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skysidhe 04-21-2006 05:12 PM

Would you believe? Post something about yourself.
 
I am terribly far sighted.

Pigpen 04-21-2006 05:22 PM

i truly beleave that voting ballots should have a box to check stating i do not want any candidate to fill the postion. Then they might start representing us and seeing our viewpoints

skysidhe 04-21-2006 05:35 PM

Ha! yes, You can actually write yourself in or anyone. :)

I think the government is blind at this stage though.

Pigpen 04-21-2006 05:44 PM

voter revolution might be a positive thing. be kind i am a neewbie:) :)

Kagen4o4 04-21-2006 05:48 PM

nice first post pigpen.

i have a bigger ego than anyone else.

pullthecorkout 04-21-2006 05:48 PM

very newbie.....The reason we have representatives is because two hundred years ago we all couldn't go to washington to voice our opinions or vote. Now we have the internet...so why do we need them? Couldn't we repersent ourselves now, instantly?

Guest 04-21-2006 05:50 PM

I'm easy to recognize in a crowd, and people rarely forget my name. I don't really know why, as it's fairly common.

Happy Monkey 04-21-2006 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe
Ha! yes, You can actually write yourself in or anyone. :)

That wouldn't help. For it to work, if "none of the above" won, that would have to by law trigger a new election with current candidates disqualified. Otherwise, the guy you wouldn't vote for just wins with fewer votes.

Something about myself.... I'm an Eagle Scout from Troop 666.

skysidhe 04-21-2006 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigpen
voter revolution might be a positive thing. be kind i am a neewbie:) :)



I am a newbie myself. Although soiled somewhat I can only be nice.

Welcome pigpin! :D


I got to scamoose off to work.....again.

skysidhe 04-21-2006 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
That wouldn't help. For it to work, if "none of the above" won, that would have to by law trigger a new election with current candidates disqualified. Otherwise, the guy you wouldn't vote for just wins with fewer votes.

Something about myself.... I'm an Eagle Scout from Troop 666.



true * sigh *

twentycentshift 04-21-2006 05:57 PM

newbie too (pretty much).

subject- something about myself?

i am practically a giant.

Pigpen 04-21-2006 06:00 PM

congress is a perfect example of a dysfunctional unit..we need to get legislative viagra to them

pullthecorkout 04-21-2006 06:04 PM

or maybe just real jobs

twentycentshift 04-21-2006 06:04 PM

congress is the opposite of progress

Hellaphunt 04-21-2006 06:10 PM

Im new here...



... and I love my job?

JayMcGee 04-21-2006 06:12 PM

don't vote.... it just encourages them.....

Pigpen 04-21-2006 06:12 PM

would you believe i spent over 2 monthes underwater with out seeing the sun? Had to work on the tan after that:lol:

pullthecorkout 04-21-2006 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigpen
would you believe i spent over 2 monthes underwater with out seeing the sun? Had to work on the tan after that:lol:



doing what?

Pigpen 04-21-2006 06:20 PM

submarine service.. spying and dropping of seals

pullthecorkout 04-21-2006 06:23 PM

ahhhh....a bubblehead. cool.

I'm enjoying wearing pants today. Yesterday I didn't. The day before that I got fired for I.M. ing at work.

Stress Puppy 04-21-2006 06:27 PM

IM is required where I work.

pullthecorkout 04-21-2006 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stress Puppy
IM is required where I work.



I was the Chef at a Hospital....I was bad. I have no job now. Mean Hospital. Meanies. They're quite serious about productivity appearently

fargon 04-21-2006 06:58 PM

And I thought I wuz an attention whore!!!

WabUfvot5 04-21-2006 07:20 PM

Of course. Quantity > Quality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pullthecorkout
I was the Chef at a Hospital....I was bad. I have no job now. Mean Hospital. Meanies. They're quite serious about productivity appearently


WabUfvot5 04-21-2006 07:21 PM

Oh, and I type with only eight fingers.

JayMcGee 04-21-2006 07:31 PM

Califuckingfornia? You don't know you're born

you come over here mate, and check out our climate.


we only use two fingers 'cos of of the webs between them....

wolf 04-22-2006 01:26 AM

I commit people.

zippyt 04-22-2006 01:43 AM

I can shut down a company .

lookout123 04-22-2006 01:46 AM

i'm 32 and getting braces. woohoo!

skysidhe 04-22-2006 02:21 AM

I'm going on a vacation. Some place warm and beautiful.

DucksNuts 04-22-2006 05:37 AM

I suck at golf

Trilby 04-22-2006 07:21 AM

I have a purple living room. It's beautiful!

AND (two for one!) I think I'm making a HUGE mistake by being an English major! I don't know what I want to do, but writing a thesis statement for "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is NOT it! Feels like :reaper:

Griff 04-22-2006 07:40 AM

I hate what unions have done to American education and should probably organize the teachers and aides at my school.

ashke 04-22-2006 07:59 AM

I have lived in 4 different countries in 10 years even though I don't remember most of the first two.

Elspode 04-22-2006 09:23 AM

I suck at strategy-based computer games.

Clodfobble 04-22-2006 04:31 PM

I have never seen Bambi.

wolf 04-22-2006 09:06 PM

Come to think of it, neither have I. I also have not seen Old Yeller. Or Gone with the Wind.

SteveBsjb 04-22-2006 09:34 PM

I won a car on MTV's Remote Control in 1989.

wolf 04-22-2006 09:52 PM

I probably watched you.


P.S., the time remaining on the posted too fast notice is very cool.

marichiko 04-22-2006 10:05 PM

I am in a state of terror over my coming move.

seakdivers 04-22-2006 10:18 PM

I go through my family's photo albums and secretly remove any unflattering ones of myself. (in other words, there are no pictures of me in their photo albums)

seakdivers 04-22-2006 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf
Come to think of it, neither have I. I also have not seen Old Yeller. Or Gone with the Wind.

Wolf.... tsk tsk... you really are going to have to make a trip up here to watch some movies!

wolf 04-22-2006 10:37 PM

I see a LOT of movies. But not those.

Cheyenne 04-22-2006 10:39 PM

I slept with Sting...well we didn't actually get any sleep. ;)

Rock Steady 04-22-2006 10:40 PM

Farsighted is not always helpful. I funded a company and built a product that was three years too early for the market. I eventually sold the company when the market finally developed. It was painful to be right too early.

lumberjim 04-22-2006 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I have never seen Bambi.

i have some bad news for you, i'm afraid.

Rock Steady 04-22-2006 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheyenne
I slept with Sting...well we didn't actually get any sleep. ;)

That beats my story of having a few beers with Phil Villapiano.

SteveBsjb 04-22-2006 11:05 PM

I bought Billy Joel a drink once.

Cheyenne 04-22-2006 11:27 PM

I saw a man dive off of a 5 story parking lot and hit the street. I had seen the man walk toward the parking garage as I stopped for him to pass in front of me in the sidewalk.
I later had to go identify the body in the street and go up to the roof with the police and identify his jacket that he placed on a vehicle. (They were trying to rule out foul play)


The body was in normal looking condition except for buckets of blood flowing toward the gutter from his head.

We went to a bar afterwards so I could get a drink or two to try and get the image out of my mind. I sat to play Donkey Kong...when the ape fell off the top and hit the bottom I nearly tossed my cookies all over the place.

I could never be a cop or detective or anything along the line of broken bodies.

The image was disturbing to me for quite some time there after.

The most bothersome was that when the man passed in front of my vehicle I remember thinking how dirty and low class he looked. When I saw him lying there dead I realized he was a Native American and had most likely walked from the reservation up the road. The police said he smelled of alcohol. I felt a lowlife for thinking poorly of this man. He obviously had so much going on in his head. So much so he could no longer handle what ever it was that life had handed him.


I was shit in my own eyes :(

xoxoxoBruce 04-23-2006 12:16 AM

That's usually all we have to go on, Chey. There are too many people to know them all. Most we just see, maybe overhear a few words but usually just get a glimpse. Often not even long enough to read body language.

Don't feel bad for being judgmental. It's an inherited trait, trying to size this guy up. It's a defense mechanism passed down for millennia. Someone approaching? Quickly, do you know them? No. Are they friend or foe? Don't know. Start sorting quickly identifiable clues, How their dressed, what they might be carrying, yada yada yada.

You're alive because your line survived. Probably because they were good at sorting out friends and foes. You come by it honestly.

When you see the things you saw today and it doesn't bother you....then you've really got something to worry about. :)

farfromhome 04-23-2006 12:22 AM

A favorite antecdote I like to say to people is this: Sometimes things happen. They're nobody's fault. They just happen.
I had a similar type experience.
A little guilt is probably a normal reaction. Don't be too harsh on yourself, Cheyenne. You can't help what you think. Nor should you.

Rock Steady 04-23-2006 01:00 AM

I like what you guys said, xoB & ffh.

Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised that someone is more interesting than their appearance. And sometimes I am disappointed in someone that looks a lot better than they turn out to be.

I don't believe "Everything happens for a reason". When there are millions of people going around, some things happen for no reason at all.

skysidhe 04-23-2006 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rock Steady
Farsighted is not always helpful. I funded a company and built a product that was three years too early for the market. I eventually sold the company when the market finally developed. It was painful to be right too early.


haha! Not that kind of farsighted! but I see what you mean.Too bad for your business RockSteady I feel for you but I still admire that ability. If I had it I'd be well off by now.

In high school I wanted a red pair of sneakers but I am not brave and too mild to be too much out of the norm and since I have an 'apple pie' look I never would go there plus I never saw that color then. What do ya know? NOW days there are red sneakers all over the place. I still won't wear them.



I meant I am getting my new reading glasses when I get my big pay check. Close up reading is blurry.The screen is not to clear. I have to ctrl + all the time. My new glasses will be these cool little tinted lenzes. I can't wait :)

lumberjim 04-23-2006 12:32 PM

Would you believe that I am a tweaker magnet?

Crazy people are drawn to me. They'll wade through a crowd to tell me about their mission or whatever they're presently tweaking about.

Also, people tend to walk by me in crowds( meaning, when a line of people is moving through a large, still body of people, that line typically goes by right in front or next to me), like i'm a good frame of reference because i'm tall, or something.

skysidhe 04-23-2006 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim
Would you believe that I am a tweaker magnet?

Crazy people are drawn to me. They'll wade through a crowd to tell me about their mission or whatever they're presently tweaking about.

Also, people tend to walk by me in crowds( meaning, when a line of people is moving through a large, still body of people, that line typically goes by right in front or next to me), like i'm a good frame of reference because i'm tall, or something.



You have to learn the eyes glazed over thing for the tweakeer magnet.
(thus tinted lenzes)




That's just too funny about the second thing. Maybe I'll give up my childhood wish of wanting to be tall after all.



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I love to plant flowers and dig in the dirt. I've only just learned how to cook moderatly well this year from my good buddy Shawn.

lumberjim 04-23-2006 12:45 PM

see what i mean?

skysidhe 04-23-2006 12:47 PM

haha! I knew you were going to do that.



editing to give you something I was tweaking on yesterday.


http://www.stargazersrealm.com/MAIN/...mputerhad.html


sort of a peace offering or something. Some guy geek thing.

SteveBsjb 04-23-2006 01:01 PM

Damn... LJ's posts are funny.

Cheyenne 04-23-2006 02:05 PM

Thanks bruce and far for your input.

It was many years ago and the sting has faded. Although I do try and work on being too judgemental. As we look at the surface we may judge those around us, we never really know another until we have seen life from their eyes.

I do know what you are saying though. :)

Tonchi 04-23-2006 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rock Steady
That beats my story of having a few beers with Phil Villapiano.

That's interesting! I made a TV commercial with him back in the late 70's. We filmed it in the park at Oakland and he let me wear his Super Bowl ring. Biggest honkin' diamond I have ever seen. He was a really NICE person, so different from the way many people thought of the Raiders.

Would you believe I have never played a video game in my life and would not even know how to hold those control thingeys?


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