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12-13-2012, 04:58 PM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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But Choco, do you have an iphone 99, or hot and cold running maids, or other necessities of happiness?
 Seriously, good for you. A lot of people would be a lot happier if the realized how good they have it. Your baby has a huge head start.
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12-13-2012, 06:24 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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The Christmas season is making me happy today (and generally speaking, that doesn't happen.)
It started about 9 years ago, by my recollection. There is a Christmas tree sales tent that sets up every year along an empty-ish highway that skirts the west side of the city. It kind of comes up out of nowhere around a bend, so what they would do is decorate a couple of the roadside evergreen trees just before the bend, so they could tell people to slow down and start looking when they saw the decorated trees. But people thought the idea of decorating still-living trees was awesome. And the tradition has spread each year, so that now the entire 20-mile stretch of highway is full of decorated trees, on both sides of the road. Some have themes, like a local rock-climbing organization that decorates one way up on the cliff face each year that you couldn't get to otherwise. Anyway, Minifobette's vision therapy is at the far opposite end of this highway from us, so every Thursday I get to drive past all the trees, and it makes me smile. It just keeps going and going, probably close to 500 trees in all. Not the greatest picture of it since I am driving at highway speeds while aiming with the camera, but this gives you an idea: |
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12-13-2012, 06:34 PM
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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I like the tree decorations, but if they're all along the road, how do people know when to stop for the shop?
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12-13-2012, 06:35 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Eh, they just see it too late and make a U-turn, like they always did.
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12-13-2012, 09:18 PM
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LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkansas
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Sound like you got it going on Choco
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12-13-2012, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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12-14-2012, 08:04 AM
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12-14-2012, 08:16 AM
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sliding down the razor blade of life
Join Date: Jan 2007
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That's a great idea - something that makes folk smile instead of being all wired out by the insanity that is the ***mas season. Me, I'm happy because my car AND truck (both of which I was afraid needed major repairs), turn out to be minor and easily fixable.
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12-14-2012, 08:27 AM
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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12-14-2012, 08:30 AM
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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12-14-2012, 12:30 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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It would take a helluva lot of extension cords for any of them to be lit, although I guess some of the tinsel-ish garlands might reflect oncoming headlights at night...
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12-14-2012, 04:13 PM
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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hmmm. I'll let you off the hook this time.
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12-14-2012, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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I'm happy today because my kid didn't get shot at school today, and neither did any of his schoolmates.
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12-14-2012, 05:06 PM
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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A guy who just started bowhunting our place this year heard about Merlin and actually spent a good chunk of today looking for him. Good people are good.
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12-14-2012, 05:28 PM
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Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
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and he's totally worth it. 
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