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I have extra toes but that happens with pure breads sometimes. *purrs loudly, sheds on the sofa, does happy feet*
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On the way home from work I got a frantic call from my Mom- "Help! I've got water coming in!" We have had one of the wettest Octobers on record and got a huge splash of rain Thursday & Friday: 6 1/2" in 14 hours. A creek near my Mom's house had gotten dammed up by logs and sentiment and flooded her garage and kitchen. I moved her car and fridge before it got wet so yeah! big win. I found where the creek was backing up and managed to break it lose. It drained off quickly and left me with an ugly mess to clean up. It was after 12 so I go home thinking its over right? Wrong. My house flooded too. Worse- it flooded in the living areas in the back. I've got a worse mess than my Mom's house. 2 inches of water makes one hell of a mess. First things first- I tear down my desktop and my hard drives and put them in the attic. with stereo gear, speakers and etc. Bad news- lots of stuff is ruined, I've got tons of drywall work to do. I've been running the washer-dryer 24/7 cleaning up clothes towels and other junk that got wet. I can't be sure how the furniture will take it. Best case, I might need to strip and stain some stuff. Worst case it' ll warp so bad, it'll be useless. I won't know until later this week. Thank goodness for my laptop! I won't be ready to put my PC back together until mid-week. It's a pain in the ass of course but nothing that we haven't prepared for. Katrina was a disaster. This is but a pimple on the buttocks of life. It'll cost me a lot of time and effort to clean up. The Bright Side: I get to redecorate my bedroom and will probably spring for some new office furniture so all it amounts to is a large nuisance.
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We had a flood here last night. My Mom's house got it and my house got some too. My desktop is in pieces in the attic... with my next chapter. House is a mess but under control. I'll get it to Mike for posting probably mid-week.
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How many times have we heard that something in our diet is about to kill us- oh here is a safe alternative that eventually turns out to be much worse. We've gone through this with eggs, milk, olive oil and butter. Maybe we should be a little more skeptical?
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Jeez- this sounds like the back-story of a murder. I'm just saying...
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Humm- I was thinking that might be why they left. See- we're pretty politically stupid in this country. We've had people throw around words like Nazi and fascist that they don't mean much anymore. I think a reminder of what they are really like might be in order. Might take a little research but it would be well worth it.
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Although I did not know your brother well, I can honestly say that I have never met an Aussie that I didn't like.
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If we are "doing" cartoon characters, then Aladdin is mine.
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OK- this is strange. The cartoon character that I most relate to is Wiley Coyote. I wouldn't "do" him.
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Everybody has seen David Letterman's Top 10 Lists. I thought that it might be fun to roll our own as it were. Add an item to the thread. When it's done, I'll collect them, sort them and publish our top 10 list. Our topic today is: The Top 10 Signs that You are About to FAIL _____________________________________________________ Someone asks for the name and address of your next of kin.
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What McD's is really useful for is breakfast on the run. When I have to be somewhere at 7:00am, there's usually a McD's along the way that has a sausage biscuit and a jolt of caffeine just when I need it.
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Meh... I consider Arby's fine dining. :king:
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Power should belong to the able. The masses are too stupid or too busy with their trailer trash soap opera lives to know what to do with it. Worse, when they have power, they use it to shake down the able for that which they can not do for themselves- like health care and government cheese. Oh... and don't forget the secret police. There have to be secret police and they should be stupid and paranoid. Make sure that they are the kind that ignore obvious external threats and focus on war veterans and religious flakes. That should screw things up bad enough to furnish the Casus belli for a really nasty revolution.
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I usually don't wear a hat. I have all my hair and wore it shoulder length until a couple of years ago. I do wear a hard-hat on many job sites even when it isn't required. I've had 20+ concussions lifetime1 and I don't need anymore. ---- 1- some might say that explains a lot.
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kurt- this is a lose-lose situation. it is only a matter of time before it explodes. back away from it slowly before it goes off in your face. JS
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This is a lose/lose situation: You lose if you confront him. You lose if you tell your folks that you know that he has been getting high for some time. You lose if you allow it to continue and it gets worse. Your decision is what you are willing to lose and for how long. Don't expect the Disney after school special outcome. This is real life and rosy, bullshit propaganda won't help you. What generally happens when kids this age are fingered for using weed/drugs, they are sent to the most expensive drug treatment that your families insurance can afford and it will not work. The only time people quit doing drugs is when they've had enough consequences and young teens have the worst 2 year clean stats of any other demographic. OK- here's what you need to do: you've got to catch him cold- busted with the goods. This will give you and your family the ammunition that you need to move forward. Next- rehab: DO NOT, repeat DO NOT go for a faith based rehab. They are bullshit, long term facilities which charge insurance and then warehouse kids out in the boon docks far away from civilization with no certified staff, just Jesus freaks telling them to pray away their problems. These rehabs are scams and we are working on getting their federal funding pulled. There have been suicides and molestation in them- as they are run by churches or church fronts, they are exempt from a lot of the documentation and certification requirements that other health care facilities are required to produce. Their staff does not even go though a state background check. The best, most successful rehabs are based on 12-step programs. Others can not boast the numbers or the long term success but they try. Don't fall for it. There are no easy answers. Steer clear of people that try to tell you that there are. This is going to be a very long battle so dig in, study/learn and expect it to be unpleasant. When things are coming out, don't be surprised if your own dirty laundry is dragged out for inspection.
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One big league site that's missing from the list is It's Only Me From Across the Sea. It is the home of a writer named Grasshopper that is simply amazing. His work is top notch and he has a number of fans.
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Speaking of Daffy... In Babylon 5, this poster was on Michael Garibaldi's wall. J'carr (a alien) and Zack Allen were in his room because he was missing and they were looking for clues. When J'carr asked what is that, is it one of his household gods? (regarding the Daffy poster) Zack Allen replied- Sorta- it's the Egyptian God of Frustration.
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I've got a black cat and I like bacon. I'm so confused.
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We're having tornadoes in Dixie tonight. And people think I have a BUNKER because I'm a paranoid lunatic.
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Living in Mississippi, 100 degree days are fairly common in the summer. What literally knocks them dead is our humidity. Sometimes it seems like a sauna. There is nothing like August here. If you aren't used to it, it'll put you in the hospital. There are a lot of construction companies here that close or work on interior finishing from the last week of July to the end of August. It rarely goes below freezing- there's pluses and minuses to that. Winter weather here can be anywhere from the 30s to the 80s. I can remember Christmas when we played football outdoors in shorts and others when we had ice storms at the other extreme. When we do have a hard freeze, it kills the skeeters. If it doesn't we have the little darlings all year.
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You're like Jonny Quest, but you say f**k all the time
JamesSavik commented on thatboyChase's blog entry in My kingdom by the sea
Chase- Come to the University of Southern Mississippi! USM is 90 minutes from New Orleans and widely regarded as one of the biggest party schools in the South East. It's not bad academically either. Several of our members are current or former students there. BTW- train the new kid well. -
