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10-17-2012, 03:54 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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to add my two cents - there are some threads I just NEVER or hardly ever visit. The Proud Parent thread being one of them. i also don't do the creative thread too much as it's been hijacked. hardly to politics, or technology - NEVER! I don't know anything about that stuff and my kids, well, they are 21 and 22 and I AM very proud of them but I just don't feel the need to talk about them here. I have talked about them before but not much. I could brag with the best of them. I just don't have that interest. some people, usually newer parents, want to post pics of every thing junior has ever done - ok. but I'm not really into it. It seems like a competition and frankly, my kids won. :P
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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10-17-2012, 03:58 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Exactly! I hardly ever go into that thread. That doesn't mean I am ignoring those posts. All that simmering hurt was entirely a product of my own thoughts and had very little to do with what was happening or not happening in the Cellar.
Because, by the same token, I don't think I have ever posted a pic of my dog without it eliciting comment. Sometimes it's just where your head's at.
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10-17-2012, 03:59 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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11-15-2012, 06:37 PM
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in a mood, not cupcake
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I found out today that I fell just $200 short of wages earned in a certain qualifying quarter or phase of the moon or whatever, of being eligible for unemployment benefits.
 Why, oh why, couldn't I have been more of a forward-thinking cheating scoundrel, and padded my time sheet during some of those lean weeks? I could be paying my mortgage right now! Instead of getting my nerve up to call the bank and explain why I'm going to be late.  This whole job thing just doesn't seem to be working out for me. Every place that I've done freelance work loves having me there, but can't afford to hire anyone full time. Then, some shit hits some fan and they can't afford to keep their freelancers. So, screw work, I'm becoming a Welfare Queen. I probably won't be able to keep my house, but c'est la vie. I'll be driving a Cadillac! |
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11-15-2012, 06:41 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Groan... I'm sorry for you plight.
But if you do have to drive a Cadillac, be sure it's a pink convertible, and enjoy the wind in your hair.
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11-15-2012, 06:43 PM
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in a mood, not cupcake
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Thanks, Lamplighter. I will, as long as the gas doesn't run out!
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11-15-2012, 06:46 PM
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Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
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That's awful, I'm so sorry. To be so close ...!!
Wish I had some solution, or some words to help ... 
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11-15-2012, 07:19 PM
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in a mood, not cupcake
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Location: Philadelphia
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Aww, orthodoc. This dumb crap is not anywhere near comparable to going through chemo and dealing with cancer...thank you for your kind thoughts.
Besides, everything will be fine once my platinum EBT card comes in the mail.
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12-14-2012, 08:51 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Our dishwasher stopped dead. No lights, no pump, no water, nothing.
Being faced with another $65 service call, I procrastinated all day. Finally, at noon today, my wife insisted I do something. " Fix it or call the repairman ! " So out came the dishwasher, with me looking around for something astray. It was the same as me opening the hood of a car, and wondering why it would not start. But finally I got out a multimeter and started poking it about. What scorched my grove (yesterday)... this: Long and short of it (pun intended) was up-line in the GFI. A line (black) wire shorted out, probably due to a loose connection. Fortunately, no fire started by the arcing. I installed a new GFI and ran the dishwasher through it's cycles. Happy wife, Happy Home. |
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12-14-2012, 09:03 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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Perhaps out of gratitude for a job well done, she won't put your seasoned coffee cup in it.
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12-16-2012, 06:03 PM
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Glutton for Gluttony
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tampa, FL
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I think my baby is starting to teethe.
Please kill me now. |
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12-16-2012, 06:06 PM
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Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
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No such easy way out!
Seriously, Anbesol and cold teething rings ... and my sympathy. 
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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi
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12-16-2012, 06:11 PM
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Glutton for Gluttony
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She wants nothing to do with the teething rings, cold or otherwise. She wants only to nurse, so I fear it's going to be a loooong couple of days for me...
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12-16-2012, 06:11 PM
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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Teething pains can be cured by taking the infant on a long distance airplane flight.
At least, a lot of parents seem to think that. 
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Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl. |
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12-16-2012, 06:20 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Location: Austin, TX
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Orajel all the way. It's still good even when it's their six-year molars coming in.
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