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Friday Hug – Part 3

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Because there were loading issues before and Part 2 was getting as lengthy as part one (and I hate scrolling like anyone else), I decided to start a Part 3.

So…in honor of Shellbot

(((((((((((((((((( have a nice day everyone ))))))))))))))))))

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lol

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works for me jck 🙂 happy thursday (((hugs))) everyone

You missed a step

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Who is supposed to post the link to the new thread in the old thread? Eh? Don’t worry, I did it! X-(

Original thread here: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=314863&messageID=3135659&tag=content;leftCol

Friday Hug part 2 here: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=321542&messageID=3205033&tag=content;leftCol

Sheesh! I have to do [u]everything[/u]! :p

:^0

PPPN…

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((( hugs )))

thanks Nick

In reply to You missed a step

…and happy friday ((hugs)) for everyone…it may be cold and windy here on the east coast, but i’ve got a toasty warm feeling inside (yeah, i know, mushy girl today 🙂 )

Whatever…

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I got more going on than a dung beetle in a elephant cage. :p

Whatever? WHATEVER?

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I pull your butt out of the fire and that’s all you’ve got to say? :0

X-(

Okay, whatever! :p

Fire?

In reply to Whatever? WHATEVER?

If I get in trouble here for not referencing the old conversation, then rules makers for TR needed to forget about pulling butts out of a fire and start thinking about how to pull their head out of their ****.

I don’t feel like arguing today. Thanks tho. I’m going back to implementing a stupid design into my software that will get antiquated within a year and I’m just going to tell the guy near the top who wants it for his pet person in another division:

“We told you they wouldn’t want to keep it. But, you insisted. So, I hope you can validate x months use of a project that cost the organization several thousand in research, development and maintenance for a few days use in a few months.”

I think it’s that time of the month for me.

I need to go home before I hit someone….really hard. 🙁

Oops!

In reply to Fire?

Sorry. If I had known that work was jerking your chain that hard, I wouldn’t have yanked it myself.

How ’bout a Glenlivet hug with a Guinness squeeze to make it up?

That would do nicely

In reply to Oops!

I’ll chug while you hug. :^0

Yeah…I need a vacation bad. I told my friends and family both that I was ready to walk away from everything. Doesn’t seem worth it to work your nuts off for the little anyone will pay you and/or the lack of loyalty you get from them after they demand your undying devotion.

There’s only one person I will never let down if I can help it, and that’s my niece.

Work expects that kind of sentiment, they better work on their people skills a little.

Two-way street

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You care for your end of it. You’re asking for grief if you try controlling the other end, too.

It would be…

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…no less than what they’ve given me.

Don’t come in sick. We don’t want you getting others sick.

Oh, you have had too many days off.

Okay…sooo…want me to come in and get other workers sick…or stay home and get well?

That’s part of the grief. Ugh. I need a trip to Europe…and I’ll stay there…illegally if I must.

Thanks JCK

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Was thinking the other day it was getting a bit long.. but I not been around much and never got around to startin the new one..

another weekend begins… * meh *

(((hugs)))

Why* meh*??

In reply to Thanks JCK

That sounds as if you no longer cherish weekends as all of us do??

Oh almost forgot huggy huggy :)))))>

just

In reply to Why* meh*??

the way it is these days..
each day just runs into another..no huge difference between the days really.

the sun is out today though, so I am slightly more heartened.
I’m going to pretend to be a cat and just stretch out and let it warm me

((((((((sunny hugs)))))))))))

np

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Had a busy, worrysome weekend.

Friend in Holland is in hospital and may have to have heart surgery.

Friend’s father is in the hospital for reasons unknown. Not got but one text from my friend in 3 days now.

I’m quite simply just exhausted. I need a holiday bad, or I might just walk away from everything.

Awwww :(

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A hope everything get better soon hug…

(((((((HUG))))))))

thanks

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(((((((((( Steffi )))))))))))

Friend in Holland might be out of hospital today.

Friend’s dad is out of hospital, and she got home safe.

Still thinking about walking away from the job, house, everything. The micromanagement has gotten worse and worse, and the boss seems to hold me to a separate standard from the others. So instead of going to HR and filing complaints, I am just going to maneuver into a position to just come in one day and say au revoir to him and go work for a tech company doing simple field support and living a more simple life where my money goes more toward a comfortable retirement than building assets that end up worth little in the long run.

Spring is coming! {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

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Thanks JCK for posting this. We needed it.

I saw something today that changed my whole mood instantly. Out from under the snowpack, my first Snowdrop flower is blooming. @->-

AV

edited: Wrong emoticon, too much Merlot

Coolness!

In reply to Spring is coming! {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

((( hugs!)))

I woke the other day just [b]knowing[/b] Spring is here. 😀

Tilled Thursday. Going hunting seed potatoes tomorrow.

Oh what the heck.
Mucho many Spring is sprung (((((((( hugs!! ))))))))

:^0

Home-grown potatoes are so creamy-good

In reply to Coolness!

Yum! {{{{HUGS}}}}

AV

I confess

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to finding that highly amusing. :^0

I confess

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ncie

http://hubpages.com/hub/Dermitage-Reviews

for shame

In reply to I confess

spamming our hug page…tsk tsk

Who here would click on the link of spam email?

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Not I. He needs to go where people don’t know better.

AV

Well AV this clown lives in Hope

In reply to Who here would click on the link of spam email?

And as it has been busy spamming a lot of posts on TR I’m sure that it thinks it is doing some good. :^0 😀 :^0 😀 :^0

Col 😉

UMMM…

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Are these hugs in place of yuks?? Is this what happens when i dissapear people start hugging each other to make each other smile? Is that cos i havent been here so people can start blonde jokes?? and in the spirit of things *hugs everyone*

Hugs Steffi

In reply to UMMM…

At least I missed you.

Awwww :D

In reply to Hugs Steffi

It feels so good to be missed 😀

You were missed

In reply to Awwww :D

Seek out Tigger for the real deal on Hugs, I should not talk about it.

Your nemesis, on the other hand I should tell you about unless you have already heard.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=324556&messageID=3230712&tag=content;leftCol

Oh my

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Thank you for letting me know I hadn’t heard. Couldnt get on here for a long time as my email was hacked and my secondary email was old uni one.

Such a shock, really enjoyed our banter, missed that a lot, it was our banter that created the pond scum persona. Really cant believe it.

Thanks for letting me know x now i need them hugs

Warm and tight hugs

In reply to Oh my

we all miss him alot, and that is part of the Hugs thread, Hugs to help when you hurt.

Life hurts sometimes, other times Life Is good.

Its A Good Day To Be Alive

IAGDTBA

(((((HUGS)))))

In that case

In reply to Warm and tight hugs

Its a million times better than the yuk 🙂 I know more about life hurting than I ever have at the moment, going through a bit of a rough time, but you live you learn and get on with it. Awaiting good times now.

I like that… IAGFTBA 🙂 *hugs*

Hey, Stef

In reply to UMMM…

You been gone so long!

Welcome back. GG or Shelley can let you know about the hugs, or if you like, I can PM you with the details.

I know, its been too long :(

In reply to Hey, Stef

Just had so much going on privately. Finally graduated last July unfortunately without honours but still have that option to go for it if i wish as long as its in the next 3-4 years, still no job yet not through lack of trying either 🙁 and now im going through a divorce so all in all been a bit hectic! Back living with my mum again and have all this time on my hands so could finally pop in and say hi to you guys again. Just wish i had come back a few months ago now 🙁

Bummer

In reply to I know, its been too long :(

I think if it was me in that situation, I’d be trying to go back to school just to have something to do to keep my mind off it all. :0 Or maybe I’d just drink myself insensible every night. :-&

Sounds like you need a great big, double wrap-around, lift you off the floor [b][[((HUGHUG))]][/b].

:D I love hugs :D

In reply to Bummer

I have been taking the party track!! To be honest I feel better than I’ve ever felt been having problems for a looooong time! Ask Shell I used to whine to her on a regular basis!! Things are finally looking up for me now, just need to get myself an IT job so I can be a geek again 🙂 Hugs are much appreciated though!!

((Return Hugs))

Hey, girl!

In reply to :D I love hugs :D

((((((((( WELCOME HOME HUGS ))))))))

Long time no see!

Glad you’re back and ok-ish.

There have been a lot of changes, but you’ll get used to it. This place is like an old pair of slippers – once they warm up, they’re the comfiest thing…. 😉

Now. Most importantly, start saving up any way you can….. we had a TR Gathering in Kentucky last year, and we hope (fingers crossed, prayer mats out) that it’ll go ahead again this year. I’ll edit in a link later, right now, I gotta get ready for work…. 😀

PM me your new email addy too, please, I need to get you caught up on stuff… 🙂

(((((((((( GREAT TO SEE YOU HUGS )))))))))

GG

Mike J – thanks for letting Steffi know about Scott. You’re the best 😡

Im already fitting right back in…

In reply to Hey, girl!

Haven’t even been here a day and already have made an enemy :S

Its so great to see that your all still here 🙂 we have so much to catch up on! Will pm you now, hope your doing good and the TR Gathering sounds great book me in 😀 im there!!

Steffi

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If you mean me, that is not so.

I mean to love you — tough, so.

Hmm…

In reply to Hey, girl!

That just really wasn’t the impression you were giving me!

“Really”

In reply to Hey, girl!

As in, reality, is just something you may have to get used to, when it comes to me and you.

Meantime, welcome back.

Thank you

In reply to Hey, girl!

Although I dont seem to remember you, unless you have changed your nickname from something else to what it is now??

Now

In reply to Hey, girl!

Is your worst nightmare, should you be other than genuine.

Whining…

In reply to :D I love hugs :D

hahha.. its all part of being mates girl!!
god knows I whined enough to you as well…

True true

In reply to Whining…

But I do love our whining sessions 😀

I prefer the term

In reply to Whining…

bitch session. It has strength. B-)

I love whine…

In reply to Whining…

especially with cheese and some crackers. :^0

😀 ((((((((((((((((((((((( trying to be funny hugs ))))))))))))))))))))))))

Keep trying ((((hugs))))

In reply to Whining…

😉

Oh I will!!!

In reply to Whining…

Man hugs for you tho!

[[[[[ you still get hugs even tho you have man parts ]]]]]

:^0

Got great hugs last night

In reply to Whining…

Friend at the beach is 6’1″ and she likes hugs. Not only that, she doesn’t do the A-frame kind of hug, she likes the double “I” hugs! 😀 I like those kind of hugs, too! ]:)

Personally, I prefer….

In reply to Whining…

the lift you off your feet, wrap around orang utan hugs…. you know, the extra special ones I found in KY last year….

😡

wunnerful!

>sigh< GG

Jealous!!

In reply to Whining…

I want one of them 🙁

When is the next one 🙂

Good to hear from you Steffi

In reply to I know, its been too long :(

Congratulations on your graduation, honours or not, its still a huge achievement. The job will come, it just takes a little longer nowadays. Sorry to hear about your divorce. Thats never easy. Been there.

You definitely are in need of some HUGS. Don’t worry, things will get better.

AV (formerly American Voter)

{{{{HUGS}}}}

PS: Hope you get along with your mum

Better?

In reply to Good to hear from you Steffi

Things are getting a whole lot better, believe it or not I’m happier than I have ever been, I am much better off without the soon to be ex. Only thing I miss from that relationship is his daughter and he is using that against me everyway he can anyway thats a discussion for another day!

Hope everything is ok with you 😀 x

hmmm…

In reply to UMMM…

oh just hug me. :p hehehe :^0

(((((((((((( hugs for ya and welcome back ))))))))))))

Yeay :D

In reply to hmmm…

I love hugs ((((((HUGS)))))) 🙂 and thanks for the welcome 🙂

you’re welcome

In reply to Yeay :D

I love hugs too…well…from the ladies ]:)

Hugging a guy just seems…wrong. Even hugging my dad is awkward.

Oh well. At least I know where I am at!

(((((((((((((( welcome back hugs! ))))))))))))))

Lady hugs ;)

In reply to you’re welcome

((((((((((A just because I can hug)))))))))))

🙂

huggin back :-D

In reply to Lady hugs ;)

(((((((((((( because I wanna hug hug ))))))))))))

🙂

Returning it

In reply to huggin back :-D

(((((((((((Just because I love hugs 🙂 ))))))))

huggin back yet again!

In reply to huggin back :-D

(((((((((((((((((( i’m such a hugging beast hug ))))))))))))))))))

Another one

In reply to huggin back :-D

(((( ((((((A because your such a hugging beast hug))))))))))))

😉

beastly hugs?

In reply to huggin back :-D

I’m a beast? Grrrrrrrr. :^0

(((((((((((((( big hairy Disney beast-like hugs )))))))))))))) 😉

Hey, Stef

In reply to UMMM…

Place has changed somewhat in your absence. Glad you’re back and I hope all’s well.

Mambo

Changed…

In reply to Hey, Stef

thats putting it mildly…

Basically Steff, the Batmobile is parked..the tires are flat, and the doors are rusted shut..

Boo Hoo 🙁

:O

In reply to Changed…

And the impure brigade?? Please dont tell me the impure brigade has gone?? 🙁

Edited cos I lost that damn Smiley page 🙁 and want to do a shocked face 🙁

well..

In reply to :O

not gone..just absent most of the time…

I’m still as impure as ever..actually more impure (is that possible?)..

oh wonderous impurity…

In reply to well..

I am still impure.

I just try to hide it so I don’t scare off the nice girls 😉 :^0

OMG, Steffi. My mate in London has gotten me to promise to do “the penguin” with him and his rugby mates whenever I get there.

If you don’t know what that is, well…then I guess I should be quiet about it. :^0

I get talked into doing the most daft things by my friends across the pond 🙂

hiding it

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

can only hide it for so long JCK!

God knows, I try and be a good girl..and then I only end up being worse because I’m trying to hide it…

Actually burst out laughing last week in the team meeting..the lads were talking about hardware and saying various things..f course in my mind it was something completely different ]:)
i couldn’t hold it in 🙁
It just came bursting out…thankfully 2 other girls also burst out laughing..but all the guys just shook thier heads…

not everyone appreciates my dirty mind
* sigh *

Bah, I dont bother

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

hiding it anymore!

One of the lads in work counted up how many DE’s i done in the 4 hours we were in work together, needless to say he was shocked at how many i managed, my favourite one was when i dropped a hose and it shot me in the face (DE) :p

I think I have a problem, I just cant help myself!! :O

Edited – Smileys 🙁 need that link!!!

Sent you a list

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

Check your inbox in the AM.

being impure at work

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

Oh dear…

dare I talk about text msgs I get?

or the innuendo the girls throw about here around me, even tho I wouldn’t get with any of them…the little temptresses. :^0

ARGH! Oh wait…I must save that for the rum drinking parties… :^0

OK…I need to be impure, but can’t do it anywhere on the work premises. :-0

yeah…I’m bad ]:)

Impure at work?

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

Well if thats a problem and your needing you impure fix we can always take you out of work 😉

Well, I have to say…

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

…that would indeed be a very welcome break from the ordinary!!! 😉

When can you get here? hehehe 😀

As soon as I can

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

Wouldn’t want you thinking of becoming pure 😉

Edited – speeling 🙁

becoming pure

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

Oh no worries about that. There’s no going back from where I am now :^0

(((((((((((((((((( even more hugs cause I wanna ))))))))))))))))))))

Well

In reply to oh wonderous impurity…

I’m awfully glad to hear that 😉

Yeah

In reply to Hey, Stef

Have noticed a few changes, but its still great to speak to you all again 🙂

Absentee hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Since I am not around much. :p ;\

{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}

Because your not around much

In reply to Absentee hugs

(((((HUG)))))

ditto…what he says

In reply to Absentee hugs

I’ll be so glad when this school year is over, get back to some semblence of normalcy…((((hugs)))) all around 🙂

Friday!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Yay..Friday 🙂

The sun is shining, its almost warm-ish out… things could be worse..

(((((((((Happy Friday Hugs))))))))))))

woo hoo!!!

In reply to Friday!

I hear that!!! Going to be the same here for the next 5-6 days, the weather has been absolutely awesome the last couple days.http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html And to top it all off, it’s spring break for schools here, so me and the girlies have the week off!! I swear, can’t get much better than that!! ((((((happy Friday hugs)))))) too 🙂

wish it was so nice here

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cloudy…
dark…
dreary…
over 16″ of rain yesterday…
still raining now…

and I’m being micromanaged to the point of intolerance…

I could use sunshine, a holiday, and a hug…bad.

((((((((((((((((( Glad your day is good hugs )))))))))))))))))

for jck

In reply to wish it was so nice here

(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs)))(((hugs))) hope your day gets better 🙂

ty Purple

In reply to for jck

I kinda let the boss have it. lol

I spelled out what is and isn’t possible.

Gave him the choice.

Luckily, he wasn’t an arse to me. Otherwise, I’d have walked out the door.

After cancelling 2 vacations on me, I am not in the best spirits over the situation.

I appreciate the lots of hugs. 🙂

you’re welcome (nt)

In reply to ty Purple

.

hehe

In reply to you’re welcome (nt)

((((((((((((((( yeah I am a hugging beast )))))))))))))))

Things are a bit better…plus I am slacking off the rest of the day because I cranked out so much this week that it’s not even funny. 😉

Thats 3 times you have mentioned

In reply to hehe

That your a beast 😉

(((((((((((((((Because I like beastly hugs hug)))))))))))))))

Hope everything is a bit better at work
((((((( HUG)))))))))

well…um…

In reply to hehe

I am not a David Beckham pretty sort…and I’m almost 2m tall.

I’m not Quasimoto tho.

((((((((((((((((((((( hugs back 🙂 )))))))))))))))))))))

Where’s the beer!?!?!??!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

It’s Friday, and you good people need to tell me…I am 40 mins from leaving and I am THIRSTY. 😉

(((((((((((((((((((((((( have a great weekend ))))))))))))))))))))))))

lots of beer

In reply to Where’s the beer!?!?!??!

at my house…Darryl brought some home so we’re good 😉

Beer?! I came for the spam!

In reply to lots of beer

Gee…. someone told me you all were serving up spam, not beer.

((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))

Now that I have had my 5 minutes of air, I must get back to turning blue and purple…

-Tammy [_]3

Got a fresh 12-pack

In reply to Where’s the beer!?!?!??!

Sam’s Noble Pils. Great stuff. Fine color, outstanding nose. And it holds a head.

What more could a beer-drinker ask for?

edit: yeah, yeah, I know. Guinness. Sheesh!

I was all geared up to sit and watch the hockey game

In reply to Got a fresh 12-pack

with Darryl and have a few cold ones when I suddenly woke up shortly after 10PM on the couch with Darryl grumbling at the TV cause the refs rot…so I got up and promptly went to bed. Guess I’ll have to have them cold ones tonight 😐

Sunny Saturday morning

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

woo hoo…looks like another beautiful day out there, can’t wait til it warms up enough to get outside and sit on the doorstep in the sun. (((sunny hugs)))

Bright sunshiny day here

In reply to Sunny Saturday morning

Good thing, too. We need to dry out after the last three soggy days.

Temps in the high 50s (15C) right now. Supposed to top out at about 65°F (18C).

Living in the south where spring comes earlier (((hugs)))

Well

In reply to Sunny Saturday morning

wasn’t bright here, but was warm..good nuff for me 🙂
bought a pair of shoes (i’m starting to run out of shoe space..grrr), high calorie food for supper, cheesecake for dessert..i have a nice french red around somewhere..
gonna indulge for just one evening..

after dinner, kickin the old man out to the pub, and i’m gonna soak in a hot bath till I wrinkle up !

oh and Ireland KICKED Wales butts in the Rugby Six Nations..

Munday Morning

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

[[[[[[[[[[ [b]HUGS[/b] ]]]]]]]]]]

@ 0530 hours we where woken up by the Fire Brigade passing the house and as it was pointless attempting to go back to sleep I just started the day a bit early. Even looked quite nice with the sun out and hardly any clouds in the sky I thought it was going to be a nice day but now less than 3 hours latter there is no visible sun and it’s raining.

Why do I feel like I’m living in Melbourne where you get every season every hour? :^0

Col

I’m anticipating Munday

In reply to Munday Morning

We have Daylight Saving Time which means we lose a whole hour today. 🙁 The good thing is that I won’t have to drive home in the dark anymore. :^0

There isn’t any way to sleep through fire engines passing your house, unfortunately. I just hate that.

So Melbourne is unpredictable weather-wise? Thats tough to deal with.

AV

Must be nice

In reply to I’m anticipating Munday

Driving home before dark, that is.

I know what you mean about the sirens. We have an EMT station a block behind the house, a retirement/nursing home a block in front of the house, and live on US 1. We hear lots of sirens.

know how you feel

In reply to Must be nice

Average age in the county I live in: 55
Nearest fire/rescue station: 4 blocks.

Gotta love it. Can’t help but hear when they go down the main road at 2am sirens blaring at about a block away.

What I find interesting

In reply to know how you feel

The EMS station is on the other side of the railroad tracks. I don’t hear trains in the night.

I’m loving Daylight Saving Time

In reply to Must be nice

Its been such a long, miserable winter up here, I’m looking forward to being able to come home and go outside after work in the daylight.

I live in an old-fashioned town. They still have one of those circa 1900 sirens sitting on top of the firehouse. Damn, those things are loud. Its awfully annoying at 3am.

AV

This is what I grew up with

In reply to I’m loving Daylight Saving Time

A satellite picture of my home town, with the siren on the fire house and my bedroom identified.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n152/nnielsen/homeshot.png

You get an idea of the scale from the cars. You could hear the siren two miles away; my room was less than 100 yards, probably closer to 50.

What you can’t see in the image is that the siren is on a tower and that tower and my bedroom window are not only at the same relative height, they are line of sight. And that house did not (and still does not) have air conditioning, so I slept with my window open whenever the overnight temps were above 70°F. When that thing went off, sleep was out of the question.

But hey, I didn’t mind. I got to see the fire trucks go out!

I guess you can take it when you’re young

In reply to This is what I grew up with

Oh man! That must have been so bad if you had the windows open. I’m a mile or so away from mine and it just wakes you out of a deep sleep.

I always think, WHY can’t they just use pagers, cell phones or something else. I understand the sirens on the firetrucks, but gone are the days where you need that to summon the firemen.

It must’ve been cool as a kid to see the fire trucks though. Every little boy’s dream.

AV

Oh, yeah

In reply to I guess you can take it when you’re young

That window was also high enough to see a good way down the street to the east. There were a couple of times I could see the fire too!

The siren also went off at noon every day except Sunday. We just suspended any kind of verbal transactions while it was going.

And I bet when it went off

In reply to This is what I grew up with

You awoke clutching the paint on the ceiling wondering WTH had just happened. Right?

Col

Actually…no

In reply to And I bet when it went off

It was one of these types (but single frequency), electrically-driven, so it had to spin up. http://img1.tradeget.com/expoengineering%5CJ4RL57J113phasesiren.jpg

I was close enough that I heard it work its way up from the low audible to the about 800-900 HZ max frequency, so it wasn’t such a shock. I usually woke up about when it hit 60-70Hz

Melbourne is a interesting place

In reply to I’m anticipating Munday

One time I was down there for a business trip I looked out the window of the hotel and it was sunny, I had a shower got dressed and passing a window I noticed that it was raining. Well no biggy I just grabbed a umbrella and headed for the door. Took a phone call and when I got outside it was snowing.

Never know how to dress down there as the weather is so changeable though those that live there don’t see things that way. 😉

Col

Sounds like the weather we have here in New Jersey

In reply to Melbourne is a interesting place

I couldn’t live without the change of seasons, but its a real PITA when the weather can’t make up its mind. The secret of dealing with it is to always dress in layers.

AV :^0

Hey Col

In reply to Munday Morning

Rained here 3 days in a row. And they call it the “Sunshine State”.

What a load. :^0

[[[[[[[[[ happy Monday ]]]]]]]]]]

Well you can’t help bad weather

In reply to Hey Col

But in this case it’s the fringes of a Cyclone so it’s more or less understandable.

What isn’t however is the weeks of rain that has been happening previously. But none the less it’s helping to get the dams full. Currently the combined levels are at 97.4% which is a lot better than the 15% they where at a year or so ago. Now I want the [b]Liars[/b] who pass themselves off as Politician’s to explain why the price of water has to stay so high and why we still have water restrictions. Yea I know we only have 10 years supply in the dams at the moment and we might not ever have any rain again. :^0

Col

IIJY? ((((((( hugs! )))))))

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

😀 :0 [drumming fingers on tabletop]

Tuesday Hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Tommorrow be Paddy’s Day people… t’will be a day of excessive alcohol consumption and general debauchery…

Can’t wait ]:)

((((((((((green hugs))))))))))

lol

In reply to Tuesday Hugs

then I hope you have a very “festive” day tomorrow 😉 have a few for me too 😀

St Pat’s Day – my anniversary

In reply to Tuesday Hugs

It was St. Pats Day 9 years ago that I was reunited with a long-lost love – Guinness! My oldest daughter was in the elementary school band and I dropped her at the start of the parade route. I then walked a mile to stand in a good viewing location near the sponsoring bar. Since it was a while before the parade would start, I dashed in for a morning beer. As it was St. Pat’s, I thought “well, I haven’t had Guiness for many years, maybe I’ll give one a try!”

We’ve been happy together ever since. I’ve often dreamed that we’d vacation together in Ireland.

Had some Irish soda bread today

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

It was just so wonderful. Sweet cream butter on top. I love St. Patty’s day.

AV :^0

Happy St. Paddy’s Day

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

to those who celebrate…I don’t have any green shirts, but i’ve got a cute shamrock pin that was given to me a couple years ago that I will wear in honor of my Irish friends 🙂 (((hugs)))

I forgot my beads!

In reply to Happy St. Paddy’s Day

Lucky it wasn’t Mardi Gras! ]:) :^0

I have shamrock beads I usually wear on St. Patty’s Day.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone!

DRINK MORE GUINNESS!!! :^0

Got 2 new glasses tonight

In reply to I forgot my beads!

Bar in Myrtle Beach was offering $5 Guinness, you keep the glass. B-)

The driest Paddy’s Day in history ..

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

I wasn’t in the mood for alcohol yesterday..of all days ! 🙂

So completely stone cold sober..weird….

Weird day today..in a good way though..
got asked for a job interview somewhere interesting..so have to decide if I will go to it or not..hmmm…

(((((((contemplating hugs))))))))

cool

In reply to The driest Paddy’s Day in history ..

had a dry day myself yesterday…but then again, i’m not Irish 😉 …I wish you luck in making your decision…need a sounding board, I’m around 🙂 (((supportive hugs)))

technically

In reply to cool

i not irish either 🙂

Ta Purple…need to put some thought into it..just waiting to hear back on a few details so i can be more informed…

(((new to Friday Hugs hug)))

In reply to technically

Also, what kind of position is it?

Welcome

In reply to (((new to Friday Hugs hug)))

to the Friday hugs 🙂

DBA position..with a very interesting looking company.

((((((welcome hugs)))))))

Well if the shoe fits…

In reply to Welcome

Throw it at someone else! Mum always said you have to get shoes with a little give in it!
I’m joking! did you make a decision on it yet?

And thank you for the welcome, but alas, the week has revolved and we’re back at the beginning again…

Woo-Hoo!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Happy Friday…grant you, it’s a small celebration as it’s back to classes on Monday for me and the girls. Looks like a nice one though http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html with tomorrow looking absolutely incredible 😀 !!

((((Happy Friday hugs))) everyone!!!

Woo-Hoo too!

In reply to Woo-Hoo!

Two days on call, then on vacation next week. Going to judge a robotics competition.

Cool!

In reply to Woo-Hoo too!

Is it a Battle Bots? I used to love that show.

AV

FIRST Robotics

In reply to Cool!

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/default.aspx?id=966

I’ll be a safety judge at the Palmetto Regional: http://www.ces.clemson.edu/main/FRC/index.html

So if it doesn’t kill

In reply to FIRST Robotics

Anyone it’s safe right?

Best not let anything like Astro Boy through as Safe though. :^0

Col

We prefer to catch the problems in the early stages

In reply to So if it doesn’t kill

Preferably before amputation and definitely before fatality.

If a team can build Astro Boy to meet the game objectives, there’s nothing in the rules to prevent it.

Sometimes, being on-call is a bitch

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Paged at 0945 for a semi-critical outage in Columbia and was able to defer it until Monday. Paged again 45 minutes later for a critical outage…in Myrtle Beach. HAD to go on this one.

An hour down the road, get paged again for [u]another[/u] semi-critical outage in Columbia. Did the call at the Beach (25 minutes on site), then took the other two calls on the way home (23 minutes total on two sites). So, put in a full 8 hours and was driving for over seven of them. A day trip to Myrtle Beach makes for a damn long day.

Can’t complain too loud, though. It’s the first time I’ve been called out on a weekend since last year.

Beer and scotch are good things.

etu

Not only that

In reply to Sometimes, being on-call is a bitch

But if the weather there was like here, it was a good drive.

Beautiful first day of Spring, 70 and sunny.

Weather was fabulous

In reply to Not only that

The other drivers not so…

Got caught behind a sprinter: one of those that piddles along until he notices you might pass him, then speeds up and pulls away, but slows down until you catch up and he notices you might pass him…

Other than that, traffic wasn’t too bad for a weekend. Of course, it’s early in the year, too.

First day of Spring was gorgeous in NJ

In reply to Not only that

75 and sunny. Warmer than y’all down south.

AV

Today, not so good

In reply to First day of Spring was gorgeous in NJ

Raining most of the day on and off, bout 60, but Spring is a commin, cant wait for warmer weather.

Same here

In reply to Today, not so good

But the peach trees are in bloom, so spring is not far off.

Ahhh!! Withdrawal!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Four days without a (((hug))) (((((hugs)))).

Oh My!

In reply to Ahhh!! Withdrawal!

How the withdrawal subsides!
Let’s make it 2 for today, then.

((((hug))))

Back-up (((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))

In reply to Ahhh!! Withdrawal!

Now collectable in KY, end June (BOING!!)

😡

GG

(bouncebouncebouncebounce)

I will be there for as much of it as I can

In reply to Back-up (((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))

You need to bring Steffi. She’s due a hug. 😀

You, of course, are due quite a few… B-)

YES YES YES

In reply to I will be there for as much of it as I can

I do believe I am most definitely due hugs 😀

a day late, but not a hug short!

In reply to Ahhh!! Withdrawal!

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( HOLY MOSES HUGS )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I feel kinda good today. I should go home and feel great. :^0

Been away from TR lately

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Nice that the hug is still in operation after all this time. SO finished radiation on Tuesday.

We look forward to seeing everyone in Kentucky in June.

glad to see you back :)

In reply to Been away from TR lately

unfortunately, we won’t be able to make it this year to finally meet everyone. We are a little disappointed, but we’re hoping to make it next year.

Oh, and (((happy Friday hugs))) for you both 🙂

wb and hope to see you too

In reply to Been away from TR lately

If all goes right for me, I will be able to attend. Might end up relocating in May though. So, who knows.

If I’m there…well…most likely, you will notice me. I’m kinda short.

Just ask GG :^0

Looking forward myself

In reply to Been away from TR lately

Glad to see you here again, Tig.

Hugs for you and Mike.

Home again, home again…

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Vacation over, had a blast, back at home.

Back to work tomorrow (((hugs))).

Home again

In reply to Home again, home again…

Best part of vacation; back in the arms of those who matter.

I won’t hug. You’re too big. I would be staring into your belly button.

Sanitized hugs to everyone, instead.

Vacation is good!

In reply to Home again, home again…

Where’d you head off to?

I’m looking to take some leave this year… might head back to NZ (I live in australia, so not too far away!)

Previously posted

In reply to Vacation is good!

Here: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=326801&messageID=3264177

Ooh

In reply to Previously posted

Robotics. Looks like a ball! (pun intended)

The kids got a kick out of it.

In reply to Ooh

B-)

Well think of it this way

In reply to Vacation is good!

At the rate NZ is approaching AU in a few years you’ll not need a plane ticket to get there it will just be a short drive away. 😉

Col

You’re lucky

In reply to Home again, home again…

I’m still 2 months from a vacation.

Oh well.

(((((((((((( wb )))))))))))

This was my first since the Gathering

In reply to You’re lucky

I’ve taken the occasional long weekend, but this was the first time I’ve shut it all down since then.

the last real vacation I had

In reply to This was my first since the Gathering

2006…4 years.

Unless you count 10 days in a hospital bed as vacation.

Or, 3 days in another state attending an in-law’s funeral as a “vacation”.

That’s about it. I didn’t even get extended time off at Christmas to spend with my parents.

Oh well.

I need a vacation

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

I’ll settle for a couple of days off to myself. I’m getting crispy. Between holidays, families and work there isn’t any time left for me. 🙁

AV

Louisville is on the calendar

In reply to I need a vacation

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tr-out-loud/?p=1760

You’d be more than welcome.

I think I might go this year

In reply to Louisville is on the calendar

I’d love to meet everyone in person. It would be fun. That would defiintely get me out of my funk.

AV

edit the usual

I absolutely promise

In reply to I think I might go this year

that we’d totally de-funk you.

You’d only get hugged to bits!

The Resident Hug-aholic
GG

Ditto ~nt~

In reply to I need a vacation

.

Out of the radiation zone

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

He has done all the chemo (onset) and all the radiation. Now we really aren’t worried for a few months.

We are going to do the things he has always wanted to do. We are going to Alaska. We will head south and see the Bay Bridge and Ames Research Facility- where my father’s original Space Shuttle drawings may be accepted to the NASA museum.

We will cruise the Pacific after we have seen giant Sequoias. Then we will do Hollywood. And stuff… And see my family.

We are going back to the concept that enjoying life beats the heck out of talking about it.

And after all that, we’ll go to KY.

Soni- you know I want a hug, right??? And SO does too!

Needing hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

As the question was asked, “Does the sh|t never stop?”

Well the easy answer here Nick

In reply to Needing hugs

Is no the Crap never stops it just gets worse.

{{{{{{{{{{ [b]Multiple HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}}}

Col

Australia, I hear

In reply to Well the easy answer here Nick

Is in danger of tipping over and sinking, too.

I think

In reply to Australia, I hear

Bermuda will tip first. It’s in that mystic triangle, you know.

Not at the moment Santee

In reply to Australia, I hear

They did some tests and got the entire population to run to one side of the country and repeatedly jump up and down and nothing happened.

They figured out that they need to double the population to get AU to Flip Over and that’s going to take another 20 or so years to happen. 😉

Col

This thing about islands

In reply to Australia, I hear

Goes way back with me.

In Boston, there was a park with a pond — Jamaica Pond. The pond was small enough to walk completely around in an hour or so.

In the pond was an even smaller island.

My parents took we children — I was four or five — to the pond to feed the ducks (joyous days!). Whereupon, my mother told me the island was a floating island. Now, this was barely conceivable to my young, already scientifically-functioning mind. I disputed this with her: “How can that be?!”

Among other observations I marshaled to my argument was that dirt don’t float!

(I mastered these technicalities by having myself played in mud.)

She lost all credibility with me when, next, and furthermore, she told me, the pond had no bottom.

“It has to have a bottom!” I countered. “Otherwise, how can it be a pond? Where does it come out? Wouldn’t that be the bottom?”

I remember being adamant about it.

Well, except for the part about being told not to fall in, because I would never reach the bottom and, I would be lost forever.

For that reason I did not play in the pond as I did in the mud.

Then, this thing about islands tipping over and sinking comes up.

I may have been adamant, but I did learn way back then about standard reservation of scientific doubt.

Like, [i]if[/i] the Seychelles will be when Shellbot gets there.

I don’t like

In reply to Australia, I hear

where yer going with this “island sinking” thing…
I am going to the Seychelles in about 6 weeks…and now..I’ll be pondering the issue while sitting there…

((((((just back from Amsterdam and holy cow am I hungover hugs)))))))

aw Shell

In reply to I don’t like

(((((((((((((((((((( hope your hangover gets better hugs )))))))))))))))))))

Know of any low stress, high paying IT jobs in Eire? :^0

I’ll swim there for one. :^0

Hope you get better 🙂

Feeling better

In reply to aw Shell

Took a day or two to get the alcohol out of my system 🙂

Jenever..lethal stuff.

Well JCK, if I knew of any I’D be taking them!..there’s bugger all IT jobs…very few low stress, and almost 0 high paying.
Prfessionals are leaving the country to get work…. and if things don’t pick up in a few months, I’ll be one of them 🙁

glad you’re feeling better

In reply to Feeling better

As for the job thing, I understand.

I’m applying all over the USA (and even looking in Canada) for jobs. The job market in Florida is almost as bad as the housing market.

That’s another thing. Banks are continuing to screw over property owners by taking their foreclosure homes here…and pricing them WAY below market. Hence my house that should be worth about $115k-120k but is valued by the market at $90k is overpriced…

…because the banks are selling similar homes they took as foreclosures 2-4 years ago…for $50k.

I couldn’t sell my house if I wanted to. The market is flooded with existing, foreclosure homes, and until those are all gone my value will never come back.

So if I get another job away from here…I’m saying…$crew the banks. I’m dumping the house in the way that will least negatively affect my credit, and moving.

So anyways. I know how you feel. I am looking at having to leave here to improve my life.

Happy Easter everybody!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Hope its a good one. You definitely need to watch this peep show. It redefines the meaning of “what is art?”.

One person’s art is another’s dessert

In reply to Happy Easter everybody!

😀

Worked with more than one person in the past who ate themselves sick on Peeps. Can’t stand them myself.

Peeps are cute but I wouldn’t eat them

In reply to One person’s art is another’s dessert

Yuk. I didn’t even like them as a kid.

AV

I know the feeling

In reply to Peeps are cute but I wouldn’t eat them

They’re so sweet they hurt my teeth. Even before I had fillings…

yeah

In reply to I know the feeling

Nothing like eating puffed-up sugar.

:^0

Add a touch of Carnauba wax

In reply to yeah

Its the all-purpose ingredient for just about everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnauba_wax

AV :^0

Don’t forget…

In reply to Add a touch of Carnauba wax

Yellow #5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_coloring

Oh no jck, not Salmon!

In reply to Add a touch of Carnauba wax

That could be dyed too? I’m having that for dinner tonite :0

AV

Oh yes indeed!

In reply to Add a touch of Carnauba wax

All your food colors are belong to us! :^0

Happy Friday!

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

(((((((((((((((((((((( TR )))))))))))))))))))))

Yes. I’m bored. :^0

Things settled down a bit then?

In reply to Happy Friday!

Or is everybody else off today? 😀

I think both.

In reply to Things settled down a bit then?

Of course, then everything picked back up this afternoon. 5 reports, dozens of SQL statements, and tons of apps mods.

I’m tired.

BTW, app’ed for a job in the Charlotte area. 🙂

Naturally

In reply to I think both.

That’s the way it happens. There’s a reason the fifth day of the work week is Monday morning.

I’m covering two territories this weekend and next week, so my territory now extends from Myrtle Beach to Swainsboro, GA, 80 miles south of Augusta. I expect a week of Mondays, but I’m hoping for better.

Good luck with the job app. Hope you get it.

Off to the laundromat {hugs}

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Got everything washed, but the dryer is dead and the repairman won’t be here until Thursday. So, away I go.

Well, that was interesting

In reply to Off to the laundromat {hugs}

The car has a new ding. Young lady was backing out of her parking space and put the center of her rear bumper into the corner of mine. Tore hell out of the fiberglass at the end of the bumper itself and dinged in the bumper cover for about a foot. Called the police, filed the report, her mom showed up, drama!

Girl just got her permit last week. Better she learns early, and in a parking lot, to pay attention while driving than too late on the highway.

Well…

In reply to Well, that was interesting

I had my car hit while parked in a parking lot last year where I work. The “young lady” that was just 18 decided that going 300 MPH in a parking lot while texting on her phone must be okay. She pushed my car back 3 feet; my tires actually left rubber on the asphalt. She never admitted to what happened, but I was listening to the conversation that she was having on the phone while she was looking for her insurance papers. I couldn’t believe it; well I could :_|

Oh, to top it off, she was going to drive away but some witnesses “held” her until I got there to trade info.

GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

In my case

In reply to Well…

She came inside the laundromat in tears and asked who owned the car. Might not have been able to drive too well, but raised right.

Mine

In reply to In my case

Came into the study one evening and carefully deposited fragments of red and white plastic lens material on my desk.

Then she told me that “the car did not stop in time” before she rear-ended someone.

Thereupon began our discussions about causality.

Bright sunny hugs for a Monday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Finally..some decent weather over here!!

(((((sunshine hugs))))

Glad it’s good there

In reply to Bright sunny hugs for a Monday

(((((((((((((((((((((( Happy Monday ))))))))))))))))))))))

Needing altogether too many hugs, these days.

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Altogether too many.

Mournful (((((hugs)))))

bunches of hugs

In reply to Needing altogether too many hugs, these days.

I did not know OM as well as the rest of you good folk, so here’s my hugs to all those who need a few to tuck into your pockets for the next little while ((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))

here ya go

In reply to Needing altogether too many hugs, these days.

(((((((((((((((((((((( Nick ))))))))))))))))))))))

me too man. me too.

for jck

In reply to here ya go

((((((((hugs))))))))

Awwww Purple

In reply to for jck

You’re too good to me 🙂

(((((((((((((((((( hugs back ))))))))))))))))))

BTW, I talked to a Sirius rep who was just outside of Halifax the other day 🙂

oh too cool

In reply to Awwww Purple

did the rep happen to mention which town they were from?

And i like to share a good hug whenever someone needs it, helps to lift ones day a bit 🙂

Nope…

In reply to oh too cool

She just said “outside Halifax”. I guess for security reasons.

I told them that two tech people I know live up in Truro, and she knew right where that was. As well, she knew where Moncton, New Brunswick is where my buddy is from who’s a bluegrass player.

anywho…ugh…it’s only 2:30pm and I want to leave the office already. 🙁

((((((((((((((((((((((((( hope ur havin a good day ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Happy Tuesday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

((((((((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))))

At least it’s not Monday anymore!! :^0

Hey, it’s almost Wednesday here

In reply to Happy Tuesday

I should have been asleep a couple hours ago, but it’s one of those nights.

I know the feeling

In reply to Hey, it’s almost Wednesday here

The Glenlivet helps.

Hope you got some sleep.

In reply to Hey, it’s almost Wednesday here

I only got 3 hours. 🙁

Got 5 or 6

In reply to Hope you got some sleep.

But it took me about 3 hours to drive the 120 miles from Myrtle Beach to Columbia as that which was keeping me up last night continued today. Had to stop every other exit or so. I hate getting older…

edit: My own dang fault, though, since I didn’t eat right over the weekend.

A rainy Sunday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

It was a good day to take a nap. I love a good nap on rainy days. All the trees are blooming, but its just 50 degrees F here today.

I hope everyone down South is ok after the horrible storms.

AV {{{{{HUGS}}}}}

We just got a lot of rain

In reply to A rainy Sunday

and some strong gusts here.

I checked the radar map just before I went to bed last night and it looked like the worst of the storms were to the west of the mountains.

It’s right green here today, about 80° F.

Life…

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

sucks right now..in the worst way

Will take any hugs anyone has to give..
🙁

Sending…

In reply to Life…

((((((HUGS))))))
((((((HUGS))))))

We are here for ya if you need a shoulder…

thanks

In reply to Sending…

🙁

G-I-A-N-T (((((H-U-G-S)))))

In reply to Life…

Many-many.

More, if you need them.

As many as you need

In reply to Life…

you know that.

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

😡

GG

i know

In reply to As many as you need

had a rough evening … but i suppose i’ll many more of those won’t i

I am here for you

In reply to Life…

as we all are, just wish I could wave a wand and make it better.

(((((HUGS)))))
(((((HUGS)))))
(((((HUGS)))))
(((((HUGS)))))
(((((HUGS)))))
(((((HUGS)))))

Hang in there sweetie.

me too

In reply to I am here for you

but i don’t think those magic wands exist
🙁

I’m a bit slow

In reply to Life…

but here’s my hugs ((((hugs)))) ((((((hugs))))((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))((((hugs))))

Weekly update (((hugs)))

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Got a new work van last Friday. It had only 27 miles on it when I was loading it up. I’ll probably hit 1000 miles by Friday.

The good? Cruise, power package, stereo with CD and mp3 jack. Sweet. It’s good to listen to speakers instead of wearing headphones. The cage has a cutout so I can recline the seatback slightly more. Very nice, very comfortable.

The bad? Less usable storage. The racks in the back are different and I lose both a 15-inch by 6-foot shelf and a strip of floor space. That’s the difference between sliding things in next to each other, and stacking them, darn it.

The ugly? It has USB with MS Sync. Whoopee. I’ll probably only use the USB port to charge the mp3 when I’m in the stores…

Well..

In reply to Weekly update (((hugs)))

Its all good really isn’t it..

Wish my update could be so positive..
“the big issue”, once in a lifetime trip to the Seychelles cancelled, unemployed in 6 weeks…

I guess really that everything is just so sh!t that it really can’t get much worse and can only start looking up.

On the upside..my cat is not shedding so much the past week..less hoovering to do… thats a good thing.

(hugs)

Me either

In reply to Well..

Was neck deep for 2-3 weeks in work. Now…nothing. Sit and wait. Let management take time making decisions after being all “time is important” demeanor.

Wish smacking people in the head was legal.

((((((((((((((((((( Hope you get something soon Shell ))))))))))))))))))))))))

Just keeps adding up, don’t it?

In reply to Well..

Canceled the trip? Total bummer. Myself, I would have gone anyway, just so I could say I did. But that’s me…

Is there even a hint of a new job showing up? Or is the whole recession thing getting in the way?

And a cat shedding less? Never a bad thing. Just watch out if she starts asking for Meow Mix; you’ll be losing glassware. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMdTWeW2ZU

Maximum {((((HUGS))))}

Nah

In reply to Just keeps adding up, don’t it?

Sitting around for 9 days, amidst happy couples and newlyweds on thier honeymoon.. I’d have locked myself in the bathroom and never come out.
i’ll always have the website to look at..
http://www.hiltonworldresorts.com/Resorts/Seychelles/accommodation/index.html#Seychelles+accommodation+index++

I’ll get there someday.. 🙁
To be honest, haven’t been looking the past 2 weeks.. maybe start next week, now that i feeling a bit better. Recession thing is getting in the way big time…

Satuday hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Just got home from RObin Hood movie.. holy mother of … what a cr@p movie…only went cause my mate wanted to go and thought well, would get me outa the house for a bit, and how bad could it really be..??

One redeeming thing, Russel Crowe pretty buff..and the scene where he gonna have a bath.. saaaaaaweeeeeeet … I’d have me some of that for dessert 😀

((((((hugs)))))

So I should give it a miss, eh?

In reply to Satuday hugs

Stick to “Men in Tights”, Disney’s, and Prince of Thieves?

Might rent it if you tell me Cate Blanchett has a similar scene.

thanks for the heads up

In reply to Satuday hugs

I had been looking forward to seeing it possibly at the theatre, but now I’ll wait until it comes out on OnDemand over here…I think I can wait that long to see Russell in the buff 😉 . Hope all is well across the pond 🙂

Seeing that it’s Friday…

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

And we’ve been in a perpetual state of UnHugness as of recent…

((((hug))))

🙂

Yup, it be Friday

In reply to Seeing that it’s Friday…

Yes..we’ve been short on hugs lately..
Everyone busy..but still, thats no excuse.
🙂

((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))

And now for

In reply to Yup, it be Friday

Friday NIGHT hugs (it’s friday night for me now, so i’ll try and make up for the hug shortage)

((((((((((hugs))))))))))

Ah yes

In reply to And now for

its always beer thirty somewhere in the world.. 😀

Good point – Beer Hugs ((hugs))

In reply to Ah yes

Yaaay! On that note, he shall grab himself a beer.
Why, thank ye’.

hangs my head

In reply to Seeing that it’s Friday…

admittedly, i’ve been a slack butt ((((hugs)))) for everyone and an extra ((((hug)))) for anyone who needs it 🙂 have a happy Friday

Been slacking off myself

In reply to hangs my head

Happy Monday morning (((hugs)))

Saturday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Happy Saturday morning ((((hugs)))) looks like a nice one…finally, no rain in the forecast for a few days. Have a good one 🙂
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html

No rain for you, maybe

In reply to Saturday

Completely overcast here and a chance of thunderstorms for the next 5 days. http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/29201

But, just for you, Sunny Saturday ((((hugs))))

thanks Nick :)

In reply to No rain for you, maybe

been a decent day for sure…got some gardening done and mowed the lawn…now watching the game…go….Philly 😉 …no way am I rootin’ for the habs …hope you’re weekend still works out to be a decent one 🙂

Not a bad day at all

In reply to thanks Nick :)

My sons’ alma mater just won its first state soccer championship by defeating the [u]four-time[/u] defending champions, 1-0, in two overtimes.

Weather’s not been too bad, sprinkles here and there. Radar shows the storms forming well to the east of us.

And they’re still playing hockey? But didn’t the play-offs start back in February? :0 (Getting to be as bad as basketball… 😉 ) At least the NHL is large enough now that the old joke about the regular season only needing to be long enough to weed out the bottom three teams before the playoffs doesn’t apply any more. With the Bruins, Sabres, and Rangers long out of it, and me congenitally unable to root for either Chicago OR Philly, there’s not much choice left… Go, Sharks! 😀

nice!

In reply to Not a bad day at all

That must have been a gruling game, but I’m glad to hear they won!! woo hoo!!

And I hear ya, the hockey season sure does run long now, with 30 teams, not much wonder it runs into June 😉 . When it comes to who to root for in winning the final round, I’m kinda behind Chicago (did you know that there are 20 Canadians on the Hawks?) But either way, as long as it’s anyone but the Habs, I’m good 😀 !

New {{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

I haven’t hugged lately and was feeling a little guilty. We finally have some decent weather in NJ. I’ve got a good start on my gardening and I’m happy to just do anything in the nice weather.

AV

PS: More {{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}

Sunny hugs

In reply to New {{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}

Weather was amazing here over the weekend.. today started not so good, but its pretty nice out there now..

((((((sunny hugs))))))

Relaxed day (((((hugs)))))

In reply to Sunny hugs

So far today, fairly quiet.

(That loud noise is me, rapping on the tabletop…)

A hot one today

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

In the 90’s in NJ. Not used to this weather so soon.

AV

{{{{HUGS}}}}

Everybody’s getting hit early this year

In reply to A hot one today

We got our early heat wave back in April, while you were dealing with the rains.

The grass was green, now it’s brown…already.

yeah…

In reply to Everybody’s getting hit early this year

been above 90F everyday here since…late February?

Scary stuff. I have people who are Florida natives telling me they have never seen weather like this in 50-60 years of life.

Its going to be a very active hurricane season this year

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I’m not looking forward to it.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/noaa-hurricane-outlook_2010-05-27

AV

Look on the bright side

In reply to Its going to be a very active hurricane season this year

You could make an industrial kite and fly it

I think survival mode is in order

In reply to Look on the bright side

After this past winter in NJ, anything is possible.

AV

{{{{HUGS}}}}} Gonna need ’em this year

Survival ((hugs))

In reply to I think survival mode is in order

If only you could fight off the weather with uzi’s.
Ha!

Sunny but cool

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

going to be one of them days me thinks 😉 . Today is my last day of workplacement, it’s been a fun five weeks though, learned a lot. I think i’ll take a week and do nothing, then start pounding the pavement with resumes in hand 🙂 Happy Friday ((((hugs))))

26 days

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

and Tuesday night.

I [u]WILL[/u] be there!

Anticipatory (((((hugs)))))

Bright sunny warm things..

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

uummm..
the weather…
oh..me!! 😀
tee hee …

The weather in dublin is astounding…glorious…worthy of an award really..
In honour of the day, i pulled out all the stops and wore a dress to work for the first time in my life ever!!!
< no comments form the peanut gallery please>

Have a great friday y’all ..
Oh and its a long weekend here to boot!

2 hours till beer o’clock..

((((((((((big hugs)))))))))))

Hope yours is great

In reply to Bright sunny warm things..

Mine sucks. Was sick. Came back to work anyways even tho I feel like trash.

Migrated the structure now. Waiting for phase II.

I will be rather sloshed tonight. I have reached my wits end.

Meeting in 1 minute. Gotta go. See you all later.

*********** hugs *************

So what next

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

So..spent a few mins catching up in the thread started by the “maak” dude (or whatever his name is).

Its obvious I’m not around much any more, and frankly after that thread, I’m not sure I want to be around anymore.

TR used to be a great place, yes the odd squirmish, and few trolls, but generally it was good natured .. Now, some people have been so brow beaten, they have moved on, and these were long standing members.
I used to look forward to my daily foray into the world of TR, now I just check in once a week.
Now, some of this is due to ongoing personal issues, and a general attempt to “go off the grid”. Its amazing what happens when you turn off the computer, there’s life out there!

I did not add my comments to the post I refer to, because I feel I would ruffle feathers if I did. And this is my issue. I once felt such a part of this place that I felt I could say anything and it would be taken with a grain of salt and some consideration that each human being is entitled to thier own opinion.

Its turned into a schoolyard, with people taking sides, and if I am afraid to make a comment because I think members who I would call friends may turn on me, then why am i here at all??

I had nothing bad to post in the thread, it was simply an observation and a small attempt at keeping the peace, but from some of the repsonses others got, I don’t feel comfortable saying anything. Partly because I don’t want someone taking my side against someone else.

Maybe 3 months of self evaluation has changed me, maybe the destruction of my marriage has given me a new perspective of things.

We are all here for such a short time, we know this..we have lost memebrs who were friends..does this sort of carry on really enrich your lives? Does it make you feel good?
I’d rather share good things and have a chuckle, and be willing to suport someone if they need it..thats the type of thing that really matters in this life.

Maybe I’m outa line here..but whatever…we all make our choices.

I wish you all a good day and I hope something nice happens, whether it be a smile or a kind word.

((((((hugs))))))

hangs my head

In reply to So what next

thanks for the kick in the rear Shell… 😐
edit: i needed it

Purple

In reply to hangs my head

I’m not intending to make anyone feel guilty, or be anyones conscious, I just feel sadness that so much energy is being put into such negativity 🙁

I’m not casting stones, god knows I’ve done the same myself.. i guess its just my new outlook on things. Loosing everything you value will do that to a person i guess..

i understand Shell

In reply to Purple

and sometimes a kick in the rear is a good thing…makes me take a moment and re-evalute as well. I didn’t think for a moment that you were casting stones, only giving your reflection on what you saw happening.

Sounds like life has dealt you a bum hand, peer mail me if you need to rant at someone, I’m around; I’m currently an unemployed bum 😐 so I’m often not far from my computer. Hope things start to look up for you soon. ((((hugs))))

I hear you

In reply to So what next

I tried to stay out….

And I do agree, these kinds of things take on a life of their own and the emotions and energy inolved are not helpful in keeping the community together.

Sorry to hear things are not getting better, wish there was something I could do to help.
James

Hiya James

In reply to I hear you

Thanks..
I think things are actually going better. Hard to explain, but my world has been turned upside down, ripped apart and my very being is in shreds..but at least I know where I stand, I’m not walking around in a haze anymore.

Things often get worse before they get better, I have a long hard journey beginning soon, and hopefully with my husband by my side. We are both committed to making things work, but it will not be easy with the issues we are facing.
The best thing though, if it doesn’t work, i know I will be OK, and I am strong enough to get through everything.

Oh, Chelsea graduated!!!!!! I’m so so so pround of her. Will send you a pic later on this week…might be calling on your shopping expertise again.. I’m thinking maybe earrings to match her braclet 🙂

Shells

Another bloody Monday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Time to kick this thing.

I make it 23 days. Getting antsy ((((hugs))))

hmm, are you applying reverse Boxymath?

In reply to Another bloody Monday

or aren’t we on about the same thing?

As of today, (Weds, 16th) it’s 12 days to arrival, therefore 14 days to the actual start….

And I can start counting down again. Had an anxious week there, when Ma got rushed into hospital, and the entire world got put on hold.

Home safe and sound yesterday, family and neighbours checking constantly on both her and Pa (so they complain they don’t get a minutes’ peace!) so she doesn’t overdo anything at all.

((((((((( VERY RELIEVED HUGS ))))))))))

so, back on countdown.

12

[b] (((((((((( BOUNCING, BOINGING HUGS ))))))))))[/b]

😡

GG

I might have done the math

In reply to hmm, are you applying reverse Boxymath?

before coffee! 😀

13 days to arrival for me; I’ll be pulling in Tuesday afternoon sometime. You want anything from here? Peaches? Pecans?

HUGS!!!

In reply to I might have done the math

– you just bring yourself, sweetz!

I’ll re-issue contact details shortly – I’ll be there from Monday night (hopefully! remember last years’ storms that kept me in Detroit?!) Try and let me know what time you’re getting in, and your hug will be waiting at the front desk!

Up to now, that’s you, MJ and BFilmFan arriving in the afternoon.

HUGGERIFIC!

(Can’t risk pecans, but I’d love a peach!)

😡

GG

No nuts?

In reply to HUGS!!!

Bummer.

I’ll bring peaches. I think J.Ja is also bringing some. Depending on how much it costs to repair the Escort, I may also bring other surprises.

Wow, new life to the Escort?

In reply to No nuts?

What a deal, and like you my wife’s car picked an inappropriate time to need service, lots of bucks done, and not content with that the daughter needs help with her car, dang why am I so nice, guess I gotta help her too.

So, with no money in my pocket I should be there Tuesday afternoon. Its only money.

Bad ignition switch

In reply to Wow, new life to the Escort?

$130 for the switch, another 100 or so for installation.

If you think that is bad

In reply to Wow, new life to the Escort?

[b]SWMBO[/b] insisted that I fix her daughters car after she blew a head gasket after destroying a Water Pump and not being satisfied with that she them insisted that I also deposit money into her Bank Account.

Not sure why I had to give her daughter money the only thing I can think of is not only did I pay for the parts and repair the thing but I had to pay for for the privilege of fixing her car.

Something in that [b]Female Logic[/b] escapes me as I always thought you paid for the parts and labor to repair your car, not get the parts & labor free and get paid by the person repairing the car for the privilege of fixing it.

Though I must say that the women at the bank agreed with the Wifes Logic, the men there just agreed with me it’s not worth the hassle to ask why it is so. 😉

Col

That is right Hal,

In reply to Wow, new life to the Escort?

Best to just do what they want and keep the girls happy, when the girls are happy everyone is happy, better hugs and everything.

sunny wednesday hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

from Canada’s east coast ((((HUGS!))))

Sunny in Canada

In reply to sunny wednesday hugs

😀
What’s the temperature though? I’ve not been there, but I imagine Canada to be cold all the time…
Time Traveling Hugs – it’s thursday here (((hugs)))

Canada is a very very big place.

In reply to Sunny in Canada

With the weird weather we’ve been having, we actually had days in April where it was snowing in Calgary and hot (for April) at 28 degrees in Toronto.

Of course it isn’t cold all the time. We only tell people that to keep the tourists down to a minimum. There used to be jokes about Americans coming to the border in July with ski racks on their cars.

Couple thousand Kms from me, Purple has decent weather, we’ve had rain last few days. Gonna hit 32 degrees and sunny on the weekend in time for fathers day – perfect BBQ weather.

You know we have prickly pear Cactus native to the very southern part of Ontario…

James

James

It is indeed

In reply to Canada is a very very big place.

I’ve got a buddy that lives in Ft. McMurray, their weather can get quite cold for winters and they also have the really long hours of day light in the summer.

It’s kinda funny though, how the weather can be cold on the east coast and mild on the west coast during the winters, but our summers are almost the same except I have found the east coast to be more humid than the west. When we drove through BC a number of years ago, I was quite shocked to actually drive through a desert and it was really hot and dry (it was August).

I also spent a week in southern Ontario (Hamilton) back in the early 90’s, the weather was warm that year and there were a lot of thunder storms in the evenings, but it sure was pretty there. I loved it, would consider going back sometime and touring around the Niagra region a little more.

I think

In reply to It is indeed

That I’d like to visit Canada in the snow season and have a white Christmas. Being in Australia, our Christmas’ are either hot, darn hot, or fuggin’ hot.

It’d be nice, but hard to get used to the cold, our little aussie internal thermostats can’t comprehend -40 degrees…

White Christmas

In reply to I think

We don’t get a lot of white Christmases in Nova Scotia anymore, the climate has become too mild. Northern Ontario would be good for one though. We rarely ever get anything below -20C.

This gives a person a bit of an idea of what it can be like here; Darryl threw this page together shortly after New Year’s one year http://www.ldmsoftware.com/Community/Jan1_2009/NewYear2009.htm before that, we hardly had any snow before then that year.

Wowee

In reply to White Christmas

That looks awesome!

You’ve got some mighty big snow pools around there 😛

I guess it’s human nature to want things that are different.
😀

RE:- [i]want things that are different

In reply to White Christmas

What you mean like Black Ice, Brown Sludge, Enormous Heating Bills that mean you are working to support the Power Company, The Winter Cloths Company and the new car company due to the salt used on the roads that destroy cars?

Been there done that and didn’t like it one little bit. Give me a 40c + Christmas any year and I’ll love it even when there is 300% Humidity and the rain doesn’t get any closer to the ground than 3000 meters. 😉

Col

White Christmas

In reply to I think

In my southern Ontario area, chances of a white Christmas are less than 50%.

Go north 1000 kms (still Ontario) and its probably 75%.

Where we are, -40 (not factoring wind chill) is a once a winter thing, usually at night.

Your body does adjust, if you go outside and expose yourself to the cold. Some people rarely go outside and dont adjust.

James

hmm

In reply to White Christmas

Then I can only imagine how many digits are on the winter gas/electricity bill.

But, James, you are destroying my idea of a white Christmas! Ha!

it’s summer time

In reply to Sunny in Canada

so the temps aren’t too shabby to be honest… http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html

Looks about the same Temp here

In reply to it’s summer time

Much nearer the Equator in Sunny Queersland.

Mind you purple it’s the middle of winter and [b]COLD.[/b]

Col :p

lol

In reply to Looks about the same Temp here

now it depends on what time of day it was here when you checked. If it were middle of the night, then yeah, it’s still chilly…but if you check out the forecast for June 18 (today), it’s gonna push up to around 30C…gonna be a tough one – and humid to boot 😉 You Aussie folks wanna experience really cold, pop over to Resolute sometime, it’s always cold there http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/nu-27_metric_e.html 0:-)

hmm…

In reply to lol

been 36C+ here for the past 3 weeks every evening when I get home from the office.

I’m moving one way or another. I can’t take anymore of walking out of the building at 4:30 and thinking someone put me in a steam room.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((( i’m not dead just busy as heck hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

No thanks PS

In reply to lol

I don’t like cold. I’ve had it in Germany years ago and England and didn’t like it. 😉

I’ll stay here where it gets part way warm :0

Defiantly didn’t like the Black Ice which was a real downer so it’s a defiant No No as far as I’m concerned. Though when I looked at that Temp it was at night. :p

Col

Fine Saturday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Got the Escort out of hock for only $183 (not including the $130 I spent on the switch).

Sun’s shining, beer’s cold. Party on ((((hugs))))

You got away cheap

In reply to Fine Saturday

Good deal! Any car servicing nowadays is a small fortune.

Its pretty steamy up here in Jersey. I think we’re going to have a very hot summer. I made myself a nice batch of ice tea with lemon and fresh mint. Had a couple of beers to, but it gets warm so fast.

AV

The mechanic is an independent

In reply to You got away cheap

He has pretty good rates. $35 for a complete LOF, $37 for the switch replacement. The biggest chunk of that was the troubleshooting time to discover the ignition switch was bad. And, of course, tax.

Thats a good deal

In reply to The mechanic is an independent

If you go to the dealer, you get ripped off. I have to depend on the dealer now because I have a Pontiac Grand Prix and those are history.

I’m still crying about that.

AV

Love Pontiacs

In reply to Thats a good deal

Had an ’86 Grand Am before the Escort: 4-cylinder, 5-speed. Lots of torque, ran great. Would love to still have it.

But the radiator fan relay died on the hottest afternoon of the summer while I was circling the block looking for a place to park at the courthouse (call response, not legal problem B-) ). No temp gauge, just an idiot light, so I didn’t catch it in time. When it overheated, it blew the head gasket.

At the time, the need for ‘a’ car was more important than the need for ‘that’ car, so I traded it in on the Escort. Although I’ve gotten great service from the Escort, I fit the Grand Am [u]without[/u] altering the front seat and it was a blast to drive.

I should think you’d be able to find a local mechanic who can do the work at a less-than-dealer rate: Pep Boys, Sears, Firestone, or an independent. You can still get the parts from Advance, CarQuest, Auto Zone, or any NAPA dealer at a significant discount off dealer prices.

Avoid the stealership

In reply to Thats a good deal

Most cars that have been produced for a while have a steady stream of parts, both the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and aftermarket parts. Sometimes the OEM parts are better, sometimes not, sometimes they are inferior. When replacing the gaskets in my intrepid, the mechanic showed me the original oil soaked paper gasket that failed, and then showed me the fibre and steel wire reinforced replacement from aftermarket. The replacement cost me a whole $3 more than the OEM but would last forever.

Dealerships also do a profitable business selling parts to independants and even other dealerships, and that isn’t going to change.

So don’t be afraid to go to an independant.

James

Now that I don’t lease the car anymore . . .

In reply to Thats a good deal

I can find a cheaper mechanic. I always kept the car dealership maintained and its in great shape, so I bought out my Pontiac lease. I have too much fun driving it to let it go. I commute about 80 miles a day. Lots of highway driving. It helps to have a V6 supercharged engine when you have to get out of bad situations.

AV

Just something to keep in mind about the Dealer

In reply to Now that I don’t lease the car anymore . . .

All new cars have modifications introduced over their lives and the Reputable Dealer makes these changes during Routine Services at no cost to the owner.

If you do not take your car to the Dealer you can not get the Makers recommended changes made and have to wait till there is a recall notice issued which only happens with most models of cars after several fatal incidents. It’s much better to get the changes made by the dealer when they do the routine services than it is to have to wait for the possible recall notice to be issued which effectively means that you are far more likely to be one of those fatal incidents because you are waiting for the recall notice to be issued rather than having the changes made along the way.

When I worked for a Ford Dealer here there where over 300 modifications that had come through the works before we saw the first of the new models that they applied to. Little things from Automatic Gearbox changes for the electronics to major things like replacing front suspension Ball Joints that failed when driving over less than flat roads and caused incidents that where to say at best something that you didn’t want to be involved in. I remember attending one of these incidents where the car had rolled several times and none of it’s occupants walked away from. To make matters worse it wasn’t a failure of a Ford component but the component from one of their suppliers who supplied the same part to the GM Model range so it adversely affected all of the then current models in AU.

We did hundreds of these changes during Routine Services to prevent the owners or the cars drivers having problems latter. Just about all of these changes where done without the input from the owners complaining about something we just got the go ahead to perform any Recommended Modifications sent out by the factory. While the initial service costs may have been more than after market Repairs did we where not confined to Log Book Services but could do what was specified by the maker at no cost to the owner to make the [b]”New”[/b] car safer for them to use. The non-dealers do not have access to the Free Components of the Manufacturer reimbursed for Labor in fitting these modified parts. Quite often as the Car Maker doesn’t make these parts the Component Maker pays the Maker to make the changes. 😉

Col

During the warranty period I agree

In reply to Just something to keep in mind about the Dealer

I don’t know about Australia, but in North America (Canada and US at least) any recall note is sent directly to the owner from the manufacturer.

During the warranty period, its a good thing from a records keeping perspective to use dealership service. It may result in fewer arguments if there is a disuputed warranty claim.

From my experience with dealerships, I had a hard time getting them to follow the steps in a TSB (technical service bulletin) that clearly addressed issues I had with the car. Now some dealers are better at this than others.

I’ve never heard of a situation in Canada/US where a part is replaced free unless its under warranty or a recall.

James

Wednesday hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

2 more days of work..then I’m unemployed..* meh *

the weather is fab .. and ohhh..what day is it today??
its…its….

😀

it’s humpday!

In reply to Wednesday hugs

woo hoo…and it’s the last day of school for the little ones over here…Go to my middle girl’s grade six graduation this evening, she’s very excited; overall, sounds like a cool day! Happy humpday (((((hugs)))))

its also some other type of day

In reply to it’s humpday!

.. aarrrggggg..

Where is MJ and his magnificant memory???

hmmm

In reply to its also some other type of day

someone’s birthday? …or something else? I dunno, i’m guessin’ at this point 😐

yup!!!!

In reply to hmmm

and that someone would be me! 🙂

oh oh oh…

In reply to yup!!!!

Happy Birthday Shell!!!! hope you have the most absolutely awesome day possible 🙂 (((((happy birthday hugs )))))

Me, Memory?

In reply to its also some other type of day

no, not me, I am lucky to remember my own name some days.

Hugs, Happy Birthday dear.

It’s not the same when you’re trolling for it

In reply to its also some other type of day

But a very Happy Birthday to you anyway.

Hope you have a splendiferously serendipitous day.

Happy b-day, Shell

In reply to its also some other type of day

🙂

passing through

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

with a happy (although a bit drippy) huge (((((hugs))))) for everyone. 🙂

sunny warm

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

((((hugs)))) from the Canadian east coast http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html

Anyone heard from Tigger 2 recently?

In reply to sunny warm

Col

[b]{{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}}}[/b]

Hot and sweaty hugs

In reply to sunny warm

from sweltering Myrtle Beach. 91°F, heat index is 100°.

[b]We need more hugs![/b]

Just as nice here in Atlanta as well

In reply to Hot and sweaty hugs

Nice and hot, just like summer. 🙂

We’ve got a lovely

In reply to Just as nice here in Atlanta as well

Overcast, cold day. Makes it all the more inviting to wake up early in the morning.

Cold and sleepy hugs:
(((hugs)))

It was 91?F

In reply to Hot and sweaty hugs

in Michigan today, too. That’s just not right.

But, it’s not like it can make it worse, so

(((((((HUGS)))))))

calling for a repeat of yesterday

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?ns-25&unit=i uggg….guess i’ll have to break out the garden hose again today and spray me down a couple kidlets 😀 ! Brief (((((hugs))))) cause it’s too icky sticky to give a decent hug…stay cool my friends, it’s gonna be another nasty one.

holy catfish batman

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

it’s gonna get hot! So I closed up my house this morning, covered all the windows with something dark, and turned on my A/C (that my wonderful husband bought me a few years ago 🙂 ), with any luck, the little girl and I should beat the heat for the day. Looks like tomorrow is gonna be worse; http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html will have to break out the squirt guns and water hose 😉 . Stay cool (((((hugs))))) from the Canadian east coast

We’re roasting here in Jersey

In reply to holy catfish batman

Its in the mid-nineties and humid. Not pleasant. Last week we had a stretch of 100 degrees F. Me no likee.

At least I can go to the pool after work. :^0

((((HOT HUGS)))

Enjoyed a nice balmy today

In reply to We’re roasting here in Jersey

Temps in the low 90s, humidity less than that.

It was good.

You must be used to those temps

In reply to Enjoyed a nice balmy today

I just can’t take it if I’m not swimming or in air conditioning. Its just stifling.

SC in the summer is out for me.

AV

Not used to them

In reply to You must be used to those temps

so much as accustomed to them. We started the week in the high 90s and will hit them again by Monday.

I stay in the A/C as much as possible, but at some point I have to get the laptop, tools, and parts, then walk from the van to the store. 🙁

Then I have to return to the van, put everything away, and climb in to what is now a sauna to go to the next call. :_|

Theres nothing worse than a hot car

In reply to Not used to them

I can kick myself that I have black leather seats in my car. Its worse if if you have a van and have to lug equipment. Yuk.

Pool anyone?

AV

What I miss most

In reply to Theres nothing worse than a hot car

is the community pools in the northeast. Most pools down here are at private clubs or the ‘Y’ and require more for entry than I’m willing to pay.

Sometimes I wish I could tow one behind the van…

Yes there is

In reply to Theres nothing worse than a hot car

sitting on the black leather seat with shorts on.

OUCH

Its so hot this year we joined a private pool club

In reply to Theres nothing worse than a hot car

There are quite a few community pools, but they are so packed its like a circus, so hubby and I opted for a private pool club this year. It is so miserably hot here, there is no other way to survive being outside.

The Y’s up here cost just as much as a private pool club. Its ridiculous. I thought they were supposed to be cheaper.

Everything cost a fortune in NJ. The only state (I think) where you have to pay to walk on the beach.

AV

You’re right, Michael

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Shorts + black leather seats + hot weather = 3rd degree burns. I usually sit on a towel until the AC kicks in.

AV

Pay to walk on the beach???

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I have never heard of that one, got two weeks to go before I head to North Carolina’s outer banks, OBX, for two weeks of rest and relaxation, no fee to walk on the beach there.

The beach house is a bit pricey, but well worth it.

You have to pay to get on all NJ beaches during the summer

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After 5pm, you can get on for free. It isn’t cheap either. Some beaches charge $8-10 a person, per day. Its the ultimate rip-off.

I never went to the NC beaches, but I hear they are beautiful. Even if the vacation house is pricey, its a bargain compared to what you would pay up here.

AV

That is just so wrong

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This is better,
http://s424.photobucket.com/albums/pp321/michaeljay2009/?action=view&current=dolfinsatsunrise.jpg&newest=1

or this,
http://s424.photobucket.com/albums/pp321/michaeljay2009/?action=view&current=beachumbrella.jpg&newest=1

A beautiful place, cannot wait for vacation. YAY 🙂

I live between Y’s

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The one is 22 miles away and charges a $50 join fee and $31/month for an individual ($50 and $46/month for a family). The other is 32 miles away and charges a $75 join fee and $45/month for an individual; for a family it’s $100 and $65.

The nearest pool to me is at the local country club. It’s smaller than the Y and they don’t have a ‘pool only’ membership; since I don’t golf, that ain’t happening. There are church conference centers and numerous gated communities with private pools in the area, but nothing public within 40 miles. Publicly accessible indoor pools for year-round swimming? None that I’m aware of within over 100 miles.

If I ever hit the lottery, I’m going to saddle this town with a natatorium.

My boss

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Gave me the rest of the afternoon off.

We’re experiencing monsoonal Mexican humidity along with 100+ temperatures, and I have no air conditioning. I get through it usually because the humidity is usually in single digits here.

What I hear is that a big high pressure sitting, stuck, over the four-corner region here is due to move out soon and grace you guys in due course. You are welcome.

ouch

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we don’t often get single digit humidity (our humidity during the summer is normally double digits) here nor do we get 100+ temps, that would be brutal here on the east coast. There’s usually always some form of humidity here during the summer months. I only hope that your weather doesn’t wonder this far north…or east 😉 stay cool 😀 !

Oh – so you usually have “dry heat”

In reply to My boss

Kind of like an oven, no? I don’t think I’d like Mexican humidity. Thats got to be the pits. At least you got the afternoon off. If I were you, I’d be looking for somewhere to cool off.

No more heat, thank you.

AV

Sorry Santee I don’t believe you one little bit

In reply to My boss

I know your boss and he would never give you time off during working hours.

At best he may give you extra hours to work unpaid during your Off Hours but not going to happen that you have been given time off. :0

Col

(brings up cape…

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…to cover face)

Found out.

I bet your Boss is nothing like mine

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He has [b]SWMBO[/b] to advise him on what I can not get away with. :^0

Col

Friday Hug – Part 3

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Part 3- Jake
When the warning bell rang for homeroom at 7:35 I didn’t want to let Natalie go. I had missed her so much. Seeing her and holding her made me feel so much better, like that the year wasn’t almost a quarter year over.

Dermitage Reviews

eh?

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

wtf’s that all about?

shrugs

In reply to eh?

i be wonderin’ myself…think the poster posted it up a bit too…weirdos… 😐

Link

In reply to eh?

When it was posted, I wondered how he managed to turn “Posted” into a link (it appears in blue in my browser — but I’m not trying it out). In fact, I don’t see how “Posted” is editable without access to site code.

I dunno, Shell…

In reply to eh?

But I have a great idea.

Let’s go get a beer…or 10. 😉

We’ve seen it before

In reply to eh?

The dummy didn’t close an html ‘a’ tag somewhere in his post.

The long hot summer

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

We’re in for another roasting, humid 100 degree F weekend. What is up with this weather anyway? We had a torrential storm yesterday. It was sunny and pouring rain. Its almost like Florida in New Jersey.

AV

I forgot my HUGS

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(((HOT HUGS)))

AV

As I am your future…

In reply to I forgot my HUGS

I’ll let you know that Friday is coming (unless you’re already in the wee hours of the morn. Then you know already.).

Friday hugs… It must also be Friday headache day today as well…

((((Friday hugs))))

Not sure what’s going on

In reply to The long hot summer

Last night at 10 it was still 90, and this morning at 8, it’s already 80.

Looking for a swimming pool (((((Hugs))))

yesterday wasn’t too bad

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it rained all day for the most part and cooled down some to around 20C, as for today, http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html i guess it’s make to the same ole heat/humidity sigh…oh well, at least it’s Friday 😀 Happpy Friday (((((hugs)))))

I went to my pool and it was warm

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Still nice though. Tomorrow its going to be 100 degrees F here. Hot as Hades.

When its hot like this, I always think of this movie. It was supposedly very hot weather in this movie and I guess it just made an impression that always stayed with me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1A0p0F_iH8

AV

Birthday ((((( hugs ))))) for PurpleSkys….

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It just happens that her birthday landed on a Friday this year 😡

Ditto!

In reply to Birthday ((((( hugs ))))) for PurpleSkys….

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( big ole hugs for the birthday girl )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

(i bet that was too wide for the frame lol)

Happy b-day hugs 🙂

Now…I gotta stay at work 3 more hours. 🙁

thanks jck

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hope the rest of your day was at least a good one 🙂

ty purple

In reply to thanks jck

my days are pretty…blah…

ty for wishing me well tho. i’m trying to find a happier place. maybe soon. 🙂

(yeah…i know…this is a month old…just catching up. hehe)

Happy Twenty First Purple

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Now all you need do is forget the last how many years of experience? :0

Col

lol Col

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you’re too funny…but thanks for the wishes 🙂

aww

In reply to Birthday ((((( hugs ))))) for PurpleSkys….

and i missed this one all day…thanks sweetie, you’re the bestest 😀

Happy Monday morning (((((hugs)))))

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Only working 5 hours today (no-OT policy in effect), so I actually get a Friday afternoon for a change.

I can live with that. B-)

muuuuhhhh

In reply to Happy Monday morning (((((hugs)))))

happy Friday (((((hugs)))))

You lucky dog, you

In reply to Happy Monday morning (((((hugs)))))

I have to admit, its been pretty slow at work lately. People are on vacation and I got to leave a little early myself today.

The weather here is absolutely perfect.

AV

Perfect weather would make it great

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But it’s still too damn hot down here.

Well it was pretty good here yesterday

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I had to play with the Wifes Daughters car for a couple of hours but it was 29 C not a cloud in the sky and a lovely day.

On the up side the Wifes Daughter took away the Ducati parts to be painted by her SO so I don’;t have to paint them which is great and I went for a short push bike ride of about 50 K lovely day really.

Col

gonna be a nice one

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not going to be too hot, not going to rain, couldn’t ask for a nicer one http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html

We started planning Sarah’s first camping trip yesterday. I know, sounds kinda silly but it does require a bit of planning. We’re going over to the North Shore (Brule) to Darryl’s Mom’s cottage but we’re tenting while we’re there. There’s a lovely private beach as well. Also coming along for the fun is my middle daughter, Holly, and one of her friends; gotta make sure everyone has everything they need. The girls are all very excited! 🙂

Oh, and in case you didn’t guess, Darryl is on holidays this week 😀 yay! that makes me very excited 😡 ! Warm, happy ((((hugs))))
@->-

More of the same here

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Probably the coolest day in a week, though.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Columbia+SC+29201

Lazy day until laundry time…

i’m totally envious though

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i’ve just been itchin’ to have a good thunderstorm here but about the only one we’ve had in the Truro area was in the middle of the night and I just couldn’t drag my sorry butt outta bed to watch it 😐

and we’re outta here

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we’re off to the beach!!! I think I’m more excited than the kids are. Looking like a couple of really decent days and more food than most folks need for a two day-one nighter camping trip, but I don’t care :p ! See ya’ll in a few days!! (((((hugs)))))

Enjoy!

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Actually, since you probably won’t see this until you get back, I should say “Did you enjoy it?” 😀

couple minor glitches

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but overall it was a good trip…the little girl made out well for her first tenting experience…she announced this morning when she woke up @ 6:40 that she had the best sleep ever last night because the waves helped her sleep…she really does crack me up…stay tuned for pics from the boss, I think he plans on sending some along at some point 🙂

RE: [i]more food than most folks need for a two day-one nighter

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Well PS as you will not see this till you return

[b]Repent your wicked ways[/b] the extra weight that you have added is going to take forever to remove again. 😀

But I hope you had a good time away otherwise. Though personally I’m not sure what happens if your not working. :p

Col

you’re so bad Col

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I’ll repent when Darryl goes back to work 😉 ….lol…everyone had a pretty good time I think…outside of the couple glitches mentioned in my previous post…but there’s sometimes bound to be a few… 🙂

Only thing I can say PS is

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[b]My Religion Made me do it![/b]

Scummy would be so happy to see that. :0

Col

yes

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yes he would 🙂

Hey, you gotta live it up sometimes, Hal

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Yes, you will pay, but as we say in New Jersey, fuhgeddaboutit! Have a good time and repent your sins later.

Thats what I do. A couple of nights with salad for dinner and I’m back to my svelte self.

AV :^0

Evil and misguided there AV

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There is only one way to go when you are in a position like this.

Do as I do eat more chocolate. :p

Col

Now you’re talking, but

In reply to Evil and misguided there AV

It has to be dark chocolate. Flavenoids.

AV

Well in my personal case

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Any kind of Swiss Chocolate will do the trick quite nicely.

I’m hopelessly addicted to that stuff after a trip to Switzerland where they mistakenly took me to a Chocolate Factory. Instead of mealy being happy with a look I tried to dive in and eat it all. The people giving the tour tried to ignore me till the end of the tour where they mistakenly said if you want to buy any chocolate we have a small shop here.

The other members of the party asked for a piece of this and that while when they had finished I asked how many boxes that had available. The others walked out with a few Franks worth where as I walked out with none but had spent thousands of Franks and they delivered. 😀

Col

Eat, drink and be merry

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Thats what its all about. PS – you can never have enough food. Its vacation, anything goes. Party on!

AV :^0

We’re back in the oven

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Stinky hot and humid here in NJ, but not nearly as bad as down south. I’m so happy it isn’t 100 degrees F here. I can deal with low 90’s.

I’m not looking forward to receiving my A/C bill for last month. I’m going to sit down when I open it.

((((HUGS))))

AV

edit: added some hot hugs

Lucky bastards

In reply to We’re back in the oven

We’re nice and cool down here.

(((hugs)))

Its your winter – right?

In reply to Lucky bastards

I’d love a little cool right now. This has got to be the hottest summer we’ve had in a very long time. I can’t wait for cooler weather.

AV

If you’re like me

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Then you’ll be unhappy when it’s too cold as well.
Not happy unless I’m unhappy. It’s a vicious circle.

AV what have you got in the Oven?

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I’m sure that you don’t get in that condition because of Hot Weather. :^0

But you do get in that condition because of too many hugs. :p

Col

No buns here, thats for sure

In reply to AV what have you got in the Oven?

You need some cuddle weather for that and thats a couple of months away. :^0

I have lots of hugs to give, because I am a very hot mama after this summer.

AV B-)

Actually Friday (((((hugs)))))

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

I may be on call this weekend, but this week is finally almost over. It’s just been one of those.

Looking for sympathy ((hugs)).

awww

In reply to Actually Friday (((((hugs)))))

sympathy (((((hugs))))) for Nick! I feel your pain my friend, I have those from time to time myself…think we all do…hope you have a stupendous weekend 😀 to make up for it!

Long time – no see hugs

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Awe..poor Nick
here ya go (((((((((hug)))))))))

so, we all alive and well?
I been away for a while, was busy with finishing up work contract, partying in amsterdam and then sunning myself on a sunny beach in spain 🙂

patchy tan and freckled ((((((hugs)))))))

all is well on the Canadian east coast

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you were missed though while you were away…Darryl didn’t realize you were on holidays. Sounds like your vacation was enjoyable.

Darryl is on holidays this week. We took Sarah and Holly (plus a friend) camping over on the North Shore at Darryl’s mom’s cottage first of the week. It does kinda rock to camp at the beach 🙂 ! We had a pretty good time, had a camp fire on the beach and made s’mores; they were messy but tasty 🙂 !

Welcome home (((((hugs))))) !!!

Glad you’re back, Shell

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And glad you enjoyed yourself. :-bd

My week finished up quite nicely. I went out Friday morning and closed a couple of calls, then checked Fedex for the status of my parts shipments. Fedex Ground normally doesn’t deliver to the house until late in the afternoon, but on Friday they delivered three–count’em, [u]three[/u]–boxes of parts before 1100, most of them for calls that were a week old or older.

We’ve been on a strict no-OT diet for the past couple of months, but when I told my boss I had more parts than I had time, he said I could work “until you’re out of parts.” Didn’t get home until almost 10p last night, but closed a [b]bunch[/b] of calls.

Sweet. B-)

coolio

In reply to Glad you’re back, Shell

well, i’m luxuriating in “not working” 🙂

anything strange or weird goin on??

It’s been quiet

In reply to coolio

Other than obama-whatever-the-heck-number-he’s-using-this-week spamming the site, most everybody is on vacation, I think.

Time for some more ((((HUGS))))

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Oh my GOD! Monday night football (pre-season) is on TV and that means that the summer is almost over.

I’m not sure that I will miss this summer or not. It was waaay too hot!

Been having lots of fun swimming in the pool, though.

AV

((((HUGS)))) everyone!

They’re forecasting a normal week for us

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Low-to-mid 90s with either scattered or isolated thunderstorms. 30% or higher chance of rain through next Monday.

Overcast for the next week. Bleah!

this week

In reply to They’re forecasting a normal week for us

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-25_metric_e.html not too bad i would say…but i really would like to see some of that lightening they have been promising me all summer 😐 happy, thankful Tuesday morning ((((hugs))))

At least it isn’t in the 100’s

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That is just miserable weather no matter where you live. Low to mid 90s is good. It was pretty nice here today. Upper 80’s. Sunshine. Perfect, except I had to work.

We’re going to spend some time at the Jersey shore at the end of the week (YEAH!). I can’t wait. The weather will be great, but I’ll have to keep my ocean swimming in check because of the shark sightings this year. :0

AV

sticking a couple in my pocket

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Just came home from the hospital; spent the evening with my oldest daughter and her boyfriend…they were in an accident this evening on their way to his home after they both got off work. Right now it’s a he said/she said story from both drivers (her boyfriend and the lady they rear ended). His Mom called to let us know they were at the hospital and what had happened, but to thankfully say they were both fine. I went out anyway to be with my girl, her boyfriend and his Mom and Dad while we waited to have her checked over. This evening I’m just very thankful that they are both OK and safely tucked in at his Mom and Dad’s; they’re great kids with a good future ahead of them.

Dear God

In reply to sticking a couple in my pocket

Be with you all.

thanks santee

In reply to Dear God

the kids are fine just sore and tired now…i’m more stressed over the fact (now that it’s certain that they are both A-OK) that it took over five hours for my daughter to be looked at by a doctor in the ER…sigh…but, once again, i’m more thankful that everyone is OK

Been there

In reply to thanks santee

.

The hospital here in Truro has a lot to be desired for Santee,

In reply to Been there

I have much experience with it. The surrounding hospitals seem much better, bet even those have problems with ER staffing.

sounds like here

In reply to The hospital here in Truro has a lot to be desired for Santee,

rural area I live in, the hospital I was in last year…the nurses didn’t even follow the atttending physician’s orders to keep me in a neck brace.

gotta love business-focused medicine…staffs the best people that minimal pay can buy.

I think that is true in many rural areas

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Small towns in both US and Canada have a hard time retaining medical staff, who can make more moeny in the city.

I knew a doctor in Ottawa in the 80s who used to moonlight on the weekend at a hospital in cottage country, they had to pay bonuses to keep people working there.

There are programs here in the US

In reply to sounds like here

Where state or federal governments will repay substantial parts of medical student loans on condition you spend your first several years of practice in areas that have trouble attracting medical professionals. You fulfill the terms of the contract and the loans are greatly reduced or eliminated.

http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=172

well…rural is relative

In reply to sounds like here

There’s over 100,000 people here (or near that…used to be 130,000 but the housing/economic bust ruined that).

There’s 2M+ 40 miles south of me.

They actually pay good here for doctors…and head floor nurses. But, the PAs, NAs, LPNs, techs, etc., get paid squat and are shifted around like salt in a shaker.

So if you want to be an RN and push a lot of paper all day instead of healing sick people, you can make a TON of money here (almost 6-figures).

Glad they’re okay

In reply to sticking a couple in my pocket

🙂

Hugs to you Purple

In reply to sticking a couple in my pocket

So glad it worked out well, I know it does not always go so well.

Sometimes it changes everything.

Warm Hugs

thanks MJ

In reply to Hugs to you Purple

🙂

Heres some more ((((HUGS)))) for you

In reply to sticking a couple in my pocket

I’m glad there was a happy ending.

AV

Well….I’m not sure if they need a “HUG”….

In reply to sticking a couple in my pocket

or a kick in the behind…..hummm

some Monday lunchtime hugs

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

(((((((((((((((((((((( everyone ))))))))))))))))))))))

Thought I’d do that…hope everyone’s having a good day. 🙂

Hospital lunch hugs

In reply to some Monday lunchtime hugs

Heart scare yesterday. Overnight visit, lots of tests, everything clean and green.

Don’t know what it was, but it warnt the heart. Being sprung shortly.

Heartburn?

In reply to Hospital lunch hugs

I get pains in my chest, but they all end up as heartburn.

Glad to hear your heart is in good shape.

They’re thinking it’s musculoskeletal

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BP is good, cholesterol is good (doctor is jealous! B-) ), heart enzymes 0.0, chest x-ray clear, stress test passed with flying colors.

Says the doc, “You’re in pretty darn good shape for a man who has smoked as long as you have.”

Now I feel guilty… 🙁

feel better soon

In reply to They’re thinking it’s musculoskeletal

((((hugs)))) for Nick…hope you’re tip top 🙂

One thing you don’t get in a hospital

In reply to feel better soon

Sleep. I’m fading fast now, and will be in bed within a half-hour.

-insert “zzzz” emoticon here-

Glad to

In reply to One thing you don’t get in a hospital

hear that things are looking good.

You know what the say Nick

In reply to They’re thinking it’s musculoskeletal

[i]BP is good, cholesterol is good (doctor is jealous! ), heart enzymes 0.0, chest x-ray clear, stress test passed with flying colors.[/i]

[b]Doctor[/b] Every test we give this Guy he passes with Flying Colors if it wasn’t for the fact that he’s dead I would say that he’s perfectly healthy. 😉

Look after yourself as No One Else will. :0

Col

I’m glad to hear you’re ok

In reply to They’re thinking it’s musculoskeletal

It must make you feel very relieved that all your tests are good.

Smoking is bad, but some people just don’t seem affected by it.

Its funny that you say musculoskeletal. My husband, who only smokes cigars once and awhile, once had a similar situation. He was shoveling snow like a madman and later on that day got chest pains. We spent the rest of the day in the hospital and after he passed all of their tests, the doctor’s said he had likely pulled all of the muscles in his chest.

Maybe you did something physical that might have had the same effect?

AV

I’m thinking

In reply to I’m glad to hear you’re ok

I already have a twinge in my left shoulder (probably rotator cuff), but what I felt Sunday wasn’t it. It may be the way I sit and work at the laptop. Right now, that’s where it is: my lap. Sitting shoulders hunched, elbows in, wrists cocked. I’m going to try putting it on a desk and using a full-size, even ergonomic, keyboard.

I’ve got an appointment with my family prac for Friday. We’ll start there.

Monday evening

In reply to some Monday lunchtime hugs

(((hug))) has been a good day…overcast but still nice enough…been hanging close to home hoping to hear from a job interview that i had on friday…should hear in a day or two…optomistic (((hugs))) 🙂

Good luck…

In reply to Monday evening

I’m hoping for one too…just that the one I am hoping for is 1500 miles away from here. :^0

((((((((( Good luck hugs )))))))))))

Tuesday ((((HUGS))))

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

It feels like a touch of fall today, only in the 60’s and gray and cloudy. The dark time of year approaches. I’ll have to start dusting off my scarecrow.

AV

A touch of fall here also

In reply to Tuesday ((((HUGS))))

only 93 degrees, comfy, a nice fall day in Hotlanta.

Oh, and the full moon should look good tonight, actually it was full at 1 pm today but it should still look full tonight.

And special hugs to the ones who need it most.

((((((((((HUGS))))))))))

Its the full Sturgeon Moon

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According to the Farmers Almanac – Full Sturgeon Moon ? August The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.

Happy full moon night.

AV

One more note, it was the smallest full moon

In reply to Its the full Sturgeon Moon

of the year;

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Apo-Perigee-2010.htm

Silly moon cannot keep a circular orbit.

Interesting

In reply to One more note, it was the smallest full moon

I always thought it was smaller because of where I observed it. My favorite is the harvest moon in October. If I can catch it when its just coming up on the horizon, its huge and golden.

AV

When on the horizon

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it always looks big, even when it is small 🙂

Where I live

In reply to When on the horizon

I live in the country and every October the harvest moon appears at the end of our country road and it almost looks like you’re driving into another world, the moon is so big. I wish I could take a picture that would do it justice.

AV

Take some pictures

In reply to When on the horizon

A lot of pictures of it if you can, and if you can find some photographers and show them the site they may love the opportunity, it could be good.

Two Candles

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

Two candles burn bright on a warm summers night,
It was the love that carried them to this height

For just a short time their love was so great,
But now it just seems that their love can not wait

One candle burns slower somehow in pain,
The other stands tall calling his name

We had all hoped that all could be fine,
But now it seems it is just a matter of time

Till the candle will fail,
and the hearts they will wail

Two Candles of love that never will part,
We will always hold them tight in our heart

To those who understand, (((((HUGS))))) to the rest, (((((HUGS))))) you really do not need to understand, and I know that I do not.

That’s, strangely

In reply to Two Candles

Quite a sad story.
If those candles were living in The Beast’s castle, then they’d have feelings. Then I’d feel sorry for them…..

Naw, not really, they’re just candles!
(((HUGS))) anyway.

That is one vote for “do not understand”

In reply to That’s, strangely

(((((HUGS)))))

Thats the story of love

In reply to Two Candles

Thats the story of life. Love lasts forever, no matter what happens. (((HUGS)))

AV

I will take that as an “I understand”

In reply to Thats the story of love

You do understand? It is the whole point of the Friday Hug.

(((((HUGS)))))

I do understand

In reply to I will take that as an “I understand”

Its the way life is sometimes.

AV

Thanks, MJ

In reply to Two Candles

:-bd

I know you understand

In reply to Thanks, MJ

and can even name the candles.

You are welcome.

Y’all have fun on Saturday, I get to work

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Just got paged to the Beach. Managed to convince the support center that I should get some sleep tonight because the outage would take as long to repair if I didn’t get any sleep tonight.

Up and out at oh-dark-hundred so I can be there by 8 or 9.

On the road (((((hugs)))))

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Another day trip to the Beach.

Ready for the hurricane?

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Every Labor day weekend, the weather is iffy in NJ and this year is no exeception. So far it looks like we’ll just get a kiss from Hurricane Earl, but other East Coast people may get a little more than that. Batten down the hatches!

((((HUGS))))

AV

Me ! Me ! Me !

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Got my story to tell…

Hurricane Carol in the 1950s when I was a boy.

The thing hit straight on the coast where I lived, passing directly over and around our little family in our snug New England house.

Winds: 125 mph, which by today’s measure, means it was a Three or Four. Hard to tell with all the howling.

We four kids were lined up, knees on the sofa, looking out the living-room window, watching an 1800s carriage house across the street. The carriage house was flanked by three mature oaks on each side.

First, the wind came one way. Three oaks down, partially crushing the carriage house. We lost a few shingles, and a tree in the back yard.

Then, quiet. Dad let us all out to stand in the front yard. “This is the eye,” he said.

The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and all was quiet. I could hear birds chirping (“Sonofablitch — did you see that?”).

“Alright,” my dad said, looking at his watch after about 20 minutes. “Back inside !”

Whereupon the wind came the opposite direction. The other three oaks on the other side — they finished the carriage house, debris howled away into the next state.

Nowadays, that’s what you do. You relocate to the next state.

The Eye of the Storm….

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Been there a couple times Santee…it’s both “cool” & “scary”.

That darn Earl has himself lined up to give PurpleSkys & I a bashing Saturday morning…..we’ve been watching where “landfall” is “supposed” to be but Nova Scotia & New Brunswick are pretty little provinces…we’re going to get nailed with some wind & rain.

We’ve been though worse….Juan was bad….then we had a snow storm they dubbed “White Juan” about 5 months later.

Batteries are charged….landfall is supposed to be around 8 AM….we’ll get pictures 🙂

First thing I thought of

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Was you guys “up” there. The predicted track has it headed straight for you. Looks also like it will pass right over where I grew up.

RE: pass right over where I grew up…

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New England area or New Brunswick?

Edited for – I missed that in your first post….New England Eh?

Looks like they are going to get a lot of rain from Earl.

Hang in there

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Hopefully Earl will weaken by the time it gets to you.

AV

I don’t think it will be very bad….

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they’re only forecasting about 60 mph wind…it’s moving pretty fast too so it won’t be over us for long.

so….

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what’s that in km/hr? you do know that i’m still not happy about this…now…get your sorry butt back to work 😉 :p

re: what’s that in km/hr?

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about 90 kmh.

I’d tell you to hid under the bed but it would be rather hard considering we have a waterbed 😀

lol, you’re so funny =D

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but you know me, if i can figure out a way, i’ll be under that bed if i think it’s required 😉

60 mph is just short of 100 km/hr

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Quick and dirty conversion tip for miles and kilometers:

From kilometers to miles: multiply by six and drop the last digit. So, 50 km/hr x 6 = 300, drop a zero gives 30 mph

From miles to kilometers: append a zero and divide by six. So, 55 mph becomes 550. 550/6 = 91.6666, or ~92 km/hr.

Scary

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You really appreciate the power of nature when you see something like that. You never forget it.

It sounds like the experience of a lifetime, Santee. Maybe one that you don’t want to repeat. Back then, no one ever evacuated. They just hunkered down and rode it out.

Hopefully, Earl will spare the east coast.

AV

wind stories

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I really enjoyed your story, and in unexpected ways, too.

I can’t tell a story in the tenor or sincerity of this, so I have only to offer this change-up keeping true only to the wind topic.

We lived in Boulder, CO for a number of years. One to three times a year during the winter months we would experience extremely high winds, well over 100 MPH. They would be strong enough to overturn semis, knock down overpasses, etc. One of them flattened our basketball post, and it was not uncommon to see something like a galvanized trashcan riding on the breeze, as if it were a feather. If you wanted to have your car repainted, it was great because it was a sure way to have your car sandblasted.

But the worst one year was around Christmas. The wind unscrewed all the Christmas lights on a small pine in our yard, blew them over to the neighbor’s yard, and screwed them into their newly emptied strand.

I would tell you about the tornado experience, but you probably wouldn’t believe me.

Can’t tell a story,

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Eh?

That was similer to what we experienced in 2007

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Juan was only a cat 2 but they said it spawned a bunch of “mini-tornados”.

Nobody was prepared for it, we seldom get hit with anything bad here so everyone just sort of brushed off the warnings.

It came through in the middle of the night so we coludn’t really see much while it was happening but things sure were a mess the next morning.

Here’re a couple links to prictures from the Truro area….

http://www.trurons.com/juan/juan3.html
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/93040251ZUEpXo

Halfax got it worse than us, it made landfall there, we’re 60 miles inland but it tracked over us…..it took down many of the large Elm & Maple trees all over town.

It’s not so much Batten down the hatches!

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As cleaning up anything that can be moved by the wind outside.

From my experience of Cyclones here it’s not the wind that is the problem but the people who don’t follow even the most basic practices to make the place safe during these events.

The wind by itself doesn’t do a lot of damage but when you leave things outside to be blown around they cause the widespread destruction that often accompanies these things. Start off with a rubbish bin left outside which blows into a car port and then the car port designates and the damage is a direct Down Wind path.

Col

We’re lucky

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We have a 12′ x 8′ space enclosed on three sides by the house. Over time, we have discovered that it is an eddy space; no matter how strong the wind elsewhere in the area, or the direction, that area remains relatively calm. Anything too large to put inside goes there, heavy end down, with additional weight provided by cinder blocks.

We’ve had some storms come through, but never lost anything, not even the rubbish bin.

Lucky here also, way far from the shore

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but I worry about the beach house at the Outer Banks, might get nasty over there.

They told the folks to go home, not safe here, hope they are wrong.

I knew you were in the Carolina’s…

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Just sort of checking how you were making out as I knew Earl was supposed to brush you before it came up here.

Purple & I had a pretty bad experience with Juan 7 years ago when it ripped up Truro & we were without power for a week….she’s not happy about Earl wanting to visit.

I have this telephone number

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I don’t hand it out to just anybody.

If Purple is disturbed, and she has a complaint about natural-is-as-natural-does, she can call.

I’ll answer.

hehehe….the two of us are disturbed alright….

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but do we also have to have a complaint?

RE : but do we also have to have a complaint?

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But Darryl

Purple is female they like to complain about everything.

Besides if she didn’t have a complaint she would be missing out and deprived. 😉

Col

I’m west of Columbia

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About 160 miles from the 2nd Avenue pier in Myrtle Beach, and about 120 miles from the Battery in Charleston, so we’re well off the coast. But we’re less than 60 miles from the path Hugo took through SC on its way to Charlotte.

I’m told we’ve had higher winds from thunderstorms than this area got from Hugo, but the same individual who told me this also hawks and spits when he sees ‘that damnyankee’. Me. 🙂

We quite often get higher winds during winter storms

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but the problem for us is the trees still have leaves on them this time of year….it knocks them over & pops the roots up through the roads & sidewalks….makes quite a mess.

I just don’t know why people don’t heed the warnings

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If I had a boat, I would take it out of the water. I’ll never understand why some people don’t do that when they’ve had sufficient warning.

I’ll never forget being hit with a microburst at home a few years back. My husband was barbequing in the backyard and I was in the house. I opened my front door and saw that across the street the trees were bending in half with the wind and there was visible debris flying around. It was a Wizard of Oz moment. I told my husband to get in the house NOW!

In a matter of seconds, the wind topped off huge trees in our yard and they were flying sideways. We ran to the basement and all I can remember is the suction of the storm trying to pull the roof off.

Minutes later when it was over and we went outside, the wind had actually pulled the gutters off of the house and destroyed part of the frame. We were very lucky. The guy next door had his entire deck pulled off and destroyed and a tree fell on his house.

Ever since then, I am very careful if there are weather warnings. Things can get bad really quick.

AV

And some people think that I don’t like trees

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Because they see me cutting them down. Only ones that I bother with though are ones that are within striking distance of the house or ones that will go to within striking distance of the house.

I don’t care about others but you can be certain if a tree can fall on a house that it’s going to at some stage so I like to remove the chance of that happening.

Could be maybe that I was in a brick house asleep when a tree fell on it and I got buried in broken bricks. 😀

Or I moved north but this time I was way inland the other side of a Mountain Range as the coastal areas got hit by cyclones very regally so way inland was going to be [b]”Safe”[/b] and within the first month we where hit by a cyclone. 🙁

Just couldn’t take a trick. :^0

Col

I got the word today

In reply to Friday Hug – Part 3

that the candle I referred to in another post has gone dark. 🙁

Sadness, to the remaining candle I am so sorry, wish there was something I could say or do to make things better, but I cannot.

I can only offer the warmest tightest hug I can muster and hope that it helps.

((((((((((HUGS)))))))))

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