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="Nymr83":zrszocmd]Pluto Strikes Back!
[url:zrszocmd]http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7880067[/url:zrszocmd][/quote:zrszocmd]
<a href="http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=4332&highlight=pluto">The Pluto thread</a> we already have is not good enough for you? *
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Nymr83
Sep 08 2006 01:28 PM
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looked and couldn't find it actually.
thank you officer.
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cooby
Sep 08 2006 02:04 PM
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I haven't felt good all day. I think I picked something up from my son. I should really stop eating his poptart crusts.
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SwitchHitter
Sep 09 2006 09:46 AM
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My third sim league, [url=http://gbl.allsimbaseball3.com/:2sku1gi9]GBL[/url:2sku1gi9], is drafting today at noon my time. My hitter, [url=http://gbl.allsimbaseball3.com/lgreports/p20.html:2sku1gi9]SS Kyle Wagner[/url:2sku1gi9] shoudl go in the first round. It's an open draft so I'll be there watching.
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 09 2006 10:03 AM
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What about your pitcher?
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TheOldMole
Sep 09 2006 10:24 AM
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My 6-year-old mini-Mole grandson has perfected Mona Lisa's mysterious smile.
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 10 2006 06:59 AM
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Song: For Good Lyrics
ELPHABA
I'm limited:
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you -
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
(spoken) For both of us
(sung) Now it's up to you:
GLINDA
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you:
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
ELPHABA
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you:
GLINDA
Because I knew you:
BOTHI have been changed for good
ELPHABA
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for
GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore
GLINDA ELPHABA
Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown
From orbit as it Off it's mooring
Passes a sun, like By a wind off the
A stream that meets Sea, like a seed
A boulder, half-way Dropped by a
Through the wood Bird in the wood
BOTH
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better?
GLINDA
And because I knew you:
ELPHABA
Because I knew you:
BOTH
Because I knew you:
I have been changed for good.
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Willets Point
Sep 12 2006 12:06 AM
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A band that played covers of songs by Brian Ferry and Prince could be called Raunchy Music.
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MFS62
Sep 12 2006 08:07 AM
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Friends of ours will be going on a Mah Jongg cruise to China.
Isn't that like carrying coals to Newcastle?
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 12 2006 11:54 AM
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I tried mullagatani for lunch today. It's not exactly knee-buckling, but it is nice.
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MFS62
Sep 12 2006 12:25 PM
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| ="ScarletKnight41"]I tried mullagatani for lunch today. It's not exactly knee-buckling, but it is nice. |
Of course it didn't dazzle you, you must have eaten the erzatz stuff.
The real stuff is spelled mullagatawni.
That "w" must make all the difference in the world.
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 12 2006 12:28 PM
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The misspelling is mine. I was going off the cuff.
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MFS62
Sep 12 2006 12:30 PM
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Oh.
Then you must have had a bad batch.
LOL!
Later
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cooby
Sep 13 2006 08:12 AM
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My nose hurts
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cooby
Sep 14 2006 06:08 AM
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The compact I bought the other day is too light
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Willets Point
Sep 14 2006 06:39 AM
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Well it is a compact. Maybe you should have bought full-size.
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cooby
Sep 14 2006 08:22 PM
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Well true. But since the sun hasn't been out in about four weeks, my tan ought to be gone soon anyway
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 16 2006 06:39 AM
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I can't find the thread in the baseball forum where we discussed this, but I wanted to show Willets that my memory of the A's 2003 clincher was correct -
[url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/24/MN214058.DTL&hw=athletics&sn=001&sc=1000]Here's the Full Story[/url]
| ]Pitchers Tim Hudson and Barry Zito strolled to the pitcher's mound and sat down, right there on the elevated patch of dirt. They joined the crowd in watching the Angels-Mariners game on the big screens high above the outfield corners.
Finally, at 10:18 p.m, the A's got their prize. Anaheim's Tim Salmon hit a home run to eliminate Seattle from the West race and send A's players prancing back onto the field. Many of them took an impromptu victory lap, soaking in applause from the crowd. |
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 16 2006 07:02 AM
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I wanna know when and why cooby ate a monkey.
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cooby
Sep 16 2006 08:29 AM
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Monkey meat = Lebanon Baloney. You should know that.
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cooby
Sep 20 2006 11:16 AM
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Isn't this an adorable baby?
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cooby
Sep 21 2006 11:27 AM
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I must be jumpy today, I just saw a guitar pick on the desk and thought it was a big bug
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 21 2006 11:41 AM
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I had to pick up MK at school because he had an upset tummy :(
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cooby
Sep 25 2006 08:31 AM
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Something's not right
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Johnny Dickshot
Sep 25 2006 01:44 PM
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You don't even know about Wild Mountain Honey.
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 25 2006 01:48 PM
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="cooby":2ztcidca]Something's not right[/quote:2ztcidca]
Cooby is reminding me of Miss Clavel.
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cooby
Sep 25 2006 02:46 PM
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I had no idea that since I was a little girl, Miss Clavel had become popular enough to merit her own posable doll
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cooby
Sep 26 2006 08:34 AM
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People keep walking by and patting me on the head today.
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MFS62
Sep 26 2006 08:42 AM
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="cooby":2gfi898b]People keep walking by and patting me on the head today.[/quote:2gfi898b]
Maybe you should take off that flea collar.
Later
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cooby
Sep 26 2006 08:43 AM
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Ooh, zinger! :)
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MFS62
Sep 26 2006 12:57 PM
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The fire alarm just went off in the office. Apparently, it was from the organization down stairs. The fire department came and checked it out. No problem found, and they let us back into the building. But while I was outside, I kept thinking of Edgy's emergency preparedness thread.
Later
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cooby
Sep 26 2006 01:02 PM
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I hope you grabbed your $50
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MFS62
Sep 26 2006 01:23 PM
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LOL!
No, I took with me what anyone would take with them when the fire alarm sounds- a diskette with my resume on it.
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Sep 26 2006 01:31 PM
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Gmail has been infuriatingly intermittent today :(
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Centerfield
Sep 26 2006 03:13 PM
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Few songs make me as sad as Danny Boy.
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MFS62
Sep 27 2006 09:24 AM
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My usual Doctor wasn't in the office today.
The one I had was actually able to take my blood on the first attempt.
When my usual doctor tries, I come out of there looking like a javelin catcher.
Later
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TheOldMole
Sep 27 2006 10:26 AM
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I gave my poetry workshop students The Bat Test today.
They have to take any poem they've already written, revise to include the words
A mother bat soars
Crazily across the moon,
Mouth full of insects.
and make it work.
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A Boy Named Seo
Sep 28 2006 03:38 AM
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I can't stop drinking sparkling water. It's so damned refreshing!
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cooby
Sep 28 2006 05:26 AM
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A mother bat soars
Crazily across the moon,
Mouth full of insects
Wow, bat haiku
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MFS62
Sep 28 2006 12:26 PM
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The space ship Buster Crabbe used as Buck Rogers was cooler then the one he used as Flash Gordon.
Later
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cooby
Sep 28 2006 12:46 PM
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I could eat some celery
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 28 2006 12:47 PM
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="cooby":2wg5yd6l]I could eat some celery[/quote:2wg5yd6l]
How weird! I was just thinking about eating celery! And I <i>never</i> think about celery!
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cooby
Sep 28 2006 12:49 PM
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I smell a poll!
How many of us are hungry for celery?
Me neither BTW, celery is not one of my usual cravings
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cooby
Sep 29 2006 12:31 PM
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School shooting epidemic again. I knew it would happen
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cooby
Oct 02 2006 10:14 AM
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It's a weird feeling digging through Legos and other little bitty toys on your son's closet floor while looking for his spare car keys.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 02 2006 06:23 PM
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It feels really good to eat again after a day of fasting.
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MFS62
Oct 03 2006 07:18 AM
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Yes it does.
Later
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cooby
Oct 03 2006 07:21 AM
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On a similar note, while getting dressed this morning, I put on a pair of slacks that I haven't worn in about a year.
I was thinking "wouldn't it be cool to find a $20 bill or something in the pocket" but what I really found was that the pants shrunk over the summer.
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cooby
Oct 05 2006 09:05 AM
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I just found a $10 gift card in my bag of goodies!
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MFS62
Oct 05 2006 05:14 PM
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My wife was calling our daughter, who has a 914 area code.
She hit 911 by mistake.
She heard someone say "911, everything ok?"
She told him she had dialed by mistake.
A few minutes ago, there was a knock on the door. It was the local police checking it out.
She then told me what she had done, and that she was too embarassed to tell me when she did it.
But, its good to know they check.
Later
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cooby
Oct 06 2006 06:37 AM
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That's a great story :)
Yick, I had a dream about Paulie Teutel last night
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MFS62
Oct 06 2006 07:57 AM
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="cooby":29zp0m6o]
Yick, I had a dream about Paulie Teutel last night[/quote:29zp0m6o]
You should stop eating that Lebanon bologna with garlic topping right before you go to bed.
Later
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cooby
Oct 06 2006 06:30 PM
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No snacks tonight. I couldn't stand another dream like that. Bleech.
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SteveJRogers
Oct 06 2006 06:59 PM
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="MFS62":2p4cmgux]My wife was calling our daughter, who has a 914 area code.
She hit 911 by mistake.
She heard someone say "911, everything ok?"
She told him she had dialed by mistake.
A few minutes ago, there was a knock on the door. It was the local police checking it out.
She then told me what she had done, and that she was too embarassed to tell me when she did it.
But, its good to know they check.
Later[/quote:2p4cmgux]
Did that in college once, since we had to dial 9 first, I'd transpose the 1 and 9 for 914, so the operator hears me punch in the rest of the number I dialed and exasperatly says "911, WHAT is your emergency?" I sheepishly say "Wrong number" the operator actually said "Go FUCK yourself!"
Gee, guess someone was having a bad day!
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cooby
Oct 08 2006 08:38 AM
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OKay, which one of you came and hit me with a truck during the night?
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 08 2006 10:06 AM
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"That came from one toe? I could harvest wheat with that thing!"
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seawolf17
Oct 12 2006 01:20 PM
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I thought about keeping my Ed Lynch avatar until I got through the Era Of Disappointing Middle Infielders. (First Rey O, now Jefferies missing the middle "e".) But that Jefferies "Future Star" card is just too classic a part of my teenage life to ignore.
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MFS62
Oct 13 2006 07:29 AM
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The rear view mirror affixed to my windshield fell off this morning.
Its Friday the 13 th.
Does that count as a broken mirror?
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 13 2006 07:38 AM
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If I were you I'd stay indoors (and away from umbrellas) for the next seven years.
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MFS62
Oct 13 2006 08:00 AM
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I'll be sure to bring my umbrella to Shea tonight. Where did you say you were sitting? I'll try to get the seat next to you.
:)
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 13 2006 08:02 AM
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I'll be in my family room in the Philadelphia suburbs.
And I guess you'll be the guy on my couch with an umbrella.
Don't expect me to feed you!
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MFS62
Oct 13 2006 08:05 AM
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Yep, I'll be easy to recognize. The umbrella will be a dead giveaway.
And I'll bring the snacks.
Later
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cooby
Oct 17 2006 01:10 PM
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I forgot to wear my cat socks today
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MFS62
Oct 17 2006 01:15 PM
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="cooby":1ew8lr7p]I forgot to wear my cat socks today[/quote:1ew8lr7p]
Why was this a "must" day to wear them?
Are they now your replacement for the lucky pants?
Later
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cooby
Oct 17 2006 01:21 PM
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No but I have a pair of socks with cats on them that match this outfit I'm wearing...
I did NOT wear my lucky pants Sunday, and look what the Steelers did! :)
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 18 2006 07:37 AM
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About five minutes ago, I realized that my son forgot to take out the garbage yesterday, so I went and took it out.
A moment ago I heard the garbage truck.
Is that good timing or what?
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cooby
Oct 18 2006 08:22 AM
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test
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cooby
Oct 18 2006 08:22 AM
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Is that person's pants down?
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MFS62
Oct 18 2006 08:23 AM
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Cooby, are those boots the latest style?
I've started to see some young girls wearing them.
Later
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cooby
Oct 18 2006 08:28 AM
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THose are supposed to be boots? Like I said, I thought she had her pants around her ankles.
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MFS62
Oct 19 2006 09:52 AM
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Not too much activity in this forum today.
I wonder why.
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 19 2006 10:52 AM
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What's "non-baseball"?
I don't understand the concept.
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Willets Point
Oct 19 2006 12:13 PM
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I used the term "sisyphusian" in an all-staff meeting today. Got a big laugh.
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Rockin' Doc
Oct 19 2006 10:16 PM
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I feel like getting drunk and stupid. Who's with me?
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Willets Point
Oct 19 2006 11:36 PM
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| ="Rockin' Doc"]I feel like getting drunk and stupid. Who's with me? |
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Valadius
Oct 19 2006 11:45 PM
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I can't sleep.
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Zvon
Oct 19 2006 11:53 PM
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="Valadius":1yu5fvil]I can't sleep.[/quote:1yu5fvil]
me niether--arranging this shit list of mine.
Lets see-
Wagner comes off--he didnt even get a chance to fuck up tonight.
Ahh--Cleon moves to the top...
mmmm. Steve goes on until he hires a proof reader.....
I think fatass Molina who, if it wasnt for asshole trolls, would top the list, looks real good at number 2 behind cleondork11.
yea--shit lists lookin good.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 20 2006 12:17 AM
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="Valadius":1m37uwgm]I can't sleep.[/quote:1m37uwgm]
Neither can I.
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MFS62
Oct 20 2006 05:45 AM
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="Willets Point":31ewszpy]I used the term "sisyphusian" in an all-staff meeting today. Got a big laugh.[/quote:31ewszpy]
As it should have.
How much of it was nervous laughter because they didn't know what it meant?
How much of it was hearty laughter, followed by a knowing nod of agreement?
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 20 2006 07:38 AM
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="ScarletKnight41":3cqm86y6]="Valadius":3cqm86y6]I can't sleep.[/quote:3cqm86y6]
Neither can I.[/quote:3cqm86y6]
I was too exhausted to have a sleepless night.
I did have several Mets-related dreams. They seemed to all involve a loophole which kept the Mets-Cardinals game going past the ninth inning, even though the Cards were ahead.
In one dream, Molina was given a La-Z-Boy recliner as a reward for that home run. He had to carry it through the stands at Shea looking for a place to put it down.
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Frayed Knot
Oct 20 2006 08:36 AM
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="Rockin' Doc":1n7dh71f]I feel like getting drunk and stupid. Who's with me?[/quote:1n7dh71f]
I'm already halfway there.
Now all I need is a few drinks.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 21 2006 09:22 PM
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[url=http://www.cheeburger.com/:w4qt0y34]Cheeburger Cheeburger[/url:w4qt0y34]
We went to one tonight - Lots of choices of toppings, lots of fun shakes and drinks - a nice, informal meal.
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SteveJRogers
Oct 21 2006 09:29 PM
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No fries, CHEEEPS!
No Coke, PEPSI!
We only got Cheesburgers, look
BELUSHI: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
ACKROYD: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
BELUSHI: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
ACKROYD: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
BELUSHI: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
ACKROYD: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
BELUSHI: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
ACKROYD: CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER, CHEESEBURGER
ROBERT KLIEN: Allright I'll have a Cheeseburger
BELUSHI: CHEESEBURGER!
ACKROYD: NO MORE CHEESEBURGERS!
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cooby
Oct 26 2006 06:46 AM
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So far this week, I have had phone calls from John Kerry, Bill Clinton, an irate woman from Chester County, and several PA congressmen.
No Ed Rendell though.
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Willets Point
Oct 26 2006 07:07 AM
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Everybody loves Cooby.
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cooby
Oct 26 2006 07:55 AM
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Well, I did hang up on every one of them...
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seawolf17
Oct 27 2006 05:29 PM
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I've gotten really lazy when it comes to changing my avatar.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 28 2006 08:32 AM
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I was just at the elementary school the other day for something, and we were discussing how the principal is STILL trying to get a buzzer system installed for the front door. He's been campaigning for that for at least five years.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 28 2006 09:36 AM
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MK is starting band this year, and he brought home his trombone yesterday. He is very excited about playing an instrument, and he's been practicing constantly :)
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 29 2006 08:50 PM
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I really like pumpkin butter.
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MFS62
Oct 30 2006 08:10 AM
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I don't like pumpkin flavored coffee.
Later
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Willets Point
Oct 30 2006 09:23 AM
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People who act incoherent or seemingly irrational tend to harm pumpkins and drink too much coffee.
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ScarletKnight41
Oct 30 2006 09:28 AM
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I'm only incoherent UNTIL I've had my coffee. Then I can form rational thoughts again.
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Johnny Dickshot
Nov 03 2006 01:24 PM
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Thank the lord they locked the "sportswriter" thread.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2006 01:54 PM
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The lord had nuthin' to do with it!
I wish I liked green tea as much as I like black tea.
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Centerfield
Nov 03 2006 01:59 PM
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I remember back when I started smoking, I used to think "by the time I get old enough to need to quit, they will probably have a cure for lung cancer."
I'm not happy with doctors these days. I think it's about time they figured out how to cure some stuff.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2006 02:00 PM
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They'd tell you to stop smoking and drink some green tea.
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 03 2006 06:52 PM
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Maybe CF should try smoking green tea.
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MFS62
Nov 04 2006 09:43 AM
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I just cut down four trees on the edge of my back lawn.
I'm fucking tired, and the worst part is that the wood won't be dry enough for me to use in my fireplace this winter.
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 05 2006 08:31 AM
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This isn't as disgusting as I thought it would be. I got a free sample of it, and it's not bad (although I doubt I'd ever pay money for it).
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cooby
Nov 05 2006 07:07 PM
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I forgot to tell you guy--I talked to a lady in Massachussets the other day that told me she hadn't turned her heat on yet
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 05 2006 07:28 PM
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Why would she bother mentioning that while ordering merchandise?
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cooby
Nov 05 2006 08:58 PM
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She was ordering fleece lined jeans. I guess she was sticking to her guns for a little while yet!
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MFS62
Nov 06 2006 08:01 AM
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The US Government should put the Saddam hanging (who here thinks the sentence will be overturned on appeal?) on world-wide pay-per-view.
It might pay for the war.
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 06 2006 01:43 PM
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Hey my friend
It seems your eyes are troubled
Care to share your time with me
Would you say you're feeling low and so
A good idea would be to get it off your mind
See you and me
Have a better time than most can dream
Have it better than the best
So we can pull on through
Whatever tears at us
Whatever holds us down
And if nothing can be done
We'll make the best of what's around
Turns out not where but who you're with
That really matters
And hurts not much when you're around
And if you hold on tight
To what you think is your thing
You may find you're missing all the rest
Well she ran up into the light surprised
Her arms are open
Her mind's eye is
Seeing things from a
Better side than most can dream
On a clearer road I feel
Oh you could say she's safe
Whatever tears at her
Whatever holds her down
And if nothing can be done
She'll make the best of what's around
Turns out not where but what you think
That really matters
We'll make the best of what's around
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MFS62
Nov 06 2006 04:02 PM
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I have been punished for being a bad boy on the CPF today.
I learned that our best friends' daughter had a baby boy.
They named him Corey.
Which one of you guys told them to do that? :)
Later
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cooby
Nov 06 2006 07:46 PM
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My son called me "Dude" this evening
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 06 2006 08:07 PM
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I get that from my kids. It's strange.
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Centerfield
Nov 08 2006 03:25 PM
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For his birthday, Ryan got a padded Mets bat and ball. He's too young to hit any type of ball that is tossed, but I noticed he likes to take the bat and swing at the ball when it's on the floor. Thinking he might be a natural golfer, I bought him a toy golf set on Saturday. He hates it. Ignores it. Yesterday I saw him pick up his bat and take a swing at the golf ball lying around on the ground. Looks like my boy prefers baseball but will have difficulty laying off the ones in the dirt.
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 08 2006 03:46 PM
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Buy him a little t-ball set. Get him used to hitting the ones that are a bit higher :)
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 08 2006 04:48 PM
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Scarlett - <i>"Get him used to hitting the ones that are a bit higher"</i>
Or at least accustomed to beating the crap out of the tee. Then he'll really be ready for tee ball when he's 5.
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 09 2006 11:35 AM
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Domino's Brooklyn Style pizza is the closest approximation to real pizza that will deliver out here in the sticks where I live.
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cooby
Nov 09 2006 11:42 AM
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What a nice, piney smelling day.
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cooby
Nov 14 2006 06:09 PM
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| ="ScarletKnight41"]Domino's Brooklyn Style pizza is the closest approximation to real pizza that will deliver out here in the sticks where I live. |
It is good
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cooby
Nov 16 2006 11:49 AM
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You know it's raining hard when you can hear it when you're in the basement
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Johnny Dickshot
Nov 19 2006 04:36 PM
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Congrats to No. 48, Jimmie Johnson, 2006 Nascar Cup champeen.
Next race: Daytona 500, February.
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Frayed Knot
Nov 19 2006 09:00 PM
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That's one long-ass season them racin' boys got to deal with.
Barely 3 months off from the official season - and I'm sure most of that is not really off.
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Johnny Dickshot
Nov 19 2006 09:10 PM
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Yeah, it's a grind. I wasn't much of a JJ fan but at least he won a few races this year -- all he had to do today was finish 12th or better and took 7th. Had calamity struck the winner would have been Kenseth who I on't believe took any checkers this year.
Woth reviewing in the highlights is a fiery crash today by Juan Pablo Montoya -- A Columbia-born F1 driver making the fulltime switch to Nascar next year.
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MFS62
Nov 23 2006 09:19 AM
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WHY..
do people have to applaud the Rockettes when they start their line kick?
Isn't that what they're getting paid to do?
You can probably get trained monkeys to do the same thing.
Or are they applauding because they haven't fallen down or kicked each other in the crotch?
Now THAT'S what I'd applaud for.
If I'm forced to watch them, (Wifey and I have gone to the Radio City Music Hall Holiday Show where they perform) I applaud the rest of their act, and don't when they start to kick.
But that's just me.
Later
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TheOldMole
Nov 26 2006 09:33 AM
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MFS -- same reason why people applaud, at a Monkees reunion concert, when they strike up the first chords of "Daydream Believer," or at a Starland Vocal Band reunion, if one can imagine such a thing, when they launch into "Afternoon Delight."
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metirish
Nov 27 2006 11:54 AM
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purveyor of pomposity has been stuck in my head for days,is this s sig line here?
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 27 2006 11:59 AM
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="metirish":3ol2cbcp]purveyor of pomposity has been stuck in my head for days,is this s sig line here?[/quote:3ol2cbcp]
It's a voice from the past who hasn't posted here in ages.
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metirish
Nov 27 2006 12:01 PM
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Ok, who would that be.....
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cooby
Nov 29 2006 12:17 PM
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I think it just thundered.
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ScarletKnight41
Nov 29 2006 06:34 PM
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This is a new low - I cut myself with a butter knife during dinner tonight.
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sharpie
Nov 30 2006 02:48 PM
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Having a lousy day at work today. Leaving soon.
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MFS62
Nov 30 2006 04:36 PM
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="ScarletKnight41":27hlhm6c]This is a new low - I cut myself with a butter knife during dinner tonight.[/quote:27hlhm6c]
A weird way to mix milkech and fleshech.
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 04 2006 05:52 PM
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Sometimes all it takes is for someone to just give a shit to begin to turn a bad day around.
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TheOldMole
Dec 04 2006 06:09 PM
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I had the best evening. My 6-year-old grandson Josh had been trying to reach me by phone all day, which was not something that had ever happened before. Should I be worried? No, a 6-year-old doesn't call to tell you his mom's been in an accident. But what was it? He even called Mrs. Mole (who's visiting her parents in Maine) on her cell phone, to get a message to me. Finally, I got the message and called back.
He wanted to play Internet pool with me.
It took a while to set it up. We couldn't play on Yahooligans, because you can't arrange to meet in a room. So I fixed him up a Yahoo ID (gotta tell his mom that I did that). talked him through signing on to Yahoo and getting to the games area, then the pool area. We played all evening. One of the best evenings of my life.
Have I ever mentioned my theory of life, the universe, and faith? God tests us by throwing the most incredible amount of shit at us for the first 50 years or so of our lives, and then to prove that He really loves us, he gives us grandchildren.
And you know what? It's all the proof you need.
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seawolf17
Dec 04 2006 06:10 PM
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Flavor Flav makes me laugh almost every single time I see him. He's the Rickey Henderson of the music world.
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Giant Squidlike Creature
Dec 05 2006 06:09 PM
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Apropos of Something:
<a href="http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=5293">Proper Ways of Making Change</a>
<a href="http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=5292">Marie Antoinette action figure</a>
<a href="http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=5291">Bomb Threats & Lockdowns at School</a>
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cooby
Dec 06 2006 03:08 PM
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That Marie Antoinette doll still makes me laugh
My son just left for work, while I was sitting on the couch cutting out coupons. I found one for something I just bought the other day at Kmart, where he works, and I said "If I bring this coupon into Kmart and complain loudly that I didn't have this with me when I bought that shower gel, do you think they would give me a dollar?"
And he said "I'll give you a dollar if you don't" and left.
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 08 2006 06:53 AM
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This is a lousy day to have a broken furnace :(
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 08 2006 06:55 AM
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Which reminds me that we have to get the broiler in our oven fixed. I discovered it was broken about a week before we went away, and then completely forgot about it.
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Willets Point
Dec 08 2006 07:14 AM
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I had a sudden craving for Pop Tarts last night. I think it's because Yancy is back and the waves of Pop Tart desire are emanating across the nation.
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Johnny Dickshot
Dec 08 2006 07:15 AM
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Suffering first case of hat-head all year, and it's a bad one.
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MFS62
Dec 08 2006 08:11 AM
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oops, wrong thread (moved)
Later
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 08 2006 09:09 AM
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The South Dakota State Quarters are out.
40 down - 10 to go.
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 08 2006 12:12 PM
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My furnace has been fixed.
I'm starting to thaw out.
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patona314
Dec 08 2006 08:38 PM
circle the wagons, the indians are coming
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Seminole Tribe buying Hard Rock Cafe for $965M
Friday, December 08, 2006
BY ADRIAN SAINZ
Associated Press
MIAMI -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida said yesterday it was buying the famed Hard Rock business, including its casinos, restau rants, hotels and huge collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia, in a groundbreaking $965 million deal with a British company.
The deal with London-based Rank Group is believed to be an American Indian tribe's first purchase of a major international corporation of its size, the Seminoles said. It includes 124 Hard Rock Cafes, four Hard Rock Hotels, two Hard Rock Casino Hotels, two Hard Rock Live! concert venues and stakes in three unbranded hotels.
http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/bas ... r?b&coll=1
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 13 2006 01:40 PM
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I still haven't been able to develop a taste for green tea, but at least it tastes better here than it does in Japan.
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cooby
Dec 13 2006 04:40 PM
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I think America needs more "TRUCKS RIGHT LANE ONLY" signs
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Centerfield
Dec 14 2006 10:32 AM
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I took Ryan in his stroller to pick up a Christmas tree. Because we are doing this so late this year, they were out of small ones and I had to pick up one that was bigger than I was planning to get. (6.5 ft, artificial) Two strangers helped me by carrying the tree into and out of the subway while I carried Ryan's stroller. It feels great when you someone goes out of their way to help you.
I always thought random guys helping you out was the type of thing that only happened to hot chicks. Who knew that there are actually some nice people out there.
Of course, I have been working out and have been looking pretty good these days if I say so myself...
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Edgy DC
Dec 14 2006 10:58 AM
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Working out, great way to accompany quitting smoking.
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cooby
Dec 14 2006 11:06 AM
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Cool, I just checked my work email from home. There wasn't any.
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seawolf17
Dec 14 2006 11:52 AM
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There's a traffic light here on campus that's backwards. I don't know if it was the wind or a really tall truck, but it's certainly odd. Thankfully, there are two lights in that direction (the other one is fine), and the light is now facing the wrong way on a one-way exit, so it won't really affect traffic.
Still a little strange, considering I noticed it yesterday evening on my way out of the office and it's still like that today.
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MFS62
Dec 15 2006 07:19 AM
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I was just thinking.
Did Jabba the Hutt ever have sex with Princess Leia before she was freed?
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 15 2006 07:20 AM
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I think you should try thinking of something else. Unless you're really into big fat alien porn.
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MFS62
Dec 15 2006 07:29 AM
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Isn't everyone?
LOL!
Later
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Rockin' Doc
Dec 15 2006 03:11 PM
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I had to break down and turn the sprinkler system back on at the house. I had turned it off for the winter, but all the flowers and shrubs were wilting from the hot, dry weather this month.
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cooby
Dec 15 2006 04:55 PM
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Booo....
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 15 2006 05:17 PM
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Tom Dreesen reminds me of Bobby Valentine.
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patona314
Dec 16 2006 04:12 AM
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dick vitale comes on the radio every monday morning while i'm driving to work.. i want to beat him senseless. for the love of god, just shut up dickey.
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MFS62
Dec 17 2006 04:00 PM
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I just got an email advertising penal enhancement.
Why?
Aren't there already enough prisons?
Later
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Rockin' Doc
Dec 18 2006 05:34 AM
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It appears that our newest member, Viagra-Cialis, has a growing problem. At least they're not ashamed to admit it.
I guess I should be thankful anytime a spammer registers, but doesn't bother to actually post.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 18 2006 11:24 AM
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December 18 and I just did my first Christmas shopping of the year. $125 for six items that fit into two plastic bags.
Yesterday we wrote and mailed Christmas cards.
I've only been engaged in Christmas activities for two days now and I'm already tired of it. Every year I try to make Christmas less commercialized within my extended family and each year I get shot down.
It's not easy being Scrooge.
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 19 2006 03:46 PM
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Our school district is annoyingly big on ethnicity projects. On Friday, my 8th grader is supposed to bring in something for their International Food Festival. This is supposed to be a favorite ethnic dish to represent our cultural background.
This well-intentioned project is driving me nuts. All of my grandparents were born in America. All of D-Dad's grandparents were born in America. Furthermore, they were all born at a time when assimilation was the goal of immigrant families. To top things off, I'm a mutt and D-Dad is a mutt and there is no one nationality that can possibly represent this kid.
So I'm sending in an apple pie. It represents America. It also represents Washington State, which is a closer part of the kid's ancestry than any country where his great-great-grandparents were born.
It'll be my fault that the kid will flunk this project. But at this point I'm beyond caring.
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 21 2006 02:44 PM
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The coffee at It's a Grind isn't as good as Starbucks, but the customer service there is wonderful. They treat you like they actually want you to be happy with their product (as opposed to Starbucks' cultivated ennui).
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Willets Point
Dec 21 2006 02:48 PM
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During lunch break this afternoon I saw a bunch of news vans lined up along the river bank of the Charles. I couldn't figure out why. One news van and maybe they're doing location shots for the weather report but there were like 8 of 'em from competing networks. It made me wonder if there was breaking news in the world of geese, because as far as I could see, nothing was happening.
I apparently got there too late for <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2006/12/police_rescue_d.html">real event</a>.
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Willets Point
Dec 21 2006 08:57 PM
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Someone with the same name as me has a video on youtube that has become an internet phenomenom. Now people are calling me and asking if I made the video. I need a PR agent quick!
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seawolf17
Dec 21 2006 09:00 PM
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You gotta link that the hell up.
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Willets Point
Dec 21 2006 09:03 PM
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The video is really, really dumb.
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cooby
Dec 21 2006 09:04 PM
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Is it that 20 second thing?
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Giant Squidlike Creature
Dec 23 2006 11:01 AM
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<a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals">No freakin' privacy (or, why Squid won't sign a contract with the NPB)!</a>
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cooby
Dec 23 2006 11:14 AM
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| ]The research team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera, videotaped the giant squid at the surface as they captured it off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo earlier this month. The squid, which measured about 24 feet long, died while it was being caught.
"We believe this is the first time anyone has successfully filmed a giant squid that was alive," said Kubodera, a researcher with Japan's National Science Museum. "Now that we know where to find them, we think we can be more successful at studying them in the future."
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Nice that they are taking its death so lightly. I hope he wasn't the only one
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ScarletKnight41
Dec 26 2006 01:09 PM
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[url=http://www.wwpinfo.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=73&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=1989&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1108&hn=wwpinfo&he=.com]10 Commandments Hike[/url]
This was an event that our local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts partook in the day after Thanksgiving. They went to four different houses of worship, learning about the 10 Commandments as well as different religions. The kids enjoyed the event, and they seemed to get a lot out of it.
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Rockin' Doc
Dec 26 2006 04:46 PM
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I just cleaned out my "junk drawer" while looking for something my father asked me to mail to him. Luckily, I was successful at finding the item he requested, but I had to go through a substantial collection of scrap notes, business cards, and other varied junk. I had a container in the corner of the drawer where I have been throwing my quarters when I emptied my pockets each night. I just sat down and counted out the quarters while listening to a CD. I had $150.25 that I had accumulated. Now I just have to decide what to do with my mad money.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 27 2006 07:03 PM
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Am I the only one who stops as a pedestrian for cars heading in the same direction that I am walking?
I swear it's like some people are looking to get hit or something!
Never mind of course when it's one of the few times I fail to notice a car from behind they whizz by me making no attempt to change course slightly or slow down. So maybe I'm also the only one it seems who does that as well!
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metsmarathon
Dec 27 2006 07:38 PM
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let me make sure i understand the setup here...
you're walking in the street, presumably one with a shoulder, which you are in, and are heading in the same direction as traffic, and cars whizz by you. but if you hear the car coming, you pause, allow it to safely pass, and then resume walking in the shoulder in the same way you were heading?
first off, whenever possible, you should be walking against traffic instead of with traffic, especially if you're listening to music (if you are - i don't know). but i don't follow that all too tightly when i run. on main roads i run against traffic, unless that traffic is coming downhill. then i run with it. minor roads, i'm right there in the middle of the road.
but whenever i'm on a road with a speed limit of 40 mph or so, and with a shoulder, i always run just over the white line, so that i'm actually in the traffic lane.
its ballsy, and not what you'd tell your kids to do, (but you're an internet stranger, so its okay! :p ), but it works. here's why - when you're in the shoulder, the idiots whizzing by know that as long as they're in their lane, they won't hit you unless they've got big ol' trailering mirrors. and most people assume their in their lane! when you SHARE their lane, all of a sudden, the driver no longer trusts that his depth perception is sufficient to avoid marring his paint with your corpse, and swings a wide berth. the trick to doing this of course, is to run against traffic, so that you can also move towards the shoulder as the car approaches - affording you an extra safety buffer.
if i'm running with traffic, i'm far more cautious in the execution of this strategy, and make sure that if i don't think i can hear when a car is coming behind me, i stay in the shoulder. but i only stop if there's a big truck passing next to me, more for his peace of mind than for mine.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 28 2006 01:34 PM
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Just a moment ago I almost collided with my imaginary girlfriend with the bladder problem as I was coming out of the men's room and she was charging for the ladies' room.
We exchanged excuse me's. It was our first actual conversation!
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ScarletKnight41
Jan 04 2007 08:55 AM
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I'm on Sudafed today (the good stuff, that you need to get from behind the pharmacy counter these days). Anything I write for the parody challenge today is guaranteed to be totally trippy.
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Johnny Dickshot
Jan 04 2007 09:09 AM
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Silent but deadly ... it's me.
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cooby
Jan 04 2007 09:15 AM
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That must have been you at the grocery store
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ScarletKnight41
Jan 09 2007 09:27 AM
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I bought some things at Target today and cannot figure out for the life of me where I put the receipt.
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seawolf17
Jan 09 2007 09:34 AM
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That's okay, because you don't need a receipt at Target. They can pull it up from your credit card.
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ScarletKnight41
Jan 09 2007 09:43 AM
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Good to know - thanks :)
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 25 2007 09:38 AM
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The pear that I just ate was absolutely perfect.
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Johnny Dickshot
Jan 25 2007 09:53 AM
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Nothing like a ripe pear.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 26 2007 02:36 PM
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Headline in today's paper:
Ford loses $1,925 for every vehicle sold
So here's my idea: I promise not to buy a Ford if they pay me $1,000.
This allows Ford to save $925, and I get $1,000 that I could put towards buying a car from Honda or Toyota or Chevrolet.
Win-win!
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seawolf17
Feb 02 2007 12:31 PM
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There's a big sign just off campus that's ostensibly encouraging folks to vote against the latest bond issue in the Three Village School District out here on LI. The problem? They spell bond "BONB."
Education's important, folks.
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cooby
Feb 02 2007 01:03 PM
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Often lately, while making our bed, I have found a quarter in it. Today I found thirty cents.
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 02 2007 01:18 PM
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Tooth Fairy. There's no other possible explanation.
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cooby
Feb 02 2007 01:23 PM
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Whatever it is, I'm all for it
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 04 2007 03:02 PM
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Making jambalaya tonight, using my favorite recipe from Paul Prudhomme's Cajun cookbook. My last can of tomato sauce, however, was bulging and hissed when I opened it. Not wanting to deal with botulism, I discarded the contents and used ketchup as a substitute.
If Paul Prudhomme was dead, he'd be turning in his grave.
I hope it turns out okay.
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Johnny Dickshot
Feb 04 2007 06:16 PM
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Electrician was here for 7.5 hours today installing a ceiling lamp and moving a switch.
He's gone and the switch he moves doesn't operate the light. It's stuck on "on"
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metirish
Feb 04 2007 06:18 PM
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Dickshot...sorry but I'm laughing my hole off......
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cooby
Feb 04 2007 06:23 PM
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Ew, 7 1/2 hours of weekend pay and it doesn't work...
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metirish
Feb 04 2007 06:36 PM
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I go to the store and get me a load of buffalo wings and the damn things are way to fucking hot.....they were made in the store and usually they are just right..not today though...
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cooby
Feb 04 2007 08:34 PM
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Why are the neighbors dogs out on a night like this? Besides the fact that they are big and ugly and noisy?
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MFS62
Feb 05 2007 07:18 AM
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The only parts of the chicken I like to eat are wings and salad.
Later
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Willets Point
Feb 05 2007 01:18 PM
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On my way to work I passed a new liquor store called Doma. When I was in
college, D.O.M.A. was an acronym for "drunk of my ass." I'm wondering if
the name is intentionally related to this acronym or not.
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Johnny Dickshot
Feb 07 2007 09:14 AM
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I just fell -- hard -- for an Amazon email come on.
On the positive side, I'll be receiving a kick-ass 18v Makita cordless drill any day now.
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ScarletKnight41
Feb 08 2007 07:23 PM
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Hockey looks so much better in HD.
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Willets Point
Feb 08 2007 09:01 PM
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Hockey looks better in Canada too.
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Rockin' Doc
Feb 09 2007 08:35 AM
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The downstairs heat at our house went out late Wednesday evening. The repair people have to order a new part for the gas furnace, likely won't be here until Monday. I'm glad we have a fireplace in the living room and a seperate furnace for upstairs. It's pretty chilly in the kitchen, den, and dining room right now. And I wouldn't use the downstairs bathroom unless it was truly an emergency. brrr.
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ScarletKnight41
Feb 15 2007 03:53 PM
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I feel like I've spent the last two hours continuously driving in the fucking snow!
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Willets Point
Feb 15 2007 05:17 PM
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="ScarletKnight41":22r3wkep]I feel like I've spent the last two hours continuously driving in the fucking snow![/quote:22r3wkep]
Better than two hours of fucking in the driving snow. Definite recipe for frostbite.
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ScarletKnight41
Feb 20 2007 07:48 PM
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D-Dad is coaching MK's Little League minor league team this year. D-Dad just came back from the draft, and happily reported that they got the Binghamton Mets in the draft :)
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DocTee
Feb 20 2007 08:48 PM
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I'm coaching my daughter's tee ball team: the Astros. (or as she term them, the Asteroids).
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MFS62
Feb 21 2007 07:16 AM
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="DocTee":3p3qyxbu]I'm coaching my daughter's tee ball team: the Astros. (or as she term them, the Asteroids).[/quote:3p3qyxbu]
Are they going to be sponsored by Preparation A?
Later
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Edgy DC
Feb 25 2007 02:21 PM
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Bathed his highness today.
What a smelly fiend.
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Kong76
Feb 25 2007 02:51 PM
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Can't hear about asteroids with thinking of National Lampoon's first Vacation
movie when the Rusty asks his cousin if he has Space Invaders or PacMan
or Asteroids and he answers, nah but my dad has 'em, can't even sit on the
toilet some days.
(paraphrasing, but one a three dozen funny lines from the movie)
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cooby
Feb 26 2007 05:17 PM
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I somehow have subscribed to Glamour magazine.
On edit: I hope it was free.
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cooby
Feb 27 2007 08:23 AM
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I just discovered I have been walking around with my fly down
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Edgy DC
Feb 27 2007 08:29 AM
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We learn a lot from Glamour.
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cooby
Feb 27 2007 08:30 AM
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Yeah, and I only skimmed through that article
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Rockin' Doc
Feb 27 2007 07:57 PM
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Things are really slow here on the Crane Pool. We need baseball. The sooner the better.
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cooby
Feb 27 2007 08:05 PM
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You're right, when my pants zipper is the only thing I can think of to talk about, it's bad.
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cooby
Feb 28 2007 06:27 PM
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Must...bite...tongue...
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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 01 2007 06:11 AM
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It's the first day of March!
<img src=http://searchviews.com/archives/lion_lamb150.jpg>
March, as you know, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
Every year I mention this saying to my kids, and every year they roll their eyes. It's become a family tradition.
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ScarletKnight41
Mar 01 2007 06:36 AM
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Every year I play for them John Belushi's skit as the SNL weatherman on the subject.
I play it again on March 31st.
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ScarletKnight41
Mar 06 2007 08:41 AM
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My kids are going to want this -
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Kong76
Mar 11 2007 03:13 PM
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That 60 Minutes countdown thing they're doing until Selection Sunday
on the Wisc/OhState game is quite annoying.
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Frayed Knot
Mar 17 2007 09:01 AM
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So the little "Step-Counter" thingie that came in my box of Frosted Flakes comes with a set of instructions which includes the disclaimer that;
'Kelloggs is not responsible for injuries sustained while using this device'
... which sets me to thinking of the process that causes them to put that in:
- some guy gets this thing with his morning breakfast and, because of it, decides to take up a walking program
- on one of his walks he gets too close to the road and gets side-swiped by a car
- he then sues the cereal giant based on the reasoning that the cereal giant giving this trinket away is what caused his injuries.
Yeah, OK.
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SteveJRogers
Mar 17 2007 06:35 PM
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Chevy Chase ladies and gentlemen!
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Rockin' Doc
Mar 20 2007 09:46 AM
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I'm home sick and had to use a sick day at work for the first time since the late 1990's. My allergies started acting up over the weekend. They got real bad yesterday afternoon. I awoke this morning and found that I didn't really feel bad, but I was unable to speak. My wife had to call my partners to let them know I wouldn't be in today since my laryngitis made it impossible to talk on the phone.
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Kid Carsey
Mar 25 2007 05:39 PM
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Sewer line on our street is broke. Municipal triple-overtime-drunks** in the street
standing around scratching themselves.
No water in, no water out ... doesn't look good, looks
like we be going to work tomorrow a little smelly.
** good work if you can get it
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Rockin' Doc
Mar 25 2007 07:11 PM
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We just had some excitement in our neighborhood. Four Rocky Mount Police cars pulled into the neighborhood with lights flashing. They parked in front of the house diagonally across from our house. A few minutes later a Canine unit pulled up and let the dog out.
One of my neighbors walked to the street corner and stood in the edge of my yard to see what was happening. A police appeared to speak with him briefly and my neighbor took off running back toward his house. After 4-5 minutes, the police cars one by one turned off their lights and left the neighborhood. I have no idea what took place. It will be interesting to see if anything is on the news tonight.
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Johnny Dickshot
Mar 25 2007 08:42 PM
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I believe that was Morgan Spurlock I saw at the gym the other night, supersizing his pecs.
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MFS62
Mar 26 2007 06:58 AM
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Somebody went on a spree last week, from Danbury to Sherman (CT) smashing car windows.
He broke mine.
I finally got it repaired.
I hope they catch whoever did it and beat them(him) senseless with whatever it was he used.
Later
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Kid Carsey
Mar 26 2007 11:23 AM
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Yikes, just loudly mocked someone on an intercom call and she was
standing outside my office and heard me.
I feel like that lady that crashes the medicine cabinets drawers into the sink.
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2007 11:54 AM
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It appears that my imaginary girlfriend (you know, the one with the bladder) got married and reduced her hours to a mere four per week. (No wonder I haven't seen her lately!)
I'll miss the way she'd shashay around the office. I read recently that movement can be an attractive feature (as the Beatles well knew) and she was a terrific example of that. She was much sexier when walking than when standing still.
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Edgy DC
Apr 05 2007 12:06 PM
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S sashays like something out of an old movie, one hand up at left shoulder, the other down at her right hip, both bent backwards at the wrist. But, I swerar, it seems she only shakes it like that when she knows I --- or someone else, I guess, but that's not easily verifiable --- am behind her.
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Farmer Ted
Apr 05 2007 02:17 PM
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There's a graffiti bandit on the loose in my town. So the borough politicians did what any logical politician would do. Instead of trying to find this punk and impose stricter fines and penalties on vandals, the borough council decided to fine owners of properties for not cleaning the mess up within 10 days.
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Edgy DC
Apr 05 2007 02:21 PM
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That's not a bad idea. They'll catch him themselves now.
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metsmarathon
Apr 05 2007 03:03 PM
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sashay is one of those words that doesn't look right when spelled correctly. eighth is another.
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cooby
Apr 05 2007 05:09 PM
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="Farmer Ted":2igmrdb8]There's a graffiti bandit on the loose in my town. So the borough politicians did what any logical politician would do. Instead of trying to find this punk and impose stricter fines and penalties on vandals, the borough council decided to fine owners of properties for not cleaning the mess up within 10 days.[/quote:2igmrdb8]
lol, I saw that article.
But you have 90 days in the winter, isn't that nice?
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Rockin' Doc
Apr 05 2007 07:17 PM
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The pool is pretty quiet on off nights.
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SteveJRogers
Apr 06 2007 02:34 PM
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I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that actually gets bothered by little kids not paying attention to services at church, synagouge or whatever place of worship their parents bring them to.
I know it's hard to get a babysitter, especially for a quick 1 hour job, but still, the least you can do is to instill into your kid that this is a place to be solem and attentive. Not a place to play with toys, speak, wander around, kick the pew in front of you and be a general annoyance to those in attendance who might not be able to tune out such distractions while they are trying to hear the Gospel or the preacher's homily!
Then again, it's probably just me
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cooby
Apr 06 2007 05:39 PM
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No, it's not just you Steve, but once you have your own kids, you won't notice other people's kids so much :)
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seawolf17
Apr 06 2007 06:16 PM
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Largely because your kids are screaming and pointing at everything in the room for no good reason.
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Johnny Dickshot
Apr 06 2007 07:00 PM
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Another problem solved by not going to church.
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Nymr83
Apr 06 2007 07:04 PM
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its not you at all Steve, if your kids can't behave leave them home.
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SteveJRogers
Apr 07 2007 09:56 AM
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Just had a dream where KC came up to me and told me to cool off whatever it is I was doing on the forum! Not even sure what it was exactly, I don't think I've been too overboard in recent weeks.
I must be hanging around here way too long! =;)
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Kid Carsey
Apr 07 2007 10:29 AM
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That was your conscience talking to you about posting Billy Joel lyrics here.
There's hope for you yet, SteveJ ...
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cooby
Apr 11 2007 06:12 PM
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Somewhere in this room, there is a snoring cat
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MFS62
Apr 12 2007 09:48 AM
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My cat rolls on his back and squeaks.
I've tried to tell him that he should be catching things that squeak, not imitating them.
But he doesn't seem to listen.
Cats are very independent.
Later
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Kid Carsey
Apr 12 2007 10:14 AM
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Anyone feel like Chinese?
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 12 2007 10:18 AM
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Sounds good. I was thinking of opening a can of gumbo and popping it into the microwave.
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Benjamin Grimm
May 01 2007 02:33 PM
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<a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5039343 target=_new>Jamie Tarabay</a> of NPR is on <i>Real Time with Bill Maher</i> and she's absolutely adorable.
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soupcan
May 03 2007 06:44 AM
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I find it to be bittersweet that the banana had to wait eons for it's natural partner, Cheerios, to be invented.
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MFS62
May 03 2007 07:19 AM
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I wonder what went through Jimi Hendrix' mind when he was the opening act for The Monkees?
Later
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Willets Point
May 03 2007 08:25 AM
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="MFS62":3oeknm95]I wonder what went through Jimi Hendrix' mind when he was the opening act for The Monkees?
[/quote:3oeknm95]
Purple haze, all in his brain.
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MFS62
May 03 2007 08:41 AM
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="Willets Point":rcrmbosm]="MFS62":rcrmbosm]I wonder what went through Jimi Hendrix' mind when he was the opening act for The Monkees?
[/quote:rcrmbosm]
Purple haze, all in his brain.[/quote:rcrmbosm]
Dang! I knew I should have phrased it "I wonder what Jimi Hendrx was thinking about....."
But the answer probably would have been the same.
LOL!
Later
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Johnny Dickshot
May 09 2007 01:33 PM
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New products spied at a trade show this week:
Diet Coke Plus Vitamins
Carbonated Yogurt in a Tube
Lime-and-salt infused beer: Miller Chill
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cooby
May 15 2007 02:34 PM
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Suddenly I have about a dozen teenaged guests. I'll bet we're having pizza for supper tonight
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MFS62
May 16 2007 09:01 AM
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I wonder why so many people like pizza?
I'm not that fond of it. Maybe its the bread/carb thing as a percentage of the total meal.
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
May 16 2007 09:23 AM
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I wonder the same thing about beer.
But I love pizza.
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Rockin' Doc
May 16 2007 10:49 AM
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I particularly love when you have beer and pizza together. A match made in gustatory heaven.
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cooby
May 17 2007 08:00 PM
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Both my daughter and my son are taking school field trips, quite separately, to the Franklin Institute tomorrow
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Kid Carsey
May 18 2007 05:08 AM
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Friday summer hours start today!!!
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Johnny Dickshot
May 23 2007 02:37 PM
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Flying to Miami with 12-month old Shot Jr. tomorrow (Ms. Shot is already there).
Advice?
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Benjamin Grimm
May 23 2007 02:41 PM
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Give him a decongestant shortly before the plane takes off. It will make his ears less likely to pop. Painful ear popping is one of the hardest things about flying for little kids. Plus, the decongestant will make him drowsy. (Added benefit!)
Does he have his own ticket or is he flying as a "lap child"?
Bring along a few favorite toys to serve as a distraction on the plane, but try to avoid things with parts that will fall down and roll under the seats. And even if he has his own ticket, don't be surprised if he spends a lot of time on your lap.
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Kid Carsey
May 23 2007 02:41 PM
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Has he ever flown?
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Johnny Dickshot
May 23 2007 03:20 PM
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He'll be a lap passenger. Praying that nobody's next to me.
Thanks for the advice -- I guess you mean like pediacare,l we have some of that. The flight is right at bedtime for him, I hope he sleeps thru it.
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Rockin' Doc
May 23 2007 08:26 PM
Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 23 2007 08:29 PM
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The Braves batters were doing a lot of of window shopping in that ninth inning against Wagner.
That's a wrap. Mets win 3-0.
Upon edit: I realized this was the wrong thread (I thought I was in IGT), but Willets was so fast that he responded before I could avi the post. So now I must let my blunder stand for all eternity.
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Willets Point
May 23 2007 08:26 PM
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="Rockin' Doc":6sr1hyaw]The Braves batters were doing a lot of of window shopping in that ninth inning against Wagner.
That's a wrap. Mets win 3-0.[/quote:6sr1hyaw]
Appropos?
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Willets Point
May 24 2007 12:32 PM
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You remember that Answer/Ask thread we had a while back that was only song lyrics? I still find myself listening to music and thinking "Oh, there's a question I could use in that thread!"
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Kid Carsey
May 24 2007 06:53 PM
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I think I'm burnt out on baseball. This happens from time to time for me and
usually only lasts a day or two ... but I'm sitting here watching Met/Braves at
8:50 thinking of what else to do.
Maybe it's the umps tonight that's given me the grumps.
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Batty31
May 24 2007 07:30 PM
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I get like that, KC. That's why I'm replying to you on this goofy thread instead of paying close attention to the game.
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Rockin' Doc
May 26 2007 06:03 PM
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Our newest member, Steve Miller, is Rock 'N the pool.
Welcome to the Crane Pool Forum.
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Nymr83
May 26 2007 07:49 PM
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the largest known pig, shot by an 11 year old who according to the article killed his first deer at age 5!
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Rockin' Doc
May 27 2007 06:28 AM
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He'll have to invite a lot of family and friends over for that barbecue.
That pig looks like it was half pig and half bear.
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A Boy Named Seo
May 27 2007 10:16 AM
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Finally someone teaching a 5-year old how to safely handle a gun.
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Rockin' Doc
May 28 2007 10:44 AM
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What an absolutely beautiful day outside. The gardenias in our yard are starting to bloom and it smells absolutely heavenly on our back deck.
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cooby
May 28 2007 11:43 AM
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Ours too, we have a sweet shrub and ooh la la!
Plus, our yard is chock full of catbirds this year, which are very similar to mockingbirds, and they are delightful.
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Batty31
May 28 2007 08:45 PM
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I planted a viola plant with black flowers a few weeks ago by the patio. I also found some black pansies this year! So I put those in a big container pot with some dark purple ones. I'm not really into flowers...but I couldn't resist these!
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cooby
May 29 2007 05:01 AM
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That sounds pretty...those black pansies are great; they make a nice accent if you have colored flowers along with them, and they are stunning on their own.
I had them one year mixed with orange pansies, to make a nice Halloweeny theme
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Batty31
May 29 2007 08:24 PM
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A Halloweeny theme? I knew I liked you for a reason, cooby. ;)
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cooby
May 29 2007 08:26 PM
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It's my husband's birthday :)
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cooby
May 31 2007 04:44 PM
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Our new next door neighbors are tearing down the garage that our old next door neighbors just finished building last year
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Kid Carsey
Jun 01 2007 03:23 PM
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If I hear the name Billy Donovan one more time ... wtfc?
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Edgy DC
Jun 01 2007 04:58 PM
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Why are you hearing Bil... that name?
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SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2007 05:25 PM
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The latest example of why college coaches are considered the scum of the earth by the general mass media.
Billy Donovan formerly of the back-to-back NCAA hoop champ Florida Gators just jumped to the NBA's Orlando Magic, not even two months after signing a long-term contract to stay with Florida and spurning the Kansas Jayhawks who were enticing him during the Final Four.
Essentially you are hearing the usual "no honor amongst theives" statements bashing the "culture of coaches" that is very prevelant in basketball and football, both levels, where coaches can do whatever the hell they want because they are viewed as being even bigger than the insitiution (or professional team) they work for.
Especially in college where a coach can jump a contract and have no penalty, while a kid has to sit out a year if they decide to transfer to a new school. So you have alot of "where is the fairness" not to mention part of the outcry is the fact that Donovan probably sold new recruits a bill of goods on the basis that he'd be there all 4 of their years at Florida. Hearseay but generally you hear this kind of statement all the time about the sales pitch, a famous one of is of Lou Saban formerlly of LSU and the Dolphins told a freshman that he would in fact be there all 4 years of his (the frosh's) time there, a few days later he was heading to the NFL and the Dolphins!
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Kid Carsey
Jun 01 2007 05:43 PM
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I just happened to be listening to more sports radio and having ESPNews
on the last two days more than usual (or is a good idea) so I reached sat-
uration point and typed that.
I didn't pick up any he's the scum of the earth, but whatever.
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SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2007 06:25 PM
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="Kid Carsey":y5cnu3d1]I just happened to be listening to more sports radio and having ESPNews
on the last two days more than usual (or is a good idea) so I reached sat-
uration point and typed that.
I didn't pick up any he's the scum of the earth, but whatever.[/quote:y5cnu3d1]
I haven't heard that yet, but then again I'm listening to mostly baseball talk orientated shows.
It also depends on the host as well, the aforementioned "scum of the earth" lines are generally from screaming liberals who either aren't fans of college sports anyway like Wally Mathews and Michael Kay, or just anti coaches and pro "student athletes" especially in light of the coaches getting multi-million dollar contracts while the athletes can't get any kind of compensation despite being the faces of the institutions.
Other than that, it is pretty much WTFC. Not sure where I stand, or why everytime a coach jumps everyone acts like the coach just murdered their families, its like a CEO of a major firm says "I'm never leaving here, you'd have to pry my cold dead hands off of my desk" then all of a sudden a better offer comes by and he decides to take it.
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SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2007 06:49 PM
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Oh yeah, I know, drink everytime I say something along the line of "Well I don't have any evidence that it happened, but I'm sure it will happen."
I have this habbit in RL as well. "Bet you there is an uproar over this" or whatever, why, I really don't know.
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Kid Carsey
Jun 01 2007 07:03 PM
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SJR: >>>Oh yeah, I know, drink everytime I say something along the line of "Well I don't have any evidence that it happened, but I'm sure it will happen."
I have this habbit in RL as well. "Bet you there is an uproar over this" or whatever, why, I really don't know.<<<
What the halibut brought that on?
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SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2007 07:21 PM
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SJR: I haven't heard that yet, but then again I'm listening to mostly baseball talk orientated shows.
In other words, no I don't know if this opinion has been said by various media members, but knowing certain media members it isn't a stretch to suggest that they are taking Donovan to task for jumping to the Magic just two months after seeming so sincere about staying at Florida.
I know, I say it things like that often. Quite often then taking the imaginary opinion makers to task for having said opinions before they've even been said yet!
See last years Glavine skipping the ASG circular argument you blasted me for making.
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Kid Carsey
Jun 01 2007 07:25 PM
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I don't recall that Steve, but I apologize if I blasted you.
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Edgy DC
Jun 01 2007 08:06 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 02 2007 08:19 PM
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Sorry I opened up this strange rabbit hole.
I grew up around the corner from Billy. He was the pudgy guy who'd hang out at the playground and practice dunking on the nine-foot rims. Seemed kind of a loser, but that loner-time paid off and he developed a heck of a shot if he was open. St. Agnes was a long Island powerhouse with a tiny gym. They'd push it up the court and if they didn't have a shot off the break they'd push it back and Billy would bury a trailing jumper. He scored enough to get himself a Providence scholarship and we thought we'd never hear from him again.
But sometime before junior year he blossomed into something else, and suddenly he was leading the team deep into the tournament. I don't know if he made Pitino or Pitino made him, but I hold it against him because Pitino's always seemed kind of jerky to me, but Pitino did give him a job for a year as the Knicks' backup point man. He was overmatched, but I was starting to get used to his way of catching up to the competition if you gave him a few years. I wondered if he might have again if he hung around the NBA long enough.
Now he's caught up to Pitino.
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Frayed Knot
Jun 02 2007 05:50 PM
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* Not surprising that ESPN media (radio, TV, magazine, whatever) has been Billy Donovan central lately. The Bristol crew lives for college hoops and are likely to treat this as the biggest news since the Lindbergh landing.
* "Anti-College coaching media" ?!?!?!??
In general the sports media LOVES college coaches and treats them as demi-gods, particularly those who work the college hoops scene. A coach could committ armed robbery in broad daylight and there are those (many of them ex-coaches themselves) who would excuse it because; "he runs a great program"
* I don't think Donovan actually signed a contract extension. I could be wrong about this but I think one was on the table but he put it off.
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Nymr83
Jun 02 2007 06:09 PM
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| ="Frayed Knot"]
A coach could committ armed robbery in broad daylight and there are those (many of them ex-coaches themselves) who would excuse it because; "he runs a great program" |
don't forget that he's under alot of stress and he obviously needs the money to bribe recruits.
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cooby
Jun 07 2007 07:46 PM
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37 people where I work collectively won $200,000 in the PA Lottery today! Sometime this summer, they will each get around $4000 or $5000!
The nice part is, the gal that takes care of this week in and week out had two winning tickets :)
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Rockin' Doc
Jun 07 2007 08:19 PM
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I take it that you weren't part of the lucky 37.
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cooby
Jun 07 2007 08:31 PM
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No, but I'm still happy for them. It was fun listening to them making plans for their windfall :)
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Batty31
Jun 07 2007 08:37 PM
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Maybe they'll spread the wealth, cooby.
My complaint of the day...other than Rockin' Doc....are all doctors just plain morons these days??
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cooby
Jun 07 2007 08:40 PM
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There is this chiropractor here in town that keeps calling to ask my husband to make an appointment. I am about to tell them that my husband is a big boy and when his back starts to hurt, he will figure it out.
I hear ya, Batty. What's your story? (or is it personal?)
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Batty31
Jun 07 2007 09:01 PM
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Is this chiropractor just cold calling for patients?
cooby, let's just say I haven't been able to find any competent doctors in over a year and a half.
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cooby
Jun 08 2007 05:55 PM
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Local paper interviewed several coworkers today. Watch for it, Farmer T!
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cooby
Jun 18 2007 09:29 PM
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I'm just a little curious as to why there are several film polls on the NBF, are they started here and moved later?
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SteveJRogers
Jun 21 2007 06:13 AM
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Is there a reason highway crash gawkers have to stop and look at the crash IN THE OPPOSITE LANE? Okay I can see slowing down in the lane that it happened in, but is there any reason not to quickly glance and go on about your way?
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Benjamin Grimm
Jun 21 2007 07:04 AM
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Nobody actually stops. They probably do just take that "quick glance" but that ends up slowing everyone down.
Here's my theory: every car has to go slightly slower than the car in front of it. (If you go faster, you would end up crashing or bumping into the car you're trailing.) So if a driver slows down just a little for that glance, then the car behind it has to slow down a little bit more, and so on, and so on.
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MFS62
Jun 26 2007 09:20 AM
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Paris Hilton's been sprung.
Later
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Nymr83
Jul 17 2007 04:43 PM
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Walmart is selling religious toys!
here is Hercule...i mean, Sampson...
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Rockin' Doc
Jul 17 2007 08:55 PM
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Wal Mart would sell souls if it thought it could make a dollar.
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DocTee
Jul 17 2007 09:07 PM
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Doc, that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time...well said!
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MFS62
Jul 25 2007 06:41 AM
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My Rose-of-Sharon flowers have been in bloom for about two weeks.
They usually don't bloom until around August 1.
Global warming? :)
Later
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Batty31
Jul 25 2007 12:48 PM
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="MFS62":1n8cp1nk]My Rose-of-Sharon flowers have been in bloom for about two weeks.
They usually don't bloom until around August 1.
Global warming? :)
Later[/quote:1n8cp1nk]
And all my black flowers died, and they should still be in bloom. Now I know who to blame. :P
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cooby
Aug 08 2007 06:09 PM
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I think next year I am going to cut my plant-buying losses and just plant cactus.
I say that every year.
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cooby
Aug 14 2007 06:23 PM
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So far in the Transform Your Summer sweepstakes, I have won $25 and 5 DVD's
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Kid Carsey
Oct 04 2007 05:41 PM
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Got two five inch diameter goose poops on the windshield earlier. I'm on one
of the local roads toolin' along with the roof window open and come around a
corner there's a V of a dozen-and-a-half Canadian geese pulling out of the
park down the road.
BLAM! Good luck to get hit by bird poop, no? Even better not to take it off the
head or on the upholstery.
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Frayed Knot
Oct 04 2007 06:27 PM
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Did you ever notice that not only are the women in weight loss commericals much smaller in the 'After' picture ... but they're usually blonder too!
Amazing stuff they're selling: Helps shrink your waist line AND lightens your hair at the same time!!
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cooby
Oct 04 2007 06:31 PM
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I am totally jealous of the woman in those ads that grocery shops in heels and a bikini. My supermarket is so uptight.
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MFS62
Oct 05 2007 06:41 AM
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This thread will be getting a lot more action now that the Mets are out of it. Our attention will be wandering away from baseball.
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 05 2007 06:43 AM
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Cookies are tasty.
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cooby
Oct 08 2007 07:27 PM
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Cookys are tasty. However:
I just love my fall coat. It's an olive green wide wale corduroy barn coat and it's about 10 years old and soft, soft, soft, with big pockets and lots of room to cuddle up in.
What I love even more is, I haven't had to wear it yet.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 09 2007 01:44 PM
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I can't find the beer thread but Miller + Coors today said they made a Love Connection.
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Nymr83
Oct 09 2007 09:56 PM
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| ] Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing the likeness of Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of rival Texas A&M.
The red and black shirts, with text that says "VICK 'EM" on the front in an apparent reference to the Aggies' slogan "Gig 'em," was created by a Tech student who was trying to sell them before Saturday's game in Lubbock.
The back of the shirt shows a football player wearing the No. 7 Vick jersey holding a rope with an image of the mascot Reveille at the end of a noose. Vick, who faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge, is suspended indefinitely by the NFL.
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[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3056172[/url]
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MFS62
Oct 13 2007 08:43 AM
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Did you know that Pierce-Arrow (manufacturer of the famous roadster) made a truck?
Yep, they only made a few, and there's one of them in the truck museum off exit 16, route 84, in Connecticut.
My wife took our 3 year old grandson there yesterday and saw it.
Later
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cooby
Oct 29 2007 06:27 PM
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We had frost today
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SteveJRogers
Oct 29 2007 07:13 PM
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Another sign that I've been here way too long, either that or I need more sleep on a regular basis.
There is a co-worker of mine who has a passing resemblance of KC. Bald, same type of face and build pretty much. Maybe a smaller frame, but anyway. I see him the other day in the parking lot outside as I'm getting out of my car one morning, and I have to stop myself from saying "Hey KASE!" instead of "Hey (his name)!"
Yeah, I think sleep might be in order...
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Edgy DC
Nov 13 2007 11:39 AM
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The funny thing is that show --- being a Marshall production --- was guilty of every shark-jumping sin there is. It (1) switched sets, (2) switched back and forth from canned laughter to live audience, (3) forced network-contracted non-stars onto the show to plug themselves, (4) used the same old guest actors in different roles, (5) didn't give a fig about continuity, using (5a) multiple backstories about how Oscar and Felix met, and (5b) multiple kid actors to play Felix's kids.
I think they even changed the age and number of his kids. And Felix's father and parrot had the same name. And what's with that parrot? He never had a parrot before, then the parrot dies, has an awesome funeral (in which the undertaker actor had appeared before in different roles), wakes up, <i>a la</i> "Finnegan's Wake," and then we never hear of it again.
And yet, the show never jumped.
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soupcan
Nov 13 2007 01:00 PM
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NEVER jumped.
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Edgy DC
Nov 13 2007 01:06 PM
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Forget to add my own post to the peeloff thread.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 15 2007 08:05 AM
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Project Runway is back, and it's gayer than ever. I mean, it's just so increedibly gay.
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Edgy DC
Nov 22 2007 01:36 PM
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My monitor exploded.
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A Boy Named Seo
Nov 22 2007 08:26 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2fwcghr8]Project Runway is back, and it's gayer than ever. I mean, it's just so increedibly gay.[/quote:2fwcghr8]
My heart breaks a little more every time Ricky the lingerie designer cries.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 02 2007 09:03 PM
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My mother watches and listens to Bill O'Reilly religiously, so it came to no surprise that she is leaving her Northeast home at around 63 degrees because that is what O'Reilly "says" he is doing to combat the raise in oil prices.
I tried to argue that no one really pays attention to a darn thing he says, but you can't reason with certain people I guess.
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Nymr83
Dec 02 2007 09:09 PM
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63 sounds more than comfortable to me, and who cares about oil prices, if it cuts YOUR OWN heating bill thats all you should care about.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 02 2007 09:21 PM
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Its more that she is an O'Reilly disciple than the principle of it and she is using it as a reason for doing it, yes I agree cutting down on your oil bill is a good thing, especially during a mild time in the season, but it is more that she pays attention to someone that probably 99% of the country takes seriously.
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Frayed Knot
Dec 02 2007 09:32 PM
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Politicians, media-types, and all sorts of folks with a soap-box have been preaching lower thermostat settings for decades now. It's hardly an idea that an O'Reilly invention or exclusive.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 02 2007 09:36 PM
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="Frayed Knot":33dtelyt]Politicians, media-types, and all sorts of folks with a soap-box have been preaching lower thermostat settings for decades now. It's hardly an idea that an O'Reilly invention or exclusive.[/quote:33dtelyt]
Oh I'm sure, I'm just picking on my mother for being such an O'Reilly/Faux News/WABC junkie to the point where she is referencing them for support in various things.
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Nymr83
Dec 02 2007 11:27 PM
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| ]I'm just picking on my mother for being such an O'Reilly/Faux News/WABC junkie |
beats the Clinton News Network.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 03 2007 10:33 AM
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="Nymr83"]| ]I'm just picking on my mother for being such an O'Reilly/Faux News/WABC junkie |
beats the Clinton News Network. |
They are all in the same scuzzy, POS boat
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MFS62
Dec 03 2007 12:27 PM
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After today's Hall of Fame announcement that Bowie got in, I believe the world is topsy turvy.
I'm predicting that Michael Bolton, Vanilla Ice, Yonni, John Tesh and Britney Spears will be elected to the Music Hall Of Fame within the next two years.
feh
Later
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Valadius
Dec 03 2007 02:08 PM
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Hugo Chavez loses his attempt to turn Venezuela into a socialist state and to allow him to run for President for life. Finally some good news from Venezuela.
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Willets Point
Dec 03 2007 02:19 PM
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="MFS62":2fmes562]After today's Hall of Fame announcement that Bowie got in, I believe the world is topsy turvy.
I'm predicting that Michael Bolton, Vanilla Ice, Yonni, John Tesh and Britney Spears will be elected to the Music Hall Of Fame within the next two years.
feh
Later[/quote:2fmes562]
David Bowie is much better than any of those "artists". And he's been in the HOF for years.
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Nymr83
Dec 03 2007 02:45 PM
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="Valadius":d33qvrn7]Hugo Chavez loses his attempt to turn Venezuela into a socialist state and to allow him to run for President for life. Finally some good news from Venezuela.[/quote:d33qvrn7]
good news. but i'm sure he'll try to find some un-democratic way to stick around longer or take on a new role and transfer the real power there.
vanilla ice in the hof? thats a scary thought.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 09 2007 07:53 PM
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Okay style editors here is one, what is the proper way to refer to a teacher at a high school? Are they professors? Or is that title just reserved for the collegiate level?
Seriously, I'm in midst of writing an article for a class and was about to give a professor title to a high school teacher, and the AP Stylebook doesn't say anything about a distinction.
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themetfairy
Dec 09 2007 08:15 PM
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I don't call anyone Professor unless he/she has a Ph.D.
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DocTee
Dec 09 2007 08:18 PM
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Professors are generally only referred to as such if they are employed at a college (So a HS teacher with a PhD would be Dr. So-and-So, but not Professor So-and-So)
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themetfairy
Dec 10 2007 03:08 PM
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[url=http://www.mathematicallyalive.com/:35bthaa0]Mathematically Alive[/url:35bthaa0] is now [url=http://shop.mathematicallyalive.com/main.sc:35bthaa0]available on DVD[/url:35bthaa0].
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SteveJRogers
Dec 10 2007 03:39 PM
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Is this the documentary which led to some rather spam-ish posts on here and other Met forums?
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themetfairy
Dec 10 2007 03:45 PM
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It's one and the same. But we saw it at the NJ Film Festival in November, it's also quite good.
As an added bonus, my son makes a small appearance in the documentary.
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SteveJRogers
Dec 10 2007 03:57 PM
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Cool, glad to know that wasn't a complete spammer!
Though the title is unfortunate considering what happened this season, maybe if it was a Phillies fan documentary it would be more appropriate...
Okay better stop thinking about it, I would hate to owe Iona College one of these nice new iMacs with the Windows Platform! =;)
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 11 2007 11:40 AM
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Christmas shopping at Bath & Body Works can be quite emasculating.
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Nymr83
Dec 11 2007 04:55 PM
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A 5 year old boy, the great great great great great great great great great great grandson of Davy Crockett, shot and killed a 450 pound bear.
[url:2qle7sh8]http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1207/479365.html[/url:2qle7sh8]
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Edgy DC
Dec 11 2007 05:16 PM
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If he was Daniel Boone's descendent, it would be recorded that he "kild a bar."
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MFS62
Dec 11 2007 05:48 PM
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Yeah, but (according to the song) Davy kilt his'n when he was only 3.
Later
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seawolf17
Dec 11 2007 06:42 PM
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="MFS62":21mcxtgs]Yeah, but (according to the song) Davy kilt his'n when he was only 3.
Later[/quote:21mcxtgs]
Then this kid is a slacker.
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Nymr83
Dec 11 2007 09:50 PM
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American Gladiators returns! Sunday January 6th at 9pm.
I used to love this show.
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Nymr83
Dec 13 2007 06:33 PM
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Rocky, a police dog, sitting on top of the NINETEEN HUNDRED pounds of weed he found in a camper.
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themetfairy
Dec 13 2007 06:59 PM
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Hockey looks great in HD.
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Fman99
Dec 13 2007 09:07 PM
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="themetfairy":1w0gtidi]Hockey looks great in HD.[/quote:1w0gtidi]
I am partial to college basketball in HD, personally. And road Mets games, theoretically.
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Nymr83
Dec 13 2007 09:15 PM
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="themetfairy":y6c3dk8r]Hockey looks great in HD.[/quote:y6c3dk8r]
The Knicks, otoh, look just as bad in HD.
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themetfairy
Dec 16 2007 07:23 PM
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It is ridiculously windy tonight!
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 17 2007 07:51 AM
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Chinese quince tea. Mmmm
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themetfairy
Dec 17 2007 08:27 PM
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Rachel Ray's Dunkin' Donuts commercials are starting to really annoy me.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 18 2007 05:48 AM
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That's likely to happen with anything that involves Rachael Ray.
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Nymr83
Dec 19 2007 09:30 PM
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| ]Recently, while going through an airport during one of his many
trips, President Bush encountered a man with long gray hair and beard,
wearing a white robe and sandals, holding a staff.
President Bush went up to the man and said, 'Has anyone told you
that you look like Moses?' The man didn't answer. He just kept staring
straight ahead.
The president said, 'Moses!' in a loud voice. The man just stared
ahead, never acknowledging the president.
The president pulled a Secret Service agent aside and, pointing
to the robed man, asked him, 'Am I crazy or does that man not look like
Moses to you? The Secret Service agent looked at the man and agreed.
'Well,' said the president, 'Every time I say his name, he
ignores me and stares straight ahead, refusing to speak. Watch!'
Again the president yelled, 'Moses!' and again the man ignored
him.
The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and
whispered, 'You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?'
The man leaned over and whispered back, 'Shhhh! Yes, I am Moses.
The last time I talked to a bush, I spent 40 years wandering in the desert
and ended up leading my people to the only spot in the entire Middle East
with no oil.' |
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metsmarathon
Dec 20 2007 10:15 AM
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silly moses...
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 20 2007 10:17 AM
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Moses? Isn't he that guy who thinks that his toeses are roses?
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soupcan
Dec 20 2007 12:38 PM
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Sweet Fancy Moses!
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 20 2007 03:00 PM
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Lame company holiday party in 3... 2...
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themetfairy
Dec 21 2007 07:52 AM
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The boys have a half day of school today. The little guy said, "Half the time, one-eighth of the work." He's pretty astute for his age.
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themetfairy
Dec 29 2007 05:05 PM
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How come I had to throw away an unopened can of Diet Pepsi before clearing airport security because it was a potentially hazardous liquid, but once I cleared security I could purchase all sorts of drinks that I was allowed to bring onto the plane?
I don't mind doing things that will legitimately make flying safer, but this one strikes me as nonsensical.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 29 2007 08:06 PM
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Our reaction to September 11 has, in many ways, been absolutely insane.
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Nymr83
Dec 31 2007 02:28 PM
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I thought liquids were allowed on planes after 9/11. Something happened more recently, though i can't remember what, that caused them to change their minds.
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metsmarathon
Dec 31 2007 02:41 PM
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="themetfairy":2gxprck7]How come I had to throw away an unopened can of Diet Pepsi before clearing airport security because it was a potentially hazardous liquid, but once I cleared security I could purchase all sorts of drinks that I was allowed to bring onto the plane?
I don't mind doing things that will legitimately make flying safer, but this one strikes me as nonsensical.[/quote:2gxprck7]
its not that the contents of a diet pepsi can could be dangerous, but that the can could be filled with dangerous contents.
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cooby
Jan 02 2008 05:16 PM
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When my printer at work starts up, it sounds a little like the beginning of "Night on Bald Mountain"
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Nymr83
Jan 05 2008 02:58 PM
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Gophers ruin canal, force evacuation
[url:28szda6a]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320496,00.html[/url:28szda6a]
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Centerfield
Jan 09 2008 01:28 PM
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I think part of the reason Jessica Alba is hot is because she looks so much like Phoebe Cates in the pool scene of Fast Times.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 09 2008 01:29 PM
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Large jugsicles.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 24 2008 12:19 PM
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Fun weight loss tip:
A farting dog in your kitchen is a great appetite suppressant! I was going to make myself some lunch at around 12, and here it is 2:30 and the thought of eating is still repugnant!
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Nymr83
Jan 27 2008 07:58 PM
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Empire State Building causing cars to not work?
[url:2ebhqntc]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/27/2008-01-27_empire_state_building_car_zap_mystery.html?page=0[/url:2ebhqntc]
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Kong76
Jan 30 2008 12:23 PM
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Friend calls me back after we left voice mails on each others cell phones ...
"Sorry I couldn't pick up before -- they were talking about Santana on the
radio and I couldn't get the phone out of my pocket past my boner"
Seems to be going around.
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Fman99
Jan 30 2008 12:56 PM
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="KC":2n61rd69]Friend calls me back after we left voice mails on each others cell phones ...
"Sorry I couldn't pick up before -- they were talking about Santana on the
radio and I couldn't get the phone out of my pocket past my boner"
Seems to be going around.[/quote:2n61rd69]
I was, uh, swelling with pride at the idea of Santana pitching for the Mets. Even now I have a raging, uh, enthusiasm for the whole thing.
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MFS62
Feb 13 2008 07:44 AM
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Woke up this morning and noticed that my birch tree had fallen across my neighbor's driveway, totally blocking it. (F'n ice storm)
I called a tree guy to come cut it down to remove the blockage.
Then I called my neighbor to let her know what would be happening (she hadn't noticed the tree).
I'm obviously not soupcan's neighbor.
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 13 2008 07:52 AM
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You may not be as different from soupcan's neighbor as you think you are.
Did you get a permit for that fallen tree?
Hah! I didn't think so!
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MFS62
Feb 13 2008 08:05 AM
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Don't know what town you live in, but in my town, the trees have to get their own permits if they want to fall.
Later
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 18 2008 06:53 AM
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It was strange hearing the following on the radio this morning:
"Support for NPR comes from Saturn..."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 19 2008 11:00 AM
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Bitches who stop walking as soon as they enter the subway car so they can continue using their fucking blackberries should be put to death, I think.
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cooby
Feb 19 2008 06:21 PM
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My mom said something odd to me today. I was visiting with her this morning and we were listening to the radio as she made lunch.
The song "Brother Louie" (recently parodied here) came on and she said 'This song always reminds me of C------ (my daughter)'.
I'm kinda stumped
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themetfairy
Feb 21 2008 12:59 PM
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I have a truly annoying sinus headache today :(
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Nymr83
Feb 22 2008 03:42 PM
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[url:20ceqc06]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331991,00.html[/url:20ceqc06]
a broken talking elmo doll was singing "kill james" (the name of it's 2 year old owner)
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MFS62
Feb 24 2008 12:46 PM
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And for those of you who had been following them, Jersey City State lost their final game of the season, to go 0-29.
The coach has admitted that he had feelings of depression during the season.
And we thought the 1962 Mets were bad...
Later
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cooby
Feb 26 2008 10:36 AM
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I was just washing my hands at the kitchen sink and looked out to see a possum crawling up our pool fence.
My husband (who is home sick today and that is why I can talk to you fine people) says that possums do not usually come out in the daytime and to stay away from it. I think it's the fever talking.
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 26 2008 10:42 AM
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When animals behave strangely, like a possum out and about in daylight, it could be a sign of rabies.
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DocTee
Feb 26 2008 10:43 AM
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Possums are not nocturnal.
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Benjamin Grimm
Feb 26 2008 10:55 AM
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Sure they are. That's why you only see them dead in the road, but not alive in the daylight.
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Rockin' Doc
Feb 26 2008 11:29 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 27 2008 05:21 AM
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Opossum's are generally nocturnal, but <i>not</i> strictly so. They do the majority of their foraging at night.
Edited to insert the word <i>not</i>, which was inadvertently omitted in the intial post.
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cooby
Feb 26 2008 12:20 PM
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Opossums?
I thought this one was a skunk or a cat inside our pool fence but when it started climbing up I could see it better. I hope he doesn't come back while I am swimming next year.
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Rockin' Doc
Feb 26 2008 03:57 PM
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cooby - <i>"Opossums?"</i>
Possum is the familial, slang name for oppossum. Kind of like, Chuck is to Charles (or something like that). I guess what you call it depends on how well you know the animal.
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cooby
Feb 26 2008 07:28 PM
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I've never seen this one before. So I guess I better go with opossum.
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Nymr83
Feb 26 2008 08:34 PM
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i once saw one, during the day time, sleeping on someone's car (in the space between the tire and car body in the shade.) my dog wanted to investigate, i didnt let him.
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DocTee
Feb 26 2008 09:18 PM
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I saw one walking in my backyard last summer, and thought it was unusual to see one active in the daylight. I assumed this was because it was rabid-- some internet sleuthing revealed that they can be active at most anytime, hence my statement that they are not nocturnal.
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themetfairy
Feb 27 2008 07:31 AM
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Here's [url=http://craig.senate.gov/releases/pr022608a.cfm:2b6tpiid]a toe-tapping job opportunity[/url:2b6tpiid].
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SteveJRogers
Feb 27 2008 04:26 PM
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I like this Possum though
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 27 2008 07:22 PM
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I always check out "Sidekick Steve" and get the same Week 7 picks every week.
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SteveJRogers
Feb 27 2008 07:58 PM
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Glad to know I still have a fan!
My boss said the same thing. At lunch one day we were discussing sports and he says in a sarcastic way "Gee, you talk a lot about sports, you should have a blog!"
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MFS62
Mar 05 2008 06:57 AM
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Heard on the radio that Keith Richards will be featured in ads for Luis Vitton.
I guess Vitton will be coming out with a line of wrinkled bags.
Later
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Kong76
Mar 05 2008 11:13 AM
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Somethings been bugging me ... if you have your identity stolen by not
enrolling in freecreditreportdotcom why do you have to dress up like a
pirate in a res-tau-rant and sell fish to tourists in tee shirts with chowder
and iced tea?
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SteveJRogers
Mar 05 2008 03:21 PM
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="KC":78v0jqls]Somethings been bugging me ... if you have your identity stolen by not
enrolling in freecreditreportdotcom why do you have to dress up like a
pirate in a res-tau-rant and sell fish to tourists in tee shirts with chowder
and iced tea?[/quote:78v0jqls]
My guess is the poor bastard has problems restoring his credit, and therefore problems landing the jobs he wants, so he has to resort to working jobs like being a waiter at a theme restaurant.
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MFS62
Mar 10 2008 09:12 AM
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Happened to tune the Drake basketball game and saw they had five white players on the court.
I had to check to see if this was a game from the 50's on ESPN Classic.
EDIT: Just found out the two best players on Drake are Black. Must have been that they weren't playing when I tuned in.
Later
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Rockin' Doc
Mar 12 2008 10:21 PM
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Spring and convertibles were made for one another.
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DocTee
Mar 12 2008 10:24 PM
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No, blondes and convertibles were made for one another.
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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 13 2008 06:04 AM
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Pale Male and Lola were in the news today.
How strange is it that New York has some celebrity wildlife? And that we've been hearing their names for so many years?
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Rockin' Doc
Mar 13 2008 06:18 AM
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DocTee - <i>"No, blondes and convertibles were made for one another."</i>
Agreed.
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soupcan
Mar 13 2008 08:13 AM
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="Benjamin Grimm":75c4g2o3]Pale Male and Lola were in the news today.
How strange is it that New York has some celebrity wildlife? And that we've been hearing their names for so many years?[/quote:75c4g2o3]
Pale Male I know, but who's Lola?
Is she PMs significant other?
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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 13 2008 08:38 AM
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Yes. Apparently he used to have a mate named Chocolate (according to this morning's Daily News) but he's been with Lola for a while now.
I just can't get enough red-tailed hawk celebrity gossip!
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Nymr83
Mar 13 2008 06:32 PM
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100 year old WW2 vet celebrates birthday at hooters
[url:3duxzzit]http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/NEWS03/803130412/1001/[/url:3duxzzit]
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themetfairy
Mar 14 2008 12:47 PM
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[url=http://www.piday.org/:2bwzbyz0]Happy Pi Day![/url:2bwzbyz0]
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Fman99
Mar 18 2008 10:39 AM
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="DocTee":2y7ldhat]No, blondes and convertibles were made for one another.[/quote:2y7ldhat]
I agree. Of course I have a blonde wife and a Jeep Wrangler with the soft-top, so I am predisposed to agree.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 18 2008 01:05 PM
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This place is dead, man.
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Kong76
Mar 18 2008 01:20 PM
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I'll get rid of Bobby Bo, that should help ....
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themetfairy
Mar 19 2008 06:25 PM
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Kase - this is that photo that D-Dad told you about at the Spring Training Lunch. It's the first pitch of the 1987 season - Bobby Ojeda to Barry Bonds.
[url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198704070NYN]Here's the box score[/url].
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seawolf17
Mar 19 2008 06:42 PM
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Citifield needs to bring back the pennants on the outfield wall.
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AG/DC
Mar 19 2008 06:48 PM
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="Fman99":1un89xv0]="DocTee":1un89xv0]No, blondes and convertibles were made for one another.[/quote:1un89xv0]
I agree. Of course I have a blonde wife and a Jeep Wrangler with the soft-top, so I am predisposed to agree.[/quote:1un89xv0]
I had long hair and a convertible Jeep back in the day. My hair blew straight forward.
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themetfairy
Mar 20 2008 04:20 PM
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Guys - here's a card for that special woman in your life:
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MFS62
Apr 05 2008 04:42 PM
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Pus green VW Beetles.
Has anyone ever seen an uglier looking color for a car?
Later
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 06 2008 07:06 AM
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I have a green car.
I was in it last weekend, going 37 mph, in the Lincoln Tunnel, with less than a half-tank of gas, when the odometer turned 88,888. "Gimmee the camera! Gimmee the camera!"
Truly an historic moment.
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MFS62
Apr 06 2008 08:17 AM
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That green?
I've had (dark) green cars m'self.
But that VW color is gagaricious.
Later
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themetfairy
Apr 06 2008 06:24 PM
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I received this graduation present from two dear friends this weekend. I love it -
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Nymr83
Apr 08 2008 11:49 AM
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cooby
Apr 09 2008 08:25 PM
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10:25. I think my t ime stamp is wrong
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Nymr83
Apr 09 2008 10:09 PM
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who wants a tank?
[url:z5eg0dvd]http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html[/url:z5eg0dvd]
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Nymr83
Apr 11 2008 02:23 PM
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This is just wrong...
| ]COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday. |
| ]His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said. |
[url]http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15851207/detail.html[/url]
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 11 2008 02:33 PM
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They really should have talked this over before they had a child.
That's what my wife and I did.
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 11 2008 02:34 PM
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Did you know that Mrs. Butterworth is doing Geico commercials?
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MFS62
Apr 11 2008 04:26 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm":2te9kzct]Did you know that Mrs. Butterworth is doing Geico commercials?[/quote:2te9kzct]
Well, after they've done the Lizzard, caveman and celebrity voice things, what else did you expect them to do?
Later
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Willets Point
Apr 11 2008 09:11 PM
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| ="Nymr83"] |
This should really be in the all-purpose racism thread.
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soupcan
Apr 11 2008 09:15 PM
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Oh, snap!
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themetfairy
Apr 14 2008 08:27 PM
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I was announcing my son's Little League game tonight. Between innings, the umpire called up to the booth to tell me that I had a very pleasant voice :)
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Nymr83
Apr 14 2008 10:38 PM
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="Willets Point":db54esx0]
This should really be in the all-purpose racism thread.[/quote:db54esx0]
your comment should really be in the all-purpose political correctness thread
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AG/DC
Apr 14 2008 11:11 PM
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Come on. Don't use that as a shield.
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Nymr83
Apr 15 2008 08:09 AM
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oh i'm damn serious. anytime you make a joke about arabs/muslims the PC police (ie over-sensitive liberals) are on your ass. i doubt i'd have received any criticism at all if the picture was a joke about jesus.
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 15 2008 08:18 AM
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I wasn't offended by the camel in the parking lot. I thought it was funny.
I do feel badly (when I think about it) for the many Muslims who <i>don't</i> want to kill us. But by the same token, they do need to find a way to rein in their loose cannons.
They have to deal with camel jokes, and I have to take my shoes off at the airport and risk getting my toothpaste confiscated. Nobody wins here.
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sharpie
Apr 15 2008 09:04 AM
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Except those airport security people who don't have to buy their own toothpaste anymore.
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AG/DC
Apr 15 2008 09:24 AM
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="Nymr83":2crpmy03]oh i'm damn serious. anytime you make a joke about arabs/muslims the PC police (ie over-sensitive liberals) are on your ass. i doubt i'd have received any criticism at all if the picture was a joke about jesus.[/quote:2crpmy03]
You're wrong.
I'm not a liberal.
It wasn't funny.
It was racist.
A joke about Jesus isn't necessarily a joke about Christians.
ie nothing.
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AG/DC
Apr 15 2008 09:28 AM
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In an episode of Seinfeld, Jerry has a dentist who has converted to Judaism, and he's upset because Jerry thinks he's converted just so he can openly tell Jewish jokes. Jerry is asked if that offends him as a Jew and he responds, "It offends me as a comedian."
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Nymr83
Apr 15 2008 03:32 PM
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no, i'm not.
by what standard are you "not a liberal"? i've never seen you advocate anything but "liberal positions" on this board. i'm more than willing to be convinced otherwise, but i can only go by what i've seen.
yes, it was.
no, it wasn't.
| ]A joke about Jesus isn't necessarily a joke about Christians. |
and a joke about a camel and islamic extremists is not necessarily a joke about all of islam either.
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AG/DC
Apr 15 2008 06:55 PM
Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Apr 18 2008 02:27 PM
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Go ahead. Give me all your hot Jesus material. I've got my objections lined up.
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by what standard are you "not a liberal"? i've never seen you advocate anything but "liberal positions" on this board. i'm more than willing to be convinced otherwise, but i can only go by what i've seen. |
Excuse me? By what standard am I? It's my job to prove I'm not your bugbear? If you've never seen me advocate anything but "liberal positions" (why the quotes?), then you're just being willfully narrow-minded. But go ahead and indict me.
Put it to a vote. It's nonsense.
| ="Nymr83"]
no, it wasn't. |
I'm going to go ahead and forward a doubt that anyone has ever perpertrated airport terriorism after arriving on a camel. But you're welcome to go run it by the Arab Students Union and let me know what they think.
="Nymr83"]| ]A joke about Jesus isn't necessarily a joke about Christians. |
and a joke about a camel and islamic extremists is not necessarily a joke about all of islam either. |
No, it's an almost explicit statement that Arabian = terrorist and terrorist=Arabian.
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Nymr83
Apr 15 2008 07:20 PM
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you want it, you got it.
edit- was looking for more but got sidetracked by hot girls
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Kong76
Apr 15 2008 07:40 PM
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I realize the underlying camel isn't necessarily parked at a NY airport, but
is it even legal to drive a camel in NY? I've always thought they were a
somewhat majestic creature and that water retention thing is cool but they're
also kinda nasty and spit at people and camel crap can't be too good for the
general public healthiness of city thoroughfares.
Can you picture how a guy would get to LaGuardia on a camel?
Cop: Ok Mac, where do you think you're going?
Camel Guy: I go to blow up the airplanes.
Cop: Alright, but get that camel over in the right lane, this is the Grand Cen-
tral Parkway not some desert mirage you freakin' nut job.
Camel Guy: Ok, boss.
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themetfairy
Apr 15 2008 07:45 PM
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Once at the safari at Great Adventure a camel licked our windshield. Those things can really slobber!
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Nymr83
Apr 15 2008 07:46 PM
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anyone here a trekkie?
and if yes does anyone remember the scene in Star Trek IV where Chekov (a russian of course) asks a police officer how to get to the nuclear vessels?
i'm reasonably sure you cant take camels on the highway, too bad, i'd love to disrupt traffic with something like that
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AG/DC
Apr 15 2008 09:34 PM
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That's more insulting to the Roman. And I think they got him wrong. I'm thinking the brush-top helmet is more characteristic of the Spartans.
And tiny Converse-wearing Martians as well.
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DocTee
Apr 16 2008 07:21 AM
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The more you know: [url:eyatl4fj]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Camel_Corps[/url:eyatl4fj]
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AG/DC
Apr 16 2008 07:26 AM
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What I kenw about the US Camel Corps was from the 1976 film <i>Hawmps!</i> Now I know more.
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SteveJRogers
Apr 16 2008 07:51 AM
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="Nymr83":710ky3c9]anyone here a trekkie?
and if yes does anyone remember the scene in Star Trek IV where Chekov (a russian of course) asks a police officer how to get to the nuclear vessels?
i'm reasonably sure you cant take camels on the highway, too bad, i'd love to disrupt traffic with something like that[/quote:710ky3c9]
Classic scene, IIRC Walter Koenig was improvising it and thought it would be good to approach anyone on the street. While some of them responded, the cop just stared blankly.
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Triple Dee
Apr 16 2008 08:18 AM
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themetfairy
Apr 16 2008 08:35 AM
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So I see a magazine headline, "How J-Lo Lost 40 Pounds."
All I can think is, "Gee - I wonder whether that had anything at all to do with the fact that she recently gave birth to twins."
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themetfairy
Apr 16 2008 04:33 PM
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Lunchbucket - I think you might enjoy [url=http://cdm.lib.udel.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dpc&CISOPTR=524&REC=10:p7nlmmza]this link[/url:p7nlmmza].
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Willets Point
Apr 16 2008 04:37 PM
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This is funny.
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Kong76
Apr 16 2008 07:04 PM
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Seem a little racist against affluent white blonde women to me.
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AG/DC
Apr 16 2008 07:14 PM
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I always suspected affluent blonde was a race.
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themetfairy
Apr 16 2008 07:23 PM
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As a blonde, I can live with the clip.
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Kong76
Apr 16 2008 07:25 PM
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Ya know, screw ya both.
I was making a silly joke at Willets.
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themetfairy
Apr 16 2008 07:26 PM
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And you have the monopoly on silly posts?
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Willets Point
Apr 16 2008 07:36 PM
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If it's any consolation, I enjoyed the joke KC. And I only just notice that there were responses to the camel post in this thread. Thanks to AG for responding in my absence. Oh and that "nuclear wessels" scene from Star Trek IV was filmed candid camera style with actual passersby instead of actors, which makes it all the more funny.
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cooby
Apr 16 2008 07:47 PM
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="themetfairy":22o18gia]As a blonde, I can live with the clip.[/quote:22o18gia]
I thought you had red hair ??
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themetfairy
Apr 16 2008 07:51 PM
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="cooby":28nn6ytg]="themetfairy":28nn6ytg]As a blonde, I can live with the clip.[/quote:28nn6ytg]
I thought you had red hair ??[/quote:28nn6ytg]
You haven't seen me in a while.
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Rockin' Doc
Apr 16 2008 07:56 PM
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Cooby, only her hair dresser knows.
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Kong76
Apr 17 2008 04:26 PM
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Had half-a-bag of onions that got pushed back into a bottom cupboard and
must have been sitting there for a few months.
They started growing in the dark, some of them almost a foot. Freaked me
out when I reach around -- hard to describe the cupboard kinda goes around
the side of the oven -- and my hand hit plant life.
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cooby
Apr 17 2008 07:52 PM
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This is yucky.
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MFS62
Apr 19 2008 09:11 AM
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To join a poligamy cult, do you have to go with their haircut?
Later
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MFS62
Apr 19 2008 09:13 AM
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="KC":euc5azcz]Had half-a-bag of onions that got pushed back into a bottom cupboard and
must have been sitting there for a few months.
They started growing in the dark, some of them almost a foot. Freaked me
out when I reach around -- hard to describe the cupboard kinda goes around
the side of the oven -- and my hand hit plant life.[/quote:euc5azcz]
Relax, you're probably not the first person who stashed some, er, plants in the back of a cupboard.
Later
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Batty31
Apr 19 2008 12:03 PM
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This is yucky. |
That doesn't come in Kool-Aid flavor?
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SteveJRogers
Apr 20 2008 01:24 PM
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Remind me to stop letting my coworkers, who think I'm a closet Yankee fan read some of the threads here.
Now they think I'm going to open up "Jeets Bandwagon Bar & Grill"
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Kong76
Apr 20 2008 01:31 PM
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We reap what we sow.
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MFS62
Apr 21 2008 06:21 AM
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Is there such a thing as a single pilate?
Or must they be done in multiples?
Later
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MFS62
Apr 22 2008 08:55 AM
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 22 2008 10:21 AM
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It <i>is</i> kinda funny when Lucy embarrasses Ricky by pretending to be a hayseed.
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 22 2008 11:56 AM
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Is the "Hawaiian Tropic Zone" like a luau at Hooters?
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Willets Point
Apr 22 2008 11:59 AM
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BG is really keeping with the spirit of this thread with some great non-sequiturs.
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themetfairy
Apr 22 2008 06:00 PM
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I can't find the thread discussing the construction worker who buried David Ortiz' Red Sox jersey at the MFY's new place, so I'll just post [url=http://www.theonion.com/content/news/yankees_bury_bernie_williams_under?utm_source=EMTF_Onion:2496apph]this article[/url:2496apph] here.
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Nymr83
Apr 23 2008 06:40 PM
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jerking off helps prevents prostate cancer.
[url:2iea731k]http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2008/04/21/2[/url:2iea731k]
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 23 2008 08:49 PM
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Oh yeah?
Then explain Joe Torre!
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MFS62
Apr 24 2008 07:36 AM
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="Benjamin Grimm":2ii21jb2]Oh yeah?
Then explain Joe Torre![/quote:2ii21jb2]
I think he may have meant the verb, not the noun.
Later
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Kong76
Apr 24 2008 10:43 AM
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Spend a lot of time over at planetout, Ny?
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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Nymr83
Apr 24 2008 12:29 PM
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link from FoxNews. Guess they have some guys in the closet.
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Kong76
Apr 24 2008 03:12 PM
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Just ball bustin'.
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Nymr83
Apr 24 2008 04:10 PM
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The military gets all the cool toys, check this thing out:
[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352477,00.html[/url]
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Nymr83
Apr 25 2008 02:06 PM
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Shark kills man in CA
[url:3vvh7f87]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352603,00.html[/url:3vvh7f87]
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Batty31
Apr 28 2008 11:26 AM
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Has anyone ever heard of a cop without tickets? I got pulled over today and the cop claimed he ran out of tickets so he is going to mail it to me. WTF?
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metirish
Apr 28 2008 11:33 AM
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| ="Batty31"]Has anyone ever heard of a cop without tickets? I got pulled over today and the cop claimed he ran out of tickets so he is going to mail it to me. WTF? |
Was it this guy.
I would call 311 and ask the city.
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Batty31
Apr 28 2008 11:38 AM
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ROTFLOL...thanks, irish. I needed a laugh today. The cop was just looking to bust my horns....he was a total git. My "crime" was flipping off some construction workers. He actually pulled into my work parking lot to scold me about it. He then tried to claim I was speeding after I passed the construction works..how can I be speeding when I went all of two feet to the work parking lot? I would call the city, but I'm hoping he'll "forget" to mail the ticket.
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Nymr83
Apr 28 2008 12:11 PM
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giving tickets for someone putting their finger up is bullshit
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 28 2008 12:42 PM
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24299253/">I wish I was a virgin</a>
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themetfairy
Apr 30 2008 01:56 PM
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All of the sudden my sinuses have acted up :(
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Benjamin Grimm
Apr 30 2008 02:00 PM
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I've been having cold symptoms too. Got through the whole winter without getting sick at all, and now, on the eve of May, I get a cold.
Sheesh!
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Batty31
Apr 30 2008 04:49 PM
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="themetfairy":ghdo1e1l]All of the sudden my sinuses have acted up :([/quote:ghdo1e1l]
Join the club! My sinuses have been acting up for 8 weeks now on a daily basis. It started with a sinus infection that I can't seem to get rid of. I've been to 3 doctors without any relief. :(
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themetfairy
Apr 30 2008 06:41 PM
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Feel better!
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Triple Dee
May 03 2008 03:51 AM
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An Australian cricketer flattens a streaker with a body check. This clip is Rated-R in case you're viewing from work.
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Fman99
May 09 2008 10:36 AM
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cooby
May 09 2008 05:35 PM
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I wonder how that little girl on the left escaped that lovely hairdo the rest of the females have?
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Willets Point
May 09 2008 08:37 PM
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To be fair, penises play a part too.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 09 2008 09:19 PM
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I know this room pretends to be above it but Survivor this season is epic. I mean, 3 of the best screw-overs in the history of the show, all committed by the same people, and nobody learns a thing.
James' comment -- "I'm no longer the dumbest player in Survivor history" was dead-on and funny. I mean you could barely watch the poor sap.
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seawolf17
May 10 2008 10:18 AM
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Every single week, someone's been blindsided at tribal council. Epic doesn't even cut it. Best show ever.
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MFS62
May 11 2008 09:08 AM
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I have a nest of birds in my air conditioning unit.
Later
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seawolf17
May 11 2008 06:51 PM
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Jennie Finch is drop-dead gorgeous in person. We're in Rochester this weekend, and we went to the Red Wings-Bisons game this afternoon. Jennie's husband, pitcher Casey Daigle, is a Wing, and I saw her in the Team Store with her son, who's only a few months younger than MiniWolf.
I've honestly never been a fan... I've never understood the attraction. But wow, in person, she's stunning.
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Nymr83
May 11 2008 07:25 PM
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="MFS62":25vuda09]I have a nest of birds in my air conditioning unit.
Later[/quote:25vuda09]
that can get noisy, i reccomend using the garden hose to break apart the nest. when the birds arent there if you are feeling nice.
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cooby
May 12 2008 06:35 PM
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It snowed here today
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Kong76
May 12 2008 06:43 PM
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cooby, get me Al Gore on line 2 please.
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cooby
May 12 2008 08:18 PM
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How about it? I swear the wind yesterday was right off the North Pole. Global Warming, my foot.
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Nymr83
May 12 2008 08:51 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 13 2008 08:16 AM
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="seawolf17":2g577z56]Every single week, someone's been blindsided at tribal council. Epic doesn't even cut it. Best show ever.[/quote:2g577z56]
Stupid Amanda fails to convince the jury she was a better player than Parv -- which she was -- and finishes second again.
I could barely take Ozzy's love confession.
Amanda = 1,000,000 times hotter all dirty in a bikini than while made up.
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themetfairy
May 13 2008 08:24 AM
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="soupcan":2z2wqj8l]Stupid irresponsible parents are everywhere and there ain't a whole lot you can do about it. I see it everyday in my town and I'm almost numb to it at this point.
[/quote:2z2wqj8l]
Any more homemade ice rinks in the area?
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soupcan
May 13 2008 08:32 AM
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Exactly.
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Nymr83
May 13 2008 08:33 AM
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its summer! now we have homemade 30 foot high skateboarding ramps, totally safe we swear!
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MFS62
May 13 2008 08:45 AM
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Sorry.
Tech problem with the post.
Later
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Willets Point
May 13 2008 09:18 AM
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You know folks, there's no rule against starting new threads for new topics. There's a lot of apropos conversations going on in this thread. I for one would find it easier to read "The Survivor Thread", "The Asorbitant Bar Mitzvah Thread", and "The Global Warming is a LIEBERAL MYTH!!!! Thread", than sorting it all out in here.
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themetfairy
May 13 2008 09:27 AM
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There's also nothing wrong with administrators splitting off a discussion when it evolves organically here.
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Willets Point
May 13 2008 09:39 AM
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People do get pissy about that.
And I'm tired and grumpy.
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Nymr83
May 13 2008 09:58 AM
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="Willets Point":152l3ig5]You know folks, there's no rule against starting new threads for new topics. There's a lot of apropos conversations going on in this thread. I for one would find it easier to read "The Survivor Thread", "The Asorbitant Bar Mitzvah Thread", and "The Global Warming is a LIEBERAL MYTH!!!! Thread", than sorting it all out in here.[/quote:152l3ig5]
you can split things out if they evolve into thread-worthy material, but this thread serves the very useful purpose of having a place to put things that you dont expect to garner many responses
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AG/DC
May 13 2008 09:59 AM
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I got it.
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themetfairy
May 15 2008 12:18 PM
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Cool - perhaps this will be the last year that NYU has its graduation at the MFY's home -
[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/05/14/2008-05-14_nyu_grad_tackled_during_yankee_dash.html:2hzrlzi3]Student tries to round the bases during graduation[/url:2hzrlzi3].
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Rockin' Doc
May 15 2008 08:17 PM
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In a scene reminiscent of the Yankees offense of late, Lopez the new NYU grad and Mets fan, was cut down before reaching home plate.
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Nymr83
May 17 2008 10:18 PM
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traffic ticket insurance
[url:31v7u2ey]http://trafficare.net/default.aspx[/url:31v7u2ey]
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MFS62
May 18 2008 11:03 AM
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I'm suffereing from Sex and the City overload.
Later
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SteveJRogers
May 20 2008 09:57 AM
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="KC":2aeulsxe]We reap what we sow.[/quote:2aeulsxe]
To that point, I just met an Elvis imitator who not only does ALL era of Elvis material, but also is a Met fan!
[url=http://www.stingrayelvis.com:2aeulsxe]StingRay Elvis[/url:2aeulsxe] is going to perform at my cousin's wedding this Saturday, her wedding song is "Can't Stop Falling In Love With You"
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Willets Point
May 20 2008 09:59 AM
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="SteveJRogers":3h1jup4m]To that point, I just met an Elvis imitator who not only does ALL era of Elvis material, but also is a Met fan! [/quote:3h1jup4m]
Does he sing "Meet the Mets" Elvis-style?
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Rockin' Doc
May 20 2008 10:38 AM
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SJR - <i>"To that point, I just met an Elvis imitator who not only does ALL era of Elvis material, but also is a Met fan!"</i>
You have led a very full and rich life for one so young.
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themetfairy
May 23 2008 02:11 PM
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[url=http://www.recipezaar.com/114729:222qe27x]This recipe[/url:222qe27x] is worth the fact that the prep work makes my fingers smell like garlic.
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Nymr83
May 23 2008 02:27 PM
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Did anyone else hear that a private plane carrying Tony Blair almost got shot down? The idiot pilot failed to contact, and later failed to respond to, israeli air-traffic controllers while Blair's plane was flying from sharm el sheik to the west bank, the IAF scrambled two fighters which would probably have shot the plane down had it not responded following their flyby of the plane.
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TheOldMole
May 23 2008 05:50 PM
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What could be sexier than fingers that smell of garlic?
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Willets Point
May 23 2008 06:53 PM
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="TheOldMole":2uvaffkr]What could be sexier than fingers that smell of garlic?[/quote:2uvaffkr]
A tall freckled redhead with fingers that smell of garlic.
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themetfairy
Jun 04 2008 12:37 PM
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Sick of working in a cubicle? Don't do what this guy did -
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Willets Point
Jun 04 2008 01:53 PM
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I saw that earlier today. That's actually a bit frightening. Some of those people could have been seriously injured. I wonder why more people just didn't run out of the room.
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Rockin' Doc
Jun 04 2008 03:56 PM
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I know the idiot flipped out and went off on a childish rampage, but I can't believe none of the males in the office didn't band together and take the idiot down before he hurt someone. Everyone just stands around and watches him wreak havoc.
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DocTee
Jun 04 2008 04:38 PM
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Fool. The guy with the camera is little better-- he knows what he is watching is "newsworthy" but tkaes no action to alert authorities.
Assholes, both.
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Nymr83
Jun 04 2008 05:28 PM
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are you talking about the video camera? that looks like security footage to me. i apologize if theres a guy in the video with a camera that i just didnt notice
edit- ah yes i see him now.
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Nymr83
Jun 04 2008 05:29 PM
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SteveJRogers
Jun 08 2008 08:48 PM
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Entering Los Angeles' Union Station to Dodger Stadium in Google Maps reveals a nice 7 minute car ride up Sunset Blvd, making a right onto Elysian Field Street.
It is however, too long of a walk to start at 5:30, when you have to get back to Union Station to catch a 7:00 train back to a suburb of San Diego!
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themetfairy
Jun 11 2008 09:11 AM
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="themetfairy":bjksxbah]Sick of working in a cubicle? Don't do what this guy did -
<object width="450" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/db1_1212454812"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/db1_1212454812" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="450" height="370"></embed></object>[/quote:bjksxbah]
It turns out [url=http://gizmodo.com/5015249/cubicle-farm-rampage-video-was-just-a-viral-marketing-stunt:bjksxbah]it was just a stunt[/url:bjksxbah].
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AG/DC
Jun 11 2008 09:15 AM
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Not shocking.
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seawolf17
Jun 17 2008 07:59 PM
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The four-year-old who just sang "Somewhere Out There" on that crazy "America's Got Talent" show might just have been the cutest non-puppy-related performance in the history of television.
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seawolf17
Jun 19 2008 08:06 AM
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Sweet.
| ]The worlds of rock 'n' roll, NASCAR and video games will collide June 29 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when Dario Franchitti's No. 40 Dodge will sport a Guitar Hero: Aerosmith paint scheme.
Revealed on Wednesday, the car doesn't actually depict members of the band, but rather just the game and band logos along with rock-loving fans throwing the goat. (That's, you know, the hand gesture seen on the side panel on the car ... anyway.)
I'm more than sure that there will be diecast replicas made of this car like most other special paint schemes -- after all, there's already a promotion planned involving the video game at Target stores (Franchitti's sponsor). Buyers there can get an exclusive game bundle for the Nintendo Wii.
These diecasts would be perfect for autograph collectors -- what would be more unique than an Steven Tyler-signed stock car?
Believe it or not, this is not the first time that the Boston rockers have had a NASCAR tie-in (or toy car). In 1999, Kenny Wallace drove a No. 55 Chevy with the band's logo on the hood. |
I have one of the Kenny Wallace cars in my office. Looks like I'll need to buy this one too.
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AG/DC
Jun 19 2008 08:14 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2008 08:40 AM
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"...an Steven Tyler..."?
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seawolf17
Jun 19 2008 08:29 AM
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The "st" are silent... it's pronounced "even tyler." Hence the "an."
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Nymr83
Jun 30 2008 04:51 PM
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anyone else hear about the guy in Florida who jumped into the water to save a drowning bear?
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cooby
Jul 01 2008 01:43 PM
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Holy crap it's four oclock
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Nymr83
Jul 02 2008 01:42 PM
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goods news!
former Columbian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, kidnapped by FARC terrorists during her 2002 presidential campaign, has been freed by the columbian military along with several kidnapped americans.
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Kong76
Jul 06 2008 01:49 PM
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I can get used to 4 1/2 weekends as Monday is looming large on the horizon.
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cooby
Jul 15 2008 06:56 AM
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I think wheeeny sounds like a fun new poster
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Frayed Knot
Jul 15 2008 06:59 AM
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Bulgaria is almost never in the news.
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Methead
Jul 15 2008 08:27 AM
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The song from that annoying Mojito commercial gets stuck in my head and makes me want to end the lives of advertising executives around the globe.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 15 2008 08:31 AM
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I very rarely drink alcohol, but when I was at a Mets-Indians game in St. Lucie this spring, I decided to get two Mojitos, one for me and one for my wife.
It was very watered down. I think I paid however many bucks for a plastic cup of ice water with a leaf in it.
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themetfairy
Jul 15 2008 09:14 AM
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I'll give Madison Square Garden this - the $7.50 gin and tonic I purchased last night had a good amount of gin in it.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 15 2008 09:16 AM
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I'm really looking forward to going out and buying some new socks at lunchtime.
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MFS62
Jul 16 2008 04:13 PM
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I was at work during the All- Star Game and the pre-game festivities.
But during a break some of us saw the B-2 Stealth bomber that was making fly-bys over the stadium making its turns over our office.
Then the thought hit me.
We spend $2 BILLION per plane to make it invisible.
So, how come we could see it?
Later
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Nymr83
Jul 16 2008 05:10 PM
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Vince Coleman Firecracker
Jul 18 2008 01:42 PM
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Fucking hot today, huh?
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MFS62
Jul 19 2008 05:43 AM
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="Vince Coleman Firecracker":w9tx5hhk]Fucking hot today, huh?[/quote:w9tx5hhk]
Yup!
Hot as a, er, ...., firecracker.
Later
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Kong76
Jul 20 2008 12:54 PM
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Made a batch of fried calamari and as I was finishing it got kinda fishy
tasting. Threw it all up. Food poisoning rocks! Need beer.
If I stop posting call 911, my wife is out and isn't picking up the cellie.
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MFS62
Jul 20 2008 01:28 PM
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="KC":3jbt072k]Made a batch of fried calamari and as I was finishing it got kinda fishy
tasting. Threw it all up. Food poisoning rocks! Need beer.
If I stop posting call 911, my wife is out and isn't picking up the cellie.[/quote:3jbt072k]
If you're still alive and can read this, that's a good thing. We have no flamin' idea what town you live in, so we couldn't call 9-1-1.
If you died, you can ignore this post.
Later
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Kong76
Jul 20 2008 01:33 PM
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Thanks, I think the early rejection left me in good shape. Got all sweaty and
feverish. Drank a quart of water and now allowing Dr. B. Weiser do his
magic on the old pot belly.
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batmagadanleadoff
Jul 25 2008 10:56 AM
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I think that Caylee's grandma is in on it. Then there are those moments when I'm not so sure about grandma's role.
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Benjamin Grimm
Aug 05 2008 08:28 AM
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I think the second tallest mountain in the world deserves a better name than "K2."
Wikipedia says:
| ]Chinese authorities officially refer to K2 as Qogir; simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng. This name is derived from Chogori, a synthetic name made up by Western explorers early in the 20th century from two Balti words, chhogo ('big') and ri ('mountain') (شاہگوری).[3] Other names include Mount Godwin-Austen (Urdu: ماؤنٹ گڈون آسٹن),[4][5] Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu), Dapsang, Kechu or Ketu (Urdu: کے ٹو), the latter two of which are both derived from "K2"[3][6]). |
I'd vote for "Lamba Pahar."
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Vince Coleman Firecracker
Aug 05 2008 08:33 AM
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="Benjamin Grimm":3vkxlci3]I'd vote for "Lamba Pahar."[/quote:3vkxlci3]
What's wrong with شاہگوری
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Benjamin Grimm
Aug 05 2008 08:35 AM
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| ="Vince Coleman Firecracker"]What's wrong with شاہگوری |
According to Homeland Security, anyone who votes for شاہگوری ends up on the terrorist watch list.
So be careful! Don't even joke about شاہگوری !
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seawolf17
Aug 05 2008 09:02 AM
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I can't use Qogir in Scrabble, right? Capitalized word? Dang.
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Vince Coleman Firecracker
Aug 05 2008 01:09 PM
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A guy I work with got back from lunch a little while ago, he ran into Ed Kranepool at the local pizzeria. I shouldn't have gone to Burritoville.
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Nymr83
Aug 10 2008 10:24 PM
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Homer Simpson coin...
[url:1bvuyte0]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401044,00.html[/url:1bvuyte0]
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themetfairy
Aug 13 2008 05:23 PM
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Listening to one's 12-year-old singing Wanted Dead or Alive on Rockband is a bizarre thing.
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cooby
Aug 18 2008 04:20 AM
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The shoes I am wearing today make little fart noises when I walk.
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Rockin' Doc
Aug 18 2008 10:36 AM
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I always blame it on my shoes, too.
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cooby
Aug 18 2008 07:28 PM
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heehee. We think alike, Rockin Doc.
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cooby
Aug 18 2008 10:34 PM
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A plethora of midnight polls to scintillate your insomnious hours.
And maybe part of tomorrow, too.
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themetfairy
Sep 09 2008 08:16 AM
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[url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2999262.html?menu=:3dlizzkh]This made me think of Centerfield[/url:3dlizzkh].
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AG/DC
Sep 09 2008 08:45 AM
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Two stories in a row set in Latvia.
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cooby
Sep 12 2008 06:33 PM
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Nothing since 11 am. Preposterous.
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MFS62
Sep 17 2008 04:29 PM
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If American taxpayers now own AIG, I expect to get a full voting share.
Later
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cooby
Sep 20 2008 10:58 AM
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Hey you! With the leaf blower?
How about I come over there and pick up those five leaves you've been blowing around for three hours and put them in my yard for you?
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Kong76
Sep 20 2008 01:02 PM
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Just in case no one has heard, this is the last weekend of baseball at The
Great Ball Yard In The Bronx and today is Michael Kay's last broadcast from
The House that Ruth Built as tomorrow night's game will be on ESPN.
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themetfairy
Sep 20 2008 03:53 PM
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My husband has a migraine :(
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cooby
Sep 23 2008 11:38 AM
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I am fairly sure I just started a thread.
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themetfairy
Oct 03 2008 05:19 AM
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Nancy Lee, the librarian mentioned in [url=http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1223006751298790.xml&coll=5&thispage=1:3nlm9z4y]this article[/url:3nlm9z4y] was a classmate of mine at Rutgers and is someone whom I'm very proud to call a friend.
I have seen her in action. I visited her in her previous school library in Trenton. I'd run screaming from some of the things she's had to deal with (fires, unexplained bullet holes in doors, etc.), but she's able to shrug everything off. She's simply amazing.
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seawolf17
Oct 03 2008 01:55 PM
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Yowza.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld ... 0073.story
| ]SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.
The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.
The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.
The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile. |
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metirish
Oct 03 2008 01:58 PM
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A future Jeffrey Dahmer right there.
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themetfairy
Oct 03 2008 02:24 PM
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7-years-old?!?!?!?!
I'm speechless.
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cooby
Oct 03 2008 05:59 PM
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I do hope they throw the little dickens into the crock pit too.
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Fman99
Oct 06 2008 06:31 AM
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="themetfairy":2av5ca5g]7-years-old?!?!?!?!
I'm speechless.[/quote:2av5ca5g]
Once a couple of years ago the wife and I were at an outdoor festival. Very family friendly affair, lots of kids, petting zoo, hayrides, etc.
So we're waiting in line for a horse and carriage ride and a father is in line in front of us with his two sons. They were probably 8 and 6, give or take a few years. The older son is wearing one of these shirts that shows you his bones - arms, ribcage, etc, as where they would be on your body. Common enough.
Except the kid turns around, points slowly at the line formed behind him (10-12 people), and says in an even keel, "I will kill all of you." Very matter-of-fact and calmly. Yikes!
The dad quickly grabbed him by the ear and admonished him. It was chilling. Fwife now watches the local news on a regular basis waiting for an update on "creepy bones kid."
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 07:47 AM
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Diet Pepsi with Lemon tastes just like Tab.
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Nymr83
Oct 10 2008 05:38 AM
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How many times have you typed something here, maybe even spent some time researching something or other, and then just deleted it all because you decided you didnt really want to post it you just wanted to write it?
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Fman99
Oct 10 2008 05:52 AM
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="Nymr83":161xxif8]How many times have you typed something here, maybe even spent some time researching something or other, and then just deleted it all because you decided you didnt really want to post it you just wanted to write it?[/quote:161xxif8]
Approximately 11,000 times.
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themetfairy
Oct 10 2008 06:32 AM
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="Nymr83":3jajh7q3]How many times have you typed something here, maybe even spent some time researching something or other, and then just deleted it all because you decided you didnt really want to post it you just wanted to write it?[/quote:3jajh7q3]
I can't count that high.
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metirish
Oct 10 2008 06:44 AM
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I'm doing it right now.
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seawolf17
Oct 10 2008 09:09 AM
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="Nymr83":1ygpspbq]How many times have you typed something here, maybe even spent some time researching something or other, and then just deleted it all because you decided you didnt really want to post it you just wanted to write it?[/quote:1ygpspbq]
What everyone else said.
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Frayed Knot
Oct 10 2008 09:12 AM
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That's OK. Self-censorship is a good thing.
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AG/DC
Oct 10 2008 09:13 AM
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="Nymr83":18f64rih]How many times have you typed something here, maybe even spent some time researching something or other, and then just deleted it all because you decided you didnt really want to post it you just wanted to write it?[/quote:18f64rih]
Maybe four?
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themetfairy
Oct 11 2008 11:22 AM
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cooby
Oct 11 2008 03:25 PM
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If I go to hell, I am fairly sure I will be assigned to the windchime-assembly room
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themetfairy
Oct 13 2008 10:59 AM
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I guess one is supposed to walk one's bike for the 100 feet between the two signs.
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cooby
Oct 13 2008 06:31 PM
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Good.
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seawolf17
Oct 13 2008 07:47 PM
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Yeah, good. It's about time those cyclists got some effing exercise.
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themetfairy
Oct 14 2008 11:07 AM
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Exchange with student -
Student - Is this really due at the end of the period?
Me - Yes
Student - What if it isn't done?
Who does she think I am? I'm themetfairy, not theassignment fairy. I'm only a sub - if she doesn't finish her work, her teacher will see that and grade her accordingly.
I guess I can't fault a kid for trying, though.
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Kong76
Oct 19 2008 07:43 AM
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ny83: How many times have you typed something here ...then just deleted it ... <<<
So often I just made a sig line instead.
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cooby
Oct 19 2008 06:30 PM
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Somebody put a bag of charcoal in my car.
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AG/DC
Oct 19 2008 07:27 PM
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OK, she's been waiting an hour. Will somebody please put a bag of charcoal in this lady's car?
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MFS62
Oct 20 2008 07:15 AM
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="AG/DC":2523u35r]OK, she's been waiting an hour. Will somebody please put a bag of charcoal in this lady's car?[/quote:2523u35r]
Why? We want her to get a car that uses a less polluting fuel than charcoal.
Later
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cooby
Oct 20 2008 06:17 PM
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I wonder if they were trying to tell me something...
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Fman99
Oct 21 2008 06:26 AM
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Anyone who wants to come to Syracuse and rake wet leaves off my lawn, that position is available.
Not only is it available but I will reward the work with a frosty cold soda-beverage.
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themetfairy
Oct 23 2008 11:01 AM
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I have a cold, which is making me cranky. And I'm on DayQuil, which is making me loopy on top of being cranky.
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SteveJRogers
Nov 04 2008 11:01 AM
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There are few things about driving that bother me as much as when I see a normally walking human being get out of a car that he or she parked into a handicap spot.
I swear I so want to go up to the next person I see do this and say:
“Hello, you notice the glasses I’m wearing? Good. I wear them because I have poor eyesight. I can’t drive without them, in fact, because of my bad eyesight; I’ve been told that I should be restricted to local driving, and not at all at nighttime. Got it? Good. I say this because I do not look at this handicap as a true handicap, and I do not let it affect any part of my life, even driving.
But bottom line is, I probably do have the right, technically, to apply for one of those mirror hanging signs, and to park in any handicap space in this darn country. Again I don’t because I choose not to let my eye handicap affect what I do. And I believe those spaces were made for those physically unable to walk and such. So please for the love of all things holy, you had better be in the same position as I am, because so help me God I feel like taking my car and ramming it right into your handicap parking one.
Good day!”
Needed to let that out as I parked next to a space this morning, saw a woman take it, and walked out like it was no big deal.
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Nymr83
Nov 04 2008 02:23 PM
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I know this isn't new, but has anyone seen the special currently on MSG about Dmitriy Salita, the Orthodox Jewish boxer?
edit- wow that was predictable, Matisyahu shows up on the show.
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Nymr83
Nov 04 2008 02:28 PM
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| ]There are few things about driving that bother me as much as when I see a normally walking human being get out of a car that he or she parked into a handicap spot |
Go off on them. But first be sure they aren't there to pickup someone in a wheelchair or something.
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Edgy DC
Nov 04 2008 02:37 PM
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I vote you don't do that.
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Frayed Knot
Nov 04 2008 03:56 PM
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There can also be heart conditions or other non-obvious handicaps invovled.
That said I suspect that a significant number of handicap permits are given to those with more connections than afflictions.
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seawolf17
Nov 04 2008 09:06 PM
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Well, we don't know who he is, but we know he's not here.
[url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lioyster1105,0,5699611.story]Unidentified Man Missing in Oyster Bay[/url]
Actual photo attached to the story:
Authorities are searching for a man in Oyster Bay Harbor. (AP Photo)
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themetfairy
Nov 05 2008 08:15 AM
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I'm subbing today. Tomorrow is the start of a four-day weekend (NJ Teachers Convention). So instead of assigning actual work, the high school science teacher I'm in for is letting the kids bring in movies today.
Shrek was on first period. I'm now showing Batman Begins.
It's nice work when I can get it....
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cooby
Nov 05 2008 12:09 PM
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This is undoubtedly one of the prettiest November days I have ever seen.
70 degrees, sunny and gorgeous.
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themetfairy
Nov 06 2008 12:58 PM
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Being able to see my Google Calendar in my Gmail sidebar is making me a very happy camper.
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SteveJRogers
Nov 06 2008 05:54 PM
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="cooby":38gchmfk]This is undoubtedly one of the prettiest November days I have ever seen.
70 degrees, sunny and gorgeous.[/quote:38gchmfk]
65, overcast, misty and awful here in the NYC area.
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cooby
Nov 06 2008 07:11 PM
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Today was even prettier. I still have my windows open, at 9 pm.
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themetfairy
Nov 09 2008 06:44 PM
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I love Rockin Doc's sig line - great song!
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cooby
Nov 11 2008 06:47 PM
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I hat Mr. Thirsty
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themetfairy
Nov 12 2008 10:25 AM
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Subbing for an Honors Chemistry class where the kids are working on a graded assignment is not difficult work.
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themetfairy
Nov 15 2008 12:08 PM
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cooby - don't look!
My friend chaperoned a school field trip to Philly last week, including a trip to the Mint. She brought me back a Hawaii State Quarter. My map is complete.
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cooby
Nov 15 2008 01:19 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 15 2008 01:40 PM
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Actually, I inherited my dad's coin collections, so the State Quarters are now of interest to me again (though you can't beat the interest stirred by throwing whole rolls of them at people).
I don't even have Alaska yet, so I will have to look closely!
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themetfairy
Nov 15 2008 01:24 PM
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LOL - I love the irony :)
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cooby
Nov 15 2008 01:39 PM
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A quick search of my wallet revealed 4 regular quarters, a Massachussetts quarter, a Canadian quarter and drum roll please......TWO Alaska quarters.
Now for the elusive Hawaii, and Dad's map will be complete also!
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themetfairy
Nov 15 2008 03:44 PM
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Hawaii probably won't be readily available for a few more weeks yet.
I'll let you know if I get an extra!
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MFS62
Nov 16 2008 08:06 AM
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Since the series started in 1999, the government has minted a quarter for each state for only 10 weeks. Then the dies are destroyed, never to be used again, and they begin on the next state.
Did you know that there were two state quarters that the government refused to strike?
The first was the 1999 Delaware quarter. The next one 2003 Missouri design.
Both designs were modified by the government from the original artwork approved by the States and submitted for striking.
In case you're wondering, I have been working (for over two years) for a company that sells gold and silver coins (and other things). And I've been interested in coins for over 50 years.
If you are looking to buy some very collectible gold and silver coins, send me a PM.
Later
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Kong76
Nov 16 2008 11:59 AM
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I would have guessed you were a philatelist instead of a numismatist.
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MFS62
Nov 16 2008 12:30 PM
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="KC":3hqujx8o]I would have guessed you were a philatelist instead of a numismatist.[/quote:3hqujx8o]
Stamps don't jingle. :)
Later
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Kong76
Nov 16 2008 01:51 PM
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I have a lot of old stamps from when I was a yute, some probably worth
something. I should dig 'em up and liquidate on ebay or something.
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cooby
Nov 18 2008 06:39 AM
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wow, did we ever get a heavy frost last night
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 18 2008 09:21 AM
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Down here, some of the locals try to call that snow, since that is often as close to actual snow as they will get.
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cooby
Nov 18 2008 11:58 AM
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That's what it was, Doc ;)
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dgwphotography
Nov 18 2008 07:31 PM
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You know you're a geek when you have to check in on the pool while in the middle of the AdobeMax conference in San Francisco...
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SteveJRogers
Nov 18 2008 08:32 PM
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No, you know when you are a geek when you fully intend somehow to check in on the Pool and other haunts a few times during a tropical island get-a-way weekend in mid-January.
Even if it means bringing your laptop and paying Lord knows what for internet access in the resort's rooms!
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themetfairy
Nov 18 2008 08:40 PM
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="Iubitul":1eivvxn2]You know you're a geek when you have to check in on the pool while in the middle of the AdobeMax conference in San Francisco...[/quote:1eivvxn2]
Oh yeah, like you had no clue that you were a geek until now....
;)
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Kong76
Nov 29 2008 02:07 PM
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I could easily get used to this 4 1/2 day weekend thing.
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themetfairy
Nov 30 2008 02:59 PM
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The sound that they play on CBS football games when they cut to and from replays annoys me.
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Valadius
Nov 30 2008 04:01 PM
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Okay, so I think I'm suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, because as usual I feel like crap with it getting dark so early.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 30 2008 07:49 PM
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Dropped an entire pumpkin cream pie on the floor.
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A Boy Named Seo
Nov 30 2008 08:35 PM
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| ="Valadius"]Okay, so I think I'm suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, because as usual I feel like crap with it getting dark so early. |
Walt used to get that every year and Dr. Fleischman had him wear one of those light visors. It worked great until Walt got hooked on the high.
Like this chick clearly is.
Hope you get to feelin' better, dude.
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A Boy Named Seo
Dec 02 2008 11:43 AM
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That Opera Singer comes back from a 6-month stint in Austrailia and I gotta go to LAX and pick her up NOW!!!
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Edgy DC
Dec 02 2008 12:06 PM
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Tell her I missed her.
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cooby
Dec 02 2008 12:09 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":8d16mw99]Dropped an entire pumpkin cream pie on the floor.[/quote:8d16mw99]
aw, a wasted pie :(
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A Boy Named Seo
Dec 03 2008 03:08 PM
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I wanna kiss back pack girl on her mouth.
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themetfairy
Dec 05 2008 09:54 AM
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I'm subbing right now, and I have study hall duty in the media center. Basically, I am an extra pair of eyes to make sure that the kids don't act up. I'm allowed to do this while sitting in front of a computer.
So, in effect, I'm being paid to hang out here for the next half hour or so.
Life is sweet :)
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MFS62
Dec 05 2008 03:40 PM
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If A-Rod becomes a great clutch hitter this year, will it be because he studied Kabbalah or because he's been boffing Madonna?
Later
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cooby
Dec 07 2008 08:10 PM
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I want some turkey. Now.
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MFS62
Dec 08 2008 04:31 AM
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My car wouldn't start this morning. I'm sitting here waiting for AAA.
Later
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cooby
Dec 09 2008 06:36 PM
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Today my son is 20
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themetfairy
Dec 09 2008 06:44 PM
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Happy Birthday to Young Mr. Cooby!
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Valadius
Dec 09 2008 07:31 PM
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I put together my cat's Hanukkah present today - a kitty jungle gym. Leo is in heaven.
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Edgy DC
Dec 16 2008 12:02 PM
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Off to our all-staff meeting.
This may be the one where I lose it. Note it on your calendars.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 16 2008 12:12 PM
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Lose what? Your job or your temper?
Hopefully neither happens and you instead get a pleasant surprise.
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HahnSolo
Dec 16 2008 12:30 PM
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Mrs. Solo's home made chicken pot pie rocks!
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Farmer Ted
Dec 16 2008 01:09 PM
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Speaking of eats, Mrs. Ted's oreo cookie truffles are the work of the Devil. I can't stop eating them!
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Edgy DC
Dec 16 2008 01:16 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm":ue5mqs5b]Lose what? Your job or your temper?[/quote:ue5mqs5b]
My ability to shut up when I need to shut up.
Kept my temper and composure, but I didn't keep my tongue.
It's insane how ready I am to put my head in the noose.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 16 2008 01:24 PM
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I think I know what you mean.
I've been in staff meetings where I take it upon myself to ask the questions that (I think) everyone else is wanting to ask but for timidity.
Fortunately it's been a while since I've been in such a situation, but it used to happen a lot.
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Edgy DC
Dec 16 2008 01:28 PM
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Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. It's very Charlie Brown of me.
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seawolf17
Dec 16 2008 05:57 PM
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Holy effing hell, what is wrong with [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hitler_cake:10wagvlc]these people[/url:10wagvlc]?
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Fman99
Dec 16 2008 06:02 PM
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="seawolf17":3mvgyr8d]Holy effing hell, what is wrong with [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hitler_cake:3mvgyr8d]these people[/url:3mvgyr8d]?[/quote:3mvgyr8d]
Uh, they are morons?
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themetfairy
Dec 16 2008 06:03 PM
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Kid least likely to be invited over for playdates.
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Kong76
Dec 17 2008 04:54 PM
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Say what you want about nylon rope, but for some things it's perfect and
easiest to use!
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themetfairy
Dec 18 2008 04:10 PM
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Diet Pomegranate 7-Up is kind of weird. But it probably mixes well with gin.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 19 2008 07:38 AM
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My daughter told me that in her second grade class they're just learning "random" things. I said that I'm sure it's not random, there's a curriculum and...
But she interrupted. "No, it's totally random! One day we learn about Susan B. Anthony and the next day we learn about how famous people did puberty!"
I may have to start attending PTA meetings.
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soupcan
Dec 19 2008 08:47 AM
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="themetfairy":2ibuaqfx]...But it probably mixes well with gin.[/quote:2ibuaqfx]
Not hard - motor oil mixes well gin.
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MFS62
Dec 19 2008 06:03 PM
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Last night I was channel surfing and got to one of the home shopping channels when the hostess said "The is real cubic zirconia, not faux cubic zirconia."
Isn't that kinda' redundant? Why would someone want to fake a fake?
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themetfairy
Dec 22 2008 09:48 AM
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Instead of trying to find room in my fridge for the rotisserie chicken I bought for tonight's dinner, I'm just storing it on the porch. It's colder out there than it is in the fridge.
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Benjamin Grimm
Dec 22 2008 09:53 AM
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It can be convenient when the outside temperature is so cold. You can go grocery shopping on your lunch hour and just leave the stuff in the trunk of your car.
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Kong76
Dec 22 2008 07:29 PM
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I guess I should probably bang out the rest of my shopping list tomorrow ...
those gifts aren't gonna go buy themselves.
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Kong76
Dec 25 2008 08:54 AM
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The computer I bought KB for xmas last year has decided to freeze up on
xmas this year.
Running diagnostics.
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MFS62
Dec 25 2008 10:14 AM
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="KC":7fd5byx5]The computer I bought KB for xmas last year has decided to freeze up on
xmas this year.
Running diagnostics.[/quote:7fd5byx5]
Let us guess - exactly one day after the one year warranty expired.
Hope you can fix it yourself.
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Kong76
Dec 28 2008 12:27 PM
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Found five "urgent" and two "recommended" driver updates on the Dell site
this morning and was able to install all of them in safe mode and it's been un-
frozen now for a good 6 hours.
Still a pita.
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soupcan
Dec 28 2008 08:32 PM
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So Saturday I decide to take 2 of my 3 kids skiing for the day. We decide to drive the extra hour and go all the way up to Massachusetts instead of only going one hour away to one of the rinky-dink hills in CT that we usually hit for these day-trip events.
We go to Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, MA. Its raining when we get there but soon clears up and turns in to not such a bad day. It's a good size hill and all the trails are open. The lift ticket prices are expensive ($55 for an all-day adult, $45 for each of the kids) but no different than any comparable place (including the rinky-dinks).
When we stop for lunch a mountain employee comes over and asks if I'll do a quick survey. Sure, why not? Are we having fun? Do we think its a good value? How far did we drive? Where do we usually ski, etc... We talk for a little while and she tells me that Butternut with the support of the surrounding community is making a push to attract exactly the type of people we are - skiiers from southern CT that usually go to the hills closer to us. She tells me that they are marketing aggresively and are very aware to the fact that they want our experience to be so much better that we will drive the extra hour to come here.
Well, you know, so far so good. We're having fun, there are no crowds, its a bigger mountain, the people are nice enough.
Great, right? So end of the day we load back up in the mini-van and start on our way home. I swear I'm not 10 minutes away from the place when I get pulled over for going 58 in a 45. Cop sees the kids in the car, we're all dressed in ski clothes, skis in the back of the car. Obviously we've just spent the day at Butternut - you know the place the community is rallying around to try to lure skiiers that don't usually go there?
He doesn't really engage me just gives me the facts and writes me up for a $180 ticket and says, 'slow down' before sending me on my way.
Fine, I'm totally guilty, I was absolutely speeding, no question. But if a community is attempting to stimulate some economic growth by trying to get repeat and continued business from people who must travel a good hundred miles and drive past competition in order to reach them, don't you think a warning in this case would've been more appropriate?
I mean we had a great day and this is the lasting impression of my Saturday in their town. Kind of stupid and shortsighted on the police department's part if you ask me.
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Nymr83
Dec 28 2008 08:59 PM
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they're trying to attract business for their speed trap too.
| ]Instead of trying to find room in my fridge for the rotisserie chicken I bought for tonight's dinner, I'm just storing it on the porch. It's colder out there than it is in the fridge. |
I hope you don't have bears in your area!
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cooby
Dec 28 2008 09:01 PM
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THe Woolrich cop once pulled over 6 drivers in one evening on their way to a Little League game...both home and visiting parents. The shithead.
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themetfairy
Dec 28 2008 09:22 PM
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="Nymr83"]
| ]Instead of trying to find room in my fridge for the rotisserie chicken I bought for tonight's dinner, I'm just storing it on the porch. It's colder out there than it is in the fridge. |
I hope you don't have bears in your area! |
No - we're way too suburban for bears. Plus the chicken was on a screened in porch, out of other varmints' reach.
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Rockin' Doc
Dec 28 2008 09:30 PM
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It's good that you don't have bears, because there is no screen that will deter a hungry bear. Dogs, cats, racoons, and foxes are definitely easier to keep out.
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themetfairy
Dec 28 2008 10:00 PM
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We're in squirrel and chipmunk territory.
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soupcan
Dec 29 2008 07:03 AM
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="Nymr83":19pbaqip]they're trying to attract business for their speed trap too.[/quote:19pbaqip]
Good point.
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metirish
Dec 29 2008 07:08 AM
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="soupcan":eupty2d0]So Saturday I decide to take 2 of my 3 kids skiing for the day. We decide to drive the extra hour and go all the way up to Massachusetts instead of only going one hour away to one of the rinky-dink hills in CT that we usually hit for these day-trip events.
We go to Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, MA. Its raining when we get there but soon clears up and turns in to not such a bad day. It's a good size hill and all the trails are open. The lift ticket prices are expensive ($55 for an all-day adult, $45 for each of the kids) but no different than any comparable place (including the rinky-dinks).
When we stop for lunch a mountain employee comes over and asks if I'll do a quick survey. Sure, why not? Are we having fun? Do we think its a good value? How far did we drive? Where do we usually ski, etc... We talk for a little while and she tells me that Butternut with the support of the surrounding community is making a push to attract exactly the type of people we are - skiiers from southern CT that usually go to the hills closer to us. She tells me that they are marketing aggresively and are very aware to the fact that they want our experience to be so much better that we will drive the extra hour to come here.
Well, you know, so far so good. We're having fun, there are no crowds, its a bigger mountain, the people are nice enough.
Great, right? So end of the day we load back up in the mini-van and start on our way home. I swear I'm not 10 minutes away from the place when I get pulled over for going 58 in a 45. Cop sees the kids in the car, we're all dressed in ski clothes, skis in the back of the car. Obviously we've just spent the day at Butternut - you know the place the community is rallying around to try to lure skiiers that don't usually go there?
He doesn't really engage me just gives me the facts and writes me up for a $180 ticket and says, 'slow down' before sending me on my way.
Fine, I'm totally guilty, I was absolutely speeding, no question. But if a community is attempting to stimulate some economic growth by trying to get repeat and continued business from people who must travel a good hundred miles and drive past competition in order to reach them, don't you think a warning in this case would've been more appropriate?
I mean we had a great day and this is the lasting impression of my Saturday in their town. Kind of stupid and shortsighted on the police department's part if you ask me.[/quote:eupty2d0]
Great that you and the kids had a wonderful day , blows that you got the ticket , that's all I got.
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Edgy DC
Dec 29 2008 07:13 AM
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| ]So Saturday I decide to take 2 of my 3 kids skiing for the day. |
I like that he opens the day by actively deciding to disclude his third child.
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soupcan
Dec 29 2008 07:33 AM
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He didn't want to go!
I was just trying to be accurate in my story-telling.
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Edgy DC
Dec 29 2008 07:36 AM
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Kid probably called the cops and told them to watch out for you.
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soupcan
Dec 29 2008 07:44 AM
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Wouldn't put it past him actually.
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metirish
Dec 30 2008 02:10 PM
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Bristol Palin gave birth a a healthy boy(good) , his name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.
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HahnSolo
Dec 31 2008 01:23 PM
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After the Solos' visit to the Museum of Natural History yesterday, we took a short walk in Central Park, where within a span of 1/2 hour, we witnessed (separately) three couples getting hitched. On a Tuesday afternoon!
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MFS62
Jan 01 2009 06:06 PM
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Memo to self:
Next year, pick bowl games with your head instead of your heart.
Later
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seawolf17
Jan 06 2009 06:06 PM
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I hate it when I come home and I don't have any baseball cards in the mailbox.
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MFS62
Jan 06 2009 06:12 PM
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Why do people call to place an order and, when asked for it, say "Oh. I have to go get my credit card"?
Later
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Edgy DC
Jan 06 2009 09:13 PM
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Are you doing customer service?
I just got wireless in my nu home. My move is hitting the home stretch.
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themetfairy
Jan 06 2009 09:19 PM
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My son's teacher e-mailed me at 10:00 pm to ask me to make sure that he return a book to class tomorrow.
Like I'm supposed to wake him up in the middle of the night to have him look for this book? She couldn't have told me this at 4:00 pm?
Nobody in this household is a morning person - the book may have to wait a day.
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DocTee
Jan 06 2009 09:23 PM
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| ]the book may have to wait a day |
Sacre bleu! And you call yourself a librarian? tsk tsk
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themetfairy
Jan 06 2009 09:29 PM
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="DocTee"]| ]the book may have to wait a day |
Sacre bleu! And you call yourself a librarian? tsk tsk |
I know - it goes against all of my basic instincts.
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MFS62
Jan 08 2009 06:53 PM
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If Florida wins tonight, I'd vote the University of New Hampshire as the #1 college football team.
After all (from Associated Press) The Wildcats beat Army, which beat Louisiana Tech, which beat Mississippi State, which beat Vanderbilt, which beat Mississippi, which handed the No. 1 Gators their only loss.
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Fman99
Jan 08 2009 07:49 PM
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="HahnSolo":11czxidm]After the Solos' visit to the Museum of Natural History yesterday, we took a short walk in Central Park, where within a span of 1/2 hour, we witnessed (separately) three couples getting hitched. On a Tuesday afternoon![/quote:11czxidm]
Moody Blues fans.
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themetfairy
Jan 08 2009 08:18 PM
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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_fe_st/odd_nails_in_driveway_6:2ibncflp]An example of a douchebag neighbor[/url:2ibncflp]
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MFS62
Jan 09 2009 05:56 PM
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="Edgy DC"]Are you doing customer service?
quote]
I just sent you a PM with the explanation, but its now in my outbox folder instead of my sent folder. Did you get it?
Later
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cooby
Jan 10 2009 07:45 AM
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="Fman99":2ihb1jkn]="HahnSolo":2ihb1jkn]After the Solos' visit to the Museum of Natural History yesterday, we took a short walk in Central Park, where within a span of 1/2 hour, we witnessed (separately) three couples getting hitched. On a Tuesday afternoon![/quote:2ihb1jkn]
Moody Blues fans.[/quote:2ihb1jkn]
Wow, a youngster like Fman catching the Moody Blues connection.
There is hope for this world.
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Fman99
Jan 10 2009 08:44 PM
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="cooby":293x2mvu]="Fman99":293x2mvu]="HahnSolo":293x2mvu]After the Solos' visit to the Museum of Natural History yesterday, we took a short walk in Central Park, where within a span of 1/2 hour, we witnessed (separately) three couples getting hitched. On a Tuesday afternoon![/quote:293x2mvu]
Moody Blues fans.[/quote:293x2mvu]
Wow, a youngster like Fman catching the Moody Blues connection.
There is hope for this world.[/quote:293x2mvu]
You betcha. A fun one to play on the guitar if you are a classic rock fan like myself.
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Fman99
Jan 10 2009 08:46 PM
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Mmmmmm.
Vodka
Diet 7 up
Ice cubes
Rocks glass
There you go.
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Kong76
Jan 19 2009 03:11 PM
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This place is pretty dead today, did my invitation to Edgy's Inaugural Ball
get lost in the mail?
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themetfairy
Jan 19 2009 03:51 PM
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I know at least four people who are down in DC for the inauguration.
As far as I know, none of them is staying with Edgy.
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metsmarathon
Jan 19 2009 06:42 PM
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i think i know what i'm getting for my wife's next birthday...
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themetfairy
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