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December 21, 2005 at 8:24 am #3196706
That’s like telling a kid not to peek at his Christmas presents
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Is this some of kind of experiment for a psychology research project to see how many people will actually respond to a discussion that is titled “Please disregard”?
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December 21, 2005 at 8:29 am #3196703
there should be a counter
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to That’s like telling a kid not to peek at his Christmas presents
to see how many people actually click on it … I clicked on it but didnt bother replying 😀
]:)
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December 21, 2005 at 8:50 am #3196688
I like living on the edge
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to there should be a counter
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Live life to the fullest. Be a trailblazer. And all those other cliches. So I replied.
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December 21, 2005 at 8:51 am #3196687
You guys are funny
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to there should be a counter
I accidentally submitted the same topic twice, so thats why I edited this one and made it blank. But hey, if you want, continue the fun and click away.
Hows about them redskins
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December 21, 2005 at 8:53 am #3196685
This will be one discussion …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You guys are funny
where we wont stray off the actual topic :^O
]:)
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December 21, 2005 at 9:01 am #3196678
Never say never
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to This will be one discussion …
I gotta quit with all these cliches 😀
But what the hell IS the actual topic, aaron?? Give us some help here. We’re trying our damndest to provide honest and thoughtful feeback to the discussion you started here.
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December 21, 2005 at 9:03 am #3196676
Thats just it …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Never say never
No topic …. No straying off :^O
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December 21, 2005 at 10:06 am #3196637
You want a topic?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Never say never
Why is Bush still in office?
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December 21, 2005 at 10:12 am #3196636
Because his term doesn’t expire until Jan 2009
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You want a topic?
Got any more harebrained questions? :^O
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December 21, 2005 at 11:22 am #3198802
The topic is
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to This will be one discussion …
Things that make you say hmmmm
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December 21, 2005 at 11:40 am #3198790
Here’s one
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The topic is
Discussions titled “Please disregard”.
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December 22, 2005 at 5:12 am #3198136
Why do croutons come in airtight packages?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Here’s one
It’s just stale bread to begin with.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:55 pm #3198743
You’re All Fired!
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to This will be one discussion …
Is it that boring at work, so much that everyone will have an entire discussion about nothing?! Oops, I just got suckered into this, too. And I was so looking forward to tha Christmas bonus.
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December 21, 2005 at 1:13 pm #3198730
Fooled you
by charliespencer · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You’re All Fired!
I don’t really work here. I just sneak in for the coffee, donuts, and bandwidth.
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December 21, 2005 at 3:07 pm #3198649
Was it you??
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Fooled you
Are you the one who ate the last jelly donut?! Btw, I don’t really work here either; you should try clocking in like I do. They’ll never catch on. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 3:04 am #3198173
nothing???
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You’re All Fired!
I will have you know sir … we are having a pretty good discussion about a bunch of different things … One of them being … “What the hell shall we dicuss??” 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 5:35 am #3198117
Sir???
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Did you just call me sir? I am female, woman, she person. Call me Miss or Ms. or maam even, but don’t call me sir. Now I know how Peppermint Patty felt. And…”What the hell shall we discuss is hardly what I would call a topic. But, the men found something of interest to them, …Sports. Everyone,I suppose, is anticipating the Superbowl. In my opinion, it’s just another excuse for the “big sandwich”. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 5:44 am #3198106
Uh, Sir? US_geeks_rule
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Gee, it’s kind of like deja vu here. Right Ms us_geeks_rule? Seems someone else just went through the same thing. See, I’m not the only one who used the wrong gender. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 5:49 am #3198103
Topic of interest
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Ms, Miss, Ma’am firestar1, as you are probably aware it doesn’t take much to amuse us. Disregard works.
Hanging with you girls is a lot of fun too. (Disclaimer: Yes, I’m a guy–an old guy–but a guy. And, yes, I am straight and yes, I’m married and plan to stay that way but I still like the girls better. My wife says it’s ok–I keep it honest…) 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 5:59 am #3198093
Now that’s funny, old guy
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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But, look at my name. How many men do you know that would give himself a screen name like Firestar? But it looks like we’re in the same boat Geek. I think maybe I should add a picture or something maybe,and there would be less confusion.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:02 am #3198090
Firestar
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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My post to us_geeks_rule was reminding her I had done the same thing to her when I first starting hitting these discussions. She kind of replied like you did. I was severely chastised also. It is funny…
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December 22, 2005 at 6:10 am #3198074
My sincere apologies ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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You know what Ms. firestar ?? Once I had posted, I thought about going in and editing my post to include sir/madam … but at that very moment devil sat on my shoulder and told me to see what happens .. 😀 .. So so sorry …
Havent seen you around TR a lot though … Having fun??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:21 am #3198057
MS. Firestar
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I thought you might be a guy, too. I have no idea what a firestar is so that name is generic to me and could be a male, a female or an it (not an IT, but an it :D). And my eyes work faster than my brain so when I saw your name, I kept reading it as firestarter, not firestar. Guys like to start fires. I’d be willing to bet that 99.99% of all arsonists are male. Hell, I even know of a guy who lives in fire. That would be Satan. BTW, please disregard this post.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:26 am #3198050
Now Now Mark ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Trying to offer us kids another christmas present??
😀 ]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:26 am #3198049
us_geeks_rule
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I tried to pick on you and you just let it slide. What about the deja vu???
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December 22, 2005 at 6:29 am #3198045
I did pick on you ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Didnt you notice?? My dear Old Guy .. When at TR, the best way to pick on someone is to ignore them :^O
]:)
P.S Deja Vu indeed … lets a pick a few more … This is fun …. using the wrong gender, I mean
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December 22, 2005 at 6:37 am #3198035
Ignore
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Oh, did you say something?
I’m not easily ignored. 😉
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December 22, 2005 at 6:42 am #3198026
I only found humor in it.
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
It was funny Old Guy. I knew that Geeks is a woman as well and thought I would rib her a little about it. Geeks, no need to appologize, and yes I am having a bit of fun chatting it up with all of you. I have been a member for only a short while, only just recently have I decided to check out the discussions. That’s why you haven’t seen me on much, but I do feel I am beginning to get to know everyone here a little better.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:46 am #3198020
Humor
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
This is one of the best discussions I’ve been in because everyone seems to be having fun and not being negative. It’s wonderfully funny.
I just wanted to tease us_geeks.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:51 am #3198015
Are you talking about??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
The discussion about Football?? or the discussion about Gender mistakes?? or the discussion about Columbus?? or the discussion about Wikipedia?? or the discussion about what to discuss??
I am glad you are having fun Firestar.Thats why I love being on TR … but how in the world did you find out that I am a girl (woman??) … did Old Guy tell on me?? (now where’s my stick??)
For Old Guy: Teasing me?? Just for that I ignore you :p
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:59 am #3198012
No ma’am
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I didn’t tell nobody, nuthin… (I love double negatives at the right time).
At least I’m posting here and not just peeking into other posts… 🙂 🙂 :0
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December 22, 2005 at 7:06 am #3198006
And that is suppossed to mean ….. ???
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Dont tell me you have gone peeking into the suppository thread??
Seems to be a new fad … I am trying to ignore these threads … but some of them (or is it all 3 of them??) challenge my resolve … :p
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 7:08 am #3198003
Not really sure…
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I’m not really sure when it was I realized you’re a woman. It may very well have been the time when you were telling Old Guy you’re a woman. As for Mark, I don’t start fires “missy”. You’re right Geeks, this is fun. What other male subject shall we refer to as female gender? >:) And Old Guy, you’re right also. This is one of the best discussions I have seen here.
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December 22, 2005 at 7:08 am #3198001
See post in 3
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I want to post in the Suppository butt I’m trying to be good. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 7:10 am #3197998
Come On Old Guy …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Have you forgotten ?? You and Good should never be used in the same sentence …
😀 I am trying my best to be negative and disrupt this discussion …. did it work?? huh?? huh??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 7:31 am #3197981
Now I’m hurt
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I’m trying to be good. Just because it’s a stretch sometimes…
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December 22, 2005 at 7:43 am #3197958
I’m waaay behind here
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I’m still trying to figure why us_g asked me about giving Christmas gifts to youngsters.
And be careful when you stretch, old guy. You don’t want to hurt yourself.
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December 22, 2005 at 7:49 am #3197955
Christmas presents
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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You’re right. What was she talking about???
Thank goodness we also have a complete Physical Therapy dept in our office and they all like me so they take good care of me on the stretching part.
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December 22, 2005 at 8:17 am #3197932
Explaining a joke …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
takes all the fun out of it … but here goes …
Mark .. you said that saying “please disregard” is like telling a child not to open a present … you did the same and told someone to disregard your post …
Sorry if I hurt you old guy …. but that’s Objective Achieved … I will be a good girl from now on 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 8:31 am #3197924
Ahh ok… sorry
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Having to explain a joke is almost as bad as not getting a joke. I’d forgotten about my comment about telling kids not to open their presents.
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December 22, 2005 at 8:31 am #3197923
Good Job! us-geeks
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I bet I’ll live through it. BTW, Firestar1, if you’re still in here, this is probably my favorite thread. It’s the most fun.
And, don’t tell anyone, but some of these folks are really crazy. I think their mommas must have dropped some of us, uh them, on their heads when they were born. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 8:37 am #3197917
I forgot to say, us_g
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
That your joke went over my head like a rocket. 😉
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December 22, 2005 at 8:39 am #3197914
Rocket
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Just make sure you grab the pink slippers!
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December 22, 2005 at 8:40 am #3197913
Aww Come on Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I dont like sorrys ….
You may be right Old guy … I have always wondered why my head is so flat …
We didnt scare Firestar away..did we??
FireStar?? yoo hoo Firestar??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 8:41 am #3197911
Mark
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
I cant find my pink fuzzy slippers any where … you are not using them for ear muffs are you??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 8:58 am #3198541
I rescind my apology
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
OK then I’m glad I made you explain your joke. 😀 I’m sorry that I said I was sorry. Oooops, I said I was sorry again.
I’ve got the pink slippers. Er..actually my dogs have them. I gave the slippers to themto play with. I’m sorry I couldn’t find better use for them (oops, I did it again) but the dogs love new chew toys. And I sure as hell wasn’t gonna wear them. On my feet or on my ears.
Maybe I scared MS. firestar away when I said her name reminds me of an arsonist. Gosh, some people can’t take a joke. I’m sorry, firestar… damnit, I gotta quit saying I’m sorry. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 9:02 am #3198535
I am having to wag my finger a lot at you Mark ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
:^O Gave my slippers to your dogs??
Now you will have to buy me new ones … Reebok shoes ….
(I hated the slippers too …. Thats why I was trying to make you wear them to the sun 😉 )
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:04 am #3198531
Miss Firestar1, yoo who
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Where are you??? Man, I hate it when we lose people. It doesn’t look good misplacing folks.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:07 am #3198523
maybe she’s …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
ummm aaaaahh ….
working (blech) ]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:10 am #3198515
Working
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Yeah, I hate when work gets in the way. No fun!
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December 22, 2005 at 9:20 am #3198502
finger wagging and firestar
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Reebok shoes to replace an old pair of fuzzy pink slippers that you didn’t even want? Someone’s getting shafted in this deal. BTW, thanks for telling me that you didn’t want the slippers. Now I can rescind my apology for giving them to the dogs.
Old Guy, you’re right about firestar. This tarnishes our reputation as sterling members of the TR community. I may have rescind my application to join the TR Welcoming Committee. I’m doing a lot of rescinding today.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:23 am #3198498
Rescinding
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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You’re right–it’s almost enough to make you dizzy.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:23 am #3198497
Damn Right Someone is getting shafted …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Get me 2 pairs of reeboks and throw in a Levis Jeans too …..
Fair??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:29 am #3198491
Uh-oh
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I have a feeling it’s time to turn red again. I can just imagine where this is going–but I’m trying not to.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:31 am #3198487
Turning Red??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I thought that was something Mambo did??
What are you getting at Old guy?? 😉
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:33 am #3198484
Oh, just waiting for
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Mark’s reply about the Levi pants too.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:35 am #3198479
Congratulations Old Guy …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
You have the makings to get on the Impure Brigade Band Wagon … (oops cross threading here)
Do not pay attention … Mark?? your take on this??
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:43 am #3198472
Impure
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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On a slightly serious note (only for a second) my old self was way too impure. I’m not a prude, by any means, but I do try to keep my thoughts, actions, and heart clean spiritually.
I do like to have fun and sometimes I push the envelop just a leetle bit…
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December 22, 2005 at 9:47 am #3198464
Think Nothing of it …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
We just have fun …
Which brings me to the fact … Mark hasnt replied yet?? Has he taken a leaf out of Mambo’s book?? shall I look for a red glow in the sky?? 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 10:11 am #3198446
Hmmm…
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to nothing???
Two pair of Reeboks for one pair of old slippers. But I’ll definitely need something in return. That brings me to the topic of the jeans. I’ll bring along my lone pair of jeans. As a matter of fact, I’ll be wearing them. I wear my jeans everywhere. It’ll be hard to part company with them and you’ll have to try real hard to convince me to get rid of them. ]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 11:49 am #3198388
Oh … Dont worry …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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For I am very good at convincing ..
Didnt I convince you to take my pink fuzzy slippers … even if you gave it to Flarney and Bipper ?? 😉 (hmm, I have a feeling I have said something wrong here….aaah what the heck??)
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:03 pm #3198379
My dogs would be deeply offended!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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X-(
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December 22, 2005 at 12:18 pm #3198365
I am so sorry ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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I just remembered … Its Barney and Flipper ….
Sorry Karm
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:27 pm #3198356
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December 22, 2005 at 12:30 pm #3198349
OOPS …… I take that back ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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Yrros
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:33 pm #3198344
Oh, no!
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
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It’s catching. Now you’ve got us-geeks saying it. 🙂
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December 21, 2005 at 9:04 am #3196675
REDSKINS! Them’s fightin’ words!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You guys are funny
Especially after Sunday’s reincarnation of Little Bighorn. You’re a Redskins fan or just a Cowboys hater? Oh well, I’m with you. The Cowboys played like hell and got what they deserved. There’s always next year. Or the year after.
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December 21, 2005 at 9:06 am #3196674
Oh …. you optimistic you …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to REDSKINS! Them’s fightin’ words!
]:)
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December 21, 2005 at 9:40 am #3196653
Diehard fans never give up
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oh …. you optimistic you …
Do you know about American football? Lemme guess… you’d be a fan of the Washington Redskins because “redskin” used to be another word for native Americans, aka American Indians. (Bad joke) I dunno why they were called redskins. Their skin isn’t red. “redskin” actually a disparaging term for American Indians. There’s been a lot of debate lately from politically correct groups in the U.S. about sports teams and schools changing their mascot/name from something other than Indian, Redskin, Seminole, Cherokee, etc. But I digress…
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December 21, 2005 at 9:48 am #3196647
Reasons for them being called red skin
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
#1. They might have been bashed up and their skin instead of turning black and blue … turned a raw red
#2. Maybe their mascot is one of the red tomato like men (in the summer time) of UK.
#3. Maybe they got tired of all these bad jokes and just liked the name.
]:)
P.S Yes, I like American football … The NBA and football are the only two sports I follow with eagle eyes … oh and the India-Pakistan cricket match too (That’s like WAR 😉 )… 😀
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December 21, 2005 at 10:15 am #3198844
Are you referring to my bad jokes?
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
😐
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December 21, 2005 at 5:01 pm #3198619
Aren’t Indians from India?
by ni70 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
I hope I don’t come across as being Politically Correct or harsh. But wasn’t it Christopher Columbus the first to use the term Indian for the Native Americans, thinking he had made it to India? I dunno, I guess it’s just me, but I prefer the term Native Americans or the First Nations. I bet if you asked any native American what their tribe affiliation is they’d probably say Lakota Souix or Cherokee, or whatever their affiliation is. Then they probably say it in their native language and my guess the translation would be something along the lines of “the real people” or “the first people”.
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December 21, 2005 at 6:27 pm #3198590
Wow
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
mark actually got off topic in a please disregard discussion.
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December 21, 2005 at 9:42 pm #3198567
I knew it was possible, faradhi
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
Tell me I can’t do something, and I’ll show you a way that I can do it. 😀
NetAdmin – you are correct. I think it was Columbus who gave the native people he found the name Indians. Columbus was searching for a place called the West Indies. Maybe that is why he called them Indians. But I agree with you. Native Americans is a more politically correct and more appropriate term.
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December 22, 2005 at 3:02 am #3198174
Ok … you have officially confused me ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
according to my information…
Columbus wasnt ‘searching’ for west Indies … He had set out to search for India, but landed up in West Indies … He never knew where he was ..
Since he thought he had landed in India … he named them Indians
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:06 am #3198080
Columbus
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
How do you more about American history than I do? :8} My original assertion was partially correct though it was based on an incorrect understanding of the actual events. I took a refresher course this morning and wikipedia was my teacher. During Columbus’ time there was no [i]East[/i] or [i]West[/i] Indies. There was only one Indies, aka India, aka South and Southeast Asia. Columbus was searching for an westward oceanic route to the Indies. (Contrary to popular belief he was not trying to prove the world was round.) He thought he found them but he landed in the Caribbean Islands instead. Later, the Caribbean Islands came to be known as the West Indies and South/Southeast Asia came to be known as the East Indies.
Interesting stuff from http://www.wikipedia.org:
[i]Christian Europe, which had long enjoyed safe passage to India and China ? sources of valued goods such as silk and spices ? under the hegemony of the Mongol Empire (the Pax Mongolica, or “Mongol peace”), was, after the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire, under complete economic blockade by Muslim states. In response to Muslim domination on land, Portugal sought an eastward sea route to the Indies, and promoted the establishment of trading posts and later colonies along the African coast. Columbus had a different idea. By the 1480s, he had developed [b]a plan to travel to the Indies (then construed roughly as all of south and east Asia)[/b] by instead sailing west across the “Ocean Sea” (the Atlantic Ocean).[b]The New World was initially thought to be the easternmost part of the Indies by explorer Christopher Columbus[/b], who had grossly underestimated the westerly distance from Europe to Asia. Later, to avoid confusion, the [b]New World came to be called the West Indies[/b] whilst the original Indies came to be called the “East Indies”.
The name [b]”West Indies”[/b] originates from Christopher Columbus’ idea that he had landed in the Indies (then meaning all of south and east Asia) when he had in fact reached the Americas.
The [b]Indies or East Indies (or East India)[/b] is a term used to describe lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and also Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, which was last called the Dutch East Indies before independence.[/i]
End of today’s history lesson.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:18 am #3198064
Whew
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
History has a strange effect … I think you just cured my insomnia …. :p
Wikipedia is a life saver, isnt it?? ASK ME ANYTHING LORD !!! :^O
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:24 am #3198053
Wikipedia
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
I cured your insomnia? My history lesson put you to sleep? 😀 Wikipedia is great. I love it. Anything you want to know, except next week’s weather forecast can be found there. And you can dig forever through all the links. Inquiring minds want to know.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:34 am #3198040
Yep ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Diehard fans never give up
Sometimes I wonder … If TR and Wikipedia had not been invented … or had I not discovered them ….
I cant think anymore … Its pure agony to imagine the world without them….
Gosh … I just made this post sound like I dont have a life …. I assure you,humble people of the TR, that I do … :p
]:)
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December 21, 2005 at 10:43 am #3198833
Mark – Voice of experience here
by dmambo · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to REDSKINS! Them’s fightin’ words!
I have some bad news for you. No team is going to win the Superbowl with Drew Bledsoe at QB. While the Giants are my secondary team, I do not make the statement above based on any particular dislike of the Cowboys. It is a simple statement of fact. I watched for years as Bledsoe had incredible games one week followed by 4 interceptions the next week. He just does not have the consistancy, nor emotional toughness IMHO, to put together a run to the big one. Nothing tore me up more than to see him return to the sidelines following an unbelievable drive capped off with a perfectly thrown pass for a TD, or an interception of a pass 25 yards overthrown and within 30 seconds, he’d have the same sleepy-eyed look on his face. Seemed like there was no fire inside. You see a guy like Brett Favre, or Joe Montana , or Tom Brady get in front of their linemen on the bench and curse them out or high-five them. I did not see that from ole Drew. If he were a dog, he’d be a trusty Bloodhound, not a Doberman. And as far as NFL quaterbacking goes, he is a dog.
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December 21, 2005 at 11:10 am #3198814
I’m finally learning that you’re right
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Mark – Voice of experience here
I used to think he was a good quarterback, back when he was with the Patriots. And I was surprised that he never got his job back from Tom Brady. I couldn’t understand why the local sportswriters kept trashing him when the Cowboys signed him. Now I’m realizing why. He’s not a bad QB. But like you said, he doesn’t have the fire and intangibles to win the big games. At least he’s an improvement over what we had last year–Vinny Testaverde. And he was doing pretty good when before the Cowboys’ offensive line got decimated by injuries and started leaking like a New Orleans levee. Jerry Jones needs to quit wasting his money on former college baseball players (Q, Hutchinson, Henson) and retreads (Vin, Bledsoe).
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December 21, 2005 at 11:28 am #3198800
Yes, and here’s the contrast
by dmambo · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’m finally learning that you’re right
The Pats have had 3 offensive linemen starters hurt this year, yet Brady leads the league in passing. He’s had some bad games, but he admits it and is a real team leader. How else does a second year kid displace a “Pro Bowl” QB and lead the team to their first Superbowl and begin a DYNASTY!
Go Pats, Go Pats, Go Pats la la la Go Pats!!!!
BTW – GO PATS!!!
Ever notice that once you’re a Bill Parcells guy, you’re always a Bill Parcells guy, even when you’re over the hill?
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December 21, 2005 at 11:50 am #3198778
REdskins have what it takes?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to REDSKINS! Them’s fightin’ words!
Do the redskins have what it takes to make the drive and beat the eagles and NYG? I sure hope so.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:08 pm #3198869
yes and no
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to REdskins have what it takes?
Eagles are out of it. Giants are already playoff bound. ‘Skins are fighing for a wild card spot. Probably won’t make it.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:34 pm #3198759
im praying
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to yes and no
I’m prayig that they have what it takes. That would be nice for an underdog like the redskins to take it all.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:55 pm #3198744
Would be cool if Joe Gibbs made it back
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to yes and no
But he might over the hill and behind the times. Just like Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden…er…maybe not… Hell, Joe Pa turned 79 this week.
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December 21, 2005 at 1:16 pm #3198729
Gibbs making it back?
by charliespencer · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to yes and no
You mean back here to a three-championship NASCAR tteam instead of that hobby he’s screwing around with?
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December 21, 2005 at 2:03 pm #3198683
“You guys are funny”
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You guys are funny
You have no idea…(line from “The Lion King” 🙂
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December 21, 2005 at 2:13 pm #3198678
Welcome to the party Old Guy
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to “You guys are funny”
Leave your cane at the door, grab a glass of cold milk and enjoy the party. 😀
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December 22, 2005 at 5:40 am #3198110
Party
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welcome to the party Old Guy
Shoot! I may even try to grab some of the egg nog!
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December 21, 2005 at 6:24 pm #3198592
Go Bears
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You guys are funny
After they take care of what is left of the packers, they will be going for the number two seed in the playoffs.
woohoo!!!! 🙂
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December 21, 2005 at 10:02 am #3196641
Never Thought
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
I never thought a non topic thread would generate 11 posts. WOW 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 5:08 am #3198137
King Kong anyone?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Never Thought
Has anyone seen king king?
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December 22, 2005 at 1:15 pm #3198301
The Titanic of monster movies
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to King Kong anyone?
What is the point in seeing a movie you already know the ending.
Beauty find Big Monkey
Big Monkey falls for Beauty
Big Monkey gets brought somewhere he does not want to go.
(Sounds like my marrage so far)
Big Monkey escapes
Big Monkey Finds Beauty
Big Monkey Climbs Building
Big Monkey Falls From Building
The End.Its like the Titanic. I didn’t want to see that movie either. Ship Sets sail. Ship hits Ice. Ship sinks. The End. (Beauty Made Monkey go. Monkey wanted to find a building to jump off.)
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December 22, 2005 at 1:19 pm #3198294
I am sorry …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The Titanic of monster movies
but that ……was absolutely hilarious :^O
]:)
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December 23, 2005 at 6:01 am #3196460
WHAT???
by mickster269 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The Titanic of monster movies
The monkey dies????
Oh, fine. Now you’ve ruined the ending for me.
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December 21, 2005 at 10:02 am #3196640
Never Thought
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
I never thought a non topic thread would generate 11 posts. WOW 🙂
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December 21, 2005 at 10:14 am #3198847
Twelve if you count both of your double-posts
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Never Thought
:^O
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December 22, 2005 at 3:11 am #3198171
56 when I jumped in the next morning ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Twelve if you count both of your double-posts
counting this post …. 57 !!!
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 5:07 am #3198139
57 if you include this one
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to 56 when I jumped in the next morning ….
Um, so is there any other topics people want to discuss?
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December 22, 2005 at 5:55 am #3198099
Hate to argue but
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to 57 if you include this one
it’s 66 now, thank you.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:10 am #3198072
#71
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to 57 if you include this one
This discussion is like the TV show “Seinfeld”. Their theme was that it was a TV show about nothing. Just like this thread.
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December 22, 2005 at 6:41 am #3198028
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December 21, 2005 at 11:10 am #3198813
Its like your ….
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Reading my mind man!!!
Whoooooh!!!!
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December 21, 2005 at 11:30 am #3198797
Hey, Faradhi
by dmambo · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Its like your ….
GO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I still remember 1986-87. The Bears must be stopped!
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December 21, 2005 at 11:44 am #3198788
Are the Bears for real?
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hey, Faradhi
I don’t think so. Every year one or two teams coms from nowhere. This year it’s the Bears and, of all teams, the Bengals. I’m thinking Seattle and Indianapolis in the Super Bowl. Mike Holmgren finally got things going in Seattle.
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December 21, 2005 at 11:48 am #3198781
I hate to say it….
by dmambo · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Are the Bears for real?
…because you’re M_A_R_K, but I think you may be right.
Took Homegrown long enough, didn’t it?
The big question is can Peyton shed his Drew Bledsoe mantle (“can’t win the big ones”)?
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December 21, 2005 at 12:12 pm #3198862
Why it took me so long
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I hate to say it….
Somewhere in this wild, wacky discussion that’s not even supposed to exist, I said I’m a diehard fan. Gotta hope until they’re isn’t anything worth hoping for. We’re still in the playoff hunt. I won’t give up until the proverbial porky chick warbles.
Can the Pats do it again? What will that be? Five of the last six? Seems like they’ve won that many. Time for someone new. You’re right about Peyton. We’ll see…
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December 21, 2005 at 12:26 pm #3198762
Homegrown, not you
by dmambo · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Why it took me so long
That’s my catchy nickname for Mike Holmgren. How long has he been in Seattle now? 5 years? Seems like the Seahawks have been Superbowl contenders each preseason, but somehow fade. Maybe this year they won’t. This weekend will be a good preview. If they beat Indy Sunday, it’ll give the pundits something to speculate about going into the playoffs.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:53 pm #3198746
Pretenders not contenders until now
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Homegrown, not you
The “homegrown” name flew right by me. Flew by me like a Seahawk. hah! Ever since Holmgren got to Seattle, the so-called expert have said the Seahawks will have a good season and are SB contenders. Every year they’ve barely made the playoffs. Why are they so good this year? Other than Shaun Alexander setting the world on fire, what’s different? They snuck up on me this year because I quit paying attention to them years ago. I think they’ll beat Indy for no reason other than the 13-0 jinx. Seems like all the teams that rocket to a start like that fade in the last few games of the season. Come to think of it, the teams with the best records hardly ever play in the Super Bowl. It might be Redskins vs Patriots after all.
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December 21, 2005 at 1:03 pm #3198736
Super Bowl
by brneyes · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Are the Bears for real?
Gonna be Panthers and Colts in the Super Bowl this year. And Panthers will win.
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December 21, 2005 at 2:39 pm #3198654
In your dreams!
by maxwell edison · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Super Bowl
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December 21, 2005 at 6:46 pm #3198589
Your all out of your minds.
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to In your dreams!
it will be Da Bears and the Colts. Da Bears will win because Manning will spend so much time on his back he will feel like a two doller hooker.
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December 22, 2005 at 10:01 am #3198455
Skins All The way
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Your all out of your minds.
Once, the skins shrink the giants and turn the eagles into chickens, they finish any one else in the bowl.
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December 21, 2005 at 12:16 pm #3198857
I have the RIGHT to not disregard this thread.
by mickster269 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
And anyone that claims otherwise is a godless commie.
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December 28, 2005 at 5:11 am #3083423
Well You’d better disregard it!!!
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I have the RIGHT to not disregard this thread.
Or you cant come back 🙁
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December 21, 2005 at 12:38 pm #3198752
WOW KOBE BRYANT 62 points
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Its sad when one person on the team scores 2/3 the amount of the opposing team.
Too bad Kobe’s team wont make it anywhere near the playoffs until they get Yao MIng
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December 21, 2005 at 12:57 pm #3198741
And he did it only three quarters
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to WOW KOBE BRYANT 62 points
against my team the Mavericks.
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December 21, 2005 at 2:40 pm #3198652
A Disregard Discussion . . . . .
by maxwell edison · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
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….made it to the top of the featured discussions list!See what you started?
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December 21, 2005 at 3:36 pm #3198640
Waste not want not
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to A Disregard Discussion . . . . .
I guess everyone figured, why waste a thread, and then someone decided “Since we’re all here lets talk about sports”, …and they did. 🙂
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December 21, 2005 at 9:09 pm #3198577
oH mY gOD
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to A Disregard Discussion . . . . .
I sooo did not mean to make this to the top of the list, hahaha.
Man, I thoguht everyone would jsut pass over this and go on to my real post.
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December 21, 2005 at 9:46 pm #3198565
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December 22, 2005 at 12:11 pm #3198371
Maybe about 20 posts
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You had a real post?
Yea, jsut about 20,
Oh well, this one is more fun
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December 22, 2005 at 3:13 am #3198170
Human Nature …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to oH mY gOD
Doesnt work that way, my boy ….
We are made up of curiosity … and Pizza :^O
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 6:00 am #3198092
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December 22, 2005 at 7:13 am #3197995
Well, Now that it’s been brought up…
by mickster269 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Just how many Angels CAN dance on the head of a pin?
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December 22, 2005 at 7:22 am #3197990
Need more specifics
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Well, Now that it’s been brought up…
Depends on the size of the angels and on the size of the pin head. And also on the type of music they’re dancing to.
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December 22, 2005 at 7:35 am #3197975
Let’s start with the fundementals
by mickster269 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Need more specifics
ok, how’s this:
Say a standard North American Pin.
A large number of angels
Note: Seraphim and cherubim are most desirable, but almost any angels will do. The garden Anaheim variety of angel should be avoided.One copy of “The Song That Doesn’t End (Extended Version)”
I suppose we could also compare other music …say a waltz, a foxtrot, an “electric slide”, but I think break dancing is completely out.
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December 22, 2005 at 8:00 am #3197948
AND THE ANSWER IS
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Let’s start with the fundementals
25
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December 22, 2005 at 8:09 am #3197940
Actually,
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to AND THE ANSWER IS
all of them that are on there. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 8:43 am #3197910
Angels?? Pin??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Well, Now that it’s been brought up…
But I am not dancing on any pin …
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 8:50 am #3197900
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December 22, 2005 at 8:52 am #3198548
sure that I am an angel??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Dancing on pin
Pretty Sure, my dear old guy ….
And as for dancing on a pin … I cant, I am at work :p
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 8:55 am #3198546
Pin
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to sure that I am an angel??
Sorry, I wouldn’t dare question you being an angel.
I meant are you sure you’re not dancing on a pin? Which reality is real???
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December 22, 2005 at 9:01 am #3198536
But your posts always have a devil’s face
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to sure that I am an angel??
?:|
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December 22, 2005 at 9:04 am #3198533
shush ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to But your posts always have a devil’s face
I use a lot of makeup 😉
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:06 am #3198526
Welllll
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to But your posts always have a devil’s face
She didn’t say whose angel…
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December 22, 2005 at 9:20 am #3198503
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December 22, 2005 at 9:30 am #3198490
Thats only because ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
I let you …
Now let me think … whose angel shall I be?? 😉
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:34 am #3198481
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December 22, 2005 at 9:37 am #3198476
Oh no no no …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
I am a very very good Angel … Thats what we are supposed to be …
I have taken it thus far, that I even work in an area called angel 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:45 am #3198468
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December 22, 2005 at 9:49 am #3198460
Why Thank You …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
My Antennae recognise that as a compliment …
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 10:16 am #3198439
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December 22, 2005 at 11:27 am #3198403
Come On Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
You dont have to bring everyone’s attention to that …. Do you want to “keep” your jeans??
Do not pay heed to Mark Old Guy …I am as Angelic as I will ever be ..
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 11:55 am #3198384
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December 22, 2005 at 12:01 pm #3198380
Lets skip them then …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
I didnt want them going in that direction either 😀
But I am not going to let go of the Reebok shoes … I am not THAT nice …
Aaaahhh …. 8 o clock …. Friends …..
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:08 pm #3198374
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December 22, 2005 at 12:25 pm #3198358
There there Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
There will be other times … 😉
And Old Guy: That was not subjective at all .. Right now I am feeling so Angelic, that I am floating in the clouds with a Halo on my head and a harp in my hands (and oh yeah, a Laptop on my lap) …
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:34 pm #3198342
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December 22, 2005 at 12:40 pm #3198332
Angelic to Devilish …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welllll
and Devilish to Angelic ?? Lil ol’ me??
Humble?? YOU?? ha ha ha ha ha ha
]:)
P.S … ha
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December 22, 2005 at 12:55 pm #3198316
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December 22, 2005 at 9:06 am #3198527
Hey Old Guy
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Are you really that old, or are you just posing?
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December 22, 2005 at 9:08 am #3198517
Actually,
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hey Old Guy
I’m 51 and loving it. However, my knees and back are older than I am. It does get kind of hard moving around sometimes.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:10 am #3198514
Do You Mean …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Actually,
Your Knees and back were born first??
So your mum didnt drop you on your head after all :^O
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:12 am #3198512
No
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Do You Mean …
I think someone swapped out my knees for theirs while I was asleep or something.
My mom said she dropped me several times on my head when I was born. Oh, well, crazy can be fun–and get you out of some things.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:15 am #3198508
Crazy is brilliant ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to No
Helps me escape LIFE
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:27 am #3198494
Quite a coincidence, old guy
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to No
us_g swapped a leg with someone too. 😉
When I was a youngster, a hammer fell out of a tree (from a tree house) onto my head. The hammer was crumpled beyond recognition. I saw it laying on the ground after it bounced off my head. I only knew it used to be a hammer because my brother (who was in the tree house at the time of this incident) told me so.
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December 22, 2005 at 9:33 am #3198483
A deep Bow …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Quite a coincidence, old guy
And a big thank You Mark …
I had completely forgotten what I had done with my leg ..
yoo hoo Old Guy .. hold still … I want my knees back … and while you are at it … give Mark his back back too (??? :O ) .. poor thing is using nuts and bolts
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 9:38 am #3198475
Huh?
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Quite a coincidence, old guy
I think I missed something there.
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December 22, 2005 at 10:27 am #3198430
Sorry, old guy
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Quite a coincidence, old guy
Inside joke. Don’t just hate inside jokes? And damnit, I gotta quit saying I’m sorry!
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December 22, 2005 at 12:15 pm #3198368
Inside jokes
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sorry, old guy
Oh, I don’t know. Sometimes it’s more fun keeping everybody wondering. Sometimes it just drives them crazy and that way we’re not alone!
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December 22, 2005 at 9:14 am #3198509
RE: the old guy
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hey Old Guy
I use that because that’s what my son always calls me. However, I can still win because I don’t fight fair with him and he doesn’t know how not to fight fair. He’s 18 and it’s the only way I can win when he trys to wrestle with me. 🙂
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December 22, 2005 at 9:59 am #3198459
Like my dad always says
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to RE: the old guy
I brought you into this world…..and UI can take you out!!!
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December 22, 2005 at 10:09 am #3198448
Yeah, but
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Like my dad always says
he’s almost as big as I am and he’s getting stronger. It’s getting harder for me to win.
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December 22, 2005 at 10:03 am #3198454
If you could would you
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Install a hard drive in your head like Keanu Reeves did in Johnny Neumonic
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December 22, 2005 at 10:14 am #3198443
No
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to If you could would you
I already have enough voices up there. At least they all know me up there.
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December 22, 2005 at 10:18 am #3198437
Nothing
by karen_gingello · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Seems like alot of posts for a discussion without a topic, must be everybody is bored.
Happy Holidays
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December 22, 2005 at 10:20 am #3198434
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December 22, 2005 at 11:42 am #3198397
We aren’t bored …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Nothing
We are at work 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 11:46 am #3198393
Hey have you guys noticed …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
this thread is officially termed as a worthless discussion …
We are not even in the Hot Discussions List 😀
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:07 pm #3198376
Whered You see that at?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hey have you guys noticed …
where did you see that?
This is a hot topic.
What is the topic again?
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December 22, 2005 at 12:17 pm #3198366
ELTON JOHN
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Who saw that one coming?
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December 22, 2005 at 12:22 pm #3198362
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December 22, 2005 at 12:26 pm #3198357
Huh?
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Everyone ….
Saw what coming about Elton John?
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December 22, 2005 at 12:28 pm #3198351
I am guessing ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Huh?
that Aaron meant Elton John getting married to his Partner in UK’s first ever gay marriages
]:)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:31 pm #3198345
Are you trying to remind everyone…
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to ELTON JOHN
of his “marriage”?? (Where’s that “feeling ill” emoticon?)
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December 22, 2005 at 12:38 pm #3198334
Yeck!
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Are you trying to remind everyone…
No, I didn’t hear about that. I quit listening to anything about Elton John when he started spouting off all that stuff about Bush awhile back. The entertainers need to keep their politics to themselves like the rest of us.
Mark, I can’t even put the m word in parenthesis in this case.
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December 22, 2005 at 4:00 pm #3198216
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December 22, 2005 at 4:19 pm #3196631
hmm
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to wait.. I thought this was a country that…
Well I guess thats a good point. What did he say about bush?
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December 22, 2005 at 6:50 pm #3196597
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December 22, 2005 at 7:00 pm #3196595
Entertainers
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to wait.. I thought this was a country that…
I would like to respond to your very valid question. I do apologize for the length of it but I want to try and make sure that I communicate it as best as I can. So please forgive me for the length.
I certainly agree that this is a country that does allow and should allow each person to voice their opinions about the government. A lot of us here within TR have voiced, some even vehemently, our opinions of many government officials, laws, and practices. I am grateful that we can. And, I am glad to listen to other?s opinions even when they differ from mine. However, our audience is not vast?my influence, nor probably yours, within TR is tremendous either. The weight of my opinion is not as great as that of someone who is known throughout the country.
What I?m getting at is that the entertainers have a tremendous influence within a vast amount of the population due to their fame. They have a greater ability to influence a lot more people with their own personal preference which is no better or more correct than yours or mine (unfortunately, there are too many in the general population that is too easily influenced by the loudest or more influential voice instead of processing and drawing their own conclusion through reasoning). They may have more influence due to their fame but I don?t think they are able to reason any better than we are. They are as fallible as the rest of us. But, to give someone like that a greater field for spouting off their own beliefs and influencing a vast majority with their own hidden or open agenda is not good.
I sort of equate this with a cult leader. Take Jim Jones for instance. With his charisma and influence he was able to influence 914 people to commit suicide. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones ) A person who wields that kind of power(?) and influence needs to be kept in check.
I teach teens in Bible class. I have to be careful about what I teach and how I teach it because I do not want to lead one of my kids the wrong way by presenting what is in evidence to us and allowing them to evaluate and develop their own belief system. I take this responsibility extremely serious and do everything possible to teach strictly the Truth. (No, I?m not trying to start a debate about what?s Truth and what?s not and I will not debate that in this thread.) I am saying, though, that I could very easily influence quite a few kids in the wrong way. Entertainers can do the same thing.
So, in essence, I feel that people of this type influence needs to keep their personal opinions within their own circle of friends or acquaintances the same as we are here.
I will be glad to read and try to understand your opinion on this dissertation.
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December 22, 2005 at 7:20 pm #3196585
Well said, Old Guy
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
And this is the reason that entertainers, athletes and well-known individuals (i.e., celebrities) make great spokespeople in companies’ advertising campaigns for their products. People think celebrities know more than the rest of us or have more sense than the rest of us. They are very influential and they need to be more cognizant of what they say because their words are broadcast to a much larger medium than any of us common people, and their words carry much greater weight.
Some time ago, I was watching some TV talk show and the actress Gwyneth Paltrow was a guest. The discussion with her centered on a pregnancy and the resulting newborn baby she’d recently had. This is a rather common thing among women, having babies. Well, the audience absorbed every riveting word she had to say about her pregnancy. They were literally on the edge of their seat, ooh-ing and ahh-ing about her very normal pregnancy and ooh-ing and ahh-ing about the very normaly baby things that her child did. The audience acted like she was some exalted queen.
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December 23, 2005 at 8:29 am #3196390
It’s not the entertainers that are the problem.
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
The problem is that we do not teach our children how to think, reason, and evaluate the information given them. We are taught from very early on to assimilate and regurgitate. Even in a “hard” science such as Mathmatics, how many of us were penalized not because we got the wrong answer but because we did not follow the instructors method to recieve the correct answer. When I was in school, I was often admonished for giving alternative interpretations on literature, history, and even philosophy. Heck I even had a teacher that penalized me for listing my problems in rows not columns.
The way we teach our children must change. Suppressing the ideas of others will lead us away from freedom not towards it. Further, in a free society it is an inevitable that you will hear ideas you don’t like.
While it is true that the entertainers have a tremendous influence within a vast amount of the population due to their fame. This is not always a bad thing. In fact an entertainer was one of our greatest presidents of recent history. Additionally, one side usually complains about entertainers when they support their opponents. Liberals usually complain when Arnold or Fred Thompson speak out. Conservatives complain when Ellen DeGeneres or Bono speaks out.
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December 23, 2005 at 8:57 am #3196377
Entertainers
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
It certainly seems that we as a society are ?dumbing down?. However, due to the nature of being able to influence a lot of people at once I don?t think they should be able to. This is called prejudicial influence. And I don?t think that should be done. I think that some of them are abusing their influence (maybe for headlines?). A lot of them need to stick to what they do best and that is entertain.
Of course, in the ideal world, a politician would be voted in on their honesty and ability to do what is best for the country. Not for how they are made to look or how much money they spend to campaign. Well, since we don?t have an ideal world then it?s up to us to carry the torch.
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December 23, 2005 at 10:48 am #3196321
Don’t attack the messenger…
by faradhi · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
because you don’t like the message.
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December 23, 2005 at 10:49 am #3196320
Politicians
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
[i]”in the ideal world, a politician would be voted in on their honesty”[/i]
But in the [b]real[/b] world, politicians have no honesty. :^O
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December 25, 2005 at 7:48 pm #3082448
Faradhi
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Entertainers
That is the most assinine rebuttal I can imagine. Did you even take the time to read my reasoning for entertainers to not use their clout to push their personal agendas? You asked why I stated they should not use the media to try to sway a greater number of people and I presented some very easy to understand and valid points with examples and all you can say is,”don’t shoot the messenger.” Yes, sometimes the messenger should be shot (figuratively speaking).
I presume this means you think it’s ok for people to use their power to persuade large groups to go along with them–even when they show just how ignorant they are when they open their mouths.
I will state again that if a celebrity wants to discuss politics with their immediate friends and families, the same as the common person, then they should. However, to use the media to persuade great numbers to their own agenda is wrong. And, it doesn’t matter if it’s one that I, or you, agree with or not.
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December 23, 2005 at 5:40 am #3196470
Disregard this too!!!!!
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Hey, where did everyone go? I’m shooting for 500 posts.
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December 23, 2005 at 6:13 am #3196457
Christmas Mate …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Disregard this too!!!!!
Christmas … Everyone’s gone … HOLIDAYS !!! 😀
I am going too …. see ya around … Merry Christmas and hope you enter the new year with a BANG !!
]:)
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December 23, 2005 at 8:53 am #3196379
MErry XMAS
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas Mate …
True true, it was fun chatting with ya, merry XMAS. I’ll see if I can get this backk up and runnign after the break.
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December 23, 2005 at 5:38 pm #3081465
Sorry for disappearing
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
My son phoned and informed me he was involved in an accident. No one got hurt, however there was a lot of damage to his vehicle. His car was totaled and, well a big mess to have to deal with. Meanwhile, I have been trying to catch up with what I missed,…there’s so much. Something about finger wagging and pink fuzzy slippers. Why do I always miss the good stuff? 🙁
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December 25, 2005 at 7:52 pm #3082447
Missed you, firestar1
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sorry for disappearing
I’m really sorry you and your son had to experience the wreck. I am very happy that he’s ok. I hope you guys get through it quickly.
We did miss you though and you DO have some catching up to do. I’m sure it won’t take us long to get something else started.
Also, hope you are having a great holiday.
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December 25, 2005 at 10:31 pm #3082428
thanks Old Guy
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Missed you, firestar1
I feel funny calling you that, but it’s your chosen alias. I’m probably old too, compaired to most people here. (I know you wouldn’t ask me my age) 🙂 Anyway, thank you for your concern, it was very thoughtful of you. It being the holidays and all it won’t be until probably Tuesday before the insurance company can evaluate the condition of the car and determine for themselves it is indeed totaled, my son says it is. The accident in itself wasn’t a bad one. My idea of bad is if someone had gotten hurt, which I am glad that didn’t happen, too. A few years back my son was a passenger of a vehicle of which the driver was killed in a head on collision. The guy who ran into them had fallen asleep at the wheel. His own children were in the back seat when he fell asleep. His children were fine, though.
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December 26, 2005 at 7:10 am #3082391
Calling me Old Guy
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to thanks Old Guy
My 18 y.o. son is always calling me the Old Guy is why I use the name. That and I am getting old but that’s ok. I’ve worked hard to get old :).
That’s an awful lot for your son to have been through already. I hope he is handling it ok. (I mean really handling it and not just saying so)
And, btw, NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo, I would never ask you your age. How do you think I’ve lived this long????
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December 26, 2005 at 10:37 am #3082350
live and learn, right?
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Calling me Old Guy
I guess you have learned by now never to ask a woman her age,… aaand if you do find out her age always tell her she looks younger. 🙂
As far as my son, he is fine. I know what to look for, he can’t fool me too much as far as pretending to be alright. He was a little shaken up right after the accident, but he’s fine now. Or were you referring to the one where his friend died? He had a rough time with that for a while, we both did, but he’s fine now, we’re fine. So, you’re son calls you the old guy? I think mine would be afraid to push it too far, lol. -
December 26, 2005 at 7:07 pm #3082251
Learn?
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to live and learn, right?
I may be old but I’m not that slow upstairs.
As for your son, I was thinking about both instances in tandem. Although it sounds like you guys are doing right.
My son is 18 and I’m 51. He’s almost the same size as me and likes to push his luck a lot. We have a lot of fun though.
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December 26, 2005 at 8:43 pm #3082235
acquired knowledge
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Learn?
You did , as we all do, acquire this knowledge somehow, from somewhere. Whether it be from watching others make the mistake, hearing about it,or making it yourself (the ladder of which I was not implying). I realize it did sound that way, and I wanted to clarify what I meant.
You and your son seem to have a wonderful relationship. It’s good to be able to joke around with one another like that.
As far as age goes, at the risk of giving too much away, I will say I am not far behind you. I could be your younger sister, which of course you know I’m not… you do know that,right? 🙂 -
December 27, 2005 at 6:06 am #3082149
re: acquired knowledge
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Learn?
firestar, I’m not far behind you in age. I could you be your younger brother. I don’t have any sisters. Do you want to adopt me? 😀 I’m a tail-end baby boomer but from some of the outlandish stuff I post around here, you might think I’m closer to Generation Y. haha
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December 27, 2005 at 11:46 am #3082973
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December 28, 2005 at 5:22 am #3083418
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December 28, 2005 at 5:23 am #3083417
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December 26, 2005 at 4:48 am #3082405
WELCOME BACK !!!!
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sorry for disappearing
So sorry to hear about the accident … Hope you guys get over it quickly …
The pink fuzzy slippers is a bit of cross threading me and Mark have been doing (shame on us :D) …
]:)
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December 26, 2005 at 7:12 am #3082390
Cross threading
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to WELCOME BACK !!!!
Yeah, us_geeks, we need to keep an eye on you two.
Where is the shameful look emoticon?
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December 26, 2005 at 7:19 am #3082387
You must know by now old guy …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Cross threading
The only emoticon I know of … is ]:)
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December 26, 2005 at 8:24 am #3082380
Oh, yeah
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You must know by now old guy …
Now I remember. It must have been that stint down in Mississippi.
Speaking of cross-threading, though, your emoticon really shown in the homework. 🙂
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December 26, 2005 at 8:57 pm #3082234
slippers
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to WELCOME BACK !!!!
So let me get this right,neither of you actually own any pink fuzzy slippers? j/k
Thank you for the nice welcome. As for my son, the main thing my son is concerned about right now is transportation. The insurance company won’t be able to assess the damages until probably Tuesday, it being the holidays. He has a ride to work, which is the main thing. He doesn’t live far from a friend he works with. I’m glad for that, and the fact that no one got hurt, that’s the main thing for me.
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December 27, 2005 at 7:16 am #3083091
Christmas was great …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to slippers
Seeing that it was my first … 😀
As for the slippers, I used to own a pair .. but Mark gave them to his dogs .. so now he has promised t buy me reeboks instead
]:)
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December 27, 2005 at 9:21 pm #3082801
The Reeboks transaction is on hold
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas was great …
It’s on hold pending the completion of [u]your[/u] section of [b]Chapter 4[/b] of “The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Business Practices”. 😉 (Ethical business practices. That’s another oxymoron.)
Just a paragraph or two is fine. The rest of the book can get written some other time if this transaction proceeds, but the other chapters can be much shorter than the first four. Or…we can terminate negotiations. :O :_| Have to provide a good reason for that, though.(Wow, this was pretty good. Speaking of writing books, maybe I should write the sequel to “The DaVinci Code”. :p )
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December 28, 2005 at 12:53 am #3083450
re: business ethics
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas was great …
Are we going to have to take a test on this? I hope we don’t have to memorize something. But, if you do decide to write a book, I promise I will read it.
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December 29, 2005 at 6:22 am #3083571
firestar, the book is on hold too
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to re: business ethics
I am probably going to have to fire my co-author. :O For failure to meet deadlines. Gosh that’s too bad. It would have been a good book that would [i]rocket[/i] to the top of the best-seller list.
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December 29, 2005 at 6:44 am #3083555
Fire Me??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
I have been a little too busy star gazing .. your Markship sir … I will get right to work 😀
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 9:17 am #3083470
LOL… I’m teasiing
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
(strums violin)
It’ll only be a demotion to proofreader. 😀
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December 29, 2005 at 1:19 pm #3082652
too bad about that :(
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
I was so looking forward to reading it. Now what is Stargazer going to to do? I guess she will have to write her own book. She is your co-author, was/is? You do realize you will have to compensate her for all of the work she put into it, I don’t think a pair of Reeboks would be sufficient.
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December 29, 2005 at 1:52 pm #3082630
Firestar, did I ever tell you??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
What a Gem you are??
Mark … that’ll be a pair of reeboks, a tiara and Levis jeans (dont even think about black)
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 2:15 pm #3082617
demands not high enough/ need negotiator
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
You’re underselling the value of your work. You should at the very least demand a six month lease on a Lexus on top of that. I could be your negotiator if you like. 🙂
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December 29, 2005 at 2:57 pm #3082603
Good Good Good …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to firestar, the book is on hold too
Firestar … I hereby appoint you my negotiator … KILL HIM :p (now where’s my popcorn??)
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 1:57 am #3083443
Chapter 4 ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas was great …
is on the verge of completion … you should get it today for proof reading …
]:)
P.S .. when I say “on the verge of cmpletion” … I mean, I have been a lazy bum and will do it today 😀
]:)
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December 26, 2005 at 5:54 am #3082400
Welcome back, MS. firestar
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sorry for disappearing
I’m glad it wasn’t something that I said that chased you away. 🙂 Sorry to hear about the car accident. Good thing nobody got hurt. I hope your Christmas was a good one in spite of everything.
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December 26, 2005 at 7:09 pm #3082250
Err Merry late Xmas eveyone
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welcome back, MS. firestar
Wow, you guys actually came back, I thought this thread was done
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December 26, 2005 at 7:25 pm #3082246
Done?
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Err Merry late Xmas eveyone
I thought we were trying for 500 posts on this thread. I’m trying to do my part!:)
Besides, we finally got Ms Firestar1xx back and we want to keep trying to get to know her.
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December 26, 2005 at 9:57 pm #3082220
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December 27, 2005 at 5:43 am #3082162
Record for most posts
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to what’s the record, anyway?
I’m not sure what the record is but I know of two discussions that have had around 2000 posts. And one of those has continued for over seven months. We’ve got a ways to go… my post is only #217.
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December 27, 2005 at 6:48 am #3083107
records – top three
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Record for most posts
Number one spot:
The Evolution lie, 12/22/2004, Posted by ProtiusX, 2645 PostsNumber two spot:
Have you had a divorce? Need tips. 03/09/2005, Posted by jdclyde, 2106 PostsNumber three spot:
Why I am voting for George W Bush (1834 posts)(couldn’t find the last discussion to verify date and poster)
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December 27, 2005 at 7:05 am #3083097
Thanks for the info, jd
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Record for most posts
How do you search old discussions? If you just do a search on “evolution” or “divorce”, you’ll get several hundred irrelevant posts with those words in the body of the message. For example, searching “divorce jdclyde” returns 420 hits dating back to March 10. Who wants to wade through 10 pages of results to find the one post that started a particular discussion?
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December 27, 2005 at 7:31 am #3083080
The Search “function” is horrible
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Record for most posts
That is why I had just posted this about an hour ago.
As for the EL and Divorce, I am subscribed to them still. Not subscribed to GWB (it seems) so I couldn’t find it. I suspect it may have even been pulled because I WAS subscribed to that at one time as well?
I have looked for old discussions, and more than not the “search” gets me no where. Sad. Real sad. Please feel free to go to my new discussion and let them know I am not the only one that has tried in vain to find old discussions with the search, but with no luck.
For a test, I did the advanced search. Put “divorce” as MUST in the title and “jdclyde” as MUST in the author, set to search all of TR and it came back with ZERO results. That is a real crappy search.
What is funnier than he11, if you do a “google” search on “divorce” + “jdclyde” it takes you right there! Now THAT is funny. Who do they think they are here at TR? Micro$oft? :^O
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December 26, 2005 at 9:06 pm #3082233
Thank you Mark
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Welcome back, MS. firestar
Of course it wasn’t something you said. 🙂 I hated to miss the conversation, it was a good one, lot’s of fun. We had a very nice Christmas, despite the accident. How was yours? I’m hoping it went just as well.
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December 27, 2005 at 5:55 am #3082154
You’re welcome
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Thank you Mark
My Christmas was OK. Saw some family members that I see once a year (for Christmas). Christmas isn’t what it used to be when I was a kid. And I wasn’t very sensitive to something about Christmas until this year when a discussion got started on TR about Christmas and how Christmas means different things to different people. Or means nothing to some people. It got me thinking that I wish Christmas hadn’t gotten so commercialized and become a non-Christian event. I kinda feel bad for people who don’t celebrate Christmas but have been forced by society into making it something that it was not really intended to be.
I’m sorry. I’m sounding like a Scrooge… LOL
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December 27, 2005 at 12:07 pm #3082952
Reply To: please disregard
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You’re welcome
The world is for the most part a very competetive place, which is not always a bad thing. A lot of times it’s easy to get wrapped up into trying to top the previous events (which is where commercialism comes in, the big companys like to encourage, cash in on that) and outdoing the Jones’ (decorations). If we can keep in mind what Chrismas is really about, keep that into proper perspective it probably wouldn’t be such a disappointment when it’s over. And, you didn’t sound like a Scrooge. You sound like a wonderful person, and of course I’d be willing to adopt you. You can be my little brother. 🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 1:29 pm #3082899
Yay!!!!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Reply To: please disregard
Thanks, firestar! 😀
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December 27, 2005 at 3:27 pm #3082864
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December 27, 2005 at 7:27 pm #3082815
Wait a minute
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yay!!!!
Does this mean I have to adopt all you guys-Firestar1, Mark, and us_geeks_rule? There’s that age thing. Well, considering I have had a couple hundred teens over the past 20 years, who are “my kids” I guess a few more would be good.
Hey, talk about your extended family…:)
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December 27, 2005 at 11:14 pm #3082781
adoption
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yay!!!!
You’re going to adopt us? What will you be, our older brother? You’re not old enough to be our dad,but if you want that title, how’s about loaning me the car keys this weekend? Aaand,I need an increase in my allowance. I can think of a few other things, like if us-geeks gets new shoes, I want some,too. You’ll probably opt for being our big brother, right? 🙂
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December 28, 2005 at 5:26 am #3083414
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December 28, 2005 at 11:24 am #3083245
DAD …..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yay!!!!
I want a new car …
… I want to party till 2 o clock again … … Buy me a new dress … WAAAH!!!! :^O ]:)
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December 27, 2005 at 2:01 pm #3082883
As I look at christmas …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to You’re welcome
I have never ever celeberated christmas before … but the spirit still lives in those who like to follow the traditions …
To them its like living their childhood again … Thats what makes it beautiful ..
🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 3:03 pm #3082869
re: tradition
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to As I look at christmas …
You’re right us_geeks. Tradition is what brings families together, whether it be Christmas or any celebration, anniversary or reunion. And what brings us together is beautiful. 🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 11:59 am #3082961
Sorry I’m Late
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sorry for disappearing
I’m glad that your son is ok. The good thing is that he is alive. Hopefully it wasnt his fault and he can sue and get a brand new car 🙂
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December 26, 2005 at 7:10 pm #3082249
So what did you all get for xmas?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
What did everyone get for xmas??
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December 26, 2005 at 7:31 pm #3082245
Christmas
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to So what did you all get for xmas?
Man, sorry your family don’t celebrate Christmas since it sounds like you want to. You may need to get yourself a Christmas present.
Primarily my family is spending a lot of time together and just hanging out together. My daughter is home from college. We got to spend time with my wife’s family and we spent some time with part of my family today. We’ll have more time with more family throughout this week. Ahhhh, I’m off this whole week. Sorry, us_geeks. 🙂
My family just bought another house about two months ago so we mainly got each other stuff we need for the house. And, we’re spending time working around the house.
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December 26, 2005 at 10:21 pm #3082215
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December 27, 2005 at 7:20 am #3083088
We did a secret santa …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to So what did you all get for xmas?
I got a beanie and mittens 🙁 …. Boooooring …
Is there a rule saying that you can never get what you really want???
]:)
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December 26, 2005 at 7:10 pm #3082248
So what did you all get for xmas?
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
What did everyone get for xmas??
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December 26, 2005 at 10:08 pm #3082217
It’s not about what you got for Christmas…
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to So what did you all get for xmas?
I didn’t get much for Christmas, but it was one of the best Christmas’ I can remember. My son, his girlfriend and his son (that’s right, I’m a grandma) came and we had a nice dinner and exchanged gifts. We had a wonderful time watching my grandson’s excitment over opening his presents and playing with his new toys. He’s four years old, btw. I hope everyone here had a wonderful Christmas as well.
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December 27, 2005 at 7:38 am #3083076
But it IS about what YOU get
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to It’s not about what you got for Christmas…
You got the same GREAT gift that I did. Watching the face of the kids on Christmas morning.
It was a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, (grandma!) 😀
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December 27, 2005 at 9:12 am #3083037
Christmas is mostly for kids
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to But it IS about what YOU get
Like I said in another post here, Christmas was such an exciting time for me when I was a kid. It was the greatest time of year. I love seeing my nieces and nephews open their gifts with wide-eyed excitement. For adults, Christmas is sometimes the only time that you ever see some close relatives or have big family gatherings. But for gift-giving, Christmas just means exchanging money for adults. I give you a $50 gift that you don’t want, and you give me a $50 gift that I don’t want. Or even worse is exchanging $50 gift certificates. haha Oh well, it’s the thought that counts…. 😀
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December 27, 2005 at 12:39 pm #3082929
How much Christmas cost this year
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas is mostly for kids
A lot of people go in dept for Christmas and mostly think of it in those terms. How much Christmas cost me this year. The difference in Christmas as a child vs. Christmas as an adult, being an adult means being the one who is responsible. The children will all too soon grow up and realize this for themselves. The best bet, start a savings account, (they used to have Christmas clubs)and it would make it easier to set money aside especially for Christmas. Better yet, put in a bit more than you feel you would actually spend and what is left will be like a gift for yourself. Now would be a great time to start saving for next year.
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December 27, 2005 at 7:42 pm #3082810
Christmas Cost
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to How much Christmas cost this year
You are right that a Christmas savings account or Christmas Club is good to have. We have always tried to buy stuff the kids wanted but they knew from early on that we might not get everything they asked for and that was ok. We?ve always gotten what we could without hurting ourselves and the kids have always understood the importance is not on the stuff. Sure they went through some times of seeing some of their friends getting stuff they couldn?t and probably wished they could. But they?ve always been good about understanding what?s really important. And, ?stuff? is not what is really important.
As far as extended family goes we have always tried to buy something for all the little kids but not for the grown folks. We?re all just happy to spend time together. Plus, that really helps by not having to feel like we have to buy stuff for everyone.
That?s also the reason the commercialization of Christmas doesn?t bother me that much. If someone really gets into just that part it?s ok with me. We don?t get caught up in that because we celebrate Jesus every day. We have fun with the Christmas time fun and stuff but our focus is our spirituality, and in our case, our Christianity, in every thing we do, every day.
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December 27, 2005 at 11:24 pm #3082780
that’s great Old Guy
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Christmas Cost
It’s great that you and your family don’t get caught up in the commercialism. Everyone is going to do what they will and there’s not much anyone can do about that. But good that your family places the importance in spirituality rather than monetary things. Good that you taught your children the important things in life. WTG on that one!
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December 27, 2005 at 12:20 pm #3082945
Thanks JD
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to But it IS about what YOU get
It sounds like yours was a good one, too. And you’re right. Watching the children’s excitment is the best part, that and being together with the people who mean more to you than anything in the world. You’ve got it right.
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December 28, 2005 at 8:50 pm #3083676
Sometimes
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Thanks JD
it takes getting beat down to appreciate what is important.
Recently divorced, yet doing better than I have in a long time. Back to the basics, ya know?
But yes, the look on the kids faces is what makes all the running around, all the wrapping, the traffic the everything, all worth it!
People, not things. Glad it went so well for you!
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December 27, 2005 at 7:38 am #3083075
SOrry About the double post
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to It’s not about what you got for Christmas…
Well that is wonderful, I am glad to hear that you had what sounds like a great xmas despite the bad things. I was supposed to go with my gf own to florida ( er family celebrates xmas) But I couldnt get off for work. THese damn tech jobs.
Anyway I bought myself an Ipod video for xms 🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 8:12 am #3083063
Re: Double Post
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to SOrry About the double post
If you do another double post we’ll send the cat after your mouse so you can’t post.:) Just kidding. It appears that it happens alot and it has something to do with TR. We’ve had a couple of threads on it.
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December 27, 2005 at 8:37 am #3083050
excuses excuses
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Re: Double Post
It is just that “old timers disease” and you know it! Too much “happy fingers”!
Well, ok. Maybe TR acting up has a LITTLE to do with it….. 😀
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December 27, 2005 at 9:56 am #3083005
Excuses
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to excuses excuses
Hey! Whatever works. I just don’t want Mark to have to try teach both of how to stand up and fight like a man…
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December 27, 2005 at 10:20 am #3082995
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December 27, 2005 at 11:14 am #3082982
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December 27, 2005 at 3:20 pm #3082867
Reply To: please disregard
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
Let’s not talk about that, getting where we’re going. We should just enjoy the journey there. Personally, I would like to have the mindset that I am going to live forever. I know that is not going to happen, we are not invinsible, but think of it this way… kids seem to think they are, and they seem to enjoy life a lot more than anyone else (for the most part), with the exception of puberty, which we don’t have working against us.
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December 27, 2005 at 8:00 pm #3082805
Talk about where we’re going
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
Firestar1, if you are interested in some good discussions on spirituality and Christianity you might want to check out this thread, Death, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=185145&messageID=1891781
There were some very good comments about Heaven and our spirituality. I don’t try to be pushy with my beliefs and I don’t want to hurry up anything but I am very excited about where I’m going when I die.
There is a song entitled, This World Is Not My Home that says I’m just passing through. I do love my journey and the people who touch my life and whose lives I touch and I cherish each moment of it. However, I still can’t wait to get to Heaven. 🙂 Enough preaching for now–I don’t want to stir anything up right now.
Oh, BTW, that is also where you will get the lowdown on the pink fuzzy slippers.:) 🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 11:41 pm #3082779
Reply To: please disregard
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
I am not really a religious person. Also, I believe in reincarnation. I am all for Christianity or any belief that promotes the good in people. I have respect for it. However, I’m really in no hurry to get where I’m going. I used to feel that way, but life is a journey and we still have things to do here. For me there is no rush. For you, I’m sure what your saying is you’re looking forward to heaven, and that’s not a bad thing, either. My family is Christian and we have always celebrated Christmas, but that’s not why I celebrate it. I celebrate it because it is all about good will toward men (and women, pun intended). 🙂 It puts the priority where it should be, on family and friends, people we care about. I had best stop here before I get banned for getting too mushy.
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December 28, 2005 at 5:35 am #3083409
Heading that way
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
That?s cool. I guess the closest I?ve come to learning about reincarnation is working with the Navajo people in New Mexico. In their beliefs they have different worlds that they go to after death. It?s really interesting discussing it with them.
Every little bit helps in spreading out the good will. BTW, I always stick up for the girls. I like girls a lot better than guys. 🙂 They?re usually nicer.
Yeah, we don?t want to get too mushy here?Riiiight! LOL
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December 28, 2005 at 12:57 pm #3083183
Jd, I just want to clear something up
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
Ok, to understand this I had to reread the post from Mark of which I responded to. I didn’t catch the part about it being about a particular thread. I misread or something. I thought we were talking about all of the threads, because earlier you had conducted a search when I was asking about records for most posts. I didn’t mean any particular discussion. I misread what Mark had said. But it certainly would have made an interesting newsletter to send off with the Christmas cards, now that I know what we’re talking about. Um, …actually, I don’t think I was with you guys at that time. I didn’t get to read your thread about the divorce, but as much as it’s mentioned and the number of posts you had going in there it must have been worth reading. Is there any way I could read it? I heard someone mention not being able to refer back to some of the older threads.
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December 28, 2005 at 2:15 pm #3083760
Here you are Firestar …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=169818&start=0
Thats the divorce thread jd posted.
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 3:48 pm #3083728
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December 29, 2005 at 2:29 am #3083630
you are welcome …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
And I am Great …. 😀
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 1:26 pm #3082646
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December 29, 2005 at 1:50 pm #3082634
Why Thank You !!
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Excuses
All I need to do now .. is drop the formerly and adopt the title “Princess” …
Grapes Kram … ]:)
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December 27, 2005 at 12:49 pm #3082922
double posts and records
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Re: Double Post
If everyone decided to double post maybe we would top the record here for most posts in a thread, but that would be cheating, wouldn’t it? 🙂
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December 27, 2005 at 1:25 pm #3082901
Yep that would be cheating
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to double posts and records
and unethical. And no better than ballot box stuffing. But the other long discussions may already have double posts. If we approach 2000 posts here, we’ll need to investigate those discussions to remove their double posts. This could turn into another Bush-Gore debacle.
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December 27, 2005 at 1:38 pm #3082894
Can’t speak for the EL thread
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
but there were very few in mine.
That was before Jay broke TR! 😀
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December 27, 2005 at 2:52 pm #3082870
re: Bush/Gore debacle
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
Besides it being unethical, if it’s going to turn into another Bush/Gore debacle, nevermind. I definately wouldn’t want to go into all of that, even if it meant setting a Guiness’ record. It wouldn’t be worth it. It would be best if we just basked in our own silent glory, if we ever did even come close to setting a new record.
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December 27, 2005 at 4:34 pm #3082855
Debacle
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
You’re right, firestar. And since this discussion was supposed to have been disregarded and therefore officially doesn’t exist, the U.S. government will neither confirm or deny the legitimacy of any records that we break. Gosh I feel like a special operations GI Joe commando warrior. 😀 So we’ll have to go on existing covertly in our little corner of TR. 😐
I wonder if jd scanned through all 2000-something messages in his Divorce discussion to verify that there aren’t any double posts…
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December 27, 2005 at 6:51 pm #3082824
ran off copies, I’m sure
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
Nah, … didn’t have to. He ran off several copies to include with the Christmas cards this year, sort of like a newsletter or something of that sort, kept a copy for himself for reference purposes and only had to glance over it. I hope he doesn’t hate me for that one, but it was too tempting. I’m sure he knows I was only teasing.
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December 28, 2005 at 12:13 pm #3083212
Actually fire
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
I have talked about printing it off as a reminder of what I went through incase she ever tried being nice to me down the road. This will make sure I NEVER forget who and what she is. Bad news. And as readers of the discussion have seen, a jinx as well! 😀 She just can’t being anyone down but herself now! (that and loverboy maybe…)
There has even been the grand idea of sending her a copy. How would it make you feel to have your life story in print? Guess it just depends on the life now, doesn’t it? :^O
No hate, not hurt feelings. It’s all good.
But as I had read every most in there at least twice, I am fairly sure there weren’t more than two or three double posts.
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December 28, 2005 at 1:10 pm #3083176
“JD”my last post inserted in wrong place (blushes)
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
If you could scroll up a few threads, I wanted to clear up something…actually I think this is an off week for me or something. I misread a post earlier, and now I’m misplacing them. 🙁 Time for a check up, maybe. 🙂
(A vacation would be nicer, ..weekend getaway in Australia.)
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December 28, 2005 at 1:45 pm #3083150
Take Me Take Me ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
Could you drop me off in India on your way there please?? 😡
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 3:28 pm #3083739
Sure you can come…
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
As soon as I win the lottery I’ll let you know. Then we’ll pack our bags and take off. Maybe I can stop off in India for a visit on my way there. Sounds like a plan!
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December 28, 2005 at 3:48 pm #3083729
firestar, the mind goes first
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
I’m referring to you posting your message (one that I barely understood, by they way :)) in the wrong thread. Hell, what am I talking about? I did the same damn thing earlier today and I’m just a youngster.
us_g is doing a lot of traveling. The sun, Mars, India, Australia, super secret work place. Living the life of a movie star…
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December 28, 2005 at 7:02 pm #3083696
are you implying I’m old??
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
So, you’re a youngster are you? You told me not so long ago that you’re not much younger than I am. If that be the case, I couldn’t possibly be sooo old, now could I? Either we’re both old or both youngsters. I’ll allow you to decide. 🙂
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December 28, 2005 at 8:22 pm #3083682
No, I was uh… yikes!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
I’m thinking really quickly here to figure out how to dig myself out of this hole that you threw me into. haha Actually, if you’ve read some the crap that I post around here, you’ll see some pretty outlandish over-the-top stuff. The “youngster” quip was only partly in jest, though. You’re only as old as you feel. Even when I’m 85, I’ll call myself a youngster. I plan to climb Mt. Everest when I’m 85. And climbing Mt. Everest is something that only a youngster should do.
Seriously though, yep you’re right. I’m thinking that I’m just a few years younger than you. That should mean that we’re both young. I eat nothing but healthy food and I exercise like a madman and I really do feel like a spry youngster 15 yrs less than my real age. Father Time isn’t going to take me down without a magnificent battle. Maybe I won’t really be able to climb Mt. Everest when I’m 85 but I guarantee that I will able to fall down Mt. Everest when I’m 85. :^O Maybe I’ll compromise and just try to ski down the damn thing.
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December 28, 2005 at 8:23 pm #3083681
No, I was..uh.. yikes! (P.S. freakin’ double posts!!)
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
I’m thinking really quickly here to figure out how to dig myself out of this hole that you threw me into. haha Actually, if you’ve read some the crap that I post around here, you’ll see some pretty outlandish over-the-top stuff. The “youngster” quip was only partly in jest, though. You’re only as old as you feel. Even when I’m 85, I’ll call myself a youngster. I plan to climb Mt. Everest when I’m 85. And climbing Mt. Everest is something that only a youngster should do.
Seriously though, yep you’re right. I’m thinking that I’m just a few years younger than you. That should mean that we’re both young. I eat nothing but healthy food and I exercise like a madman and I really do feel like a spry youngster 15 yrs less than my real age. Father Time isn’t going to take me down without a magnificent battle. Maybe I won’t really be able to climb Mt. Everest when I’m 85 but I guarantee that I will able to fall down Mt. Everest when I’m 85. :^O Maybe I’ll compromise and just try to ski down the damn thing.
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December 28, 2005 at 10:29 pm #3083653
hole that “I” threw you in??
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
What do you mean the hole that I thew you in? You stumbled into that one yourself. Luckily for you I noticed. You would never have known. And I think snowboarding down the mountain would be preferable to tumbling down it. (Actually, I wouldn’t want to do either). But, if that’s your goal, let me know when you will turn 85 and I’ll bring a video camera. I’m debating as to whether to send it in to “MTV” or try and make some $$ off it by sending to “Americas Funniest Home Videos”. Tough call. 🙂
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December 29, 2005 at 5:54 am #3083583
Snowboarding down Mount Everest
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
I like that idea, firestar. Snowboarding will give me fewer pieces of equipment to keep up with when I inevitably take a vicious fall down one of the many frighteningly steep slopes. With snowboarding, I’ll only have two pieces of equipment–a snowboard and me. With skiing, I’d have five–two skis, two poles and me. I know all too well how a bad ski fall can scatter your equipment. There’s been times in the past when I looked was a suicide bomber who blew himself to smithereens in the middle of the ski run. Gloves, poles, skis, ski boots and jock strap scattered all over the slope.
“[b]Funniest[/b] Home Videos”? I’m offended! How about “Fear Factor”, instead? 😀
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December 29, 2005 at 5:57 am #3083581
One question …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
When you tumble down the steeeeeep ski slope, couldnt your clothes and boots go flying too?? Ahhh… lemme guess, you are planning to snowboard naked??
………….. ]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:59 am #3083543
Mark, your hole
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
Mark, you sure sloughed that dug hole off. I think that Firestar should have made you squirm longer. 🙂
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December 29, 2005 at 1:38 pm #3082642
snowboarding in the buff
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
If he’s going to go snowboarding down Mt.Everest in the buff, I don’t think it would be appropriate to send the video to “America’s Funniest Home Videos” or “Fear Factor”. I’d have to send it to MTV, for sure. On second thought, maybe I will just market that one myself, bet I could make a bundle off that one. 🙂 And, of course with the profits I would buy Mark a nice warm snowsuit.
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December 29, 2005 at 1:43 pm #3082639
in response to making him squirm longer
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yep that would be cheating
You’re probably right. Maybe I should have made him squirm a bit longer, but stargazer and I are having a bit of fun making up for that. 🙂
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December 28, 2005 at 5:17 am #3083421
So.. Where is everyone from? and what…
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
do you do for a living.
I know one of us is from the uk, ut im not sure which one.
I’m from Silver Spring, MD. Im a network consltant/ on site support. I bounce around from site to site each week around this area sometimes doing network consulting, sometimes doing network support.
What about you all?
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December 28, 2005 at 10:23 am #3083294
Thats a good go at keeping the thread going
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to So.. Where is everyone from? and what…
😀 .. I am the one in UK … but I am basically from India ..
I work as a technical support person for a Media Monitoring company. We monitor online news for our customers. Its my job to develop customized news centres and to keep the servers going ..
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 10:28 am #3083284
That sounds like a cool job
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Thats a good go at keeping the thread going
So you must be a very infrmative person.
By the way, I thought you were from the United States because of the us in your name.
Guess I was wrong.
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December 28, 2005 at 10:47 am #3083269
The US ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to That sounds like a cool job
isnt United States … its us as in “we” …
Time for a change in usernames … can I do that?? can I get an alias name??
Yes, it is a cool job … The company is great and the people (even though they are sales guys (yeuch) ) are absolutely brilliant .. Dis I mention that we have quarterly parties in one of the 12 international offices and an annual picnic to a super secret place in Europe??
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 9:05 pm #3083673
yes, names can change
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The US ..
as often as you want.
Just go into your profile and change it.
And if I may say so, PLEASE DO! It makes it harder to think of you as a real person with a name like that, and awkward to refer to you.
While many don’t use a real name, a nick name is always grand! Mine is a combination of initals and a nickname. Works for me. I was going to change it once, but it was halfway though the divorce discussion and I didn’t want to change it during that. There were a few other ID’s that people would confuse mine with at a glance. 🙁
Oh well.
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December 28, 2005 at 10:46 pm #3083652
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December 28, 2005 at 11:07 pm #3083651
just found out the answer to my last post
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The US ..
I decided to change my name ever so slightly. Still firestar, though. I’ve been meaning to do that. Also, I realized the us was “us” as in “we”. But, if you feel better changing it, do what you feel.
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December 29, 2005 at 2:14 am #3083634
I WOULD feel better changing it ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The US ..
but how in the whole wide world am I going to let everyone know …
I know … can I put “formerly us_geeks_rule” in brackets??
jd … you forgot to tell me HOW to change my username …
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 2:17 am #3083633
Dont worry jd … I found out how
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to The US ..
This is the new Me .. I have stopped being a lazy bum … I went into my profile and found out how to change my alias …
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:24 am #3083570
Who are you?
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Dont worry jd … I found out how
Do we know you??? Just kidding Stargazer. Does this mean you’re like “what’s his name formerly known as Prince”? 🙂
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December 29, 2005 at 6:26 am #3083568
And you notice
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Dont worry jd … I found out how
all of your old posts reflect the new name now.
That is how people know who you are when you change.
AttaGirl!
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December 29, 2005 at 6:30 am #3083564
Only trouble is…
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to And you notice
… in the old replies to her old posts, people refer to her as “us_geeks_rule”. It will be confusing for someone to read old discussions.
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December 29, 2005 at 6:52 am #3083547
Gosh Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to And you notice
This changing names thing is even better than I thought
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:30 am #3083563
Yeah, but
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Dont worry jd … I found out how
You know how hard it is for us Old Guys to learn something new. Now I’m going to be discombobulated all day 🙁
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December 29, 2005 at 6:51 am #3083549
dis who???
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yeah, but
Is that a word or do I now need the GK book??
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:53 am #3083546
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December 29, 2005 at 7:06 am #3083539
Words
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yeah, but
I may have been a little weird as a kid. I used to read the dictionary. Of course, that was before TV was big or easy to get. We didn’t have a TV until I was about 9 or 10 so we read a lot. Told you guys I was old! I loved the dictionary so I my vocabulary really expanded. That was about the best thing I had going for me at the time. 🙂
You can also use http://dictionary.reference.com/ for info.
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December 29, 2005 at 7:08 am #3083537
I thought about dictionary.com
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yeah, but
but being lazy is such a bliss …
Thanks for saying that my new alias is good 🙂
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 10:28 am #3083281
Profiles, aaron
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to So.. Where is everyone from? and what…
A lot of that info and whatever else a person wants to share would be in their profile. Some people want to keep certain things private of course. For example, you can imagine the brouhaha that would erupt, especially among the women, if I came clean and admitted to everyone that I’m really the actor Brad Pitt. I’m just browsing around TR prepping for a role in an upcoming movie.
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December 28, 2005 at 10:54 am #3083264
Brad Pitt??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Profiles, aaron
I am clutching my stomach and rolling on the floor :^O
BTW, can Aaron star in your movie if you dont come back from the sun?
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 11:05 am #3083259
Yeah I know
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Brad Pitt??
that Brad Pitt isn’t nearly as good looking as I am but isn’t he supposed to be a sex symbol and all? Hey wait a second…are you rolling on the floor laughing because you’re saying I am nowhere even close to Brad Pitt? Or because you think he’s just an average schmuck and I should have compared myself to someone else? When you answer, remember honesty and openness… 😉
I suppose Aaron can be in my movie. Every hit movie needs a network consultant/site support character. I was going to see if Pee Wee Herman is available, but Aaron will do just fine. He can’t star in it though. I may even consider adding you to the cast. Any part you wanna play? And I do plan to come back from the sun.
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December 28, 2005 at 11:11 am #3083257
Yeah …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yeah I know
When I smell singed hair .. I will know that Mark is back from the sun … 😀
You have put me in a big Dilemma, Mark. Here I am, sitting on the floor ……… thinking (where the heck are the chairs?? ) … Shall I be Honest? or shall I be good?
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 11:16 am #3083252
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December 28, 2005 at 11:19 am #3083249
In that case …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Honesty is the best policy
My condolences to Brad Pitt … Poor Dear
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December 28, 2005 at 11:31 am #3083241
uh, I think that’s good
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Honesty is the best policy
I’ll take it to mean that you’re giving condolences to poor ol’ Bradley because he has been dethroned from the top spot as a male sex symbol. B-) My perceptions are my truths… :^O
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December 28, 2005 at 11:00 am #3083262
My Bad
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Profiles, aaron
Well MArk, thanks for breaking the secrecy code of Hollywood. I guess you just couldnt take my lead. Oh well I guess I should tell you all that I am Marks Co Star Jude Law, in for the same movie. Thanks a lot Brad.
Hows angelina?
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December 28, 2005 at 11:11 am #3083256
Angelina
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to My Bad
I can’t say anything about Angelina Jolie. That is personal information. If I would have wanted everyone to know that I had an affair with her during our last movie together and I’ve adopted her kids and we’re planning a June wedding, I would have put that in my profile. Er…how in the hell do I know so much about these showbiz people??
And you’re NOT Jude Law. You’re Aaron the PC Guy. Hey, it could be worse. You could be a plumber.
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December 28, 2005 at 11:13 am #3083254
Aaron .. dont pay heed ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Angelina
Brad’s Lying.
We are not getting married in June …. Its August :p
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 11:25 am #3083243
us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Aaron .. dont pay heed ..
Are also you going to tell them we’re getting married on the sun? Please do NOT tell them that you want me to wear pink fuzzy slippers with my tuxedo.
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December 28, 2005 at 11:28 am #3083242
Oh Brad dear …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
… How many times do I have to remind you … They are to protect your dear dear feet from the boiling heat on the sun … ]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 11:33 am #3083240
But what’s going to protect
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
my integrity as a man for wearing fuzzy pink slippers??
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December 28, 2005 at 11:35 am #3083238
Let me get this straight…
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
who’s gonna see you on the sun??
Dont tell me you have tipped the press reporters off and that they are hiding in the fuel tank of our rocket this minute?
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 11:59 am #3083218
I’ll see the slippers
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
and that is enough for me not to want to wear them.
“Our” rocket? Are you going to ride on my rocket too? Wait, that didn’t sound good… I’ve been building a one-person rocket. This is going to cause me to change all my design specs. Good thing the trip is postponed from June to August.
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December 28, 2005 at 12:03 pm #3083216
Brad My Dear …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to us_g..,er, Angelina, I was trying to throw the paparazzi off our trail
I am sure that it is the happiness of getting married thats making you go crazy …
you werent planning on getting married alone, were you?? 😉
]:)
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December 28, 2005 at 12:17 pm #3083208
I think
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Aaron .. dont pay heed ..
the excitement of flying to the sun has caused me to forget a few minor details about the wedding. Ooops!
[i]Post edited:[/i] Speaking of oops. This post should be a reply to http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11181-0.html?forumID=6&threadID=186582&messageID=1913290 :8}
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December 28, 2005 at 12:19 pm #3083206
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December 28, 2005 at 12:49 pm #3083190
Forgiven ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I think
Is the rocket ready yet?? Ooooohh I know … lets go in the Cannon … The press reporters are hiding in the rocket anyway … we can send them to Jupiter 😀
]:)
P.S Dont forget to take off the windshield and wipers from the rocket and fix them on the cannon .. It might rain on the way. :p
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December 28, 2005 at 3:39 pm #3083732
Good idea about the cannon
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I think
I’m using the cannon on New Year’s Eve. It’s going to propel me into next year. But with some tinkering I’m sure I can give it a power boost to propel both of us to the sun. Getting back may be a problem though.
We’ll send the paparazzi to Mars. They’d fall for it hook, line and sinker since you’ve already been to Mars to escape polar bears, fire ants and killer bees.
Wow, this discussion is up to 292 messages. I think half of them are mine. Too bad I have to go back to work tomorrow or it might hit 2006 posts before the year 2006 begins.
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December 29, 2005 at 7:05 am #3083540
Getting back from the sun ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I think
Maybe we could take a trampoline with us .. and propel us back .. we could use my skirt and veil and your tux as a parachute …
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 6:30 am #3081771
Parachutes for getting back from the sun
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I think
It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to allow you to use your skirt and veil as a parachute. I am full of hot air, though. I’ll huff and puff and blow out a few well-timed gusts of hot air to serve as reverse rocket thrusters to slow our descent.
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December 29, 2005 at 2:21 am #3083631
YOOOO HOOO EVERYONE
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Forgive the shouting … I am just tryng to see if my new alias will work …
It worked .. It worked …
.. everyone .. say hello to stargazer .. oops .. ]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:14 am #3083575
congrats
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to YOOOO HOOO EVERYONE
and welcome all over again!
So, in a day or so, you will drop the “formerly”?
Told you it could change. It is a burden, always being right. But that is ok, because I have gotten used to it! :^O
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December 29, 2005 at 6:28 am #3083566
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December 29, 2005 at 6:45 am #3083553
How about ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’ve been wanting to chang my name, too
Cannon Ball??
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 7:43 am #3083520
Hmm, maybe…
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to How about ..
I’ve also thought about Rocket Man.
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December 29, 2005 at 8:46 am #3083488
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hmm, maybe…
Thats what I thought of first …. but then I thought, that would be something to amuse my kids (whenever I have them) 😀
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 8:49 am #3083483
But you could amuse yourself by
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
rolling your kids up into a tight little ball and blasting them out of a cannon.
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December 29, 2005 at 10:27 am #3082741
Hmm …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
Yep … and you could sit at the sun with a trampoline and propel them back so that we can do it all over again … Psst .. I hope the Human Rights people dont stumble on this discussion … 😉
]:)
P.S Be sure to sit on the pink fuzzy slippers .. Dont want to scald your bottom, do we?? :p
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December 29, 2005 at 11:15 am #3082714
I’d rather do the cannon blasting
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
because it was my idea. mwaah! (I’m such a spoiled brat) 😐 You can launch them back from the sun with the trampoline. And that way I can also avoid having to use those fuzzy pink slippers.
And this discussion officially doesn’t exist so we can deny everything to the Human Rights people when they come around asking stupid questions about why a bunch of kids are ricocheting across the sky.
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December 29, 2005 at 11:21 am #3082711
Oh well …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
You can tell the kids that you are sending them to their mommy, if they cry too much … I can propel them back just for the fun of it … maybe some day I will use the trampoline myself and go to Jupiter for a vacation …
Will send you astroids when I come across them..
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 6:26 am #3081776
Thanks for sending me the asteroids
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
The U.S. is still trying to perfect the Strategic Defense Initiative. Stupid idea if you wanna know the truth but let’s leave that for another discussion. Maybe I can get a SDI contract. I’ll use the asteroids that you send back as projectiles for my cannon. I’m going to try to blast you out of the heavens as you zoom towards Jupiter. :^O Then I’m going to aim my cannon at those kids that are still bouncing back and forth between earth and the sun. :^O
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December 30, 2005 at 11:10 am #3081633
I would like that …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
Maybe we can play DodgeAstroid … that would be fun … I should remember to pack my helmet and knee pads
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 2:42 pm #3082609
I like it
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hmm, maybe…
I think Rocket Man would be a great name! That’s something for you to decide of course, but I think maybe you should consider going with that one. Good name.
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December 29, 2005 at 2:47 pm #3082606
Aww come on Firestar …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I like it
It sounds like something out of a comic book … hmm, but then Mark too has jumped straight out of Cartoon Network …
I eat my words Mark … Rocket Man rocks
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 10:21 am #3082751
How about
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’ve been wanting to chang my name, too
K_R_A_M? It fits with your personality! 😀
“Now, I don’t care who you are. Thats funny!”
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December 29, 2005 at 10:25 am #3082744
K_r_a_m?
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to How about
Well, I wanna get rid of the underscores. So it would have to be Kram. Pardon my ignorance, but what in the world is a kram and how does it fit with my personality? This must be another reference to a TV show that I’ve never watched. ?:|
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December 29, 2005 at 10:29 am #3082740
Hee Hee Hee ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to K_r_a_m?
another joke explanation … I love it when it happens to someone else …
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 11:43 am #3082703
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December 29, 2005 at 12:01 pm #3082695
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December 29, 2005 at 12:42 pm #3082675
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December 29, 2005 at 12:52 pm #3082665
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December 29, 2005 at 1:59 pm #3082624
hmmm
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’ll wait until you’re finished amusing yourself
this could take a while! 😀
Better make yourself comfortable!
Besides, your just upset because :
1) you didn’t “get it” (doh!)
2) you didn’t think of it first!Just stand back and bask in my brilliance! B-)
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December 30, 2005 at 12:42 pm #3081590
jd, that brilliance your basking in
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I’ll wait until you’re finished amusing yourself
it’s the sun setting on your career as a comedian. hah!
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December 29, 2005 at 6:43 am #3083556
Yep …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to congrats
As soon as everyone knows that stargazer is actually me … I am going to drop the title Formerly .. (hm… maybe I will adopt the title “Princess” .. oh my gosh..did I say that out loud?? )
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 6:27 am #3083567
Bows
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to YOOOO HOOO EVERYONE
You know better than to bow! Someone always gets hurt with the light saber.
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December 29, 2005 at 6:46 am #3083552
Now that you mention it …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Bows
Thats why my foot hurts … Damn, I thought it was the burden of adopting the new title
]:)
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December 29, 2005 at 7:13 am #3083534
Oh no, it’s back to Mississippi
by old guy · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Uh oh, my daughter’s (who is home from college) boyfriend is coming in today to spend a couple of days with us today. Now we have to go back to Mississippi to take him with us. The good thing though is that her uncles down there are just waiting for him (as in laying in wait!). This could be good. 🙂 It’s hard to find bodies in Mississippi. LOL HaHaHa (diabolicly)
Actually, this guys is so nice it’s hard to be mean to him. Oh well, if my baby girl likes him he’s got to be ok.
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December 29, 2005 at 7:17 am #3083532
Good Luck ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Oh no, it’s back to Mississippi
To your daughter’s boy friend .. I know how fathers can get …
You should see the steam coming out of my dad’s nostrils whenever he sees my boy friend :^O
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 6:32 am #3081770
Congratulations, firestar!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
You’ve cracked the top 100 in the infamous Site Activity Rating. I was trying to drop below #50. But all my horsing around in this illegitimate discussion has boosted my rating through the roof. I’m up to something like #18. :O
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December 30, 2005 at 11:07 am #3081635
Im just trying to give back to the community
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Congratulations, firestar!
Thats why I started this thread, to help boost all of your activity ratings!!!! 🙂
Not really, but it sounded good eh?
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December 30, 2005 at 11:13 am #3081630
One small problem ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Im just trying to give back to the community
I am still stuck on #7 … I have been trying to slip down a bit … Believe it or not, I do have a life outside TR …. Have I offended the TR guys in some way? :p
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 4:09 pm #3082109
Nah…
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to One small problem ..
I’m sure they’ll understand. I was wondering what it would be like up at the top. I heard it’s lonely, but actually, I can’t tell any difference. Maybe I’m not high enough up there yet. 🙂 How high up there do I have to go before I get a company car?
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December 30, 2005 at 4:12 pm #3082108
Company Car??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Nah…
We are still trying to coax the TR guys into opening up a shop for TR products here in the UK …
Right now they are talking about having one exclusively for the US … now where’s my anger emoticon??
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 3:58 pm #3082113
Thanks
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Im just trying to give back to the community
And I’m pretty new here. Um.. what do I get? A free vacation somewhere? A plaque? A pair of Reeboks? I’d rather have the Levi’s, blue of course like Stargazer.
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December 30, 2005 at 4:14 pm #3082106
Jump on Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Thanks
He’s the one providing the blue Levis … which reminds me … he has been keeping real quite lately … and here I am … planning how best to bully him into hiring me as his co-author again
]:)
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December 30, 2005 at 6:53 pm #3082071
about Mark
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Jump on Mark …
He may be busy soliciting for a new co-author. He couldn’t possibly do such a thing, could he? Maybe we should interrogate him.
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December 31, 2005 at 5:20 am #3081997
Here’s one I just HAD to reply to
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Jump on Mark …
How did I miss so much activity around here yesterday? I’m sorry I missed it all, especially b/c my name came up in so many conversations. :O I left work yesterday at 5:00 PM US Central time, spent the evening at happy hour and this morning I wake up to see that TR was a blurry of activity in my absence. There’s never much activity in the evening, let alone a Friday. Am I accessing a TR server that wasn’t being replicated yesterday during the day? Or did everyone spend Friday evening TR-hopping instead of bar-hopping?
OK, now to more important matters… This “Jump on Mark” post caught my attention immediately. I wonder why. Unfortunately it’s a bit tamer than my gutterific mind first assumed. So now I have TWO lovely ladies who want my jeans? ]:)
stargazer aka us_g, tell me again what I get in return for giving you Reeboks, Levi’s, a Lexus AND a return to full co-authorship? Seems like I’m getting the short end of the deal here.
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December 31, 2005 at 6:14 am #3081987
I “had” to tame it down …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Here’s one I just HAD to reply to
Dont want everyone knowing about our little trip to the sun now, do we??
Its new year’s eve today …. Get ready for the trip Mark … the word here is “HOT” 😉
]:)
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January 1, 2006 at 2:38 pm #3081140
The secret about the trip to the sun
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I “had” to tame it down …
Word of the trip leaked out. It could have turned into a public relations nightmare. Good thing we stamped out those rumors before too many people found out.
Damn… I forgot to blast off yesterday! I was preoccupied with other important matters. Did you forget to remind me?
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January 1, 2006 at 3:05 pm #3081135
I knew I forgot something …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I “had” to tame it down …
Oh well … you can always blast off today …. The day I build a time machine I will change everything back to show that today was new year’s eve ..
Although, how I will do that .. I dont know …
Oh well, If I can build a time machine, I can figure something like that out …
]:)
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January 1, 2006 at 3:33 pm #3081133
The acid test
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I “had” to tame it down …
If it confuses the confuser then it certainly confuses the confusee. It sure as hell confused me because I didn’t even know that we had a time machine project in the offing. We’ll need to read H.G. Wells’ book before we design the thing. I’m already having to redesign the rocket.
No need to build a time machine to correct the tardy blastoff though. If I start walking west right now, and if I walk fast enough and far enough, I will eventually get someplace where it is still yesterday. 😉 I love how these time zone things work. But it always confuses me what happens when you get to the international date line. (This is turning into a very confusing post). How can it be night on one side of the line and day on the other side?
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January 1, 2006 at 3:39 pm #3081132
Dunno …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I “had” to tame it down …
But after we get back from the sun .. we can make it a project to solve the dateline mystery … while we are at it, we can solve the Bermuda Triangle mystery as well ….
Before we start walking west .. Have you tried the info God .. wikipedia??
]:)
P.S Not to worry abot the H.G Wells book .. I know it off by heart
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January 1, 2006 at 3:58 pm #3081126
Bermuda Triangle
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to I “had” to tame it down …
I’d like to solve the Bermuda Triangle mystery first. Bermuda is a great vacation spot. And we can search for lost city of Atlantis while we’re there. I don’t know much about Atlantis as a vacation spot though. Probably not much to do there but go deep sea diving and look at wierd sea creatures with no eyes and big heads.
< slaps hand on forehead > I forgot about wikipedia. How’d I do that? Probably too upset that I missed the launch date. Not thinking right.
I’m glad you know H.G. Wells’ book backwards and forwards. I started reading it and gave up after after about four chapters. I was not amused at the thought of trying to read the damn thing again.
BTW, wikipedia has some cool info on the Bermuda Triangle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_triangle
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December 31, 2005 at 3:20 pm #3081911
Yoo Hoo … Old Guy, Firestar, Mark, Aaron….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Where is everyone … ??
I know its saturday and new year’s eve … But someone needs to amuse me too …
]:)
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December 31, 2005 at 4:42 pm #3081905
Hey
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yoo Hoo … Old Guy, Firestar, Mark, Aaron….
I thought I am amusing you 😉
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December 31, 2005 at 9:01 pm #3081879
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January 1, 2006 at 8:49 am #3081195
happy new year to you too, firestar
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hello Mark, Happy New Year!
I think that was a compliment, you calling me amusing… ?:| I hope you took a break during your house rearranging to drink a bottle or two of champagne at the stroke of midnight. My New Years Eve was pretty good and I even had the good fortune of being able to celebrate it [u]twice[/u] with two different sets of good friends. 🙂
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January 1, 2006 at 9:56 am #3081174
Thanks
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to happy new year to you too, firestar
Wow! That’s great! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. And of course amusing is a compliment. Wouldn’t want to be boring. 🙂 I did take that break, got a lot done, too. That was one of my resolutions. When my son moved out I made a resolution to get this house back the way I wanted it.
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January 1, 2006 at 1:51 pm #3081144
Should I blush ??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to happy new year to you too, firestar
]:)
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January 1, 2006 at 2:18 pm #3081143
Sure
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Should I blush ??
You’re very cute when you blush :8}
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January 1, 2006 at 2:32 pm #3081141
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January 1, 2006 at 9:23 pm #3081108
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January 1, 2006 at 2:19 pm #3081142
Sure (DAMN double posts.. i actually posted twice for emphasis haha)
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Should I blush ??
You’re very cute when you blush :8}
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December 31, 2005 at 8:50 pm #3081880
Hi Stargazer, Happy New Year!
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yoo Hoo … Old Guy, Firestar, Mark, Aaron….
Hi Stargazer! How are you? I’m just trying to get the house rearranged the way I want it. It’s a project I’ve been working on now for a couple of weeks. My son moved out a few weeks ago and that prompted me to make a few changes here. I guess that’s how I will be spending my New Year’s Eve. Taking a coffee break right now, but it’s really shaping up around here. I wonder how my son will feel about my turning his old bedroom into an office? 🙂 Oh, and Happy New Year!
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January 1, 2006 at 3:51 am #3081849
Happy New Year Firestar …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Hi Stargazer, Happy New Year!
What a great way to celeberate … changing the way the house looks … It is First of Jan here in UK now .. and I have woken up after a fitful night of sleep … all my friends in India forgot about the time difference again …
A very Happy New Year to you Firestar
]:)
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January 1, 2006 at 10:26 am #3081168
Thanks
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Happy New Year Firestar …
I hope the day goes well for you as with the rest of 2006. I know you must miss your friends in India, I’m sure they miss you just as much. I got a lot accomplished last night/early this morning. I am feeling better about it. My son had just moved out and still hasn’t had a chance to get all of his stuff, so I took the liberty of putting it in the closet and am changing his old room into an office. Rearranged the living room, and on and on … Have a great day!
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January 1, 2006 at 8:41 am #3081198
Happy New Year everyone!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to please disregard
To all the disregarded regulars Aaron, firestar, stargazer, The Old Guy and to everyone else who happens upon this illegitimate discussion that, like a bastard child, isn’t supposed to exist.
My only resolution for 2006 is to keep this discussion going all year. Think we can do it? 😀
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January 1, 2006 at 8:47 am #3081196
Sure we can …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Happy New Year everyone!
Lets round everyone up and give them good solid marching orders …
Where is everyone when you need them ??
]:)
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January 1, 2006 at 10:37 am #3081167
abandoned
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Sure we can …
Looks like we have been abandoned, and during the holidays at that. Even by dad. 🙁
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January 1, 2006 at 1:48 pm #3081146
I think Dad wants to play Hide and Seek …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 3 months ago
In reply to abandoned
Lemme send him a peer mail … find out where he is hiding …
I hope he hasnt gone back to missisippi to flog his daughter’s boy friend :^O
]:)
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January 3, 2006 at 12:15 pm #3094495
Im still here
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I think Dad wants to play Hide and Seek …
Im still here , havent checked in over the holidays, I was too busy being bored with m girlfriend lol
I’m back now, glad to see everyone well and alive.
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January 4, 2006 at 1:00 am #3094362
When I checked my discussions..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Im still here
I was so happy to see 2 posts added …
But its the freakin’ double post again :^O
Hello Aaron .. Mark’s new year resolution is to keep the discussion going for the rest of 2006 .. Are you up to the challenge??
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January 4, 2006 at 1:25 am #3094359
good luck Mark
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to When I checked my discussions..
If he’s going to try and keep this post going, he’s probably got his work cut out for him, lol. Everyone seems pretty well to have abandoned. But, if you’re up to it as well, I suppose I can make an attempt. It really wouldn’t be too much of an effort, and I am sure we can always come up with things to talk about. After all, we have been adopted into the same family. 🙂
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January 4, 2006 at 6:01 am #3094277
Sure we can, firestar
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to When I checked my discussions..
It’s a wacky world that we live in. There’s always something to yack about. If not, we can make something up.
BTW, I bet you’re excited to have your son move out. Now you finally have FREEDOM! No more loud, blaring music. No more MTV. No more dirty laundry scattered from wall to wall in his room. No more pimply faced kids coming to the house at all hours of the day and night. No more dirty dishes sitting in the sink. No more sharing the garage with his jalopy. What in the world did adults do to deserve the punishment of having teenagers in our lives?
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January 3, 2006 at 12:15 pm #3094494
Im still here
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I think Dad wants to play Hide and Seek …
Im still here , havent checked in over the holidays, I was too busy being bored with m girlfriend lol
I’m back now, glad to see everyone well and alive.
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January 4, 2006 at 1:38 am #3094357
Reply To: please disregard
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I think Dad wants to play Hide and Seek …
I think what really happened, Dad didn’t want to loan me his car keys. I think maybe he did something to his own Dad’s car when he was younger and the bible passage that kept haunting him was,”You reep what you sow”. (Now he will have to come back and defend himself). 🙂
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January 4, 2006 at 1:38 am #3094356
about Dad
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I think Dad wants to play Hide and Seek …
I think what really happened, Dad didn’t want to loan me his car keys. I think maybe he did something to his own Dad’s car when he was younger and the bible passage that kept haunting him was,”You reep what you sow”. (Now he will have to come back and defend himself). 🙂
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January 4, 2006 at 2:29 am #3094349
Dunno …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to about Dad
But he really seems to have taken flight … I hope he took his cane with him .. It might be strenous to walk on the wind without a cane
]:)
P.S Maybe we can keep the discussion going by posting quadruple (???) posts
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January 4, 2006 at 2:49 am #3094347
IT’S ALIVE!!!!
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Dunno …
Hey guys. Yes, I took my cane with me because I wouldn’t be able to use the jet pack.
We went back out of town last weekend (even went shopping with my wife for about 7 hours Monday–and I lived through it 🙂 ) Went with another couple so it helped to have another guy to suffer quietly with. Actually had fun though.
Since I was off for about a week and a half during Christmas I was really busy yesterday trying to catch up.
Anyway, I’m still with you AND we won’t talk about what I might or might not have done with my Dad’s car….
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January 4, 2006 at 3:06 am #3094345
Finally …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Dunno …
I knew I had to take some drastic steps to make you come back 😀
]:)
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January 4, 2006 at 3:36 am #3094334
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January 4, 2006 at 3:44 am #3094332
Quadruple posts, what would they do to us??
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Dunno …
Now that we’ve accomplished that, we will have to work on getting everyone else back here, too. Quadruple posts? Would they kick us out of TR and accuse us of spamming or maybe even something more drastic?
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January 4, 2006 at 4:29 am #3094320
I Dare them …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Dunno …
Besides .. It is a sure way to get the freakin’ double posts noticed 😉
]:)
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January 4, 2006 at 5:48 am #3094292
Nocturnal creatures
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to about Dad
My gosh, there’s more activity in this discussion between midnight and 7 AM US Central time than any other part of the day. starg lives in Europe so she lives by some other out-of-sync time system. And The Old Guy, being an old guy, lives by the “early to bed, early rise” routine. And also, being an old guy, he has to wake up several times during the night. That was bad. Real bad. Hell, I’ll be in that predicament some day, too. If I live that long. But I gotta live that long. I plan on skiing down Mount Everest when I’m 85, ya know. But I digress… So firestar, what about you? Are you in the U.S.?
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January 4, 2006 at 7:16 am #3096243
Whoever is starg??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
Do we know a starg around here??
How dare this person have a username similar to me??
]:)
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January 4, 2006 at 10:47 am #3096096
How do you know
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
my sleep habits. Who u been talkin’ to? I’ll have you know I sleep straight through to 5 a.m., usually. I did wake up at 4:30 this morning and posted. Gee, can’t do anything without being watched!
Oh, and I think stargazer likes her whole name. Whoooeee at her post!
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January 4, 2006 at 3:36 pm #3095987
Reply To: please disregard
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
By saving four strokes of the key, you have renamed Stargazer.
I am from the US., and I suppose I do appear to be nocturnal. I have trouble sleeping sometimes at night, thinking over the daily events and my to do list for the following day. I have heard many times to write down your planned activites, forget about them and go to sleep. Tried it, doesn’t work for me. Also, I have trouble with letting go of responsability and allowing someone else to take care of some things, or so I’m told. We all have our faults though,I’m sure. I guess this is one of mine. -
January 4, 2006 at 9:00 pm #3095578
Old Guy, I’m paranoid too
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
You know the NSA has been eavesdropping on everyone’s electronic communications lately. If they can do that, then they can surely decipher your sleeping habits. I’ve noticed strange things since I heard about the NSA’s little penchant for prying into our private lives. Now I walk backwards so no one can sneak up behind me and tail me. I vary the route that I drive to work. I’ve always cooked my own food so I’m not too concerned about being poisoned. But I change around the grocery stores where I buy my groceries. I watch over-the-air television instead of cable TV. I stopped using the Internet. Tread lightly. The spooks are watching. :O
Since I’m shortening people’s names, your name is way too long. The Old Guy. Can we shorten it to your initials. TOG? 😀
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January 4, 2006 at 9:12 pm #3095575
firestar1 – making lists
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
I’ve always heard that making lists is a good idea. Helps keep you organized and keep priorities. The simple process of writing anything down helps you think more clearly. Probably because of the thought process required to think about something before you write it. I know it’s a good idea. But I’m too much of a procrastinator to do it. The end result is that I’m an even worse procrastinator. I can’t ever stick to my priorities and am always getting sidetracked. Maybe I have ADD. ?:|
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January 5, 2006 at 5:30 am #3095429
Names
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
Look, the underscore king wants to shorten our names. Old Guy is sufficient. 🙂 I don’t like TOG–I’m not sure what a TOG is. I’m too old for changes. Let’s see, hmmm, what other excuse can I think of???
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January 5, 2006 at 5:41 am #3095417
You’re right, Old Guy (w/o The)
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
My name is too long. You can shorten it from M_a_r_k to Mark. 😀
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January 5, 2006 at 5:50 am #3095407
Mark, question
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
I know this is cross threading but I didn’t want to ask it in the other thread. What is WTF? Unless it’s a bad phrase and then I don’t need to know it.
Thanks,
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January 5, 2006 at 6:26 am #3095358
It’s a bad phrase LOL
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
That’s why most people abbreviate it. WTH = What the hell? WTF is similar but worse. Hmmm…. I’m thinking that even using “WTF” in any post is inappropriate. Where did I write that? I’ll edit it out. Thanks. 😐
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January 5, 2006 at 6:37 am #3095345
I sort of thought so
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
I kind of thought that’s what it meant from my former life.
It was in http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11179-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=187141&messageID=1917524
I wasn’t trying to say anything I was just wondering. Ok?
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January 5, 2006 at 7:38 am #3095284
Hey you changed your name!
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
I like Old Guy better than The Old Guy. The “The” made you seem like an exalted person. Like, “that new nightclub on 5th Street is THE place to go”. I felt like I was supposed to salute whenever I posted a message to you. I’m glad you’ve regained some measure of humility and come back to the level of the rest of nondescript mortals. 😀 And it’s easier to type. And OG are better initials than TOG. (j/k…I respect people’s names most of the time. Unless they have hundred letters or a bunch of underscores. I won’t refer to you as OG.)
Thanks for pointing out my grievous lack of judgment regarding the WTF acronym. My excuse is that I had a typo. I meant to type WTH… yeah right. Well, I edited it out.
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January 5, 2006 at 7:52 am #3095272
Hey I always do as I’m told.
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Nocturnal creatures
And, if you believe that… At least I didn’t tell you that you can call me Mr. The Old Guy, Sir. I thought about it. I do like Old Guy better anyway. That’s more in keeping with what my son calls me. And, he sure wouldn’t “exalt” me to anything that he could get away with. My son and I do have fun picking on each other.
I really wasn’t trying to suggest anything about the initials in the other post.
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January 4, 2006 at 5:11 am #3094306
Poor MIner Workers
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Hello all, did you all hear about those porr miners that got trapped under ground? What about the fact that the news first reported them alive then 3 hours later reported them dead. How do you feel about that?
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January 4, 2006 at 5:51 am #3094290
Really tough on the families
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Poor MIner Workers
Even the morning papers had headlines that they were found alive. I can’t imagine what the families went through. From total exhiliration to total shock and grief within a matter of hours.
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January 7, 2006 at 1:41 am #3096348
Woo Hoo hoo guys ….
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to please disregard
The company took us to a trip to Malaga and Morocco … Wah hey hey … !!
(and no, it is not boring at all). I am sitting (draped over the couch actually) in a luxurius 5 star hotel in Morocco .. (waiting for the workshop to start ..) . Havent had time to read the posts though .. I can see the ocean outta my window and we have a swimming pool right next to the beach … Going to go swimming today (whether or not it stops raining)
We went partying last night … I danced for 4 hours before i remembered that I am sporting a cracked rib … Ahh well … (whats done is done) 😉
See ya soon .. will drop by if i get time ..
]:)
P.S .. To those who are new to this … My company takes us somewhere every year …
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January 7, 2006 at 4:43 am #3096319
Way to go!
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Woo Hoo hoo guys ….
Enjoy it and we’ll talk when you come back down from paradise.
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January 9, 2006 at 8:28 am #3080520
I AM BACK !!
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Way to go!
The first thing that greets me is mayhem at the office 😀
So whats been going on here while i have been away .. where are Firestar and Mark … the please disregard discussion is still where i left it … werent we suppossed to keep it going through the year ..
I know what we can do…. we have posted on the 1st of Jan .. lets post again on the 31st dec 2006 and we have it going through the year … Bingo … :^O
]:)
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January 9, 2006 at 9:36 am #3080485
Welcome back
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I AM BACK !!
Sounds like you had a fun working vacation. The only exciting thing going on around here is that The Old Guy changed his name to Old Guy.
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January 9, 2006 at 10:26 am #3080448
Hey …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Welcome back
we had so so much fun … The swimming pool temperature was about 5 degree celsius … we (the tech team) still braved it and did a couple of laps even though we couldnt feel our bodies …
Then we went up to the jacuzzi, ordered drinks and floated around in heaven for 2 hours …
I had turned into a prune by the time i got out .. 😉
]:)
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January 9, 2006 at 11:55 am #3080391
Swimming among icebergs
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Hey …
5 deg Celsius? Did you go to Morocco or Moscow? I guess you can survive that if you swim in a fur parka over a waterproof suit over a couple of layers of kevlar. Normal swimming pool temperature is around 25 celsius.
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January 9, 2006 at 11:59 am #3080389
Thats why it was so brave …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Swimming among icebergs
And it was definately Morocco … The God awful english … !!
]:)
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January 9, 2006 at 1:02 pm #3080364
Glad you’re back
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I AM BACK !!
Now maybe we can start having a little more fun in here :P. We have missed you. Wow! I’m still on the Farenheit reading but 5C sounds pretty cold.
As for the name change I had to shorten my name to Old Guy so M_A_R_K wouldn’t have to type in a couple of extra characters :). Also because he threatened to shorten to TOG and I found out I didn’t want to be a TOG. Now that you’re back I’m going to take out the formerly stuff.
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January 9, 2006 at 1:58 pm #3078301
Translation of C’s to F’s
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Glad you’re back
f = (9/5)c + 32
I have taken more than my share of math courses so I feel pretty comfortable in stating unequivocally that 5 deg Celsius = [b]41[/b] deg Fahrenheit. That will kill most humans (except me) in a few minutes. I’m thinking that somebody laced stargazer’s Shirley Temple cocktail with whiskey and she misread the thermometer. -
January 9, 2006 at 2:29 pm #3078284
Brrrr
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Translation of C’s to F’s
That would be cold even for someone like me. When I was working in surgery we kept it about 62 degrees F.
Of course, now they have me in pool therapy for my back which is set about 82F. Man, talking about wonderful! But, I guess you have to be one of us “old guys” to get that… 🙂
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January 9, 2006 at 2:45 pm #3078277
Cold water vs. cold air
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
Cold water sucks the heat out of you much faster than cold air. I’m not sure why. You can live forever in 60 deg F (14 deg C) ambient air but only a few minutes in 60 deg water. A few degrees makes a huge difference in water. Tropical ocean water temperature (Gulf of Mexico, Carribean Sea) is typically around 77 deg F (24 deg C) on the surface (and down to around 40 feet deep). That feels nice. 72 deg F (22 deg C) is very chilly and very uncomfortable. (A typical bath/shower is around 78 F). I bet your 82 F therapy water temp feels like a jacuzzi. Bad thing about that is that warm water dries out your skin and causes aging of the skin. Douse yourself in cool water and use plenty of skin lotion after you get out of the water.
BTW, what happened to your back? Maybe you weren’t joking about walking with a cane. ?:|
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January 9, 2006 at 5:50 pm #3078192
Water temp
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
That’s pretty informative. I keep telling you guys I’m old. (not quit to the cane part yet but between my back and my knees sometimes it looks like I should have a cane. 🙂
Actually, I do have some degeneration of two of my lumbar vertabraes but the worse problem is getting a little older, heavier, and out of shape. They are having me work on my abdominal muscles to control the stability in my back. The pool therapy makes it easier on the rest of the body and allows you to more pinpoint different muscle groups. The water feels incredibly good. I work out at 6 a.m. because I know I wouldn’t do it after work. Of course, I take a shower after exercise and the PT is in the same building I’m in so that helps a lot on timing.
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January 10, 2006 at 8:27 am #3077999
Old Guy — Your ailing back
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
I used to have problems with my lower back also. My back would frequently tighten up with severe spasms and I could hardly move. Even on good days, I could only bend over far enough to touch my hands to my knees. MRIs found a few injured discs. I had a couple of rounds of physical therapy. Didn’t help much. I finally accidentally discovered the cause on my own. I started to stretch the muscles in back of my legs because I found out that made my back feel better. I kept that up and lo and behold within a few weeks I was limber enough to touch my hands to the floor. Haven’t had any of those awful spasms since. The problem was caused by tight muscles in back of my legs. Those muscles attach to lower back. The leg muscles are bigger and stronger than the lower back muscles. The back muscles tried to compensate for being pulled by the leg muscles so they’d have to pull like crazy the other way. It’s always going to be a losing battle for weaker muscles. Consequently they’d occasionally scream and throw a fit and cause those immobilizing spasms.
What you are doing in your therapy is correct. Strong core muscles (abs and lower back) are more important than bulging biceps or any of the other strong muscles that most people build up for vanity purposes. They are important for posture (which is good for your spine) and when your core muscles get tired, the rest of your body follows suit. You can still do most everyday activities with tired arms or tired legs but not with a tired back. You might have learned all of this already through your PT.
Bad knees, age and extra weight all contribute to an ailing back. Do a variety of core strengthening for abs and back. Not the old-fashioned situps. Those are bad for your back and don’t even do much for your abs. I do 10 or 15 mins of core exercises almost every day. A long brisk walk (at least 30 minutes, 15 minutes per mile pace, at least four days per week) is also good for overall health (even better than jogging as you get older and esp if you have bad knees) and will allow you to lose extra weight if you avoid fatty and high-sugar foods. You’d be surprised how easy it is do lose weight. Just get your heart rate up to about 110 beats per minute for at least 30 consecutive minutes. Low intensity exercise like walking burns fat calories. High intensity exercise like jogging burns sugar calories. When I jog my heart rate goes way up to about 160. It stays around 120 during a brisk walk.
Check out a book called [i]Younger Next Year[/i]. It’s pretty good and will tell you how to eat right and exercise right to stay young and fit as a fiddle.
That’s your physiology lesson for today.
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January 10, 2006 at 8:39 am #3077990
Physiology lesson
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
Mark, thanks for the info you are absolutely correct. Actually, I’ve worked in Orthopaedics for the past 19 years as surgical assistant and now as IT. We have a Spine specialty department with our own PT department in that. They keep getting me straighened out every so often.
For several years I would come in early and work out on the machines they have here. Actually because of my knees I was using a recumbant bike which is the best for knees.
My problem, which is a lot of people’s problem is staying with it. We moved all of our offices into on location back in August and I got out of the routine. I’m trying to get back into it once I get a handle on the back thing. Again you are completely correct on the hamstrings being tight. That is another of my back problems that we are trying to get stretched out.
Actually, I’m really impressed you have so much accurate knowledge on this. That’s pretty cool!
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January 10, 2006 at 8:43 am #3077982
From someone ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
who has spent most of his life in the hospital … sure its cool and accurate advice …
Hmmm … what can be my intake on this?? Damn .. I cant participate in this discussion … my back is perfectly fine .. I am not old .. :p 😀
]:)
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January 10, 2006 at 9:13 am #3078985
The advice you can take from this
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
is to start a healthy and fit way of life now while you’re young and spry and nimble. Otherwise you’ll end up like Old Guy. Or end up as a bunch of titanium parts like me.
Old Guy, I’ve always been interested in this sort of thing. It took me a long time to learn what’s right and what’s wrong, though. And I’m still learning. I’m a typical wannabe jock. Bigger, better, stronger, faster and all that macho stuff. All it ever got me when I was young and foolish was careless injuries. Now I’m a bit older and a bit wiser but I’m sure I haven’t seen the end of my careless injuries.
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January 10, 2006 at 9:19 am #3078979
Hey!
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
What do you mean like the OLD Guy? You just try to keep up with me, Sparky! On the short run it’s not hard to keep up with me but on the long run a lot of people would have trouble. (I don’t mean an actual run but just in all the stuff I do with my kids (Youth Group), my family, and everything else we do. It’s one of those things that I wonder how am I going to get all this done but we do. And, it’s fun.
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January 10, 2006 at 9:31 am #3078968
Keeping up with you ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
is easy … since I do all of that stuff too … 😉
Now doing the old guy stuff is going to be difficult 😀 .. you know like … lying in bed all day and groaning :p
]:)
P.s Aaaahhh … so good being young and kidding old guys 😀
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January 10, 2006 at 10:05 am #3078941
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January 10, 2006 at 10:14 am #3078937
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January 10, 2006 at 10:26 am #3078935
Lend ME the cane old guy …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
My Manager just made me very very angry again …
By the way old guy … you said that you like girls .. you wouldn’t want poor ol’ defenseless me hurt … would you?? 😡
]:)
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January 10, 2006 at 10:31 am #3078933
Use the force!
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
Time to get the light saber back out, Stargazer.
Naw, I couldn’t let anyone hurt you. My guys in Youth group don’t stand a chance because I always take up for the girls.
BTW, have you read the posts below here? I was just going to give you a talking to or something. 🙂
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January 10, 2006 at 10:40 am #3078930
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January 10, 2006 at 10:40 am #3078929
Yep …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Brrrr
I have been reading each and every post …
Whereever is firestar do u know?? Rearranging again, I presume !!
]:)
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January 10, 2006 at 1:04 am #3078126
Cold???
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Glad you’re back
It was freezing … you should have seen the speed at which we jumped back out again of the pool after the first dip … But the cheeky little hi’s and hello’s to the sales guys while they were at the workshop, were reward enough … (yes we were still in our bathrobes …
As for dying in freezing water .. you guys keep forgetting about the 2 hr jacuzzi session afterwards … Aaaahhh Heaven enough to revive a man (or gal) from the grave … 😀
]:)
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January 10, 2006 at 8:40 am #3077986
My name
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Glad you’re back
Hey Stargazer and Mark, since you guys know about the name change I’m going to go ahead and drop the formerly part. Please don’t lose me or forget me…:)
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January 10, 2006 at 8:47 am #3077980
Hey … Mark …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to My name
Do you know who this is?? Looks a lot like our old friend .. the cane brandishing old guy … 😉
]:)
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January 10, 2006 at 8:59 am #3077967
Ok,
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Hey … Mark …
You may be a girl and I can’t take my cane to you but I can give you a good talking to you young whipper snapper!
It’s a good thing I like girls so much.
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January 10, 2006 at 9:03 am #3078996
Clarification
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Hey … Mark …
The phrase “a good talking to” is actually, “a good dressing down” here in the south. However, I couldn’t use that because I’m sure SOMEONE here would exploit that and make me turn red again. 🙂
No, Mark, don’t do it!!!
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January 10, 2006 at 9:18 am #3078980
LOL on the dressing down
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Hey … Mark …
stargazer, not being from the U.S., might have misinterpreted that phrase. And watch out how you brandish that cane. You don’t want to throw your back out again.
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January 11, 2006 at 7:33 am #3079554
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January 11, 2006 at 9:12 am #3079482
I am around ..
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Vanacum, Stargazer
I am cold shouldering my Boss … Dont think he notices though 🙁
I have even lost the will to hang around TR … GOD HELP !!!
Anyone have any Vitamin tablets??
]:)
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January 12, 2006 at 5:42 am #3078388
I don’t think so , Little Missy
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Deserters …
🙂 Although I really haven’t heard from firestar since you went on your trip.
I thought you had gotten busy with your manager. Hope that worked out ok.
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January 12, 2006 at 7:06 am #3078325
Old Guy, you edited your post
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I don’t think so , Little Missy
You had something about being harassed in another discussion. I read it earlier and was gonna comment on it. Did you delete it because of the discussion going on about Lobo?
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January 12, 2006 at 7:23 am #3078311
Partly
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Old Guy, you edited your post
But mainly because I didn’t want to include it here. It was impertinent. Sorry.
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January 12, 2006 at 7:36 am #3080324
Busy with my manager???
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I don’t think so , Little Missy
Hmmmmmm ….. Certainly Not … 😉
I cold shouldered him … He has moved to another UK branch …
… Though It would have been better if these two events were related …:p ]:)
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January 12, 2006 at 8:22 pm #3080006
Yeah, those deserters
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Deserters …
Don’t you just hate it when people suddenly disappear and you never hear from them again? Just like people changing their names, that seems to be happening all over the place lately. hah!
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January 12, 2006 at 10:56 pm #3079970
Are you talking about me?
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Yeah, those deserters
I’m sorry I haven’t been here in a while. I know I’ve been sort of antisociable lately. Sorry about that. I guess I get that way sometimes, right after the holidays, or so I’ve been told. I do consider you, Stargazer, Old Guy (formerly known as The Old Guy) :), my friends. I promise I’ll try to do better. Sorry.
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January 13, 2006 at 7:18 am #3079862
Yes
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Are you talking about me?
😀 Are you still busy rearranging your house? You should rearrange your priorities and drop by TR every now and then. Just kidding… I know that we’re not nearly as exciting as a good old-fashioned house rearrangement. OK, well I was trying to be humble for once. I know that we are more exciting than a house rearrangment. But maybe not nearly as important. Oh, to hell with this humility crap. I know that we are also more important than a house rearrangment.
BTW, don’t hesitate to bounce into some of the other discussions going on around TR. You’ve probably dipped your toe into a few of those already and found that some get a bit interesting on occasion, especially the ones under the Miscellaneous topic.
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January 13, 2006 at 1:18 am #3079947
and me …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Yeah, those deserters
Lets see … who was the first person who suggested that I change my name ?? Hmmmmm …
By the way, have you fired me as your co-author again?? Havent heard from you lately … Or is it me you havent heard from?? Morocco has addled my brains …
Welcome Back Firestar !! Hang around a bit more … Its fun ..
]:)
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January 13, 2006 at 2:49 am #3079930
Pushing Mark down the mountain
by firestar1 · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to and me …
Thanks. He’s fired you again? Fickle, isn’t he? Maybe we should just, when he gets ready to go snowboarding down the mountain, we could just give him a little push, … accidentally though. I’ll bring the video cam, and a snow suit in case he does lose his clothes. Wouldn’t want him to catch a cold, now would we? 🙂
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January 13, 2006 at 7:34 am #3079855
I’m shocked
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Pushing Mark down the mountain
that you’d even consider throwing me over a cliff and film my flight to a crushing death. Though I do appreciate you not wanting me to catch a cold on the way down. It’s a good thing I’m good at making catty remarks. I always land on my feet. And I have nine lives. So this fall won’t kill me.
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January 13, 2006 at 5:35 am #3079902
The name thing
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to and me …
And who wanted me to shorten my name??? Stargazer, it sounds like we have an instigator amongst us.
Firestar, glad you’re back. Yeah, hang with us–we’re the fun guys. By the way, if you happen to see an instigator on the mountain just push real hard. We’ll alibi for you. 🙂
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January 13, 2006 at 6:26 am #3079881
Sure Will …
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to The name thing
And I will keep some Titanium parts and a screwdriver ready 😀
]:)
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January 13, 2006 at 7:27 am #3079858
and yes…
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to and me …
My comment about suddenly disappearing applies to more than one situation. You haven’t heard from me b/c I haven’t heard from you. (Say that too many times too quickly and you’ll get dizzy.) < thundering yawn > You and Mr. Bollywood do have at least one thing in common. haha The ex-wife always told me that I’m crazy. If I keep talking to myself, it will prove her to be correct. Can’t have that happen.
Did I first suggest that you change your name? Gosh, I don’t remember that. And I haven’t even been to Moscow. But hell, how did we end up with so many people named fire-something? I have been wanting to change my name. Maybe I’ll change it to Fireman. Every young boy wants to grow up to be a fireman.
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January 13, 2006 at 7:49 am #3079843
Sorry…
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to and yes…
Didnt mean to dissapear like that … Too much work has made me Ill … I now have a cold and am about to get a fever .. (My viruses and bacteria always wait till the weekend to attack … That way, they ensure that I never get a day off from work)
]:)
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January 13, 2006 at 7:52 am #3079840
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January 13, 2006 at 7:55 am #3079838
eh??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to That cold has been going around
Its a who??
I cant even joke properly through a blockd nose … Damn .. Anyone seen the fire poker??
]:)
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January 13, 2006 at 9:11 am #3079810
pandemic
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to That cold has been going around
A pandemic is an epidemic. Only worse. Have you forgotten about my handy online dictionary?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pandemic
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January 13, 2006 at 7:46 am #3079847
Has Anyone seen Aaron around??
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to please disregard
Did he dig us a ditch and leave us to die?? 😉
]:)
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January 13, 2006 at 7:54 am #3079839
Aaron who?
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Has Anyone seen Aaron around??
Anyone who does that to us no longer exists. In fact, he never existed. We are all a figment of our imagination. (Just kidding-not delusional yet).
Stargazer, I hate you’re getting sick. Hope you get better quick. It does seem like a lot of you gals in TR are sick right now. Hmmm, what’s going on? It’s probably all that secret gossiping you girls do. It passes the germs around…
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February 3, 2006 at 7:07 am #3133981
Never Fear, AARON IS STILL HERE!!!!!
by aaronpctech · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Has Anyone seen Aaron around??
Hey guys, sorry its been so damn long. Theres been a lot of projects and things coming up here, and I havent had a chance to log on lately.
But I’m back and doing well for now.
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February 3, 2006 at 8:12 am #3133911
Glad you’re back
by old guy · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Never Fear, AARON IS STILL HERE!!!!!
I thought we lost you and I hate losing things, uh, people. It looks bad. 🙂
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February 3, 2006 at 8:32 am #3133900
Welcome Back Aaron
by stargazerr · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Never Fear, AARON IS STILL HERE!!!!!
Now all we have to do is find out which table it is that Firestar is hiding under … 😀
]:)
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February 3, 2006 at 9:19 am #3133867
I think
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Never Fear, AARON IS STILL HERE!!!!!
that Aaron and the other star disappeared together. You two have been hiding out for quite a while. Maybe you are the torpedo thieves that have been wreaking havoc around TR.
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July 18, 2006 at 3:36 pm #3279089
Its late and Im bored
by aaronpctech · about 17 years, 8 months ago
In reply to I think
Does anyone ever come here still?
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