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flydangler
Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

Started this note three different times this mornin', but managed to screw it up each time. Hopefully this one'll work out.

Up most of the night, late start this mornin' too. I probably feel 'bout as good as Tuffy today, but at least I don't have anybody dotin' over me and tryin' to force vile stuff in my mouth. Methinks I musta caught whatever Redbird has after we met in that afterhours joint the other night.

Oh joy! 'Tis snowin' again!
QUOTE(vet65/69 @ Dec 4 2006, 10:43 PM)
thanks doc just got off the phone with my sis i sent you a pm
Hope everthing turns out okay, eh? Keep us in the loop.

Felt bad 'bout not bein' able to do more, but if there's anything else methinks you know all you gotta do is ask. Remember too that TRICARE automatically provides for second opinions if they think 'tis needed.
QUOTE(ConcernedObserver @ Dec 5 2006, 05:42 AM)
Now all I want to know .. is what do I do  until my mind wakes up ?
Did you try copious amounts of coffee?

No poems today, I just ain't got the energy to look, eh? Methinks you oughta be greatful your fur ball is gonna be quieter for a couple days. Just think 'bout what he'll be like when he's feelin' better.



QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Dec 5 2006, 08:33 AM)
I must be dreaming. Seems I detect a compliment here. Nah, can't be.
Sure was! Methinks 'tweren't the first time either. How soon we forget, eh?
QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Dec 5 2006, 10:01 AM)
CNN is televising the Gates Hearings
Yeah! Wish someone'd wake Senator Byrd up, eh?


Well, here's hopin' the weather's great where ever y'all are at, or at least better'n here! Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!


Have a nice day!
winston smith
blush.gif I guess everyone has figured out that I am not a math teacher. stars smiliey.gif The title of this thread should give that away... thud.gif

eatthebunny.gif
Pegatha
QUOTE(winston smith @ Dec 5 2006, 11:16 AM)
blush.gif I guess everyone has figured out that I am not a math teacher. stars smiliey.gif  The title of this thread should give that away... thud.gif 

eatthebunny.gif
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Yep. I wondered what we were just starting the second year of!!!

(and, so I won't get in trouble with WS for ending a sentence with a preposition, pretend that I actually wrote: "I wondered what we were just starting the second year of, asshole.")

(remind me to tell that whole joke sometime)

basketball.gif
AFTERGLOW
My Daily Offering from NOMIS...

Note: All "real men" answer "C" to all of these questions. Knowing this,
women will have come far in understanding men and enriching their own
lives if they carefully review the "C" answers.

1. Alien beings from a highly advanced society visit the Earth, and you
are the first human they encounter. As a token of intergalactic
friendship, they present you with a small but incredibly sophisticated
device that is capable of curing all disease, providing an infinite
supply of clean energy, wiping out hunger and poverty, and permanently
eliminating oppression and violence all over the entire Earth.

You decide to:
A. Present it to the President of the United States.
B. Present it to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
C. Take it apart.


2. As you grow older, what lost quality of your youthful life do you miss
the most?

A. Innocence.
B. Idealism.
C. Cherry bombs.


3. When is it okay to kiss another male?

A. When you wish to display simple and pure affection without regard for
narrow-minded social conventions.
B. When he is the Pope. (Not on the lips.)
C. When he is your brother and you are Al Pacino and this is the only
really sportsman-like way to let him know that, for business reasons, you
have to have him killed.


4. In your opinion, the ideal pet is:

A. A cat.
B. A dog.
C. A dog that eats cats.


5. You have been seeing a woman for several years. She's attractive and
intelligent, and you always enjoy being with her. One leisurely Sunday
afternoon the two of you are taking it easy. You're watching a football
game; she's reading the papers when she suddenly, out of the clear blue
sky, tells you that she thinks she really loves you, but, she can no
longer bear the uncertainty of not knowing where your relationship is
going. She says she's not asking whether you want to get married; only
whether you believe that you have some kind of future together. What do
you say?

A. That you sincerely believe the two of you do have a future, but you
don't want to rush it.
B. That although you also have strong feelings for her, you can not
honestly say that you'll be ready anytime soon to make a lasting
commitment, and you don't want to hurt her by holding out false hope.
C. That you cannot believe the Broncos called a draw play on third and
seventeen.


6. Okay, so you have decided that you truly love a woman and you want to
spend the rest of your life with her, sharing the joys and the sorrows
the world has to offer, come what may. How do you tell her?

A. You take her to a nice restaurant and tell her after dinner.
B. You take her for a walk on a moonlit beach, and you say her name, and
when she turns to you, with the sea breeze blowing through her hair and
the stars in her eyes, you tell her.
C. Tell her what?


7. One weekday morning your wife wakes up feeling ill and asks you to get
your three children ready for school. Your first question to her is:

A. "Do they need to eat or anything?"
B. "They're in school already?"
C. "There are three of them?"


8. Never mind.

9. What, in your opinion, is the most reasonable explanation for the fact
that Moses led the Israelites all over the place for forty years before
they finally got to the Promised Land?

A. He was being tested.
B. He wanted them to really appreciate the Promised Land when they
finally got there.
C. He refused to ask for directions.


10. What is the human race's single greatest achievement?

A. Democracy.
B. Religion.
C. Remote control.
heart
I don't understand the math error? So then, it's three years? Four? Sure seems like a long time.

I didn't get all the tools I wanted. I think it's important to stick with quality tools and I don't like to buy the cheap knock offs.

I don't need the tools for that Doc, the pneumonia he had, and the experience of living in a yurt/tent, without his family sort of knocked the sense right back into him. So, I conclude that he did to himself far more damage than I could have done.

Joe e....you too? Ha hahahaha....I'm not THAT violent. I am a handywomen though.

I need the tools because I want to make a morroccan headboard. I need something like a circular saw to cut straight lines and some other kind of saw that will cut out the filigree....so I don't know if I needed THAT kind of saw or another kind. I'm going to try again this weekend, but I think I need to stick to name brand tools.

I'm so glad Tuffy and Betty are fine. What a sweetheart! Both of you that is.
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Doc: After this year methinks I can count myself in the same boat as Joe Lieberman.


Me too. I'm a Liberal just like Joe! Only thing is, I still say "if you broke it, you bought it". Oh, and I didn't have the president kiss me...thank goodness!!!

Nice pic of some of my girls Steve
!!!! I'm not in favor of the PKK, but the KDP and PUK all have female units, so maybe they were part of that force. The girls are still very tough and exceptional for that part of the world.
Frenchy
A farmer has about 500 hens, but no rooster, and he wants chicks. So, he goes down the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster that he would sell.

The other farmer says, "Yep, I've got this great rooster, named Ralph. He'll service every chicken you got, no problem."

Well, Ralph the rooster costs $3,000, a lot of money, but the farmer decides he'd be worth it. So, he buys Ralph.



The farmer takes Ralph home and sets him down in the barnyard, but first he gave the rooster a pep talk. "I want you to pace yourself now. You've got a lot of chickens to service here, and you cost me a lot of money. Consequently, I'll need you to do a good job. So, take your time and have some fun," the farmer said, with a chuckle.

Ralph seems to understand, so the farmer points toward the hen house and Ralph takes off like a shot.

WHAM! Ralph nails every hen in the hen house - three or four times, and the farmer is really shocked.

After that, the farmer hears a commotion in the duck pen and, sure enough, Ralph is in there.

Later, the farmer sees Ralph after a flock of geese down by the lake. Once again - WHAM! He gets all the geese.

By sunset he sees Ralph out in the fields chasing quail and pheasants. The farmer is distraught and worried that his expensive rooster won't even last 24 hours.

Sure enough, the farmer goes to bed and wakes up the next morning to find Ralph on his back out in the middle of the yard, mouth open, tongue hanging out and both feet sticking straight up in the air. Buzzards are circling overhead.


The farmer, saddened by the loss of such a colorful and expensive animal, shakes his head and says, "Oh, Ralph, I told you to pace yourself. I tried to get you to slow down, now look what you've done to yourself."


Ralph opens one eye, nods toward the buzzards circling in the sky and says, "Shhhh! They're getting closer."
AFTERGLOW
An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. A crowded United flight was canceled.
A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers.

Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS."

The agent replied "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?"

Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to the gate."

With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore, "F*** you!"

Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that too."
Teacher in SC
QUOTE(wundermaus @ Dec 2 2006, 02:53 AM)
two years... a blink of an eye... a shaded walk down a quiet lane... a field of flowers on a distant hill... and clouds drifting slowly above... it is a journey... worthy of holding hands...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bFTq0Ivgk
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Just checking in and caught this from wunder. Thank you for the link reminding me of those who sang us out of our madness.
ConcernedObserver
QUOTE(heart @ Dec 5 2006, 09:15 PM)
I don't understand the math error? So then, it's three years? Four? Sure seems like a long time.

I'm so glad Tuffy and Betty are fine.  What a sweetheart!  Both of you that is. 
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We have to make allowances for WS these days Heart .. he is a Grandfather now you know and along with the Bundle of Joy comes a reduction in brain cells as the aging process takes hold ... tongue.gif Everything has its price !!!

As for Tuffy ... you might not have thought he was a sweetheart if you had been faced with what I was met with this morning! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Yesterday was a day from hell due to his dislike .. no that isn't strong enough .. hatred for the collar. He hated being in his crate even for a nap as everytime he turned around or rolled over he hit the sides with it and it woke him up. His crate is full size but he is getting bigger and the collar is huge.

He didn't stop eating all day yesterday either, Going without any food was definitely not something he liked and he was storing up as much as I would give him.

He also refused to use his WizDog as he had trouble of the same sort because of where it was situated.( took me till last night to figure that out.. see grandparent syndrome!)He was thoughtful however and did go into the laundry room instead of using the carpet in the family room. I moved the WizDog there last evening into the centre of the room.

Then bedtime came and no way was he going into that crate. No way at all. I finally did get him in but was worried so got a blanket and my pillow and camped out in the living room so I'd be sure to hear him if he had problems. I got to sleep for about 2 hours and then at 2.15AM all hell broke loose so I came down into the family room and let him out. He didn't need his potty he just wanted out of that damn crate.

To make a long story short I gave up and gave him my blanket on the floor, put the gate across so he wouldn't try to climb the stairs(he can't see properly because of the collar) and as soon as he settled down I went and got another blanket and went back to the living room sofa.I checked on him almost every hour and he was resting quietly each time. Until I woke up from the coma I must have fallen into about 5.30AM.

Now jump ahead to 7.15AM and he calls me and I hurry to get to him to be met by something best described as infant catastrophe. I use that analogy because it reminds me of a similar event when my son was a baby and left to his own devices in his crib too long one morning after Mommy had a late night. Tuffy had used his WizDog quite dramatically.. all that food decided to depart his person at once I think. He did it where he was supposed to but Mommy wasn't there to remove it so he decided to play with/eat/or otherwise dispose of the evidence. IT was EVERYWHERE! Including all over his collar, on his feet and all over the floor and there was still more than one might expect still where he had originally placed it .. on the Wiz Dog. And he wanted to play ! Hadn't had coffee.. hadn't really come to and there I was trying to clean up that mess ! AND .. he was waiting for his treat !!!

The one man wrecking crew is now asleep at my feet having taken care of his morning rituals, eaten, and survived the removal for cleaning of the dreaded collar and the reattachment with a minimum of fuss.. and Mommy is now hopefully facing a bit better day than yesterday.

Come to think of it .. maybe he was getting even. I suppose I came out on the winning side in that exchange if that is the case... I only had to clean up a mess .. he had his manhood taken from him.

Sweetheart ? weeell, ask me that after I have my coffee !! roflmbo.gif

Have a good day everyone !

P.S. -- hope Cardinal is feeling better and Fly, I hope yours is only a one day thing. Haven't you guys ever heard of a Flu Shot ?? They do work you know !!
flydangler
Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

Short note this mornin' 'cause I'm still under the weather. Methinks, whatever this is I caught from Redbird, you don't want it!
QUOTE(winston smith @ Dec 5 2006, 12:16 PM)
I guess everyone has figured out that I am not a math teacher
'Twould seem history ain't your strong point either, eh?
QUOTE(heart @ Dec 5 2006, 09:15 PM)
I don't need the tools for that Doc, the pneumonia he had, and the experience of living in a yurt/tent, without his family sort of knocked the sense right back into him.  So, I conclude that he did to himself far more damage than I could have done.
Maybe so, but methinks there're probably times you think back and recall what he done. That's when I'd be bettin' the temptation grows, eh?
QUOTE(AFTERGLOW @ Dec 5 2006, 10:05 PM)
The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?"
Sounds just like the stuff Patrick Kennedy (D-RI 1st District) does all the time. Best not get in his way or try to head him off, as a little old lady screener at LAX found out a few years back when he assaulted her at a checkpoint.
QUOTE(ConcernedObserver @ Dec 6 2006, 08:33 AM)
IT was EVERYWHERE! Including all over his collar, on his feet and all over the floor and there was still more than one might expect still where he had originally placed it .. on the Wiz Dog.
Yup! Methinks you shoulda got a cat.

Well, here's hopin' the weather's great where ever y'all are at! Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!


Have a nice day!
Snuffysmith
Many of us can relate to the way it was then and how it is now. Times are changing. Is it for the better or worse? I think it is worse, but I'm sure some enlightened educator can point out the errors of my convoluted thinking. I was sent the following email:

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to
his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.


Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge
them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Jeffrey now sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1956 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1956: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by Hispanic community. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1956 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.


All in the name of progress!
cardinal
Life is good, all is well.

:candycane:
Pegatha
QUOTE(cardinal @ Dec 6 2006, 07:30 PM)
Life is good, all is well.

:candycane:
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That's good, Redbird. Glad you're feeling better. I've never gotten a flue shot, either, because I've never caught that bad boy.
AFTERGLOW
roflmbo.gif Good evening, all! This is a little chemistry lesson for you... roflmbo.gif

Element name: WOMAN.
Symbol: WO.

Atomic weight: 'Don't even go there'.

Physical properties: Generally round in form. Boils at nothing and may freeze at any time. Melts whenever treated properly. Very bitter if not used well.

Chemical properties: Very active. Highly unstable. Possesses strong affinity to gold, silver, platinum,and precious gemstones. Violent when left alone. Able to absorb great amounts of exotic food. Turns slightly green when placed next to a better specimen.

Usage: Highly ornamental. An extremely good catalyst for dispersion of wealth. Probably the most powerful income reducing agent known.

Caution: Highly explosive in inexperienced hands.

Element name: MAN.
Symbol: XY.

Atomic weight: (180 +/- 60).

Physical properties: Solid at room temperature. Gets bent out of shape easily. Fairly dense and sometimes flaky. Difficult to find a pure sample. Due to age and rust, older samples are unable to conduct electricity as well as younger samples.

Chemical properties: Attempts to bond with WO any chance it can get. Also tends to form strong bonds with itself. Becomes explosive when mixed with Kd (child) for prolonged periods of time. Can be neutralised by saturating with alcohol.

Usage: None known. Possibly good methane source.

Caution: In the absence of WO, this element rapidly decomposes and begins to smell.
AFTERGLOW
AFTERGLOW
University scientists have released the results of a recent analysis that reveals the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. It turns out that the "hops" in beer contain certain phyto-estrogens, and scientists believe that by drinking enough beer, men may turn into women.

In this study, 100 male volunteers were asked to drink eight pints of beer in one hour. The results were observed and recorded. At the end of one hour, every single test subject had developed female characteristics, and the test was terminated. The data is provided below.

After one hour, 100% of the test subjects:

1) gained weight
2) talked excessively without making sense
3) became overly emotional
4) couldn't drive
5) failed to think rationally
6) argued over nothing
7) had to sit down while urinating
8) refused to apologize when obviously wrong


No further testing was considered necessary.
AFTERGLOW
DECEMBER 7, 1941...

Their eyes are growing dim now and all too soon they will not be able to bear witness to the horrors they saw so many years ago.




Please do not let the memory of the Pearl Harbor attack die when all of those brave young men and women who served there, pass from this earth.

flydangler
Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

Belated check in this mornin' 'cause doc hadda go see his doc, eh? Just kept feelin' worse and worse, then this mornin' my wife woke me up 'cause I was so hot and apparently delerious. She took me to see our doc and it turns out I got a bacterial pneumonia. After pumpin' me full of IV antibiotics and fluids he decided I didn't need admission, but gotta take it easy for a while.

Looks like I got a lotta catchin' up to do 'round the forums, but it'll have to wait. Hopefully I'll feel better and be back later.
QUOTE(cardinal @ Dec 6 2006, 08:30 PM)
Life is good, all is well
Glad it is for you, but methinks I ain't so lucky! Guess I didn't catch what you had after all though, eh?

Well, here's hopin' the weather's great where ever y'all are at! Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!


Have a nice day!
Pie
Good to hear Redbird is feeling better. yes2.gif

Not good at all the hear Doc has pneumonia. no2.gif
Take it easy, listen to your doc, and get well soon !


And for Pearl Harbor Day:



Now, I wonder how the story of Tuffy is coming along. Perhaps Betty will share it with us the day after Christmas, when her grandchildren have already read it.


Long overdue for Skillet, Brookie, and others to check in. Roll call requested.

:reindeer:
winston smith
QUOTE(Pegatha @ Dec 5 2006, 01:25 PM)
Yep.  I wondered what we were just starting the second year of!!!

(and, so I won't get in trouble with WS for ending a sentence with a preposition, pretend that I actually wrote:  "I wondered what we were just starting the second year of, asshole.")

(remind me to tell that whole joke sometime)

basketball.gif
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Pegatha- it's still a dangling preposition... tongue.gif wiseass! clap.gif
winston smith
QUOTE(AFTERGLOW @ Dec 5 2006, 07:05 PM)
An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. A crowded United flight was canceled.
A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers.

Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS."

The agent replied "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?"

Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to the gate."

With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore, "F*** you!"

Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that too."

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clap.gif dancing.gif tongue.gif laugh.gif roflmao.gif roflmbo.gif ... and the same from all the staff here, too!
winston smith
QUOTE(flydangler @ Dec 6 2006, 06:08 AM)
'Twould seem history ain't your strong point either, eh?
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winston smith
QUOTE(ConcernedObserver @ Dec 6 2006, 05:33 AM)
We have to make allowances for WS these days Heart .. he is a Grandfather now you know and along with the Bundle of Joy comes a reduction in brain cells as the aging process takes hold ... tongue.gif Everything has its price !!!
tongue.gif

QUOTE
As for Tuffy ... you might not have thought he was a sweetheart if you had been faced with what I was met with this morning! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry... Sweetheart ? weeell, ask me that after I have my coffee !! roflmbo.gif
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Not a hard choice on this end of the conversation- I just roflmbo.gif
AFTERGLOW
Good mornin' boyz and gurlz!

Today's news straight from the headlines...


AFTERGLOW
OOOOOPS!
AFTERGLOW
This Is Kooooool...

Music/Audio/Video, enjoy...
Pegatha
QUOTE(AFTERGLOW @ Dec 7 2006, 02:53 PM)
This Is Kooooool...

Music/Audio/Video, enjoy...
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Yes, it is!
Pie
Awesomely koooool and mesmerizing, too. smile.gif


Note: GWS forgot to use this emoticon:
eatthebunny.gif
Pegatha
Well, it's announcement time. Seems Young Peg has decided that she wants to be one of them there movie stars. She's taking a scouting trip to LA on the 15th, in preparation for a move there in May. Have learned that it is quite possible to be terrified, proud and jealous, all at once.

She's not doing this blindly. She has friends out there already, and she's trying to save as much money as she can. I'm just glad that she's doing it at 24, and not at 18. She's actually a bit long in the tooth by Hollywood standards.

On another topic, I hope that those of us who are under the weather (guess that would be Doc and Tuffy), feel better really soon!

winston smith
I scored a 40 on this.

Dr. Phil Survey
winston smith
QUOTE(AFTERGLOW @ Dec 7 2006, 12:53 PM)
This Is Kooooool...

Music/Audio/Video, enjoy...
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... and I did! Really kewl!
Noonan
QUOTE(winston smith @ Dec 7 2006, 10:23 PM)
I scored a 40 on this.

Dr. Phil Survey
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44 here.
Pegatha
QUOTE(winston smith @ Dec 7 2006, 09:23 PM)
I scored a 40 on this.

Dr. Phil Survey
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Dr. Phil is a putz.

(and he's way richer than I)
winston smith
QUOTE(Pegatha @ Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM)
Dr. Phil is a putz.

(and he's way richer than I me tongue.gif )
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... a rich putz
Pegatha
QUOTE(winston smith @ Dec 7 2006, 09:46 PM)
... a rich putz
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Gotta call you on this one, WS. I was right in the first place. You can tell by adding the word "am" to the end - which is assumed. At least that's the way I was taught.

You wouldn't say, "He's much richer than me am"

edit: Or were you just kidding?
winston smith
QUOTE(Pegatha @ Dec 7 2006, 07:52 PM)
Gotta call you on this one, WS.  I was right in the first place.  You can tell by adding the word "am" to the end - which is assumed.  At least that's the way I was taught.

You wouldn't say, "He's much richer than me am"

edit:  Or were you just kidding?
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Amazing! I was always taught to reverse the possessive pronoun- hence, "me" would be correct.

Kinda like "dived" or "dove"- a regional thing. Some areas of the country use "dived" as the past tense for "to dive" and other areas use "dove". English ain't all that perfect... tongue.gif
Frenchy
Recieved as email...Please don't shoot the messinger! biggrin.gif
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Real History

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals and
2. Conservatives

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girliemen.

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to piss them off.
winston smith
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Recieved as email...Please don't shoot the messinger!  biggrin.gif
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Frenchy
Don't know bout you guys, but 2nd. Louies didn't look like this when I was sportin' the "Blue"...

Air Force Lt. Selected as Miss Arkansas

Second Lieutenant Kelly George was selected as Miss Arkansas USA during the state pageant Oct. 28 held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Lieutenant George is a resident of Sherwood, Ark., and is the deputy chief of Public Affairs for the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (Courtesy photo/Rhonda Garrett Gilliam)
flydangler
Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

When I looked at the grass (through the snow) this mornin' didn't see it from the side with roots, and even feel a touch better, eh? Still no energy, so I'll be layin' low takin' my Ampicillin, eatin' chicken soup and dreamin' 'bout goin' fishin' and answerin' notes on CGCS - neither of which I'll be doin' much of for a couple more days methinks.

At least 'twill be a bright sunny day here, with just a little snow now and then. Heck, 'tis already up to 12 F and we might even get close to 30F for a high!
QUOTE(Frenchy @ Dec 8 2006, 03:51 AM)
Don't know bout you guys, but 2nd. Louies didn't look like this when I was sportin' the "Blue"...
When I was stationed in NYC at St Albans Naval Hospital in the mid 60s we had a couple nurses that looked like that, but methinks more looked like Betty Freidan. Also had a woman Marine Major looked as good runnin' the air traffic control operation when I was stationed at Cubi Point in the Philippines in the early 70s.

As any here that've participated in one'll attest, methinks the really glamorous sailors and Marines were seen durin' the beauty contests held as part of crossin' the equator festivities aboard ship, eh? 'Course that was in the old Navy, and methinks political correctness has probably influenced King Neptune's court now.



Well, here's hopin' the weather's great where ever y'all are at! Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well and remember to play nice!


Have a nice day!
Pie
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...Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided. ...
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Dr. Phil
43 here.
(Note -P did not give us Putz score.)



Glad Doc is feeling a tad better. I think he may be a bit delirious still, though... note no Bah Humbug ! teehee.gif

flydangler
QUOTE(Pie @ Dec 8 2006, 08:49 AM)
note no Bah Humbug !
I do requests, eh?

Gee, methinks that made me feel a tad bit better yet!
Frenchy
QUOTE(flydangler @ Dec 8 2006, 08:01 AM)
I do requests, eh?

Gee, methinks that made me feel a tad bit better yet!
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I'm saving this one!...Looks like my cat "Squeeky" roflmbo.gif
Pegatha
I didn't write down my scores, 'cuz I didn't want to give Phil the satisfaction!

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Pie
laugh.gif Twas not a request, but glad it made you feel better, Doc.

I got a visual of "squeaky" riding on the back of Steve's horse, "Moosebreath". roflmao.gif


No satisfaction for Phil today from -P, I guess. laugh.gif
Frenchy
Squeaky... smile.gif

AFTERGLOW
AFTERGLOW
This years "It ain't my job award."

winston smith
QUOTE(Frenchy @ Dec 8 2006, 12:51 AM)
Don't know bout you guys, but 2nd. Louies didn't look like this when I was sportin' the "Blue"...

Air Force Lt. Selected as Miss Arkansas

Second Lieutenant Kelly George was selected as Miss Arkansas USA during the state pageant Oct. 28 held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Lieutenant George is a resident of Sherwood, Ark., and is the deputy chief of Public Affairs for the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (Courtesy photo/Rhonda Garrett Gilliam)
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Wouldn'ta made no diff for me if they were around back in the day: no A3C coulda dated an officer- as if she'da wanted to in the first place... tongue.gif

EDIT: Is that haircut regulation? blink.gif

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QUOTE(Frenchy @ Dec 8 2006, 02:51 AM)
Don't know bout you guys, but 2nd. Louies didn't look like this when I was sportin' the "Blue"...

Air Force Lt. Selected as Miss Arkansas

Second Lieutenant Kelly George was selected as Miss Arkansas USA during the state pageant Oct. 28 held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Lieutenant George is a resident of Sherwood, Ark., and is the deputy chief of Public Affairs for the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (Courtesy photo/Rhonda Garrett Gilliam)
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Yeah, you guys in the Air Force. no2.gif

Now, she would a never got in as a WM. rolleyes.gif

Just not cute enough. whistling.gif
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