "L" shaped open baffle and it really worked well. My goal is to get these "H" baffles up and introduce a third 90 degree angle of propagation of the bi-cardiod dipole pattern.
Not quite inverse Blumlein, yet but with speakers, it's close.
It was amazing how the low bass evened out with just two plane patterns propagating at 90 degrees apart. That is why I am building an "H" baffle, so I can set them at 90 degrees and push another plane into the room, further complicating the room mode, node and null situation and hopefully smoothing it out even further.
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Open baffle theatre design was very common in the 50s, I believe, when they first started equipping cinemas with 4-channel magnetic sound.
And now that I think of it, I've seen a few older theatres where they would embed surround woofers in the back wall panels. Nothing behind them except for the concrete walls. Not a brilliant solution. They had 80 Volt signals.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene really needs to shut up
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Open baffle theatre design was very common in the 50s, I believe, when they first started equipping cinemas with 4-channel magnetic sound.
And now that I think of it, I've seen a few older theatres where they would embed surround woofers in the back wall panels. Nothing behind them except for the concrete walls. Not a brilliant solution. They had 80 Volt signals.
Maybe I did not make myself as clear as I meant to.
In a small room using near field listening practices, it is the direct energy from the drivers that you want and eliminating some cancellations from some of the almost omnidirectional low frequency patterns common with boxed enclosure types is desirable. In order to minimize many problems inherent in all rooms, but more prevalent and difficult to manage in smaller rooms, the dipole seems to have an advantage.
The typical bi-cardiod propagation pattern of a dipole system eliminates much of the side to side energy forced into the room. My idea (adapted from Blumlein) of adding a second and then a third plane of bi-cardiod propagation seems to befuddle the typical room modes, resulting in a much smoother low frequency response.
I am not gaining any low frequency energy, except for the fact that I am using a greater moving area for propagation. I am also not causing further massive drops, holes, fortified peaks or anomalies in the system, but rather adding more than one plane pattern has smoothed out the various peaks and dips by a fair margin and brought up clarity at the same time.
I am not onto anything new here, just adapting the existing "science" to my small room in a way that seems to work for me.
Often in smaller venues (12,000 to 15,000 seats) when I was still doing sound reinforcement, I would blast two or more large folded horn bass cabinets from each side directly across the stage "Out Of Phase" from the rest of the house system in order to help eliminate some low frequency smearing or feedback problems.
It works.
I learned all that shit in the '80s, mainly from attending JBL's "schools" and seminars intended to help people know how to use their gear to advantage.
My idea is to just keep this same effect working on a smaller scale in my small room.
The beauty of a dipole system allows the drivers to do the work themselves without the need to populate the listening room with as many bass traps and low frequency diffusion panels, which have to be huge to work well, even in the high bass ranges.
I moved some my bass traps to the floor/wall junction directly behind my speakers and it is enough. I am using about half of the traps I started with and even decreased the absorption I had at first as well.
Still have some added diffusion on a large flat wall, though.
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Ever since I left Walmart, my one co-worker said they missed me :(
She was also on my council of Marias because when I used to work there, there were about 12 Marias on staff.
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I took a little drive south today because I read about this bushwalking track online, so I went to check it out. It's 7km one way but I only intended to walk to the first 4WD beach access at the 2km mark and then walk back.
Well, once the gravel fire trail ended do you think I found where the walking track went from there?? I ended up in some weird swampy sand flat with no prominent walking track in sight. Lucky the area was sandwiched between the beach and the main road (and I could hear both) so I had bearings to find my way back.
Worse thing was this was supposed to be a council owned walking track! You'd think it'd be better marked and signposted!
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^I'm glad you didn't get lost. And I hope you didn't get muddy feet.
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^ Wet sandy feet more like it lol. It's a strange silver white sand with Melaleuca stained puddles. I guess it would be a natural storm water channel, and I assume the water runs to the beach as a little creek (didn't see the beach).
Whatever, that's what I get for trying to find somewhere new to walk lol.
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Well if an opportunity comes up to communicate with the council, you know what to complain about. I wish you lived here, there's heaps of walking trails, some alongside the beach.
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@Dawg I don't have anything to counter your arguments with. As a matter of fact, I don't think I fully understand them.
All in all, I'm pretty sure your experiences surpass mine. I do like reading about them, though.
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Odeon, I did not think we were arguing, rather sharing ideas that generally interest us both.
My experience in theater is mostly from historical papers and trying to understand things from "the beginning," because it was major theaters competing with each other that began the fundamentals of sound reinforcement.
Your experience in theater is a bit more hands on than mine.
I could set up for a major concert in the old days and it took all day to get it all ready, but it would take more than a whole week to try to explain what I was doing simply from experience. That was my area for a long time.
As far as open baffle reproduction, I have been "playing" with that for over twenty five years. I have found some things that work and many more that do not work well. The more I learn about dipole propagation, the more I find that it has all been done before and mostly "math'ed out" quite clearly.
I'm just using the concepts for my own room.
We're not arguing, pal!
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I can't stay awake... no matter how hard I try. Maybe after I sort out my pills for the week I'll go get ready? Yeah, I'll do that
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Odeon, I did not think we were arguing, rather sharing ideas that generally interest us both.
My experience in theater is mostly from historical papers and trying to understand things from "the beginning," because it was major theaters competing with each other that began the fundamentals of sound reinforcement.
Your experience in theater is a bit more hands on than mine.
I could set up for a major concert in the old days and it took all day to get it all ready, but it would take more than a whole week to try to explain what I was doing simply from experience. That was my area for a long time.
As far as open baffle reproduction, I have been "playing" with that for over twenty five years. I have found some things that work and many more that do not work well. The more I learn about dipole propagation, the more I find that it has all been done before and mostly "math'ed out" quite clearly.
I'm just using the concepts for my own room.
We're not arguing, pal!
:) Never thought we wre.
Quite the contrary. I always enjoy our chats, and I always learn from you when we're discussing sound-related stuff.
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Walmart purchasing and the warehouses are totally clueless as to what we REALLY need and have space for. Xmas candy is already flooding in! :headhurts:
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My cat is a fan of Dog Food -_-
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I bought a Google Pixel 6 Pro last year. Supposedly the best camera on a phone ever, or so they said at the time, which suited me fine because the camera quality is one of my main criteria when picking a new device.
I was quite happy. Still am. The phone produces amazingly good images.
So, last week, Google released the follow-up phone, the 7 Pro. I noticed in the news, and I was curious to see what had changed, so one of the early reviews caught my eye. It was comparing the 6 Pro to the 7 Pro, since the former is still available, and the author wondered if last year's model was good enough since it's bound to be cheaper. Well, he wrote, if you just need a phone for your day-to-day stuff and (why not?) an occasional photo, then go for the 6 Pro.
But if you like taking pictures with your phone, he added, the 7 Pro is the one you want. The 6 Pro is good enough for basic photography, but that's basically it.
:rofl:
I don't buy this for a second. The phone is very much an incremental update, and pretty much every other review confirms this. Sure, they've learned a few things, but if you got the older one, don't bother. It'll be fine.
Guessing the reviewer in question didn't actually test anything. He just glanced through the marketing materials.
But this raises a larger issue. When did the market change from buying a new one when your old one fails to a yearly thing where not just the manufacturer but the supposedly neutral reviewers both think replacing your old phone every year or two is recommended and close to the objective truth?
Hardware-wise, there's already a limit to the endurance of "older" smartphones. Two or three years, maybe four, and your old device is dying. Its battery can't take it anymore, and the technology is getting close to outdated so the manufacturer no longer supports it with new software. Five and your bank will tell you that your phone is no longer safe to use.
I get it. Everything changes. Another article caught my eye the other day. A 20-yo desktop computer hailed as "future-proof" at the time was examined. Could it be updated? No, was the short-and-to-the-point answer. Everything has changed since then. Yes, technically, you can replace the motherboard and everything attached to it, but what's left then?
So, a final piece of news: there's this "Framework" laptop that you can supposedly upgrade and rebuild for years. Everything about it is replaceable, so it's not just open-source software and BIOS, you can rebuild it! The thing caught my eye on FB or maybe LinkedIn. It looks good enough, but having owned a number of laptops in my time, I remain sceptical.
It all makes me wonder: what's a reasonable cycle with technology? When does it make sense to replace the mobile or the laptop?
(If you simply want the latest every year and can afford it, then don't bother answering.)
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So much road work around here, detours everywhere its making me crazy
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odeon, I've had my Huawei Nova 3i since 2018 and it's still fine and takes good photos (some are in the cat thread). I haven't dropped it so the screen is still fine too.
The phone company I'm with has sent me a couple of emails saying I'm due for an upgrade but all their suggestions are either Samsung or Apple. I don't want either so I don't know what to get.
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You can tell most fake reviews, including the ones where they supposedly test each product against another, like those top 10 lists. Even the lists mentioned in national newspapers are rubbish and are not to be trusted.
Some of these lists even list dangerous items that Amazon sells that have been known to explode (Cheap, unregulated items from China).
Really annoys me, actually. The internet is full of sludge now and hardly any information, and they let idiots or chosen content show to people. I don’t know of any decent search engines either. Google is fucking rubbish. Retarded and rubbish. It’s a pet hate of mine.
Where are people going to get information from now? The internet doesn’t provide that anymore, not significantly like it used to years ago.
I want a new internet created where all those big companies go and die and the common person can access information and each other like they used to. All that sludge and absolute crap can fuck off and die.
Off topic, but interesting post I saw on WP from an economist about what newspapers show regarding government debt: https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=409307
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…And I want a new television with channels that show opinions and expertise from all walks of life * and minimally censors them.
*Except the obvious like Nazis etc, but the heads of these channels would be able to tell the difference between that and false arguments the media purposely sets up to make groups war unnecessarily against each other.
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Can you get pirate TV channels, or can one or a few be set up? Maybe pirate radio stations could be set up, at least. Use a new form of media on a particular frequency?
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As a matter of fact, I don't think I fully understand them.
I do like reading about them, though.
Another note, about my new drivers. They needed a great deal of break in time. I was somewhat disappointed in their performance at first. SO much high praise and to me they sounded weak and puny.
Fs was no where near the advertised specification. In fact, they measured over 150hz at first. Should be around 50Hz!
I set them about a half inch apart with solid spacing, clamped the baffles together facing each other, out of phase with each other, wrapped them in many layers of bubble wrap, covered the whole thing in shipping blankets, big box on top with bricks to keep the sound down from outside and I have had them playing bass heavy content for over a week straight.
Out of phase, so that as one receeds the other pushes it farther, and vice versa. Getting them loosened up and closer to advertised specification. Old Pro trick for faster break in.
Just freed them from bondage this morning and YEAH! They are really sounding better now. I plan to just give them a listen for a while before I do anything else or test them again.
Lii F15 drivers. Great value!
If you look them up, notice the Mms figure. It's incredible!
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So much road work around here, detours everywhere its making me crazy
All that!
My favorite route has finally finished, I thought. The sewer access points did not pass inspection, so they tore up sections AGAIN and they are resetting the levels of the drain manholes to remove big bumps.
The road is now open, but getting through is like running a slalom course!
It never ends!
:dunno:
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I guess I'm a natural when it comes to handling dogs... though I only thought male dogs did humping :tard:
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The mice in the shed have gotten a lot worse since my daughter took our only outdoor cat with her when she moved :zombiefuck:
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The mice in the shed have gotten a lot worse since my daughter took our only outdoor cat with her when she moved :zombiefuck:
Yoshi would hunt them... he's good at it.
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The mice in the shed have gotten a lot worse since my daughter took our only outdoor cat with her when she moved :zombiefuck:
Yoshi would hunt them... he's good at it.
Our last cat at the house is afraid of outside :-\
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The mice in the shed have gotten a lot worse since my daughter took our only outdoor cat with her when she moved :zombiefuck:
Yoshi would hunt them... he's good at it.
Our last cat at the house is afraid of outside :-\
Which makes me wish Yoshi had the same mindset... only he's got a bit of feral in his tendencies.
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A cat I haven't seen before is hanging around in the yard I hope it sticks around and takes care of the mouse problem in the shed
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A cat I haven't seen before is hanging around in the yard I hope it sticks around and takes care of the mouse problem in the shed
Does the shelter in your area have working cats available for adoption? Usually those need a warm place, and food... but they're feral and kept outside.
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Working cats. Something I haven't heard of.
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We have a local stray that's built like a bulldog adopt us. He's killed quite a few mice and even a rat. He stays outside and we set him up a place to sleep and we give him some food and water. Ever since the condition of his coat has improved by leaps and bounds. The kids named him Pretzel. He even lets us pat him and everything now.
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Working cats. Something I haven't heard of.
My grandfather kept "working cats." He would throw a fit if one of us kids tried to pet his cats. They were for keeping pests out of his barn storage.
Never feed them, never pet them, never touch them, never call them, just leave them be. They knew what to do unless you start giving them free food. They would keep the barns free from rats and even 'possums and weasels.
Even weasels do not want to fight with a small cat that has been hungry most of its life.
Seems cruel these days, but it was just fine in his day to do that.
We can not apply modern pussified standards to the old proven ways!
He had a dozen or more wild cats patrolling his barns. It was OK to do that when he farmed the land.
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They call them 'barn cats'.
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They call them barn cats here also. Somehow I think if I asked at a shelter for something like that around here I'd get put on a list and never be able to get a pet from a shelter again.
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Why do I attract stupid people?
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Why do I attract stupid people?
It could be because you're smart.
Hungry dogs always chase better hunters, if for no other reason than to pick up leavings which have had the best pieces chewed on already. Good enough for them and probably better than they could do on thier own.
Another point is that the proverbial stupid person often knows where to find "smarts" but are just too lazy to carry their own with them.
:apondering:
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We have a local stray that's built like a bulldog adopt us. He's killed quite a few mice and even a rat. He stays outside and we set him up a place to sleep and we give him some food and water. Ever since the condition of his coat has improved by leaps and bounds. The kids named him Pretzel. He even lets us pat him and everything now.
:plus:
Our cat Kira was a stray kitten.
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We have a local stray that's built like a bulldog adopt us. He's killed quite a few mice and even a rat. He stays outside and we set him up a place to sleep and we give him some food and water. Ever since the condition of his coat has improved by leaps and bounds. The kids named him Pretzel. He even lets us pat him and everything now.
:plus:
Our cat Kira was a stray kitten.
Our eldest cat (Zoom, tuxedo cat) was found in a street gutter when we were picking up one of our sons from high school about 6 years ago, and our other was from a friend of my wifes that was from a litter bred for farm work (and is a black manx, so no tail, only a nubbin).
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odeon, I've had my Huawei Nova 3i since 2018 and it's still fine and takes good photos (some are in the cat thread). I haven't dropped it so the screen is still fine too.
The phone company I'm with has sent me a couple of emails saying I'm due for an upgrade but all their suggestions are either Samsung or Apple. I don't want either so I don't know what to get.
Why switch if you're happy with your current one? I'd say wait until its battery no longer charges properly and then see what's available. Phone companies need to sell you new stuff every few years. That's how they earn a living.
I'd go with a Pixel, me, but that's just me.
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I set them about a half inch apart with solid spacing, clamped the baffles together facing each other, out of phase with each other, wrapped them in many layers of bubble wrap, covered the whole thing in shipping blankets, big box on top with bricks to keep the sound down from outside and I have had them playing bass heavy content for over a week straight.
Out of phase, so that as one receeds the other pushes it farther, and vice versa. Getting them loosened up and closer to advertised specification. Old Pro trick for faster break in.
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Interesting. Does that really help break-in?
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I set them about a half inch apart with solid spacing, clamped the baffles together facing each other, out of phase with each other, wrapped them in many layers of bubble wrap, covered the whole thing in shipping blankets, big box on top with bricks to keep the sound down from outside and I have had them playing bass heavy content for over a week straight.
Out of phase, so that as one recedes the other pushes it farther, and vice versa. Getting them loosened up and closer to advertised specification. Old Pro trick for faster break in.
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Interesting. Does that really help break-in?
Oh, yeah!
You just need to get them to move to settle the compliance and suspension characteristics. Placing them out of phase and facing each other takes about ten or twelve dB from the escaping sound, at least.
Obviously, even more dB cancellation at the lower frequencies that can travel through walls.
It is mainly a way to have them play for days on end with less of an impact to a living space. And yes, if they are facing each other out of phase, one pushes the other farther (isobarically) than the original signal made it travel because that driver receding is loaded very heavily from the front and the reverse happens on the next swing of the alternating signal.
There is some benefit in shaving the time it takes to loosen them up at first.
The bubble pack and blankets (what ever you have on hand) add some to the driver loading as well as keeping the escaping sound down some.
Checking Fs (obviously Vas and Q change as well) occasionally will verify your results.
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odeon, I've had my Huawei Nova 3i since 2018 and it's still fine and takes good photos (some are in the cat thread). I haven't dropped it so the screen is still fine too.
The phone company I'm with has sent me a couple of emails saying I'm due for an upgrade but all their suggestions are either Samsung or Apple. I don't want either so I don't know what to get.
Why switch if you're happy with your current one? I'd say wait until its battery no longer charges properly and then see what's available. Phone companies need to sell you new stuff every few years. That's how they earn a living.
I'd go with a Pixel, me, but that's just me.
That's the thing with our phones (Samsung G960). They are old now, but work great and even the batteries are still healthy.
I see no reason to switch.
The carrier, however has pisssed me off a bit.
We were with Sprint and since T-Mobile bought them our rates have doubled. Literally doubled.
I'm shopping carriers, but they all want to put me in their brand new phone.
I really do not need a new phone.
Believe it or not, the Sony Ericsson phones I got about fifteen years ago still work fine. I charge them every other month or so, but they live in our cars, turned off, as emergency devices.
911 always works on any device capable!
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911 always works on any device capable!
But is the device still capable? :orly: Sugarbutt had an old tracfone he only used for outgoing calls while away from home that was also about fifteen years old. He had no choice but to upgrade when 5G came into play. :dunno:
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Not sure about elsewhere, but here the 3G and 4G networks are still active.
There are places when we venture into the heavily wooded areas where I can only get an outdated 3G signal. My old Samsung phone notifies me of this and offers a detailed display of various signal strength issues if I want.
I usually just want to play my game out away from people and even 3G works fine for that.
Our sheriff station has a special number and even a broadcast for radios where you can call or tune in and test the effectiveness of your emergency devices that does not interfere with 911 services.
I'll bet yours does, too.
It's America, after all. I love my country!
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I really want to take this job... but I'm uneasy about it because of the public transportation being "meh"
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Not sure about elsewhere, but here the 3G and 4G networks are still active.
There are places when we venture into the heavily wooded areas where I can only get an outdated 3G signal. My old Samsung phone notifies me of this and offers a detailed display of various signal strength issues if I want.
I usually just want to play my game out away from people and even 3G works fine for that.
Our sheriff station has a special number and even a broadcast for radios where you can call or tune in and test the effectiveness of your emergency devices that does not interfere with 911 services.
I'll bet yours does, too.
It's America, after all. I love my country!
I think 3g has been gone around here for some months. I read it's planned to be completely shut down by the end of year, but I don't know if the plan is a reality. :dunno:
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They still "miss me" :tinfoil: :hide: :tinfoil: :hide: :facepalm2:
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I overslept this morning. Lucky I work from home.
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I really want to take this job... but I'm uneasy about it because of the public transportation being "meh"
I hope you like the new job, Genesis. :thumbup:
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I really want to take this job... but I'm uneasy about it because of the public transportation being "meh"
I hope you like the new job, Genesis. :thumbup:
Thank You
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I am getting so fucking sick of tv ads for the magatard/trumptards republitards. In fact I am getting really really sick of political ads in general! :finger:
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TWO MORE WEEKS!
Two more weeks!
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As much as my understanding of intellect, filtered through my touchy, overactive mind, tells me that when you pluralize nova, you have to say novae, it still makes me want to puke.
:puke:
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I already voted early, so while election day is happening... I'm either going to be working, or hiding in my mothers basement sleeping.
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I'm blessed by the Lord, well at least according to the Jamaican lady who told me at least ten times as she walked down the sidewalk in front of the house I was working on today
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I'm blessed by the Lord, well at least according to the Jamaican lady who told me at least ten times as she walked down the sidewalk in front of the house I was working on today
Sounds like a good omen! Accept it for that! That's my gut feeling!
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An old acquaintance from the mall said I'm too sweet to be alone...
If I'm too sweet, why am I always afraid of being dumped for something much worse?
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One of those huge trucks - an 18-wheeler from the looks of it - had overturned on the motorway this morning. Not sure how it happened but it took them all day to clean up and open up again.
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Am I the horrible person they've made me out to be... or is that the lingering of the last ounce of gaslighting still in my head?
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
Don't be too surprised
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
Don't be too surprised
Have you heard anyone do it? :orly:
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
Don't be too surprised
Have you heard anyone do it? :orly:
Yeah... down in South Africa I heard it... even down in Pakistan and Greece. I think the Romanian guy in Greece had a hard time with clearing his English up.
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
Don't be too surprised
Have you heard anyone do it? :orly:
Yeah... down in South Africa I heard it... even down in Pakistan and Greece. I think the Romanian guy in Greece had a hard time with clearing his English up.
I meant in the US. :lol1: I was trying to say I don't think it's a US regional thing, because you seemed to be saying it is. :dunno:
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
I'm sure there is some of it up in Minnesota/Midwest US that have those dialects... possibly in parts of New England as well.
I've heard people dropping the g, but I've never heard anyone in the US use a k instead of a g. :dunno:
Don't be too surprised
Have you heard anyone do it? :orly:
Yeah... down in South Africa I heard it... even down in Pakistan and Greece. I think the Romanian guy in Greece had a hard time with clearing his English up.
I meant in the US. :lol1: I was trying to say I don't think it's a US regional thing, because you seemed to be saying it is. :dunno:
oops
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
No, we're not meant to talk like that.
I've been listening to American proofreading course presentations and I've heard her say "sentence" without saying the "t". It's very apparent when Australians say it. Also "niche". We say "neesh" while Americans say "nich".
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I recently saw a youtube video of an Australian person. They didn't have a stereotypical accent but something in their speech caught my attention. Then more recently I was watching a baking show that also had an Australian person who did the same thing. They both used a k sound at the end of ing words, like somethink and anythink. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or maybe regional like different accents in the US. I also wonder if it's done for all ing words, or only the ones ending with thing. :dunno:
No, we're not meant to talk like that.
I've been listening to American proofreading course presentations and I've heard her say "sentence" without saying the "t". It's very apparent when Australians say it. Also "niche". We say "neesh" while Americans say "nich".
I didn't think anyone means to say it that way, these thinks just happen. :zoinks: It's just something I noticed, so I wondered how common it is there. I say sentence with a t, but I think Brits and Aussies tend to enunciate each syllable more than Americans do in general. The niche thing is more like tomayto/tomahto to me, so I don't think that's too weird. I also say it with an e sound though. :dunno:
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I'm hiding in the basement, and I love it!
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Writing something heartfelt to commemorate a person we loved dearly is hard work. Carla approved it before I sent it off. Writing does not come easy to me.
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I don't want my anger to consume me... it's just hard to avoid it though
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One of the partners at work finally got his payout from the others yesterday....why is he still on the premises?
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Yoshi likes being in my room... especially since I have a new cover on my bed.
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Nothing random about any of it.
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Nothing random about any of it.
Except walmart upper mgmt. planning. The shit show for xmas continues. :grrr:
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The diner was rather busy this morning
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:yawn:
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I think dad officially lives on an inland island. Can't go east, west, south or north. All directions are blocked by flooding.
I also think this will persist all summer.
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Seems like a good night to write... maybe tomorrow?
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Looks like the trumptard republican red wave fizzled out to a red tide.......still toxic with a strong stench. But, NH rejected every trumpolini endorsed candidate by wide margins. Of particular satisfaction was reading about Pennsylvania and pseudo "Dr" Mehmet Oz getting trounced by his Democratic rival and after saying he wouldn't accept the election results had no choice but to concede after the landslide. There is hope for democracy yet! 8)
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Illinois has spoken... a lot of Millenials and Gen Z showed up to vote.... meaning Darren Bailey isn't governor, JB Pritzker gets his second term, and so far... I'm satisfied.
How else will I be satisfied? Oh right... When the stench of MAGAites is no more.
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So far they're recovering... I'm still confused why I tested negative for COVID and the two people I help with every Saturday both tested positive.
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So far they're recovering... I'm still confused why I tested negative for COVID and the two people I help with every Saturday both tested positive.
It's weird. Husband has had a few customers test positive..and their wives...even after sleeping in the same bed, taking zero precautions...continued to test negative, with no symptoms. Others will get sick, test negative on multiple rapid tests but test positive at the hospital on another test.
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So far they're recovering... I'm still confused why I tested negative for COVID and the two people I help with every Saturday both tested positive.
It's weird. Husband has had a few customers test positive..and their wives...even after sleeping in the same bed, taking zero precautions...continued to test negative, with no symptoms. Others will get sick, test negative on multiple rapid tests but test positive at the hospital on another test.
Damn... :(
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Put you hands on your hips and pop your elbows out. Now, twist back and forth a few times. For the finale, spin a few full circles on your feet and finish with another few partial twisting moves.
That is the extent of the fancy dancing that the internals of a washing machine can do and yet the fucking things can turn t-shirts or anything inside out and tie things in knots that only Gordian can untie.
:apondering:
I need boobs!
:bounce:
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They wind is howling outside
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American Politics is nothing but a reality show with no ending.
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Only difference is that the players are protected from reality.
:soapbox:
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Crush boi's obsessed friendzoned girl is as it again. This time she's mad that I was invited to the RFS open day to see him in fireman uniform and she wasn't.
I mean, it wasn't an exclusive event, it was an OPEN DAY. If she wanted to come she need only rock up!
She'll be rabid when she finds out it might only be me and crush boi doing the Kosciusko hike in January :zoinks:
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Only difference is that the players are protected from reality.
:soapbox:
Protected from reality + not suffering the consequences because of $$$ = ?
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Only difference is that the players are protected from reality.
:soapbox:
Protected from reality + not suffering the consequences because of $$$ = ?
Yep, hardly any parallels with regular folk.
Saw a meme the other day ...
Old guy standing at the grocery check out with a few things to buy and says, "Can you explain to me how this all works? I've just retired from Congress and I have never used my own money for anything."
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Only difference is that the players are protected from reality.
:soapbox:
Protected from reality + not suffering the consequences because of $$$ = ?
Yep, hardly any parallels with regular folk.
Saw a meme the other day ...
Old guy standing at the grocery check out with a few things to buy and says, "Can you explain to me how this all works? I've just retired from Congress and I have never used my own money for anything."
:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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The skin they took from in front of my ear to graft on my nose is sprouting sideburn hair :zombiefuck:
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The skin they took from in front of my ear to graft on my nose is sprouting sideburn hair :zombiefuck:
Your avatar looks sad about that.
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It's just the angle and the eyes :laugh:
Probably time for a new avatar and persona methinks.
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It's just the angle and the eyes :laugh:
Probably time for a new avatar and persona methinks.
It also looks like she has two sets of eyebrows. This has stumped me all the time you've had that avatar. :zoinks:
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I didn't become an atheist because of god, I became one because the people who claimed to believe in god, betrayed me. :grrr:
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Why is there no fire danger rating today with the hot westerly??
Despite the rains we've had this season, there have been two grass fires pop up on the RFS map today, yet no fire danger rating at all.
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Rowan is looking especially orange today.
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Watched a bit of the Oregon game last night.
I could not help but think of Scrapheap the whole time.
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Why is there no fire danger rating today with the hot westerly??
Despite the rains we've had this season, there have been two grass fires pop up on the RFS map today, yet no fire danger rating at all.
Opposite here, Nanny State! A couple weeks back there were still leaves on the ground and the "Powers That Be" established a burn ban to keep us safe from ourselves.
It was perfect weather for a back yard fire pit every evening, but you could get a $3k fine if you violated ordinances.
FUCK! Buy a hose and have it by. Life can still happen even within danger!
I think that removing "danger" from our lives makes us all just weaker and we will have no way to deal with what real life can present.
Mother Fuckers!
I believe we should preserve some of our endangered danger for the future. We NEED our danger!
The blessedly slim remnants of what danger we have all known is why we are strong!
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I didn't become an atheist because of god, I became one because the people who claimed to believe in god, betrayed me. :grrr:
I take betrayal as a matter of course for human nature, expecting it as future history unfolds.
It will only be in Heaven where you find that betrayal has finished.
Believe that if you want. I don't.
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Why is there no fire danger rating today with the hot westerly??
Despite the rains we've had this season, there have been two grass fires pop up on the RFS map today, yet no fire danger rating at all.
Opposite here, Nanny State! A couple weeks back there were still leaves on the ground and the "Powers That Be" established a burn ban to keep us safe from ourselves.
It was perfect weather for a back yard fire pit every evening, but you could get a $3k fine if you violated ordinances.
FUCK! Buy a hose and have it by. Life can still happen even within danger!
I think that removing "danger" from our lives makes us all just weaker and we will have no way to deal with what real life can present.
Mother Fuckers!
I believe we should preserve some of our endangered danger for the future. We NEED our danger!
The blessedly slim remnants of what danger we have all known is why we are strong!
You need to obtain a fire permit between September and I think March here. I mean, the odd backyard fire pit you can get away with, but if you're doing a pile burn or hazard burning on a large property you can get in trouble without a permit. Mostly because well meaning people who see the smoke will call 000, and it's a waste of a callout when the volunteer brigade bust their ass to get there just to find some numpty burning a large rubbish pile with no permit.
Here, total fire bans only happen with the fire danger is severe or occasionally catastrophic. Most people living on a farm out in the bush have their own fire fighting pumps to use, as long as they have a dam on their property too.
The fire danger ratings are merely an advisory:-
-Low to moderate: it's ok to light fires.
-High: please don't light fires.
-Severe: only dumb cockheads light fires on a day like today. Furthermore ready your pumps or evacuation plans in case there's a dumb cockhead near you.
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Gotta admire our neighbors and their desire to grill food outside their garage. 30+ mph winds, wind chills in the 20's. And where he's grilling has a quasi wind tunnel effect.
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Rowan must really be hungry because he just bit me (softly) on my arm. I'm not feeding him until 6:30am though.
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Was driving on the highway next to and behind the Google Streetview car for about 10 minutes today. I'm going to have to check and see if I make the update, they got me once at my old coffee shop in the parking lot
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I didn't go for my afternoon walk after work along the foreshore in case there was a tsunami.
I don't usually go though life actively fearing tsunamis but today I did.
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Yoshi's been sleeping in my room alot... it's almost a secret hideaway from the dog for him. Neat :laugh:
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People are weird.
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Dean Wormer (John Vernon) is the bad guy on multiple Mission Impossible episodes
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My local council ordered the town xmas tree (the second one) off Wish this year :roflol:
(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/318018494_10228942644660860_3435933166869132052_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=SgZMtNa2-U8AX9jDblR&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfAg1RScB8p7pvkbOA_6lLj8ucuqDQ3VudX52PPkGajJ3A&oe=638EFDF7)(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/317837885_10228942643580833_6639009564395434104_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p403x403&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=yjQU7fODCswAX-oFQb3&_nc_oc=AQl2famrEqdD-2GEVf2oAMVT3QL-urwQ8IaV1LhA0QCzoGnb9oBK0XgjQlX4PqVpytA&tn=fY3aHLFflwMTSZpw&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfD3SkMH5y3vtyycZSCZJTVSxa-AElsURd4PPphG8tKmcg&oe=638F4C40)
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My local council ordered the town xmas tree (the second one) off Wish this year :roflol:
(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/318018494_10228942644660860_3435933166869132052_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=SgZMtNa2-U8AX9jDblR&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfAg1RScB8p7pvkbOA_6lLj8ucuqDQ3VudX52PPkGajJ3A&oe=638EFDF7)(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/317837885_10228942643580833_6639009564395434104_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p403x403&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=yjQU7fODCswAX-oFQb3&_nc_oc=AQl2famrEqdD-2GEVf2oAMVT3QL-urwQ8IaV1LhA0QCzoGnb9oBK0XgjQlX4PqVpytA&tn=fY3aHLFflwMTSZpw&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfD3SkMH5y3vtyycZSCZJTVSxa-AElsURd4PPphG8tKmcg&oe=638F4C40)
The first one is quite beautiful to be honest with you...
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The trash on the road was more plentiful today. >:(
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My local council ordered the town xmas tree (the second one) off Wish this year :roflol:
(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/318018494_10228942644660860_3435933166869132052_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=SgZMtNa2-U8AX9jDblR&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfAg1RScB8p7pvkbOA_6lLj8ucuqDQ3VudX52PPkGajJ3A&oe=638EFDF7)(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/317837885_10228942643580833_6639009564395434104_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p403x403&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=yjQU7fODCswAX-oFQb3&_nc_oc=AQl2famrEqdD-2GEVf2oAMVT3QL-urwQ8IaV1LhA0QCzoGnb9oBK0XgjQlX4PqVpytA&tn=fY3aHLFflwMTSZpw&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00_AfD3SkMH5y3vtyycZSCZJTVSxa-AElsURd4PPphG8tKmcg&oe=638F4C40)
That one's not ours. That one's in Sydney I think.
Even the council are now taking the micky out of themselves with an instragram vs reality meme on FB :laugh:
The first one is quite beautiful to be honest with you...
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Judging by the size of the people and surroundings, the tree on the right looks like it's about three times taller than the left. It appears to be a at least six stories high. I don't think I've ever been in the presence of a singular tree that large. :orly:
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Some kind of market around here today, with lots and lots of people. I hate people.
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Judging by the size of the people and surroundings, the tree on the right looks like it's about three times taller than the left. It appears to be a at least six stories high. I don't think I've ever been in the presence of a singular tree that large. :orly:
It's one of the pre-existing 100% real Norfolk Pines that have been growing there for like 50 years. A few have been removed over the years due to remodelling of the surrounding town square but that's one of the ones left.
Yes I know it's difficult to decorate a real tree neatly/symmetrically but it looks like they just lassoed the lights onto it.
The council formerly had a fake one that looked like the first picture but the mayor sacked the wrong people and the ex-staff won't tell the council where it's stored :laugh:
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Even with my leg brace, my ankle still hurts -__-
especially when it's 36 Degrees Fahrenheit
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There was an actual axe murder in my town last night :zombiefuck:
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There was an actual axe murder in my town last night :zombiefuck:
Christmas makes people crazy. :GA:
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There was an actual axe murder in my town last night :zombiefuck:
WTF!!
I mean down in Indy there is killing of some sort every night, at least one.
Axe murder?
:zombiefuck:
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There was an actual axe murder in my town last night :zombiefuck:
WTF!!
I mean down in Indy there is killing of some sort every night, at least one.
Axe murder?
:zombiefuck:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/milford-police-believe-man-used-axe-to-kill-his-ex-girlfriend/ar-AA14ZuSK
:zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:
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I think this new job will work out, because my routines will need to be readjusted but that's perfectly fine.
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A great quote that popped up on FB........"I don't hold grudges, you just become irrelevant." Makes life so much easier. 8)
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^ I like that, what a put down!
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I care for. 8) AND love or respect me! 8)
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That's a good mindset, to focus on the positive relationships in your life.
There's this dog in the neighbourhood who sounds like a man when barking, not a dog. Weird.
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I love and care for. 8) AND love and respect me! 8)
I wish this could be true, fellow traveler.
You and I have a lot more in common than our previous/ancient encounters have lead you to expect.
I do not ignore you and I do respect you on many levels. Showing so is not my thing. You know this about most of us.
Responding to you in kind is my way of showing what respect I have for you.
I wish you could bury the hatchet and know that your opposite input often keeps my wheels on the track, my line tight, my view clear of fog, my expectations for all of us at a high level. We need you. Your input is not irrelevant.
Ignore me, but keep up posting your impressions of the world. We'll all benefit in our own ways.
I wish only the best for you and yours, Oz.
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My situation isn't necessarily a grudge, just a situation with a toxic emotionally retarded stalker.
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I love and care for. 8) AND love and respect me! 8)
I wish this could be true, fellow traveler.
You and I have a lot more in common than our previous/ancient encounters have lead you to expect.
I do not ignore you and I do respect you on many levels. Showing so is not my thing. You know this about most of us.
Responding to you in kind is my way of showing what respect I have for you.
I wish you could bury the hatchet and know that your opposite input often keeps my wheels on the track, my line tight, my view clear of fog, my expectations for all of us at a high level. We need you. Your input is not irrelevant.
Ignore me, but keep up posting your impressions of the world. We'll all benefit in our own ways.
I wish only the best for you and yours, Oz.
I am going to address you one last time, so enjoy your small victory. I have forgiven you and I have no "hatchet". So spin your narrative anyway you want to with words spoken with forked tongue. I don't trust you, that bridge is burnt, bulldozed and all traces are obliterated. I am done with you and your in good company there. I know now that your arrogance is such that things will never change. Have a good life, good bye!
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I love and care for. 8) AND love and respect me! 8)
I wish this could be true, fellow traveler.
You and I have a lot more in common than our previous/ancient encounters have lead you to expect.
I do not ignore you and I do respect you on many levels. Showing so is not my thing. You know this about most of us.
Responding to you in kind is my way of showing what respect I have for you.
I wish you could bury the hatchet and know that your opposite input often keeps my wheels on the track, my line tight, my view clear of fog, my expectations for all of us at a high level. We need you. Your input is not irrelevant.
Ignore me, but keep up posting your impressions of the world. We'll all benefit in our own ways.
I wish only the best for you and yours, Oz.
I am going to address you one last time, so enjoy your small victory. I have forgiven you and I have no "hatchet". So spin your narrative anyway you want to with words spoken with forked tongue. I don't trust you, that bridge is burnt, bulldozed and all traces are obliterated. I am done with you and your in good company there. I know now that your ego is such that things will never change. Have a good life, good bye!
No victory, but rather olive branch failure, once again.
I never asked for trust, only civility and community.
Fair enough. I will take that response as another facet of your world view, including context this time.
Thanks, Oz. You do you, I'll do me. We'll both be fine.
Peace and Out, brother.
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I love and care for. 8) AND love and respect me! 8)
I wish this could be true, fellow traveler.
You and I have a lot more in common than our previous/ancient encounters have lead you to expect.
I do not ignore you and I do respect you on many levels. Showing so is not my thing. You know this about most of us.
Responding to you in kind is my way of showing what respect I have for you.
I wish you could bury the hatchet and know that your opposite input often keeps my wheels on the track, my line tight, my view clear of fog, my expectations for all of us at a high level. We need you. Your input is not irrelevant.
Ignore me, but keep up posting your impressions of the world. We'll all benefit in our own ways.
I wish only the best for you and yours, Oz.
I am going to address you one last time, so enjoy your small victory. I have forgiven you and I have no "hatchet". So spin your narrative anyway you want to with words spoken with forked tongue. I don't trust you, that bridge is burnt, bulldozed and all traces are obliterated. I am done with you and your in good company there. I know now that your arrogance is such that things will never change. Have a good life, good bye!
No victory, but rather olive branch failure, once again.
I never asked for trust, only civility and community.
Fair enough. I will take that response as another facet of your world view, including context this time.
Thanks, Oz. You do you, I'll do me. We'll both be fine.
Peace and Out, brother.
You are the most arrogant stupid man that I have ever dealt with on forums. Trust is everything with me, but, as long as you play the "I am SO superior to you", card with me, you make me sick. You mock me every chance you get. But, I'm sure you will spin this to your egotesticle use. I now find this amusing. Bring it on douchebag dawg. :wanker:
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I've been going through a lot of pain at the moment... and truth be ladies and gentlemen.... I hate it
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A great quote that popped up on FB........"I don't hold grudges, you just become irrelevant." Makes life so much easier. 8)
This is something I struggle with. I want them to suffer the same way I did, but in the grand scheme of things they DO become irrelevant.
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I'm trying an experiment tomorrow... and if that doesn't work, then what else will?
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^ I like that, what a put down!
I gave up grudges a long time ago. It took more energy than I have. Now, making people irrelevant who despise or mock me makes my life easier and I can concentrate more on the people I love and care for. 8) AND love and respect me! 8)
I wish this could be true, fellow traveler.
You and I have a lot more in common than our previous/ancient encounters have lead you to expect.
I do not ignore you and I do respect you on many levels. Showing so is not my thing. You know this about most of us.
Responding to you in kind is my way of showing what respect I have for you.
I wish you could bury the hatchet and know that your opposite input often keeps my wheels on the track, my line tight, my view clear of fog, my expectations for all of us at a high level. We need you. Your input is not irrelevant.
Ignore me, but keep up posting your impressions of the world. We'll all benefit in our own ways.
I wish only the best for you and yours, Oz.
I am going to address you one last time, so enjoy your small victory. I have forgiven you and I have no "hatchet". So spin your narrative anyway you want to with words spoken with forked tongue. I don't trust you, that bridge is burnt, bulldozed and all traces are obliterated. I am done with you and your in good company there. I know now that your arrogance is such that things will never change. Have a good life, good bye!
No victory, but rather olive branch failure, once again.
I never asked for trust, only civility and community.
Fair enough. I will take that response as another facet of your world view, including context this time.
Thanks, Oz. You do you, I'll do me. We'll both be fine.
Peace and Out, brother.
You are the most arrogant stupid man that I have ever dealt with on forums. Trust is everything with me, but, as long as you play the "I am SO superior to you", card with me, you make me sick. You mock me every chance you get. But, I'm sure you will spin this to your egotesticle use. I now find this amusing. Bring it on douchebag dawg. :wanker:
OK, Oz.
If you think I am mocking you, you know nothing about me.
It's fine. You've asked for peace; I offered you peace.
Out, here.
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Went to the dollar store and it smelled like a porta john inside, it was so bad I only made it a few steps in the door before I left
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It took me awhile to realize what a Garland was....
All this time, I thought it was a last name like the last name of that pitcher who was drafted by the Cubs yet played mostly for the White Sox -_-
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It took me awhile to realize what a Garland was....
All this time, I thought it was a last name like the last name of that pitcher who was drafted by the Cubs yet played mostly for the White Sox -_-
That vaguely rings a bell! :duh: Scratches head trying to remember! :headhurts:
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$220 for a custom birthday cake!! What is the world coming to? :zombiefuck:
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Will I get shot if I continue to troll Kyle Rittenhouse on Twitter?
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Crush boi has covid.
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Crush boi has covid.
Hope he'll be all right. And hope you don't get it.
Someone I work with is in hospital with the flu. At this time of year, weird. They smoke at every chance they get so that could be a contributing factor to severity of their illness.
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Crush boi has covid.
Hope he'll be all right. And hope you don't get it.
Someone I work with is in hospital with the flu. At this time of year, weird. They smoke at every chance they get so that could be a contributing factor to severity of their illness.
I'll be fine, I haven't seen him since before xmas. He probably caught it off his family up north.
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If silence is golden, why can't people get the hint?
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I seek adventure... a way out of the hellhole known as being a "all-around homebody".
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The cats aren't exactly thrilled with the fireworks.
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The cats aren't exactly thrilled with the fireworks.
I hate fireworks as well.
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The Xmas cactus has decided to honor us with a second blooming in the New Year. The advice on repotting from the florist I go to a lot was spot on. That and it did a sort of self prune by shedding half of it's oldest branches. 8)
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Even if my hours at my one job are cut... I can't still be productive during that time.
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Jellybean has been rather clingy lately
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Yoshi finds the most weirdest places to lay down on my bed... just confused why my legs had to be one of them.
for the outsiders reading this... Yoshi is my cat
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Kira snores quite loudly and Rowan sleeps in strange positions.
Thought I'd continue the thread with a post about our cats. :heart:
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All our pets snore though usually not at the same time
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All our pets snore though usually not at the same time
The chihuahua my parents have snorts like a pig when he is both awake and asleep.
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Squirrels? Oh shit... they're after my cat.... because my cat actually caught some Squirrels and um.... disposed of them.
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Squirrels? Oh shit... they're after my cat.... because my cat actually caught some Squirrels and um.... disposed of them.
Your cat is a beast. :roar: The dog is old and slow so I don't stress about it as much, but when he was younger I always worried he might get hold of one. Squirrels have big sharp teeth and I was concerned the squirrel might win. :emosad:
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Squirrels? Oh shit... they're after my cat.... because my cat actually caught some Squirrels and um.... disposed of them.
Your cat is a beast. :roar: The dog is old and slow so I don't stress about it as much, but when he was younger I always worried he might get hold of one. Squirrels have big sharp teeth and I was concerned the squirrel might win. :emosad:
You need hug :grouphug:
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Not sure about all that, but I downloaded plans to build a squirrel feeder when I get my woodworking shop going again. It is made to fill with nuts in the spring. It is a cute design. The squirrel steps up and the lid flips open to reveal the mass of bounty.
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Squirrels? Oh shit... they're after my cat.... because my cat actually caught some Squirrels and um.... disposed of them.
Your cat is a beast. :roar: The dog is old and slow so I don't stress about it as much, but when he was younger I always worried he might get hold of one. Squirrels have big sharp teeth and I was concerned the squirrel might win. :emosad:
You need hug :grouphug:
Aw, shucks. :zoinks:
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The forum calendar says today is squirrel appreciation day. :lol1:
Not sure about all that, but I downloaded plans to build a squirrel feeder when I get my woodworking shop going again. It is made to fill with nuts in the spring. It is a cute design. The squirrel steps up and the lid flips open to reveal the mass of bounty.
I don't think Sugarbutt has ever purposely fed the squirrels. He does scatter birdseed on the ground for the doves, so the squirrels eat that too, plus the birds drop a lot of seed from the feeders. There's two enormous oaks in the back yard, and even more on the other side of the fence, so we're always sort of infested with squirrels. It's common to see 8-12 of them eating birdseed off the ground at one time. :lol1:
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You have 8-12, I have thirty or more.
I want to entice a hundred or more.
Squirrels are awesome!
I feed the birds mainly and the squirrels have a fun day, but creating a game for the squirrels will be fun.
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I want to entice a hundred or more.
I'm trying to imagine how much space that would take, with the way squirrels social distance from each other. :lol1:
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I want to entice a hundred or more.
I'm trying to imagine how much space that would take, with the way squirrels social distance from each other. :lol1:
That is a part of the fun!
Watching four squirrels fight over one nut when there are hundreds in the feeder is almost Pay TV worthy.
:lol1:
There are many dozens living in our area, too many to count.
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I want to entice a hundred or more.
I'm trying to imagine how much space that would take, with the way squirrels social distance from each other. :lol1:
That is a part of the fun!
Watching four squirrels fight over one nut when there are hundreds in the feeder is almost Pay TV worthy.
:lol1:
There are many dozens living in our area, too many to count.
I doubt I know how many are around here, but the area that gets seeds scattered is only big enough for a dozen or so to hang out peacefully. Every now and then a couple will fight over the prime spot underneath the feeders, but for the most part they seem fairly calm hanging out with their little 4-6 foot personal bubbles between them. They may not get as aggressive here because there's no winter. :dunno:
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I want to entice a hundred or more.
I'm trying to imagine how much space that would take, with the way squirrels social distance from each other. :lol1:
That is a part of the fun!
Watching four squirrels fight over one nut when there are hundreds in the feeder is almost Pay TV worthy.
:lol1:
There are many dozens living in our area, too many to count.
I doubt I know how many are around here, but the area that gets seeds scattered is only big enough for a dozen or so to hang out peacefully. Every now and then a couple will fight over the prime spot underneath the feeders, but for the most part they seem fairly calm hanging out with their little 4-6 foot personal bubbles between them. They may not get as aggressive here because there's no winter. :dunno:
No winter? Good point.
Our winters are mostly mild, but winter can still kill you if you are not able to stay protected during the worst of it.
Never found a frozen squirrel, but dead bunnies are common after a hard freeze.
Once the ground is frozen, the ones who bury nuts can not get to them. I find feeding is just a way to help a bit. That's just me, though. Most folks think I am crazy for catering to the squirrel population. I just smile, wave and thank them.
It has been warm this week, mostly around freezing, but the ground was frozen pretty deep down from temps well below zero Fahrenheit for two days back in November.
I found some forgotten bulbs that should have been planted in October. I dug down about three inches and hit hard frozen ground. I just put them there and piled up six inches of soil on top of them. They may not thrive.
But scattering corn cobs and raw peanuts around the yard, the squirrels continue to play.
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Lots of people recycling today. Took me thirty minutes to dispose of everything.
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Observed this today it is indeed rather random :zoinks:
(https://i.postimg.cc/6qMxHX6t/KIMG2872-cr.jpg)
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Working my job, wearing a rainbow mask and a "customer" walks by me and says, "take off the fucking mask".....seriously he did. And keeps on walking, I say, "eat my shorts". But he didn't hear me. Not that I care. ::)
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Observed this today it is indeed rather random :zoinks:
(https://i.postimg.cc/6qMxHX6t/KIMG2872-cr.jpg)
WTF is that?
:lol1:
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I wonder if that's caused any traffic accidents. :zoinks:
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I wonder if that's caused any traffic accidents. :zoinks:
If something falls off your truck its no accident :zoinks:
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3 weeks of pure bliss (Oy Vey)
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I wonder if that's caused any traffic accidents. :zoinks:
If something falls off your truck its no accident :zoinks:
:lol1:
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I wonder if that's caused any traffic accidents. :zoinks:
I'm guessing it certainly could have.
:thumbdn:
Curious to look at but no one can afford to be distracted in the least when they are attempting to safely conduct a three to five thousand pound automated projectile anywhere that people might be near.
Cars are very dangerous!
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When I talk on the phone to a dispatcher, am I not speaking clearly? Or is the dispatcher a dump shit?
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Observed this today it is indeed rather random :zoinks:
(https://i.postimg.cc/6qMxHX6t/KIMG2872-cr.jpg)
WTF is that?
What a waste of (what was) a perfectly good truck. :facepalm2:
:lol1:
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Why is Willis Island even on the maps? Seriously. Just because it's a weather station?
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It is going to be the first time in a while since I went to Elgin. The last time I was there, I was picking up the painting supplies that I left behind.
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Any remnants of pandemic traffic are officially gone. :lol1:
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My computer is acting like a piece of shit.... I tried getting my webcam to work for my therapy session, and it wouldn't read properly.... I had to go on my laptop instead (which is fine.... I need to fix up a few things on my systems anyways)
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No luck trying to see the Green Comet or Mars which were supposed to be close to each other in the night sky. Too much light pollution on one side of the townhouse and a large cloud bank on the other side. C'est la vie!
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So far, my hiding is doing wonders for me.... but my own mind? URGH!!!!
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No luck trying to see the Green Comet or Mars which were supposed to be close to each other in the night sky. Too much light pollution on one side of the townhouse and a large cloud bank on the other side. C'est la vie!
Never saw it either. January did not have many clear nights.
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No luck trying to see the Green Comet or Mars which were supposed to be close to each other in the night sky. Too much light pollution on one side of the townhouse and a large cloud bank on the other side. C'est la vie!
Never saw it either. January did not have many clear nights.
I am content with what I have seen of comets in the past. Especially one back in the 90's that filled the northern sky. The second was smaller and low on the northern horizon, but, it had the distinctive tail. But, we lived on top of a hill away from light pollution. Big difference.
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It's been a while since a good one. The last one I remember from a few years back was barely visible through binoculars.
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It's been a while since a good one. The last one I remember from a few years back was barely visible through binoculars.
It's always a pleasure for me to see the night sky and the phenomena that occur. Comets, fireballs/meteors and the Northern lights. At least a comet hanging in the sky is available for binoculars. Carla bought me a strong spotting scope for xmas and it is awesome to watch the moon thru it. Haven't had much luck viewing the planets thru it due to light pollution where we live. But the itch to take it out to someplace that has an open view of the sky is strong. It is very portable. 8)
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It is fun. Shame the weather's been shit lately.
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We built and delivered a portal application and database for well-known automotive maker who shall remain nameless here. This morning the portal returned an error. I had a look. Turns out the server had run out of disk space. :brickwall:
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The mandarin I just ate had ten seeds in it. Usually they don't have any or only a random one. :-\
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It's the tail end of mandarin season here. They're nowhere near as tart and juicy as they were around Christmastime.
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Traffic in on I95 sticks around latter in the morning than it used to
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One of the partners at work walked out today. Fun times ahead. Pity I don't intend to be there to watch.
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What happened?
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Well, the other two partners bought back his share of the firm before xmas (after two years of them failing to get finance to do so) and he was supposed to stay on as a contractor, but they got nasty and decided not to pay him for his services.
So naturally, he's walked out and they'll be hearing from his solicitor :P
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Damn. I’d be pissed off and walk out too.
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Lawyers. :dunno: Can't they all just get along?
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
I put a filter up for the calls that are labeled as unlisted, and restricted only because my "stalker" has/had the tendency to call me with an unlisted number... do I regret doing that? Nope... was it necessary? Yeah, because she's psycho troll.
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Lawyers. :dunno: Can't they all just get along?
Lawyers get along just fine. Money helps.
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Power out due to truck knocking down a transformer today a block from where I was working
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I'm literally bored... reasons why? Unknown... The group meeting is tonight, so that should be fun... right?
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
I put a filter up for the calls that are labeled as unlisted, and restricted only because my "stalker" has/had the tendency to call me with an unlisted number... do I regret doing that? Nope... was it necessary? Yeah, because she's psycho troll.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that my daughters paranoid psycho-narcissist ex-boyfriend is calling to harass me. He's done it before since he blames me for screwing up his "gravy train" of having access to a car, a driver and the money that he thought he might connive out of us. Fortunately, my daughter had more backbone than he anticipated. :green:
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I try to have fun with the scam callers because no one else calls my phone.
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I try to have fun with the scam callers because no one else calls my phone.
I usually answer in Spanish, with an aggressive tone.
On occasion they switch to a Spanish speaking attendant and ask if they have reached the number they dialed. Lily Tomlin skits come to mind.
"Have I reached the number which I am calling?"
I usually ask if their Mother knows what you are doing.
The Matriarch is a profound influence in Latin American family structure. That sets them back some, but I then ask if they even know who their grandfather is. Two of the most devastating insults I can offer to these assholes.
Now, understand that it has been thirty years since I lived in south Texas and had need to use educated and respectable grammar, instead of straight up "pocho," so my Spanish has suffered from lack of use these days, but I can still annoy the callers and impress the local Mexican market place keepers by speaking to them about mundane daily things in their native language with fine aplomb.
I can have a lot of "fun" with telemarketers by bringing to talk back around to what their Mother would think of what they are doing to people.
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I'll sometimes go into "are you proud of the job you are doing? is your family proud? is this what you want to do for the rest of your life?"
I'm gonna share some of my depression with others
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I try to have fun with the scam callers because no one else calls my phone.
Most of the time the voice was a computer voice and that obviously was no fun. :yawn:
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I'll sometimes go into "are you proud of the job you are doing? is your family proud? is this what you want to do for the rest of your life?"
I'm gonna share some of my depression with others
That is along the lines with my idea for shaming the bastards gently.
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So tired of following a youtube link in good faith and getting to one of those idiots who slaps at the camera to ramp up the lameness of their content with some kind of surprise visual.
NOPE! You suck! I don't care what you can offer, quit doing that bullshit.
:wanker:
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
I put a filter up for the calls that are labeled as unlisted, and restricted only because my "stalker" has/had the tendency to call me with an unlisted number... do I regret doing that? Nope... was it necessary? Yeah, because she's psycho troll.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that my daughters paranoid psycho-narcissist ex-boyfriend is calling to harass me. He's done it before since he blames me for screwing up his "gravy train" of having access to a car, a driver and the money that he thought he might connive out of us. Fortunately, my daughter had more backbone than he anticipated. :green:
Is he also a frequent flyer to the ER?
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
I put a filter up for the calls that are labeled as unlisted, and restricted only because my "stalker" has/had the tendency to call me with an unlisted number... do I regret doing that? Nope... was it necessary? Yeah, because she's psycho troll.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that my daughters paranoid psycho-narcissist ex-boyfriend is calling to harass me. He's done it before since he blames me for screwing up his "gravy train" of having access to a car, a driver and the money that he thought he might connive out of us. Fortunately, my daughter had more backbone than he anticipated. :green:
Is he also a frequent flyer to the ER?
Bad idea to meet one of your future exes in the ER.... worse than that, the Nurses Office in middle school...
DAMN IT I SAID TOO MUCH!!!
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Well, I guess the telephone scammers have a new gimmick. Normally, I don't answer calls with an unknown number and I let it go to voice mail. My reasoning is, if it is important, they will leave a message and I will promptly get back to them. But, they never do. Now it's calling me with a "restricted" ID or private number.......do they leave a message.........nope. Oh well, adios M'fer. :yawn:
I put a filter up for the calls that are labeled as unlisted, and restricted only because my "stalker" has/had the tendency to call me with an unlisted number... do I regret doing that? Nope... was it necessary? Yeah, because she's psycho troll.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that my daughters paranoid psycho-narcissist ex-boyfriend is calling to harass me. He's done it before since he blames me for screwing up his "gravy train" of having access to a car, a driver and the money that he thought he might connive out of us. Fortunately, my daughter had more backbone than he anticipated. :green:
Is he also a frequent flyer to the ER?
Bad idea to meet one of your future exes in the ER.... worse than that, the Nurses Office in middle school...
DAMN IT I SAID TOO MUCH!!!
No, you didn't. I have no idea if he is a frequent flyer to the ER. Since he is so paranoid and would hate to give out any personal info to the staff.
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Well, I decided to call the pesty number back after googling it. Turns out it is a number from Butte Montana.....and when I called it the a'hole answered is this Mrs. D......and they identified themselves as a some sort of tribal charity. A charity that my wife does not give to, nor has she ever given my number to any other charity. Without giving out any info I said that this is not her number and to please remove my number. ::) Anyway they are now blocked. The google info told me a lot, they are 100% spam callers pretending to be a "charity". For a non-existent indigenous native american tribe. ::) I hate people.
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It's officially pollen season because the oak trees out back are dropping those pollen thingys all over the yard. They stick to the dog and end up in the house on the floor. The robovac runs everyday but that's not good enough right now. I prefer to clean on Saturday so I don't have to do anything during the week, so I'm not doing it. Sugarbutt has been really sweet to do some extra vacuuming. :heart:
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I try to have fun with the scam callers because no one else calls my phone.
Used to do it all the time with the "Windows support" callers. Getting rid of the land line also got rid of those, and while I still do get people who want to sell me subscriptions and the like, there's rarely any fun to be had.
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There's a Brit dog trainer, Graeme Hall, who's been on the telly lately when I've flipped through the channels. The show itself is fairly shit because it's narrated by an insufferable woman whose idea of the job is to offer predictable commentary with lame jokes and because it's edited by morons who seem to keep only the cuts that advance the story the least, but Mr Hall does seem to know what he's talking about.
I've tested some of his ideas while walking the dog. They do work, but the caveat is always that you need to understand what the idiot editor cut from the show.
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I used to enjoy Cesar Millan, he was pretty good.
What’s the programme called?
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I used to enjoy Cesar Millan, he was pretty good.
What’s the programme called?
Thinking "Dogs Behaving Very Badly"
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The Christmas cactus, aka, the "I'll bloom any damn time I want Cactus", has been blooming this winter since last Thanksgiving. Every time I look I see a new bud appearing. Certainly living up to it's alias quite nicely. 8)
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I don't understand how they're saying January 6th was a lie when we all saw it happen.
Is the testimony of those capital officers not creditable? Did Howley or whatever the hell his name is lifted his fist for nothing?
WTF?
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I saw a car driving though an almost empty parking lot hit a light pole with it's front tire. :tard: The tire was at a 45 degree angle to the ground with the guy looking at it when I drove by, at least he didn't hit it with his bumper and set off the airbags
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Dad thinks I'm being sensible by not eating Mcdonald's fries at McD's when he and I were hanging out...
Thanks?
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I don't understand how they're saying January 6th was a lie when we all saw it happen.
Is the testimony of those capital officers not creditable? Did Howley or whatever the hell his name is lifted his fist for nothing?
WTF?
Tucker Carlson lies knowingly and without remorse. Read his texts.
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
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I don't understand how they're saying January 6th was a lie when we all saw it happen.
Is the testimony of those capital officers not creditable? Did Howley or whatever the hell his name is lifted his fist for nothing?
WTF?
Tucker Carlson lies knowingly and without remorse. Read his texts.
I did... and he is still a douche
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More than ever. So is McCarthy.
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More than ever. So is McCarthy.
http://youtu.be/tXoJd4BoZTQ
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
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Odeon's karma is 4444.
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
I have bald spots. Sweaty bald spots. :zoinks:
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
I have bald spots. Sweaty bald spots. :zoinks:
So you pull your fur out of stress? Yoshi does the samething... but that's because I don't let him outside of the house at night.
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
I have bald spots. Sweaty bald spots. :zoinks:
So you pull your fur out of stress? Yoshi does the samething... but that's because I don't let him outside of the house at night.
No, nothing like that. I shave them. :eyebrows:
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Odeon's karma is 4444.
And mine is 222. :orly:
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
I have bald spots. Sweaty bald spots. :zoinks:
So you pull your fur out of stress? Yoshi does the samething... but that's because I don't let him outside of the house at night.
No, nothing like that. I shave them. :eyebrows:
::)
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
Even with all that fur you're still able to sweat?
I have bald spots. Sweaty bald spots. :zoinks:
So you pull your fur out of stress? Yoshi does the samething... but that's because I don't let him outside of the house at night.
No, nothing like that. I shave them. :eyebrows:
::)
:lol1:
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Winter is back. Lots of snow and more to come.
If it makes you feel any better I'm already sweating over here. :zoinks:
:grrr:
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Odeon's karma is 4444.
And mine is 222. :orly:
:GA:
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I've worked a lot today - there's a deadline on Monday and I had to jump in because the developer who was originally supposed to do the work caught the flu and was off for a week.
:chores:
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My appointment with my therapist is within 2 minutes, and I'm listening to a cutesy (or kawaii) jpop song.
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My pergola gutters are overflowing. A job for later in the week I suppose :zombiefuck:
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Apparently I perseverate too much
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Apparently I perseverate too much
Me too
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Did some shopping and observing the store crowds to see what people are doing before the big Nor'easter hits us tonight, thru Tuesday and into Weds. morning. Love these late winter storms, especially since the brunt of it is going to hit on Tuesday and most likely I am calling out of work Tuesday. Carla is encouraging me to do so. Walmart doesn't give a rats ass about my safety, so it's going to be an easy decision. :heisenberg:
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Apparently I perseverate too much
Me too
Same.
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The world is weird
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I don't think I did well in my interview today :-\
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The egg disappeared :(
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St Paddy's day was full of Swedes dressing in green hats... FFS.
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St Paddy's day was full of Swedes dressing in green hats... FFS.
It's the same here in the US. A lot of FFS to be had.
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St Paddy's day was full of Swedes dressing in green hats... FFS.
My wife came up to me early this morning and pinched my nipple. Grinned, kissed me, then she pinned a Green button to my lapel to "protect me" from further attacks.
She is a Dutch and German woman of hard strength, but all kid inside!
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^ :D
I don't think I did well in my interview today :-\
:hug:
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Wouldn't it be great with a random arrest of an ex-president today? ;D
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Keeping up with traffic on the parkway I looked down and noticed I was going 80mph(128kph)
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Keeping up with traffic on the parkway I looked down and noticed I was going 80mph(128kph)
Been there, done that. It seems that 80 is the new 70 on the turnpikes these days.
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Keeping up with traffic on the parkway I looked down and noticed I was going 80mph(128kph)
Been there, done that. It seems that 80 is the new 70 on the turnpikes these days.
On the up side the van rides really nice at that speed. Driving a three ton vehicle at that speed makes me a bit nervous thou
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Keeping up with traffic on the parkway I looked down and noticed I was going 80mph(128kph)
Been there, done that. It seems that 80 is the new 70 on the turnpikes these days.
On the up side the van rides really nice at that speed. Driving a three ton vehicle at that speed makes me a bit nervous thou
As it would make me feel! :o
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It really is amazing how many daily romance/sex scambots I find in my email. Astounding
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Everything is gonna be okay. :)
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Seeing that my hours are cut this week (again) I'm going to go for a walk to stay busy... I need to hide from Dad, and the religious radio station being on so LOUD!
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Spotted a group of cosplayers at a parking lot not far from here.
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There was a broken glass and metal hookah by the boat ramp where I like to walk the dogs
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Randy Rainbow's perspective of American Politics in Broadway Showtune parodies is the most entertaining way to get my current events. Next to Jonathan Pie this guy is hilarious
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Finland officially joined NATO today. :orly:
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Finland officially joined NATO today. :orly:
Now we just need Putin's buddies in Hungary and Turkey to let Sweden in. I'm fairly irritated that these countries run by authoritarians get a vote in NATO when I'm perfectly fine letting them join the other side instead.
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Finland officially joined NATO today. :orly:
Now we just need Putin's buddies in Hungary and Turkey to let Sweden in. I'm fairly irritated that these countries run by authoritarians get a vote in NATO when I'm perfectly fine letting them join the other side instead.
Turkey in particular is being particularly cuntish. I have a feeling Hungary is just going through the motions.
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Twitter is officially a cesspool of random drivel spewed by GOP/MAGAite pricks.
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That damn bottle gourd vine that was growing from the neighbor's place a year ago is back with a vengeance, and I keep having to cut it off my clothes line :zombiefuck:
The gourd I pulled off the vine a while ago was 96cm long! The one I pulled off on the weekend is curved so I can't measure it effectively.
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Cubs won 2 series worth of Interleague play making the record 4 wins 2 losses. Keep it coming Cubbies!
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The over flow parking lots were filling up at the state park near my house, probably because its the first really nice day and it's spring break
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Putting together a new shelf unit for Amber's room is exhausting. Either that or this old carcass is getting a mite old for this. :oldman: <phew>
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Funny how I sometimes move seamlessly from one obsession to the next.
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Funny how I sometimes move seamlessly from one obsession to the next.
I was reading my Archeology Magazine and "Odeon" was a kind of roofed over theatre in ancient Greek days.
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
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Funny how I sometimes move seamlessly from one obsession to the next.
I was reading my Archeology Magazine and "Odeon" was a kind of roofed over theatre in ancient Greek days.
:heart: I know.
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Still very pleased with my audio setup in my study. It's all so perfectly balanced. I know there are better components out there - every individual component can be improved on. It's just that they all play so well together.
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Funny how I sometimes move seamlessly from one obsession to the next.
I was reading my Archeology Magazine and "Odeon" was a kind of roofed over theatre in ancient Greek days.
:heart: I know.
I figured you did. It just rang an obvious bell with me when I read it. 8)
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
send jalebis... please.... send jalebis :(
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
send jalebis... please.... send jalebis :(
What are "jalebis". Please clarify! I can't send what I don't understand.
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
send jalebis... please.... send jalebis :(
What are "jalebis". Please clarify! I can't send what I don't understand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalebi
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
send jalebis... please.... send jalebis :(
What are "jalebis". Please clarify! I can't send what I don't understand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalebi
Those look yum. Very bad for you, but yum.
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I need to narc on my boss -___- shit
send jalebis... please.... send jalebis :(
What are "jalebis". Please clarify! I can't send what I don't understand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalebi
Those look yum. Very bad for you, but yum.
I could easily find some at the South Asian supermarkets a few towns over... best place to look also would be the Hindu Temples or Devon Avenue in Chicago.
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Finished a puzzle I got from my mother that she had already done it was missing two pieces and had one that didn't got to it in the box :-\
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Walmart mgrs. talk the talk, but, never walk the walk.
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Walmart mgrs. talk the talk, but, never walk the walk.
If you run into one that has an Alaskan Malamute ask them how they deal with them.... and by they, I mean the Alasakan Malumute.
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Walmart mgrs. talk the talk, but, never walk the walk.
If you run into one that has an Alaskan Malamute ask them how they deal with them.... and by they, I mean the Alasakan Malumute.
:LOL:
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A Google streetview car has been lurking around town lately. I will have to check out the updates in a few weeks to see if I have been viewed
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Haven't seen one of those in a while. I guess I'll have to be on the look out.
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I just went to google my old house and I was not wrong. This shit was a hazard! This pole was on the street, two feet away from traffic, and in the alleyway behind my old house. I always objected and they kept on adding shit to it, no matter how many times I tried to get something done about it.
Check out this third world looking crap!
My new home, we have nothing above ground except the houses and a few connection points hidden by shrubs. The power cables are literally twenty feet underground with an occasional access cover every hundred feet or so for the system.
Probably should have been in the Bitch thread, but I am no longer bitching, just thumbing my nose now.
I was sitting on the hood of my old Ford with a storm coming once, enjoying the gathering of clouds, when I began to feel the hair stand up all over my body. I was freaked and jumped up, got a bit away. Seconds later lightning struck that pole and all the electrical systems went dead. Had I not jumped when I did, I might have been as dead as the rest of the system since one big bolt went straight to my car hood and danced around some, right where I was sitting, enjoying a beer.
:LOL:
We think we know a bit about nature because we can make lightning strike in a bottle or a tornado form in a small room, but we don't know shit about what all that really is and just trying to concieve of the power the earth itself can generate is beyond our ability. Oh, yeah, we think we can, but no, we are fooling ourselves, best physics, most complicated math and all.
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I like that our neighborhood doesn't have wires like that either. :thumbup:
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We have above ground electricity but it doesn't look as crowded as the pole in DirtDawg's picture. :o
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The Bible is depressing.
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In places, but not nearly as depressing as modern day interpretations of the ancient scriptures.
Blame the translators first!
:LOL:
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It's pretty depressing, too, actually.
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It's pretty depressing, too, actually.
Well, yeah, but the message is one of hope and surety for an eternal life.
Sounds positive.
Just not very believable.
:poo:
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In places, but not nearly as depressing as modern day interpretations of the ancient scriptures.
Blame the translators first!
:LOL:
It's pretty depressing, too, actually.
It is interesting to see a primitive perspective of right and wrong. If you're wrong, you have sinned, and if you don't do exactly as God tells you, even if you give him an offering in the wrong way - you die ([Not quoted] Leviticus). It's like the very beginnings of figuring out what morals are, right and wrong, starts from that.
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It's depressing.
You are born to a test but the rules aren't explained to you. Sometimes you're not ever given the right information. Sometimes you die before you can even try, so you are condemned to limbo. Seriously?
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I thought Genesis was good. The Egyptians got along with Israelites and the Egyptians were pleasant. Plus, I thought the stories were good.
As for the rest of it, hmm, it begins to get depressing in Exodus.
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Genesis, good, in what sense? You're given a nonsensical rule that you understandably question and test, and shit happens? Really?
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OK, I'm judging it from the POV that I disbelieve the rules it gives. For instance, I think circumcision is a bit of an extreme thing to do to a baby in order to gain God's acceptance. I just liked the stories.
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Genesis, good, in what sense? You're given a nonsensical rule that you understandably question and test, and shit happens? Really?
Basically life happens anyway and God intervenes sometimes. People go through hardship, including by other people, and God lets that happen, and intervenes sometimes. I don't get why it has to happen either.
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OK, I'm judging it from the POV that I disbelieve the rules it gives. For instance, I think circumcision is a bit of an extreme thing to do to a baby in order to gain God's acceptance. I just liked the stories.
Lots of good stories!
How about the Sephardi and Mizrahi Tribes in North Africa living in a Hebrew based faith community where the young man has to do it for himself as a way to better know God.
Makes me wonder if they believe that God had to circumcise himself for some reason.
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The more I realize it, the more creepy Troll and Automaton are.
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OK, I'm judging it from the POV that I disbelieve the rules it gives. For instance, I think circumcision is a bit of an extreme thing to do to a baby in order to gain God's acceptance. I just liked the stories.
Lots of good stories!
How about the Sephardi and Mizrahi Tribes in North Africa living in a Hebrew based faith community where the young man has to do it for himself as a way to better know God.
Makes me wonder if they believe that God had to circumcise himself for some reason.
I haven’t got to that part yet, I’m still in Leviticus. Some of it is depressing. It’s my least favourite book of the Bible so far. Maybe I should jump ahead, the hate/good vs. evil mindset is kind of too familiar, and is a pet hate of mine. At least God allows for some misunderstandings.
So, you recommend Obadiah? What others do you recommend?
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
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Yes, it's obvious I'm lonely.... but I make up for it, for now :-/
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
The studies to which I made reference are not a part of any commonly accepted Bible, but rather considered as a part of the Apocrypha and not accteped as "Holy" by Semite nor Gentile.
I know all versions of history are edited and most often, widely accepted historical accounts are only included in Scripture if those writings lead to success in attempts to create a specific cultural following.
Most who have studied the works of the Apocrapha find them just as mystical as most of the Biblical chapters. We each take meaning from them based upon how they sync with our own experiences, just like with the accepted Holy Scriptures.
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My neighborhood is odd acoustically, my neighbor was working on his house and it sounded like it was coming from further away in the opposite direction from inside my house. When the windows are open upstairs you can hear people talking three houses away like they are in the front yard but in the room below you generally don't hear them at all
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As a "recovering" acoustical and electronics engineer, that would freak me out some.
I have seen things resembling this and can always explain it due to reflection from opposing surfaces and the conduction of intense sound through solid ground, but I could not let a mystery like this just lie to me every day.
:GA:
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Not just today, but over the past month or more, our dog comes running up to me when I return.
This seems like a small thing and many experience this several times per day, but this is the fourth "used" dog (abused dog?) we have gotten in recent times.
It always felt like our dogs were terrified of me at first. Possibly some evil, redneck, yard ape, alpha mother fucker who hated little dogs had already shown their colors to our beloved new pets.
It feels like I am finally winning this little guy over, after about eight months. He meets me at the door, smiling, tale wagging, jumping for joy, so excited to see me return, just like a regular dog does.
I don't know what it is about big ugly alpha bastards that have need to abuse small dogs. Or any animal for that matter.
I do believe that we as Humans were intended to be guardians of all "lesser" creatures. The use of that word "lesser" is open to debate, for I can tell you how most animals are superior to us in many ways, except a few, which we have mastered as "crown of creation/top of the food chain" beasts. We plan more definitively, especially toward our own gain.
Some we take as companions, some we eat, some are burdened by our needs and some we just enjoy to have them do what ever they do.
We are supposed to take care of all of them and give them the best lives they will ever know due to our care.
Sometimes that means getting out of their way, allowing them to just do things they want and to me that always means don't kick them, scream and berate them or hurt them in any way, bastards.
In the old days you could just get a puppy and raise it to know only love and respect. These days, unless you are willing to pay huge dollars for some purebread that will probably have massive health detriments from all the inbreeding, you are going to have to choose an animal which has already been cast off ungraciously and possibly abused from a previous owner., all from a shelter somewhere.
These animals need love too, so I am not saying don't go get a rescue animal! But you should be prepared to exercise some patience as your relationship with them develops. It has taken me a long time to win this little fellow over!
Anyway, I am very happy to report that our fourth dog of late has begun to accept me as more than some yard ape alpha asshole that only means him harm.
The sweet girl dog we lost recently to accident accepted me from the start and I was so fond of her.
This eight pound Chiweenie is coming around, though.
Makes me feel special.
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Yoshi keeps digging his claws in the wrong way... I'm trying to tell him/show him that it hurts me when he does that... but in all honesty, maybe he's looking for attention?
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Genesis, good, in what sense? You're given a nonsensical rule that you understandably question and test, and shit happens? Really?
Basically life happens anyway and God intervenes sometimes. People go through hardship, including by other people, and God lets that happen, and intervenes sometimes. I don't get why it has to happen either.
And god kills loads of innocent people to teach them a lesson.
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OK, I'm judging it from the POV that I disbelieve the rules it gives. For instance, I think circumcision is a bit of an extreme thing to do to a baby in order to gain God's acceptance. I just liked the stories.
Lots of good stories!
How about the Sephardi and Mizrahi Tribes in North Africa living in a Hebrew based faith community where the young man has to do it for himself as a way to better know God.
Makes me wonder if they believe that God had to circumcise himself for some reason.
As Richard Dawkins put it, he's the most unlikable character in all of fiction.
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OK, I'm judging it from the POV that I disbelieve the rules it gives. For instance, I think circumcision is a bit of an extreme thing to do to a baby in order to gain God's acceptance. I just liked the stories.
Lots of good stories!
How about the Sephardi and Mizrahi Tribes in North Africa living in a Hebrew based faith community where the young man has to do it for himself as a way to better know God.
Makes me wonder if they believe that God had to circumcise himself for some reason.
As Richard Dawkins put it, he's the most unlikable character in all of fiction.
QFT
... and I think that is the point of His "existence" whether fiction or faith based.
You do not want to piss God off. Join us and become one of us and we will teach you what that means, more or less.
:autism:
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
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When I came home from work last Saturday night, I saw a spot on the ceiling of the kitchen. Turns out it was a tiny spider, I let it be, since it was cold and rainy out that night. Plus, I figured that it would move on to seek for prey. And all thru the week it stayed in the exact same spot day after day. I thought about catching and releasing it outside where it would have a better chance of catching a meal. But, the nights have been cold and wet, as the days were. Not one sign of movement. I thought it might have died. Today it was much warmer and drier so I decided to catch it in a cup. Got a fly swatter to nudge it into a small container and when I touched it's rear legs, it spun around to attack. Must have been hungry and thought the swatter was a meal. Anyway, got the little critter into the dish and took it out on the sunny deck with enough places to seek refuge or hunt in. It was still spinning around trying to see if the swatter nudging it was prey. So much for thinking it had died of starvation. I released it next to a rock of mine that had been out on the deck rail in the sun all day. A warm refuge, went out a few minutes ago to check if it was still there. Not a sign. At least I set it out in a spot with a better chance to find prey or a mate then inside. Still amused at it's feisty nature. 8)
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
This happened near me at what I call the Megachurch franchise corporation. https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/05/03/next-level-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-new-hampshire-megachurch/70178862007/
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The bathrooms at the cancer center are more clean than Walmart
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
:laugh: Again, though, I *don’t* believe it, and I like the stories.
I can understand that such a book would corrupt the minds of many people. I find it interesting to read because it’s almost like God himself had started from a primitive position on basic morals. You would assume that God was omniscient at the beginning, but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
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My elderly neighbors have left their automatic garage door up, and it's 1:00am and way too late to knock on their door and tell them. I can't close it myself without scaring the bejeezus out of them either. Should I stand vigil on the driveway till morning? :GA:
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I saw was plaster board bits on the beams of a low bridge guess somebody wasn't paying attention. :facepalm2:
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
This happened near me at what I call the Megachurch franchise corporation. https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/05/03/next-level-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-new-hampshire-megachurch/70178862007/
FFS
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
:laugh: Again, though, I *don’t* believe it, and I like the stories.
I can understand that such a book would corrupt the minds of many people. I find it interesting to read because it’s almost like God himself had started from a primitive position on basic morals. You would assume that God was omniscient at the beginning, but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
So he was basically testing it on us? Fuck that. The message is that he knows everything.
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
Most people following the Bible haven't read the thing.
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All in all, the Bible does not inspire confidence if you think about it. And why would it? It's an unholy mess of assumptions.
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:grouphug: In all honesty, I wouldn't mind seeing the group photos I take with my friends
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
Most people following the Bible haven't read the thing.
I think it would be worse for them and for humanity itself if they did..
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All in all, the Bible does not inspire confidence if you think about it. And why would it? It's an unholy mess of assumptions.
(Going by only what I’ve read of the Bible so far)
It totally discourages independent thinking, except for God’s chosen leaders, very slightly.
First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
:laugh: Again, though, I *don’t* believe it, and I like the stories.
I can understand that such a book would corrupt the minds of many people. I find it interesting to read because it’s almost like God himself had started from a primitive position on basic morals. You would assume that God was omniscient at the beginning, but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
So he was basically testing it on us? Fuck that. The message is that he knows everything.
Is it, though? I thought the main message was, “I (God) am most important, follow me and receive blessings, or you have sinned and you will be punished or put to death”
I really think that he does not know everything, nor at the beginning does the Bible hint that. If God did, he would not reason with Moses and Aaron not to kill some of the camps of people. He would not go on killing rampages because of their murmurings. God would already realise that the people were understandably upset because they were told to move out of their homes, and faced starvation along the way. It looks like he’s learning basic morals and people skills along the way to me. It’s as if Moses and Aaron have more people skills than God does at the beginning, hence their trying to reason with him and find other ways for God to stop killing so many people.
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
The studies to which I made reference are not a part of any commonly accepted Bible, but rather considered as a part of the Apocrypha and not accteped as "Holy" by Semite nor Gentile.
I know all versions of history are edited and most often, widely accepted historical accounts are only included in Scripture if those writings lead to success in attempts to create a specific cultural following.
Most who have studied the works of the Apocrapha find them just as mystical as most of the Biblical chapters. We each take meaning from them based upon how they sync with our own experiences, just like with the accepted Holy Scriptures.
How does the Apocrypha influence your views of the Bible, out of curiosity?
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Took a walk and savored the smell of the Lilacs! 8)
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
The studies to which I made reference are not a part of any commonly accepted Bible, but rather considered as a part of the Apocrypha and not accteped as "Holy" by Semite nor Gentile.
I know all versions of history are edited and most often, widely accepted historical accounts are only included in Scripture if those writings lead to success in attempts to create a specific cultural following.
Most who have studied the works of the Apocrapha find them just as mystical as most of the Biblical chapters. We each take meaning from them based upon how they sync with our own experiences, just like with the accepted Holy Scriptures.
How does the Apocrypha influence your views of the Bible, out of curiosity?
I feel the Apocrypha works I have found access to simply complete my understanding of some of the history.
Understanding that these people were extremely paranoid and superstitious. Almost anything could be interpretted as a message from God.
I tend to wait for a second message.
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Let them eat cake?
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It took them fifteen minutes, but now my beloved maple tree is gone.
I was planning to go out and tell them I wanted a few small logs for BBQ wood, but when I ventured out, it was already loaded up and they were going away with my tree.
I was awakened from a rare morning nap by the dog having a meltdown over two big trucks out front. I gathered my wits, threw some pee, got some OJ to drink and my tree was gone by then.
:bigcry:
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OK, it was never MY tree! It was planted, by the city twenty years ago, within the city easement which borders our property and every property in this subdivision, but directly in front of my garage windows, shading the western sun from heating my work area.
The fact that it was the most colorful red maple in the neighborhood was not a concern I could make them respect.
They just whacked it down and hauled it away with large machines like it was a small weed in their way.
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Tomorrow is the day I go to the BBQ, a social experience due to be either entertaining, or terrifying(?)
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Tomorrow is the day I go to the BBQ, a social experience due to be either entertaining, or terrifying(?)
They celebrated my birthday with me :'(
Birthday Cake, and community gathering... I'm touched in a way.
I'm happy(?)
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Happy Birthday, Genesis! :birthday:
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Glad you had a good birthday, Genesis. :cake:
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Happy Birthday, Genesis!
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Someone down the street had a complete mental breakdown complete with screaming, yelling,fighting , six police cars, EMS and the fire department. They were taken away after about twenty minutes restrained in an ambulance :zombiefuck: Not sure who they were exactly as I didn't want to go out and look
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Dad's ashes are ready to be picked up :(
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Another episode of multiple police cars down the road on today's show an old man drives his pickup truck into the marsh and can't get out
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Mom is looking for a flash drive to transfer documents to... I know where to find a good stash of them, so that's one thing on the agenda for tonight.
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It seems this has come out of "nowhere" but I have been enjoying cold coffee.
This has never happened before. The horror of cold coffee used to offend my senses so dramatically that one sip made my ears ring and my skin crawl.
Something has changed and I don't think it is the nature of cold coffee.
Someone tranq my ass and get me into a psyche ward for some mental help before this gets out of hand!!
:yikes:
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
Most people following the Bible haven't read the thing.
I think it would be worse for them and for humanity itself if they did..
Surely it would be better for us all? In this day and age when pretty much everything is offensive, I'd think the book to be more offensive than most.
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All in all, the Bible does not inspire confidence if you think about it. And why would it? It's an unholy mess of assumptions.
(Going by only what I’ve read of the Bible so far)
It totally discourages independent thinking, except for God’s chosen leaders, very slightly.
First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
:laugh: Again, though, I *don’t* believe it, and I like the stories.
I can understand that such a book would corrupt the minds of many people. I find it interesting to read because it’s almost like God himself had started from a primitive position on basic morals. You would assume that God was omniscient at the beginning, but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
So he was basically testing it on us? Fuck that. The message is that he knows everything.
Is it, though? I thought the main message was, “I (God) am most important, follow me and receive blessings, or you have sinned and you will be punished or put to death”
I really think that he does not know everything, nor at the beginning does the Bible hint that. If God did, he would not reason with Moses and Aaron not to kill some of the camps of people. He would not go on killing rampages because of their murmurings. God would already realise that the people were understandably upset because they were told to move out of their homes, and faced starvation along the way. It looks like he’s learning basic morals and people skills along the way to me. It’s as if Moses and Aaron have more people skills than God does at the beginning, hence their trying to reason with him and find other ways for God to stop killing so many people.
He was testing the waters, you mean? Right, and after a few generations he told someone to build a boat and then drowned the rest. Genocidal maniac. As Richard Dawkins says, he is the most unlikable character in all of fiction.
NT doesn't get a whole lot better. Fewer people killed, yes, but he basically told his followers to abandon their families to follow him. Some role model.
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
The studies to which I made reference are not a part of any commonly accepted Bible, but rather considered as a part of the Apocrypha and not accteped as "Holy" by Semite nor Gentile.
I know all versions of history are edited and most often, widely accepted historical accounts are only included in Scripture if those writings lead to success in attempts to create a specific cultural following.
Most who have studied the works of the Apocrapha find them just as mystical as most of the Biblical chapters. We each take meaning from them based upon how they sync with our own experiences, just like with the accepted Holy Scriptures.
How does the Apocrypha influence your views of the Bible, out of curiosity?
I feel the Apocrypha works I have found access to simply complete my understanding of some of the history.
Understanding that these people were extremely paranoid and superstitious. Almost anything could be interpretted as a message from God.
I tend to wait for a second message.
As I understand it, the bible as we know it was largely committee work. What was included and what was left out was highly subjective and basically the result of the strongest wills prevailing. This was hundreds of years after the supposed events and nobody knew what actually took place.
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A final random observation: I don't suffer religious fools easily these days. I have no problem letting them be if they let *me* be, but for whatever reason it's not always the case.
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A final random observation: I don't suffer religious fools easily these days. I have no problem letting them be if they let *me* be, but for whatever reason it's not always the case.
Religious fools that follow a corrupt setup like the old church my sister and I grew up in still bother me.... I can tolerate from a distance, but my skepticism is still over 9,000 because of the ethics of that setup.
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A final random observation: I don't suffer religious fools easily these days. I have no problem letting them be if they let *me* be, but for whatever reason it's not always the case.
Agreed.
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
Most people following the Bible haven't read the thing.
I think it would be worse for them and for humanity itself if they did..
Surely it would be better for us all? In this day and age when pretty much everything is offensive, I'd think the book to be more offensive than most.
If people took the book literally and followed all its rules, I believe it would have a lot more followers in general because, people listen to authority, and the book is a source of that. Most people don’t read the Bible, but it doesn’t mean they would be more intelligent if they did, far from it.
Think of the Daily Mail readers, and ask yourself if you think they have turned more intellectual from that or The Sun, etc.
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First dad tried killing humanity to improve on it, then tried killing his son (himself?) to see if that would help. Didn't work out. Yup, sounds legit.
:laugh: Again, though, I *don’t* believe it, and I like the stories.
I can understand that such a book would corrupt the minds of many people. I find it interesting to read because it’s almost like God himself had started from a primitive position on basic morals. You would assume that God was omniscient at the beginning, but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
So he was basically testing it on us? Fuck that. The message is that he knows everything.
Is it, though? I thought the main message was, “I (God) am most important, follow me and receive blessings, or you have sinned and you will be punished or put to death”
I really think that he does not know everything, nor at the beginning does the Bible hint that. If God did, he would not reason with Moses and Aaron not to kill some of the camps of people. He would not go on killing rampages because of their murmurings. God would already realise that the people were understandably upset because they were told to move out of their homes, and faced starvation along the way. It looks like he’s learning basic morals and people skills along the way to me. It’s as if Moses and Aaron have more people skills than God does at the beginning, hence their trying to reason with him and find other ways for God to stop killing so many people.
He was testing the waters, you mean? Right, and after a few generations he told someone to build a boat and then drowned the rest. Genocidal maniac. As Richard Dawkins says, he is the most unlikable character in all of fiction.
NT doesn't get a whole lot better. Fewer people killed, yes, but he basically told his followers to abandon their families to follow him. Some role model.
I believe you’re thinking that I think the Bible is a good role model for the reasons I mentioned. No, I was highlighting what I thought of it from outside that perspective, and looking at it for what it is when analysing what stories it tells. Do I look at Greek mythology and hate it for having real lack of morals? The gods, titans etc. are horrible to each other and humans. No, I just find the stories interesting. Same with the Bible.
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Actually, I’ve just finished Leviticus.
The studies to which I made reference are not a part of any commonly accepted Bible, but rather considered as a part of the Apocrypha and not accteped as "Holy" by Semite nor Gentile.
I know all versions of history are edited and most often, widely accepted historical accounts are only included in Scripture if those writings lead to success in attempts to create a specific cultural following.
Most who have studied the works of the Apocrapha find them just as mystical as most of the Biblical chapters. We each take meaning from them based upon how they sync with our own experiences, just like with the accepted Holy Scriptures.
How does the Apocrypha influence your views of the Bible, out of curiosity?
I feel the Apocrypha works I have found access to simply complete my understanding of some of the history.
Understanding that these people were extremely paranoid and superstitious. Almost anything could be interpretted as a message from God.
I tend to wait for a second message.
As I understand it, the bible as we know it was largely committee work. What was included and what was left out was highly subjective and basically the result of the strongest wills prevailing. This was hundreds of years after the supposed events and nobody knew what actually took place.
This describes exactly the main reason for reading all of the ancient scriptures, if so inclined. Not to aid in conclusions, but to better understand the "politics" or prevailing wills that held such sway over the future of this type of religion.
Reading all I could find was one way I came out from under the overtly Christianist teachings and diatribes I was raised with as "truth."
I do believe that many of the messages from certain scriptures are valid, but I also enjoyed Tolkien, Asimov, Herbert, P.K. Dick, Niven, Zelazny and so many others. Not even beginning yet with the classics I have read and adore.
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Random, somewhat, but I keep seeing a small collection of bi-planes in formation slow flying around the area.
Our little burg is free from restricted air spaces, due to no air fields near here.
The Classic Airshow is scheduled for NEXT week end, not this week end. They always feature a few WWII flying ladies who have been restored.
I would love to go, but I do not see that happening with current runaway schedules.
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A final random observation: I don't suffer religious fools easily these days. I have no problem letting them be if they let *me* be, but for whatever reason it's not always the case.
Oh FFS I am surrounded here. Bunch of uptight old biddies clutching their pearls at everything and scared to death of anything that might be seen as "witchcraft" or "satanic". Omg..."no we don't decorate for Halloween...that's the DEVIL'S HOLIDAY."
Meanwhile I blare Black Sabbath from my portable speaker while weeding and wonder how long a chalk painted pentagram would hold up to the rain in the lawn or whether just hanging some dollar store skeletons from the balcony would be just as effective at warding off the pests.
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When my kids were younger my neighbor would take his raked up leaves and fill black garbage bags of various sizes, cut a few bent sticks and create a army of spiders walking toward the street for Halloween fun.
I showed up one year with some lighting, five bucks worth of webbing from the Halloween store and we really set the thing off.
It freaked someone out, though. A group came by one night and tore it all to shit, broke my lighting equipment and set fire to his leaf bags.
Bastards!
:dunno:
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Certain things are not in my control, understanding peoples intentions being one of them.... if I keep trying to make it into my control, I'll seriously have a debate to look forward to with me, myself, and I.
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You might think of some of this as trying to sail the open seas.
You are not in control, but you have masts with sails you can manage on your own. You have big sails (personality, will, need, determination) and small ones (anticipation, regret, hesitation and never giving up) and even smaller ones (fears, old failures, trying it all again), but you also have a rudder!
Never let your rudder run free! It is your ship. Keep it going in the direction you want! Work each sail as it needs.
:viking:
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You might think of some of this as trying to sail the open seas.
You are not in control, but you have masts with sails you can manage on your own. You have big sails (personality, will, need, determination) and small ones (anticipation, regret and hesitation) and even smaller ones (fears, old failures), but you also have a rudder!
Never let your rudder run free! It is your ship. Keep it going in the direction you want!
:viking:
Okay ^__^
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When my kids were younger my neighbor would take his raked up leaves and fill black garbage bags of various sizes, cut a few bent sticks and create a army of spiders walking toward the street for Halloween fun.
I showed up one year with some lighting, five bucks worth of webbing from the Halloween store and we really set the thing off.
It freaked someone out, though. A group came by one night and tore it all to shit, broke my lighting equipment and set fire to his leaf bags.
Bastards!
:dunno:
I forgot to add about my daughter's line of questions the day after ...
"Daddy, are scorpions stronger than spiders?"
And after more questions from me, she wanted to re-do it again, but with scorpions.
Unfortunately, my fancy bright lights were destroyed. And the neighbor was discouraged.
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This quarantine from posting on my social medias is helping me... basically tomorrow or sunday evening is when the quarantine is over.
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As usual my hair colouring job that was supposed to be a level 3 dark brown is indiscernible from void black.
And the cool tone it's supposed to be wasn't really cool toned at all. It was just a regular dark brown shade with purple shampoo & conditioner for afterwards. Kinda ripped off :thumbdn:
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So far when working with L L today, she seems to be enjoying her naps on the couch... as of right now, I'm trying different hymns for her to listen to.
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As usual my hair colouring job that was supposed to be a level 3 dark brown is indiscernible from void black.
And the cool tone it's supposed to be wasn't really cool toned at all. It was just a regular dark brown shade with purple shampoo & conditioner for afterwards. Kinda ripped off :thumbdn:
From what i saw of a picture of you (in your car), black does suit you. Once i used a dye called "light auburn brown" and my hair turned out black. My mum thought I was ashamed of my red hair and dyed it black on purpose. I think someone packed it wrongly or swapped bottles.
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^ I was only aiming to cover the greys. I should have bought a level 4 or 5 brown to be honest. Level 1 is black, with the lightest blonde being like a level 13 I think.
Anyway back to the purple which isn't even supposed to work on brown. If you want to get the reddish brassiness out of brunette hair you have to use a dark olive/emerald green toner (there's a special Matrix shampoo you can get).
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…but from what I’ve read so far, it seems he hasn’t developed his critical thinking skills yet.
And well, let’s face it, a lot of people who read/follow it haven’t either…
Most people following the Bible haven't read the thing.
I think it would be worse for them and for humanity itself if they did..
Surely it would be better for us all? In this day and age when pretty much everything is offensive, I'd think the book to be more offensive than most.
If people took the book literally and followed all its rules, I believe it would have a lot more followers in general because, people listen to authority, and the book is a source of that. Most people don’t read the Bible, but it doesn’t mean they would be more intelligent if they did, far from it.
Think of the Daily Mail readers, and ask yourself if you think they have turned more intellectual from that or The Sun, etc.
The Daily Mail is about as reliable as the bible.
I very much doubt there can be a scenario where people actually read the bible and take what it says literally, these days. So much easier not to and just accept whatever condensed and twisted versions may be on offer.
But if they actually did, they'd all be locked away fairly soon.
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Michael isn't the father it's the milk man!!! Wait.... why am I watching old Maury episodes on YouTube?
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It's colder in Glen Innes than it is at Thredbo at the moment!
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I have to see the Hematologist again -_-
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Love how we find (Carla and myself) find random tools along side the road during our walks. And sometimes parts of equipment as well. The tools, if they are intact and functional go to the Habitat for Humanity store. The rest goes into the metals bucket for recycling at the metals recycling site nearby.
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All I can do is be a friend, and when it's friends that are worth being around.... I'm happy, but when I start liking one of them(?)
:dunno: what to do after that...
Just be patient. Obviously .___.
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Helicopter flying circles over the state park by my house really low flight tracker said it was just under 400 feet. It went on for about 45 minutes, at one point they went right down my street
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Why would I recite Pie when I can just eat it?
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There was a peacock roaming around out front today. :orly: It was funny because seeing it solved a mystery. Twice in the past month there's been bird poop so large on my car, I joked a pterodactyl must be crapping on it. :lol1:
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I lack self-esteem :(
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:finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: <-----for the haters who said I wouldn't amount to anything because their program was complete BULLSHIT!
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Nothing really random today... but maybe it's just me.
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I think the guy in the storage unit next to mine is living in it again, he was just sitting by the doorway in a lawn chair. Also the people who were running a scrapping business out of the unit on the end of the building have one of the rent is past due red locks on their unit.
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I need to clean the cages soon... if family is coming over this week for the memorial service, I need to clean the bird room, as well as the cages.
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Doctor's appointment was like a whirlwind scramble to a no win.
I was there at 7AM, they set me with a number of gadgets and bloood drips, then put me right to sleep whiile they did all they could from without.
But, they ended up with over forty images to peruse. They managed to get a sample of the offfending lesion material attacking my pancreas.
Now, I wait to find if it is benign or troubling.
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I need to clean the cages soon... if family is coming over this week for the memorial service, I need to clean the bird room, as well as the cages.
Got the cages cleaned... everyone is fed and watered, just need to check their stash every 4 hours or so... just making sure they're doing okay otherwise. Also want to make my room a safe space for Yoshi when people are coming in, and out of the house.
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A friend of mine who is a production manager for a manufacturing company owned by a multinational Japanese conglomerate recently heard the owners are shutting down the company even though it's making a steady yearly profit. The manufacturing is moved to sister companies in two neighbouring countries, both of which currently operate at a loss.
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I don't like a lot of the other people who frequent the estate sales near me they tend to be rude, pushy and abrasive
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I don't like a lot of the other people who frequent the estate sales near me they tend to be rude, pushy and abrasive
Something I have heard about all too many times! >:(
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
Oh dear... the nerve... how did it happen? :popcorn:
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
What a bunch of snowflakes! :laugh:
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Too much free time -___- UGH
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The call before you dig people marked up another road I use all the time I think it's more new gas lines
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Fireworks show!
Today was the State finals in boys high school baseball. The finals happened at a school about three miles away as the crow flies. I've been driving past it all week wondering why the school speed limit was being enforced when there's no school, but it was the baseball finals all week.
The fireworks show just ended at 10PM. It started about 9PM. It was a high dollar thing for around here for a high school event. Some really big and expensive boomers just went off.
When I heard it start, I was not sure what was going on, but I was able to swivel my bench stool just a bit and watch the entire thing. There is another storm coming and there was lightning during a bit of the show, lighting up the smoke clouds.
That was nice!
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Walmart customers on a holiday, O' frabjous day, calloo callay, I chortled in my frustrated joy.
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I'm either going to be working, or hiding during July 4th... by hiding, I'll be watching anime
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
What a bunch of snowflakes! :laugh:
It's grown since. There's apparently a thread on FB about a grumpy old man complaining about the kids of today and threatening said kids. Apparently I was screaming. :LMAO:
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There's an interesting point to be made, though. That thread apparently has grown-ups taking everything the kids said at face value. They just wanted someplace to be, they say, and the grown-ups assure them they do understand...
I feel like the grumpy old man I am, telling kids to get off my lawn - or the parking lot they spent the midnight hours at, making noise and playing music loud enough to wake up the entire neighbourhood.
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In some aspects, I hate having free time, but other times I enjoy it... lately, it's causing me to go into gain instead of lose weight right now :(
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
What a bunch of snowflakes! :laugh:
It's grown since. There's apparently a thread on FB about a grumpy old man complaining about the kids of today and threatening said kids. Apparently I was screaming. :LMAO:
Yep, dumb kids blowing smoke up peoples asses. ::)
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
What a bunch of snowflakes! :laugh:
It's grown since. There's apparently a thread on FB about a grumpy old man complaining about the kids of today and threatening said kids. Apparently I was screaming. :LMAO:
Yep, dumb kids blowing smoke up peoples asses. ::)
:LMAO:
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On a hot sunny day, I have observed 2 fawns in the back of our townhouse this morning. And now a grown female deer is browsing in the area in front. Looks nice and healthy. 8) And while driving back home from the library this morning a smallish Hawk buzzed right across the front of my car. :thumbup: I love it when nature asserts herself.
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Saw a flock of turkeys by the park they really give off that dinosaur vibe
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Saw a flock of turkeys by the park they really give off that dinosaur vibe
I got the same vibe on a bow hunt with my younger brother-in-law a few years back. He is prolific, I am a beginner. I'm a rifle and shotgun hunter, with long range success on large game. Never turkeys, except by shotgun in a prairie.
Indiana is almost all woods. So, to me, a totally different kind of hunt!
He got his limit in the first hour and I never even took a shot.
But in a group, amazingly intimidating creatures!
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I used up a whole $70 USD worth of paint.
Holy $#!+ :o
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I used up a whole $70 USD worth of paint.
Holy $#!+ :o
What did you paint?
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I used up a whole $70 USD worth of paint.
Holy $#!+ :o
What did you paint?
brown paint coating for placks of wood to be put together as a deck.
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I used up a whole $70 USD worth of paint.
Holy $#!+ :o
What did you paint?
brown paint coating for placks of wood to be put together as a deck.
Ah, ok. A friend of mine did that, it was hard work.
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I used up a whole $70 USD worth of paint.
Holy $#!+ :o
What did you paint?
brown paint coating for placks of wood to be put together as a deck.
Ah, ok. A friend of mine did that, it was hard work.
My boss told me it takes 1.5 hours to do that.... it took me 8 :(
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A live webcam of an expansive patch of moss in Iceland has me enthralled this weekend. They're waiting for a volcanic fissure to open up.
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A live webcam of an expansive patch of moss in Iceland has me enthralled this weekend. They're waiting for a volcanic fissure to open up.
Yeah, I've been following that on a couple of volcano FB pages. Could be interesting to see what develops.
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I feel ugly :'(
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Had a bobcat run across the road in front of me on the way to the flea market
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I'm always rejected :(
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No one here rejects you.
Knowing how you feel rejected after not really trying that much might give those of us who want you to succed something to work with.
You have shown us all so much success recently. Don't stop pushing.
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No one here rejects you.
Knowing how you feel rejected after not really trying that much might give those of us who want you to succed something to work with.
You have shown us all so much success recently. Don't stop pushing.
Thank you
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Had a bobcat run across the road in front of me on the way to the flea market
Did it have forks or a loading scoop? Most of the Bobcats trying to work our areas throw tracks all the time. I see more of them being towed than running.
Just kidding!
:LMAO:
Bobcats are kind of rare around here.
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Bobcats used to be rare around here along with bears and coyotes but now they seem to be all over.
Had a deer in the front yard just 20 feet away from my front door eating the hostas who would not leave till I came out the door and shooed him away
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A live webcam of an expansive patch of moss in Iceland has me enthralled this weekend. They're waiting for a volcanic fissure to open up.
Yeah, I've been following that on a couple of volcano FB pages. Could be interesting to see what develops.
It erupted!!
1 hour after I went to bed last night >:(
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Bobcats used to be rare around here along with bears and coyotes but now they seem to be all over.
Had a deer in the front yard just 20 feet away from my front door eating the hostas who would not leave till I came out the door and shooed him away
They do the same here.
We lived six blocks from a good size river, which would be smallish for most of the rest of the country. But, we had deer and coyotes in our alleys and back yards very often.
I bought nine new gallon size hostas this spring. The kids helped me put them out, but within a few days the deer had chewed all the top growth down to a nub.
They are still alive, yes, the deer too. Then as new growth pops up, the rabbits gorge on the tender new leaves.
I am sure these hostas will come back next spring, but it would be great of they had some leaves to ensure some root growth before winter.
Here we are more than a mile from that river, but a small park is about three football fields away, loaded with deer. They venture right across the open golf course and help themselves to peoples' yard plants.
I haven't seen any bears except in northern Indiana, near Michigan.
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A live webcam of an expansive patch of moss in Iceland has me enthralled this weekend. They're waiting for a volcanic fissure to open up.
Yeah, I've been following that on a couple of volcano FB pages. Could be interesting to see what develops.
It erupted!!
1 hour after I went to bed last night >:(
You got me interested and I have watched a bunch of footage, today.
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With my over-active imagination back in my school days, my teachers thought I was psychotic... little did they know, it's what sparked my creativity.
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When I have purpose, and balance in my life... I am at peace
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When I have purpose, and balance in my life... I am at peace
Wondering or not if I am wanting that peace, is another story... am I better when I am productive, or when I'm miserable?
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When I have purpose, and balance in my life... I am at peace
Wondering or not if I am wanting that peace, is another story... am I better when I am productive, or when I'm miserable?
I know I would prefer you weren't miserable, how could you want that? When you're productive you write and listen to interesting music. :)
Across the road, the neighbours have bought a new puppy. It cried all day yesterday and I thought it would do so all night. I was worried for it because it was very cold last night. But they let it inside, thankfully.
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I finally got up on the stepladder to look at my bathroom exhaust fan (it was starting to make a god awful noise) only to find the whole assembly has warped! No wonder it's not sitting flush with the ceiling.
Are these things plug and play or do I need a sparky to install a new one?
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After a comment I just made in another post, I am revealing that despite having a fully law abiding license for over thirty years since I came to Indiana to carry a concealed weapon, meaning a gun to you liberals, ever since the Indiana laws were retro-dated to support our national Constitution more fully, I have been open carrying almost everywhere I go.
Yeah, I'm fucking old now and I can not fight like I used to, but you really do not want to make that an issue today.
I will probably never draw it, but I always can if a need arises as is my right as an American. Now, Indiana is not yet a "stand your ground" state as some more legal states are. You might have to defend your rights once again if you use a weapon, but if the need arises, my freedom is right on my hip in full view. Even when I stop for coffee or gas or fancy air filters at Lowe's.
I have noticed a Hell of a lot of other patriots are open carrying as well lately. I applaud them!
I don't think we will ever be Switzerland where every adult is required to keep a weapon and maintain it, but if more people exercised our rights from the beginning it would not seem so "NEW" to some people.
It is not NEW. The right has always been guaranteed in our Constitution.
I just thank the folks in the Indiana Senate who saw fit to agree with the original Constitution as it was written.
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I finally got up on the stepladder to look at my bathroom exhaust fan (it was starting to make a god awful noise) only to find the whole assembly has warped! No wonder it's not sitting flush with the ceiling.
Are these things plug and play or do I need a sparky to install a new one?
I have no idea but our toilet fan is starting to do the same thing - that is, make a weird noise. It starts off louder than normal, then gradually goes back to the way it's meant to sound.
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I need to focus on others
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After a comment I just made in another post, I am revealing that despite having a fully law abiding license for over thirty years since I came to Indiana to carry a concealed weapon, meaning a gun to you liberals, ever since the Indiana laws were retro-dated to support our national Constitution more fully, I have been open carrying almost everywhere I go.
Yeah, I'm fucking old now and I can not fight like I used to, but you really do not want to make that an issue today.
I will probably never draw it, but I always can if a need arises as is my right as an American. Now, Indiana is not yet a "stand your ground" state as some more legal states are. You might have to defend your rights once again if you use a weapon, but if the need arises, my freedom is right on my hip in full view. Even when I stop for coffee or gas or fancy air filters at Lowe's.
I have noticed a Hell of a lot of other patriots are open carrying as well lately. I applaud them!
I don't think we will ever be Switzerland where every adult is required to keep a weapon and maintain it, but if more people exercised our rights from the beginning it would not seem so "NEW" to some people.
It is not NEW. The right has always been guaranteed in our Constitution.
I just thank the folks in the Indiana Senate who saw fit to agree with the original Constitution as it was written.
Hubby has his. I seriously need to get mine, was going to before covid but never did. It's gotten nuts around here...they've been jumping people in the parking lot up the road less than 3 miles away now. Heroin is everywhere + people struggling more than they were before in this dead zone = some crazy shit. Someone tried to pull some shady crap on the kid up there the other day...thankfully he knows the drill and he's normally never alone. I'm always the one flying solo...but I'm not self conscious about being loud asf when need be. Normally that and staying alert are all I've ever needed, if some dumbass thinks they're going to jump me looking for money...like they say...I might just laugh and help them look.
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The kids I told to fuck off yesterday complained about me on Facebook today. Poor babies.
What a bunch of snowflakes! :laugh:
It's grown since. There's apparently a thread on FB about a grumpy old man complaining about the kids of today and threatening said kids. Apparently I was screaming. :LMAO:
Yep, dumb kids blowing smoke up peoples asses. ::)
:laugh:
They really should get off my lawn.
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A lorry tore down some signs hanging above the motorway, causing miles-long queues.
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I really need to do my laundry more often -___-
UGH
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Some of the fireflies in my back yard are at almost tree top level
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Today I realized Second Life is the online thing I've been a member of for the most time in my life (16.5 years and counting).
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After a comment I just made in another post, I am revealing that despite having a fully law abiding license for over thirty years since I came to Indiana to carry a concealed weapon, meaning a gun to you liberals, ever since the Indiana laws were retro-dated to support our national Constitution more fully, I have been open carrying almost everywhere I go.
Yeah, I'm fucking old now and I can not fight like I used to, but you really do not want to make that an issue today.
I will probably never draw it, but I always can if a need arises as is my right as an American. Now, Indiana is not yet a "stand your ground" state as some more legal states are. You might have to defend your rights once again if you use a weapon, but if the need arises, my freedom is right on my hip in full view. Even when I stop for coffee or gas or fancy air filters at Lowe's.
I have noticed a Hell of a lot of other patriots are open carrying as well lately. I applaud them!
I don't think we will ever be Switzerland where every adult is required to keep a weapon and maintain it, but if more people exercised our rights from the beginning it would not seem so "NEW" to some people.
It is not NEW. The right has always been guaranteed in our Constitution.
I just thank the folks in the Indiana Senate who saw fit to agree with the original Constitution as it was written.
Hubby has his. I seriously need to get mine, was going to before covid but never did. It's gotten nuts around here...they've been jumping people in the parking lot up the road less than 3 miles away now. Heroin is everywhere + people struggling more than they were before in this dead zone = some crazy shit. Someone tried to pull some shady crap on the kid up there the other day...thankfully he knows the drill and he's normally never alone. I'm always the one flying solo...but I'm not self conscious about being loud asf when need be. Normally that and staying alert are all I've ever needed, if some dumbass thinks they're going to jump me looking for money...like they say...I might just laugh and help them look.
I hope you never have a need, but you should be prepared for the worst, because it is already out there.
For those who disagree, I am going to nickname you, "Toetag" because that is what happens to animals who stick their heads in the sand.
Things are changing. Prepare yourselves or those who are prepared will take your meeger preparations from you.
Don't be a toetag!
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Road construction seems to be everywhere this summer
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^Here, too.
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Road construction seems to be everywhere this summer
QFT! :plus:
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I had a tech check scheduled today for the conference next week but completely managed to forget about it. I only realised my mistake two hours later when reading my email. Oops. I mailed back and said sorry more than I normally do, and the lady who got back to me was willing to do the check right away. So I did, and she was so nice about it. I had utterly wasted her time, earlier, but she was either very good or very honest. I can't tell the difference.
Tech check went swimmingly. Looks like I'm in good shape. :)
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If I take my medication now, I wouldn't have to worry later... I'll take the meds later, then again.... right now is more acceptable
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Has anyone else been up early enough to enjoy the Perseid Meteor Shower? Forgot to mention this earlier. Kind of distracted with Mom's call.
Not sure about other perspectives, but here it peaks just before 5AM and goes strong until washed out by the sunrise.
Today was the first day in a couple of weeks that it was not overcast and we got a clear view this morning.
Too many to count!
I'll try it again in the morning. It's awesome!
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But, HEY!!
There may not be a UPS strike after all.
So far a tentative agreement has been reached.
The old "near retirement" workers which originally were going to be offered favorable retirement terms, were again thrown under the bus in favor of the new hirees (most of them wearing ankle bracelets from the State Corrections office).
They get a pay increase to $18 to start and the elders get a two dollar raise over two years.
SO the Union buckled their knees and Blinked while the corporate giant had their way.
But, no strike, so life as usual for us, maybe.
I was really hoping the elder, tenured thing would go through so my wife could just take it how ever it is and stay home with us.
We could make it work! With a few of my investments cashed in (Shit, I even sold my fucking hotrod!!!), we almost have this new home paid off. We can make it work. But, she is determined to get every penny she was promised, even if it kills her, damnit!
There's that barbaric Hun raider in her coming out.
I love that part of her, but I can not control or even channel it toward my perception of our future.
I mean, Hell, guys, I probably have three to five years maybe more if I am lucky and I want to spend them being with her.
Sure. my shop is fun, massive collection of media, fish and steaks in the freezer, more money than we have ever had to do what we want, but none of that means shit without her. HERE, now.
I was really looking forward to the possibility that she might be able to retire within the coming months.
BUT, NO STRIKE THEY SAY!!!
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:roar: Fraud? Oy Vey -__-
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Are you commenting upon my previous post?
It does seem like some fraud was pulled out of any possibilty to gain for the elder, near retirement workers.
My wife can do anything in that UPS hub, even manage better than some of the bitchbiscuited (hair bunned), soy latte sipping boys who pass as HER bosses who spend most of thier clock time dicking around on their cell phones and laughing, if not smoking dope out in the idle trucks she has to align for the next day.
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She has been sent on overnight trips driving a semi to another hub and back overnight AFTER working a shift. This is actually illegal and she could have an accident due to fatigue behind the wheel.
Sixty year old workers should not be sent on a second shift after working a full shift already. They get away with it because the pay grades and the job descriptions are both different. She qualifies for both, but would prefer to do either or, but not both!
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I'm not going to get my hopes up... :-/
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The ratification process for the agreement begins Aug 3 and every union member is urged to vote.
There is one thing that is most important to me. Even if my full time working wife did not get a raise, fine, but they did not reduce insurance (yet, it seems). As long as the insurance is maintained as is, we should be fine.
The insurance is a strong reason many people work there. She has lawyers, accountants and top paid welders (along with some low life scum like drug dealers) who work there just for the insurance.
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This wee little girlie dog won't leave me alone... I'm dog sitting for my friend until Thursday, and while he is gone... Mom and I are watching Dolly for him.
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Someones building a house by the beach that requires a pile driver, been hearing the thumping of it since I got home around lunch time
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"Kill the Globalists!"
You dumb fracking hick, I am a globalist -__-
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"Kill the Globalists!"
You dumb fracking hick, I am a globalist -__-
:hide: <-----*Frack off MAGAites!
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There is a cricket somewhere in the kitchen
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There is a cricket somewhere in the kitchen
Annoying isn't it! ::)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMRbvXfqAo
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There is a cricket somewhere in the kitchen
Annoying isn't it! ::)
Very >:(
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An old friend came back home to Indiana for a visit with his folks. I had no idea he was in town, but he found my phone # and called a couple of hours ago.
(Sounds like I need to change my number and be a little more careful in the future)
Anyway, he is welcome here, although he is not here to visit me. I still invited him to my new home.
He has lived in Costa Rica for about ten years and kept me going with fresh Costa Rican coffee for ages after he moved there.
I know I have mentioned this guy. He always built me a special miniature shipping crate to ship a couple pounds of coffee my way, but mainly to show off how his woodworking prowess was progressing.
Finger jointed boxes with sliding lids. DAMN!! He's a craftsman! He builds buildings, so most of that is not used for him daily.
I showed off my newish set up with the Lii Audio F15s and the Lii W15s in an H Frame open baffle enclosure, new (to him) Decware mono SET Zens in my new sound room. Talked a lot about the acoustical treatments I utilize and lots of whyfore and how to.
Then I had to display my new mono stack in the garage. My Mono Stack!!
Anyway, we had a great little short visit and I got to meet his beautiful wife. She has only been in Costa Rica her whole life and except for a few short trips with him to neighboring countries, she has never seen ANYTHING outside her village.
She was most amazed that everywhere you look, you can buy a car. Cars for sale everywhere!
Apparently cars are hard to come by in coastal Costa Rica?
I wished them the best and they were on their way in a bit over an hour. Short visit!!
But, he has an ailing parent and that is the reason he came back home. That part won't go well.
He is most likely here for a funeral.
:(
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There is a cricket somewhere in the kitchen
One time when I was a kid, a cricket was in the duct work. The chirping was echoing from every air vent in the house, making it really difficult to locate. My dad went around pulling off all the vent covers and finally found it using a flashlight and mirror, but it was too far into the duct for him to reach so we just had to suffer through it. :lol1:
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I have a memory like an elephant and one of the things that I have with my memories is the interactions with girls I had a crush/was attracted to... out of all of them except for one, they were never touchy with me. I tried seeing one time in a different position if she was that way with other people... it wasn't looking the same way I remember the touch with other people though. Though the reason I question the touchy moments she does is that I have a tendency to not forget even the smallest detail. A few times when she wasn't touchy, was when there were certain guys/individuals around. After she broke off a connection with that one guy, she started being touchy with me again...
It's nice and all.... but I'm at the point where I need to mentally rebuild my life, especially with the traumatic stuff I went through with relating to people. I started taking my faith seriously when I couldn't handle certain things by myself anymore... and so far, a lot of that is helping me as well as my therapy sessions with Pat. Pat has a way of relating to me and getting straight to the point when I am dealing with trauma-related situations... one being a stalker, the others being a paternal grandmother who was a proteinous zealot, and a maternal grandfather who whacked me with a stick too many times.
So far I'm making progress, but I got a lot more stages to go through.
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Saw a Jag parked right in the middle of two parking spaces outside a supermarket, the white line emerging dead centre. I guess he really needed to do some shopping. :lol1:
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Saw a Jag parked right in the middle of two parking spaces outside a supermarket, the white line emerging dead centre. I guess he really needed to do some shopping. :lol1:
I guess if you drive a jaguar, that means your entitled! Grrrrr
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It's too hot -___-
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Am I ugly? Or am I just someone viewed as "childlike"? -___-
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Saw a Jag parked right in the middle of two parking spaces outside a supermarket, the white line emerging dead centre. I guess he really needed to do some shopping. :lol1:
I get that people worry about door dings in parking lots, but whenever I see a car parked like that I wish I could also ignore the lines and park a normal distance right next to them. :lol1: There's always been other cars in the adjacent spots, but maybe one day I'll get my chance. :zoinks:
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If I understood the meaning of life, would I be okay with the answer or would I refine it to my own agenda?
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There was a new tax client today at work who started an Only Fans during the year (yes the earnings from that are assessable).
The poor Nepalese colleague who had the appointment with her had no idea about the world. She was wide-eyed through the whole thing lol.
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There was a new tax client today at work who started an Only Fans during the year (yes the earnings from that are assessable).
The poor Nepalese colleague who had the appointment with her had no idea about the world. She was wide-eyed through the whole thing lol.
Poor dear...
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There was a new tax client today at work who started an Only Fans during the year (yes the earnings from that are assessable).
The poor Nepalese colleague who had the appointment with her had no idea about the world. She was wide-eyed through the whole thing lol.
Poor dear...
Who, the Nepalese tax consultant or the only fans client? :laugh:
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I don't know why the skin clinic didn't just give me these Cutifilm dressings with clear flexifilm over the top to begin with. They're way better. Way more waterproof. Unlike the textile ones they gave me originally with the instructions to "not get them wet". That's why the incision looks like shit now.
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In all honesty, how can someone be so wise yet so foolish spiritually?
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Saw a Jag parked right in the middle of two parking spaces outside a supermarket, the white line emerging dead centre. I guess he really needed to do some shopping. :lol1:
I guess if you drive a jaguar, that means your entitled! Grrrrr
Haha, I think he was just worried someone would dent his precious Jag. I can relate. I just wouldn't leave mine anywhere near people. :P
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Saw a Jag parked right in the middle of two parking spaces outside a supermarket, the white line emerging dead centre. I guess he really needed to do some shopping. :lol1:
I get that people worry about door dings in parking lots, but whenever I see a car parked like that I wish I could also ignore the lines and park a normal distance right next to them. :lol1: There's always been other cars in the adjacent spots, but maybe one day I'll get my chance. :zoinks:
It's hilarious, though.
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Caught our sale guy - the head of sales is his official title, actually - lying to a potential partner today. Twice. Not my place to fix it there and then, but I really wanted to. And I know because he was lying about a project I was the lead on.
I don't understand how these people work. Don't they understand that they'd be found out?
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Caught our sale guy - the head of sales is his official title, actually - lying to a potential partner today. Twice. Not my place to fix it there and then, but I really wanted to. And I know because he was lying about a project I was the lead on.
I don't understand how these people work. Don't they understand that they'd be found out?
A sales guy lying say it ain't so :o
They all seem to do it some are just more brazen than others, none ever think that they will be caught or the consequences.
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It will bite me in the arse. I know what he's saying is a fairy tale, and I know damned well not to commit to anything he says... but I'm just one gate of many.
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Taking my walk and picking up trash, when I see a metal gaping jawed skull peering at me! I get closer and it is the output decoration of a diesel exhaust pipe that had broken off! :trollskull: Of course I took it home and spent a couple of hours cutting the pipe off and trying to remove the section of pipe in the skull. Got all the exterior pipe off, but, the rusted section is really solidly stuck in there. The skull is made of aluminum and soaking in a bucket of strong cleaner in water. I'm gonna let it soak for a few days then try to remove the interior pipe piece at some point. I'll use my Dremel tool and give it a bit of surface grind and polish. Might make a decent Halloween decoration! :trollskull:
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There was no line at the deli when I went to get lunch :hyke:
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Why do I have dull period pain despite being smack bang in between cycles?
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:nerdy: People never learn :grrr:
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Went shopping and all the songs they played in the store sounded like the ones that play when they roll the credits in a movies
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In the category of small pleasures making me smile. Last night as I was preparing for bed and adjusting the BR curtain....I kept seeing flashes, and I look out the window, there to the northwest was Lightning flashes every 3-5 seconds. Revealing clouds, but, not the strato-cumulus clouds usually associated with thunderstorms. And to top it off, I could see the frequent flashes, but, not a sound.....I might have heard a faint distant rumble, but, it was hard to tell if it was a car or truck on the highway or even a jet plane flying in the distant. Any who I stood there, I stood there for about 10 minutes drinking in the sight and then toddled off to bed. The flashes continued without a sound as I drifted off to sleep. Pretty cool!😎
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::)
I'm totally covered under the law
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I OD'd on Dulcolax and the effects weren't pleasant till after lunch, but it was positively blissful to be without wind or bloat once the discomfort was over.
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Be considerate of the visually impaired... and I also mean the ones with one fake eye.
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I think there's a snake in my roof eave!! :GA:
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Go away for 6 days and the roadside garbage pickup takes me 2 grocery plastic bags to get it all. ::)
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For being smack dab in the middle of a tiny little village patch it is blissfully quiet here at the new place. No highway noise...no semi's riding the jake brake at 7:00 am, no 3:00-4:00 am convoy of frack trucks, no loud motorcycles screaming up the road...crickets, an occasional boat horn from below, a soft train whistle and a few lone barks from the two dogs a few houses away.
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I think there's a snake in my roof eave!! :GA:
Holy shit. You have nearby bushland, don't you? You may have to call the ranger who'll get a snake handler.
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Spent the afternoon and evening in a meeting with a client and their partner who is paying us. What was especially interesting was how everyone lied. The client, the intermediate who is contracting us, and us. It's like a bloody Kurosawa movie.
I kept wondering why we do this. Does everyone see what I see? Why are we even doing this?
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The forum calendar says tomorrow is Elephant Appreciation Day. :orly:
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The forum calendar says tomorrow is Elephant Appreciation Day. :orly:
Oh dear.... that's the animal right? Not the current GOP?
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The son is travelling to his uni again in a week's time. He's going to need to spend two nights in a hotel, alone, a first for him, and I am wondering if I should go with him. Or should I trust that he can take care of himself?
Not at all sure he can.
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The forum calendar says tomorrow is Elephant Appreciation Day. :orly:
Oh dear.... that's the animal right? Not the current GOP?
The animal. :thumbup:
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This was yesterday. I was stopped in traffic behind a mobile detailing service van, which was incredibly dirty. :lol1:
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I'm free all week (unless I'm told otherwise except for Tuesday)
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People driving are bigger pigs than I thought!
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This was yesterday. I was stopped in traffic behind a mobile detailing service van, which was incredibly dirty. :lol1:
Not exactly selling themselves are they?
It's a public holiday here but it appears that the business next door didn't get any time off because they arrived at 8am, same as usual.
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People driving are bigger pigs than I thought!
Oink Oink? :LOL: :o
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People driving are bigger pigs than I thought!
Oink Oink? :LOL: :o
Somehow you don't strike me as someone who throws their trash on the roadside!
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People driving are bigger pigs than I thought!
Oink Oink? :LOL: :o
Somehow you don't strike me as someone who throws their trash on the roadside!
I don't throw my trash on the roadside... ever since the stern lecture from my father last time... I learned better (of course I was 7 years old at the time)
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Kayleigh got $30 from the recycling center, it lasted all of about 10 minutes on her. She bought a game called Hive for $29. She gave me the $1 change.
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I can tolerate ultra-religious types... but for some reason, they can't tolerate me. Meh... oh well, I'm going to throw a pie on Twitter now.
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Digging thru my files in full decluttering mode I found a few treasures. A nice letter of recommendation from one of the few nice people at a "school" I was in for nursing school. And 3 letters of gratitude from former patients families of people I cared for during my nursing career. My heart is full!
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Woke up thinking my weight was going to go up... turns out, it went down and I wish for it to continue going down to my eventual goal.
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Lots of bots looking at Intensity - averaging over 40 at any one time these past few days.
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Lots of bots looking at Intensity - averaging over 40 at any one time these past few days.
I noticed that as well... :(
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It's rainbow time in the diningroom. :orly: Certain times per year, the setting sunlight hits the chandelier and creates rainbow speckles all over the walls. It only last a few minutes, but it's really nice. :heart:
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It's rainbow time in the diningroom. :orly: Certain times per year, the setting sunlight hits the chandelier and creates rainbow speckles all over the walls. It only last a few minutes, but it's really nice. :heart:
It would happen twice a year. Twice a year, the afternoon sun shines into my bedroom and Kira the cat likes to bask in it. Now the days are longer than the nights here.
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It's rainbow time in the diningroom. :orly: Certain times per year, the setting sunlight hits the chandelier and creates rainbow speckles all over the walls. It only last a few minutes, but it's really nice. :heart:
It would happen twice a year. Twice a year, the afternoon sun shines into my bedroom and Kira the cat likes to bask in it. Now the days are longer than the nights here.
I've never really noticed what months it happens, but that makes sense. :thumbup:
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Took a hike today with Carla at a historic old farmhouse site as well as having it's own mill and quarry from the 1800's. Beautiful day, except for the hazy conditions caused by the wildfires in Northern Canada above Quebec. There are more trails to check out for a later time. The trail we followed today led to the summit of a hill with a panoramic view of the surrounding hills. At the top was a graveyard with the youngest tombstone marked 1868. There were obviously a number of graves unmarked except for depressions in the ground to mark them. There was a stone bench in the front by the gate that Carla and I rested on to admire the view. 8)
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I've been scared shitless for 3 months... tomorrow is when I go and find out, it's 50/50 -____-
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I have renamed the road I pick trash up on "Auto parts road", due to the fact that I seem to find a lot of discarded auto/truck pieces on the side. Today, it was a long piece of plastic exterior molding. ::)
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It's rainbow time in the diningroom. :orly: Certain times per year, the setting sunlight hits the chandelier and creates rainbow speckles all over the walls. It only last a few minutes, but it's really nice. :heart:
It would happen twice a year. Twice a year, the afternoon sun shines into my bedroom and Kira the cat likes to bask in it. Now the days are longer than the nights here.
There are a couple of window films that do that. Bought one for a temp fix in my living room. Throws rainbows everywhere.
(https://i.imgur.com/NxTUsunm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DzhtWc2m.jpg)
I ordered a cheaper one, this one is supposed to be very nice. Going to try it next in the front room.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DFYZNGD/?coliid=I3TEUFMEOYPMFY&colid=K0OTYP8KP6DG&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1
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I've been scared shitless for 3 months... tomorrow is when I go and find out, it's 50/50 -____-
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's rainbow time in the diningroom. :orly: Certain times per year, the setting sunlight hits the chandelier and creates rainbow speckles all over the walls. It only last a few minutes, but it's really nice. :heart:
It would happen twice a year. Twice a year, the afternoon sun shines into my bedroom and Kira the cat likes to bask in it. Now the days are longer than the nights here.
There are a couple of window films that do that. Bought one for a temp fix in my living room. Throws rainbows everywhere.
The girl has a crystal hanging in one of her diningroom windows, so she has rainbow time at her house too. :lol1: I don't think we would use the window film. The diningroom doesn't even have a window, only an opening where a sliding glass door used to be. We took down the glass doors years ago to open the sunroom to the rest of the house so the airconditioning can get out there. The sunroom is three full walls of windows and has served a few purposes over the years, but it's currently a shared office and den, and the place we spend most of our daylight hours. The back yard is very shady and private and butts against a wooded area. It's so nice we don't have any window coverings at all in there. The setting sunlight just happens to peek through the trees perfectly and hits the lowest hanging crystal sometimes. I might be able to try hanging a crystal in the door opening to see if it would happen more often. :dunno:
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I'm getting tested for Multiple myeloma :(
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I'm getting tested for Multiple myeloma :(
:emosad:
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I'm getting tested for Multiple myeloma :(
Is it related to the pain you've had in your foot/leg? I hope the tests are clear.
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Garbage man's gonna have his work cut out for him in the morning with damn near every bin in the neighborhood blown over by the wind :laugh:
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my sig quote is one I made back when I was in high school. haha. I was less than half of my current age then. I wonder where the image is hosted; deviantArt possibly.
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I'm getting tested for Multiple myeloma :(
Is it related to the pain you've had in your foot/leg? I hope the tests are clear.
Me too... I'm scared
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I didn't know the road between Crescent Head and Big Hill was tarred! How long have I lived on this stretch of coast and not known that?!
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Mom wants me to occupy my thinking from the "c-scare"... okay, I'll just watch anti-walmart stuff again.
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Why did she have to wear green today? She looked cute in that color :-[
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Why did she have to wear green today? She looked cute in that color :-[
Somebody you have a crush on?
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Why did she have to wear green today? She looked cute in that color :-[
Somebody you have a crush on?
Yeah... but she's also a good friend to me
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Apparently I might have multiple abnormalities :-/
Sweetie, my life is an abnormality -__-
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People wanting to stop the fight in Ukraine and support the Israeli/Hamas conflict :M
Me trying to point out that the fight is a two-way front with the Kremlin wanting to do a three-way conflict with Ukraine and Israel/Hamas combined yet realizing that the USA is too *fracked up as it is :yawn:
Don't say I didn't warn you... because MAGA is nothing but xenophobic neo-nazis in drag, drag so bad that the Drag Queens are criticizing it.
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I miss the days when Louie barked at Skateboards... not the day that mailman pepper sprayed him
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Okay...
Why?
(https://i.imgur.com/J9qfaYom.jpg)
This is a SOLD listing.
I just picked up a ton of these trying to clean up the back yard, there's still a ton more...
Go ahead...Dare me. :zoinks:
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Man, McDonalds is really the worst place to pick up from (I work for Uber eats). Last three times I got a mcdonalds order, I go to the store and they don't have it listed at all. Not just don't have the order. They never got it. I should never accept another McDonalds order again. They are useless!
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It's going to be awhile before I find another job is it? Then again.... I'll wait until after the cancer scare is revealed before thinking of finding a different job that isn't retail.
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Good luck on both subjects!
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Good luck on both subjects!
Yep... just need to think of clever ways to pass the time besides crank calling the troll
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Lots of people where walking the boardwalk at the beach today
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
There may be a bird in our house. :lol1: I let the dog out from the sunroom and when I came back in there was a bird bouncing against the windows. I went to grab a towel to try to catch it but when I got back I couldn't find it. It wasn't anywhere near the door and I was only gone for a minute, so I'm not convinced it found its way out. :dunno:
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I had a bad day :(
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That fire just up north tho! It's gaining in size at about 1000HA per hour, and that was before this wind started! :headhurts:
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
There may be a bird in our house. :lol1: I let the dog out from the sunroom and when I came back in there was a bird bouncing against the windows. I went to grab a towel to try to catch it but when I got back I couldn't find it. It wasn't anywhere near the door and I was only gone for a minute, so I'm not convinced it found its way out. :dunno:
That would have freaked out my German grandmother. Something about having a bird get in the house was a bad sign and brings ill tidings with it.
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
There may be a bird in our house. :lol1: I let the dog out from the sunroom and when I came back in there was a bird bouncing against the windows. I went to grab a towel to try to catch it but when I got back I couldn't find it. It wasn't anywhere near the door and I was only gone for a minute, so I'm not convinced it found its way out. :dunno:
That would have freaked out my German grandmother. Something about having a bird get in the house was a bad sign and brings ill tidings with it.
I don't think I've ever heard that superstition. :orly: I looked it up and I guess in some cultures it means the opposite and it's good luck for them, or the meaning depends on the type or color of the bird. It was a carolina wren and I read wrens keep people from drowning. We haven't seen it since it happened, so I think it made it back out. :dunno:
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Canadian Graffiti:
"Your mother is a nice lady"
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I got called an idiot by someone, I stated that I was an HFA, and laughed asking "Do you have anything more original than that?"
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
There may be a bird in our house. :lol1: I let the dog out from the sunroom and when I came back in there was a bird bouncing against the windows. I went to grab a towel to try to catch it but when I got back I couldn't find it. It wasn't anywhere near the door and I was only gone for a minute, so I'm not convinced it found its way out. :dunno:
That would have freaked out my German grandmother. Something about having a bird get in the house was a bad sign and brings ill tidings with it.
I don't think I've ever heard that superstition. :orly: I looked it up and I guess in some cultures it means the opposite and it's good luck for them, or the meaning depends on the type or color of the bird. It was a carolina wren and I read wrens keep people from drowning. We haven't seen it since it happened, so I think it made it back out. :dunno:
We can hope.
My old heritage from Germany is from the forests and having birds everywhere was common. Keeping them away from your home was a problem. And people lived with livestock in the house back then, but not little birds.
Hell, I have lived here through two springs and summers now and both years I have had a nest appear inside my front porch eve. This year it was two nests.
The birds want what I have.
:yikes:
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There's a fly in my quarters... being an annoying little pest -_-
There may be a bird in our house. :lol1: I let the dog out from the sunroom and when I came back in there was a bird bouncing against the windows. I went to grab a towel to try to catch it but when I got back I couldn't find it. It wasn't anywhere near the door and I was only gone for a minute, so I'm not convinced it found its way out. :dunno:
That would have freaked out my German grandmother. Something about having a bird get in the house was a bad sign and brings ill tidings with it.
I was always told that by my mother who was of German descent. My wife is very afraid of birds so one getting in the house would be a really bad thing
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^Plus you have cats, as do we. I'm surprised that we haven't had a bird fly inside because we leave the back door open for the cats during the day when we're home.
We have very big trees out the front of our house with lots of birds in them.
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I'm too traumatized by stupid people :(
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
Not to mention the personality assessments they use to weed out their candidates
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
Not to mention the personality assessments they use to weed out their candidates
Which makes it EXTRA fun to have a personality DISORDER :GA: :GA: :GA:
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
Not to mention the personality assessments they use to weed out their candidates
Which makes it EXTRA fun to have a personality DISORDER :GA: :GA: :GA:
It's like being labeled stupid or narcissistic by a 34 year old Toddler who still doesn't understand the words "Not Interested"
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There is a raccoon in the shed workshop
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I find it relaxing to draw weird designs on the covers of notebooks.
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
Not to mention the personality assessments they use to weed out their candidates
Which makes it EXTRA fun to have a personality DISORDER :GA: :GA: :GA:
It's like being labeled stupid or narcissistic by a 34 year old Toddler who still doesn't understand the words "Not Interested"
I actually know someone with NPD. She works hard to stay on top of her traits and be accountable. Although I can't say we're especially close.
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The original quote I found...."You can and you can't--you shall and you shan't--you will and you won't--and you'll be damned if you do--and you will be damned if you don't." Lorenzo Dow, Methodist preacher, 1810-1820
My addendum to said quote...."When faced with damned if you do and damned if you don't--choose the easier damned." --me
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I need to replace the USB-C to USB-C cord to my charger for my laptop, it's not responding appropiately. Might as well do the same for my phone?
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they really do make it so hard to apply for jobs and get hired :(
Not to mention the personality assessments they use to weed out their candidates
Which makes it EXTRA fun to have a personality DISORDER :GA: :GA: :GA:
It's like being labeled stupid or narcissistic by a 34 year old Toddler who still doesn't understand the words "Not Interested"
I actually know someone with NPD. She works hard to stay on top of her traits and be accountable. Although I can't say we're especially close.
At least she's making effort
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There's like 70 new fire incidents pop up today around Tenterfield! Holy Shit! Must have had a dry lightning storm roll through.
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Is 2023 over yet? Because it fucking sucked -_______-
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Still seeing people texting on their phones and talking on their hand held devices while driving! ::) :trollskull:
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World Series is tomorrow, and two unlikely parties are participating in it.
You have the Texas Rangers (whom I have no vendetta with)
and you have the Arizona Douchebags (I mean Diamondbacks)
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World Series is tomorrow, and two unlikely parties are participating in it.
You have the Texas Rangers (whom I have no vendetta with)
and you have the Arizona Douchebags (I mean Diamondbacks)
I'll be rooting for Texas! They've been to the World series and have yet to win one. Arizona has won one.
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World Series is tomorrow, and two unlikely parties are participating in it.
You have the Texas Rangers (whom I have no vendetta with)
and you have the Arizona Douchebags (I mean Diamondbacks)
I'll be rooting for Texas! They've been to the World series and have yet to win one. Arizona has won one.
Let the fun begin!
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They removed the pay phone in front of the library. It was the last one that I knew worked that I pass by regularly.
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I seriously want to kill my neighbors dogs, chesapeake bay retrievers and they bark at all hours and at every little thing outside. I hate them! >:(
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I'm going to go out tomorrow... I think I'll walk to the Drug Store, and Thrift Shops.
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, attack ships off the shoulders of Orion.... what was the rest of it again?
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The local cops are doing target practice in their training area nearby. :litigious:
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MAGA is terrifying
change my mind
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I seriously want to kill my neighbors dogs, chesapeake bay retrievers and they bark at all hours and at every little thing outside. I hate them! >:(
I know the frustration. From 5am to 8am this morning, the dog across the road was howling. I bet they leave it alone with nothing to do.
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At least that place in Wieambilla where the seige happened has been wiped off the map by fire (silver linings). I just hope the fire doesn't go south and burn my grandmother's birth place near The Gums.
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I seriously want to kill my neighbors dogs, chesapeake bay retrievers and they bark at all hours and at every little thing outside. I hate them! >:(
I know the frustration. From 5am to 8am this morning, the dog across the road was howling. I bet they leave it alone with nothing to do.
They are not small dogs either. They rarely go for any degree of walks, just taken out to do their business. As for your howling dog, it's lonely and wants some company. We had a dog who did that in the unit next door to us when the residents went to a party and left him alone one night. One mournful howl after another, but, they eventually moved out so that problems gone. I should also add that the neighbors with the 2 barkers recently had twin babies and when one wails, so does the other especially since they are apporaching their "terrible 2's" toddler phase. Makes for interesting times trying to get some morning sleep ::)
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:o If Mel Brooks made fun of Hitler, does that give me an equal right to make fun of Trump and the whole MAGA-shit?
Survey Says: Most Definitely
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^yes
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I was likened to a senior citizen the other day. The caller was another spammer wanting me to switch to another mobile provider. Said I would soon be entitled to a senior citizen discount. :laugh:
Told him to fuck off.
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I seriously want to kill my neighbors dogs, chesapeake bay retrievers and they bark at all hours and at every little thing outside. I hate them! >:(
I know the frustration. From 5am to 8am this morning, the dog across the road was howling. I bet they leave it alone with nothing to do.
They are not small dogs either. They rarely go for any degree of walks, just taken out to do their business. As for your howling dog, it's lonely and wants some company. We had a dog who did that in the unit next door to us when the residents went to a party and left him alone one night. One mournful howl after another, but, they eventually moved out so that problems gone. I should also add that the neighbors with the 2 barkers recently had twin babies and when one wails, so does the other especially since they are apporaching their "terrible 2's" toddler phase. Makes for interesting times trying to get some morning sleep ::)
They don't leave the dog alone often, but when they do... geez. They could easily give it a meaty bone to chew or some toys to play with/wreck. But i don't think they do.
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I noticed a city truck parked outside and I went to see what was up.
They were taking samples of my ash tree, again.
I found out last year, when they advised me of the road, drainage and sidewalk work they just finished a couple of weeks ago and took my fabulous red maple tree down, that my ash tree was registered with the state forestry service and had a serial number.
Apparently there are only a few hundred left in Indiana that are not infested with ash borer bugs. All they know of are registered, serial numbered and tested every month.
They've taken down two infested ash trees from near neighbors' homes this summer. They take samples of healthy trees trying to figure why some survive in the midst of so many infested trees.
Mine is still clean. No one knows why, but taking all these samples from healthy trees, maybe they can come up with something to save the few remaining ash trees in North America.
I told them to do what ever they need to do that could help.
It is not just a few species, either. The entire ash tree genus, Fraxinus is in danger of extinction.
:bigcry:
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Apparently, I wouldn't be surprised if the worst animal took a shit on a bike path.... and by the worst kind of animal, I mean mankind -_-
to describe my frustration with people like that... imagine the rake being mankind's shit, and me as Sideshow Bob:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRq1Ksh-32g
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The abandoned nearby cemetery must have been quite the beer drinkers hang out! I like to walk in it because it's peaceful and surprisingly quiet for being near a roadway. Today, I found 2 more old beer cans outside the rock wall that encircles it. That makes about 13 or so empty cans that I have found there. Not to mention the four full ones I found. Outside the rock wall. Oh well! I picked them up and disposed of them.
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No work scheduled for tomorrow... might as well look for stuff to do otherwise. Halloween is Tuesday, so I'm going to be festive the best way I know how to be.
No annoying the zealots on Halloween won't work for me, especially if some of them are my good friends.
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My friend goes through meltdowns... she has bipolar tendencies... but she's also adhd, and a former drug addict :(
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My ubereats job is on a countdown right now. I need a new insurance policy and because I have to pay for six months up front it's $2k. I have 20 days to do it. I'm not going to make it. I don't know if they'll boot me off the platform or what. I'm definitely not going to make it. I have an interview tomorrow with KFC maybe they'll hire me. But I have no expectations. I'm so tired.
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Sooner rather than later when I have everything prepared... I'm going to use the referral to get to the Rehab place in order to take the assessment to know if I can, or cannot drive.
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The hot glue guns are with the fasteners in hardware at Lowes not with the tools or tape and glue
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Reading the headlines on Twitter and wondering what the Cubbies are planning is just icing on the cake.
What are my Cubbies planning?
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I saw a tire come off a boat trailer on the highway today and the guy didn't even stop.
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I saw a tire come off a boat trailer on the highway today and the guy didn't even stop.
Sounds like the guy who lost his Skull diesel exhaust ornament that I found. Couldn't hear or didn't care what he lost.
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I've been called a retarded stalker, creep, perv, and an idiot... but narcissist? That's just funny to me 😂 How am I a narcissist?
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The more I realize it... the more fanatical I am about Baseball (especially the Cubs)
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While doing the pre-winter sweep of our garage heard and then saw a large flock of Geese in chevron flight on their way south.
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I really need to sleep normal hours.... -___-
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I'm so fucked
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My dog sounded like she was about to have a heart attack, watching another dog in the distance.
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Walmart as a company has shady administrators... the workers I grew to appreciate are often the ones who were outsiders and kind to me when I was working there.
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Walmart as a company has shady administrators... the workers I grew to appreciate are often the ones who were outsiders and kind to me when I was working there.
Yep!
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Walmart as a company has shady administrators... the workers I grew to appreciate are often the ones who were outsiders and kind to me when I was working there.
Yep!
I hated the last few months of my job there because they kept ganging up on me... made me skip my lunch a few times because they were "short-staffed", and treated me like an idiot...
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It's Alex179's birthday. He was a cheeky bugger and he'd always double-space his sentences.
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There's another Icelandic eruption imminent :asthing:
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I want to go on an adventure... only I don't have financial flexibility to do so
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It's Alex179's birthday. He was a cheeky bugger and he'd always double-space his sentences.
If that is who I think he is, Alex is a musician. Guitar. I kept a soft spot for him for that reason.
If I have the wrong Alex, sorry.
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It's Alex179's birthday. He was a cheeky bugger and he'd always double-space his sentences.
If that is who I think he is, Alex is a musician. Guitar. I kept a soft spot for him for that reason.
If I have the wrong Alex, sorry.
Oh I'm not sure if he played guitar. But he was the only Alex on here so it could have been him.
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I wish I had an "occupation" -___- what that is.... is another story
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My laptop keyboard is full of crumbs (at least I think that's why the keys keep resisting me... dunno what else it could be). I have no idea how to clean them out. Is it just like a normal keyboard where you can pry the ekeycaps off or since it's a laptop keyboard will it break?
I should test it on a not very essential key. It's a German laptop so there's a few candidates for keys that are not too helpful being where they are
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My laptop keyboard is full of crumbs (at least I think that's why the keys keep resisting me... dunno what else it could be). I have no idea how to clean them out. Is it just like a normal keyboard where you can pry the ekeycaps off or since it's a laptop keyboard will it break?
I should test it on a not very essential key. It's a German laptop so there's a few candidates for keys that are not too helpful being where they are
There's cans of pressurized air made for that. :thumbup:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSBv5IxuWeg
I'm the worst joke ever -_-
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^Good song but you're not the worst joke ever. You've been through a lot lately and you're still keeping on. You've handled everything with a lot more grace than I would have. Give yourself a break! :)
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^Good song but you're not the worst joke ever. You've been through a lot lately and you're still keeping on. You've handled everything with a lot more grace than I would have. Give yourself a break! :)
I should continue on with my letters tomorrow... I'll get stuff started out after my appointment at the dentist.
Just annoyed at my limited funds :(
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Urgh, the dentist. Hope your appointment is without pain.
And I know what you mean about funds. I'd like more hours of work because I'm not being paid very much with what I have.
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Hoping that todays endoscopy will be my last for awhile! I'm enjoying food again with much less fear of a clog. But, it's a PIA to have such frequent appointments. I know the Doctor is doing due diligence, but, as I get older I get more grudging in giving time to do things I'd rather NOT be doing!
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Urgh, the dentist. Hope your appointment is without pain.
And I know what you mean about funds. I'd like more hours of work because I'm not being paid very much with what I have.
I added a bit of humor and flavor to my agony in case anyone wants a laugh or two:
So I got the temporary crown put in. So far, no unwanted radio frequencies from that Pirated Mexican radio station.
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I'm now one of the top ten posters on Intensity.
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Wishing I had something to do tomorrow, yet knowing me... it's highly unlikely
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I'm now one of the top ten posters on Intensity.
:hadron:
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Nobody wants to go to the cinema with me tomorrow :(
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The state pulled in the docks at the boat ramp for the winter
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Just as I am feeling like shit, The Grand Priestess of Soul had to pop up on my mp3 player with "Feelin' Good"
and for those of you who are unfamiliar with the Grand Priestess.... she went by the name Nina Simone.
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Just as I am feeling like shit, The Grand Priestess of Soul had to pop up on my mp3 player with "Feelin' Good"
and for those of you who are unfamiliar with the Grand Priestess.... she went by the name Nina Simone.
Nina Simone, I have heard of.......as the Grand Priestess, that nickname is new to me.
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Once upon a day so dreary,
as I pondered sore and weary.
(and watching tv is a bore)
Would the sun come out tomorrow,
Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.....
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Once upon a day so dreary,
as I pondered sore and weary.
(and watching tv is a bore)
Would the sun come out tomorrow,
Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.....
Edgar Allen Poe ^__^
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Once upon a day so dreary,
as I pondered sore and weary.
(and watching tv is a bore)
Would the sun come out tomorrow,
Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.....
Edgar Allen Poe ^__^
A variation of, so to speak... ;)
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My depression is one element of disaster, my anxiety is chaos, my sanity is stability?
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It was a good day today... the ASM wasn't there
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When my depression gets me down, I tend to have an Oy Vey episode
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The oil guy showed up earlier than usual
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The sweater looks/feels bigger than usual
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I got the job :o
My first job I applied to by myself!?!?!
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I got the job :o
My first job I applied to by myself!?!?!
Congratulations, Genesis! :2thumbsup:
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I got the job :o
My first job I applied to by myself!?!?!
Congratulations, Genesis! :2thumbsup:
Thank you ^__^
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I got the job :o
My first job I applied to by myself!?!?!
Bloody hell, that's awesome! :2thumbsup: When do you start?
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HOLY SHIT!!!
I got the job :o
My first job I applied to by myself!?!?!
Bloody hell, that's awesome! :2thumbsup: When do you start?
I go for training on the 22nd of December
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Walmart upper managers are worthless and useless. ::)
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$1500 shipping for a $100 part from the American Mopar store! WOW!! :GA: :laugh:
Option B: I'll look for a rear-ended wreck somewhere. I need a new stone shield under my car behind the bumper.
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Walmart upper managers are worthless and useless. ::)
They're high school dropouts what can you expect from them? -_-
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$1500 shipping for a $100 part from the American Mopar store! WOW!! :GA: :laugh:
Option B: I'll look for a rear-ended wreck somewhere. I need a new stone shield under my car behind the bumper.
Speaking of your car, every fortnight when i drive to Armadale I see a car just like it parked on the verge. Except it's white. :zoinks:
Shipping like that is just ridiculous.
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Walmart upper managers are worthless and useless. ::)
They're high school dropouts what can you expect from them? -_-
The pharmacy division refers to them as "Glorified Cashiers." :LOL:
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Walmart upper managers are worthless and useless. ::)
They're high school dropouts what can you expect from them? -_-
The pharmacy division refers to them as "Glorified Cashiers." :LOL:
High School Dropouts is more deadly than "Glorified Cashiers" :GA:
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The more I think about it... the more I hated SAIL with a passion.
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I've had my hearing aids in for about a month, now. I really wish this new tech had been available to me a few years ago, when my foolish abuse from years in sound reinforcement in the music industry began to incrementally creep into my life as a "late life" difficulty which I did not recognize at first.
These tiny things work better than I imagined they possibly could have.
I CAN HEAR AGAIN!!
Wow, that made an echo!
:headbang2:
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I got the e-mail back from the HR lady... she knows my mother was trying to contact her.
Now I just sit and wait :-/
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My wrist rest wobbles, ever so slightly.
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I am capable of working as a caregiver for a memory care unit.
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I am capable of working as a caregiver for a memory care unit.
Will that be your new job?
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I am capable of working as a caregiver for a memory care unit.
Will that be your new job?
Yeah... night shift
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I don't know what nightshift is like, having only worked afternoon shift 3 - 11pm.
I hope you like the job.
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I don't know what nightshift is like, having only worked afternoon shift 3 - 11pm.
I hope you like the job.
It's like my previous case... but more work
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Thinking about the US today.
First of all, I do like the basic concept - checks and balances, no religion intermixed with the state, the three legs of the constitution. As a thought experiment, it's fine. But as an actual system, I think it's failing.
For one thing, and I'm not an expert by any means, if every official is supposedly elected for a finite term, then why are the SC justices for life? Why aren't they officials? Does the 14th apply to them? If not, then how can you remove them? The meritocracy argument doesn't hold water; people get old, people change, people are bought.
Politics.
Which is how they are "elected".
The way I always read the constitution and its amendments is that it's all supposed to be amended further. The society evolves, the laws evolve, that sort of thing. It wasn't supposed to be static. But so many people now use it as a religion, which is just wrong on so many levels. And the prime example of the religious aspect of it is the farce playing out now, with the orange moron clearly violating any number of laws, principles, all of it, with his many sycophants agreeing to everything he says because of... I don't know what.
Surely I won't need to discuss the electoral college? It was a joke then, it is a much larger one now. If you believe in democracy, you should run away screaming.
If this wasn't about the most powerful nation on this planet I'd just grab the popcorn and enjoy the show. The problem is that it affects the rest of us, too.
Not saying we are perfect. We are not. But we don't hold that kind of power.
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Thinking about the US today.
First of all, I do like the basic concept - checks and balances, no religion intermixed with the state, the three legs of the constitution. As a thought experiment, it's fine. But as an actual system, I think it's failing.
For one thing, and I'm not an expert by any means, if every official is supposedly elected for a finite term, then why are the SC justices for life? Why aren't they officials? Does the 14th apply to them? If not, then how can you remove them? The meritocracy argument doesn't hold water; people get old, people change, people are bought.
Politics.
Which is how they are "elected".
The way I always read the constitution and its amendments is that it's all supposed to be amended further. The society evolves, the laws evolve, that sort of thing. It wasn't supposed to be static. But so many people now use it as a religion, which is just wrong on so many levels. And the prime example of the religious aspect of it is the farce playing out now, with the orange moron clearly violating any number of laws, principles, all of it, with his many sycophants agreeing to everything he says because of... I don't know what.
Surely I won't need to discuss the electoral college? It was a joke then, it is a much larger one now. If you believe in democracy, you should run away screaming.
If this wasn't about the most powerful nation on this planet I'd just grab the popcorn and enjoy the show. The problem is that it affects the rest of us, too.
Not saying we are perfect. We are not. But we don't hold that kind of power.
Couldn't agree with you more!
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If I was going to do a meta-fiction story about my time in the pandemic, I need to start back from day 1.
A meta-sci-fi involving Covid 19? Challenge accepted ^_^
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There was 'holy shit' traffic around Costco today
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There was 'holy shit' traffic around Costco today
No Costco here, but, all the stores were crammed, parking lots full as well. took me 3 hours to do what I normally do in 1-2 hours.
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I got what I needed today, and now I'm broke again... oh shit my Paramount+ bill is due soon -___-
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There was 'holy shit' traffic around Costco today
No Costco here, but, all the stores were crammed, parking lots full as well. took me 3 hours to do what I normally do in 1-2 hours.
I need to go to the shops before the 28th. I might manage it the day beforehand.
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The Muffin Man was a serial killer?
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There was 'holy shit' traffic around Costco today
We recently got a Costco about half an hour from where we live. I haven't been to it because a membership costing $60 is required beforehand. I would also likely spend way too much money there.
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Costco in my general area gave better pay and benefits than Walmart did.
Seeing that they're eerie similar, I refuse to work in a contraption that's close to the nightmare I went through with Walmart as a Janitor.
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I always figured Costco and Sams were probably good for families who have the storage space to buy in bulk. I've never been to a Costco but years ago I went to a Sams club store with a family member, and didn't see a single thing I wanted. Buying bulk quantities of name brand items still isn't as frugal as buying generic labels. :dunno:
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My cousins in Kansas would of benefited from Costco/Sams Club... only the membership stuff is too "eh" for them.
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My son works for Costco, now. A few months at Walmart was all he could take.
They just opened an easy to get in and out of Costco nearby, I've been considering a membership.
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The Muffin Man was a serial killer?
Possibly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQb_T9_nwA
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We had a Costco membership years ago I liked it but it tends to be a madhouse around the holidays. Have BJ's now and do big shopping there about every other week, it's not nearly as crowded
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When I went to Aldi yesterday, it wasn't even busy. I got to the checkout with only one person ahead of me. It was a different story when I went past there today (Christmas Eve), the carpark was pretty full.
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Twas the day before christmas and all thru the stores,
the customers came in like a cloud full of spores........ ::)
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Gave my birds a new treat to try, and so far they haven't budged yet... it's still early, no worries.
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Gave my birds a new treat to try, and so far they haven't budged yet... it's still early, no worries.
Aren't they budgies?
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Carla and I took a walk after the xmas gifts were dealt with and cleaned up. On our walk, we went past a house with a "forget cats and dogs, spay and neuter liberals" alongside a "trump 2024" sign. Couldn't help but, observe at least 5 empty cans of Bud light beer scattered around it. hhhhhhmmmmmm :apondering: must be a DWI offering to the wanna be maga-god himself! :orly: :lol1:
And I know who lives in said house! ::) :laugh:
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Saw a cosplay car while I was out today
(https://i.postimg.cc/mrC6dLRQ/KIMG3436.jpg)
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Saw a cosplay car while I was out today
(https://i.postimg.cc/mrC6dLRQ/KIMG3436.jpg)
Whoa :o
Gave my birds a new treat to try, and so far they haven't budged yet... it's still early, no worries.
Aren't they budgies?
Yeah, they're budgies...
oldest is 8 years old, youngest is around 1
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Gave my birds a new treat to try, and so far they haven't budged yet... it's still early, no worries.
Aren't they budgies?
Yeah, they're budgies...
oldest is 8 years old, youngest is around 1
My mum used to have a budgie named Cecil. He would say things like "What are you doing?" "Go the Bombers!" and imitate the sound of the oven door opening spot on. He also used to imitate other birds outside.
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Gave my birds a new treat to try, and so far they haven't budged yet... it's still early, no worries.
Aren't they budgies?
Yeah, they're budgies...
oldest is 8 years old, youngest is around 1
My mum used to have a budgie named Cecil. He would say things like "What are you doing?" "Go the Bombers!" and imitate the sound of the oven door opening spot on. He also used to imitate other birds outside.
My first budgie Jack had a weird attraction to the color Yellow. The budgies I have now usually do their own thing sometimes singing, or even screaming like they're debating.
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Wondering if the annoyances I observe in some new hires are similar to what I probably carry around.
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Wondering if the annoyances I observe in some new hires are similar to what I probably carry around.
I've wondered that about myself when new hires join my team at walmart. I am trying to stay open minded...it's hard.
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I'm trying to revamp my routines for work, so far it seems easy, when in actuality it isn't :(
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I'm trying to revamp my routines for work, so far it seems easy, when in actuality it isn't :(
I've done enough night shifts to know that it ISN'T easy. All you can do is do what it takes to get thru the shifts until your body makes the adjustments!
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Every guy called Garry that I know of is dodgy.
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Every guy called Garry that I know of is dodgy.
I once worked with a guy named Gary many years ago and he was the most intense person I've ever met. His nickname was Mr. Full-On.
As a sign of how hot it is, it's just past 10pm and the really loud sort of cicadas are still making a noise!
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Haven't dealt with a resident who was self-aware before... though the guy did have a funny wit about him.
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My face hurts during my walk.....why do I live where my face hurts! :P
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I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and discouraged... that's all that happens in this job isn't it? *sighs*
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Every guy called Garry that I know of is dodgy.
I once worked with a guy named Gary many years ago and he was the most intense person I've ever met. His nickname was Mr. Full-On.
:eyebrows:
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I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and discouraged... that's all that happens in this job isn't it? *sighs*
Every job has crap, but sometimes it's good enough to just have some different crap. :thumbup:
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I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and discouraged... that's all that happens in this job isn't it? *sighs*
Every job has crap, but sometimes it's good enough to just have some different crap. :thumbup:
thanks
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Wondering if the annoyances I observe in some new hires are similar to what I probably carry around.
I've wondered that about myself when new hires join my team at walmart. I am trying to stay open minded...it's hard.
It's really hard. There's this one guy who seems to constantly trigger me, but at the same time I suspect I'm in Grumpy Old Man mode and it's something unrelated to him personally.
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Wondering if the annoyances I observe in some new hires are similar to what I probably carry around.
I've wondered that about myself when new hires join my team at walmart. I am trying to stay open minded...it's hard.
It's really hard. There's this one guy who seems to constantly trigger me, but at the same time I suspect I'm in Grumpy Old Man mode and it's something unrelated to him personally.
Well, I admit that I am a grumpy old man. But, I try to remain as detached as possible to keep from being triggered myself, I am getting better at that....detachment from people who love to trigger a response from me.
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I have become convinced the walmart upper managers and even higher don't need colonoscopies.....their heads are so far up their asses they can do their own exams. Aka, self care!
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Yep... I'm a night owl -____-
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I love fitting whole queen doonas into my new washing machine :green:
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I guess the positives of Night Shift is avoiding the stupid people.
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I guess the positives of Night Shift is avoiding the stupid people.
QFT! I worked night shift long ago at a state uni, I was working at the agricultural school on campus and that was near their horse corral. After I had my lunch break, I walked outside to get some fresh air on a balmy spring morning, I walked out to the horse corral as they were out there playing and running around. Then they saw me and they all came up to the fence as if to say "hello". I felt welcomed and at peace as they sniffed me and looked at me with those big eyes. It felt magical! Just me and the horse herd. 8)
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Dammit! Name not available. Now I'll never get to be called Clarice Starling in Second Life :thumbdn:
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Back to work around 11pm tonight
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My sat nav that I always bring with me on trips - I've been renting a car this week - has decided to reboot whenever it bloody well feels like it.
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Wisdom has been chasing me, but, I've always been faster. Now that age has slowed me down, wisdom has caught up to me! :P
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I don't think I'm capable of this job :(
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My dad and stepma are visiting and my stepma said she saw a ghost in my kitchen last night :GA:
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I'm happy that I am not doing the night shift anymore
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Lots of tree work getting done around town
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I'm happy that I am not doing the night shift anymore
Doing the night shift can make one feel like a zombie! :zombiefuck:
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I'm happy that I am not doing the night shift anymore
Doing the night shift can make one feel like a zombie! :zombiefuck:
In all honesty, I couldn't cope with being a NOC
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My volcano erupted again!! :GA:
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My volcano erupted again!! :GA:
Is that the one in Iceland?
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it's very cold outside, and my computer thinks it's 24 Degrees Fahrenheit when really it's -9
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Too many people dying :(
My father included, as well as many others
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Too many people dying :(
My father included, as well as many others
:hug:
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The forum calendar says today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. :orly:
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My volcano erupted again!! :GA:
Is that the one in Iceland?
YES!
A little south of the previous one, but a second fissure opened like 200m away from houses. 2 or 3 buildings burnt down before the lava cooled and slowed.
This is wild. What if there's another eruption in a month again?
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My volcano erupted again!! :GA:
Is that the one in Iceland?
YES!
A little south of the previous one, but a second fissure opened like 200m away from houses. 2 or 3 buildings burnt down before the lava cooled and slowed.
This is wild. What if there's another eruption in a month again?
As a volcano geek, and someone who has spent a lifetime wanting to go to Iceland, it is always a possibility. Icelanders are always prepared for that eventuality. It was predicted and though it has destroyed some homes, the villagers were prepared.
Nobody was hurt, thank the gods. The "Vulkane Islands" page on FB has regular updates on their tracking of magma movements to try to predict when it will erupt again. A little closer to your part of the globe Ambyn Volcano has erupted again, in the Vanuatu Island area (sp?).
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The forum calendar says today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. :orly:
Believe or not, Yoshi actually hunted down and killed some Squirrels his first few years :o
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The forum calendar says today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. :orly:
Believe or not, Yoshi actually hunted down and killed some Squirrels his first few years :o
I've had two cats that did that. No more outdoor cats for me I worry about them too much
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My volcano erupted again!! :GA:
Is that the one in Iceland?
YES!
A little south of the previous one, but a second fissure opened like 200m away from houses. 2 or 3 buildings burnt down before the lava cooled and slowed.
This is wild. What if there's another eruption in a month again?
They're used to it, in a way. At least brought up with it being a distinct possibility.
I'd love to go there one day. My mum went a few years ago when she would still travel. Said it was amazing. Me, I'd certainly like to see the volcanoes but the geeky me also wants to visit Bobby Fischer's grave.
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Had an absolutely nonsensical product meeting today where the powers that be wanted to figure out how to deploy our three products, including mine, as a single package.
Nothing was said about why the three needed to be a package - they are very different, with differing requirements, functions, use cases, etc - or what that particular vision might look like. Nor was it a consideration that their respective requirements in "the cloud" (they used the word as a mantra) are very likely to be a) different and b) clash. Their practical singular focus was deployment, with a suggestion of a single security clearance rather than three separate ones.
In vain, I asked what the vision - the benefit of doing this - was. I pointed out that while I can certainly see that there are some commonalities, the act of getting the three products to talk to each other will itself drive the design of each product but also any interface and system requirement, so wouldn't it be nice if we did all that first...?
Nope. We need to understand what it takes to deploy them.
So I named the effort "The Field orf Dreams". If you build it they will come. I will look for a t-shirt to wear for a coming product meeting.
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It's too goddamn cold.
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I'm a lonely bastard
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I visited a so-called secure site today. This was for a customer meeting. The advance info suggested that I needed to keep an ID on hand, and the visit was preceded by a ridiculously bureaucratic security check, including character references. Yet, it was a non-event. The customer contact was waiting at the reception and the security guy handed me a visitor's badge without a second look.
Disappointing.
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For my stories, I want to retain information that is useful for the plot and context. Sure it's weird, but I can handle the strangeness... because the creator of the strangeness is me.
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I have a blood blister on my temple. It's a very odd place to have one :apondering:
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Alina Habba is a Squirrel... wait... wrong thread?
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Obviously all my ceiling fans need lubrication. This one in my home office is squeaking!
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Obviously all my ceiling fans need lubrication. This one in my home office is squeaking!
:orly: wtf
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Careful, there.
Reading between the lines is a learned skill and often less informative than one might expect.
Fans, even dedicated ones, often do not require the same lubrication as other members might.
Just sayin' ...
:lol1:
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On the other hand, I do wonder at how the employment of ceiling fans could add to the pleasure.
:trollskull:
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Nobody is participating in ANY pleasure until the ceiling fans are working as they should. It's summer down here for god's sake. :zombiefuck:
Lubricating as in, need some small machine oil or something. Some of my fan's are spinning as slow as shit, despite being switched to the highest speed.
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3-in-1 oil is one of the best or what ever might also be recommended for sewing machines. You just need a fine, light oil for fan bearings.
Ceiling fans are the worst to get to. You might have to remove a covering of some sort to find how to best oil the squeaky parts.
If you have to remove the fan blades, make sure you mark them and replace them in the same spots. Otherwise you will have some leveling to do once the blades are back in place. You may still have some leveling to do.
Having a grin at your dilemma is built into my bones. I can't say I'm sorry, because I'm not.
:lol1:
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Saw a Citroen 2CV parked just around the corner here. It's not what you'd expect to see with all the snow we have right now. That thing can't possibly have any grip.
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So far 2 political robo-calls! Blocked! ::)
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Got a call from India with a Florida area-code.
Awkward ::)
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And yet more political robo calls! :finger:
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Yoshi discovered the dog bed in my room. Now he's taking a nap in it.
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And yet more political robo calls! :finger:
I'm assuming you don't have any regulations against these?
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The average-speed cameras on British motorways change the game somewhat but not necessarily for the better.
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And yet more political robo calls! :finger:
I'm assuming you don't have any regulations against these?
None or if there are they are unenforcable. I block each call as it happens (I don't answer if it's a number I don't know), but, they find new numbers to use. >:(
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Yeah, they are very clever that way.
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Yeah, they are very clever that way.
Yep. My blocked calls list on my cell phone is a "mile" long! ::)
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Yeah, they are very clever that way.
Yep. My blocked calls list on my cell phone is a "mile" long! ::)
My ex girlfriend's "blocked calls list" is longer (I wish I was still on it though)
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The yearly Göteborg Film Festival is on its fifth day. I'm not involved anymore, of course, but I miss it a lot this year. Last year went by without me caring but for whatever reason, this year's been much harder.
A few weeks before the festival starts I always have at least one festival- and film projection-related dream. Usually it's about me not being prepared, people interrupting me, the machines having been moved elsewhere, etc - your basic failure angst - and this time was no different. I had two or three, actually.
I drive past "my" cinema on occasion. This year I did it on purpose. Admired the neon sign. Noticed that they had cleaned it up. Read local newspaper articles on the festival. Looked at old photos. Participated more in projectionist groups on FB. Etc.
Not sure why this year is so much more difficult. :(
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The yearly Göteborg Film Festival is on its fifth day. I'm not involved anymore, of course, but I miss it a lot this year. Last year went by without me caring but for whatever reason, this year's been much harder.
A few weeks before the festival starts I always have at least one festival- and film projection-related dream. Usually it's about me not being prepared, people interrupting me, the machines having been moved elsewhere, etc - your basic failure angst - and this time was no different. I had two or three, actually.
I drive past "my" cinema on occasion. This year I did it on purpose. Admired the neon sign. Noticed that they had cleaned it up. Read local newspaper articles on the festival. Looked at old photos. Participated more in projectionist groups on FB. Etc.
Not sure why this year is so much more difficult. :(
:hug:
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I need a new Youtube obsession. The last one I had lasted three or four years, and the one before that lasted about three years. Anyway I'm over it so now I'm bored and don't know what to do when I go there. :dunno:
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Yoshi keeps trying to get my attention... could be because he smells the meat.
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I need a new Youtube obsession. The last one I had lasted three or four years, and the one before that lasted about three years. Anyway I'm over it so now I'm bored and don't know what to do when I go there. :dunno:
Two that I have been watching more of lately
Furniture restoration https://www.youtube.com/@DashnerDesignRestoration/videos
Old Radio TV repair https://www.youtube.com/@shango066/videos
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I need a new Youtube obsession. The last one I had lasted three or four years, and the one before that lasted about three years. Anyway I'm over it so now I'm bored and don't know what to do when I go there. :dunno:
Two that I have been watching more of lately
Furniture restoration https://www.youtube.com/@DashnerDesignRestoration/videos
Old Radio TV repair https://www.youtube.com/@shango066/videos
Thanks for the help. :lol1: The radio/tv stuff probably wouldn't intrest me, but I may give the furniture DIY a try. :thumbup:
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I got to see a Tesla fire this morning.
He was in front of me in traffic for a while, but bullied his way quite far ahead; aggressive driver, completely self entitled and probably late for work. I had noticed his arrogant personalized license plate which said, "HAHA OIL"
Funny, but I mainly noticed his rude driving style and kept an eye on him.
His car began to go slower and falter it seemed. He was pulling over to the curb, going more slowly than the inching along traffic he was trying to beat, when the entire undercarriage of the car ignited in small flames at first. He was only a few cars ahead at that point.
I switched lanes "immediately" (it took a while to get away from that thing) to the far outside lane.
Traffic was still just creeping along, but suddenly no one wanted to be in any of the right hand lanes (six lanes each direction area of the highway). Everyone was trying to cross into the far left side.
I wanted to simply rubberneck and start taking cell phone pics by the dozens, but I just got away from it, a foot at a time.
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It took me awhile to deliver the cleaned laundry to the residents the second time around... only reason for the delay, that the possible confusion is because one resident in particular threw me off guard three times.
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A girl at work is leaving, she has 6 days to train her replacement who is literally just the receptionist from downstairs getting re-assigned.
I know how to do at least 50% of her job (I mean I mentioned it in my resume and cover letter when I applied for my job, but you know how employers skim over those details, so they effectively don't know that I know).
I'm still deciding whether or not to put my hand up to help. Leaning towards not. Not because I want to see the replacement struggle, but because I don't want to get taken advantage of and end up a crutch when this replacement inevitably can't fly on her own in the role.
It's just an admin/client support role, but it's very broad in it's description and scope, the learning curve is steep, the clients are scum, and the boss doesn't know what day it is most days. The girl in a similar role at my old place was still coming to me asking for help every now and then, after 4 years in the job.
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^I'll bet the replacement starts coming to you for help once the girl who's leaving is gone.
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^I'll bet the replacement starts coming to you for help once the girl who's leaving is gone.
That's a guarantee. It's just a matter of what do I do when she does. Feign cluelessness?
Between now and when she takes over there's only so much the outgoing girl can show her. It all relies on the boss being present of mind enough to do his part of the work process first before the admin girl(s) can do the next steps together as a training exercise.
They're too lazy to advertise and look for someone experienced for the job. I'm not about to swoop in and save them from the consequences of their laziness.
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Mom's new computer isn't delievered until at least 4pm today... should be fine... also I need to get my paystubs from work to report to Social Security (basically reporting my wages, etc, etc.)
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Some *very* slippery roads this evening.
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Mom's new computer isn't delievered until at least 4pm today... should be fine... also I need to get my paystubs from work to report to Social Security (basically reporting my wages, etc, etc.)
You have to report physically? I report once a fortnight via an app on my phone. They haven't audited me...yet.
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Mom's new computer isn't delievered until at least 4pm today... should be fine... also I need to get my paystubs from work to report to Social Security (basically reporting my wages, etc, etc.)
You have to report physically? I report once a fortnight via an app on my phone. They haven't audited me...yet.
I report on an app on my phone... It's just needing to know the total of what I made, etc, etc.
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Another day of "I'll never know what I'm going to find on my walks." A couple of days ago it was some wood pieces of broken office furniture. Most of the wood was in good shape and enough there to do a repurposing project to use my large piece of granite tile and make a small deck/porch table. Next to it was a large plastic bin with drawers in it. Intact and in good shape. Couldn't use it myself since our two car garage doesn't have the space. But, I dragged it out of the woods and left it by the side of the road. Several hours later, it was gone. Somebody could use it! 8) Today, I noticed an orange handle sticking up and when I got to it, found it was attached to a small pick axe head. The head was a bit dinged and worn, but, still very much usable. That's a keeper for when I do any serious rock hounding in the future. 8)
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I know aliens live among us... just not sure whose an alien, or just a really dumb stalker who won't stop obsessing over me -___-
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Funeral day and time announced.
Now for the hard work; making sure as many people as possible know and invite themselves to attend (the opposite of what his hateful family want) :viking:
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I bought a loaf of raisin toast on Friday and I haven't touched it yet :-[
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^__^ *sighs*
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I'm already getting inundated with political driven texts on my phone! This is gonna be a loooooooooooooong year for political crap! ::)
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I bought a loaf of raisin toast on Friday and I haven't touched it yet :-[
Have you had hot cross buns yet?
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Yoshi keeps asking to come inside, yet anytime I try to let him... he refuses because Dolly is in the room :(
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Veni, Vedi, weari....I came I saw, I'm fucking tired.......
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My friend got mad at me... she hates it when I am harsh to myself :-/
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Good night, children...."Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."---Samuel Johnson.........in our time now, Patriotism is the last refuge of SCOUNDRELS!
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
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Went to court today... Let's just say I wasn't angry when I was there... I felt sad, especially since the situation was what happened to my father.
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
:tard:
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There was almost no traffic this morning. I arrived a half hour early and had to stop in a parking lot and wait so I would not show up before anybody would be there
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I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel when I am in the same room as the guy who killed my father. Yet somehow I needed to be there... Even if me and my sister were waiting for up to 3 hours in the courtroom. We were the spectators just as everyone else was in the room... it was weird that I couldn't have my mobile in the courtroom with me... but I understand the rules regarding stuff like that. It's legality reasons, and privacy, etc, etc.
It's just seeing the worst side of humanity in that very room made me want to cry... yet I couldn't, all I did was kept stimming.
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Yard is full of metal. Picked up half a coffee can full of nails from one spot...went out for 10 min with the metal detector and found 3 pieces of wire, a head off of a hammer and an old nickel and a bunch of other targets I didn't have time to dig.
Looks like I will be busy this spring.
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This is the most unusual Saturday in my life
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Yard is full of metal. Picked up half a coffee can full of nails from one spot...went out for 10 min with the metal detector and found 3 pieces of wire, a head off of a hammer and an old nickel and a bunch of other targets I didn't have time to dig.
Looks like I will be busy this spring.
Mine too. The first owner of the house i9n the 40s burned his garbage so I find all kinds of weird things
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I drove past a client's house to see if the sauna they purchased was in the front pool area of their home. It was - private purchase - not deductible :trollface:
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Yoshi keeps telling me stories... I wish I could understand what they were though.
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I deluded myself into thinking it's Wednesday and I put my bin out on the kerb a night too early. Oh well, it's out there now :P
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Damn it I made my "bad-guy" based on The Troll -_-
*SHIT
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Massive cockroach in the outside bin when I put it out the front. I hope it gets emptied into the rubbish truck. What more could it want?
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Temperature drop was earlier yet my computer is like +30 degrees higher than what's outside
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
You could still turn it around. Hoping you will.
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
You could still turn it around. Hoping you will.
He's slowly getting more and more delusional. But, his followers still maintain a rabid belief in him. >:(
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Apparently Christian Nationalism is a topic that High School dropouts get huffy about?
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Every time I have my office ceiling fan on high I swear I can hear unintelligible voices.
/not schizophrenic I swear!
It's just the sound of the bearings in the fan itself.
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Drowning my thoughts with my music is helping at the moment... especially when people are spewing their bullshit rhetoric at me -___-
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
You could still turn it around. Hoping you will.
We need proportional representation, not that single-winner ranked choice bullshit most activists are talking about these days, starting on the local level so that third party candidates can gain some campaigning skills and also learn some fucking maturity as candidates and possibly even representatives (two things sorely lacking in the third partiers that I've met) also to build some familiarity with folks to transition up to the state then the federal level. And think we also need to look beyond the presidential or even the parliamentary system. We're frankly too divided as a country for a single head of state/head of government to be functional. We need an executive directory, kinda like Switzerland only ours would be directly elected. A swing state like Michigan would probably be the best place to trial such an innovation. However Detroit, where I live, is decidedly Democratic. Which, don't get me wrong, better them than the republicans, but it's a little more complicated to make the arguments I need to on the local level in such a case.
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Every time I have my office ceiling fan on high I swear I can hear unintelligible voices.
/not schizophrenic I swear!
It's just the sound of the bearings in the fan itself.
I get this with the toilet fan. It sounds like a far off radio is playing unintelligible music.
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I hate this pain -____-
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I knew I journalled it here, now I remember the last time I got sick; it was after I went out with mum for my birthday dinner.
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
You could still turn it around. Hoping you will.
He's slowly getting more and more delusional. But, his followers still maintain a rabid belief in him. >:(
Legit crazy around here if they aren't singing his praises they're quoting bible verses. I don't know how it is where you are. Doesn't give me a lot or hope anymore.
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:yawn: Stupid people annoy me
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Also it appears OXMC doesn't like Mudkips
that bastard -_-
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In case anyone is wondering OXMC is simply known as:
Orange Xenophobic Man Child
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In case anyone is wondering OXMC is simply known as:
Orange Xenophobic Man Child
That about sums up the orange faced shit gibbon perfectly.
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In case anyone is wondering OXMC is simply known as:
Orange Xenophobic Man Child
That about sums up the orange faced shit gibbon perfectly.
:plus:
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No Charlotte darling, you can't cut the antibiotic tablets in half :blonde:
Damn big ass horse tablets :zombiefuck:
I got to see my chest xrays earlier. I'm not a dr but I'm starting to think Covid pneumonia now.
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I keep having weird dreams that make no sense... yet the latest one was just off.
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I wouldn't want to be in your shoes this year.
Watching the great overseas from afar. Thinking that the experiment failed.
Yeah, and all because of an egotistical narcissistic failed business con man
You could still turn it around. Hoping you will.
We need proportional representation, not that single-winner ranked choice bullshit most activists are talking about these days, starting on the local level so that third party candidates can gain some campaigning skills and also learn some fucking maturity as candidates and possibly even representatives (two things sorely lacking in the third partiers that I've met) also to build some familiarity with folks to transition up to the state then the federal level. And think we also need to look beyond the presidential or even the parliamentary system. We're frankly too divided as a country for a single head of state/head of government to be functional. We need an executive directory, kinda like Switzerland only ours would be directly elected. A swing state like Michigan would probably be the best place to trial such an innovation. However Detroit, where I live, is decidedly Democratic. Which, don't get me wrong, better them than the republicans, but it's a little more complicated to make the arguments I need to on the local level in such a case.
Proportional representation would help. Getting rid of the electoral college would help. Not treating your constitution as dogma would help. Etc. Basically, *adapting* would help.
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No Charlotte darling, you can't cut the antibiotic tablets in half :blonde:
Damn big ass horse tablets :zombiefuck:
I got to see my chest xrays earlier. I'm not a dr but I'm starting to think Covid pneumonia now.
Geez, pneumonia. Hopefully the antibiotics are the right sort and they do their thing. :hug:
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No Charlotte darling, you can't cut the antibiotic tablets in half :blonde:
Damn big ass horse tablets :zombiefuck:
I got to see my chest xrays earlier. I'm not a dr but I'm starting to think Covid pneumonia now.
Geez, pneumonia. Hopefully the antibiotics are the right sort and they do their thing. :hug:
Agreed!!
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SOL... yet then again... my pain always leads me to that.
Even if it is inflamation it's a cheeky little bastard I can tell you that (the 11 year old injury that is)
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Took a long walk..........beer cans, beer cans everywhere, and not a drop to drink! ::)
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I don't care if this doesn't offend anyone, but Trump is absolutely Putin's Bitch.
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I don't care if this doesn't offend anyone, but Trump is absolutely Putin's Bitch.
That's been obvious for some time! ;)
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I don't care if this doesn't offend anyone, but Trump is absolutely Putin's Bitch.
That's been obvious for some time! ;)
:evillaugh:
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Am I breaking the fasting rule if I'm gnawing the inside of my cheek? :apondering:
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Checked my weight today, and I dropped 3.6 lbs
Goal is to at least lose 15+ pounds by end of May.
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I was today years old when I figured out I could see my blood test results through my e-health record online :blonde:
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Why is it whenever she tries to contact me, I'm always afraid of the Troll being around the corner?
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Almost ran over a cyclist who decided pedestrian crossings are just as applicable to them.
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My new mattress is not 100% great, at least not yet. I've been having a lower back ache since I started sleeping on it. The brochure that came with it says it can take 30 days to feel comfortable sleeping on it so I'm keeping a positive outlook about it.
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It's a chilly day in the Windy City... a nice day for Baseball (Chicago Style)
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Had a 4.8 earthquake today. I thought either the cat knocked over something big or the furnace backfired
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Had a 4.8 earthquake today. I thought either the cat knocked over something big or the furnace backfired
That's a pretty good sized one. At least it was short duration by the sound of it. I felt one that felt like a car had hit the house.
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I'm going out on a walking venture today... first thing is first I am walking up to the pharmacy, then I am going to the phone store to upgrade my old phone. The glitchy situation is a bit concerning for me.
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Had a 4.8 earthquake today. I thought either the cat knocked over something big or the furnace backfired
A certain congresswoman whackadoddle is saying the Earthquake is a warning from God for America to repent! I am not making this up! :lol1:
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Cubbies actually beat the Dodgers today ^__^ nice!
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Had a 4.8 earthquake today. I thought either the cat knocked over something big or the furnace backfired
Do you normally get earthquakes where you are?
This was yesterday, but at the Salvos yesterday the bosses and other volunteers acknowledged my five years of service. They gave me a certificate in a picture frame, a $25 gift voucher and a five year badge to wear on my apron (we wear all black with a red apron). They also put on a lunch with various food and desserts. I had a delicious slice of pavlova. I didn't see their announcement coming so I was very surprised. I even had my photo taken.
I thought my five years service was in June but apparently the computer let them know it was now.
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Yoshi likes the laser pointer ^__^
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7 days since I last talked to crush boi and counting :zoinks:
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Had a 4.8 earthquake today. I thought either the cat knocked over something big or the furnace backfired
Do you normally get earthquakes where you are?
No there was a similar one in 2012 or so.
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Oh well, the storm is history. But, there was one neat spot.......at 3 am I woke up, then there was a big flash, followed immediately by a big BANG. Thundersnow!!!! The second time in my life I have seen and heard it. Pretty cool! 😎
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Got a new phone, and so far it works great for me ^__^
Just need to find different ringtones so I know who is calling :-/
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They moved a lot of stuff around in the corner store I go to
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If people get offended by my "Screw the Haters, as well as SAIL" posts... then I have no regrets, I'll just let them be offended.
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So, oj. simspon passes away today......long overdue karma has come finally! Long overdue........ :trollskull:
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So, oj. simspon passes away today......long overdue karma has come finally! Long overdue........ :trollskull:
Yes, but did he pass away peacefully?
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So, oj. simspon passes away today......long overdue karma has come finally! Long overdue........ :trollskull:
Yes, but did he pass away peacefully?
That is not known. But, I can't imagine that it was a peaceful ending. Narcissist that he was.
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I think I know why I'm afraid so much...
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So, oj. simspon passes away today......long overdue karma has come finally! Long overdue........ :trollskull:
Disagree!
OJ's passing was just nature taking its crop.
There was not nearly enough blood shed for it to have been a proper karma settlement.
Not really talking to you, so don't worry.
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I'm going to miss having these random saturdays off :(
Yet if I can prove my worth, I'll get them back?
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Today my momma and I watched a squirrel dig a hole in the yard and take a dust bath. In all the years we've lived here, I've never seen one do that before. Later, the squirrel was rolling around in the hole again, while another squirrel was creeping down the tree watching him. When the first squirrel left the hole, the second squirrel ran to the hole and rolled around in it for about two seconds, then quickly jumped out and stared intently at the first squirrel as if to say, what? I wasn't doing anything. :lol1:
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I went to Westfield Bondi once. I can barely remember much about it though. I definitely didn't know the shopping precinct extended to outside on the streets.
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So, oj. simspon passes away today......long overdue karma has come finally! Long overdue........ :trollskull:
Yes, but did he pass away peacefully?
That is not known. But, I can't imagine that it was a peaceful ending. Narcissist that he was.
Towards the end of his life, he went to jail for committing a crime of violence and threatening due to something in the sports memorabilia industry. He was selling his trophies and other awards. He was basically shunned by many people in the sports and entertainment world. He lost a civil suit brought by the families of his victims, where the court agreed he was "responsible" for his victims murders. And they were awarded a substantial amount of money. Whether he paid or not is anybody's guess. He sank into obscurity and now oblivion. Karma to a narcissist.
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Charlie Kirk needs to be punched in the face
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People who pour milk in and stir vigorously before pouring the boiling water in when making coffee are WEIRD.
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Needing to plan out my week... I got ideas of what to do ^_^ Just need to wait for the ATM card -___-
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People who pour milk in and stir vigorously before pouring the boiling water in when making coffee are WEIRD.
Never saw that before :zombiefuck:
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It's obvious that so and so is also autistic... but will they ever know? That is the question... for another day, now good night... I'm going to bed
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^^ Cubbies, though!
7-2 Did you watch?
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^^ Cubbies, though!
7-2 Did you watch?
I kept track of the game on my phone... I'm going to listen in tomorrow