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by jck

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

So...in honor of Shellbot

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

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by purpleskys

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

by jck

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

by nicknielsen

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

X-(

Okay, whatever! :p

by shellbot

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

another weekend begins... * meh *

(((hugs)))

by shasca

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

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

by shellbot

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

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

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

by jck

Had a busy, worrysome weekend.

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

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

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

by av .

Thanks JCK for posting this. We needed it.

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

AV

edited: Wrong emoticon, too much Merlot

by boxfiddler

((( hugs!)))

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

Tilled Thursday. Going hunting seed potatoes tomorrow.

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

:^0

by hal 9000

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

Col ;)

by steffi28

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

by nicknielsen

You been gone so long!

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

by steffi28

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

by jck

oh just hug me. :p hehehe :^0

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

by dmambo

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

Mambo

by shellbot

thats putting it mildly...

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

Boo Hoo :(

by steffi28

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

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

Thanks for letting me know x now i need them hugs

by michael jay

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

Life hurts sometimes, other times Life Is good.

Its A Good Day To Be Alive

IAGDTBA

(((((HUGS)))))

by steffi28

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

I like that... IAGFTBA :) *hugs*

by nicknielsen

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

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

by steffi28

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

((Return Hugs))

by gadgetgirl

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

Long time no see!

Glad you're back and ok-ish.

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

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

PM me your new email addy too, please, I need to get you caught up on stuff... :)

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

GG

Mike J - thanks for letting Steffi know about Scott. You're the best :x

by shellbot

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

by steffi28

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

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

by santeewelding

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

Meantime, welcome back.

by steffi28

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

by jck

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

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

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

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

I need to go home before I hit someone....really hard. :(

by nicknielsen

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

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

by jck

I'll chug while you hug. :^0

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

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

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

by purpleskys

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

by av .

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

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

AV (formerly American Voter)

{{{{HUGS}}}}

PS: Hope you get along with your mum

by steffi28

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

Hope everything is ok with you :D x

by steffi28

And the impure brigade?? Please dont tell me the impure brigade has gone?? :(

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

by shellbot

not gone..just absent most of the time...

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

by jck

I am still impure.

I just try to hide it so I don't scare off the nice girls ;) :^0

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

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

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

by jck

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

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

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

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

by shellbot

can only hide it for so long JCK!

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

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

not everyone appreciates my dirty mind
* sigh *

by steffi28

hiding it anymore!

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

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

Edited - Smileys :( need that link!!!

by jck

...no less than what they've given me.

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

Oh, you have had too many days off.

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

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

by jck

Oh dear...

dare I talk about text msgs I get?

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

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

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

yeah...I'm bad ]:)

by jck

especially with cheese and some crackers. :^0

:D ((((((((((((((((((((((( trying to be funny hugs ))))))))))))))))))))))))

by steffi28

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

by jck

...that would indeed be a very welcome break from the ordinary!!! ;)

When can you get here? hehehe :D

by jck

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

by jck

Man hugs for you tho!

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

:^0

by nicknielsen

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

by gadgetgirl

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

:x

wunnerful!

>sigh<

GG

by shellbot

Yay..Friday :)

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

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

by jck

cloudy...
dark...
dreary...
over 16" of rain yesterday...
still raining now...

and I'm being micromanaged to the point of intolerance...

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

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

by purpleskys

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

by jck

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

Friend in Holland might be out of hospital today.

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

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

by jck

I'm a beast? Grrrrrrrr. :^0

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

by jck

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

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

by jck

I kinda let the boss have it. lol

I spelled out what is and isn't possible.

Gave him the choice.

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

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

I appreciate the lots of hugs. :)

by jck

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

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

by jck

It's Friday, and you good people need to tell me...I am 40 mins from leaving and I am THIRSTY. ;)

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

by Tammy.Cavadias

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

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

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

-Tammy [_]3

by nicknielsen

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

What more could a beer-drinker ask for?

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

by purpleskys

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

by purpleskys

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

by nicknielsen

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

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

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

by shellbot

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

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

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

by hal 9000

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

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

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

Col

by av .

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

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

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

AV

by nicknielsen

Driving home before dark, that is.

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

by hal 9000

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

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

Col

by jck

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

What a load. :^0

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

by hal 9000

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

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

Col

by jck

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

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