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Oh wow, a place where I can post my ramblings :)
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For some reason after seeing BBM at the Castro a line that Jack says has stuck in my mind and I don't even know why. It is when he and Ennis are talking about the Pentecost and Heath asks Jack what that means. Jack answers him in a way that seems different from any other time throughout the movie. He says, "The Pentecost, I don't know what the Pentecost means." He seems to become rather speechless and to me has a sad, confused look on his face and an unusual tone in his voice. Has anyone else noticed this? It could be that this has already been brought up somewhere, but I have no idea where it would be located :)
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Hey Jack, congratulations on your own Ramblings!
I hope that someone who attended the Castro event will be able to either confirm or disconfirm what you heard regarding that line. Next time I watch BBM I will listen for it as well.
It reminded of another point in the movie where I think this also occurs. In the 'Sweet Life' scene, the one line that strikes me as asynchronous is Jack's "..every four f*ng years?" I don't know if it is the pitch or the rate at which the line is delivered, but it never meshes for me. At that part my brain always kinds of goes "whoa", because the tone (not the content) always sounds out of place to me. I wonder if anyone else experiences this?
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I kind of wrote that off to his being drunk, and it always struck me funny his mother would never explain what it ment.
But in time, she did demonstrate it to Ennis, laying her hand on him, comforting him when she recognized who he was.
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I'm not rambling much. I need to pick this up and run with it ;) I don't know about the rest of you, but I am still having a hard time getting used to the idea of real life, working, taking classes and all those things. I do believe SF did me better than I realized at the time. Ever since then I can't seem to get away from the forum. Have I become addicted? Well, if so, it is a good addiction. It truly is because you all are such a great group of people. Lee has made many comments about this in his blog and I must agree with his observations. San Francisco seemed like such a far away and magical place to me. I have always heard so much about it and I had this idea I would not like it. That turned out not to be true. There was this good feeling in the air that I have not felt before. I have a few regrets in that at times I was worried about things in another part of the world where someone supposed to be special to me lives. Those worries made me disappear at times mentally and physically so I could make sure I could talk to them. Looking back I should not have done that and allowed myself to get more absorbed into what was going on around me. I did to a point and a lot at some points. However, with such great people around me and being in such a great place I should have allowed myself to throw all those worries to the wind. One day I will learn I hope. I reallly do think sometimes it's hard for some of us, especially those of us from down here in the South, to realize other worlds exist. It is very true that we get taught here from a very early age how wrong we are and told the right things we should do. Beyond the someone special I think that will cause me at times to withdraw and maybe question myself and my surroundings more than I should.
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What gets me at these get togethers is there is so much going on, so many people to talk to, so many to meet, it is overwelming. Plus when you got something going on in real life it just adds to it. And if that is not enough I am like a spong for alcohol so by 11 pm I am real to lay on the floor and go to sleep, after all it would be 2 am back home.
I love SF itself, to visit for sure, and if I won the lottery I might even could live there. It is truly a magical place.
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You sure are right about that Truman!!! There is a lot going on, a lot of people to talk to and so many people to meet. Of course, that is a good thing too, but like you say overwhelming. I know at the BBQ it was even harder to keep up with everyone since the gathering was so large. For one thing, you have to put the screen name with the real name and the face which can be hard to do sometimes :) The time element seemed to be ok while I was in SF, but it hit hard upon coming back home when I lost those 3 hours :)
I agree that SF is a great place to visit and maybe it would be a great place to live. Sometimes though I think it is great living here and then having all these wonderful places to visit. After all, would they be as wonderful and magical if we actually lived in them? Anyway, I love visiting NYC too, but again I think in context it is best to have it as a place to visit. I feel pretty much the same way about SF. People ask me which city I like the best and I think that is hard to say since they are both great places, but they are different enough to where I can't compare them. Also, Denver was a nice place to visit.
Jack
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I am cosidering just dropping the shakestheground id alltogether. Hell everone knows my name, and since I know I got my nephew on my side now I am not so worried about my sister finding me here.
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Congratulations Jack. You have come a long way baby. I am very glad to see you have
a porch where we can all come and visit you.
I did enjoy the time we got to spend together in SF too..But take my advice. Dont get the crab melt. ;D
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I thought you liked those shells Janice ;) I think they did put them in there especially for you since whoever the other person was that got the crab melt didn't get shells. Who was that anyway? I think it might have been Richard. Maybe they were supposed to be like pearls ;D Anyway, I will avoid the crab melt. Yes, all of you can visit my porch anytime you want.
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I am cosidering just dropping the shakestheground id alltogether. Hell everone knows my name, and since I know I got my nephew on my side now I am not so worried about my sister finding me here.
I like the shakestheground name. OOPS......was I not supposed to call you by you real name :-\ Sorry about that shakestheground
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Well, I was wondering about the origin of the name, Tru. I live on the New Madrid fault line and I have felt (and heard) the ground shaking several times in the past few years! :o
So--is there a story behind the name?
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I was wondering about the origins of that name too......I was hoping it didn't mean we were going to have an earthquake during the SF event. I had always said that since I had wanted to see California for so long a big one would probably come as soon as I landed. But, the good thing is that it didn't and I finally can't say I have never seen California. So where did that come from Truman (I mean shakestheground)?
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I was just thinking about something I don't understand and maybe it is just a misconception that I have. I am a member of all of the forums, obviously Bettermost, but also DC and EnnisJack. I identify myself with Bettermost, but I also post and read DC since there are people there who I know. Although EnnisJack was the first forum I joined I have never spent much time there. What I don't understand is why the atmosphere here on Bettermost seems to be so different than the one on DC. It seems sometimes, and again maybe this is a misconception on my part, that things are so much more laid back here on Bettermost. People here seem to get along so well, but I see a lot of disagreement at DC. I feel sometimes that things happen there that leads to a lot of heated discussions which in many cases I think leads to people saying things they don't even really mean to each other. I am by no means cutting DC down. There are a lot of good things there. Maybe it is simply that I consider Bettermost home. Surely two forums could not be that different. Oh well, part of my ramblings I guess.
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Hello Jack! I think that the way the administration and the moderators here work together for the good of the forum helps the atmosphere. When someone has a problem, he or she can contact one of them, and it gets addressed immediately in PM's--so the friction stays off the boards as much as possible.
I love Bettermost too! The people here are nice and lotsa fun. And they can disagree without getting into a fight or calling names. ;D
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I think you hit the nail directly on the head :) I sure do not see the friction here and I've never seen any fighting or calling names. It seems like there is an attitude here of if necessary we can agree to disagree. There is an element of supportiveness of each other here at Bettermost that I find to be rare and I am very glad to find it. I will say that Brokies in general, regardless of forum, are supportive of each other; however, it just seems that here it all comes full circle. I definitely want to thank the administration, the moderators, and the members for creating this wonderful atmosphere. It sure does feel like home to me.
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Man! That just makes my day. Thank you, Jack and Shasta. We have to give the thanks to our members though. A website is only as good as the members it attracts and keeps. YA'LL are the best!
(of course it helps we have such a great founder, Phillip Dampier! He runs a loose rein and lets us do as we please...as long as we are all playing nicely together! ;) )
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I was just thinking about something I don't understand and maybe it is just a misconception that I have. I am a member of all of the forums, obviously Bettermost, but also DC and EnnisJack. I identify myself with Bettermost, but I also post and read DC since there are people there who I know. Although EnnisJack was the first forum I joined I have never spent much time there. What I don't understand is why the atmosphere here on Bettermost seems to be so different than the one on DC. It seems sometimes, and again maybe this is a misconception on my part, that things are so much more laid back here on Bettermost. People here seem to get along so well, but I see a lot of disagreement at DC. I feel sometimes that things happen there that leads to a lot of heated discussions which in many cases I think leads to people saying things they don't even really mean to each other. I am by no means cutting DC down. There are a lot of good things there. Maybe it is simply that I consider Bettermost home. Surely two forums could not be that different. Oh well, part of my ramblings I guess.
Thanks for sharing these thoughts. They keep all of us energized because it shows we're doing the right thing. I wanted to run a place where we could stay positive and focused on taking the message of the film and improving our lives with it. I love ALL of the BBM forums, and belong to all of them as well. I just wanted to fill a niche by making this a place where we'd never allow personal attacks or a lot of negativity that would distract us from the greater mission of finishing the story in our own lives. And because we must have fun at the same time, I don't want a place that is a chore and regimented. I don't have the answers to everything, so I like the fact everyone gets to help make this place what it is. And it's okay if a thread wanders or if topics and themes change with time. As long as we're together as a community, that's what is important to me!
And I am so glad you are a part of it!
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Thanks for being a part of BetterMost, Jack and Shasta! :-*
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;D Thank you friends.
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Well, I was wondering about the origin of the name, Tru. I live on the New Madrid fault line and I have felt (and heard) the ground shaking several times in the past few years! :o
So--is there a story behind the name?
Well you call can call me anything, I answer to most.
Back about 1993 I was going to a lot of Pow Wows and really getting into native culture and diecided I would like to have an native name, and the proper was if for the chief of your tribe to give you one, so I would just have to make do with what came my way. One day at lunch this woman was laughing about something on TV, I think it was a comedy skit featuring a character called Shakes The Clown, but I thought she said Shakes the Ground, and I thought "yah, that's it'.
So you live on the New Madrid fault line, man I see an special on TV once about that, the 1811 earth quake and all the infrastructure and pipelines that cross it now, dang, it is going to be a mess next time.
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I like "ShakestheGround" much better than Shakes the Clown. Shakes the Clown sounds like on of those evil clowns ;D
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I think it is time for me to take off that mask. I just wanna be me.
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I think it is time for me to take off that mask. I just wanna be me.
your 'skin' has gotten too tight and you are ready to shed it? What will you leave behind with it, if you could?
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Well, my bill, yes, my bills. ;D
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
--From Romeo and Juliet
We would love you no matter the name. Its the heart we see.
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It has been really weird lately. It seems like ever since San Francisco something has changed with me, but like I was telling someone I don't know how, what, or even if it is good or bad. I cannot put my finger on what it is. I feel like I am spending all my time and mind on figuring it out. I may need to disappear, take a hiatus, get my mind off it or something. It sounds crazy to think that going to a place can have an effect on you like that. Hopefully, it will either go away or I will forget about it. Like I say, I guess I just need to go in other directions for quite awhile. I pretty much put an end to any time or posting I do at the other forum. I never understood all the arguing that went on there anyway. It seems like I got involved in a discussion there that I wish I would have never found. But that really has nothing to do with this other feeling. It just adds to the weirdness. There was no doubt that I always liked Bettermost more as I have said many, many times.
Jack
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Well Jack what are you feeling, what do you think SF woke up in you?
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Hey Jack I enjoyed our talk this evening. It kindly reminds me of Rodney King: "Can we all get along?"
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Ok darlin what gives...tell me whats wrong. You know we are all here for you. You know I am a good listener. So spit it out...no one can help if they dont know the problem.
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Hey Truman, Janice and Everybody,
Everything is fine with me now. I really think a lot of whatever it was coming from my experiences over on the other forum. Thanks for the call Truman and thanks for the words Janice. I will explain further, but I have to go a meeting right now. Wow, a meeting. I hate meetings :)
Jack
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Hey Jack,
I'm happy to hear that 'whatever it was' is better now.
Just wanted to say a quick Howdy to you and greet you on your own blog :). It's great to see you more often here on BM recently :D.
Did you find another smoking buddy in SF? ;D ;)
I sent you a postcard last week. Already got it?
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Hey Chrissi!!!
GREAT to hear from you ;) Yes, the postcard came yesterday and it is great. I will get one off to you soon. Yes, I have been spending more than my fair share of time on here. It can be addicting. About the only smoking buddy in SF was John and he doesn't talk much ;) We also didn't have the uncontrollable laughter, the falling through broken down chairs, etc., etc.. that you and I did. I missed my fun buddy ;)
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And you met me in Colorado? Hummmm......Sounds like a lot of fun. ;)
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No remember I just thought I met you in Colorado Truman. I swear it seems like I did. I think it was just because Lynne mentioned you so many times. She was trying to let me know that I wasn't alone in the South. There was you and her. Of course she took off and moved to San Francisco shortly after that so that put us back to two from the South, but then Richard came along so we are back to three again. Wonder why it is that there are so few southerners here? Course we do represent 3 states: Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. I know there are several here from Texas and that is definitely a southern state, but guess we are more of the traditional deep south. The ones that don't wear shoes, right ;D
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Oh there are others, Jess, Shasta, Wayne. We're everywhere!
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Hey there, Jack! Sorry I can't be your smokin buddy too. ;)
Being in Brokeback-mode gets me stirred up too. One of my favorite questions is 'Why do I keep doing this to myself? Because, $%^^&, it's painful, yanno? I think the answer must be that it's ultimately catharctic. You can get stuff out of yourself that just needs to spill. Or make connections in your heart that your mind just isn't ready for yet. Coming back is my real problem - there's all that open space between where my life is and where I want it to be to contend with - it seems like a wider and deeper for the first few days/weeks back.
See, you're not the only one who can ramble?! ;)
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Don't forget Wulfie in WVa!
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So Lynne it sounds like there's lots of us southern ones around. Guess we are spread a little thinner though. When I was at the BBQ it seemed half of the people were from California.
So do you like living out there and being far from Tennessee? Are you liking San Francisco?
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Everyone was gone
The room was empty
And then you appeared
Once again as you did before
But I could not resist you
I could not run from you
That night before
I had to run from you
Cause I could not look into those eyes
That I thought could never be mine
You found someone else
I saw
My heart dropped
Was the worst night of my life
Guessed you didn’t want me
Found out you didn’t think I wanted you
I thought, I dreamed of you
I could not see you in the arms of another
That hurt deep in my heart
It seemed that I was meant
To be in your arms
Holding you, me holding you
The way I knew it was meant
The way we both knew it was to be
It turned out to be you and me
Everyone was now gone
You and me
We remained
By the shore
You held me tight
To the warmness that is you
To the warmness that is you and me
Thousands of miles
Separate us
But in our minds
We will find a way
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How sad and beautiful. It has hope and despair, all mixed up.
I hope for the best for you. I hope you gain satisfaction.
You are such a dear guy...love...me :-*
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Oh there are others, Jess, Shasta, Wayne. We're everywhere!
Representin' ARKANSAS here! lol
Thanks for the shout-out, Truman!
I gotta get to one of those Wyoming/Alberta/SF meetings one of these days to meet all our Brokies.
GarryLH is from Missouri---is that the South?
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So do you like living out there and being far from Tennessee? Are you liking San Francisco?
SF is a great city - I think it's wonderful and it's been an experience. Interestingly, I have found I miss the East a bit - the seasons especially. I went to a wedding in Hartford last weekend and got all excited over the leaves (just barely beginning to turn - still early for that!). And with the exception of some dark clouds that blew over one day, it's been essentially the same - cloudless sunny blue skies with a breeze - for three solid months. It seems a ridiculous thing to complain about, but it gets tiresome! :)
I'm not through rambling yet. Who knows where I'll land? ???
GarryLH is from Missouri---is that the South?
I put that in the midwest, but I don't know - we'll have to ask Garry. I also consider Maryland to be the South - that's where Dee is. Maybe we can adopt David as a fellow Southerner? He can be in Kentucky with a short drive :D!
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Thousands of miles
Separate us
But in our minds
We will find a way
That is really lovely Jack, and I love the ending. Lets us all try and find a way.
Give me a chance,
Will ya?
I'll do whatever I have to,
To make this work.
I will pack a few clothes,
Meet you wherever,
I'll take you to places
In my heart.
Give me a chance, cowboy,
You won't be sorry.
I'll do whatever I have to,
To make this work.
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Thanks Truman!!! And I like very much what you wrote too ;) What I wrote just kind of fell out of my head and on to the paper (well, the computer screen). A lot of times I start thinking about things that have happened and many times I write them down, but I usually don't put them online :) I guess that is what a blog is for.
Ramblings can be just that too and actually I got that name, not as a copy of yours, but rather as a way that I explain my e-mails (letters). I have a tendency to write them too long for some reason :-\ Oh yeah, wait a minute yours in rumblings not ramblings.
Jack
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How sad and beautiful. It has hope and despair, all mixed up.
I hope for the best for you. I hope you gain satisfaction.
You are such a dear guy...love...me :-*
Thank You Janice!!! You wishing me the best is like giving me a good luck charm towards satisfaction in everything. You are an incredible woman and talking to you during the two events I have been to were always highlights that I always will remember. Yes, even the shells ;)
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Lynne, I really did like the feeling of San Francisco. As far as living in that area, I don't really know. I would have to visit there more times to see what I think of it. The weather is something I think I would definitely like, but then again who knows that without living it. A lot of people would think I was crazy if I left Asheville since for some reason all these people from all over the country want to live here and will even take less money in a job just to live here. I haven't quite figured that one out yet. It sure isn't the cost of living since ours is the highest in the state and higher than a lot of the major cities. Land and house prices are extremely expensive. Of course I am from here so I take a lot for granted like the mountains and all. Of course, the mountains are getting destroyed by all the development. They're getting covered with houses. We have a lot of very rich people, a lot of hippies and a lot of homeless people. There are not a lot of good jobs. Even if I did move I definitely would hold on to my log cabin. It's an original and you don't find many of those. The logs go back to before the civil war believe it or not. Hey, I could be like the Beverly Hillbillies and take it with me ;D
I do like the idea of the part of the country San Francisco is in as well as the Pacific Northwest. Of course, I have not been to the Pacific Northwest yet, but I hope one day soon to visit Seattle and Portland. I think I would like those two cities. I like the Northeast too, but it is too cold with too much snow. I don't know much about the Midwest, but I have heard Chicago is a great city to visit. But then it is also cold and snowy in that part of the world. Minneapolis looked like a nice area too.
Jack
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Thank you so much for those sweet words.
Sounds like you have had the wandering eye...Sounds like you may be getting itchy feet..I think its a good idea to not get rid of your cabin..You may change your mind at some point..You may want to go home again....
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Wasn't Thomas Wolfe from Asheville? Didn;t he write you couldn't go home again? And then there was John Denver, he went home to a place he'd never been before..
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Hey Jack friend !!!
Just now discovered your blog here. I am so happy to see you here !!!
Wanted to thank you for being such a friend to me in S.F. and letting me cry on your shoulder !!!! :-*
Karen
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Shakestheground: are you First Nation?
Or how did your interest in FIRSTS NATIONS started with you?
Hugs!
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Thank you so much for those sweet words.
Sounds like you have had the wandering eye...Sounds like you may be getting itchy feet..I think its a good idea to not get rid of your cabin..You may change your mind at some point..You may want to go home again....
I guess me wandering around is showing me how many places exist out there in the world. I sure have done my share of seeing new places this summer. I guess too with it getting close to me getting these degrees I am wondering what to do with them. I'm not sure what I would do with them here and I am really, really burned out on my present job. Of course, I haven't ever left here yet so it may just be things going through my head. But yeah, regardless I will not get rid of the cabin.
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Hey Jack friend !!!
Just now discovered your blog here. I am so happy to see you here !!!
Wanted to thank you for being such a friend to me in S.F. and letting me cry on your shoulder !!!! :-*
Karen
Hey Karen,
Great to see you here!!! I am glad you found me. It seems like more people are finding me ;) And I was glad to be a friend to you in SF. I will be there anytime you need me and you can always cry on my shoulder anytime you want to. I enjoyed seeing and talking to you. I hope everything is going good in Texas.
Jack
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Wasn't Thomas Wolfe from Asheville? Didn;t he write you couldn't go home again? And then there was John Denver, he went home to a place he'd never been before..
Yes Truman, Thomas Wolfe was from Asheville and he did write you can't go home again. Actually, it was called Look Homeward Angel, but I've never read it yet. His house is still here that he talks about in the book. They were able to build it back after a huge fire there back a few years ago. They said it was arson and they have never caught who did it. I can't imagine why somebody would do that, but there are a lot of crazy people in the world unfortunately. Oh yeah, we have the Biltmore House too.
So John Denver went back home to the Rocky Mountains, but he had never been there before? I didn't know that. How can you sing about a place you've never been too?
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Jack, I believe Truman was alluding to John Denver's song "Rocky Mountian High":
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door
When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin by a song
But the strings already broken and he doesnt really care
It keeps changin fast and it dont last for long
But the colorado rocky mountain high
Ive seen it rainin fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
And the colorado rocky mountain high
Ive seen it rainin fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)
Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land
And the colorado rocky mountain high
Ive seen it rainin fire in the sky
I know hed be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky mountain high
Its a colorado rocky mountain high
Ive seen it rainin fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and everybodys high
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high do de do
Words by john denver, music by john denver and mike taylor
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I dont know but it seems to me Jack. You had come home to a place you had never been
before in Colorado, Wyoming, and San Francisco...I know I did. Brokies are home. Whereever you
are, if they are there. You feel at home dont you.? That is what is meant I believe...Having the
place feel like home is a plus. Its a comfort and ease, that you are not a single person alone, but
part of a whole. JMO
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I feel you about the development and the mountains. I shudder every time Sewanee gets a new endowment and a new building goes up...the University is growing and that is Good, supposedly, but it feels less and less familiar as time passes. I believe it's Homecoming weekend right now, actually, and it's not bothering me a bit to not make that journey. And there's so much real poverty in Appalachia while colleges and churches and other institutions build bigger and bigger buildings.
And don't even get me started on the Smoky Mountains...I don't know why I've never been to Asheville, but coming at those mountains from the other direction, I used to cringe the whole way through Gatlinburg until I passed the gates into the National Park. Even then you have to go at odd times - there are just too many people and too many cars. And I guess it wins the award for most endangered National Park again (or maybe it's Glacier this year?). Whichever, it's a GDBOUS.
No, don't sell your cabin, Friend.
Home is on my mind a lot now. For me Home (besides BetterMost) is where my mother is. I've always had a bad case of wanderlust - I love that Australian idea of a walkabout. Goodness knows what I'd do if I had unlimited money. Boston is the only place I've ever lived that felt like coming home. I know when I crossed the MA state line last year on the way to the Boston gathering there was immense relief in my heart. I would chalk it up to the drive, but I recognize the feeling from the many times my plane has landed in Boston coming back from trips to TN. You know you're in trouble if the site of Logan makes you happy.
I was beating myself up about not seeing TN and the mountains as home last winter. Truman let me read his copy of Jeff Mann's Loving Mountains, Loving Men in West Virginia. (I highly recommend this if you've not read it!) Anyhow, the love Jeff has for the region - the small communities and the geography - rings loud and true. Somehow I felt like I must be missing something inside me to intellectually recognize what he sees but not really feel it myself. But you can't make yourself feel what you do not; for me, home is more equated with people.
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I dont know but it seems to me Jack. You had come home to a place you had never been
before in Colorado, Wyoming, and San Francisco...I know I did. Brokies are home. Whereever you
are, if they are there. You feel at home dont you.? That is what is meant I believe...Having the
place feel like home is a plus. Its a comfort and ease, that you are not a single person alone, but
part of a whole. JMO
I agree a hunnerd percent.
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It is like meeting family for the first time too, without a shared history, but strangly familar. Would that we could all be sitting on the same porch or deck right now, drinking some sweet tea, or a coffee lace. How big is your cabin? Can you post a picture? Sounds wonderful.
I started reading Look Homeward Angel, but only got about a hunnered pages in before my attention span went else where. That might have been when Brokeback came along.
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I am finally learning how to upload pics so I am going to try posting some here on my ramblings page. These are some from my New York City. This wasn't a Brokie event, it was a Jack event, so I hope that is OK. It's my ramblings so it should be, but I know some places would hit me on the head with a ruler. This is mainly a test of my uploading ability and then I will begin posting pics of the other events.
Some of these pics from out the window have some issues. Some have a bit of double exposure due to the fact that the window would reflect back into the room somewhat. When you see the one of the hotel you will understand. They were not clear windows. I'm wondering if they were almost like two way mirrors. One morning I was sitting there in my 38th floor room and I saw these ropes outside. All of a sudden I looked over and there were two men out there washing the windows. At the time I thought they could probably see me, but I'm thinking they could probably not see in from the outside. If so, I bet they have some stories to tell. That sure would be some job suspended from that small platform hanging outside a skyscraper. So since I keep mentioning the hotel, here it is from the outside. It has 45 floors so I was near the top. It has a light beam that comes all the way from the lobby and out the top. The only time I saw it was when I went up to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. You would not believe how small this hotel looked from up there. It is a very unusual building. Best hotel I have ever stayed in.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/MyHotelWestinTimesSquare38thFloorRo.jpg)
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I had a great big clock. I didn't need one in the room. I had a perfect view of this one from the bed even. This building was originally the Paramount Theatre. It is now office and retail space with a Hard Rock Cafe at the bottom.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Out_another_window.jpg)
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Those pictures are beautiful. Specially interesting to someone who has never been there
before. And probably never will get there...Thank you.
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Wow!
More... please.
Hugs!
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Those are wonderful pics. New York is just breath taking, from any angle. Everything so much bigger than life, it has to be to keep from disappearing.
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Here's another picture from my New York City trip. This is from Bryant Park. I like the architecture of the dark brown building. It is the American Standard Building (formerly the American Radiator Building). I actually thought I had read that this was a hotel, but that is not the case. Behind it is the Empire State Building.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/BryantPark3.jpg)
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Those pictures are beautiful. Specially interesting to someone who has never been there
before. And probably never will get there...Thank you.
Janice, if you have never been to NYC before, then you need to start planning a trip there. Michelle would love it too I bet. Don't say you will never get there cause I used to think the same thing about California. You would be surprised how fast you could get there on a plane. It is a remarkable city that everyone should at least see once.
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Those are wonderful pics. New York is just breath taking, from any angle. Everything so much bigger than life, it has to be to keep from disappearing.
You are right, NYC is breath taking all the way around. Your whole perspective of size seems to change. It is also so diverse with all the various areas and neighborhoods that make it up. And don't forget Manhattan is only one piece of it.
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Wow!
More... please.
Hugs!
Artiste, I will post more. By the way, I looked at the website of your art work and you are very good. I like how colorful your paintings are.
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Love the NYC pics, Jack. It's quite a place, isn't it? I always find myself looking around and up, trying to see everywhere at once because there's so much going on. And your other senses are assaulted too - the smells and sounds....I loved trying to count how many different languages I could hear. Then you can walk around in Central Park and find quiet or at least mellow. One of the greatest places ever.
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Love the NYC pics, Jack. It's quite a place, isn't it? I always find myself looking around and up, trying to see everywhere at once because there's so much going on. And your other senses are assaulted too - the smells and sounds....I loved trying to count how many different languages I could hear. Then you can walk around in Central Park and find quiet or at least mellow. One of the greatest places ever.
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I agree Lynne. I have only been there twice and the first time was a very quick afternoon/part of evening trip and that's right we did go back for the Circle Line cruise on the Hudson the next night. That trip was just part of a conference I went to in Princeton, NJ. At that point in time, I didn't even care that much about seeing NYC. I pictured it as a major dirty city with garbage laying all over the place, homeless people laying all over the place, and people trying to mug or rob you at each step. We rode the train down and got off at Penn Station. When we came up to street level I could absolutely not believe how much different it was than I had expected. I liked it right away.
So since then I had been trying to get back up there to see more and each time I planned a trip something happened to mess it up. Once I got as far as seeing some people in New Jersey, got a call that my uncle had unexpedectly died so had to get back to Newark and get back home. So this year I finally made it back. I saw a lot, but there is still so much to see.
You are right about the smells, sounds and different languages. It is almost like going to several countries at once. I have often thought it would practically take a year of living there to see most of what I would like to see. Some people think it is really strange that I like the cities since I am supposed to be country. Oh well, I think you can like both.
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I used to have my art studio there in NYC!
Have a story about that!
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I used to have my art studio there in NYC!
Have a story about that!
Hugs!
Well lets hear it!
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I used to take the street car/bus up to my art studio from Manhattan but when I asked the name of my street, the driver argued that no such street existed.
So when it got there, i told him! It was the name I had told him!
It was the name of a famous black jazz musician! The driver had past there often and had never noticed that name!
Hugs!
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I used to take the street car/bus up to my art studio from Manhattan but when I asked the name of my street, the driver argued that no such street existed.
So when it got there, i told him! It was the name I had told him!
It was the name of a famous black jazz musician! The driver had past there often and had never noticed that name!
Hugs!
Just goes to show you can live in a place your whole life and never see what is right in front of you.
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The white driver of the bus seemed to me prejudiced against blacks and also did not like others besides NYC folks but like him!! That is what I think!!
That driver did not like it at all that I showed him that jazz musician name of a black person, as it was on the sign of the street were I got off to go to me art studio!
It was a bit like being in the BM movie... you never know if I would gotten killed by that driver because I was a gay person! Come to think... now as that was possibly too!!
Ever had such bad experience?
Hugs!!
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I have been ignored by waitstaff in resturants when I have been out with another guy, I have had coments made to me at straight bars, one reason I don't like go to bars alone now.
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Yes, many straight men or so-called, do know that a gay man is gay even if you are alone and butch (masculine looking and acting)!!
What puzzles me is why they spit, because you are a gay man?
Is that telling me: you are gay and you will be killed by me??
I wonder...
hugs!!
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Maybe I am gaydarless, I dont think so but?? I dont think you could be mistaken for gay or spotted as gay, either way. Truman, or Jack or Richard either...Unless you are in a gay bar...Or looking into some guys eyes for a long time...I dont understand how that happens...Inform an ignorant woman.....
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Glad you were there to see those buns!!
And hoping for more pics??
Hugs!!
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Maybe I am gaydarless, I dont think so but?? I dont think you could be mistaken for gay or spotted as gay, either way. Truman, or Jack or Richard either...Unless you are in a gay bar...Or looking into some guys eyes for a long time...I dont understand how that happens...Inform an ignorant woman.....
I sure am glad you see me like that Janice ;)
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Glad you were there to see those buns!!
And hoping for more pics??
Hugs!!
Sorry, there can be more pics, but they aren't going to be of buns. At least the ones from me will not be.
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Thanks jstephens9!
With or without your buns showing, more pics please.
Hugs!
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;D ;D ;D They definitely were not going to be of mine :D :D :D I will put up more pics, like city pics, though. I'm glad you like them.
Jack
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Thanks jstephens9!
I am waiting for your buns or pics without them!!
Hugs!!
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Let me see if I can find a bun free picture for Artiste ;D Here's one, buns free :laugh:
This guy was in Times Square talking with people as they went by. I'm not sure who he is, but he sure did have a cool hat. He was probably just somebody that decided he wanted to do this. That's one of the things about New York City people just decide to do something like this and do it. It's all a part of the city. I always think about Truman wearing this hat for some reason :) Just joking Truman ;)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/BigHat.jpg)
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A Glimmering Star
I looked into the sky last night
I saw many stars
Surrounding one that was brighter
Those other stars reminded me
Of that first night I saw you
I know each of those others
Were so much closer to you
I was so distant and faint
Only a glimmer
Never did I realize
The other stars all faded
Behind a cloud
I stood alone
Looking into your eyes
I never thought I could be yours
The days and night pass
With each day and night
You remind me I could be yours
If I only will make you mine
I dream sometimes
Of how things could be
It seems that so much has changed
I wasn’t ready for your touch
But now I can’t forget it
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Hi! Hi!
That is NOT my hat!! But would i dare wore it??
Would you??
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I don't think I would wear it :D I still keep having this vision of Truman in it ;)
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I don't think I would wear it :D I still keep having this vision of Truman in it ;)
Well if I ever have the oportunity, I will try it on and take a picture for you.
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Oh!
With a pink jockstrap too?
Hugs!
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I don't think I would wear it :D I still keep having this vision of Truman in it ;)
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Oh!
With a pink jockstrap too?
Hugs!
No.
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Oh!
One must try to get such objects like a huge hat to get attention or to create a sense of humour or??
Hugs!
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Oh my eyes my eyes....oweee
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See I knew Truman would like that hat ;D Let's leave the pink jockstrap off though. I think the hat would be enough.
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Funny!
Put that pink on stud!?
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It's funny how songs can take you back to places in your mind. I was just listening to "Because of You" by Reba McEntire and every time I hear it I feel like I am back in San Francisco. It seems like that song played from the time I got there until the time I left. I know it didn't, but I think what happened was that it was the first song I heard when we went into the Sundance. I guess that was the point in time that the trip began for me. Then I remember when we pulled into the rodeo and guess what was playing, the same song. That night the first song at the hotel dance I remember hearing was the same song again. I hear the song now and I see the people dancing gliding around and around. I remember so many times when I was on the trip I would feel like I was somehow in another world and I did not know at the time what I really thought of that world. I guess the whole trip was in a way such an unreal thing for me. I had never been that far away from home for one thing. Anyway, the thing is that this song will always remind me of being there and that trip. From the time it starts until the time it ends those visions will come into my mind.
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Guess that was a HAPPY time?
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Guess that was a HAPPY time?
hugs!
Yes it was, and it got better and better
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See I knew Truman would like that hat ;D Let's leave the pink jockstrap off though. I think the hat would be enough.
oh my!
Truman is gonna wear the hat but not the other......
:o :o :-X :-X
I think that will violate Bettermost policy on the nudity......
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oh my!
Truman is gonna wear the hat but not the other......
:o :o :-X :-X
I think that will violate Bettermost policy on the nudity......
I think I kind of gave the wrong impression there ;D Now that I look back at what I posted it is very obvious that it could be taken a different way :laugh: I actually meant to wear the hat, but not the pink jockstrap meaning wear something else. But, it comes out sounding like Truman would be wearing the hat and nothing else :laugh: I guess we'll just have to leave it up to Truman as to what he wears beside the hat. Truman, where are you anyway? You haven't been defending yourself on this one and now everybody's talking about you. I have a feeling that even in the middle of Manhattan it might be a good idea to wear something more than the hat. However, there is the naked cowboy in Times Square even though he is not completely naked. It could be that this is your ticket, just the hat, and next thing we know you will be a celebrity :)
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I have a hard enough time talking to strangers in general..I can't imagine having a conversation with a guy in a big ol sparlky hat...
(where is the guy in the pink undies?) ???
now I am confused...
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(where is the guy in the pink undies?) ???
now I am confused...
Me, too. I came in late. Somebody said there's a pic around here somewhere of Truman in a pink jockstrap? ??? :o
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You wish!!! You bad boy. :laugh: :laugh:
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Me, too. I came in late. Somebody said there's a pic around here somewhere of Truman in a pink jockstrap? ??? :o
See Jeff you're the one who said real cowboys weren't afraid to wear pink so I guess Truman took you up on it ;D
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See Jeff you're the one who said real cowboys weren't afraid to wear pink so I guess Truman took you up on it ;D
see I dont know where ya'll got this...I have seen men at rodeos and dances and such wearing pink and lavender (or as they call it "light purple" ::) ) shirts for years and years.
always SOLID of course but still...
(They say women find it sexy)
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You're right Jess. I definitely know plenty of straight guys who wear purple and I'm really not sure why pink is such a big deal. I mean if you think about it why should a color define anything? Maybe that is really all a part of the socialization thing of blue for boys and pink for girls. I'm trying to have more of an open mind about these kinds of things in general especially after being involved in a debate in another place that got totally out of hand. Anyway, I'm curious when you talk about men at the rodeos and dances if you are speaking about the gay rodeo or the other rodeo? I used to watch the rodeo on television and I just recently went to my first gay rodeo. I really like the rodeo although I definitely cannot say I am an expert at either one. All I can really say is that I always liked it on TV and I ended up liking the gay rodeo as well. The dancing at the gay rodeo was great as was the music.
My thoughts on the gay rodeo at first were kind of mixed up especially after I think about it now. My initial thoughts, and I know there are people who still have those thoughts, were that since it was a gay rodeo it was somehow not a real rodeo and that those in it were not real cowboys. I first realized my thoughts may be off when someone mentioned to me that the bulls they were riding were just as real as those in any other rodeo. That made more sense than my original thoughts. Obviously, they were not riding gay bulls which may have been meaner anyway :) Just kidding ;) And obviously the bulls did not say "oh we need to be more gentle here cause there are gay people riding us and this is not a real rodeo."
Near the end of that trip after everything was over I ended up personally meeting some of the people who were either in the rodeo or were part of the rodeo and dance. That pretty much proved that whatever I was thinking was incorrect as these are real people doing real things. The distinction is not there in my opinion.
So, that combined with the debate I mentioned, are all making me look deeper than the surface on everything. The surface may only hold what we have been told. There may be no basis for it. Part of growing is realizing to look deeper in my opinion.
Also, in looking at Jeff's avatar it is clear to me that pink sure doesn't make that cowboy look feminine in any way. Here is a link to an article that talks about the whole pink and blue issue http://www.songdog.net/blog/archives/000994.html
Thanks for making me think Jess ;)
Jack
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Thank you for that linc. It just goes to show. The association is all arbitrary.. Its a fashion of the
moment, decided by serendipity. I say color should be all about what your coloring and you eyes, and
shape will embrace. It shouldnt matter what your gender is..
One of the things I found most interesting in that article was the lady saying:"I didnt mind dressing my little
girl in blue, like I did putting my little boy in pink." That shows it to be, also a largely gender bias issue...We dont
want anyone to think our boy is a girl... it might make him...gay....or any other neg. issue they could place on
him...
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Yeah, it is funny how colors can become associated with something for no real reason other than that somebody decided to associate them that way and others followed.
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Jack,
I have been to a lot of 'reg' rodeos and one gay rodeo. Known a lot of people that ride horses and work cattle.
the gay rodeo seemed more like a playday put on by a small association... (which is fine and fun....) just different from a reg one.
that being said...ANYONE that wants to ride a bull and has the b**** to do it..can call himself a cowboy...
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Anyone went to the gay radeo in Alberta?
Hugs!
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The group in July did not, we went to a traditional rodeo in Rockyford, where the part about Jack and Lureen was filmed.
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Too bad!!
We do NOT support gay rodeos??
Will you?
Hugs!
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Too bad!!
We do NOT support gay rodeos??
Will you?
Hugs!
the gay rodeo was ok. Just not a lot of them around, Artiste. They only have one a year in Dallas and one in Austin....those are the only ones close to me. We have reg rodeos all the time down here (two just this month...right here in the immediate area) and you know we have to go look at all those cute cowboys...we take what we can get!!
;) ;)
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Maybe it is about time to have more gay rodeos?
To get involve creating some too, somehow?
Hugs!
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Artiste:
oK here i go sticking my neck out again...everyone get your hatchets ready!!!! Artiste, it seems like
you think the only good people are gay people. There is and are many wonderful gay people, men and women.
But it seems like you think the only worth while things or people are gays..And the only worthwhile activities are gay ones. .There are many of us that are straight, that care and love gay people if we encounter them. W ith no respect to their sexual preference..But just because we love them as people...not because we love them as gay people...If I go to present a friend, I dont introduce him or her as my gay friend...just my friend....
Hugs.......
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You got that completely right Janice :) Some of my best friends are straight and quite truthfully that is what makes Bettermost so great is that it is composed of all kinds of people. Nobody cares whether anyone is gay or straight. It doesn't matter. It's a group that represents how great society could work. I enjoy the fact that so many people in the group are just accepting people and friends. For example, you, you're a great person and one of my best friends from the group and you were from the first time I met you in Colorado and I was so glad to see you in San Francisco. Like you, I would not have gone around introducing you as my straight friend. That is all irrelevant. You being my friend is what matters.
Jack
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My dears... thanks!!
Your nerves are upset.... mine are too??
There are good and bad people in straights, gays, others!! So, may I reveal THAT?? !!
Of course, since this is Bettermost and mainly about Annie's story, etc., I accentuate my gay life, women's rights, etc., for humanity!
Is that too much to ask? We all go negative sometimes... better to be picked up too; helping each other is caring!
My subjects are often hard ones, very hard ones, yes! I agree with that! I try to help with other subjects as fun ones too! We all need BOTH, but can NOT have one without the other?? !!
Hugs!!
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Thank you Jack. I feel exactly the same way about you. You are one of my best friends from here..
I really love you very much..You are so sweet, and funny, and kind...
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I care about gays!
I care about straights!
I care about others too!
Hugs!
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Thank you Janice!!! And thank you Artiste. Believe me your toughts are always welcome by all of us. That is one thing about Bettermost that makes it the tops is that people are always free to share thoughts and ideas. And if people disagree about anything it always comes right out. Everybody seems to look at everyone's thoughts and consider them. From this consideration, in my opinion, comes a better understanding of not just each other, but of the world in general.
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Oui, oui jstephens9!!
Yes, yes!!
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Morning Jack,,hope you have a wonderful day...
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I am cosidering just dropping the shakestheground id alltogether. Hell everone knows my name, and since I know I got my nephew on my side now I am not so worried about my sister finding me here.
And we're always glad you came. ... :D
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Hugs too!!
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And we're always glad you came. ... :D
Set a spell. Take your shoes off. Y'all come back now, y'hear?
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And we're always glad you came. ... :D
I loved Cheers!
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And we're always glad you came. ... :D
;D Thank you Jeff.
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I'm gone get me a tshirt that says HUGS! on it to wear to the next brokie event.
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Hugs!!
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"TOAST"
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I'm gone get me a tshirt that says HUGS! on it to wear to the next brokie event.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I got a shirt made recently with an Annie Proulx quote on it, and wouldn't you know I mispelt a word on it.
O-well.
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I got a shirt made recently with an Annie Proulx quote on it, and wouldn't you know I mispelt a word on it.
O-well.
Cute! ;)
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Shakestheground on Today at 06:46:07 PM
I got a shirt made recently with an Annie Proulx quote on it, and wouldn't you know I mispelt a word on it.
Just blame it on the printer.......... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ;)
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What is the quote Truman? By the way are you related to Trace?
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Janice does your shirt say "TOAST"
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I got a shirt made recently with an Annie Proulx quote on it, and wouldn't you know I mispelt a word on it.
O-well.
Oh goodness........
maybe you can fix it with a permanent marker and a smiley face?
here I have a good story for... ummm.... doing silly things and not paying attention...
I accidentally walked into the men's bathroom at the conference this weekend...
no one was actually in there when I went in, though I did pass someone on the way out... I just looked down, shook my head, put my hand over my face sorta, and said, "I got lost..."
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I accidentally walked into the men's bathroom at the conference this weekend...
no one was actually in there when I went in, though I did pass someone on the way out... I just looked down, shook my head, put my hand over my face sorta, and said, "I got lost..."
;D :laugh:
The bathroom that I frequent the most -- from the hall enter the girls' from the left. Occasionally, I am on the other side of the building -- that bathroom --from the hall enter the men's from the left. If I'm on the strange side, I almost always go into the men's first -- notice the urinals -- retreat!! So far -- no one has been there. 8)
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What will you do if you walk in next time and someone is there ;D
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Oh goodness........
maybe you can fix it with a permanent marker and a smiley face?
here I have a good story for... ummm.... doing silly things and not paying attention...
I accidentally walked into the men's bathroom at the conference this weekend...
no one was actually in there when I went in, though I did pass someone on the way out... I just looked down, shook my head, put my hand over my face sorta, and said, "I got lost..."
Oops!!! I bet the person coming out wondered for a minute if he was in the right place ;) Once at work I got confused and went into the women's bathroom. Nobody was in there and I didn't even realize it until I noticed the lack of urinals. I then wondered if I could get out without anyone seeing me. I did :laugh:
Sometimes in restaurants where they have fancy names for "men" and "women" it can be hard to tell which is which.
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What will you do if you walk in next time and someone is there ;D
take pictures?
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Oops!!! I bet the person coming out wondered for a minute if he was in the right place ;) Once at work I got confused and went into the women's bathroom. Nobody was in there and I didn't even realize it until I noticed the lack of urinals. I then wondered if I could get out without anyone seeing me. I did :laugh:
Sometimes in restaurants where they have fancy names for "men" and "women" it can be hard to tell which is which.
Well, I am tickled pink to learn I am not the only one who has ended up in the wrong restroom!
It CAN be hard to tell sometimes... what got me in trouble this time around was the cleaning cart parked out front had me focused on whether or not I was going to have to go to a different area of the hotel to find a restroom... and I didn't really read the sign (obviously)... and the guy figure on the sign sort of had longish pants that blurred into a skirt in my hurry and worry...
::)
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I remember some women coming into men's washrooms!
So I at rare times, go into theirs!
Hugs!
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I have heard that in some countries everybody goes in the same one ;D
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If someone is too long in a man's bathroom, I go to the women's one if nescessary!
Have I started that as a habit?
Hugs!
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I have heard that in Japan, they are right on the street, and you are sitting there with your head and shoulders sticking out for all the passerbys to see. Can you imagine a friend sees you and stops to
chat....? OMFG :o
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I have heard that in Japan, they are right on the street, and you are sitting there with your head and shoulders sticking out for all the passerbys to see. Can you imagine a friend sees you and stops to
chat....? OMFG :o
That sounds hilarious Janice!!!!!! What would you chat about? I guess the first question would either be what are you doing or how are you doing. I guess how works out better......well maybe not ;D I guess it does keep you in touch with what is going on so that you don't miss anything.
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If someone is too long in a man's bathroom, I go to the women's one if nescessary!
Have I started that as a habit?
Hugs!
What do the women say when you come in?
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Thanks jstephens9!
I remember one woman not liking it that I was in a woman's washrrom!
Other ladies like it! Especially, when I explain my urgentcy! Ladies like the thruth!
And some women do get into men's washrooms too, but I do NOT like a father bringing in his daughter into a man's washroom!
Hugs!
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What will you do if you walk in next time and someone is there ;D
I'd probably scream -- and then try to innocently LOOK!! ;D
take pictures?
Haha, Jess! Then I could post a pic on one of the image threads!! ;)
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Maybe I could take a pic then?
Of her or of I??
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Hey Jack, you have been kind of missing in action this week..not much going on round here...
I have checked in a few times....nobody home. So how was your week, and what ya doing for the
weekend? :-*
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Hugging eh Jack?
Plus searching for fun too??
Hugs to you and to all!!
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I'm with Janice. Where are ya, bud?
Hope to see ya tomorrow in the Smarten Up chat :)
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me three.
hope all is well in your corner o' the world.
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Just hung my longjohns on the clothesline outside.
It is so cold... will they become too stiff?
What should I do?
Hugs!
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: thats the funniest thing you have ever said....!!!!
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Thanks ifyoucantfixit!
Would it be more funny if I was then in them?
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Thanks jstephens9!
I remember one woman not liking it that I was in a woman's washrrom!
Other ladies like it! Especially, when I explain my urgentcy! Ladies like the thruth!
And some women do get into men's washrooms too, but I do NOT like a father bringing in his daughter into a man's washroom!
Hugs!
So they like it when you come into the ladies restroom Artiste?
Jack
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Hey Jack, you have been kind of missing in action this week..not much going on round here...
I have checked in a few times....nobody home. So how was your week, and what ya doing for the
weekend? :-*
Thanks for noticing Janice. Yes I was missing in action a bit there......but I am back......I had to get caught up on some things and I knew if I were here I wouldn't. My week was ok and my weekend was ok. How was yours?
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I'm with Janice. Where are ya, bud?
Hope to see ya tomorrow in the Smarten Up chat :)
I was missing a bit......but I am back now......however I did miss the chat, but I will make the next one for sure ;)
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me three.
hope all is well in your corner o' the world.
Hey Kelly, I'm back from the missing :D Everything is fine here.......how is everything in your corner?
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Hiya Jack,
good to see you back online. RL can be a bitch ;). Keeping you away from the BetterMost things in life :laugh:
Did ya keep the spurs you won as consolation prize in our Brokeback quiz in August? You may need them next week. But I ain't sayin nuthin :-X
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Hiya Jack,
good to see you back online. RL can be a bitch ;). Keeping you away from the BetterMost things in life :laugh:
Did ya keep the spurs you won as consolation prize in our Brokeback quiz in August? You may need them next week. But I ain't sayin nuthin :-X
Hey Chrissi,
Yes RL can definitely be a bitch, but that makes it that much better to come back where my friends are :) I definitely kept my spurs. I sure wouldn't let go of them. So I might need them next week ??? Hmmmmmmmmm.....another quiz ;) Or something else, guess I will just have to wait and see, right... You know I learned a lot from that quiz, lots of things I had missed before and now whenever I see the movie I remember parts where the questions were at, like for instance the number of the apartment above the laundromat.
How's things looking for Wyoming for you? Without you to talk, joke, laugh and smoke with it just wouldn't be the same and I mean that :) I haven't laughed that hard about anything since........
And see here are my spurs:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/spurs1.jpg)
Jack
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Hey Chrissi,
Yes RL can definitely be a bitch, but that makes it that much better to come back where my friends are :) I definitely kept my spurs. I sure wouldn't let go of them. So I might need them next week ??? Hmmmmmmmmm.....another quiz ;) Or something else, guess I will just have to wait and see, right... You know I learned a lot from that quiz, lots of things I had missed before and now whenever I see the movie I remember parts where the questions were at, like for instance the number of the apartment above the laundromat.
How's things looking for Wyoming for you? Without you to talk, joke, laugh and smoke with it just wouldn't be the same and I mean that :) I haven't laughed that hard about anything since........
And see here are my spurs:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/spurs1.jpg)
Jack
About next week: you'll just wait and see.... ;D
How's things looking for Wyoming for you? Without you to talk, joke, laugh and smoke with it just wouldn't be the same and I mean that :) I haven't laughed that hard about anything since........
Aww, that's so sweet of you to say. Thank you :-*.
Aaaaaaaaaand: I've got news regarding Wyoming next year. I will definitely be there :D. I already booked my flights! Yee-Haw!
So we will be smoking buddies again :). And talking and laughing, .... but hopefully not falling off chairs... :laugh:
I'm already excited, and so much looking forward to see you again. :D
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Wow!
Spurs!
Hugs!
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About next week: you'll just wait and see.... ;D
Aww, that's so sweet of you to say. Thank you :-*.
Aaaaaaaaaand: I've got news regarding Wyoming next year. I will definitely be there :D. I already booked my flights! Yee-Haw!
So we will be smoking buddies again :). And talking and laughing, .... but hopefully not falling off chairs... :laugh:
I'm already excited, and so much looking forward to see you again. :D
That is GREAT Chrissi!!! That is such good news. I had questioned whether I should go or not myself, but if you're going I can't miss that ;) I actually did find a good deal at least from here on flights so I need to get that deal before it goes away.
Yes, hopefully not falling off chairs, but that was fun too :) Do you remember what my chair on the deck looked like :laugh: And you were making fun of it, but it did ok, it just looked like it had seen better days since its seat was quite crooked and had just about fallen through. It does seem like those memories of the road trip and the whole event just get better as time goes by. And to think I knew absolutely nobody when I left on the plane from here to Denver and had not even hardly talked to anyone except for Adam and for the one chat. I can just imagine how it must have been coming all the way from Germany to a new country and to a group of people you had only talked to. Obviously we made the right decisions.
Ok, I'll just wait and see what I am supposed to do with the spurs :)
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Wow!
Spurs!
Hugs!
Yes Artiste those were my consolation prize ;D
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Thanks jstephens9!
So any idea what to do with your new spurs?
Ever had any? (I hope you will not ride a man with those? ha! ha!)
Hugs!
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(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/spurs1.jpg)
Nice spurs, Jack! Looks like they need straps, though. ;)
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Straps??
Should I spank Jeff or jstephens??
Hugs!!
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So Jeff now you know what to get me for Christmas ;D
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So Jeff now you know what to get me for Christmas ;D
Now if I only knew where to ge them. Got a pair myself needs new straps. :-\
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Ok, so I can buy you straps for Christmas and you can buy me straps for Christmas. How's that ;)
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Now if I only knew where to ge them. Got a pair myself needs new straps. :-\
tack shop down by the river??
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evening Jack!!!
how was your day???
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Hey Jess!!! It was pretty good, just tired now, but tomorrow is Friday :) Are you back from your trip yet?
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Hey Jess!!! It was pretty good, just tired now, but tomorrow is Friday :) Are you back from your trip yet?
oh yeah...and my sleep patterns is all messed up...I was up til after 3 last night....I am too old for all this running around!!
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NO, you are not too old, all that running around will just make you younger ;)
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NO, you are not too old, all that running around will just make you younger ;)
I don't REMEMBER being this tired when I was a youngun...of course they say you remember things differently than they actually happened... ;)
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That's right, see what will happen is you will get over being tired and then you will just think about the good time you had. And then you won't even remember that you were tired :) Speaking of tired, I guess I better hit the hay, got to be up at 5am tomorrow for work :( but then I get a whole weekend :) So I will say goodnight for now, but I look foward to talking to you later. Have a good night Jess and I'm glad you got to go on the trip. The pictures were great!!!
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That's right, see what will happen is you will get over being tired and then you will just think about the good time you had. And then you won't even remember that you were tired :) Speaking of tired, I guess I better hit the hay, got to be up at 5am tomorrow for work :( but then I get a whole weekend :) So I will say goodnight for now, but I look foward to talking to you later. Have a good night Jess and I'm glad you got to go on the trip. The pictures were great!!!
yuck! You are keeping Don hours!!
Good night, Jack
sweet dreams!!
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Hope you slept good last night and I bet you did after coming back from that trip. Regardless of how comfortable the bed is at a hotel it is always nice to sleep in your own bed after a trip. So Don has my hours? They are not fun, but you get used to them. I would rather work earlier in the morning and get home before dark :)
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Hope you slept good last night and I bet you did after coming back from that trip. Regardless of how comfortable the bed is at a hotel it is always nice to sleep in your own bed after a trip. So Don has my hours? They are not fun, but you get used to them. I would rather work earlier in the morning and get home before dark :)
pfft! He loves it....pops out of the bed like a dang Jack-in-the-box!
I hate him...
;D ;D ;)
you know it must be hardwired into us to be either early risers or night owls...it has been 20+ years now and I still hate getting up at 6..
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It's funny I can be either one, an early riser or a night owl. It just depends on what I am doing. Does Don always go to bed early? I don't necessarily like getting up at 5am, but I also come out of the bed fast. If I don't I might end up not wanting to get up :)
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It's funny I can be either one, an early riser or a night owl. It just depends on what I am doing. Does Don always go to bed early? I don't necessarily like getting up at 5am, but I also come out of the bed fast. If I don't I might end up not wanting to get up :)
always. If something comes up and he DOES have to stay up...by ten or so he is doing that "Hold real slow and pay real close attention to what you are doing" thing....like a kid...
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Sometimes I am too......believe me it is unusual for me to stay up very late, but when I do I have fun
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ah yeah?? what you do that is so much fun? huh?? 8) 8)
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Usually that would mean I was out of town visiting somewhere that I have never been before or around good friends
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Usually that would mean I was out of town visiting somewhere that I have never been before or around good friends
well that don't sound like the stereotypical wild young good looking gay man's late night fun!!! :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Usually that would mean I was out of town visiting somewhere that I have never been before or around good friends
oh wait! I guess it would depend on how you TOOK it.....
*Jess reading all kinds of naughty things into "visiting somewhere" and "good Friends" *
8)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Well I didn't tell all the details :laugh:
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Yes, there could be things between the lines
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Well I didn't tell all the details :laugh:
I knew it!!
dang it...not a man to kiss and tell... >:( >:(
do you have any idea how boring my life is?? you should share!
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Here is a hug!
And another....
hug!
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Thanks Artiste!!!
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Hi, Jack! I found your blog.
Must start reading back a few pages when there's more time.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Jack, I wish I could help you. I hope you will be able to work through this and understand that you are a valued and loved member of this community...I know that I always am happy to see you online. I haven't been on much lately myself so if it seems that I have been off...well, don't take it personally. I am not posting much anywhere.
I wish I could make it better...
{{{{Jack}}}}
let be, let be...
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Hey Jack, Thanks for your message this morning. Hope you had a good experence with your family, mine went well, a lot of turkey and a gals of whine and I felt like I needed a designated driver.
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All in all I had a Great Thanksgiving!!! And yes there were tons of good food. My sister was also having these drinks called Mojitos and while they are ok they are much too sweet for me and very minty......did I say very minty......yes VERY MINTY. And you throw a little Jack Daniels on that and oh well I sure am glad I wasn't driving anywhere. I didn't need to be talking either, did I...........LOL.......no I didn't. I am glad to hear that you had a good one. And now today is the day to relax. And also one of the big things I thought about as far as being thankful for is my friendship with you as well as all the other people here who have become such an important part of my life. And to briefly begin that list or friends I am thankful for and I know I will leave some out............of course you, Lynne, Chuck, Chrissi, Janice, Jeff, Richard, Jess, Brad, Adam, Lee, Linda, Jim, Michael, Monica, Jack, John, Debbie, Rodney, Eric, Paul, Artiste.....this could be a long list and I know I am bound to have left someone out.
To those I listed and those I will think of and list later. I WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY AND MERRY HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
And also to all of you, if you have not sent me your address for Christmas cards, please do since I want to send each of you one.
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Relax hell, I had to come into the office this morning and everything was fine until:
1. The internet went down.
2. The dog started barking.
3. The phone started ringing-two lines at once.
4. Some people walked in wanting copies of restrictive covenants.
all at the same time. I am ready for a Mojito.
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Relax hell, I had to come into the office this morning and everything was fine until:
1. The internet went down.
2. The dog started barking.
3. The phone started ringing-two lines at once.
4. Some people walked in wanting copies of restrictive covenants.
all at the same time. I am ready for a Mojito.
There's a dog in your office? How cool!! What's his name and what kind is he (or she)?? Is it a guard dog or like a PR dog? I want a dog at work!!!
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Relax hell, I had to come into the office this morning and everything was fine until:
1. The internet went down.
2. The dog started barking.
3. The phone started ringing-two lines at once.
4. Some people walked in wanting copies of restrictive covenants.
all at the same time. I am ready for a Mojito.
Truman, You should have the day off!!! I decree that your company tell you to go home and relax. What kind of work do you do anyway? Well since they will probably not let you leave I will fix up a Mojito, a whole pitcher full, and then I will be on my way to deliver them. Then we can have a great after Thanksgiving Friday ;)
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All in all I had a Great Thanksgiving!!! And yes there were tons of good food. My sister was also having these drinks called Mojitos and while they are ok they are much too sweet for me and very minty......did I say very minty......yes VERY MINTY. And you throw a little Jack Daniels on that and oh well I sure am glad I wasn't driving anywhere. I didn't need to be talking either, did I...........LOL.......no I didn't. I am glad to hear that you had a good one. And now today is the day to relax. And also one of the big things I thought about as far as being thankful for is my friendship with you as well as all the other people here who have become such an important part of my life. And to briefly begin that list or friends I am thankful for and I know I will leave some out............of course you, Lynne, Chuck, Chrissi, Janice, Jeff, Richard, Jess, Brad, Adam, Lee, Linda, Jim, Michael, Monica, Jack, John, Debbie, Rodney, Eric, Paul, Artiste.....this could be a long list and I know I am bound to have left someone out.
To those I listed and those I will think of and list later. I WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY AND MERRY HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
And also to all of you, if you have not sent me your address for Christmas cards, please do since I want to send each of you one.
XXXXX
;)
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Relax hell, I had to come into the office this morning and everything was fine until:
1. The internet went down.
2. The dog started barking.
3. The phone started ringing-two lines at once.
4. Some people walked in wanting copies of restrictive covenants.
all at the same time. I am ready for a Mojito.
At the office?
I too am ready for a Mojito... too much thinking today.
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for anyone who wants a mojito:
(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/BelAirChoice/mojito.jpg)
and for those that don't, perhaps a margarita will do...
(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/BelAirChoice/margarita.jpg)
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Those look good to me...........I will have some of each ;D
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good morning Jack...
Jack
Jack
Jack
oh....I guess it doesn't work here huh??
:laugh: :laugh:
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There's a dog in your office? How cool!! What's his name and what kind is he (or she)?? Is it a guard dog or like a PR dog? I want a dog at work!!!
He is a five month old shelty named Sport, who has the sharpest teath in history and an annoying bark. He barks at ever noise, everyone that comes thru the door. Some flowers were delivered one day and he barked his fool head off for 45 minutes at them. He will be good though in a few more months.
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Truman, You should have the day off!!! I decree that your company tell you to go home and relax. What kind of work do you do anyway? Well since they will probably not let you leave I will fix up a Mojito, a whole pitcher full, and then I will be on my way to deliver them. Then we can have a great after Thanksgiving Friday ;)
Bring it on. I sell real estate, manage rental property (or try too) ........
www.berryelliott.com
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good morning Jack...
Jack
Jack
Jack
oh....I guess it doesn't work here huh??
:laugh: :laugh:
Yes, Code quit eating his dinner again ;D No not really. I didn't hear anything, but I don't have the speakers turned on.
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Yes, Code quit eating his dinner again ;D No not really. I didn't hear anything, but I don't have the speakers turned on.
now why did you name that sweet cat Code??
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Bring it on. I sell real estate, manage rental property (or try too) ........
www.berryelliott.com
Wow Truman!!! You look so very professional. With your personality I can imagine that you sell a lot of real estate. I like your web page too with all the animated pictures of you. Thanks for sharing.
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now why did you name that sweet cat Code??
Originally I named him after someone, but the name fits him quite well. And you pronounce it like you would say Cody, except that it is spelled with an E. And if you think about it, he has quite a western name. Also very ironical is that he became my cat in December of 2005 so he needed a western name, right? That was before I saw the movie of course and started on this wild journey I have been on since. He was actually a small skinny little kitten looking hard and very determined to find a home. Well, he found one for sure :) He is now 15 pounds of solid muscle and spoiled. And, oh yeah, he said he was fine with big dogs ;D
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Cool -- like Buffalo Bill Cody? I named one of my dogs a western name -- Oakley -- after Annie. I try to have some kind of rhyme or reason for the names I give my pets -- since I don't have any kids to do that to. :P
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Originally I named him after someone, but the name fits him quite well. And you pronounce it like you would say Cody, except that it is spelled with an E. And if you think about it, he has quite a western name. Also very ironical is that he became my cat in December of 2005 so he needed a western name, right? That was before I saw the movie of course and started on this wild journey I have been on since. He was actually a small skinny little kitten looking hard and very determined to find a home. Well, he found one for sure :) He is now 15 pounds of solid muscle and spoiled. And, oh yeah, he said he was fine with big dogs ;D
You should post a picture!
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There is one posted on "Animals in Our Lives", BelAir. :)
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,11451.50.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,11451.50.html)
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I have a one eyed dog..(glaucoma) and a three legged cat. What does that say about me ???
I should post the pictures, they are still very handsome. The cat is iamese Tabby mix, and the dog is a Norwich Terrier,
about 22 lbs/
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There is one posted on "Animals in Our Lives", BelAir. :)
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,11451.50.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,11451.50.html)
of Code the cat? I couldn't find one...
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I have a one eyed dog..(glaucoma) and a three legged cat. What does that say about me ???
I should post the pictures, they are still very handsome. The cat is iamese Tabby mix, and the dog is a Norwich Terrier,
about 22 lbs/
that you can love a one-eyed dog and a three legged cat?
;)
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OH. :P duh.
haha. Sorry. The next post after mine said "you should post a picture" and I didn't even read the quoted part. The picture is Oakley. I don't know where a picture of Code is, but I think there is one ??
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That's okay... it was still fun looking at all the pics!
;)
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I have a one eyed dog..(glaucoma) and a three legged cat. What does that say about me ???
I should post the pictures, they are still very handsome. The cat is iamese Tabby mix, and the dog is a Norwich Terrier,
about 22 lbs/
Marie?? Marie Lavuah??
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Cool -- like Buffalo Bill Cody? I named one of my dogs a western name -- Oakley -- after Annie. I try to have some kind of rhyme or reason for the names I give my pets -- since I don't have any kids to do that to. :P
Oakley is a beautiful dog and I like her name too ;)
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I have a one eyed dog..(glaucoma) and a three legged cat. What does that say about me ???
I should post the pictures, they are still very handsome. The cat is iamese Tabby mix, and the dog is a Norwich Terrier,
about 22 lbs/
Please post pictures of your cat and dog Janice. I would love to see them. And what does that say about you? It just says to me that you are as special of as a person as I have always thought. How old is your cat and dog and what are their names?
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;D Thanks, Jack. Bless her heart -- I always say I'm glad she's pretty cuz she's surely not smart. :P
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of Code the cat? I couldn't find one...
There is a picture of Code the Cat somewhere on Bettermost, but I can't remember where. So here he is:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Code.jpg)
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dang, he's handsome!
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Thanks! I will tell him you said so ;)
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Hi Jack!!
Been too long since we said hi.
{{{Jack}}}
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Hey Jess!!!!!!!!!!! Did you see my post on your blog today? I was pretty much saying the same thing. It doesn't seem like you have been around as much as you usually are lately.
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Jess, where are you??????????? It doesn't seem you are posting much. Are you ok?
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Hey Jack, what is the temperature at your house this morning?
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Hey Jack,
Remember awhile back, I was trying to figure out if Sugarland's "Stay" was a cover? Well, I found another "Stay" song, though I'm still not sure if it's the same. It is on the soundtrack of Hope Floats, and is called "What Makes You Stay" and is sung by Deana Carter...
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Okay, they're not the same, but at least my mystery is solved, lol!
Sugarland's song lyrics:
I've been sittin' here stairin' at the clock on the wall
And I've been layin' here prayin'
Prayin' she won't call
It's just another call from home and you'll get it and be gone and I'll be cryin'
And I'll be beggin' you baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waitin'
My Heart on my sleeve
Oh for the next time we'll be here seems like a million years and I think I'm dyin'
What do I have to do to make you see
She can't love you like me
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
Don't I give you what you need
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay
You keep tellin' me baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms
And forever be in mine
But I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like bein' used and I'm tired of waitin'
It's too much pain to have to bare
To love a man you have to share
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
Don't I give you what you need
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay
I can't take it any longer but my will is gettin' stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all that I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you
So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine
Why don't you stay
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby why don't you stay
(from cowboylyrics.com)
Deana Carter's song:
Look at me
Im in a place
I never thought Id be
Dont have the strength
To fight anymore
Or a reason not to leave
So tell me why I still keep holding on
To something I just cannot see
What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When its not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you cant find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just cant walk away
Tell me what makes you stay
Im not afraid
Of living alone
I was alone before he came
Ive been in love
Many times before
But this times not the same
Ive always been the first to say goodbye
Now its the last thing I can do
What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When its not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you cant find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just cant walk away
Tell me what makes you stay
When it goes this deep
And feels this strong
I cant convince myself
That this love is wrong
What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When its not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you cant find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just cant walk away
Tell me what makes you stay
(www.actionext.com)
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Hey Jack, what is the temperature at your house this morning?
It was 28 this morning here. It was cold and supposed to be that way tonight too. What was the temperature at your house this morning?
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Hi Jack. Just thought I'd pop in and say hi since you mentioned your blog down in Dagi's thread. ;D
Gary
Hey Gary!!! Thanks for stopping by and please come back often. It's great to see you here. ;D How has your weekend been so far?
Jack
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There is a picture of Code the Cat somewhere on Bettermost, but I can't remember where. So here he is:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Code.jpg)
Awwwww. reminds me of a black cat I had named Phoebe. she was the most laid back cat I have
ever had. She died from pancreatic cancer of all things !!! :(
She was so good with kids too. I never knew her to hiss, scratch or bite any of them when they
tried to drag her around. I still miss her
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Hey Karen, I'm glad to see you over here :) He's a good cat and I don't think he even knows how to hiss. He hasn't yet anyway which is unusual for a cat. Guess his mother didn't teach him how ;D I don't think he's ever been around kids, but I know he does like to bite me but not hard.
I am very sorry to hear about Phoebe :( It is very hard loosing a pet. I had another cat I was very close to who died of old age and said I would never get another one. I didn't for many years and then this skinny little kitten showed up at someone's house I work at. She brought him to work and so now here he is ;)
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All of my cats have been rescue cats. I will always have cats.
Just one now, and he is so bossy I'm afraid to get a kitten.
He doesn't play well with others ! ;D
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I think Code would have a fit if I were to bring another cat in here. That would not work well ;) He sees this house as his and me as his. I don't think he would play well at all with another cat running around ;D And I also have him spoiled.
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I think Code would have a fit if I were to bring another cat in here. That would not work well ;) He sees this house as his and me as his. I don't think he would play well at all with another cat running around ;D And I also have him spoiled.
Baxter did not play well with my older cat when I rescued him. She was older and the boss of the house, and
he was relentless about torturing her. She got sick and I had to keep them seperated until she died. He really
picked on her when he knew she was sick. Little shit !!!
According to the vet that is very common. I didn't like it though.
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Baxter did not play well with my older cat when I rescued him. She was older and the boss of the house, and
he was relentless about torturing her. She got sick and I had to keep them seperated until she died. He really
picked on her when he knew she was sick. Little shit !!!
According to the vet that is very common. I didn't like it though.
That's terrible that he picked on her when she was sick. I guess he was trying to claim his territory or something like that. The cat I was telling you about that I had before was one of three I had at the same time. He was much closer to me than the others and they had a major pecking order. His mother, a calico, was the boss of the house, then came him and then they both picked on the little gray cat that I got later. Samson though was so jealous if his mother Patches got anywhere near me. And the poor little gray cat, Sabrina, got left out a lot except that she would try to eat everybody else's food. She stayed outside a lot. I would sometimes call Patches and you would not believe the look Samson would give me :laugh:
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I am glad to read those posts. I got my black cat Millie as a rescue..I found her in a rabbit cage under a desk at a relatives house...her spine has a bump from growing up in such a small area. I just picked up the entire cage and walked out with her. I was furious and think I would have punched someone if they had tried to stop me! a CAT kept in a little rabbit cage!
I had a beautiful tuxedo cat and he wasn't overly fond of her but they coexisted.
when he passed she cried so much I went and got a kitten to help her get over the grieving....bad mistake.
he is the most jealous, bossy thing! she weighed over fifteen pounds when I got him...he has ran her so much I bet she doesnt weigh five now... :P HE has to be over twenty! Porky thing...and he thinks no one (including my husband) should get anywhere near me. For a while he would sleep between us and use his legs to push Don away...that ended one night when Don tried to move him and he jumped up and slapped and hissed at him... :o :o
anyway, poor Milly is such a shy quiet girl and Cry Baby (aka Stinkybutt) just bullies her!
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That's a funny story Jess :laugh: I love the part about him pushing Don away and it sounds like that didn't go over too well in the end ;D They are very territorial that's for sure. I seriously think Code would not be able to accept another pet and I'm not even sure about another person. Do you have pictures of them Jess? If you do please post them........and same for you Karen........
So Stinkybutt is the alias ;D
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That's a funny story Jess :laugh: I love the part about him pushing Don away and it sounds like that didn't go over too well in the end ;D They are very territorial that's for sure. I seriously think Code would not be able to accept another pet and I'm not even sure about another person. Do you have pictures of them Jess? If you do please post them........and same for you Karen........
So Stinkybutt is the alias ;D
cause he has gotten so fat he can't reach his own hiney....he will try but the furthest he can reach is mid belly...so he licks and licks one of his nipples... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
he is on a diet.
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Those are beautiful cats Jess!!! I can tell Cry Baby could be a bully ;D How did you get them to lay so close together? Millie does look real big there. It's good that Cry Baby decided to go on a diet so that he can get past mid belly :laugh:
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Hi, Jack. Just stopping in to say hello, I said I'd do that every now and then.
I love cats, although I don't have any myself now. Nice reading about yours (and Karen's and Jess's) and seeing pictures.
Sorry to hear about your cat who got sick, Karen.
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Baxter is my first male cat and I wonder if that is why he is so damn bossy.
Always had females before. I call him Bastard a lot ! ;D
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Those are beautiful cats Jess!!! I can tell Cry Baby could be a bully ;D How did you get them to lay so close together? Millie does look real big there. It's good that Cry Baby decided to go on a diet so that he can get past mid belly :laugh:
basket of warm towels straight from the dryer.
;)
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My cat has three legs and an appetite, like he still has it. And its hollow. :laugh: :laugh:
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heres your virtual Christmas present Jack
its cheap on gas too.
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My cat has three legs and an appetite, like he still has it. And its hollow. :laugh: :laugh:
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heres your virtual Christmas present Jack
its cheap on gas too.
Thank you Jancie!!! I love my Christmas present. It reminds me of the picture that is on my Mel's Drive-In shirt except that one is red :)
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Thank you Jancie!!! I love my Christmas present. It reminds me of the picture that is on my Mel's Drive-In shirt except that one is red :)
*Jess peeks in and looks around for Jack*
HI JACK!!
where you at??
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*Jess peeks in and looks around for Jack*
HI JACK!!
where you at??
guess I better put some punctuation in that before the Homeland Security gets me....
HI, JACK!!
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Hey Jess!!!
I've been studying to get through the end of all these classes >:( I have so many tests to take and study for between now and next week I have had to stay away from fun things :'( But I'll be back strong soon ;D
Jack
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Way to go lil darlin...see you after the war is over......!!!
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Hey Jess!!!
I've been studying to get through the end of all these classes >:( I have so many tests to take and study for between now and next week I have had to stay away from fun things :'( But I'll be back strong soon ;D
Jack
grinding that stone huh?
poor Jack!!
ok..see you soon! XXX
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Hi, Jack. Just stopping in to say hello, I said I'd do that every now and then.
I love cats, although I don't have any myself now. Nice reading about yours (and Karen's and Jess's) and seeing pictures.
Sorry to hear about your cat who got sick, Karen.
Hey, I'm very glad to see you over here dejavu :) Please come back more often. OK?
Jack
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Way to go lil darlin...see you after the war is over......!!!
The war is definitely not over yet with the classes, but it is getting there. And I'm not supposed to be here cause I'll end up getting stuck here like I already have :) Last night I had my last test in one of the classes - 90 questions in 60 minutes - it was horrible!!!
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grinding that stone huh?
poor Jack!!
ok..see you soon! XXX
Yes, I will be back full blast on Friday and celebrating graduating from one of the programs :) That is if I passed that test :-\
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Yes, I will be back full blast on Friday and celebrating graduating from one of the programs :) That is if I passed that test :-\
We're all keeping our fingers crossed for you. With so many phalanxes (is this the correct plural?) twisted, nothing should go wrong.
A quick hug and kiss for our hard working boy, then back to work with you!
(Jack) :-*
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We're all keeping our fingers crossed for you. With so many phalanxes (is this the correct plural?) twisted, nothing should go wrong.
A quick hug and kiss for our hard working boy, then back to work with you!
(Jack) :-*
Thanks Chrissi :) You always have a way of making things seem GREAT!!!
Jack
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That is if I passed that test :-\
Of course you will Jack! :-*
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You will do it.. I believe in you
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I wonder sometimes if I need to really have ramblings and thoughts in two separate categories since in the end they are the same thing. My thoughts tend to be ramblings anyway ;) I created ramblings as a way to tell my story which I have not done. It didn't really matter whether anyone read it or responded to it. It was more of a way to express my thoughts. As I have probably said so many times that people are tired of hearing it I tend to be a very difficult person to get to know simply because I keep everything in. I tend to be a way too much of a trusting person in that I will believe what people tell me.......that is also called naive. Sometimes I discover that those I trusted were not people I should have trusted. Luckily, at this point in time, I have all of my "True" friends back and believe me I am more thankful for that than I can really express. I think when people you have misjudged give you another chance it is the best feeling you can ever have especially when those are people who you cared about the first time you met them. I know to me that is worth a million dollars and much more. My friends, which the majority of are on here, are an incredibly important part of my life. I am very thankful for each of you. It shocks me sometimes that there exists a group of people out there like each of you.
Jack
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Hey Gary, and thanks for stopping by my ramblings :) Yes, I am trying to catch up at this point, but I am back ;D
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Hello Jack!
How are you? Time flies by, doesn't it?! What are you planning to do during the holidays?
Don't you live in the cabin in the woods? I looked through, but couldn't find the pictures, so maybe I'm mistaken. ::)
Anyway -- I'd like to see pictures if you decorated it for Christmas.
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Yes, I am the one who lives in the cabin in the woods :) I think it may be under my photos, but I'm not sure that is where it is. I have some decorations up and I will definitely take some pictures. I don't have any big plans for the holidays. It looks like they will be fairly quiet. I definitely am glad to have the time off from work. Do you have big holiday plans?
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Yes, I am the one who lives in the cabin in the woods :) I think it may be under my photos, but I'm not sure that is where it is. I have some decorations up and I will definitely take some pictures. I don't have any big plans for the holidays. It looks like they will be fairly quiet. I definitely am glad to have the time off from work. Do you have big holiday plans?
I will be off for 2 weeks, so, like you, I will enjoy that! My cousin puts up 12 trees and decorates her big house so beautifully. She is the hostess of the family and I will spend Christmas with her and other family members. We are more like sisters, and I live just a few blocks from her, so not much traveling planned. And I'm hoping that it snows! ;D
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Yes, the time off is NICE :D It sounds like your cousin has a beautiful house. Is it old or new? What part of the world do you live in anyway? I can't remember. I think you were one of the people who I wanted to send a Christmas card to, but I didn't have your address.
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We live in Arkansas. It's really FLAT around our area -- lots of cotton fields in the summer/fall time.
My cousin's house is fairly new. They had it built and moved in it about 12 years ago. My other cousin who will have a get together this week lives in an OLD, very charming stucco home. But she has lots of repairs that need to be made and not enough capital! Still she decorates beautifully and enjoys her house even with it's flaws! Sometimes it's very hard for a single woman to own a home and keep up good maintainence on it I've found. I saved up for some needed repairs, hired a man who had references, and got a bad job done. I think it's worse than before he worked on it. Very discouraging.
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We live in Arkansas. It's really FLAT around our area -- lots of cotton fields in the summer/fall time.
My cousin's house is fairly new. They had it built and moved in it about 12 years ago. My other cousin who will have a get together this week lives in an OLD, very charming stucco home. But she has lots of repairs that need to be made and not enough capital! Still she decorates beautifully and enjoys her house even with it's flaws! Sometimes it's very hard for a single woman to own a home and keep up good maintainence on it I've found. I saved up for some needed repairs, hired a man who had references, and got a bad job done. I think it's worse than before he worked on it. Very discouraging.
So I know someone in Arkansas and I didn't even know it until now. It is absolutely incredible how many different people I know now that I had no idea existed this time last year. I was looking at the cards I am sending out and I am already up to 12 different states plus other countries too.
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You know Arkansas is an absolutly beautiful area. I went thru the area from Moko thru Salem, Ash Flat, Raven Den, past Trumann Lake on to Memphis a few years ago. I love the open sky, the rolling hills, the guys on tractors.....
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The guys on tractors 8) I think I have probably been somewhere near Arkansas at one time or another, but I know I have never been in it. It sounds like there is a story in there to be told Truman :) You know another episode of "Travels with Truman" ;)
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Howdy,
how's our hard working guy doing now, huh? Lot's of extra time you don't need for studying anymore ;D. Come over to the HHH thread and spend your time with your favorite actor, albeit almost unrecognizable. You already seen the new trailer and the prolog for TDK?
How did your tests go? Do you have a good feeling? Report back when you get the results. I'll put some chamagne on ice in anticipation of the party to come.... :)
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You know Arkansas is an absolutly beautiful area. I went thru the area from Moko thru Salem, Ash Flat, Raven Den, past Trumann Lake on to Memphis a few years ago. I love the open sky, the rolling hills, the guys on tractors.....
"He thinks my tractor's sexy." Have you heard that song, Truman? Did you see the gigantic raven in Ravenden?? ;)
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How did your tests go? Do you have a good feeling? Report back when you get the results. I'll put some chamagne on ice in anticipation of the party to come.... :)
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The tests were horrible, but I think I passed ;D So go ahead and get the champagne going :) We will have a big party. I have been wondering where all the fireworks are. So far nothing has happened, but it sounds like it will ;D
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I guess people just do move on all of a sudden and really without warning. It just seems to happen. I read the posts of people who wrote all the time and then suddenly they just stopped. Many of these people were here long before I showed up so I never knew them. Guess they found something that was more fitting to their life or maybe they disagreed with something or maybe they just didn't care anymore or maybe they felt nobody cared about them. Who knows. They just moved on. I see that happening with many people I know on here. It is pretty inevitable that they are on their last posts and ready for something else or whatever. Will anyone replace them or will the numbers just continue to dwindle to where there is nothing else? A community of nobody. A ghost town where people used to joke, used to laugh, used to share themselves with people they never knew existed. Trust eroded, things were said about others that had no truth to them, hostilities developed, everybody left. Some stayed to see what would happen, hoping to rekindle that which existed at one time, but the time had passed, they moved on to other places, other times, other lives. The place they had found had flaws, later they found that all places had flaws, but the time had passed, nobody could ever go back, a previous life had been lived and was now forgotten. The old hotel stood in darkness where once upon a time lights glimmered every night welcoming those needing a place to get warm, a place to feel at home. The wrecking ball nearby reminded everyone in the village that change was coming soon. A small flame ignited near the now overgrown entrance.
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I thought iwould tell you ,,,my grandaughter just got her grades back from her finals, this semester, she got all As but one, A-. She is starting on her last year, she should graduate next year this time...She will then take two years off to get her work time in before starting her graduate school...
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Hey, that is great Janice. What is her major?
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Business, and Philosophy
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That is a very good combination as well as a great background!!!
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Yes she started out as premed...but realized her heart wasnt in it...
She really wants to do work in charitable companies.. As in the Red Cross,
Doctors without borders,, such..
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Honey i dont think its so much that the place has flaws, as the people have flaws...The flaws that some people have that dont care , and the flaws of people that care too much.
I loved your ghosttown metaphor...i hope it doesnt come to that. I think there is still life here. It only has to be cared for and fostered. Just like a marriage or afriendship. You have to keep adjusting and accomodating...If one
or the other is intent on getting their way all of the time...It wont work. That is the thing that people have to remember.
The movie and its motivation, is becoming secondary now. The primary is the friends we have made here, thru that common thread...Its up to us
now to keep those friendships alive and thriving... Does this not show the
difficult and harsh things that conspire to cause problems in any relationship. Just as all the troubles that Jack and Ennis had to overcome....
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I agree completely Janice. There is still a lot of life here and there are new people finding us along the way. Take for instance Joe who just started posting. I think many of us almost scared him because we showed him such a strong welcome :) The movie did bring us here, but there is no doubt that the friends we have made here provide the continuing motivation to stay. We may loose people along the way, but like I say we gain new ones too. So no we will not become a ghost town, but it seemed a fitting metaphor at the time. A lot of people don't realize that an online community too will always develop the same type problems as a real world community. That is just the way it goes and as such it is like a relationship. I had to read a book for one of my last classes that dealt with how online communities develop and how they grow. I saw much of BetterMost in there. It was almost ironical how much I understood the book.
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A lot of people don't realize that an online community too will always develop the same type problems as a real world community. That is just the way it goes....
That's why we have to have a mayor, sheriff, and moderators like a RW community. The moderators have to be mediators, and there has to be a place where the buck stops -- the mayor. I am glad that the board has a "board" because otherwise -- anarchy! :P
Some people -- including a couple of moderators -- don't like me because I am a fence-straddler. I'm a middle of the roader -- and that is anathema to many people. Not adamant enough. Won't fiercely take sides. Slightly right of center. That's okay. I will be what I will be. Everyone does not have to like me. So far, I have no animosity toward anyone. I may stay away from them to make their lives easier, but I have no hard feelings.
I love Bettermost!! If it was an actual town, I'd retire there! ;D
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Yeah I wondered too if he didn;t get freaked out by page after page of welcome. But we are a bunch willing to learn and adapt. That is what this place has going for it.
I know, some of those people who mosed on, Celeste, Andrew, yeah I miss their presence, but they seem like they were doing well, they moved on because they had something else to demand their attention and that is preferable to leaving because your possed about something.
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I miss andrew too..he is such a dear person.
I do think that as in real life, we have to make people, as our own family does..Take stock. We need to say ...."hey you are being a shit..cut it out. You are disturbing the
harmony." We couldnt let that happen in our home. We cant afford to let it happen here either... If my husband came in every night having a fit, or pushing the family around...
It would be up to me to point out to him....To cease and desist...its just how relationships and families work...if they work.. If you allow the two year old child to continually throw fits, and cause disruption, you have to put a stop to that as well. It has to be handled. Same here...people have to mellow out. For the good of all.
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Yeah I wondered too if he didn;t get freaked out by page after page of welcome. But we are a bunch willing to learn and adapt. That is what this place has going for it.
I know, some of those people who mosed on, Celeste, Andrew, yeah I miss their presence, but they seem like they were doing well, they moved on because they had something else to demand their attention and that is preferable to leaving because your possed about something.
I talked to Andrew just a couple of weeks ago.
I miss his presence.
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I'm not sure I ever knew Andrew although I have seen his name. He may have left before I arrived. As far as staying in the middle I actually try to do that too in the sense that I want to try and understand others thoughts and actions. I do agree that too much friction can cause an unhappy household. But I do want BetterMost to be a place where people are not afraid to express themselves. I do think it is that type of place now and I think the moderators here are trying to keep it that way.
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A statement by Artiste made me think of something. That statement was, "Everyone touches us, even for a moment." This statement is so true, but yet so many of us never think about it or even realize it. Everyone you come into contact with has some type of impact on you and in some ways builds the person you are or the person you will become. Some of course have stronger impacts, but it doesn't really matter how long the contact was for. Someone can make a huge impact on you even if you only knew them for a very short time. In some ways I think of a mind as something like a CD, tracks are written to it each and every moment and the impacts of some things create longer tracks. I can see images in my mind of people who I only knew for short periods of time and that time may be long ago, but it will never go away. Suddenly something can bring that thought back to you such as a song or something similar. So I end this thought with some lyrics from a song called "Closing Time" by Semisonic.
"Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time
This room won't be open till your brothers or your
sisters come
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other
beginning's end"
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Thank you Gary!!!
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Sometimes I think its a little harder online to mingle cause typing just aint the same as in person where ya can see facial expressions and all. Believe it or not in person I am loud and boistrous and have an irreverant sense of humor that prolly don't come across here. I am very gregarious and I never even met him <wink>. Also I am not as articulate typing as a lot of folks. The chats are the best place ta mingle I think cause I get a better feel of personalities.
Ghost town......never! (Unless Phillip trips over the electrical plug to the server) I feel a lot of us where brought here like people went to Devil's Tower in Close Encounters. There is a greater purpose :)
TampaTalon^">
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I can tell you are a trickster, Tampatalon, because of you signing things as "Ennis and Alma" and other things like that I've heard about you!! You'd be the life of the party, I think!! You and Chuck, the tickler. ;D :laugh:
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I can tell you are a trickster, Tampatalon, because of you signing things as "Ennis and Alma" and other things like that I've heard about you!! You'd be the life of the party, I think!! You and Chuck, the tickler. ;D :laugh:
Thanks Shasta and I agree with ya about Chuck. Did ya know he & I may be distant cousins, we share closely the same surname so it may be genetic ;D
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it may be genetic
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Ya'll got the wild boy gene!! It will be interesting if you two wind up at the same gathering! :D
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Adkins or Atkins? And are you related to Trace or Rodney?
Also did you know that Devil's Tower is in Wyoming, not all that far from Lightning Flat?
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Adkins or Atkins? And are you related to Trace or Rodney?
Also did you know that Devil's Tower is in Wyoming, not all that far from Lightning Flat?
??? What did I miss? ;D
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I don't think you missed anything. I was talking about Trace Adkins and Rodney Atkins. You know them, they're country singers ;)
And Devil's Tower is where everybody went in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and that is near Lightning Flat where Jack grew up.
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But who is related to them?
Yep--familiar with both! Trace sings "I Got My Game On" and "One Hot Mama", and Rodney sings the one about his little boy, "I've Been Watchin' You". Right? Does he also sing "These Are My People"?
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Dr. Atkins of course. Yes, Rodney sings "These Are My People" but Dr. Atkins doesn't sing anything :)
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Merry Christmas!
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You know the sceret of the Atkins Diet, tie your shoes!
Now who is an Atkins and who is an Adkins? I am the latter.
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Thanks Shasta and I agree with ya about Chuck. Did ya know he & I may be distant cousins, we share closely the same surname so it may be genetic ;D
Can you imagine? Our craziness is due to our genes!
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Can you imagine? Our craziness is due to our genes!
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And here I thought we was perfectly normal <chuckle>
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And here I thought we was perfectly normal <chuckle>
TampaTalon^">
lmao!
Steve, I'd rather not be perfect.....or normal! :laugh:
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You know the sceret of the Atkins Diet, tie your shoes!
Now who is an Atkins and who is an Adkins? I am the latter.
Yes I knew you were Adkins and I'm not sure what Steve is. And somehow I got your last name tied up with Chuck somehow. Of course I know Chuck's last name is not Atkins or Adkins unless there has been a marriage that I don't know about.
I think tying your shoes is a good idea even if you aren't on the diet ;D
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Merry Christmas Jack! Hope it all you dreamed of!
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Thank You Scott!!! I wish the same to you and I am very glad we got to know each other this year. I look forward to talking with you more.
Jack
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jack.
Merry Christmas eve friend, I am wishing all the best for you. I hope you get all wishes granted for
the new year.....janice
HERES TO YOU FRIEND.
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Thank You Janice!!! I hope your Christmas day has been wonderful. It was great chatting with you last night.
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ok!
I got ya'lls cookies all packed up and sealed up and ready to go in the morning!!
*whew*
managed to rescue Chocolate Chip, Lime Coolers, Oatmeal, and ONE reindeer cookie each!!
:P :P
so expect them soon!!
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ok!
I got ya'lls cookies all packed up and sealed up and ready to go in the morning!!
*whew*
managed to rescue Chocolate Chip, Lime Coolers, Oatmeal, and ONE reindeer cookie each!!
:P :P
so expect them soon!!
Hey Jess. That is great news!!! I am looking forward to them. See I am still getting presents ;D
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Holy cats she was serious...I thought she was talking about virtual cookies...I just had to deleate a
ton of those this week....heehhhee ;D oH MY GOODNESS
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No she's talking about REAL cookies :) And Janice you don't delete cookies, you eat them ;D Course I guess that could be a new buzzword. Instead of eating something you delete it which is kind of true since whatever it is does go away.
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I deleate money too............. :laugh: :laugh:
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:) Hi Janice -- did ya get your nap out?
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I hope she has cause she has to attend the sleepover. It could be another late night :) So, hopefully, you got some rest Janice.
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the boys Christmas presents.
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Jess, those are absolutely beautiful horses. Talk about great gifts!!!
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yeah, one was several thousand...one was free....can you guess which one?
LOL!!
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yeah, one was several thousand...one was free....can you guess which one?
LOL!!
They are so beautiful!
Steve
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Jess, those are absolutely beautiful horses. Talk about great gifts!!!
Well that would be hard to say Jess since both are beautiful. I will say the one on the left just because he is unusual. Which one is it?
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Heres a cute video I found on youtube, i thought you might get a kick out of......... ;D
more than meets the eye
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXm6AgJXAo&feature=related[/youtube]
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I have told and mentioned to so many people the feeling I felt in the air when I visited San Francisco. The problem is that I have never been able to describe that feeling or even what it means. Just because it is a strong feeling it does not necessarily mean that it is a good feeling for oneself. I keep thinking what it meant or means. There are many reasons why I would feel something on my first visit to California since as I have also stated many times it had been a lifelong dream of mine. Although, the actual dream was to visit Los Angeles. That is really where I felt I needed to go. I still haven't been there yet, but I have been to California obviously. San Francisco was never really at the top of where I wanted to go, but nevertheless it had a strong impact on me. I expected it to be this totally chaotic place where I would fit in like water fits in with oil. And it may be. I don't know that yet. I believe every place has some type of feel in the air. There was one in New York City, but it seemed to be one that I understood. There was this feeling of excitement there. A feeling of so many things coming into one. There is no way I would have not loved the City. I love skyscrapers, architecture and new things to see, to explore. There is no doubt that all of these elements were there. Denver had the feeling of the West, the new West, and the old West. It was exciting since I only knew what I had seen on television of the West. It's a vibrant city. It had a good feel. Other parts of Colorado such as Estes Park were simply breathtaking. I had also heard of the Rocky Mountains. I had seen pictures of them and I had seen them in movies and on television. However, there is no way anyone could truly see or feel the awesome beauty of them without being there in person. I remember standing in Estes Park and every way I would turn I would see a completely different, picturesque view. Wyoming was another beautiful and very remote place. Now that was a place I never had any idea I would see. It is hard for me to believe that a place that remote exists. It has a beauty all its own.
And then we have San Francisco. That is the one place I didn't quite know what I thought of when my plane landed through when my plane left for the journey home and until this very day. I just can't seem to put my finger on the feeling that exists there in that city. My first impressions were that I didn't really think much of it. I had heard so many stories of what a big disappointment California would be that I may be able to attribute some of that initial feeling to those. I began to try to compare it with New York City and finally realized that the two were way too different to compare. I began to find the flavor of the city which seemed to be quite appealing. I thought that the Castro district was interesting, but I can't really see that I would want to spend much time there. My views or thoughts of any city are not flavored by the gay environment. I knew that would be pretty much of a given for me. New York City has a big gay environment from what I know although I never had that much desire to seek it out. I'm sure it would be interesting and perhaps one day I will visit the Christopher Street area. There are many areas of New York City that I want to see.
Anyway, someone who showed me around a lot of the city who I owe a lot of what I know about San Francisco to suggested that I read a book and watch a show about the city. I have started reading the book and although it is not set in today's city I have a feeling it is going to provide insights on whatever this feeling I have is. I believe that any place is flavored by its past. Obviously, the flower children and the hippies from a time long ago in the 60s left their mark on the city as did the people I am reading about now.
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A new year is right around the corner and as always a new year will mean many new things as well. Many things will become just distant memories from the past. There have been so many things that happened during this year. Things that I would have never even expected. In some ways it was much like a rollercoaster ride. It seemed to start out rather slow, then became filled with excitement, there were ups and downs, twists and turns, and then like every other rollercoaster ride the last hill came followed by the last drop. Slowly the ride came to a slower pace and then coasted to a stop. It will soon be time to exit this ride and look for the next one. It's time to take stock and figure out which path to follow.
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:) Jack :)
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What Used To Be
I will never forget the joy I gave you
I remember when just not hearing from me
Even a few minutes late
Would make your heart skip a beat
I felt so wanted and so loved
The world seemed like a different place
Everything seemed brighter
Each moment I thought of you
Made me feel warm
The future looked so bright
It only seemed like a matter of time
Until I would spend each night
In the warmth of your arms
Now it doesn’t seem to matter much
If I am around or not
Maybe it was only real
In my mind
Maybe I was just a passing thing
In your mind
Did I destroy you and I
Or was there ever really anything to destroy
It hurts each day
To not feel loved by you
You gave me such joy
Happiness I will never find again
I keep thinking it will come back
That it is just in my mind
That you do still feel the same
As you did all those years go
But with each day that goes by
The memories of our love
Become as distant as the star
I used to look up at
The one I called your star
The one looking out for me
I used to look up at that star so much
It’s still there
But it is just a star now
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A new year is right around the corner and as always a new year will mean many new things as well. Many things will become just distant memories from the past. There have been so many things that happened during this year. Things that I would have never even expected. In some ways it was much like a rollercoaster ride. It seemed to start out rather slow, then became filled with excitement, there were ups and downs, twists and turns, and then like every other rollercoaster ride the last hill came followed by the last drop. Slowly the ride came to a slower pace and then coasted to a stop. It will soon be time to exit this ride and look for the next one. It's time to take stock and figure out which path to follow.
Well -- I love a good roller coaster ride! After NY day I'll start hearing that click...click...click!!! ;D
I enjoyed reading about your trips to different parts of the country and how each had its own feeling. Would you like to live in one of those places? You have such a beautiful place, but you're sounding pretty adventurous!!
I was in L.A. once for a few days. That was the first time I'd been to CA. From AR to CA -- what a leap!! I absolutely loved it, but I want to live here and visit there. I guess I'm too set in my ways. Besides, I don't know if I could learn to drive in L.A. Now if I could have a chauffeur.......
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What Used To Be
I will never forget the joy I gave you
I remember when just not hearing from me
Even a few minutes late
Would make your heart skip a beat
I felt so wanted and so loved
The world seemed like a different place
Everything seemed brighter
Each moment I thought of you
Made me feel warm
The future looked so bright
It only seemed like a matter of time
Until I would spend each night
In the warmth of your arms
Now it doesn’t seem to matter much
If I am around or not
Maybe it was only real
In my mind
Maybe I was just a passing thing
In your mind
Did I destroy you and I
Or was there ever really anything to destroy
It hurts each day
To not feel loved by you
You gave me such joy
Happiness I will never find again
I keep thinking it will come back
That it is just in my mind
That you do still feel the same
As you did all those years go
But with each day that goes by
The memories of our love
Become as distant as the star
I used to look up at
The one I called your star
The one looking out for me
I used to look up at that star so much
It’s still there
But it is just a star now
Beautiful, sad poem, Jack. {{{{{JACK}}}}}
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All these sad stories.. This will always be the Bettermost day of remorse. So much lonliness and
sorrow. It is too bad that life cannot continue to go forward, and unmarred by disappointment and tears.
However we all know that is not how it works.
We all, no matter how happy we are, and how solid our relationship. There is still going to be thorns and
hidden vines to trip us up.
During the bad times we just have to lean and depend on the friends and family we have. That is what
they are for.
We are here for you.....and we love you Jack.
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Hey Jack...start looking for a white box from Texas tomorrow!! I hope you enjoy them!!
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(you too Janice!!)
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Gary,
I could say thank you a million times and it wouldn't touch how much that meant to me :)
Jack
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Just hold my hand, and we can make it thru this next few days, and it will be easy going from there....
Together..
[youtube=425,350] [/youtube]
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Aww Jack, you're such a sweetheart. Wish you could be here tomorrow night so that we could welcome in the New Year together.
[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ADq9BrL5Zi8[/youtube]
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
YOW!!! Orlando Bloom!! Sexy video. ;D
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Just hold my hand, and we can make it thru this next few days, and it will be easy going from there....
Together..
[youtube=425,350] [/youtube]
Very nice! I love the harmonica playing! :)
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Jack buddy---back online!!!
Thanks for those lovely emails bud.
A joyeous New Year!
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Hi Jack,
I wish you a Happy New Year! May you find love and happiness. Thanks for stopping by in my blog every now and then, I´m always glad when I "see" you there!
Dagi :-*
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All these sad stories.. This will always be the Bettermost day of remorse. So much lonliness and
sorrow. It is too bad that life cannot continue to go forward, and unmarred by disappointment and tears.
However we all know that is not how it works.
We all, no matter how happy we are, and how solid our relationship. There is still going to be thorns and
hidden vines to trip us up.
During the bad times we just have to lean and depend on the friends and family we have. That is what
they are for.
We are here for you.....and we love you Jack.
Thank you so much Janice!!! You saying this means so much to me!!!
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Jack buddy---back online!!!
Thanks for those lovely emails bud.
A joyeous New Year!
JACK!!! It is so great to see you here!!! You are welcome for the emails. I was just hoping you would pop up somewhere and you did! Right here on my blog :) A very Happy New Year to you too buddy. Jack is one of the very first people I met when I made my trek to where I knew nobody. He became one of my best friends immediately, he still is, and he always will be.
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Jack, who's your new avatar?
He looks familiar. A TV cowboy from the '60s, maybe? But these avatar pics are so small. ... :(
Whoever he is, he sure is cute. :D
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Wow, my avatar or something is suddenly making my place more popular ;D So this is how I get all of you to come to visit :) I see ;) Well, I guess I am just going to have to think of new exciting things so more people will visit.
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Wow, my avatar or something is suddenly making my place more popular ;D So this is how I get all of you to come to visit :) I see ;) Well, I guess I am just going to have to think of new exciting things so more people will visit.
Don't unerestimate yourself there ;D
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Ok, I will let you all know who my present avatar is. His name is Peter Brown and he was in a short lived TV western named "Laredo." I looked to see when the original show was on and Jeff is right it was a western from the '60s. It only ran for two seasons, 1965 - 1966 and 1966 - 1967. It was a tale of the Texas Rangers. I think I saw it in reruns since it came on at some odd time that I would have been up. Whenever I saw it I was when I was a very small child. Now here is the funny part this actor was probably the first one I ever had a crush on. He played Chad Cooper. The really funny part is that I can remember being glued to the TV set although I would have been much too young to know what a crush was. I just remember I liked looking at the cowboys, especially him :laugh: although there was another guy in his group of Rangers that I also liked. Obviously that showed my sexual orientation was completely in place way before I even knew what sex or sexual orientations were. I can remember thinking how much I would like to live with him and the other Rangers :D :laugh: Here are a couple more pictures, one of which is the avatar this was taken from. I want to make sure Jeff can see it. And I do agree I still think he is sure is cute. I must have had good taste then too ;D
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Don't unerestimate yourself there ;D
So it's just my natural charm, right Scott :)
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So it's just my natural charm, right Scott :)
Course it is l'il darlin'
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He is very cute! I watched that show. I remember William Smith too, after looking at the IMDb website. I think. Wasn't William Smith the storekeeper who got robbed by Dally in "The Outsiders"?
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Aww Jack, you're such a sweetheart. Wish you could be here tomorrow night so that we could welcome in the New Year together.
That would be fun!!! It would be great to welome in the New Year together with some bubbly even :)
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Well, thanks for saying that Gary and Scott!!!
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What a hottie, Jack. I can certainly see why you had a crush. And yeah, I think our sexuality is in play almost from the beginning. I can remember having a crush on a boy in second grade, and one day when no one eslse was around, I actually stole a kiss. I ran up to him, and before he knew what was happening, I planted one on his forehead -- he was sitting down at the time. He was shocked, but he seemed to appreciate the affection. I'm so thankful no one saw me do it.
I had my first crush when I was six. Six! :o I know that it was a real crush, because up to now my heart goes pitter-pat when I see him. ;D
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He is very cute! I watched that show. I remember William Smith too, after looking at the IMDb website. I think. Wasn't William Smith the storekeeper who got robbed by Dally in "The Outsiders"?
Yes Shasta that was the other one I had a crush on. He played Joe Riley, Chad's partner. Here is a quote I found about their relationship in the show "Although Laredo was the story of three Rangers (2nd season four) it was Chad and Joe who were the real team. In fact, it was fortunate that William Smith and Peter Brown got along so well because their characters were essentially joined at the hip. In most episodes they were in almost every scene together, especially in the first year."
I am going to have to look that up about "The Outsiders."
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That could be fun. You could find out just how drunk I can get after having just two glasses. :P
That's a deal :)
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Why am I not surprised by this, Dagi? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Sometimes I think I tell you too much. :laugh:
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My first crush for someone in school would have also been when I was six although that crush got replaced quickly by the one that I still consider my first love. That may have started in the 2nd grade. Anyway it was for this guy Tony (I call him a guy now, in reality he would have been a little boy since he was also in the 2nd grade ;D). Of course I didn't really know what it was. I just wanted to be everywhere he was at and I was jealous over him too. I remember my term then would have been that I wanted to be his "best friend." I remember I was so upset when he rode the same bus as me to go home with another boy. Now, I didn't like that other boy ;) I still remember those feelings believe it or not. Anyway, I also remember when Tony and I met at the water fountain to trade school pictures. Now that was a highlight. Then my parents moved away, but I kept in touch with Tony for awhile. He was the first person I called when we got in our new house. I remember the time he called me and told me he had decided that I was his "best friend." Now, that made the whole world seem wonderful although again I had no idea about anything sexual at the time.
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Yeah, that first will stay with you Dagi!!!
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That is a wonderful story Jack, have you any idea where Tony is today? I had a serious crush on my cousin Tony when I was in High School. That was a long convoluted tale. Owell,
I hope you have a wonderful 2008 Jack, take care, and enjoy your days!
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Now, that made the whole world seem wonderful although again I had no idea about anything sexual at the time.
I can't remember anything that I'd call a sexual feeling either, but I wanted, like you, spend as much time with him as possible...and of course I felt all warm and fuzzy, and I wrestled with him a lot, something not very typical for a girl... :laugh:
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That is a wonderful story Jack, have you any idea where Tony is today? I had a serious crush on my cousin Tony when I was in High School. That was a long convoluted tale. Owell,
I hope you have a wonderful 2008 Jack, take care, and enjoy your days!
Yes I actually do know where Tony is or at least I did a few years ago. Tony became an airline pilot and was living in Philadelphia. I never knew what he grew up to look like so I guess I still remember him as he looked in the 4th grade. I always thought he probably turned out to be this really good looking man. His father was known to be quite attractive to the ladies. I believe I may have talked to him in very early high school, but I'm not positive. Anyway, once a few years ago I called his father's number to maybe ask about getting his address. It had been so long ago that I had no idea that he would even remember me. So anyway a male answered the phone and I said, "Can I speak to Tony?" The voice from the other end said, "This is Tony." At which point I went practically speechless since I had no idea he would be there. I believe it was around the holidays so I guess that was why. Anyway I sounded like a bumbling idiot I know. I tried to explain who I was, but he said he did not remember me. I was completely crushed :'( For some reason I thought he did. It just seemed there was something in his voice. Maybe it was just some left over fantasy idea I had in my head. He sounded to me just like he had the last time I talked to him. Anyway, it was a very uncomfortable situation, but I did ask him about himself. That is when he told me he was a pilot and that he now lived in Philadelphia. So I finally bumbled around and told him I was sorry to bother him. I guess I will never know if he truly did remember me somewhere in the back regions of his mind. I do remember sending a letter to him at his father's address right after that telling him that it was good talking to him even though he didn't remember me. I had to leave that door open a crack. I have never heard from him, but I am glad I called whether he knew who I was or not. It seemed to provide some kind of closure to someone who was and always will be special to me.
Now, tell us about your Cousin Tony :)
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Wow, sorry to hear that Jack. Everyone is different. I am glad my childhood frined Darryl remembered me as an adult, of course as his schizophrenia progressed I wished sometimes he didn't.
A few years ago I was at an alumni weekend at my collect and this girl approached me and so glad to see me and I didn't know who the hell she was. I apologized profusely and blamed it on drugs and the next day she appeared wearing her hair the way she did 20 years ago and I was like OMG I know you! And we recounted many memories of one another.
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It's funny Jack, but as I read that recounting of your reunion with Tony, I wonderred where along the way we lose childhood ability to lose things yet still find mud fun to play with, or toads that you catch in the mud a blast. Somewhere in our transition from childhood to adulthood we are all taught that losing (a person, or at games, etc) is bad and a hurting thing. Is it all born out of regret? Probably IMO.
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Wow, sorry to hear that Jack. Everyone is different. I am glad my childhood frined Darryl remembered me as an adult, of course as his schizophrenia progressed I wished sometimes he didn't.
A few years ago I was at an alumni weekend at my collect and this girl approached me and so glad to see me and I didn't know who the hell she was. I apologized profusely and blamed it on drugs and the next day she appeared wearing her hair the way she did 20 years ago and I was like OMG I know you! And we recounted many memories of one another.
Who knew they would come in handy one day. :P
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Ok, I will let you all know who my present avatar is. His name is Peter Brown and he was in a short lived TV western named "Laredo." I looked to see when the original show was on and Jeff is right it was a western from the '60s. It only ran for two seasons, 1965 - 1966 and 1966 - 1967. It was a tale of the Texas Rangers. I think I saw it in reruns since it came on at some odd time that I would have been up. Whenever I saw it I was when I was a very small child. Now here is the funny part this actor was probably the first one I ever had a crush on. He played Chad Cooper. The really funny part is that I can remember being glued to the TV set although I would have been much too young to know what a crush was. I just remember I liked looking at the cowboys, especially him :laugh: although there was another guy in his group of Rangers that I also liked. Obviously that showed my sexual orientation was completely in place way before I even knew what sex or sexual orientations were. I can remember thinking how much I would like to live with him and the other Rangers :D :laugh: Here are a couple more pictures, one of which is the avatar this was taken from. I want to make sure Jeff can see it. And I do agree I still think he is sure is cute. I must have had good taste then too ;D
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H-o-o-o-l-y-y-y crap, Jack! Honest to God, I thought it might be Peter Brown! I remember him, and I remember Laredo. Peter Brown was the one who was always dressed nicer than the others. ;D
I ought to check IMDb, see whatever became of him.
Thanks for sharing the other pictures.
BTW, this weekend I already accomplished one of my goals for '08, learn to drink Jack Daniels in preparation for the roundup (since, apparently, you can't get decent scotch north of Denver ::) ). I'll split a bottle with you--Old No. 7 is pretty good stuff! ;D
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Ok, I will let you all know who my present avatar is. His name is Peter Brown and he was in a short lived TV western named "Laredo." I looked to see when the original show was on and Jeff is right it was a western from the '60s. It only ran for two seasons, 1965 - 1966 and 1966 - 1967. It was a tale of the Texas Rangers. I think I saw it in reruns since it came on at some odd time that I would have been up. Whenever I saw it I was when I was a very small child. Now here is the funny part this actor was probably the first one I ever had a crush on. He played Chad Cooper. The really funny part is that I can remember being glued to the TV set although I would have been much too young to know what a crush was. I just remember I liked looking at the cowboys, especially him :laugh: although there was another guy in his group of Rangers that I also liked. Obviously that showed my sexual orientation was completely in place way before I even knew what sex or sexual orientations were. I can remember thinking how much I would like to live with him and the other Rangers :D :laugh: Here are a couple more pictures, one of which is the avatar this was taken from. I want to make sure Jeff can see it. And I do agree I still think he is sure is cute. I must have had good taste then too ;D
one time when my son was very small a little girl proposed to him....her mother and I thought it was cute and funny. HE was heartily offended at the prospect. so I was teasing him about it and he informed me he didn't want a girlfriend, he wanted a boyfriend like Batman. I told him that Robin WAS a boy and he WAS Batman's friend but he wasn't Batman's boyfriend...
He gave me that "God parents are just stupid" look....
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Hey, I just found this at sucksorrules!
Brokeback Mountain
Sucks or Rules? You Decide…
www.sucksorrules.com
It's silly, but do a brokeback mountain search on the site. You can also vote on what sort of brokeback cornholing is more fun <grin>
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Jack, again, happy new year.
I'm going to Brokeback/Wyoming 2008 with Juniour, unless he ducks out lolol
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Jack, I'm sure that even if he didn't remember you right at that moment, he would have eventually if you kept jogging his memory. If you had been speaking face to face, and if you had a photo of what you looked like back in 4th grade, that mgiht have helped a lot. He didn't forget you. He just misplaced you. :)
That was probably it. I just got misplaced :( I do think I would evenutally have been able to get him to remember me. It almost seemed like there was some kind of rememberance in his voice, but I was so uncomfortable with the fact that he actually answered the phone. I would have never expected that!!! But I am glad it happened cause like I say there was a closure there that I needed. I had always wondered what happened to him and the funny thing is I have absolutely no idea why we quit keeping in touch. I have tried to think why that was, but no answers.
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H-o-o-o-l-y-y-y crap, Jack! Honest to God, I thought it might be Peter Brown! I remember him, and I remember Laredo. Peter Brown was the one who was always dressed nicer than the others. ;D
I ought to check IMDb, see whatever became of him.
Thanks for sharing the other pictures.
BTW, this weekend I already accomplished one of my goals for '08, learn to drink Jack Daniels in preparation for the roundup (since, apparently, you can't get decent scotch north of Denver ::) ). I'll split a bottle with you--Old No. 7 is pretty good stuff! ;D
I'm glad that you remembered both him and Laredo. I can't believe you even recognized him. Yes, he was the one that always dressed nicer than the others. I will have to find that information on the web that was telling more details and give you the link. Apparently, he was the most educated and refined of the group. I do remember that he was very close to the other cowboy Joe Riley. Hmmmmmmmm :)
GREAT!!!! You have become a Jack Daniels drinker ;D Yes, we can definitely split a bottle. That will be fun. Old No. 7 is exactly what I drink. We are going to have a good time ;)
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one time when my son was very small a little girl proposed to him....her mother and I thought it was cute and funny. HE was heartily offended at the prospect. so I was teasing him about it and he informed me he didn't want a girlfriend, he wanted a boyfriend like Batman. I told him that Robin WAS a boy and he WAS Batman's friend but he wasn't Batman's boyfriend...
He gave me that "God parents are just stupid" look....
So you mean Robin wasn't Batman's boyfriend ??? :o
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Jack, again, happy new year.
I'm going to Brokeback/Wyoming 2008 with Juniour, unless he ducks out lolol
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO JACK!!! I am very glad to hear that you are going to Brokeback/Wyoming 2008. That is great news. It looks like I will not be able to change my mind about this trip since it appears all of my friends are going. And I will actually know who you all are this time ;D With the group we have going it really should be a very fun time.
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Did someone say something about cornholing? ;D
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Gary is on the scene :laugh:
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I had to look that up. :P
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I had to look that up. :P
Did you find it? I'm not sure if it would be in the regular Websters :laugh: I looked on the website and it is quite an unusual website for sure. You have to join to vote.
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Yes. It was on dictionary.com -- clear as day. :P :laugh:
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I had always wondered what happened to him and the funny thing is I have absolutely no idea why we quit keeping in touch. I have tried to think why that was, but no answers.
Life, Jack. Life happened.
We all have lost friends to the simple, complicated, irritating, fun, confusing, and always moving thing called life.
Growing up, moving, spending years on different schools, finding new friends, college years, marriages, divorces, seperations, ..... you get the picture.
I also have some people, who were once close friends of mine, lost to life. And some to death. The first is the preferrable version.
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Yes, it sure is and it even has a pronunciation in case you don't know how to say it.
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Yes, it sure is and it even has a pronunciation in case you don't know how to say it.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Good thing there's no illustration -- I mighta fainted ...... or stayed over there too long or something. :P
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I'm glad that you remembered both him and Laredo. I can't believe you even recognized him. Yes, he was the one that always dressed nicer than the others. I will have to find that information on the web that was telling more details and give you the link. Apparently, he was the most educated and refined of the group. I do remember that he was very close to the other cowboy Joe Riley. Hmmmmmmmm :)
:o Laredo slash! :laugh:
GREAT!!!! You have become a Jack Daniels drinker. ;D Yes, we can definitely split a bottle. That will be fun. Old No. 7 is exactly what I drink. We are going to have a good time ;)
When I can't get my hands on a decent single malt. ;) I thought it was goin a take some gettin' used to, but I liked it right away!
Uh-oh. What does that say about me? ;D
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So you mean Robin wasn't Batman's boyfriend ??? :o
::) God, parents are stupid. ... ;) ;D
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:o Laredo slash! :laugh:
When I can't get my hands on a decent single malt. ;) I thought it was goin a take some gettin' used to, but I liked it right away!
Uh-oh. What does that say about me? ;D
if you are not careful, Jeff, all these guys are gonna ruin your reputation....or theirs....one or the other!
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::) God, parents are stupid. ... ;) ;D
hey now!!
all little boys at that age hate girls...he would flop onto the golf cart every afternoon just exasperated..."Lissa done chaseded me around ALL day today"
"Well, did she ever catch you?"
"Yeah!" *rolling eyes*
"well what did she do when she caught you"
"Nuttin! That is all. She just CHASEDED me"
man, life is hard for a cute young gay child....yucky girls wanting to chase you all over, proposing to you...when all you want to do is hang out with the guys and practice spitting and throwing rocks....
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man, life is hard for a cute young gay child....yucky girls wanting to chase you all over, proposing to you...when all you want to do is hang out with the guys and practice spitting and throwing rocks....
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Well, did he perfect his spitting? ;D
Happy New Year, Honey!
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Well, did he perfect his spitting? ;D
Happy New Year, Honey!
>:( >:(
I hope he perfected his rock throwing....
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Learn something new every day, don't ya, Shasta. :D
BTW, if you'd like pictures I could supply those for you. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Now who's the scoundrel!!?? :P :laugh:
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:o Laredo slash! :laugh:
When I can't get my hands on a decent single malt. ;) I thought it was goin a take some gettin' used to, but I liked it right away!
Uh-oh. What does that say about me? ;D
I think that says you got good taste in whiskey!!! I always thought of Jack and Ennis as JD drinkers, but that is not what they showed in the movie.
Yes Laredo slash.........hmmmmmmmm.......good idea. It was the article that I read that says one never appeared in a scene without the other so who knows. Maybe there was more going on there than we knew at the time ;)
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Does putting up your new calendars and taking the old ones down before you go to bed in the new year bring you good luck in the new year? I never have thought about it, but maybe it is a good idea. That way at least you know what year you are in when you wake up in the morning.
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Does putting up your new calendars and taking the old ones down before you go to bed in the new year bring you good luck in the new year? I never have thought about it, but maybe it is a good idea. That way at least you know what year you are in when you wake up in the morning.
I let the dogs out and woke up a little -- the wind was very cold!
I don't know--I think there are some superstitions about all that. Mine are already up and I've written all dogs and relatives birthdays on them! Later I'll put the school vacations on too.
The one in my room where my Brokeback calendar was last year is Puppies, one that a friend gave me. The one in the kitchen where Studs and Spurs were last year (sexy cowboys without shirts) is now kittens posing with another little animal. It's so cute. The kitten and the other pet (rabbit, puppy, etc.) are matching colors and markings.
What are yours?
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Ennis from 2007 is still up there looking at me
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Probably saying I have been sitting here with these dogs for a month now and I am ready to go on and do something else
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All of my old calendars are in a cabinet. They have stuff on 'em!! I can't bear to toss them out! Ennis and the dogs and Jack and the truck and all are already in the cabinet! I have a wagon full of little ol' herdin' puppies looking out!
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Oh believe me they will not be thrown out. I do have the new BBM calendar ready to go, but it is still sealed. I have several other calendars too. For some reason I always have a lot of calendars. I always have to have my BBM, NYC, LA, SF, Mustang and Black Cats calendars. Am I weird or what :laugh: I used to always have a firefighters calendar too, but don't know that I need one this year :( although he did come on and we had New Years Eve together.
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Thought: When you have friends in so many time zones it makes New Years a very long event, but it sure is worth it.
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Hey, I used to date a fireman too! ;)
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Thought: When you have friends in so many time zones it makes New Years a very long event, but it sure is worth it.
Agreed! ;D
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Hey, I used to date a fireman too! ;)
Did you really?
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I have this strange thing that happens to me where I always meet firemen even as friends. It is not like I go looking for them it just seems to happen.
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Did you really?
Yeah -- it was a nice year. He had a great motorcycle. I loved riding!
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You will have to tell me about that sometime. Firemen are great people. I once told this guy I was cursed with firemen and I think he was offended. I said no I don't mean that as a bad thing.
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Oh believe me they will not be thrown out. I do have the new BBM calendar ready to go, but it is still sealed. I have several other calendars too. For some reason I always have a lot of calendars. I always have to have my BBM, NYC, LA, SF, Mustang and Black Cats calendars. Am I weird or what :laugh: I used to always have a firefighters calendar too, but don't know that I need one this year :( although he did come on and we had New Years Eve together.
Six or seven!! That's a lot!! But the pictures are so pretty! Do you drive a Mustang? You know RodneyWY drives a smokin' convertible Mustang with a BBM license tag and I'm thinkin' it has a longhorn rack on the grill. That may just be my imagination -- Lee (Front-Ranger) will know.
But no -- you're not weird for having that many calendars. Well, everyone is weird in some area, doncha think?
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Yes, my Mustang is my other baby besides Code :) It is a 2004 Special Edition package of the 40th anniversary package. It is black with silver stripes. I absolutely have loved it since the day I saw it and got it. Well, kind of just like Code the cat. It handles so well and has so much power.
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Yes, my Mustang is my other baby besides Code :) It is a 2004 Special Edition package of the 40th anniversary package. It is black with silver stripes. I absolutely have loved it since the day I saw it and got it. Well, kind of just like Code the cat. It handles so well and has so much power.
Wow!! I bet it's beautiful -- sounds like it. You oughtta post a picture! I've seen pics of Rodney's. Now I can't remember -- is it red? I don't think so. Maybe silver. I don't know. That makes me mad that I can't remember!!
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I thought you'd fallen asleep! Your friend is in Florida? Too bad his back's out -- that's painful. Spicey wrote you a nice note in the other room, Gary. I've been going back and forth. I'm so sleepy now -- hard to type!!! :P
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I am here Gary
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I think we are switching back and forth between rooms ;D
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Too? Who else dated a fireman?
Me :)
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What happened to your friend's back?
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Something like that happens to me, too, but not with firemen. It seems many of the men I meet work with computers in some way. Pokey is a vice president at HP.
I work with computers seriously.
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So it looks like you met another in that line of work :)
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That may be true for sure Gary cause I sure am analytical and we became friends right away. That is what I just got my degree in was information security and I work in Information Technology now.
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You see what I mean. You guys read my blog? Do you remember Nathan and David? David is a programer, and Nathan went into web page design. And I exchange PM's with a guy over at IMDb that's an exec in a computer company.
It's not like I have a lot of guy friends, but it seems more than half of them are invoved with computers. the guy from australia says it's because I'm drawn to people who are analytical. Don't know if that's true or not.
That's cool! Who's the IMDb guy? Is he from the BBM board? If not, I don't know him.
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You see what I mean. You guys read my blog? Do you remember Nathan and David? David is a programer, and Nathan went into web page design. And I exchange PM's with a guy over at IMDb that's an exec in a computer company.
It's not like I have a lot of guy friends, but it seems more than half of them are invoved with computers. the guy from australia says it's because I'm drawn to people who are analytical. Don't know if that's true or not.
Yes I am reading your blog Gary. It is very much in depth and very interesting. I think sometimes you can think nobody is reading and actually they are. I thought nobody ever even bothered to look at mine so I just had pretty much quit putting anything there, but it seems like people finally discovered it. So that makes me feel good :)
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Is that Gary Clarke. ??
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Hey Janice!!!!! We are all waiting up for your New Years. I'm not sure that the last name is Clarke. How has your New Years Eve been so far.
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His screen name is jattard, Shasta. He's a straight guy, and he's married, but he used to do nude male modeling when he was in college, and he's used to being around gay guys. I've asked to see some of his "work" but so far he's too modest to show me. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Aww-heck! LOL. I'm not sure if I remember that name or not.
What's the opposite of analytical? That's what I think I am. haha
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non analytical maybe :)
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non analytical maybe :)
Not helpful. LOL
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Your reading are very interesting Gary and I'm sure many people are reading.
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I know sometimes I feel that what is the point in writing cause nobody looks anyway, but it is worth a point to yourself if nobody else. At least I figured out that.
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Your reading are very interesting Gary and I'm sure many people are reading.
Tipsy much? ;D
Lord, I'm sorry, Jack. The later it gets, the meaner I get!!
David's back.
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Shasta, I'm thinking intuitive, but that may not be an exact opposite. I do know that in Jungian psychology poeple fall into a continuum between rationality and intuition. A well balanced person should fall in the middle.
I was just kidding. I know Shasta is actually very analytical and you are right it does fall on a continuum.
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We all need to get in the same place for Pacific New Years.
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But we can do it wherever we are :)
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I was just kidding. I know Shasta is actually very analytical and you are right it does fall on a continuum.
People do read -- I read a lot and don't always comment. Sometimes there is just time to read -- a lot of people may read at work and probably don't have time to comment.
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And see you are very analytical ;) Great points for sure
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And I am glad you are brutally honest.......that is after all what real writing is about!!! It is about an expression of your thoughts and your feelings. I used to always want to be a writer. I went to school and it hurt my writing a lot.
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And see you are very analytical ;) Great points for sure
;) You're too nice!!
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I really am just truthful
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Ya'll are amazing.
I'm lovin' ya'll!!!
And I'm not even drunk.
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Do we sound drunk Shasta ???
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Haha --- No. Maybe a little. LOL No, not really.
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I'm eating what is left of this poor ole gingerbread man. He had no legs left, only one arm, and now he has no arms. I should be ashamed of myself.
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I know what you mean, Jack. I was a philosophy student, and most of my writing in college had to be cold and unfeeling. If you showed any emotion or used wit you got points off, because doing that was seen as an attempt to appeal to something other than the intellect, and that was thought of as cheating. I hated writing that way. It never felt right to me.
I would imagine that you were supposed to be cold and unfeeling when writing papers for a computer class, too.
I like the humor that you put in your writing now!
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I'm eating what is left of this poor ole gingerbread man. He had no legs left, only one arm, and now he has no arms. I should be ashamed of myself.
Poor little G-man!!!
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In college I was in Journalism where you are taught to take out anything descriptive and that hurt my writing. Also in poems you had to follow this thing called iambic petameter or something like that, that hurt me there.
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Carrie Underwood mentioned one of those kind of drinks in her New Years Eve performance and the poor ole G Man is gone now.
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No not really, but it did sound that way didn't it :)
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David says Hawaii is 2 hours behind CA, so it's not 2008 there yet.
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Either that or a very sad country song :laugh:
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David says Hawaii is 2 hours behind CA, so it's not 2008 there yet.
So that means we have to keep staying up
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It's like you really need something every now and then to lift the mood -- you do a great job of doing that. I'm glad your life if a lot better now! :)
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Where is David ???
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So that means we have to keep staying up
Haha -- that means you have to keep staying up. LOL I'm old -- I can't do that allniter stuff anymore!!
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It's that creative streak in you :o
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I know what you mean Shasta. Those people in Hawaii will be feeling a lot more rested than us in the morning :)
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David's getting drunk in the sleepover club. I'm going to tell him to come over here and post. I keep going back and forth!
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Tell him to come on over
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I guess Shasta went to get David since he is over there now getting drunk by himself :( Anyway, yes Gary I think your writing is very good.
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Is David over there drunk by himself? I told him to come on over
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Yes. I sent him a PM to come over, but I think he was signing off. There are a few people left on the board -- maybe they'll peek in!!
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Gary, how long did you go without knowing you had the brain tumor
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The part about losing cerebral fluid -- very scary!! Brain surgery always seems like the most major surgery -- even more than heart surgery. And it takes a long time to get over being fully anesthesized.
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Are you a gingerbread man :D
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:laugh: It's not hard to make something of a gay guy talking about eating a gingerbread man. I could have simply said, um, lucky gingerbread man, and you would have thought I was flirting with ya. :laugh:
He's so bad!!
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Are you a gingerbread man :D
LOL---so are you!!! :D
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Gary it really must have been very scary. I can't even imagine going through something like that. You are a very strong person.
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LOL---so are you!!! :D
He suggested, I asked ;)
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You are so very lucky Gary that you made it through all that and of course I know I don't need to tell you that.
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He suggested, I asked ;)
;D :laugh:
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I guess I should hit the bed soon, but I sure have enjoyed spending the New Year with you all and I mean that for sure.
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I'm gonna hit the sack guys.
It has been so great saying goodbye to 07 and hello to 08 with such fun people!!
Love ya!! Talk to ya tomorrow. Late tomorrow!!! LOL :-
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Oh golly... I'm tempted to start talking about icing. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
You're a wild man!!
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Gary, you truly are an incredibly strong person and I am going to read all of your blog, I admire you for all the things you have endured. That is a whole lot for anyone to endure and especially to come out of all that as the very nice person you are. Happy New Years Friend!!! I am glad you were part of the people I spent New Years Eve for 2008 with.
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Hey that gingerbread man had no icing. That would be terrible to be a gingerbread man with no icing.
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But I didn't make him, someone gave him to me, so he needed icing :)
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Yes I am reading your blog Gary. It is very much in depth and very interesting. I think sometimes you can think nobody is reading and actually they are. I thought nobody ever even bothered to look at mine so I just had pretty much quit putting anything there, but it seems like people finally discovered it. So that makes me feel good :)
well remember also that Google sends spiders into every thread when it is posted on. So every time you post you get two 'views' one was yourself and the other is the spider indexing your entry. so the more you post the more visits you get....also people are drawn to the more active threads so if you want more people to look at your thread you HAVE to post, Jack!
Happy New Year.
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Happy New year, Jack!
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Hey Janice!!!!! We are all waiting up for your New Years. I'm not sure that the last name is Clarke. How has your New Years Eve been so far.
He looked familiar to me.. So I looked up the television show "The Virginian," I saw what I thought was
a picture of him..and it said the name was Gary Clarke...didnt ring a bell..He was one of the guys that was one
of the two sidekicks usually on one of those shows....Hunky young sidekick to James Drury...The picture wasnt that
good though..it was hard to determine.
My holiday has been going very well. I am watching the Rose Parade...............
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Aww Jack, that is such a sweet thing to say. Thank you. And thanks so much to you and Shasta for staying up to welcome the new year in with me. I know that new years was over for you two hours ago, so it was very nice of you to keep me company. I really appreciate that, and I won't soon forget it.
Hugs and kisses Jack and Shasta.
Jack -- you were my impetus for staying up so late. (Gary -- I was on my way to sleep after AR hit midnite. Then Jack said he was staying up for all his friends on Pacific time!!!) OH MAN!!! Now I felt like a, well, a bad friend. LOL. Thanks for keeping me up JACK!!! You are a good influence.
(I just got up and I'm having coffee, sittin' here in Bettermost, WY -- it's quite nippy outside too!)
Have a great 1st day, Jack!! You're the best!
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I'm glad I was able to make you stay up Shasta. And although we stayed up way until the wee hours of the morning it was the best New Years Eve I have had in some time. So staying up was fun. Yes, Gary, we can only imagine what would have happened if you were killing off those little drinks with umbrellas :laugh:
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But I read something about you sharing a whole bottle with someone. Gee! If I shared a whole bottle with you I'd throw up on your carpet and promptly pass out, and then the next day I'd be a sick boy. What fun would that be?
Oh, I've gotten that sick in the past, and it's just not fun!
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Morning Jack...you are so sweet. Staying up for the west coasters...That is a Brokie beyond the call...
Hope your New Years day was beautiful... :-*
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For you, Jack, I might take a nip or two of Jack Daniels. ;D
But I read something about you sharing a whole bottle with someone. Gee! If I shared a whole bottle with you I'd throw up on your carpet and promptly pass out, and then the next day I'd be a sick boy. What fun would that be?
So how come you're assuming we're gonna drink the whole bottle in one session? >:( ;D ;)
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So how come you're assuming we're gonna drink the whole bottle in one session? >:( ;D ;)
I was wondering the same thing Jeff. Gary must think we are wilder than we are ;D I mean we even left lots for the maid last time ;)
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For you, Jack, I might take a nip or two of Jack Daniels. ;D
But I read something about you sharing a whole bottle with someone. Gee! If I shared a whole bottle with you I'd throw up on your carpet and promptly pass out, and then the next day I'd be a sick boy. What fun would that be?
Gary I think that was sharing a bottle over a period of time :laugh: We might all throw up all over the carpet and pass out if we just turned it up and drank all of it at once ;D
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Morning Jack...you are so sweet. Staying up for the west coasters...That is a Brokie beyond the call...
Hope your New Years day was beautiful... :-*
Thank you Janice.......it was worth it.......all of you matter so it's not anyones fault that all the times don't change at the same time. I hope you New Years Day was great too. Mine was good and we got a snowstorm last night so I have ended up with an extra day off from work. The only bad thing is that now the roads are all covered with snow and it is 18 degrees outside and with the wind it is even colder.
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Oh, I've gotten that sick in the past, and it's just not fun!
Oh no, that is not fun at all, that's called downright miserable. There's nothing worse than a bad hangover. I have had people tell me that if you have one of them just take a shot of whatever it was and it will cure you. Anytime I have ever had a hangover I would definitely get sicker if I took a shot of whatever it was. The smell itself is something I wouldn't be able to handle. Yuck
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I can't even remember the last time I was that drunk
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Hi Jack. We don't have any snow, but it's 18*F here -- brrrrrr. I wonder if it's still 108*F at Spicey's house in OZ? Quite a contrast!
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I think 108 might feel good now :) Do you have snow?
Jeff, I saw something on TV yesterday called The Mummers Parade from Philadelphia, I think that was the name. I couldn't quite figure out what it was. My father kind of explained it, but it still didn't make any sense. Apparently these men dress up like either winches or witches and stand out in the street jumping up and down with umbrellas. There was one bunch dressed up in diapers jumping up and down with umbrellas. I thought at first they were televising a gay pride parade ;D Whatever it is they supposedly practice many months ahead for whatever it is they are doing. I thought you might know what it is all about?
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I didn't even really think you were serious Gary ;D It would have to be a very, very, very small bottle. You know I need to watch that movie "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" sometime. I can barely remember my parents watching that and I'm not even sure where we were cause I was a little kid. It almost seems that I remember being halfway asleep in the back of the car which would mean we were at the drive in theatre, but I'm not sure about that. Anyway all I remember about that movie is all these people arguing and fighting from the beginning. I think they were drunk too. Whatever they were I know I couldn't understand why anyone would want to watch them. So that is my memory of that movie. I guess if I watched it now I would understand what was going on.
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" would be a strange film to watch at the drive-in, and you're right, it would not be a film a small child would understand or be interested in, but you should treat yourself and watch it now. It is a great film. And there are some very funny lines in it. Like after George's and Martha's guests arive, and Martha comes down stairs after changing into a slutty outfit, George replies, "Why Martha, your Sunday chapel dress." :laugh: Martha has some great lines, too. I love it when she tells George, "I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you." :o Ouch! :laugh:
I know, it's so gay of me to know the film by heart. :P My old college friend Nathan is the one who put me onto "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and "All About Eve," and he urged me to read E.M. Forster, too.
E.M. Forster and "All About Eve"...that's a combo I never thought I would live to see...LOL
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Jeff, I saw something on TV yesterday called The Mummers Parade from Philadelphia, I think that was the name. I couldn't quite figure out what it was. My father kind of explained it, but it still didn't make any sense. Apparently these men dress up like either winches or witches and stand out in the street jumping up and down with umbrellas. There was one bunch dressed up in diapers jumping up and down with umbrellas. I thought at first they were televising a gay pride parade ;D Whatever it is they supposedly practice many months ahead for whatever it is they are doing. I thought you might know what it is all about?
It's a parade up South Broad Street from South Philadelphia to City Hall. It sounds like you saw some of the comic groups, which are first in the line of march, before the bands. It's been going on every New Year's for over a hundred years.
And it's "wenches." ;D
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" would be a strange film to watch at the drive-in, and you're right, it would not be a film a small child would understand or be interested in, but you should treat yourself and watch it now. .
As a former young child who saw WAoVW on TV as a 6 year old, I totally agree with you. I would like to see it now, but tonight I think it will be the Last King of Scotland.
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You are supposed to drink lots of fluids. Water, juice, anything liquid. Part of the reason for the
nausea and dry heaves is dehydration. A few crackers would help too...That should help to settle the stomach. Then more fluids...........aspirins help as well....then just tough it out,
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So maybe Gary since I was a very small child hearing WAoVW in the back seat of the car it turned me gay :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I guess I need to watch that and All About Eve since I have never seen either of them except for the WAoVW when I was little. From the way you describe it, it does sound like it had things in it that a child would not understand. So Truman it sounds like we were about the same age when we saw it.
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It's a parade up South Broad Street from South Philadelphia to City Hall. It sounds like you saw some of the comic groups, which are first in the line of march, before the bands. It's been going on every New Year's for over a hundred years.
And it's "wenches." ;D
Thanks for the explanation of the parade Jeff. I thought you might now about it since you live in Philadelphia. Am I right about all the wenches being men? Does the parade go by where you live?
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Thanks for the explanation of the parade Jeff. I thought you might now about it since you live in Philadelphia. Am I right about all the wenches being men? Does the parade go by where you live?
Well, traditionally the clubs were all male--and traditionally they wore blackface, too--but I believe they admit women these days, and the blackface is long gone.
Yes, the parade passes practically right under my windows.
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Well, traditionally the clubs were all male--and traditionally they wore blackface, too--but I believe they admit women these days, and the blackface is long gone.
Yes, the parade passes practically right under my windows.
I remember seeing that on TV every year when I was but a wee lad. I used to tell my mother her parade was on.
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I remember seeing that on TV every year when I was but a wee lad. I used to tell my mother her parade was on.
I ignored it this year. I listened to show tunes all afternoon! :laugh:
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I ignored it this year. I listened to show tunes all afternoon! :laugh:
Like I am surprised by that...LOL :laugh: ;)
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Oh, the truth comes out. I just knew the cowboy outfit was a form of drag. ;)
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Jack, that's as good an explanation as any other. But what ever the cause, I'm glad you're batting for my team. ;D (Or do you catch? :o )
;D ;D I'm glad I'm batting for the same team too even if it was WAoVW's fault :laugh:
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Oh, the truth comes out. I just knew the cowboy outfit was a form of drag. ;)
Did you do the show tunes in drag? I bet that would have been much more entertaining than the parade :laugh: Did you happen to take any videos ;D
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;D ;D I'm glad I'm batting for the same team too even if it was WAoVW's fault :laugh:
What's the team mascot? 8)
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;D ;D I'm glad I'm batting for the same team too even if it was WAoVW's fault :laugh:
the benefit of being on your team is you own all the equiptment so you get pretty adept at using it....
*Nod to Sienfield*
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What's the team mascot? 8)
I'm not sure. Do you have any suggestions?
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Hi Jack!! How's your week going? Mine's going too fast! :P
Hmmmm....I'll have to think about the mascot thing. I don't have a clue. Chuck or Gary might come up with something, but I'm not sure you'd be able to find uniforms for what they'd suggest!! :o :laugh:
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Quote from: jstephens9 on Yesterday at 08:04:15 PM
I'm glad I'm batting for the same team too even if it was WAoVW's fault
Ok Jackie Poo. What the heck is that WAoVW..?
Dont even want to think of a suitable mascot...Maybe Wonder Woman........or that one guy in
La Cage aux Folles. Tootsie, or Mrs Doubtfire.....
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Quote from: jstephens9 on Yesterday at 08:04:15 PM
I'm glad I'm batting for the same team too even if it was WAoVW's fault
Ok Jackie Poo. What the heck is that WAoVW..?
Dont even want to think of a suitable mascot...Maybe Wonder Woman........or that one guy in
La Cage aux Folles. Tootsie, or Mrs Doubtfire.....
WAoVW = Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
mascot?
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BAD JESS BAD!!
*Slaps Jess's hand*
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Oh, the truth comes out. I just knew the cowboy outfit was a form of drag. ;)
Gary, Honey, a great drag queen once said, "We all come into this world naked, and all the rest is drag."
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Did you do the show tunes in drag? I bet that would have been much more entertaining than the parade :laugh: Did you happen to take any videos ;D
You talkin' to me? :laugh:
I said I listened to show tunes--classic Broadway--I didn't sing them.
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How about a pole cat??
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/ifyoucantfixit/polecat.jpg)
They are cute lil stinkers....
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Good point, Jeff. But, alas, my drag happens to be very slovenly. :-\
That's all right. If I ever did drag, it would have to be with a very heavy veil. ...
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Now as for what to call ourselves. How about the Riverton Tomcats? Why Tomcats? What's another name for a tomcat? What is a tomcat? A tomcat is a boy... Well, you get the idea I'm sure.
I can picture us wearing powder blue unies with white lettering.
C''mon -- Tomcats in powder blue -- you're such a girl!! ;D
**running**
So far -- good mascot ideas! I couldn't come up with all those! Ya'll are funny!
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I was thinking camo uniforms would be cute. ::)
(the regular tan and green color, not pink or blue) :P
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You talkin' to me? :laugh:
I said I listened to show tunes--classic Broadway--I didn't sing them.
I'm just joking with you Jeff :)
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So you're glad to be batting for my team, huh? So was that a subtle way of answering my question? :laugh:
Well, maybe if I would have answered your question in another way it would have embarrassed everyone including myself ;D
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We can have whatever color you all want.......at this point it doesn't matter to me ;)
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What does it mean when you feel more excited about writing someone else than who you are supposed to be interested in? Maybe you aren't supposed to feel that way when it is someone who you have been talking to for 7 years. But when that person only makes an appearance every weekend online on aol, and yes they make sure they make an appearance, what can it mean? What does it mean? I cannot understand.
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it COULD mean you're horny for that person
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What does it mean when you feel more excited about writing someone else than who you are supposed to be interested in? Maybe you aren't supposed to feel that way when it is someone who you have been talking to for 7 years. But when that person only makes an appearance every weekend online on aol, and yes they make sure they make an appearance, what can it mean? What does it mean? I cannot understand.
It means you have an emotional attachment to that person. Have you ever met this guy? Do you think you might?
I means that HE has an attachment to you too.
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Yes Gary I read your post on Truman's blog. Thank you. I really appreciate what you said. Also, you should have got a pm from me yesterday. Did you?
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Hey, Jack, this evening I learned that Laredo is available on DVD--at least, some episodes are. We could see Peter Brown again in all his handsome-young-cowboy glory! :D
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JACK WHERE ARE YOU? You didnt get et up by no bar didja..? Wake up!!!!
People dont hibernate either!!! ;)
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where IS Jack??? I had something to talk to him about... :( :( :(
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Well she said with the flip of the head...Uhh i guess yer gonna have ta talk to the hand????
Maybe those turkeys attacked him?
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Well she said with the flip of the head...Uhh i guess yer gonna have ta talk to the hand????
Maybe those turkeys attacked him?
not the TURKEYS!!!!
:o :o :o :o
it was just something we were discussing the other day....
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Hey Jack we just got Katrina and Nic's 2008 calender. I can officially bust juniours balls and call him Mr. October.
Even my mother says Katrina looks beautiful---and the girl at the diner took one look at juniour and squealed roflmao
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hey my fellow Shelton - I'm back online and looking forard to catching up with yuou - next stop the amazing race thread since I downloaded all the three episodes since 23rd (as I lost my connection before that) and had a marathon viewing session...
:-*
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Hey everybody. No the turkeys didn't attack me, but I did just see some of them running around outside. I have been kind of quiet since I have been trying to get used to the world of work again. My boss has been absolutely horrible this past week. I sure do wish people had to take training when they are put into a management position. Needless to say the whole week of work put me in a bad mood. I have found that getting into a bad mood has the effect of shedding bad light on everything. I actually could have gone on a trip to Virginia this weekend where I'm sure I would have and would be having a good time, but if I would have even breathed too hard yesterday I probably would have gotten fired. So all that together got me in a pretty down mood, but I guess you just have to roll with all the punches. I sure do want a different job though and that much is sure. Thanks to all of you for checking up on me.
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Hey, Jack, this evening I learned that Laredo is available on DVD--at least, some episodes are. We could see Peter Brown again in all his handsome-young-cowboy glory! :D
Hey that sounds great Jeff. Thanks for telling me. I will have to look that up. I wonder what I would think about the show now ;)
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Hey Jack we just got Katrina and Nic's 2008 calender. I can officially bust juniours balls and call him Mr. October.
Even my mother says Katrina looks beautiful---and the girl at the diner took one look at juniour and squealed roflmao
Hey Jack, did you make the calendar? Katrina is beautiful so your mother has great taste just like you. You all make up a beautiful family and I mean that.
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Hey everybody. No the turkeys didn't attack me, but I did just see some of them running around outside. I have been kind of quiet since I have been trying to get used to the world of work again. My boss has been absolutely horrible this past week. I sure do wish people had to take training when they are put into a management position. Needless to say the whole week of work put me in a bad mood. I have found that getting into a bad mood has the effect of shedding bad light on everything. I actually could have gone on a trip to Virginia this weekend where I'm sure I would have and would be having a good time, but if I would have even breathed too hard yesterday I probably would have gotten fired. So all that together got me in a pretty down mood, but I guess you just have to roll with all the punches. I sure do want a different job though and that much is sure. Thanks to all of you for checking up on me.
>:(
Bad bosses suck!
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Hey everybody. No the turkeys didn't attack me, but I did just see some of them running around outside. I have been kind of quiet since I have been trying to get used to the world of work again. My boss has been absolutely horrible this past week. I sure do wish people had to take training when they are put into a management position. Needless to say the whole week of work put me in a bad mood. I have found that getting into a bad mood has the effect of shedding bad light on everything. I actually could have gone on a trip to Virginia this weekend where I'm sure I would have and would be having a good time, but if I would have even breathed too hard yesterday I probably would have gotten fired. So all that together got me in a pretty down mood, but I guess you just have to roll with all the punches. I sure do want a different job though and that much is sure. Thanks to all of you for checking up on me.
Get me your bosse's number and I'll shoot him through the phone >:(
This sucks way too much. You need something to cheer you up a bit.
Let me start with a hug:
(((Jack)))
Now sumpthn funny. I know you like cats, so here we go:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZAHl5_LTGQ[/youtube]
Ok, the music is :P. But to me, the cats are funny like hell.
A little better yet?
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Need more cheering up? Want to really laugh your ass off? --> BetterMost can do this, too :)
Go there:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,478.0.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,478.0.html)
Take the time to read it from the beginning, so you'll know what it's about and won't miss any comment. It's SOOOOOOO worth it! I needed to go to the bathroom in between, I laughed so hard. My husband came checking on me if I'm all right. Oh, and how all right I was.
:laugh:
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Hey Jack, did you make the calendar? Katrina is beautiful so your mother has great taste just like you. You all make up a beautiful family and I mean that.
no, they were picked for it. It was a competition
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There was a competition? I had no idea...you should have both been on it..
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There was a competition? I had no idea...you should have both been on it..
no, it was through her weight loss program--she and nic were in it. They did such a good job they got picked for the calender and a tv commercial. I wasn't in it at all.
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Hey that sounds great Jeff. Thanks for telling me. I will have to look that up. I wonder what I would think about the show now ;)
I saw it listed in a catalogue from Critic's Choice Video.
http://www.ccvideo.com (http://www.ccvideo.com)
I think it's a selection of episodes, as opposed to the entire series.
I bet you'd still find it entertaining. That was my experience when I bought the first two seasons of my childhood favorite, Daniel Boone, on DVD.
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Jack, I just came by to say hello. I hope that you are doing better today.
I read what you wrote about your job. I don't know if I can say anything to cheer you up, but I do know exactly how you feel. I wish I could have a whole different career right away, not just a different job. So you are not alone, I totally understand.
Sending you good thoughts,
:)
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Get me your bosse's number and I'll shoot him through the phone >:(
This sucks way too much. You need something to cheer you up a bit.
Let me start with a hug:
(((Jack)))
Now sumpthn funny. I know you like cats, so here we go:
Ok, the music is :P. But to me, the cats are funny like hell.
A little better yet?
Thanks Chrissi :) Yes, the cats are very funny. I'm glad you sent that to me. Code even liked it since he jumped in my lap while it was playing ;)
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Sorry to hear you're feeling down and that you've had a hard week at work, Jack my friend.
Thank you Gary!!!!! That made me feel up.
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no, it was through her weight loss program--she and nic were in it. They did such a good job they got picked for the calender and a tv commercial. I wasn't in it at all.
I'd like to see the calendar. That was quite an accomplishment. You should have been in the calendar for all the moral support I am sure you gave to them.
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I saw it listed in a catalogue from Critic's Choice Video.
http://www.ccvideo.com (http://www.ccvideo.com)
I think it's a selection of episodes, as opposed to the entire series.
I bet you'd still find it entertaining. That was my experience when I bought the first two seasons of my childhood favorite, Daniel Boone, on DVD.
I may have to get that. I'm sure I would still find it entertaining. I looked on the site and it doesn't give much info, but it does seem to be a best of set. Oh yes, "Daniel Boone." Now I have not seen that in years and years. Wasn't it Fess Parker that played Daniel Boone?
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Jack, I just came by to say hello. I hope that you are doing better today.
I read what you wrote about your job. I don't know if I can say anything to cheer you up, but I do know exactly how you feel. I wish I could have a whole different career right away, not just a different job. So you are not alone, I totally understand.
Sending you good thoughts,
:)
Hey Cameron,
Thanks for stopping by and come back to visit often. It is great to see you here. Yes, I definitely need a new job that I can at least halfway enjoy. And it probably would be a bit of a career change too. Things where I work have been on a downward spiral for the last 4 years so I don't see them as getting any better. At least not for me. The big problem here in Asheville is the lack of jobs. It's a tourist/resort place so all the jobs are low paying. I wish you luck in your search for a new career too!
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Thank you Gary!!!!! That made me feel up.
made you feel up WHO??!?!
:o :o :-X :-X
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made you feel up WHO??!?!
:o :o :-X :-X
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Up as being opposed to being down ;D Jess, you got your mind in the gutter ;)
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Up as being opposed to being down ;D Jess, you got your mind in the gutter ;)
OH!!
oh...sure!! that was what you meant....sure...ok...I believe you...
;D ;D ;)
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I knew you would see what I meant ;D
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I knew you would see what I meant ;D
well knowing your upstanding and sober reputation as the pillar of the community and all.....
how COULD someone misinterpret your meaning as anything but naughty innocent!!
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I may have to get that. I'm sure I would still find it entertaining. I looked on the site and it doesn't give much info, but it does seem to be a best of set. Oh yes, "Daniel Boone." Now I have not seen that in years and years. Wasn't it Fess Parker that played Daniel Boone?
Sure enough it was. :D
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Hey buddy: it just occurs to me you need to take a hint from Jack Twist. Threaten to kick
that bosses ass "clean inta nex week." If he is pickin on you....? That is like picking on a little dog...
Yer supposed to carry them inside yer jacket... :-* :-* ;D ;D :laugh:
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((Jack))
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Good morning Jack!! Boo on your boss! He's probably having personal problems and bringing them to the job. Or maybe he's just an a**hole. :-\
How are you? Hope (other than the boss thing) everything else is peachy!! ;D
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Hi Jack. I send you some sunshine from beautiful Bavaria, where we had plenty today. Hope you are doing better. {{{{{Jack}}}}}
Dagi
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Hi Jack. I send you some sunshine from beautiful Bavaria, where we had plenty today. Hope you are doing better. {{{{{Jack}}}}}
Dagi
Thanks Dagi!!! I really appreciate that. I'm sure the sunshine in Bavaria is absolutely beautiful. And that will bring sunshine here since it is very cloudy here today and it feels like snow could be coming down at any time.
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Good morning Jack!! Boo on your boss! He's probably having personal problems and bringing them to the job. Or maybe he's just an a**hole. :-\
How are you? Hope (other than the boss thing) everything else is peachy!! ;D
Yes maybe I can send him to another planet :laugh: I do think he has lots of personal problems by just being him ;D The a**hole description is very fitting. Other than the boss everything else is great. I do still hate missing the trip I had planned for the weekend because of him, but there will be other ones I hope. How are you doing? I did stop by the sleepover club for awhile last night so I guess I got to go on a trip after all :)
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I have no idea why I woke up with this song in my mind. Maybe it was in a dream or something, but I have not even heard it in ages. Maybe there is a meaning there somewhere :) Here it is. Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightengale
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFPBaAxuzio[/youtube]
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Sorry the video doesn't!! And I wasn't calling you a dog...Just a sweet puppy. :-* :-* :-*
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Sorry the video doesn't!! And I wasn't calling you a dog...Just a sweet puppy. :-* :-* :-*
You're right Janice the video doesn't work. It says it is no longer available although it worked fine this morning. Hmmmmmm
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Sorry the video doesn't!! And I wasn't calling you a dog...Just a sweet puppy. :-* :-* :-*
OK, I found another video of the same song and edited the link so see if this one works :) And yes I know you meant a sweet puppy ;D
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Yeah now you're cookin...I like that song...
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Hiya Jack!
Finally caught up with your blog! Sorry to hear that the boss is such a prick!
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Hiya Jack!
Finally caught up with your blog! Sorry to hear that the boss is such a prick!
Hey Chuck, good to hear from you, and yes the boss is a prick. No doubt about that. He also prevented me from having a great time this past weekend >:( I can't forgive him for that. The good news is that I saw a job listing yesterday that appears to be quite good. However, me plus 100 other people will probably apply for it. Of course I could be lucky.
By the way, I know you are having a very special day coming soon, like tomorrow :)
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Thanks Gary!!! We shall see ;)
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Ya know what, Jack? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Give it a shot! Could be a great opportunity for you!
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How are you feeling today boy..Did you kick that boss's ass inta nex week? Or at least inta next
weekend? :-* sorry about that trip....... :-* :'(
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he just may be!
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No he's not keeping me chained to the desk. He is just being his normal self. I did get my resume in good shape today though for the other job. I'm an alumni of the school so I can use the career center. One of the career counselors down there helped me get my resume in tip top shape so that will be a big help (hopefully).
We are beginning to get the winter storm that was predicted. The ground is already getting pretty white so it looks like I may get snowed in up here in the cabin on the mountain :) It may be a mess of a storm and then it will probably be heading for you Truman and then you Chuck.
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No he's not keeping me chained to the desk. He is just being his normal self. I did get my resume in good shape today though for the other job. I'm an alumni of the school so I can use the career center. One of the career counselors down there helped me get my resume in tip top shape so that will be a big help (hopefully).
We are beginning to get the winter storm that was predicted. The ground is already getting pretty white so it looks like I may get snowed in up here in the cabin on the mountain :) It may be a mess of a storm and then it will probably be heading for you Truman and then you Chuck.
YAY!!
We are supposed to get some snow tonite too. Not expected to accumulate much. But I will hope!! Have fun if you get to stay home, Jack!! Code will like that. ;)
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He sure will like that. In fact he is asleep in my lap right now, very content.
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He sure will like that. In fact he is asleep in my lap right now, very content.
Awwww...he's a cuddler! ;)
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I have my fingers and toes crossed Jack.
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Well, we got absolutely zero snow today, Jack. :P
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Pull up your big girl panties, and get over it.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Just teasing. You want snow? How about I spray pant a box of corn flakes white, climb up on your roof, and sprinkle them right over your window? :P
To quote Jack Sparrow -- That is just maddeningly unhelpful.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x221/Shasta542/TONGUE.gif)
:-* :-* :-*
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Jack where are you?
You better get back here chaos has ensued...
Missed you this week buddy. Hope you are going to have some time over the weekend.. You just work too hard...
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/ifyoucantfixit/Family_eats.gif)
we are going to eat you out of house and home.....
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We got around 5 inches of snow yesterday and then we are going to get more tomorrow so it must be winter in the mountains of North Carolina..........now who said something about cuddling........... :)
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Well maybe not to Shasta, but you were to me since you were worried about me staying warm :)
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Do we have our minds in the same place Gary ;)
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Should this be in thoughts.........well nobody reads that.......so guess ramblings works better. I want to tell a story that is kind of strange. I went to the career center where I work at the university to get help with my resume. I then talked to someone about how I could look up jobs through their website. The woman there just randomly chose Modesta, California to show me how it worked. She let me know that there were lots of jobs there in my area. I told her how I had visited California and how much I liked it after she did that. So is that all just a coincidence? My big dream was to visit CA and finally after many, many years I did. Everyone said I would be so disappointed. I wasn't, not at all. I am almost avoiding people who live there that tell me that they saw this connection with me and there. Sorry Linda and others that is meant as a compliment, not an insult. It's funny to think how many friends I would suddenly have that close that I do not have now. The funny thing is that I absolutely love New York City, I really do, but I can't really see myself living there although I think it would take a couple of years living there to see all the things I want to see. I would never want to not have the chance of visiting NYC anytime I could. I guess California just had that effect on me that I always thought it would. I believe I always thought it would be southern California and I have not been there so who knows about that. I just know that there was this pull on me while I was there. Going out of San Francisco a little, I actually saw cows grazing in a pasture with the Pacific Ocean behind them, curvy roads, redwood trees, eucalyptus trees, and it was just beautiful to me. Within San Francisco Linda had a lemon tree in her backyard with small lemons, but there were many small lemons. There were stout Palm trees with big crowns not like the thin lanky kind that I am used to. People think that where I am from is the most beautiful place on earth and maybe it is. I guess maybe I just don't see what they see. Maybe I take it for granted.
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Life is full of tough choices isn't it, Jack. I wish I knew what to tell you....
{{Jack}}
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Thanks Jess!!!! I always know you are there for me regardless of my choices and that means a lot. Quite honestly I would leave here if it were not for the fact that my parents are getting pretty old. That is really the only thing that holds me here. And I guess even the cabin would only bring back memories even though they don't live with me. It is still a family place and without them around it would not be the same. Otherwise it might only be sad to me to look back and remember. I think somewhere in the back of my mind I am already sad that one day I will loose them. I am very close to them. Loosing them is going to hurt more than I can even think about.
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Yes Jack losing a parent is a live altering thing. Even worse would be if we had guilt associated with it. In other words
if you felt like you may have abandoned them in their later years. So when or if you decide to change your situation,
be sure you are ready to make all of the changes it requires..
I am sure that you will do that. I know you are not really a jump before you think kind of guy....but just saying.
If you really have that wanderlust. Maybe that is what you should do. I don't see you as a Modesto kind of guy however...
But use your own judgement...Its just not the beauty spot of california... Except for Gary of course.
But however you decide. Know that we will always support you... (http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/ifyoucantfixit/1.gif) s'alright
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Thanks Jess!!!! I always know you are there for me regardless of my choices and that means a lot. Quite honestly I would leave here if it were not for the fact that my parents are getting pretty old. That is really the only thing that holds me here. And I guess even the cabin would only bring back memories even though they don't live with me. It is still a family place and without them around it would not be the same. Otherwise it might only be sad to me to look back and remember. I think somewhere in the back of my mind I am already sad that one day I will loose them. I am very close to them. Loosing them is going to hurt more than I can even think about.
They may live to be a hundred...it is a dilemna....do what you want to do and hope for the best or put your dreams on hold waiting. Between the two I would say (in theory) to follow your dreams...only because I know I dont' want my son to give HIS up for me. I want him to have a full and happy life....
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Actually I don't know anything about Modesto. I'm not even sure exactly where it is since I have not looked at a map. I just thought it was so strange and funny that the career counselor just pulled that up from nowhere. It's one of those things that makes you wonder why or like the old song says "Things that make you go hmm"
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Regardless of what I decide to do it is so wonderful to have all the friends I have on here. You all are just great and it makes me feel so good to know that there are actually people out there that read what I say and actually care about what I do end up doing. Probably I will stay around here for the forseeable future and make many visits to places I do like and places that I have never been to before. Sometimes I wonder if that really is having the best of two worlds. I think about all the places Truman goes and all the places he sees. He makes that happen and I admire him for it.
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(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/ifyoucantfixit/99.gif)
You are the best Jack...the very best...Don't you EVER forget it.
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Sometimes I wonder if that really is having the best of two worlds. I think about all the places Truman goes and all the places he sees. He makes that happen and I admire him for it.
it's cool, isn't it? He told me he's been to all 50 states. that's so cool. I've often said that I'd like to drive cross country for 2 weeks in an RV, and see as much as I can.
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it's cool, isn't it? He told me he's been to all 50 states. that's so cool. I've often said that I'd like to drive cross country for 2 weeks in an RV, and see as much as I can.
Chuck you have the same exact thought as me. It has always been a dream of mine to drive cross country and see as much as I can. Wow, so Truman has been to all 50 states. That must be very nice and is something I hope to accomplish one day.
Here's a question for all of you. If you are flying and your plane lands in a place can you consider that as a place you have been? In my opinion you can; however, I had a discussion with this woman at work who says that doesn't count. When I flew to SF, my plane stopped in Minneapolis. It was a beautiful cloud free day and I definitely saw the skylines of both Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as the Minnesota countryside which by the way was beautiful. I even took pictures. She says that I cannot say that I was ever there which makes no sense to me. If I was never there then what did I see? Also since there was time between planes I was definitely on the ground there for awhile. Now coming back the plane stopped in Detroit. Unfortunately it was pretty dark so all I saw were lights and the outline of Lake Michigan. I guess I can understand how flying over a place may not be considered as ever being there, but if the plane lands does that not mean you have been to the place before? I am very curious as to people's thoughts.
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I can see both sides.
If you were physically in the place, then yes, you were there. But for me, I wouldn't count it for me unless I stayed there for some time (at least a day) and saw some sites.
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I can see both sides.
If you were physically in the place, then yes, you were there. But for me, I wouldn't count it for me unless I stayed there for some time (at least a day) and saw some sites.
That's a good point Chuck. One of the main things I like to do somewhere I visit is see the sites. So I guess stopping in a place could give you the idea of whether or not you want to go back and see the sites. I would say that I would definitely like to spend at least a couple of days in the Minneapolis area. However, I don't want to do that in the winter ;D although the pictures I have seen of all the snow are beautiful. But I still think I would take spring or summer ;)
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I would consider that you have been there!
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If you do something illegal, and the cops come and take you to jail.. They don't put you back in the plane
and arrest you at your final destination...You are arrested by the local police. You are under their jurisdiction..
Yes you are there all right................
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If I stop there -- I count it.
And I buy a keychain--or a magnet. LOL
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Of course you have been there. It counts.
Was the same for me last year, when I had a stopover in Philadelphia. I counted it. Well, on my way back home I missed my connection and had to stay the night in Philadelphia, but I would have counted it anyway. This year, I'll have a stopover in Milwaukee - and it counts! :)
And I will also count Wisconsin to the states I've been to.
We have an interactive map somewhere, where you can check the states you've been to and it shows you a map of the US with your states marked red.
And we have the same with the countries of the world.
I'll go and see if I can find it.
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Regardless of what I decide to do it is so wonderful to have all the friends I have on here. You all are just great and it makes me feel so good to know that there are actually people out there that read what I say and actually care about what I do end up doing. Probably I will stay around here for the forseeable future and make many visits to places I do like and places that I have never been to before. Sometimes I wonder if that really is having the best of two worlds. I think about all the places Truman goes and all the places he sees. He makes that happen and I admire him for it.
So can you Jack, so can we all - we just need to make a concerted effort, travelling is great if we have the time and money to do it but we dont always have that - there are other ways to enrich our lives - reading, chatting with other cultures either on here or on skype etc, learning new skills, volunteering etc.
Oh by the way - I passed through slovenia on the train while doing my euro trip - I kinda count that by saying I saw some lovely countryside but didn't actually stop anywhere and when in crotia i was meant to have a 20minute stopover in Zagreb, but we missed the train and aso we ended up having 5 hours there instead. I say I've been there as I did go see some stuff to waste some time!
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Here's the thread with the US map:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5775.0.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5775.0.html)
Heck, I even counted Montana, since I walked a few meters beyond that sign in LF! :laugh:
Edit:
I also found the one with the whole world:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5779.0.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5779.0.html)
Going to update that one now :).
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Hi, Jack! I just saw a cowboy from North Carolina win the PRB Bullriding championship at the rodeo in Denver. Do you know North Carolina very well? I would love to go there since I saw Last of the Mohicans and learned that that movie was filmed in North Carolina!!
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Of course you have been there. It counts.
Was the same for me last year, when I had a stopover in Philadelphia. I counted it. Well, on my way back home I missed my connection and had to stay the night in Philadelphia, but I would have counted it anyway. This year, I'll have a stopover in Milwaukee - and it counts! :)
And I will also count Wisconsin to the states I've been to.
We have an interactive map somewhere, where you can check the states you've been to and it shows you a map of the US with your states marked red.
And we have the same with the countries of the world.
I'll go and see if I can find it.
That would be great. I would love to see the map!!!
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Hi, Jack! I just saw a cowboy from North Carolina win the PRB Bullriding championship at the rodeo in Denver. Do you know North Carolina very well? I would love to go there since I saw Last of the Mohicans and learned that that movie was filmed in North Carolina!!
Yes Lee I know it pretty well since I have lived here all my life :) Did they say what town the cowboy was from? We have actually had several movies filmed near Asheville. I believe Last of the Mohicans was filmed around this area. So was Dirty Dancing and others. I do hope you get to visit here one day.
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That's great Chrissi!!! I will take a look. Yes, I definitely count Montana since I crossed back and forth over the state line several times. I made sure I could say I had been there :) I'm glad so many people agree with me that landing somewhere does count as being there. Like Gary says if I were not in Minneapolis then where was I ;D
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Hey Jack.................... :-* :-* I'll tell you the same thing Truman tells me...Toughen up, tell that lady
she is wrong.
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The Twilight Zone maybe? :laugh:
:o :laugh: :laugh: Now that was a scary show way back when!! That show caused me to be deathly afraid of ventriloquist dummies -- that and "Magic"!!
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Yes, that's where I was "The Twilight Zone." It was a scary show. Do you remember the episode where the creature was on the wing of the plane? It seems every time I fly I have a good view of the wing and I have thought about that before. Luckily, there have never been any creatures sitting out there :)
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Yes, that's where I was "The Twilight Zone." It was a scary show. Do you remember the episode where the creature was on the wing of the plane? It seems every time I fly I have a good view of the wing and I have thought about that before. Luckily, there have never been any creatures sitting out there :)
I remember that -- and later that episode was in the Twilight Zone movie, I think. How did they make that series so scary?!! :o I never wanted to watch it if I was the only one in the room! :P
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I remember that one, Jack. I think of that one every time I fly. :laugh:
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Morning Jack;; Hope your cranky boss is nicer this week. And hope you stay warm and safe. :-*
That was one of the sections they incorporated in the full length movie.
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I remember that one, Jack. I think of that one every time I fly. :laugh:
I'm glad I am not alone with that thought Chuck ;D The great thing is that I haven't seen anything like that yet :laugh:
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I should hope not!
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Well if I do that means I am in serious trouble either physically or mentally ;D
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Well if I do that means I am in serious trouble either physically or mentally ;D
or both....
and people wonder why I am scared to fly...
between the creatures on the wings, the UFOs and the plane crashes....I will take a horse instead thank you.
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Good morning lil darlin. :)
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Good Morning Janice and everyone else :)
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Morning Jack;; Hope your cranky boss is nicer this week. And hope you stay warm and safe. :-*
That was one of the sections they incorporated in the full length movie.
I sure do hope he is nicer this week too :) So far he has been ok, but we were off yesterday so I am not too far into the week yet. We shall see how it goes. I haven't seen him yet which is a good thing. The staying warm might be a harder thing since it is soooooooooo cold here. It may actually get to 30 today though so that means major heatwave ;) And yes the climate is one of the things that makes California so attractive to me.
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Good Morning Janice and everyone else :)
Um...Jack...it's 1:41PM...where were you last night sweetheart? Huh???? LOL
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or both....
and people wonder why I am scared to fly...
between the creatures on the wings, the UFOs and the plane crashes....I will take a horse instead thank you.
To tell you the truth Jess I feel about the same way with driving. I don't really mind riding with someone, but I have never been a fan of driving. I'm talking about a car, not a horse ;D I think going by car is great if you have a lot of time and can go about it in a relaxed way. For example, I have always wanted to take a nice long relaxed drive across the country. It would be wonderful to see all that is left of Route 66!!! What is not fun is to me is going through miles and miles of interstate where everything basically looks the same. The kind of traveling that gives the feeling that the next distance road sign will say the next town is 57 miles when the last sign that felt it was many, many miles back said 61. If I am going to go to a particular city or town I would so much rather get on a plane and be to my destination without wasting all the time of driving. Even with the hassles of flying I still think it is a better choice in many instances. When I know I can be in San Francisco by plane as quick as I can be in Myrtle Beach, SC by car the flying becomes quite attractive. Or I can be in New York City quicker than I can be in Charlotte, NC which is only a little over 100 miles away. Now, did I always think this way? No. 3 1/2 years ago I had not flown anywhere since I was a small child. I had a fear of flying, but it was not one of the common fears. It had nothing to do with crashing or even terrorists. It had to do with the idea that I thought it would make me sick and I would feel claustrophobic. It did not so I have been fine with it ever since. It does make me feel a little strange sometimes but I think that is due to air pressure that everyone experiences somewhat. I do hate going through the security and baggage checks though. But because I have overcome this fear I now have a whole big world to see that was almost impossible before. And don't worry about the creatures on the wing. I think the wind would blow them off unless of course they are very, very strong ;)
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Um...Jack...it's 1:41PM...where were you last night sweetheart? Huh???? LOL
The Twilight Zone of course :) And it would have been morning to Janice since she is 3 hours behind. I actually behaved myself quite well last night and went to bed early. What about you?
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The Twilight Zone of course :) And it would have been morning to Janice since she is 3 hours behind. I actually behaved myself quite well last night and went to bed early. What about you?
Too old to misbehave...LOL
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Too old to misbehave...LOL
men are never too old to misbehave....us women of course grow out of misbehaving in grade school...
(where is the angel with the halo emoticon??)
;D ;D
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men are never too old to misbehave
Tell that to Little Jeff Wrangler. ... ;D
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men are never too old to misbehave....
I certainly hope so.
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A song for Heath and for Jackie
When I Get Where I'm Going
by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
When I get where I'm going
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly.
I'm gonna land beside a lion,
and run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
(Chorus:)
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.
I'm gonna walk with my grandaddy,
and he'll match me step for step,
and I'll tell him how I missed him,
every minute since he left.
Then I'll hug his neck.
(Chorus)
So much pain and so much darkness,
in this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
so much work to do.
But when I get where I'm going,
and I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
there'll be only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I will love and have no fear.
When I get where I'm going.
Yeah when I get where I'm going.
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cool lyrics, Jack. Never heard that one before. Thanks for posting it, and the vid, Gary.
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Garycottle, that video not longer available?
Do you know why?
You singing in it?
Hugs!
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Of course you could carry a tune Gary even if it were in a bucket. That might start a whole new craze :)
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When I heard that song "When I Get Where I'm Going" it was really strange cause I was driving to work and it was almost as if both Heath and Jackie were saying the words. In some way it almost seemed as if they were both telling me they were ok and that everything was ok. But I still cannot see any scene from Brokeback Mountain without it breaking me up immediately. It used to be that seeing any scenes did put a lump in my throat, but now it is much stronger, especially those of Ennis. And the music.....I cannot handle that. One scene in particular that used to have very litte effect on me was when Ennis and Alma are getting married. I used to just be sorry that it was happening cause I wanted him to be with Jack, but now it is a sad scene to me. Another scene that hits me much harder now is when Ennis and Alma are sledding down the hill and they turn over. That smile Ennis gives to Alma when he wipes the snow out of her face breaks me up now. And again it didn't used to cause I was wanting him to be doing that to Jack, not Alma.
Are any of the scenes different for any of you since the death of Heath?
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I wish I could say something to comfort you Jack.
Just know I'm here if you wish to talk.
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I have to quote these words from Rodney and Adam about Heath and Jackie in my own blog cause it means that much to me:
" HEATH LEDGER realized the vision of Ennis Del Mar and brought him to reality in the filmed version of Annie Proulx's short story. He had the courage and vision to accept and embrace this role, which many had turned down. Without Heath, there would be no Ennis Del Mar, and perhaps no film that reached millions with its message of love, compassion, equality, and acceptance for all.
JACKIE PASCARELLA carried the Brokeback message into our lives through her loving presence online, at gatherings nationwide, and through many personal correspondences. Her visions of peace and acceptance resonated in her perpetual smile, a warm heart expressive and open to anyone she met."
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I wish I could say something to comfort you Jack.
Just know I'm here if you wish to talk.
Thank you Cousin Kelda, that is what I am going to start calling you :) I am doing ok and I am carrying on. This just hit me like more than a ton of bricks. It is just hard for me to understand how this could have happened, but I am ok, and having friends like you and everyone else here helps beyond what I could put into words. Thank you.
Jack
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Cousin Kelda. I like it. :-*
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I think it has a nice sound too Cousin Kelda ;)
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Thank you Cousin Kelda, that is what I am going to start calling you :) I am doing ok and I am carrying on. This just hit me like more than a ton of bricks. It is just hard for me to understand how this could have happened, but I am ok, and having friends like you and everyone else here helps beyond what I could put into words. Thank you.
Jack
Good to hear that you are doing a little better, Jack. :-*
Dagi
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Hi there Jack,
Hope you're feeling a bit better today. Wish I knew what to say to make the hurt go away.
Hugs,
Gary
Did you mean that to rhyme!? :P
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Thank you Gary and Dagi!!! And it does rhyme and I like that. I hope both of you are doing better too. I really appreciate all the support both of you and Kelda and others have given me. Your posts and your PMs mean very much to me :)
Jack
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Cousin Kelda says hello
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Good morning, Jack. {{{{{Jack}}}}}
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Good morning, Jack. {{{{{Jack}}}}}
Good Morning everyone and thanks for the very big hug Shasta :)
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Good morning,, Jack. Hope you are feeling okay. Big hug, I´m thinking of you.
Dagi
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Here´s a little something to cheer you up. It´s from Eddie Izzard.
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rotflmao!
Death by tray! Dagi, that was hysterical!
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;D Glad you liked it, Chuck!
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this tray is wet! So is this one! So is this one! did you dry them off in a rain forrest?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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jack, i hope you are in a better place today. i am always thinking of you. you know i am. you are such a precious soul. i love
you and care about you very much. life goes on doesn't it. no matter what we have to deal with. love you darlin. [[[[[[jack]]]]]]]
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hi Jack!!
again!!
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Thank you all.......You are each one such a good and special friend. I am very thankful for each of you.
Jack
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****Hi Jack**** :)
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Jack needs some extra care...SOOOO
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Heres you a cuddle bunny
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HI there Jack,
it´s been a sunny day here, and I send you some of the warming rays to wrap and cheer you up. :)
Dagi
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Jack, I need you to come and Hijack me. Innerested? :laugh:
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Jack, I need you to come and Hijack me. Innerested? :laugh:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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*peeks in, looks around*
where's Jack been? ???
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Jack-0- Jack - where are yooo-hooo!?!
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Hey sweetie. We are going to have to send the posse after you. Come on back now ya hear.
(((((((((((((((Jack)))))))))))))))) I dont think you want me to start to sing...in point
of fact, I know you dont. Knock knock we brought
lunch.
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Hey Everybody, I have returned and it sure does make me feel good that people missed me and left such great nice posts. I really appreciate it more than you know. I can't really say what kind of mood I have been in for the past while cause I don't really know. It's kind of this just getting through the day thing and I haven't felt much like talking about anything. Obviously it is related to Heath's passing and seeing all the negative media coverage and just all of it in general. But I know I have to move on and obviously I have some GREAT friends to help me do that. Right in the middle of all this I had a job interview Wednesday for the job that I thought would be good. It turned out that the job sounded pretty bad and I think I have it better at the job I am at now. I know I didn't do that great at the interview, but I didn't really care since I figured out quickly I didn't want the job. Now watch them offer it to me ;D
So anyway I am trying to make this weird mood pass on and I think it is. I'm not sure if that is one of those steps you are supposed to go through when something happens that put you into a grief state. Janice called me today on the phone and that sure was a BIG help. Thank You Janice!!! She reminded me that there is really nothing we can do to help Heath at this point. Whatever happened happened and he is gone. But we still have him in all of his performances and we especially still have him in our movie Brokeback. Nobody can ever take that away. Sometimes it surprises me that this hit me this hard, but it sure did. It was like a ton of bricks. I really admired the man and the things he stood for. I had read so much about him way before this happened. But the thing is Brokeback and Heath brought me to all of you and in the end that is what is important. I sincerely do appreciate all of you.
Jack
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*Jess props her hands on her hips and glares at Jack*
It is ABOUT time you wandered back this direction!!!
{{{{{{{{Jack}}}}}}}}}}
You made us worried!!
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Glad you're back! {{{{{{{JACK}}}}}}}
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Thanks Jess and Shasta :) You know I couldn't forget about you all. I'm very lucky to have such great friends!!! That would be called being blessed.
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Thanks Jess and Shasta :) You know I couldn't forget about you all. I'm very lucky to have such great friends!!! That would be called being blessed.
or cursed....however you want to look at it.....
;D ;D ;D
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Good to see you back!
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Good to see you back!
Thanks Chuck and thanks for checking in on me :) Hope all is going well for you. I have lots to catch up over at your place too.
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or cursed....however you want to look at it.....
;D ;D ;D
:laugh: :-*
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or cursed....however you want to look at it.....
;D ;D ;D
No definitely not cursed ;D
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Hi there Jack! ;D Glad to see you here. We were starting to worry, but it's completely understandable that you needed a few days to yourself. We all need to process our grief in our own way.
Sorry that job turned out not the be what you hoped. :( Don't give up. You'll find something that suits you one of these days.
Hugs,
Gary
Hey Gary!!! Thank you too for checking in on me. I didn't know anyone would miss me, but they did. That sure made me feel good. Yes I still feel really sad about the whole thing, but I just have to learn how to deal with that and the answer to that is to not push anyone away. That would be a big mistake. As far as the job goes, that was about the worst possible time for a job interview to come up. So it was good I did not want it. I got the letter in the mail yesterday saying that I was not the person they chose. What they didn't know is that the feeling was mutual :laugh: Yes, you are right I will find something suitable one of these days. I want to do something different so leaving for another job doing the basic same thing except worse would not be the right thing. It had a benefit though in that I don't see my present job as being as bad as what I had thought :)
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Hi Jack,
of course you are missed when you are away. :) Good to see you back. Take your time, you'll be alright, I'm sure. I'm thinking of you. I posted some pictures in my blog, come check them out.
Dagi
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Thanks Dagi and I will definitely come over and check out the pictures :)
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I just saw where AOL where Moviefone voted "Brokeback Mountain" as number 12 of the top 25 romance movies of all time. Although of course I rate it as #1 I thought this was pretty good since all the other movies are about straight romances. I have a feeling the movie will move up on this list as time goes by. Here is a link to it:
http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/best-romance-movies
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That is great, but I agree with you Jack.
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Hey Janice, I've been wondering where you have been. Did you go to Denver? I saw you were on the list.
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Hey Jack.. i miss seeing you every day... janice
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Hey Janice, I've been around, but not a whole lot the past couple of days. I had a big (math) test I had to get ready for and take before midnight last night. And now I'm sleepy. 5am comes real early when you go to bed after midnight ;)
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Happy Valentine's Day (on Thursday), Jack!
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY HONEY
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Happy Valentine's Day, Jack!
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These mean so much to me. Not being one of the popular ones it means a hell of a lot
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These mean so much to me. Not being one of the popular ones it means a hell of a lot
You're kidding.
Jack -- You ARE popular!!
If you're not popular, then that makes me practically invisible!!! :P
(When people come to the Sleepover Club -- they always ask where is Susie -- Susie, Susie, Susie -- never where is Shasta!!)
Who was in the can-can show with Chuck?
Who is gone for awhile and everyone is looking for him?
Who got a funny Valentine?
Everybody loves you -- you silly. ::)
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It's funny how I ever ended up here, just seeing pictures of what the BBQ 2007 would be, the pictures of where BBM happened. The forum never led me here, the pictures that I saw did. Unlike most others, I ended up here because of those pictures. I wanted to see where Jack and Ennis were from or at least where their characters and the landscape came from. Sometimes I see battles between people, battles that turn ugly, and I wonder why. Is that the way it should be? People that for whatever reason become popular while others don't. And the answer to that is I don't really know. Some people express their their thoughts and feelings to the upmost of what they can and what they hope someone will see. But for some, just in real life, those thoughts nobody ever reads or thinks about. After all, you have to be popular for someone to read it anyway. If not you are just writing something that only you will see. And that is life.
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These mean so much to me. Not being one of the popular ones it means a hell of a lot
ouch, you too? I never got valentines when I was growing up...
{{Jack}}
where you been hiding, big guy?
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Thank you Shasta, you know for sure that I consider you one of my best friends..........ain't no doubt about that. When I was talking about popular, I meant more about those of us who attend events and those who don't. I think I am going to stay on the side of not attending. Hell, I don't want to be popular, that is for the high school age people.
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It's funny how I ever ended up here, just seeing pictures of what the BBQ 2007 would be, the pictures of where BBM happened. The forum never led me here, the pictures that I saw did. Unlike most others, I ended up here because of those pictures. I wanted to see where Jack and Ennis were from or at least where their characters and the landscape came from. Sometimes I see battles between people, battles that turn ugly, and I wonder why. Is that the way it should be? People that for whatever reason become popular while others don't. And the answer to that is I don't really know. Some people express their their thoughts and feelings to the upmost of what they can and what they hope someone will see. But for some, just in real life, those thoughts nobody ever reads or thinks about. After all, you have to be popular for someone to read it anyway. If not you are just writing something that only you will see. And that is life.
you are feeling blue tonight...
I am sorry, Jack.
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It's funny how I ever ended up here, just seeing pictures of what the BBQ 2007 would be, the pictures of where BBM happened. The forum never led me here, the pictures that I saw did. Unlike most others, I ended up here because of those pictures. I wanted to see where Jack and Ennis were from or at least where their characters and the landscape came from. Sometimes I see battles between people, battles that turn ugly, and I wonder why. Is that the way it should be? People that for whatever reason become popular while others don't. And the answer to that is I don't really know. Some people express their their thoughts and feelings to the upmost of what they can and what they hope someone will see. But for some, just in real life, those thoughts nobody ever reads or thinks about. After all, you have to be popular for someone to read it anyway. If not you are just writing something that only you will see. And that is life.
I don't either. I think we just wind up talking past each other....I know I have gotten into arguments with people lately only to find as the arguement continued that we weren't even talking about the same things...it is almost as if we are talking two different languages. Standing on our shores staring across and not knowing how to get to each other... :-\ :-\
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you are feeling blue tonight...
I am sorry, Jack.
Hey Jess, I am ok, but I do know that I feel that my trips in the future should be ones I plan and not the events. That works out better for me. I am working on a wonderful California trip that will be by myself.
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Hey Jess, I am ok, but I do know that I feel that my trips in the future should be ones I plan and not the events. That works out better for me. I am working on a wonderful California trip that will be by myself.
*nods*
the gatherings can be so much pressure....so many expectations and so much intensity. For some people that can be draining and painful.
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Jess, several of us share the ability to do things on our own. It seems in ways that those people are becoming the ones who look at my threads.
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Jess, several of us share the ability to do things on our own. It seems in ways that those people are becoming the ones who look at my threads.
yes, My own forum has slowed to nothing since Garry left. :-\
but that is ok. I just go around and talk to my friends in their blogs!! (like now!)
;)
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I gotta head to bed....gotta get up early to go to work...
good night Jack
sweet dreams
{{{{{Jack}}}}}}
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yes, My own forum has slowed to nothing since Garry left. :-\
but that is ok. I just go around and talk to my friends in their blogs!! (like now!)
;)
I thought you CLOSED that store Jess!! I saw the sign hanging out front and the rocking chairs are gone too! >:(
Hi Jack sweetie!! Yes you are too popular!!
And Shasta, she left me alone over at HER club!! How wude is that? YES I SAID "WUDE"!!!
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Et tu Jack? :'( :'(
Shasta zipped out the front door and now you've done it too!! :laugh:
I guess we now know who the unpopular one is around here, and his name begins with D! :-\
;) ;)
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Thank you Shasta, you know for sure that I consider you one of my best friends..........ain't no doubt about that. When I was talking about popular, I meant more about those of us who attend events and those who don't. I think I am going to stay on the side of not attending. Hell, I don't want to be popular, that is for the high school age people.
Oh. OK. Well -- just so you know that you're loved!! :-* :-*
I want to meet Brokies, but I haven't been to any events. ::)
#1 -- I'm a homebody.
#2 -- I don't have a lot of expendable income.
So, I love seeing the pictures of the events!! ;D
If you take a CA trip, you can probably meet and greet lots of Brokies on your own schedule. That'd be fun too if you get the chance. :)
{{{{{{{{{{JACK}}}}}}}}}} Good nite, Jack. I'll see ya later.
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I thought you CLOSED that store Jess!! I saw the sign hanging out front and the rocking chairs are gone too! >:(
Hi Jack sweetie!! Yes you are too popular!!
And Shasta, she left me alone over at HER club!! How wude is that? YES I SAID "WUDE"!!!
OH -- I had to try to find some ways to get rid of a mouse. I've put out ammonia now to run him off. I can hear the little critter just walkin' around amongst papers and things. OMG -- he sounds huge!!! I got both my Yorkies (who are supposed to be ratters) in here and they were worthless!!! My first Yorkie that I had years ago would NOT give up until she'd caught any mouse who had the audacity to show up. These two were like -- I need a nap. LOL. So I'm not wude -- just distracted!!!! I love you David!! :-* :-* :-*
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OH -- I had to try to find some ways to get rid of a mouse. I've put out ammonia now to run him off. I can hear the little critter just walkin' around amongst papers and things. OMG -- he sounds huge!!! I got both my Yorkies (who are supposed to be ratters) in here and they were worthless!!! My first Yorkie that I had years ago would NOT give up until she'd caught any mouse who had the audacity to show up. These two were like -- I need a nap. LOL. So I'm not wude -- just distracted!!!! I love you David!! :-* :-* :-*
Well! That's better. I thought you had abandoned me Shasta. I was feeling QUITE offended! ;)
EEK! A mouse!! Yes, I hate those little devils! I sometimes battle them too at my house. I never thought about using ammonia. That's a good idea Shasta!
Until he leaves, just put your feet up on a stool or an ottoman. I hate it when they bolt past and brush against my feet! Ugh! :P
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Well! That's better. I thought you had abandoned me Shasta. I was feeling QUITE offended! ;)
EEK! A mouse!! Yes, I hate those little devils! I sometimes battle them too at my house. I never thought about using ammonia. That's a good idea Shasta!
Until he leaves, just put your feet up on a stool or an ottoman. I hate it when they bolt past and brush against my feet! Ugh! :P
I found it on the net -- they also suggested lots of BOUNCE sheets. I'm gonna put some of those out too. Fox urine was another suggestion -- something that I don't have around the house at
the present. :P :o :laugh:
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As far as it goes I don't care who goes to Wyoming or who shares what. The "popular" people can go and not have to worry about musical cars, beds, etc. I have my own plans and that is the way I want it. When I spend vacation I want to spend it the way I want to. And those plans for me are California and New York with Chicago as the possible substitute for BBQ 2008. I do want to go to Alberta 2009 only cause I want to see the places BBM was filmed. I have pretty much decided I ain't going to Wyoming cause I am sure not going to end up in some filthy floor in some sleeping bag that was maybe cleaned in 1969 with a dog ringing its bell next to me in the the room next to me while my roommates are having a great time while I am saying to myself that I wouldn't put my neighbor's dog in that situation. Wyoming was a beautiful place, I am glad I saw the part I did, I would like to see the rest of it, but I sure as hell ain't going through that night again. Period. Popular or not I don't deserve that or the fact that I chose to be nice and not claim part of the bed did not deserve what I got. Damn at least I could have been in the floor among people I was having a good time partying with which was there in other rooms. So in New York City I can stay at the voted dirtiest hotel in the United States, The Hotel Carter, and still fare better. There ain't no way that it could be worse then the floor at whatever that was in Wyoming. However, I will be staying at the Westin Times Square.
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I found it on the net -- they also suggested lots of BOUNCE sheets. I'm gonna put some of those out too. Fox urine was another suggestion -- something that I don't have around the house at
the present. :P :o :laugh:
FOX URINE?? Where the hell do you buy fox urine at? God, I've never heard of such a thing! :laugh:
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Wow, thanks everybody, I guess I am popular with the people who matter..........and I do mean that!!!!!!!!!!!
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As far as it goes I don't care who goes to Wyoming or who shares what. The "popular" people can go and not have to worry about musical cars, beds, etc. I have my own plans and that is the way I want it. When I spend vacation I want to spend it the way I want to. And those plans for me are California and New York with Chicago as the possible substitute for BBQ 2008. I do want to go to Alberta 2009 only cause I want to see the places BBM was filmed. I have pretty much decided I ain't going to Wyoming cause I am sure not going to end up in some filthy floor in some sleeping bag that was maybe cleaned in 1969 with a dog ringing its bell next to me in the the room next to me while my roommates are having a great time while I am saying to myself that I wouldn't put my neighbor's dog in that situation. Wyoming was a beautiful place, I am glad I saw the part I did, I would like to see the rest of it, but I sure as hell ain't going through that night again. Period. Popular or not I don't deserve that or the fact that I chose to be nice and not claim part of the bed did not deserve what I got. Damn at least I could have been in the floor among people I was having a good time partying with which was there in other rooms. So in New York City I can stay at the voted dirtiest hotel in the United States, The Hotel Carter, and still fare better. There ain't no way that it could be worse then the floor at whatever that was in Wyoming. However, I will be staying at the Westin Times Square.
Jack's back!!! YAY!!!!!
Jack, to be perfectly honest with you, I'm not really tempted to attend any of those events either. I thought I was the only one. But actually I think many of us feel the same way you do. There's nothing wrong with it, but it isn't for all of us, is it?
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Wow, thanks everybody, I guess I am popular with the people who matter..........and I do mean that!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I house sit for you while you're gone to CA? ;D Just kiddin'!
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Wow, thanks everybody, I guess I am popular with the people who matter..........and I do mean that!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course you are sweetie!! :)
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FOX URINE?? Where the hell do you buy fox urine at? God, I've never heard of such a thing! :laugh:
Probably at Wal-Mart!
It said that foxes are natural enemies of mice, so fox urine would run them off. I know hunters can buy deer urine to attract deer, so maybe you can buy fox urine to get rid of mice. That would be better than inviting a fox in to pee. ;)
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Probably at Wal-Mart!
It said that foxes are natural enemies of mice, so fox urine would run them off. I know hunters can buy deer urine to attract deer, so maybe you can buy fox urine to get rid of mice. That would be better than inviting a fox in to pee. ;)
Do you have a cat Shasta? Why not harvest some of his pee in a bottle and save 10 bucks in the deal?
Or if it's Walmart it's probably $9.86. :laugh:
I can't imagine anyone selling urine! Can you? Cats are a natural predator of mice too. Just have him pee in a bottle, pour it around your kitchen and pray for daylight.
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I'm too shy to go to those group things. I'm sure I'd end up sitting in the corner by myself and feeling like crap.
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Jump on in honey! Right now we're talking about cat pee. Not exactly Oxford material is it? ;)
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Do you have a cat Shasta? Why not harvest some of his pee in a bottle and save 10 bucks in the deal?
Or if it's Walmart it's probably $9.86. :laugh:
I can't imagine anyone selling urine! Can you? Cats are a natural predator of mice too. Just have him pee in a bottle, pour it around your kitchen and pray for daylight.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
No cat. My cat 17 year old cat Ripley died last September.
Maybe I need to borrow a cat for a few days! Hire it as a mousecatcher!! :laugh:
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If those damned Yorkies weren't such prima donnas! They could earn their keep by catching mice. :laugh: :laugh:
Hmmm...I guess it's I who have spoiled the little divas. ;D
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Yorkies catching mice? I don't know about that Shasta. If those Yorkies are anything like my Golden Retriever, they will just lay there and act "entertained". Cody will perk up and watch, but he doesn't pursue.
He just lays there as his master stands horrified atop the dining room table. >:(
Now my cat Oreo, he pursues but he doesn't catch. He just makes a lot of noise. :laugh:
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Aww Thanks David. And it's okay. I'm not working at the Oxford level tonight. :laugh:
Neither are we!! :laugh:
Oh, and thanks for the PM buddy!! :)
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Are we talking about Cody the dog or Code the cat?
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Yorkies catching mice? I don't know about that Shasta. If those Yorkies are anything like my Golden Retriever, they will just lay there and act "entertained". Cody will perk up and watch, but he doesn't pursue.
He just lays there as his master stands horrified atop the dining room table. >:(
Now my cat Oreo, he pursues but he doesn't catch. He just makes a lot of noise. :laugh:
Yorkies were bred just for that reason -- they guarded factories in Yorkshire against rodent infestation. It's supposed to be in their instincts!
My first darling Yorkie would alert at first sniff. She would not be put off. She relentlessly pursued all mice until she caught them. She'd grab the mouse, shake it a couple of times, and then lay it down -- every time. She was a little mouse assassin!! But these two -- yeah. They are like you said. No help whatsoever!
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Has David changed his name?
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To Atreyu
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Has David changed his name?
Yup! It's me Jack! :)
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Has David changed his name?
Yes. And I don't know how to pronounce it in my mind. That bugs me when I don't know how to accent something. How do you say that, David?
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How do you like my transfiguration? ;)
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I like your new name David
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Yes. And I don't know how to pronounce it in my mind. That bugs me when I don't know how to accent something. How do you say that, David?
You pronounce it "ah-TRAY-you" Shasta! :)
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I like your new name David
Why thank you Jack! That's the first time I've heard (or read) someone say it!! Thanks sweetie!! :D
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That works
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Hey, you are definitely welcome, I am glad to know it is you
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You pronounce it "ah-TRAY-you" Shasta! :)
YAY! That's how I've been reading it. :) Is it a Native American name?
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Hey, you are definitely welcome, I am glad to know it is you
Yup! It's your good buddy David, Jack! :)
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Let me tell everyone here that Shasta is a very special person. You talk about someone who cares about other people, well that is her.
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Yup! It's your good buddy David, Jack! :)
I am glad you are here David......and yes I will try not to bypass Indiana when I am near there again ;D
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Let me tell everyone here that Shasta is a very special person. You talk about someone who cares about other people, well that is her.
Awww...you're gonna make me cry. That's so sweet! Thank you, Jack.
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YAY! That's how I've been reading it. :) Is it a Native American name?
Atreyu is a charater from The Neverending Story. Yes, he is Native American Shasta. His parents were killed by the Purple Buffalo and he was summoned by the Childlike Empress to save the kingdom of Fantastica (Fantasia in the movie) along with the help of a young boy named Bastian. :)
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I think I said, maybe not, that I am thinking about changing the Wyoming trip to a Chicago trip, is that near you?
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I am glad you are here David......and yes I will try not to bypass Indiana when I am near there again ;D
If you bypass Indiana a SECOND time Jack I really will be insutled!! ;)
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I think I said, maybe not, that I am thinking about changing the Wyoming trip to a Chicago trip, is that near you?
Jack, Chicago is about 200 miles north of me, so yes, it is farily close to Indianapolis. :)
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I will not bypass Indiana I promise, I would like to see Indianapolis, I have heard there has been a lot done to revitalize the city
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Lord have mercy, I just reread my posts and my spelling is appalling!! I think I'm getting tired ya'll!
Take care Jack and Shasta!! Have a good one everybody!! :)
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And I need to add Indiana to my map :)
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If you bypass Indiana a SECOND time Jack I really will be insutled!! ;)
It will probably insult him too.
(I'm just glad he didn't say insluted!) :P ;D
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Here's a big ol' bear hug to you Jack. Thanks for being such a sweetheart!
Good night to you and David. Sweet dreams!
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I'm still here
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Gosh! It's 2 AM here -- so it's 3 there! You are a night owl tonite! I'm going to turn in -- gettin' sleepy. Take care and I'll see ya tomorrow, Jack! ;)
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I'm still going, I think Gerard needs to bring you something Shasta........well he already brought me something........and we won't even talk about what he said for later. ;D You got you a good one in Gerard!!!
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Here's what I plan on for travel this spring and summer, but I have no dates yet. I am going to Los Angeles for a week, then take a train to San Francisco and stay for a week. That way I will see a lot of California....my favorite state right now. I will go to New York City like I did last year for a week..........did I say I love NYC....and there is so much more I want to see.....yes my favorite city. And then I want to go to Chicago, that one is still up in the air, but the plane can take care of that. If I do this I will visit the top 3 cities in the United States.
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And actually Chicago is not a minor thing since it beats out the UK and Wyoming ;D
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Here's what I plan on for travel this spring and summer, but I have no dates yet. I am going to Los Angeles for a week, then take a train to San Francisco and stay for a week. That way I will see a lot of California....my favorite state right now. I will go to New York City like I did last year for a week..........did I say I love NYC....and there is so much more I want to see.....yes my favorite city. And then I want to go to Chicago, that one is still up in the air, but the plane can take care of that. If I do this I will visit the top 3 cities in the United States.
>:( >:( >:(
Whachootalkinbout, WILLIS!!
I don't see DALLAS anywhere on that list there....
top three cities in the US my granny's fanny!!!
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Well I would love to go to Dallas.........but I can't do that Jess. I could do that, but it would feel kind of weird. And when I say the top three cities I mean in population which wouldn't have anything to do with your granny's fanny :)
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Happy Valentine's Day, Jack!
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That sure is a good pic Chuck!!! Where did you get that?
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Here's what I plan on for travel this spring and summer, but I have no dates yet. I am going to Los Angeles for a week, then take a train to San Francisco and stay for a week. That way I will see a lot of California....my favorite state right now. I will go to New York City like I did last year for a week..........did I say I love NYC....and there is so much more I want to see.....yes my favorite city. And then I want to go to Chicago, that one is still up in the air, but the plane can take care of that. If I do this I will visit the top 3 cities in the United States.
What a great trip! I've never visited NYC or Chicago. Or SF for that matter, but I've been to LA and I loved it. I hope I get to go back one day. Friends who've gone to Chicago just love their trip and the sights and museums there. And NYC would be overload for me -- I'd love to visit there too. Memphis is the biggest place I get to with any regularity. Not tons of culture, but lots of fun and some mighty fine eatin'.
Anyway -- I hope there will be pictures posted when you get back, mister! ;D
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And actually Chicago is not a minor thing since it beats out the UK and Wyoming ;D
:-\ What the heck is in Chicago?? (Sorry ineed...)
>:(
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:-\ What the heck is in Chicago?? (Sorry ineed...)
>:(
:laugh:
Sights to see in the Windy City:
http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions.htm (http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions.htm)
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Thanks Gary!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great video and what a wonderful city. Thanks for thinking of me.
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I guess we now know who the unpopular one is around here, and his name begins with D! :-\
awwwwww.....don't feel that way!
I don't think we've met, David. My name's Chuck. I'm the silly/fun guy here.
slightly crazy too!
*shakes hands*
Hope you're feeling better by the time you read this. If not, maybe this will help.
*walks over, tickles David*
Chuck>>>(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/_tickle.gif)<<<David
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:laugh:
Sights to see in the Windy City:
http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions.htm (http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions.htm)
This is a great site Shasta. Thanks for pointing it out.
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awwwwww.....don't feel that way!
I don't think we've met, David. My name's Chuck. I'm the silly/fun guy here.
slightly crazy too!
*shakes hands*
Hope you're feeling better by the time you read this. If not, maybe this will help.
*walks over, tickles David*
Chuck>>>(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/_tickle.gif)<<<David
You know David, Chuck ;D Or did you just say that so you could tickle him
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Wow, thanks everybody, I guess I am popular with the people who matter..........and I do mean that!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack, as someone who always wanted to be liked/popular (but never was), I can tell you it's MUCH better to be loved by a few than have many casual friends.
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Happy Valentine's Day, Jack!
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That sure is a good pic Chuck!!! Where did you get that?
I found it on PhotoBucket. I did a search that was "gay cowboy". I was hoping for some rodeo shots. That was one of the first ones to pop up, and I loved it! I put it on all the blogs with Valentine's greetings.
Oh, btw, LMAO at Atreyu = Mod David. I thought he was someone I hadn't run into. I looked at his post count, and thought, "How did he post so much and me not run into him?"
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Hey Jack. it seems your blog has been very busy today/ I dont know where you
get the idea you arent popular. Did someone send you a poison pen letter. Speaking of
sending you stuff. Did you ever get my card i remailed to you??
Just think of it. Without you going to the trip to Wyoming, we would n oever have
met. I think of you as one of my best friends here at Bettermost. You know i love you.There are many here that do also. Same goes for Jess, and David, and Shasta. You are all important.
The friends we all have are the ones we culture. The rest just plain dont matter. we need to
be with the ones we love, and who love us. You are certainly one of those Jack. lots of
people like you a lot. But all in all the decision to go to the meetings. It is your own choice.
Your own decision where and when to attend. I wont go to as many this year as last either.
But thats another story for another time. I think people should choose their own course.
Go if you want to. Dont if you dont and no pressure applied in either direction.
I would love to see you again Jack, if and when i go to another meeting. If i dont I
will still treasure the times we spent together/. big huggs {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Jack}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x221/Shasta542/waving-2.gif) Hi boys -- Gary, Jack, Chuck. Hi Janice. Having a good Saturday night? What're you doing? Besides having mistaken identities?
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Good morning Jack,
This sounds like an impressive plan. Do you know what you want to see or do in those cities, or are you just going to wing it? Do you make lists of the things you want to do when you travel, or do you let your spirit guide you when you get there?
I guess you could say that I do a bit of everything you list whenever I go somewhere. In the end I think it pretty much comes down to letting my spirit guide me in whichever direction I end up going in. I think that can work out best since you can always stumble into things that you might miss if you were going by a list. Of course, I usually have some idea of the things I want to see and typically I usually get a book and read up on the place. I always think it is funny that every book on every place reminds you that it is not a good idea to explore low income areas in the middle of the night ::) Now who would do that anyway ??? The same is true for parks by the way. I remember when I first got to NYC and I wasn't quite sure what to do. The view from the window was so surreal. It was almost like I had posters of NYC all over the walls. The room was on the 38th floor and was a corner room. So there were big windows on two sides of the room. When I first opened the door of the room I was greeted with this huge window which was actually in the bathroom. It just didn't look real. Anyway, I ventured out into the streets and just kind of took stock of where I was. I definitely did not want to loose the hotel ;D Although it was a little too big to loose that easily; however, everything in NYC is huge. I got a Panina at this place near the hotel. I wasn't even quite sure what that was at the time. I knew I needed food and it looked good. They cook them up there. So I took that back to the room and observed the skyline again. I became more and more comfortable with the city with each trip out and I began to pretty well know where things were including the hotel. The hotel sold tickets for the Gray Line which I would recommend to anyone. That is definitely the way to see the city. So by the time I left the area around the hotel which was Times Square and the Theatre District became like home. It's kind of funny the hotel I stayed at which is a very nice hotel is right beside the hotel that has been rated the dirtiest hotel in the nation. It is called the Hotel Carter. The one I stayed at was the Westin Times Square.
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Don't worry Chuck, the name change confused the heck out of me, too, at first. I was like, who is this person, and how could I have missed him given his huge post count. :laugh:
That's a great picture. The boys are so handsome, and the love between them is beautiful.
It confused me too. I had no idea it was David at first, but I too was wondering how he had such a large post count. I thought at first maybe he was someone who had returned. You know we have had some old members coming back. But it turns out it was David in disguise ;D
And I agree Gary about the picture. For some reason that picture shows a lot of emotion between the two of them. You can almost feel it.
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With all the talk about the gatherings, I just want to say that I can understand what you are saying.
It was very intimidating going to the first gatheirng in Texas 2 years ago. I only knew about 4 or 5 of the members personally, having met them in NYC. I was very worried/nervous about attending.
I can only say that going to the gatherings has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I would never give it back for anything.
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Hey Jack. it seems your blog has been very busy today/ I dont know where you
get the idea you arent popular. Did someone send you a poison pen letter. Speaking of
sending you stuff. Did you ever get my card i remailed to you??
Just think of it. Without you going to the trip to Wyoming, we would n oever have
met. I think of you as one of my best friends here at Bettermost. You know i love you.There are many here that do also. Same goes for Jess, and David, and Shasta. You are all important.
The friends we all have are the ones we culture. The rest just plain dont matter. we need to
be with the ones we love, and who love us. You are certainly one of those Jack. lots of
people like you a lot. But all in all the decision to go to the meetings. It is your own choice.
Your own decision where and when to attend. I wont go to as many this year as last either.
But thats another story for another time. I think people should choose their own course.
Go if you want to. Dont if you dont and no pressure applied in either direction.
I would love to see you again Jack, if and when i go to another meeting. If i dont I
will still treasure the times we spent together/. big huggs {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Jack}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Thank you Janice!!! This post means a lot to me and you know you mean a lot to me. That is for sure. And we better be seeing each other again. If I end up going to Wyoming it will definitely be because of getting to see people like you.
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Very good point Chuck! I do agree that both of the trips I have taken were very rewarding experiences. I also would never give it back. It was funny when I went to Colorado I knew absolutely nobody. I didn't even know Bettermost existed until a few days before I left. And I had no idea what people were talking about when they would mention DC. I thought there for awhile that some of them were into comic books :laugh: And there were other things I didn't know at first such as the fact that Adam's truck is truly Ennis' truck. That still amazes me.
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It was funny when I went to Colorado I knew absolutely nobody.
now that, I find to be absolutely cool! I don't know if I would take a trip where I knew nobody! You're a braver man than I am!
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now that, I find to be absolutely cool! I don't know if I would take a trip where I knew nobody! You're a braver man than I am!
It's funny sometimes those things happen to me. It seems they usually mean a major chapter change in my life. Another similar event happened to me back in the 90s when I heard about this gay camping group centered around Greensboro/Winston-Salem. They were having this hiking trip at Hanging Rock which is up around Pilot Mountain. So I drove there and got involved with this group. Just like Colorado, I knew absolutely nobody there. I figured that if I didn't like it when I got there I could leave. I ended up going on lots and lots of camping and hiking trips with them. I ended up making a lot of new friends through that group and I had some great times. For whatever reason the group seemed to fall apart and it has now been many years since I have heard from or talked with any of the people. It's sad in a way since that became such a big part of my life. I know that the group kind of reformed and I got in touch with them awhile back. It seems to be more centered in Atlanta now though. The name of the group when I was in it was TOSF (Tarheel Outdoors Sports Fellowship). It is called something else now. I had thought about going on a trip, but I never did. I guess that was right before I ended up in Colorado. I'm sure all the people have changed by now and it is one of those things where you just can't go back. What was there for me then would not be there now. I do wonder sometimes what all the people are up to now.
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It was a lot of fun Gary and I met some great people. I was just over on your blog watching the video of New River Gorge and it brought back memories of those days. It's funny how those kind of things can end and then you can't even remember why they did. It's also funny that you never know when a time will be the last time. I'm sure I had no idea that the last trip I went on with them was the last.
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Hi, Jack....just got in from working a reining competition....hundreds of men on horseback and I got paid $300....
not bad work if you can get it!!!!
;) ;)
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Hi Jack!! How are you doing tonight sweetie?
I enjoyed our visit over here last night. It was fun!! :D
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Well Jack, where did you run off to now? :laugh:
Maybe he went to bed. It's nearly 2:00 in North Carolina. It's nearly 2:00 in Indiana too, but I'm not tired yet.
Sleep tight Jack! :-*
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Maybe it would be good to contact that group. You never know. Some of the guys that were
in the group when you were in it may still be in. Maybe they missed it too and started it up again.
Its worth a shot. Its close to you and Richard and Truman. Maybe you could all go on one of the outings.
Who knows...worth a try.
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Hi, Jack....just got in from working a reining competition....hundreds of men on horseback and I got paid $300....
not bad work if you can get it!!!!
;) ;)
(She gets paid $300 dollars for staring at cute guys on horseback. I wish I had her life. There's nothing errotic about staring at a bunch of debits and credits 60 hours each week. But I digress. ;) )
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You know I love ya anyways girl friend!! :-*
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(She gets paid $300 dollars for staring at cute guys on horseback. I wish I had her life. There's nothing errotic about staring at a bunch of debits and credits 60 hours each week. But I digress. ;) )
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You know I love ya anyways girl friend!! :-*
you know what is depressing about it? realizing how old I am and how young some of those cowboys are!!
My son and his bf were there and they were goofing and playing with the other young guys and girls...running up and down the bleachers and wrestling each other. They are boys in men's bodies...trying to be all grown one minute then playing like kids the next.
and everything is soooo dramatic with them. They cant' just sit in a chair...no, they have to sling it around and flop in it backwards, or throw themselves into it and lean way back with their legs stretched out...open a gate??! No way! not when you can run at it jump up on the rails and fling yourself over... ::)
several of the cows got out so the three that were behind the chutes there jumped on horses and hooped and hollered chasing them...now if the older guys had been back there they would have quietly gone and got the cows back and no one would have even noticed...but those teens? gotta make a scene ya know...
boys in men's bodies trying so hard to be grown but not yet comfortable with it...
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Hi Jack!! How are you doing tonight sweetie?
I enjoyed our visit over here last night. It was fun!! :D
Hey David!!! I enjoyed all the visits too. That was fun. Yes I did turn in earlier last night. I figured if I didn't I would end up staying up all night again ;)
I am glad to see that I had visitors even though I was in bed. All of you are welcome any time and please always come back and see us.......
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Hi, Jack....just got in from working a reining competition....hundreds of men on horseback and I got paid $300....
not bad work if you can get it!!!!
;) ;)
Well now Jess that sounds like my kind of work......and you get paid for it too. What are the requirements for this kind of work? I think I will apply ;D
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*EWW~~ GIRL cooties!!*
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Well now Jess that sounds like my kind of work......and you get paid for it too. What are the requirements for this kind of work? I think I will apply ;D
hey! no muscling in on my territory! I got it covered here!!
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That reminds me of the line from American Beauty. "Every day is the first day of the rest of your life. That's true of every day, except one, the day you die."
That's a bit of a downer, but it's true. You never know when the last day will come, for you, or for a friend, or a family member. And sometimes it's not death that separates you from loved ones, but circumstance. So maybe we should live every day as if it were out last, beause one way or another it might be.
Hope you sleep well, Jack, my friend.
Gary
Gary, I truly do think you have the answer there!!! It has been said many times that you should live each day like it is your last, but the truth of the matter is that so many people say it without actually taking the advice. It truly is a thought that we should all keep in our minds always.
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hey! no muscling in on my territory! I got it covered here!!
Ok, I won't invade your territory, but you could share ;)
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Good morning, Jack. What are you up to today? Going anywhere or staying in hoping for snow? It's 55*F here, so I most likely do not have a chance of getting off work Monday! What are your chances?
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Maybe it would be good to contact that group. You never know. Some of the guys that were
in the group when you were in it may still be in. Maybe they missed it too and started it up again.
Its worth a shot. Its close to you and Richard and Truman. Maybe you could all go on one of the outings.
Who knows...worth a try.
Hey Janice, you know what, that is a good idea. I think Richard, Truman and I would have a blast on one of those camping trips. Now I'm not sure what Richard and Truman would think, but you are right it is close to all of us. We could even get Chuck to come on down :)
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Good morning, Jack. What are you up to today? Going anywhere or staying in hoping for snow? It's 55*F here, so I most likely do not have a chance of getting off work Monday! What are your chances?
Good morning Shasta!!! Were things lively in the sleepover club last night? I doubt I will do much today. It is nasty outside, but is just cool and rainy. I doubt we will get much snow cause it is too warm, but you never know.
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Donovan -- Atlantis
What a great song Gary!!! It has been ages since I have heard that. Wonder what ever happened to Donovan? He did some great songs. Somewhere I have a CD by him and somewhere I even have an album by him.
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Good morning Shasta!!! Were things lively in the sleepover club last night? I doubt I will do much today. It is nasty outside, but is just cool and rainy. I doubt we will get much snow cause it is too warm, but you never know.
Yeah -- Gary and David were over there telling "shocking" tales! Gerard, as always, was there. He's back from vacation. I don't know where the heck Susie is -- I'm gonna have to get her phone number so I can check on her when she's AWOL!! ;D
About the phones -- you could get one with speaker phone so you wouldn't have to hold it up to your ear. When I'm talking for very long on my cell, my arm gets tired and starts to ache!! (Due to age, no doubt.) :(
I have some typing to do today -- some I've put off for quite some time. And some ever present grading.
Yesterday I cut nails -- the dogs. They were fairly cooperative. ;) They all need baths.
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I used to love camping! I went all the time as a kid and young adult.
and I mean tent camping, not in cabins or trailers.
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Yeah -- Gary and David were over there telling "shocking" tales! Gerard, as always, was there. He's back from vacation. I don't know where the heck Susie is -- I'm gonna have to get her phone number so I can check on her when she's AWOL!! ;D
That sounds like Gary and David ;D I'm sorry I missed that. I will have to read the thread to see what kind of tales they were telling. I was wondering where Gerard was. So now I know I got stood up by him last night :'( Now I'm not sure where Susie is either. Maybe she was in one of those hidden rooms you have.
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I used to love camping! I went all the time as a kid and young adult.
and I mean tent camping, not in cabins or trailers.
Yes with the group it was definitely tent camping and usually miles into the woods. One thing I was never real wild about was the backpacking. But it is definitely a good way to learn how to pack since you have to carry everything on your back. That will definitely make you lighten the load. I remember once we went to some place near Elizabethton, Tennessee near Road Mountain. We were about 1 1/2 miles in so this other guy and me kept going in and out to get supplies. We ended up with steaks, lots of beer, even some whisky, and everything else you can think of. It was my favorite camping trip. The thing is by the next day when we went for a 12.9 mile hike along the ridges which also went along some of the AT my feet had blisters on them from all the walking in and out of the camp ;D That was painful, but definitely a time I will always remember. The other trips were several miles in to the woods so you could not go in and out so easily.
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I used to love camping! I went all the time as a kid and young adult.
and I mean tent camping, not in cabins or trailers.
That's how I camped most of the time, too, Chuck. Near a lake.
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Camping, wow!
We always did when we had to go hunting!
Wish I could now camp for just fun!!
Hugs!
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Glad you liked it, Jack. When I found it I thought I'd post it here because San Francisco has been compared to Atlantis. Like the mythic Atlantis, many think of San Francisco as a great city because of its diversity, openness, and tolerance, but it may one day be destroyed by a natural disaster, like Atlantis.
Yes it does have a San Francisco feel to it. I didn't know that it had been compared to Atlantis. That is very interesting. I sure hope that it never gets destroyed.
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It sounds like a lot of fun, Jack. But it is easy to get blisters when you're doing so much walking, and that can be painful.
And it is not a good idea to get them before the 12.9 mile hike either ;D
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The Sleepover Club has back rooms? :o I didn't know it was that kind of place. :laugh:
I thought you knew that Gary. Sorry if I gave away one of your secrets Shasta and Susie. The Sleepover Club is very large and has a lot of things. Rooms can just appear out of nowhere. It is truly quite magical.
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I thought you knew that Gary. Sorry if I gave away one of your secrets Shasta and Susie. The Sleepover Club is very large and has a lot of things. Rooms can just appear out of nowhere. It is truly quite magical.
No problem, bud. We are always adding on. We have a sizable budget. I'm really enamored of the new indoor pool!
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Camping, wow!
We always did when we had to go hunting!
Wish I could now camp for just fun!!
Hugs!
For what were you hunting, Artiste? Elk? Moose?
I liked camping when I was younger. Now -- maybe in a cabin or camper. Probably wouldn't be too thrilled with a tent. :P ::)
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For what were you hunting, Artiste? Elk? Moose?
I liked camping when I was younger. Now -- maybe in a cabin or camper. Probably wouldn't be too thrilled with a tent. :P ::)
I like the idea of tent camping, but me old bones have ideas of their own.
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awwwww ((((Truman))))
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Truman your bones are not that old.......you could make it :)
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All of the suggestions sound better to me than what I did for President's Day which is work just like usual Mondays :( But yes I think we could commercialize it and I think each of us should take a president to dress like.
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Aww You had to work? That sucks. >:(
Yeah that isn't anything to celebrate about? According to the advertisements around here is to go out and by a car or go to the mall and run your credit cards up :)
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Yes I am doing fine today. I'm at work, but Tuesday goes better than Monday usually :) The music coming from downstairs isn't exactly what makes you want to get up and dance though. It sounds like they are either trying to play the song "I Don't Wanna Be" by Rob Thomas or Alice in Chains or the Stone Temple Pilots. Whichever they are trying to play isn't working out well for them. I can see why this school is not known for music. That department is the bottom floor of this building. Right before Christmas they were attempting to play "Smoke on the Water" and "Frankenstein" complete with a drum solo. They did that over and over and over again.
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Images from A Brokie Gathering ;)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWuWdlYZFA[/youtube]
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These mean so much to me. Not being one of the popular ones it means a hell of a lot
Oh Hush!
Your VERY popular! ;D
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Oh Hush!
Your VERY popular! ;D
Well thank you Richard ;D
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That was pictures of a true Brokie gathering ;D Didn't you notice Janice in her cool feathers hat and Truman, Chuck and Richard were dressed up like nuns? Truman even gave a peace sign as they went by. :laugh:
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That was pictures of a true Brokie gathering ;D Didn't you notice Janice in her cool feathers hat and Truman, Chuck and Richard were dressed up like nuns? Truman even gave a peace sign as they went by. :laugh:
Damn, I can't see it at work.
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You'll have to watch it when you get home. I'm sure you will recognize all of us. After all we had to get into the spirit of San Francisco ;D
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Have i told you lately how much i love you. That was adorable Jack. I saw us all. Even you!!!
Don't ever put yourself down. You are brite witty and sweet. Funny and adorable. I loved that
video. See you at the next bus ride. :-* :-*
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Happy Hump Day to you too Gary!!!! I love the video.........hmmmmmm which would make the better president ;D
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Well at least she is beautiful and stupid.. such as such as but he is ugly and stupid.
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That's three votes for Miss Teen South Carolina!!!! ! Cause I sure do agree.
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I haven't seen The Partridge Family in years. It seems there are a LOT of shows that are never shown in reruns for some reason. And we can't forget their songs like "I Think I Love You" and "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted." It seems that it should be about time for David Cassidy to make a comeback. If Donny can do it, he sure can :)
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We get re-runs of the Partridge Family on one of our cable channels here in Australia, and yes, David Cassidy was cute.
I have seen him on TV in the last couple of years, maybe he was visiting here, I cant remember, he is still very good looking and seems like a nice guy, very matter of fact about his days as a teen heart throb.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/suekat777/davidcassidy2.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/suekat777/davidcassidy.jpg)
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Here is something that happened to me that definitely goes right along with the gay stereotype and borders on homophobia. I found it to be irritating. I went to my old doctor this past week cause I wasn't sure if I like my new doctor. My old doctor had asked me about my lifestyle preferences when I was seeing him. The new doctor apparently has never found that important to find out, but I think he would be ok with it. Anyway, I guess the old doctor had forgotten about it and asked me again. I told him the truth and it was almost like "You're gay :o" He then proceeded to act like that was ok, but then immediately began asking me about if I was regularly tested for aids. I said I had been, but I wasn't really active sexually anyway which is true. Fine, I was fine with that. It is important to be tested if you are sexually active, but if you're tested and don't do anything you're not going to pick it up from a toilet seat. Then I got a tetanus shot and things like that. He brought up hepatitis and the shots you can get to avoid getting hepatitis A and B. These are not bad things to have. It seems that here in Asheville we are constantly having hepatitis A breakouts from different restaurants. He referred to this and said "Well living in Asheville it is a good idea." I think hepatitis A is not limited to Asheville. Anyway, and this is where I really got irritated, I asked him how you got hepatitis B and he told me from sexual encounters. He then told me it was a good idea especially since I lived an alternative lifestyle. He went on further to tell me that owing to me being gay that I had probably already been exposed to it anyway and if so I was immune to it. I once again told him that I was not really sexually active and he let me know that I probably had been exposed to it in at some point being gay and all. In other words he thought that because I am gay that it automatically meant that at some point I was having sex with anything male that moved. I didn't want to argue with him since I hate arguing so I was just irritated. Now if I had of said I was straight these assumptions would have never come up. I know they wouldn't have. I could have been out since I was 15 having sex with every female around and none of these questions would have been asked. But since I was gay everything followed a different path. It was obvious that since I am gay it wouldn't matter even if I had only ever had sexual relations with one person I would still have all these diseases.
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And guess what, he was wrong in his assumptions since I just got a call concerning whether or not I would need the shots to be immune and I do have to take them. In other words, I have never been exposed to that as he so much took it for granted that my "lifestyle" would automatically mean that I had. So much for stereotypes :laugh: Of course, now if I want to be immune it means I would have to take shots :(
You would think that a highly educated person especially would have some kind of realization of what stereotypes mean. Of course some with no education have more realization. It does show how deeply ingrained these stereotypes are. What if I would have been half African American and half Hispanic and Gay? Stereotypes are just so STUPID!!!
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Jack you of course know the doctor and I don't, but what do you think about maybe writing a letter to the doctor and tell him how you feel. If he is shocked by your being gay ( which I get from the shocked icon " :o ") maybe he has not had much exposure to gay people and could benefit from knowing a different perspective.
Did he mention Hepititis C at all? That is the one you really have to worry about.
Remind me not to eat in Asheville, okay? :laugh:
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They are stupid, and people should know better. We're all individuals no matter what group or groups we happen to belong to. If you tell someone you're gay then they shouldn't take anything from that except that you like guys, because that's really all that you're telling them. Just because you like guys doesn't mean you've slept with hundreds of them. Some of us just don't have that much energy. :laugh:
Sorry to hear you need shots. But shots aren't so bad, right? Are you afraid of needles? I know some people become hysterical at the thought of getting a shot or having blood taken.
That is exactly right. And I don't have to have shots :) You can get shots to protect you from ever getting that, but it is a vaccine like what you get for the flu or tetanus or something like that. I just think it is funny that if you haven't been exposed to something then you get shots to keep you from being exposed. I guess that makes sense. Does that mean that I could then run around having sex with everyone with care or worry about catching something ;) But no I'm not afraid of shots. What I really hate is having blood taken. I was fine with that until a few years ago when I ran into "Psycho Nurse."
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Jack you of course know the doctor and I don't, but what do you think about maybe writing a letter to the doctor and tell him how you feel. If he is shocked by your being gay ( which I get from the shocked icon " :o ") maybe he has not had much exposure to gay people and could benefit from knowing a different perspective.
Did he mention Hepititis C at all? That is the one you really have to worry about.
Remind me not to eat in Asheville, okay? :laugh:
Good idea Truman!!! Obviously he needs a new perspective. No he did not mention Hepititis C which I did think was strange. Now that one will kill you and I don't even think there is a cure or vaccine. And isn't that the one that comes from sex or intravenous drug use?
Yes, I will remind you not to eat in Asheville ;D I guess people here don't know how to wash their hands. A lot of the outbreaks have been at the many "earthy" restaurants we have around here. And it seems that some of our earthy people equate that with not being very clean as many also do not believe in showers cause it uses too much water. That's all part of alternative Asheville I suppose.
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Hi Jack,
I just read your story about that doctor, and I too think it's a good idea to write him a letter. He might maybe treat the next gay man in a different way. Hopefully. It's worth a try.
How have you been, my friend? I send you a big hug!
Dagi
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Hi Jack,
I just read your story about that doctor, and I too think it's a good idea to write him a letter. He might maybe treat the next gay man in a different way. Hopefully. It's worth a try.
How have you been, my friend? I send you a big hug!
Dagi
Well you get a big hug too {{{{{{{Dagi}}}}}}}
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I've ran into Psycho Nurse a couple of times myself. :laugh: I hate it when they stick the needle in, but fail to hit the vein, so they start rolling that needle around in your arm hoping to hit paydirt. OMG that hurts! And of course your black and blue afterwards.
After having these shots can you run around and have sex with everyone without care or worry? Only if you're really, really cute, Jack. Otherwise some might object and beat the snot out of you. :laugh:
But you're a charmer, so I'm sure no one would object.
Well yeah of course I am a charmer ;D So there is more than one Psycho Nurse or is it the same one who just travels around to different places to torture people? I had never run into one and then I got this one who was trying to take blood and couldn't get any. So she did what you said and started rolling the needle around and then jabbing it into other places. It was a nightmare. She had my arm hanging in mid air with her table of stuff kind of lopsided while she went for blood. She would say "Hmmm well I don't know what is wrong I will try here." Finally I had to go to another place to have blood taken. Anytime I would go to the doctor I would just go ahead and get blood taken elsewhere. I refused to let her get ahold of me after our second round. Later, they ran her off as she was doing this with all the patients, but they said she was now working at another medical facility. So now any time I have blood taken I get nervous that I will have to go through something like that again. Maybe I could make a horror movie called "Psycho Nurse" :laugh:
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To be honest, I'm not surprised by your experience.
medical people who should know better sometimes are bigoted. I mean, the Red Cross is always asking for blood donations, and this is one of their guidelines for who is or is not an acceptable doner....
HIV, AIDS
You should not give blood if you have AIDS or have ever had a positive HIV test, or if you have done something that puts you at risk for becoming infected with HIV.
You are at risk for getting infected if you:
are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977
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To be honest, I'm not surprised by your experience.
medical people who should know better sometimes are bigoted. I mean, the Red Cross is always asking for blood donations, and this is one of their guidelines for who is or is not an acceptable doner....
HIV, AIDS
You should not give blood if you have AIDS or have ever had a positive HIV test, or if you have done something that puts you at risk for becoming infected with HIV.
You are at risk for getting infected if you:
are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977
That's just not right. So in other words you are not at risk for AIDS if you are not a male who has had sexual contact with another male since 1977? So this means you could be a male who has had sexual contact with everything else imaginable as long as it wasn't a male. It seems that the medical profession would have enough sense to realize how stupid this sounds!!!
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That's just not right. So in other words you are not at risk for AIDS if you are not a male who has had sexual contact with another male since 1977? So this means you could be a male who has had sexual contact with everything else imaginable as long as it wasn't a male. It seems that the medical profession would have enough sense to realize how stupid this sounds!!!
what about women that have had sex with men that have had sex with men? Alma just got eliminated...as well as Lureen.
and I guess you would have to eliminate Monroe since he had sex with a woman that had had sex with a man that had sex with a man.
this gets complicated real quick!
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Yes it does get confusing really quick and demonstrates even more how stupid the medical profession is. What are they living in a cave or something? I guess they still have the idea that if a man has been married or is married that it means he is straight. And same for a woman.
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and no gay man has ever had sex with a woman.
or even that gay men are not the ONLY carriers of HIV...duh!
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Time to get everyone moving :) This group is from Brazil and I saw them on TV right about the same time as Shakira. They haven't made it to the US yet as far as I know. And by the way I have no idea what they are saying.
Axe Bahia - Beso en la Boca
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU_Zfvq_xsk&feature=related[/youtube]
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Gary, I have actually seen the boys in Axe Bahia wear skimpy bottoms (and I think boots) just like the girls. The whole group is actually toned down a bit from when I have seen them on TV. I saw this group as well as several other good ones on a show that used to come on, and may still come on, on Univision. It is called La Caliente and did come on at 2:00 PM EST. I actually ended up with several Latin CDs because of the show even though as I say I have no idea what they are saying. The show is kind of like a Latin American Bandstand, but on the beach with a lot better dancing and skimpier clothing. It is the first place I saw Shakira and that was probably around a year before "Hips Don't Lie" became such a big hit here in the US. And by the way you should see the host whose name is Rafa ;)
You are right, Brazilians are sexy for sure!!! I think I will post this video over at Chuck's to see what he thinks about it. He is the one who is always posting dance videos ;)
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Time to get everyone moving :) This group is from Brazil and I saw them on TV right about the same time as Shakira. They haven't made it to the US yet as far as I know. And by the way I have no idea what they are saying.
Axe Bahia - Beso en la Boca
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU_Zfvq_xsk&feature=related[/youtube]
:D This is great! However, the fact that even I found the girls sexier than the men most likely means that the men are wearing too much! :laugh: But they sure know how to move their hips.... ;D
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You know for sure I would not do that Gary!!! And I will say the same to you, you are the right kind of friend too and I appreciate that :) But he sure does say some things that are true, so although it is meant to be funny, it is also real.
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Hello Jack!
Happy weekend! I am really glad that it's Friday. This has been the longest week for some reason. Whatcha gonna do? I have a date with the couch tonite. :P
How's Code? My guys and gals are all great! Just fed them and me -- we're all happy now. ;D
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Hi Jack!! what up with you??
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Hey Shasta, I have been meaning to answer your pm, but it has been a hectic week. I am glad to know that you and everyone else are feeling better. It has been a very long week and full of things I don't usually have to do. I don't have any big plans for the weekend. Probably like you.......relax.
Code is doing fine now. He wasn't too happy earlier though cause I was having to take a math test and he didn't understand that. I have to take a practice test before the real test and when I was just about through with it he stepped on the surge protector and turned the power off on everything. I was not too happy about that. And all the while I was taking the real test he was misbehaving, but I made a 93.9 so guess he didn't mess me up too bad. Now he is in my lap and happy ;D
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Hi Jack!! what up with you??
Hey Jess!!! I'm not up to much now, but I just got through taking a math test :( However, I can smile now cause I got a 93.9 on it ;D How are you doing?
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Hey Jess!!! I'm not up to much now, but I just got through taking a math test :( However, I can smile now cause I got a 93.9 on it ;D How are you doing?
show off!!
:laugh: :laugh:
I am ok. I suppose!
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Well it was not easy, especially not easy with Code running around getting into everything cause I wasn't paying him any attention :)
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Well it was not easy, especially not easy with Code running around getting into everything cause I wasn't paying him any attention :)
poor Code....just neglected so shamefully!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
you should quit your job and devote your FULL attention to that poor lil guy... ;) ;)
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poor Code....just neglected so shamefully!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
you should quit your job and devote your FULL attention to that poor lil guy... ;) ;)
You're right Jess.......poor little thing. It's not like he's spoiled or anything ;D How have you been doing?
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You're right Jess.......poor little thing. It's not like he's spoiled or anything ;D How have you been doing?
turribul....juss turribul...
;D ;D ;)
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Jess, I hope you are just saying that, I never want things to be going terrible for you :(
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Jess, I hope you are just saying that, I never want things to be going terrible for you :(
;) I am fine.....really!
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Well good I am glad to hear that Jess. You know I always want the best for you.
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Spending the night with a guy I was so in love with.......knowing that he would never be mine.........but here he was in front of me speaking what would be words of love............damn I loved him so much.............he told me he would marry me if I were a girl.........well I wasn't a girl so he married the girl up the street........I loved him so much and for so long, but even years after nothing ever came together..........nothing ever did......finally I got to where I did not even want to talk to him although he kept trying to keep in touch.......I wonder what he is up to now.........guess he is probably married to some woman........but I still do think about him sometimes........this was one of our many songs, damn we spent so much time together, there ain't no way in the world that we were not in love.................
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-hD81o6Rs[/youtube]
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And then we can go to the same time with the same guy:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLi39E9PbA[/youtube]
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well guess even the videos didn't work :laugh:
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Spending the night with a guy I was so in love with.......knowing that he would never be mine.........but here he was in front of me speaking what would be words of love............damn I loved him so much.............he told me he would marry me if I were a girl.........well I wasn't a girl so he married the girl up the street........I loved him so much and for so long, but even years after nothing ever came together..........nothing ever did......finally I got to where I did not even want to talk to him although he kept trying to keep in touch.......I wonder what he is up to now.........guess he is probably married to some woman........but I still do think about him sometimes........this was one of our many songs, damn we spent so much time together, there ain't no way in the world that we were not in love.................
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-hD81o6Rs[/youtube]
{{Jack}}
I am so sorry, Jack.. :'(
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[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ce9f0JP6eks[/youtube]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ce9f0JP6eks (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ce9f0JP6eks)
Happy Sunday to you, Jack. :D
Gary, that is such a beautiful video. You have already given me a Happy Sunday!!!
Jack
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Good morning, Jack!
I enjoyed your video from Gary too -- how pretty!
I think it won't be long until we are seeing budding trees and flowers around here -- I've had one little daffodil bloom already.
Maybe the spring time will bring us all some much needed rejuvenation!
Enjoy your Sunday, Jack. Give Code a rub for me. ;)
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Thanks Gary and Jess :) That was many years ago, but you know how sometimes memories from the past come creeping back into your mind. For some reason he did. In some ways, well many ways, he was my first love, but it could never work because he could never admit what his feelings really were. We talked for years after that, but it was always him who was trying to get back in good with me. But yet he never would tell me what I knew was there. He told me time after time that he loved me, but then he would make it seem like it was a brotherly love. We all know what loving someone like a brother means for people who cannot admit certain things to themselves. One day I think I really need to tell him what it truly was all about. You would not believe how many nights I slept in his arms. He even lived with my parents and me after high school for quite awhile. I guess things in your mind never really go away. They just hide out somewhere for awhile and then come back to visit you every so often. And the funny thing is that if he read this it would make him feel happy although it would only result in the same kinds of things as we were in high school. Anyway, it is good to have people who you can tell these kinds of things to who do understand. You two are great friends!!!
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Hey Shasta, and speaking of good friends, you are certainly one too!!! I have a bunch of daffodils with buds. They will be blooming soon. Even though it gets cold still I can definitely feel Spring in the air. My favorite season!!!
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Hey Shasta, and speaking of good friends, you are certainly one too!!! I have a bunch of daffodils with buds. They will be blooming soon. Even though it gets cold still I can definitely feel Spring in the air. My favorite season!!!
Well, it's quite sunny and 68*F here today -- expected to get into the 70's. The only drawback -- I'll have to start mowing my backyard very soon!!!! BOO. :-\ ;D
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It is an absolutely beautiful day up here at the log cabin on the mountain. Blue skies, warm temperatures, wonderful!!!
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*waves to Jack*
Hiya buddy! Where you been?
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Gary: merci, yes thanks for adding that video with such beautiful ink images!
Do you create like that? Or do such clips?
I would love that done with some of my paintings too! Did you see some yet?
Au revoir,
hugs!
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It is an absolutely beautiful day up here at the log cabin on the mountain. Blue skies, warm temperatures, wonderful!!!
BOY!!!
You at Don Wroes Cabin and didn't tell nobody! >:(
Damn!!!!
LOL Hope your having fun!
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Hey Jack!! It's finally snowing in Arkansas!! It's flat around here, but the snow is still pretty! Are you getting snow right now?
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Hey everybody, I'm glad I have had visitors to the cabin, I guess you caught me Richard since nobody for sure knew I actually lived at Don Wroes cabin ;D Yep it's mine :) Hey Chuck, I have just been in training all week plus trying to keep up with studying for these final two classes of mine. And Shasta, no snow yet, just lots of heavy rain, but we may get some snow tomorrow......maybe.....I'm just glad it is finally the weekend. It has been a looooooooooooooong week.
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Hi there Jack. :D
What's this about you being in training? Training for what? Are you going to run a race? Are you going to participate in a prize fight? Are you an astronaut?
All of the above Gary ;D I am going to the moon where I will run a race and then participate in a prize fight. It's like a triathlon :laugh: No actually it was nothing anywhere near as exciting as any of those things. It was training to take a test for a certification dealing with computers. It was mandatory, but I don't know that I will even take the test ;)
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Hiya :D
Where you been? Hiding in your blog all the time, huh? I didn't see you in a while on the board, so I thought it's time to stop by at your place.
*doing my very best Joe Aguirre imitation*
"Here I am." ;D :) ;D
(Don't be afraid. You mom didn't send me, your uncle is perfectly fine and you don't have to bring 'em down) ;)
I brought you something, for he loved a little dog black cat (and I love them too):
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As I see you're still working and studying hard. Ew. :-\
Hope you take the time to have some fun between the serious stuff. I'm not having much fun at the moment. All my three kids are sick, which is bad enough. But to make it worse, I'm also sick :P. Now that really sucks. Being sick and having to care for three sick kids (and I don't even get paid for it! Life is not fair). Fortunately it's weekend now and my husband is at home. Lucky me, I can now sleep as much as I want (which is mucho).
With so much sleep I'm sure I will be ok by the time next week begins.
Hope you're not sick and won't get sick! Be happy viruses are not infectious online. At least not the kind I have :laugh:
*achoo*
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lmao!
Oh Gary, that is sooooo funny!
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What a beautiful black cat!!! He looks a lot like Code!!! They do make good looking cats. Gary it sounds like the cat must have liked the drawer ;D Chrissi thanks for stopping by. I'm sorry to hear that you are sick and I hope you get better very soon. I haven't really been on a whole lot lately so I haven't jumped around on the forum a lot here lately.
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just popped in to say hello!
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just popped in to say hello!
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Hey Cousin Kelda!!! It is great to see you. How have you been doing?
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just popped in to say hello!
Well, that was a real "jiffy pop".
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That's funny I was just talking with some people about how everything had become instant such as hot chocolate, microwave popcorn, etc. I mentioned the popcorn that you used to move quickly back and forth on the stove until the aluminum foil on top expanded when the corn popped. And now I remember the name "Jiffy Pop" since you mentioned it. That was high technology in those days. Do you remember if the aluminum foil on top broke open by itself? It seems that I remember it did, but I could be remembering wrong. Wonder if they still make it?
It's sad in a way what an "instant" world we do live in now. I guess that is all part of the "no time to relax and enjoy" mindset.
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My memory is not too great, but I don't think it broke open by itself, Jack. Maybe it did on the commercial.
We had an old pan with a lid. Same pan every time for the popcorn. My granny poured oil in it and put popcorn in and someone had to shake it the whole time so the popcorn didn't burn.
The popcorn came in a bag and it had a little packet of orange colored salt or seasoning or something to sprinkle over it.
She made popcorn every Friday night and Saturday for me to eat while watching cartoons or Tarzan or Shirley Temple. (Or wrestling) LOL. And we halfed a 16 ounce Pepsi!! Good times. Sodas were saved for the weekend! Or when we went to town or to the beauty shop. At the beauty shop, we put peanuts in our Pepsi. ;D
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, boys. ;)
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Do you remember if the aluminum foil on top broke open by itself? It seems that I remember it did, but I could be remembering wrong. Wonder if they still make it?
No, the top did not pop open by itself, you had to open it. As for if they stil make it, hmmmmmm. I get lunch every day at the local supermarket, and I'll check their shelves tomorrow.
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Let us know Chuck. That would be funny if they still did make it ;D Shasta I remember people cooking popcorn like you are talking about. That is definitely the old fashioned way (I think). Jiffy Pop was high technology for its time. So the top didn't open by itself :D I guess that would have truly made it cutting edge technology :laugh:
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Let us know Chuck. That would be funny if they still did make it ;D Shasta I remember people cooking popcorn like you are talking about. That is definitely the old fashioned way (I think). Jiffy Pop was high technology for its time. So the top didn't open by itself :D I guess that would have truly made it cutting edge technology :laugh:
Is that not the type of popcorn Drew Barrymore uses in Scream?
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Well Kelda I do believe you are right :) That is what she was making wasn't it ;D
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Those things sound like a lot of fun, Shasta. I've never put peanuts in my Coke, but I've seen people do that. I'd be afraid of choking on one of them. :P Does the soda make the nuts soft?
They were. It was lonely -- just me on the farm, but my grandparents did their best. They even bought me a little blackboard and played students to my teacher. LOL And I had dogs and cats. The poor cats had to be my children. They were good-natured about it tho.
It has been so long since I've put peanuts in my Pepsi, but I think they were still crunchy. They weren't in there too long -- I'm sure I drank up fast!
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I have heard of putting peanuts in coke, but I'm not sure that I ever did it. It does seem like you could choke on them. Were they good? It sounds like your childhood was lonely, but it also sounds like that is where you developed your love of cats and dogs and teaching. I know those things are still important to you and I think that is good. The first part of my growing up was alone cause there were no kids to play with where I lived. I think that is where I figured out how to be alone and find things to do by myself. I never have been easily bored cause I can always find things to do.
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I have heard of putting peanuts in coke, but I'm not sure that I ever did it. It does seem like you could choke on them. Were they good? It sounds like your childhood was lonely, but it also sounds like that is where you developed your love of cats and dogs and teaching. I know those things are still important to you and I think that is good. The first part of my growing up was alone cause there were no kids to play with where I lived. I think that is where I figured out how to be alone and find things to do by myself. I never have been easily bored cause I can always find things to do.
Me too, Jack. I had a HUGE imagination when I was a kid! :P Kittens were kids, my bike was a motorcycle, a tractor tire was a horse, my grandad's shop was the circus big top, my closet was a cozy city apartment, my bed was a ship---OMG. I was the big pretender! The grape arbor was often my house and the roost bars in the chicken house were theater seats. FUN!! I climbed everything too -- did you climb trees? Now that was always an adventure!
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Me too, Jack. I had a HUGE imagination when I was a kid! :P Kittens were kids, my bike was a motorcycle, a tractor tire was a horse, my grandad's shop was the circus big top, my closet was a cozy city apartment, my bed was a ship---OMG. I was the big pretender! The grape arbor was often my house and the roost bars in the chicken house were theater seats. FUN!! I climbed everything too -- did you climb trees? Now that was always an adventure!
Wow Shasta you do have a HUGE imagination. I'm not sure if I could top that or not :) I did use to make cities out of cardboard boxes, pretend I was a disc jockey on a radio station, build amusement park rides out of things, and things like that. I do remember climbing trees and later when we moved into a neighborhood I used to climb around on the frames of the houses they were building.
You reminded me of the line Ennis says when you said "but my grandparents did their best" :)
Before I moved into the neighborhood though I didn't know what to think when the boy came up the driveway on a pony. He was real though.
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Wow Shasta you do have a HUGE imagination. I'm not sure if I could top that or not :) I did use to make cities out of cardboard boxes, pretend I was a disc jockey on a radio station, build amusement park rides out of things, and things like that. I do remember climbing trees and later when we moved into a neighborhood I used to climb around on the frames of the houses they were building.
You reminded me of the line Ennis says when you said "but my grandparents did their best" :)
Before I moved into the neighborhood though I didn't know what to think when the boy came up the driveway on a pony. He was real though.
Now that sounds fun, too! We would have made good playmates, Jack!
I made houses in the wheat too. Sometimes my cousins would help. We'd tramp down or roll around in the wheat until we had a "room" then we'd make a "hall" to another "room". I think that's called "crop circles" now. LOL. I don't think my granddaddy ever got on to us about that, but it's a wonder.
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Now that sounds fun, too! We would have made good playmates, Jack!
I made houses in the wheat too. Sometimes my cousins would help. We'd tramp down or roll around in the wheat until we had a "room" then we'd make a "hall" to another "room". I think that's called "crop circles" now. LOL. I don't think my granddaddy ever got on to us about that, but it's a wonder.
Yes we would have made good playmates! I never had any wheat to make houses in though. My grandmother did used to make me cackleberries though :D and I went with her to slop the pigs.
I had to use boxes, but I'm not remembering what kind of boxes I used. Yes I think what you describe are known as crop circles. Maybe that is where the whole alien thing came from ;D It is funny that I still love buildings in cities, all kinds of music from all kinds of eras, and amusement parks. I just don't build them anymore and I don't announce songs when I play them.
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Yes we would have made good playmates! I never had any wheat to make houses in though. My grandmother did used to make me cackleberries though :D and I went with her to slop the pigs.
I had to use boxes, but I'm not remembering what kind of boxes I used. Yes I think what you describe are known as crop circles. Maybe that is where the whole alien thing came from ;D It is funny that I still love buildings in cities, all kinds of music from all kinds of eras, and amusement parks. I just don't build them anymore and I don't announce songs when I play them.
(I love talking about this stuff! It's fun to remember.)
OK. I don't know what cackleberries are. That must be a Carolina expression! Explain it to me, please, Jack. :)
What about the pigs? Did you like them or were you scared of them or anything? My granddad did not have pigs very often. They were a lot of trouble he thought. We had all kinds of chickens, turkeys, ducks and always at least a couple of cows.
Did you have a swingset in the backyard? That was a lot of fun too. Mine had a see-saw and two swings and bars on the end to flip on, but no slide! Darnit. LOL. I painted it all the time. Every time my grandparents would paint something, I took the paint remnants and gave my swingset a new coat. It had been red, blue, and yellow, as well as combinations of the three! :P ;D
Do you ever think maybe you would have liked to been an architect or a DJ or an engineer or something because you like all those things from your childhood? I like what I do fine, but sometimes I wish I'd pursued other things. I love watching hawks and other birds of prey -- is that an ornithologist? But, you know, how many ornithologists are there? I guess I could have had a job at a zoo or wildlife refuge maybe. 20/20 hindsight sometimes. Another thing I thought about was veterinary medicine. I'm sure that's stressful, tho. Don't know if I could stand up to the pressure of having someone's pet's life in my hands -- I'm too fragile. :P ;) 8)
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Oh my gosh! You guys are takin me back.
Sounds like my childhood!
My Nannie had grape arbors too and me and my cousins would pretend they were our houses and we were neighbors! We would drag all kinds of stuff out from nannies basement to "furnish" our houses. Funny, we never minded draggin it all out but we were so trod upon when it came time to put it all away!
We would play in the corn fields and play hide and seek in the rows. One day me and my cousin decided to eat the baby corn cause it was so sweet. We were sick as dogs!! :laugh:
We made nannies porch a stage and I would Pretend to be Ed Sullivan using a jump rope as a microphone. My cousin would come out dressed in Nannies finery and put on a show! LOL
Oh we had some fun!
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Oh my gosh! You guys are takin me back.
Sounds like my childhood!
My Nannie had grape arbors too and me and my cousins would pretend they were our houses and we were neighbors! We would drag all kinds of stuff out from nannies basement to "furnish" our houses. Funny, we never minded draggin it all out but we were so trod upon when it came time to put it all away!
We would play in the corn fields and play hide and seek in the rows. One day me and my cousin decided to eat the baby corn cause it was so sweet. We were sick as dogs!! :laugh:
We made nannies porch a stage and I would Pretend to be Ed Sullivan using a jump rope as a microphone. My cousin would come out dressed in Nannies finery and put on a show! LOL
Oh we had some fun!
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Haha -- Ed Sullivan! I love it, Rich!! Tell more!
The grape arbors made great houses, didn't they?
Do kids do things like that now? Like pretend games? So many of mine like to talk about the Xbox or PS2 games they play!! I really like the old fun and games more. :P :D
I remember your daughter and nieces playing in their playhouse that you made -- that's a fun thing to do, too.
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Haha -- Ed Sullivan! I love it, Rich!! Tell more!
The grape arbors made great houses, didn't they?
Do kids do things like that now? Like pretend games? So many of mine like to talk about the Xbox or PS2 games they play!! I really like the old fun and games more. :P :D
I remember your daughter and nieces playing in their playhouse that you made -- that's a fun thing to do, too.
I just remember saying "We're going to have a really big shew" Like he would! LOL
We did all kinds of stuff like that though. We would make a haunted trail in the cornfields and charge kids to come through it.
LOL! That was until we got caught and had to give their money back!
Once we caught throwing apples at the Church across the street! We were trying to hit the bell so it would ring. We didn't seem to notice the apple sauce we were making all over the rest of the Church. Preacher Sawyer made us hose the Church off with the garden hose! LOL
we were so dumb, we cound't figure out how we got caught. Well the few times we actually did hit the bell it would ring! DUH!!!
Yeah, my daughter still plays make believe stuff. She has made a fort in her back yard and has all kinds of stuff at my Dads place. We make dams on the creek and catch frogs, crawfish and mudpuppies!
We have races with sticks in the creek. We do all kinds of fun stuff.
She has her video games but she would much rather play outside!!
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Well, I grew up in the city, but still had a pretty vivid imagination. My friend and I once took my mom's laundry basket, packed our lunch, tied balloons to it, carried the whole contraption to a grassy area, and waited to take off on our trip to Disney World. Never mind that they were not helium balloons!
Speaking of imagination, my daughter just offered me an ice cream cone made of a stuffed leopard inside an upside down party hat. I had to pretend to eat it, of course. Happily, the imaginative tradition continues.
;D Cute! I'm sure the ice cream was delicious!
Your laundry basket with balloons story reminds me of my several various attempts to construct wings -- I jumped off the storm cellar and flapped like wild each time. I never perfected those! :P :D
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(I love talking about this stuff! It's fun to remember.)
OK. I don't know what cackleberries are. That must be a Carolina expression! Explain it to me, please, Jack. :)
What about the pigs? Did you like them or were you scared of them or anything? My granddad did not have pigs very often. They were a lot of trouble he thought. We had all kinds of chickens, turkeys, ducks and always at least a couple of cows.
Did you have a swingset in the backyard? That was a lot of fun too. Mine had a see-saw and two swings and bars on the end to flip on, but no slide! Darnit. LOL. I painted it all the time. Every time my grandparents would paint something, I took the paint remnants and gave my swingset a new coat. It had been red, blue, and yellow, as well as combinations of the three! :P ;D
Do you ever think maybe you would have liked to been an architect or a DJ or an engineer or something because you like all those things from your childhood? I like what I do fine, but sometimes I wish I'd pursued other things. I love watching hawks and other birds of prey -- is that an ornithologist? But, you know, how many ornithologists are there? I guess I could have had a job at a zoo or wildlife refuge maybe. 20/20 hindsight sometimes. Another thing I thought about was veterinary medicine. I'm sure that's stressful, tho. Don't know if I could stand up to the pressure of having someone's pet's life in my hands -- I'm too fragile. :P ;) 8)
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I'm not sure where the term "cackleberries" came from. Either I made it up or my grandma told me that's what they were. They were eggs and she used to make them for me. I asked my mother for some one time and she didn't know what they were. My grandma had chickens so I would go out and get eggs out of the hen house. She lived right below us and my mother did grow up on a farm. By the time I came around it was not as big of a farm as it had been. My grandpa died when I was very young so I hardly remember him. My grandma died when I was only around 12 or so too, but I remember her very well. They had cows at one time. I know my father talks about a cow that used to chase him around. He was from the city, Philadelphia, so I'm sure coming to the country was an experience for him. I don't ever remember being afraid of the pigs, but I know they were a lot of trouble to slop.
Yes I definitely had a swingset and guess what I always imagined it to be? An amusement park of course :) Remember I have always loved amusement parks. So I pretended they were different kinds of rides. I don't think I ever had a slide either. I had one of those swings though with seats on each side. I used to try to get that to get high enough so that I could go over the top. Well in fact I wanted to do that with the regular swings too. And yes I loved the see saw except that many times nobody would be on the other side and that didn't work too well :)
I definitely wanted to be a DJ. That was my dream!!! Even as an adult that has crossed my mind. I had a friend who was a DJ who travelled around to events only about 10 years ago and I thought about trying to get into that. That is probably the reason I seem to have so many music threads ;D I thought the other day that I wanted to have one that focused on all new music cause I keep up on that too, but I started realizing that if I kept going on my blog was going to turn into a radio station :laugh: And my radio station would be so mixed up on formats that nobody would know what might play next.
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Since you like to travel, thought you might get the chance to stay here some time.
:D :D :D :D
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All the bellboys have treasure trails.
I'm making reservations right now!!
:o SWEET MERCY!!
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Now Gary how did you know where I was planning on staying :o
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Well darn, Jack. I left you a picture of a really nice looking guy with a hairy belly, but it seems the prudes at Image Shack have been nosing about in my files again.
There wasn't anything pornographic about that picture. It was a shot of a muscular man without his shirt on. The top button of his jeans was undone, letting you see his "treasure trail" merge with the very top part of his pubic hair. I guess this is what the human body-hating twit at Image Shack who deleted the picture objected to.
Sorry you didn't get to see him. >:(
the only thing pornographic were my thoughts!! :laugh:
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lmao!
y'all are crazy!
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Maybe the censor at Image Shack got upset because the picture made him think about doing it with a guy. :P
I'm glad you got to see that guy at least.
Well I didn't get to see him :( All I got to see was the motel. But thanks for sending it anyway, maybe Photobucket will accept it ;D Also thanks Gary!!! You pushed me to 100 pages ;D
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Good morning, Jack! What're you doing this weekend? :)
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Maybe the censor at Image Shack got upset because the picture made him think about doing it with a guy. :P
I'm glad you got to see that guy at least.
You and me both brother!! ;)
Mercy!!
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Hugs to you and to all!!
Be happy studs!!
Au revoir,
hugs!
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Wow, that pic makes me want to go down that hill on inliners! But please someone stop all traffic beforehand :laugh:
Have a nice weekend Jack! :D
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Thank you Gary!!! I love the pictures!!! You made me feel better. For some reason I haven't felt all that good today. It may be just that I am a bit under the weather or just a bit down. I'm not completely sure. We had real bad storms all day so it wouldn't have been a good day to do much other than sleep a lot anyway which I did. Anyway, seeing those pictures definitely boosted my spirit.
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Wow, that pic makes me want to go down that hill on inliners! But please someone stop all traffic beforehand :laugh:
Have a nice weekend Jack! :D
There are steep hills like that all over the city so you would have plenty to go down Chrissi. I hope you have a nice weekend too. How have you been doing?
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Good morning Jack! Got sunshine?
Nice pics, Gary.
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Good morning Jack! Got sunshine?
Nice pics, Gary.
Hey Shasta, how has your weekend been so far? We had bad storms all day yesterday, but it is better today with a mixture of sun and clouds, but it has also gotten colder. Did those bad storms come through Arkansas?
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Sorry to hear that you've been down, Jack. But I'm glad that the pics lifted your spirits. They lifted mine, too. I thought these were really good pictures. It's gotten late, and my head is all fuzzy now, but I'll PM you after I've had some sleep. In the meantime here's some more pictures for you.
And here's a little something to remind you that it's all about love, and that you should continue looking for that speical person.
:) :) :) :)
Thanks for all the pictures Gary!!! You certainly are great at bringing my spirits up :) And you are right, maybe that special person is still out there somewhere.......I'm just not sure where they are ???
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Hey Shasta, how has your weekend been so far? We had bad storms all day yesterday, but it is better today with a mixture of sun and clouds, but it has also gotten colder. Did those bad storms come through Arkansas?
Yesterday was rainy and dreary, but it didn't storm, Jack. It's sunny, breezy, and 44 degrees here today. I guess the storm brought you the cold weather.
Tomorrow, sadly, I must go back to work. :'(
So today I suffer from Truman's so-called SAD -- "Sunday Afternoon Dread". :P :-\
Oh yeah -- I can cheer up!! We will be off in 4 days for Good Friday.
YAY!! ;D
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Yesterday was rainy and dreary, but it didn't storm, Jack. It's sunny, breezy, and 44 degrees here today. I guess the storm brought you the cold weather.
Tomorrow, sadly, I must go back to work. :'(
So today I suffer from Truman's so-called SAD -- "Sunday Afternoon Dread". :P :-\
Oh yeah -- I can cheer up!! We will be off in 4 days for Good Friday.
YAY!! ;D
It sounds like most of the south and I guess northeast too was rainy and dreary yesterday. It has warmed up here some now and is 52. I know what you mean about being in the SAD syndrome. I am too. I don't get Good Friday off. We used to get it, but when they made MLK a holiday they took that one away from us. It seems like they could have just added one. Oh well. That might be a good day to call in sick ;D
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It sounds like most of the south and I guess northeast too was rainy and dreary yesterday. It has warmed up here some now and is 52. I know what you mean about being in the SAD syndrome. I am too. I don't get Good Friday off. We used to get it, but when they made MLK a holiday they took that one away from us. It seems like they could have just added one. Oh well. That might be a good day to call in sick ;D
I like the way you think! ;)
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I don't get Good Friday off.
I don't get Good Friday off either, but I'm thinking they'll let us out about 2, instead of 5.
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I don't get Good Friday off either, but I'm thinking they'll let us out about 2, instead of 5.
At least they let you out a little early :) It's just another work day at my place and I work for the state. Strange ;)
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At least they let you out a little early :) It's just another work day at my place and I work for the state. Strange ;)
Separation of church and state?
Do you have to talk to a person when you call in sick or is it an automated call-in? I have to talk to my boss -- it would be easier if it were automated.
I hardly ever miss work, but I think about it a lot. :P
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I think about it a whole lot more than I miss. If I am not going to be there I just have to send an email to my boss so that is not too bad.
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I think about it a whole lot more than I miss. If I am not going to be there I just have to send an email to my boss so that is not too bad.
Oh -- I would like that better.
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Hi Jack!
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It's Monday! What fun!
That's a GREAT picture Gary!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think that is a very happy cat even though my black cat Code likes to play in water. He is actually fascinated by it and likes to play in the sink and try to catch the water. He also appeared in the middle of a great big thunderstorm soaking wet when he was a tiny kitten. At least you got my Monday off to a good start ;D
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HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY BETTERMOST!!!
MAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE WITH YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS!!!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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That is a great picture Chuck!!! Thanks for posting it :)
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That's a GREAT picture Gary!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think that is a very happy cat even though my black cat Code likes to play in water. He is actually fascinated by it and likes to play in the sink and try to catch the water. He also appeared in the middle of a great big thunderstorm soaking wet when he was a tiny kitten. At least you got my Monday off to a good start ;D
I thought Code was a tuxedo cat!!
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I love that picture Jess :) No Code is as solid black as you can get. He doesn't have any white or any other color anywhere on him.
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So Jack I was wondering could you explain to me how this system of measurement of computing capacity works.
Like what is a gig, a terrabite, how much makes up one thing then another. When I hear people talk about their computors that part is always over my head. The last time I had a handle on it was with the comadore 64, which I never had one but......
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So Jack I was wondering could you explain to me how this system of measurement of computing capacity works.
Like what is a gig, a terrabite, how much makes up one thing then another. When I hear people talk about their computors that part is always over my head. The last time I had a handle on it was with the comadore 64, which I never had one but......
Truman, a bit is a binary digit which equals 0 or 1 and is the basic unit of information storage. All of the other measurements are a reflection of how many of the basic units (bits) are available for storage or how many of these are taken up by a document, application, etc. The number of bits has been steadily increasing and what used to represent a lot of storage now represents very little. So here is a run down of how much of one things makes up another.
8 bits is a byte
1000 bytes is a kilobyte (KB)
1 million bytes is a megabyte (MB)
1 billion bytes is a gigabit (GB)
1 trillion bytes is a terabyte
1 quadrillion bytes is a petabyte
1 quintillion bytes is an exabyte
1 sextillion bytes is a zettabyte
1 septillion bytes is a yottabyte
Does that help?
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comadore 64,
I believe that was a 64mb computer!
Smokin in it's day! LOL
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Truman, a bit is a binary digit which equals 0 or 1 and is the basic unit of information storage. All of the other measurements are a reflection of how many of the basic units (bits) are available for storage or how many of these are taken up by a document, application, etc. The number of bits has been steadily increasing and what used to represent a lot of storage now represents very little. So here is a run down of how much of one things makes up another.
8 bits is a byte
1000 bytes is a kilobyte (KB)
1 million bytes is a megabyte (MB)
1 billion bytes is a gigabit (GB)
1 trillion bytes is a terabyte
1 quadrillion bytes is a petabyte
1 quintillion bytes is an exabyte
1 sextillion bytes is a zettabyte
1 septillion bytes is a yottabyte
Does that help?
Yes it does, I will print it out and put it in my wallet.
So when I am shoping for a computor I should look for the one that has the most bytes for the money, right?
I think they yottabyte too if you have a septillion of them. :laugh:
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Yes it does, I will print it out and put it in my wallet.
So when I am shoping for a computor I should look for the one that has the most bytes for the money, right?
I think they yottabyte too if you have a septillion of them. :laugh:
Is that like Yonah Bite?
This pie is soooooo goooood Yonah Bite?? :laugh: :laugh:
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Jeet chet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yonah bite?
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Jeet chet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yonah bite?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Shit I reckon! ;D
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Shit I reckon! ;D
'ventually jewel hafta.
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'ventually jewel hafta.
spose so
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Is that like Yonah Bite?
This pie is soooooo goooood Yonah Bite?? :laugh: :laugh:
Yes exactly, but it is not near as tasty ;D
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Yes it does, I will print it out and put it in my wallet.
So when I am shoping for a computor I should look for the one that has the most bytes for the money, right?
I think they yottabyte too if you have a septillion of them. :laugh:
It's gonna be hard to find any yottabyte computers though ;D so you will probably be looking for the one that has the most gigabytes. That's about as far as they have come with the ones you buy. And remember your RAM and to get as much as you can, try to get 2 GB.
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I believe that was a 64mb computer!
Smokin in it's day! LOL
Big time smokin' in its day for sure. You were right there on the cutting edge Truman :)
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Thanks:
a bit is a binary digit which equals 0 or 1 and is the basic unit of information storage. All of the other measurements are a reflection of how many of the basic units (bits) are available for storage or how many of these are taken up by a document, application, etc. The number of bits has been steadily increasing and what used to represent a lot of storage now represents very little. So here is a run down of how much of one things makes up another.
8 bits is a byte
1000 bytes is a kilobyte (KB)
1 million bytes is a megabyte (MB)
1 billion bytes is a gigabit (GB)
1 trillion bytes is a terabyte
1 quadrillion bytes is a petabyte
1 quintillion bytes is an exabyte
1 sextillion bytes is a zettabyte
1 septillion bytes is a yottabyte
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Happy to know that! Thanks!! I am asking always my brother what is KB, MB, GB, and I get just the name!! So now I know the power: the numbers of each!!
I know that the system is the binary. Does anyone know about that?
Hugs!
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This pie is soooooo goooood Yonah Bite?? :laugh: :laugh:
Jeet chet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yonah bite?
Shit I reckon! ;D
'ventually jewel hafta.
spose so
:o :o :o :o :o
Good Lord! My brothers are speakin' in tongues!
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:o :o :o :o :o
Good Lord! My brothers are speakin' in tongues!
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i can hep ya wit translatin!
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i can hep ya wit translatin!
You might have to help us with the translation :)
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You must think your little brother is a dim bulb, Rich.
>:(
I wuz able to figger out whachew wuz sayin'.
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Jeet chet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yonah bite?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Isn't this a "byte" from the beginning of the movie Annie Hall? ;D
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Good morning, Jack!!
(Did you call in today?)
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Good morning, Jack!!
(Did you call in today?)
No I am here, but it seems pretty dead. I guess everyone else called in :) You completely made my day yesterday!!! Thank you so VERY much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Me an' my bes gurlfren, Vickie LaVern, we'll email one-nother backen forth like 'is here, like we'n vernaculaize air on languidge an' it work lot better you got somepin' t' talk 'bout othernat hit look like we jus' showin' off.
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P.S. Bless their hearts.
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I'm quite sure their family tree has no branches! :P
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No I am here, but it seems pretty dead. I guess everyone else called in :) You completely made my day yesterday!!! Thank you so VERY much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Me an' my bes gurlfren, Vickie LaVern, we'll email one-nother backen forth like 'is here, like we'n vernaculaize air on languidge an' it work lot better you got somepin' t' talk 'bout othernat hit look like we jus' showin' off.
Are you really related to these guys ???
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Hugs!
Keep care!!
Long live gays, everywhere!!
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Thank you Chuck!!! I hope your Easter was Great!!!
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[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbV_iRpBZ3Q[/youtube]
Have a great Easter, Jack. ;D
Thanks for the Easter wish and the video Gary ;D I hope your Easter was very special.
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Shasta, you are an incredibly nice, warm, and thoughtful person!!! I am truly glad to have you as a good friend :)
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I need to see if there is a dream thread on here. If not I think there should be. There was one I was going to post awhile back, but I never got around to looking for a thread. To tell you truth it seems most of my dreams are of the variety that I don't want to remember especially if my ex decides to visit me in them >:(
Anyway, I had one of my wonderful dreams last night that has made me feel good all day. I'm not sure why since it was just a dream. The dream started out with my one car not working, not starting up or something like that. That car was at my parents and my other car was at my house. So I had these super long battery cables, I mean really long, with one end attached to the Cutlass at my house and the other end attached to the Mustang at my parents house. Then these other people appeared that were trying to help me fix the problem although they were nowhere near the cars. It was almost as if they were working on some other kind of project. All this while my mother, father, and I think my sister were all standing around too. This one guy came up to us that was wearing some kind of helmet, like a welders helmet, that covered his face. He said that we weren't really doing it right and that he could show us even though he wasn't really supposed to. He fixed the problem somehow, but I don't remember the cars being there anymore. The other people besides my family and the one guy then left or disappeared or something like that. This guy had taken the helmet off by then and was quite an attractive guy, but not necessarily someone who I would typically be attracted to. He told my family and I that he could stay around for awhile even though he was not supposed to. I don't remember anyone asking him to stay, but in the dream I was glad he did.
It seems like we were playing some kind of game like a video game or board game. My memory of that part of the dream is sketchy. I know he and I were talking a lot and I was beginning to like him a lot. Whenever he would say something he would basically be talking to all of us, but his attention was more on me. He kept informing us that he was not supposed to be staying around with us. He then wanted to know if we could come with him to his house which turned into being a restaurant type place. He was showing us, but mainly me, all these things he had in a glass case. I was rather shocked because he had so many things that I too collected which I informed him of. He was happy about that, but again he kept saying that he was really enjoying being around us even though he was not supposed to be. I remember in particular he had this fire truck replica in the case that I was quite fond of. I remember that it was white rather than the typical red. From all indications that I remember this guy apparently was supposed to be a fireman.
It appeared that the time he had to spend with me was running out. By this time, my family members had left. I had become quite fond of this guy and I was feeling that feeling you get when you fall in love with someone. I knew that our time was short. He said that he wanted me to know that he had really enjoyed this time he had spent with me even though he wasn't supposed to. It was clear that we would never see each other again. And by the way there was no indication that he was gay or anything and in the dream I remember wondering if he was or if he was just being a nice guy. I wasn't sure exactly what he thought of me other than the attention he was paying me.
Then we were standing in front of the bar where someone was working behind it cleaning up or something. He said, "So did you want to turn in an application here?" At this point in time I'm not sure where it was, but apparently I was in another town. I said, "I thought that you were leaving and that I would never see you again so why would I want to work here?" He said, "Well you know it doesn't necessarily have to be that way." I said, "But you said you weren't supposed to be spending time here with me." He said, "I wasn't supposed to be, but I did anyway." Then things just turned into these really strong feelings and I was unsure of what I was supposed to do. Apparently he did like me in a special kind of way although I was still questioning it and questioning what I should do.
I don't remember anything more than that. It could be that the alarm clock went off or something, but I woke up feeling so content. It was almost like I woke up in love, but it was only a dream. I have no idea really what it meant. I know some people think dreams have all these hidden meanings and maybe this one did. I'm not sure. There are similarities here that I can see which remind me somewhat of my situation with the guy I have told many of you about. However, I know for a fact that this guy in the dream doesn't look anything like that guy. For one thing the guy in the dream had blondish hair while the guy I know has dark brown hair.
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What a nice dream Jack. I can understand why it made you feel good all day. I'm not into dream interpretation at all, and I rarely remember my dreams, but sure I have experienced that the feeling, the mood a dream gives you continues to stay after you woke up. And that it can carry you through the day.
What I find striking is that the guy kept telling you he did this or that "although he wasn't supposed to". And in the end, you didn't know what you were supposed to do.
Maybe we all should try to do less of what we're supposed to do and more of what we want to do.
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What a dream, Jack! Thanks for telling us about it. What does it mean? I think it means that you're a romantic and that you want to fall in love with someone special. :)
I was struck how your interactions with this man involved your family. It was as if he was becoming part of your family.
Now if I had a dream like that, I probably would have just shagged the guy. :P
Thanks for your comments Gary. I guess that is what it means. Maybe I will meet this guy somewhere :) I wish ;D I think maybe the part involving my family which you actually brought to my mind is that I am close to my family. So maybe that is why they were in it so prevalently. Hmmmmmmm....I'm not sure what would have happened if the dream would have continued ;)
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What a nice dream Jack. I can understand why it made you feel good all day. I'm not into dream interpretation at all, and I rarely remember my dreams, but sure I have experienced that the feeling, the mood a dream gives you continues to stay after you woke up. And that it can carry you through the day.
What I find striking is that the guy kept telling you he did this or that "although he wasn't supposed to". And in the end, you didn't know what you were supposed to do.
Maybe we all should try to do less of what we're supposed to do and more of what we want to do.
Thanks for posting your thoughts Chrissi. Most of my dreams are not worth posting :) Many are simply good to forget ;) It does seem that I am quite a vivid dreamer though. I've had a lot of people that say they dream in black and white. I never have understood that. My dreams have very vivid colors always. I agree I think we should try to do less of what we're supposed to do and more of what we want to do. I guess the guy in my dream did that even though he kept saying he wasn't supposed to. It's funny how both you and Gary have made me think of things concerning that dream that I did not think of before. I just now realized from reading what you wrote that maybe it is me that doesn't do some things because I'm not supposed to ???
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I've had a lot of people that say they dream in black and white. I never have understood that.
Me neither! I can't imagine to dream in b/w. This seems so strange to me, somehow like you should intantly know it's a dream (even while dreaming) if it is in b/w.
But then, in dreams everything is different and strange, but doesn't seem so while you're dreaming, only in hindsight. If you dream of a flying cat it doesn't seems strange at all, so why should a world in b/w seem strange?
I just now realized from reading what you wrote that maybe it is me that doesn't do some things because I'm not supposed to ???
Maybe (maybe not; like I already said, I have no idea about dream interpretation). But that guy did things he was not supposed to - and it was good :)! In contrast to him, you hestitated because you didn't know what you were supposed to do.
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Good morning, Jack!
Are you already thinking about the weekend even tho it's just Wednesday? I am! :P ;D
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Hi Jack. I remember how much it annoys you that gay men are precluded from donating blood simply because they're gay, so when I came across this video, I thought I'd post it here.
Thanks for posting this Gary. It only adds to my thoughts about how STUPID all of this is. Talk about stereotypes!!!!!!!!! And some people say that gay people are so accepted these days. Yeah right!!! Laws such as this show, in my opinion, how much they are not accepted. As the guy says, straight people DO engage in risky sexual activity, but for some reason that seems to be ok and for some reason they are never considered high risk. This goes back to my visit to my old doctor who seemed to take it for granted that since I was gay I would have at some point been exposed to Hepatitis B. He continued to think this even though I told him I was not sexually active. And I'm sure to his surprise I have never ever been exposed to Hepatitis B as the blood work showed. His logic, like these laws, is FAULTY. And it also makes me think about when my sister found out that I was gay. Her first question to my mother was "Well, can he be controlled?" Finding out I was gay apparently meant to her that I was out attacking any male that came anywhere near me. When in fact she has been consistently more sexually active then me. So the question is which I have stated to my mother is "Can she be controlled?" So for those of you who think gays are now accepted in today's society, think again!!! Yes, the tolerance may be greater than it was at one time, but be sure to remember that many people do indeed hold these stereotypes and be sure to think what is being said behind your back.
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Good morning, Jack!
Are you already thinking about the weekend even tho it's just Wednesday? I am! :P ;D
Yes Shasta I sure am thinking about the weekend :) Have you got big plans?
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Hi Mr Jack!!
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Hi Mr Jack!!
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Hey and Good Morning Jess :)
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Hey and Good Morning Jess :)
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I read your dream....Gotta go but I will come back cause I want to talk to you about it! (VERY interesting)
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I read your dream....Gotta go but I will come back cause I want to talk to you about it! (VERY interesting)
Yes Jess, I hope you do come back to talk to me about it. I would love to know your thoughts :)
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Hi Jack and Friends!
Dreams are such an interesting topic. I also have very vivid dreams on occasion. In fact, have dreamed whole screenplays with dialogue (wish I'd written them down), and also have had lucid dreams where I know I'm dreaming but go with it anyway as if I'm both in my dream and observing it. Sometimes I will wake up in the middle of a dream, and if I immediately go back to sleep and the dream will continue.
One of my favorite dreams is that I can fly. I used to dream that a lot more often when I was young.
Have you ever heard that if you are dreaming that you are falling and actually hit the ground in your dream it means that you have died in real life?
Hey Susie and all,
Yes they are a very interesting topic. I have also had dreams that were like whole length movies and ones that have continued on for many years. They aren't reoccurring, they are just continuations and have people and places in them that I only know in dreams. I have also known I was dreaming before and observed the dream like you say. I have also been able to go back to sleep and continue a dream. This happens a lot with bad dreams unfortunately. Have you ever had a dream before where you were trying to wake yourself up from it? It's almost like you are shaking yourself to wake up and if you don't get up when you do wake up you will go right back into it.
I've heard a lot of people say that they have dreams of flying. I'm not sure if I have ever had one about that. I have definitely heard that if you are dreaming you are falling and hit the ground you die in real life. That was even in some movie or TV show, but I'm not sure which one. It seems like it was either in something like Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock.
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Laws Gary!!
Is anyone warm???? ::)
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Wow Gary, now that is some dream. I can't say that I have ever had any quite like that. It sounds like the basis for a horror movie. And Ray Charles with a shotgun.....that doesn't sound like him and even if it did someone blind with a gun does not work out too well.
Paralysis dream is a good name for those. I have been having them since I was in my early teens. The ones I have give me the feeling that I am moving to try and wake myself up when in fact I have not moved at all. I can remember leaning my head out a window during the winter once to wake myself up, but I had actually only dreamed that I did that cause I had not even moved. I can remember having tried to turn lights on and shaking the lamp cause the light would not come on. It is a horrible feeling. It's like you are trying to pull yourself out of a very deep sleep.
That would be a very hard thing to deal with, extremely hard. And for you to know before it was even diagnosed. I have always gotten migraine headaches and I started getting them in the middle of the fourth grade. I didn't know what they were and for years I thought I must have a brain tumor. Luckily, I did not. You must be a very strong person Gary to have dealt with all of that and I am glad you came through the operation as well as you did.
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I feel sometimes like I am leading so many different lives. I live my one life at work. I go there each day to a place I don't really like. It is a place where I continually feel under appreciated, under valued, and I know that it will remain that way always. I then have a life where I am getting educated which is about ready to come to a close. I now have a masters degree, a bachelors degree, and an associates degree. The associates degree oddly enough will be the last one I get in May. My social life is basically nothing. I am in love with someone who I have only known online since November of 2000. It sounds rather strange I know, but I do know that the feelings are not one sided. I really don't want to explain all that since it would be another story. Let's just say that he is IMPORTANT to me and I don't want to loose what we do have. And there ain't nobody that has come close to that, that I have met yet.
Then I have an incredible log cabin in the North Carolina mountains. And that is not what I consider the important part of my life here in Asheville, NC. What truly keeps me here is my wonderful aging parents who I have a very close relationship with. My place here would be a dream for many people, and I do want to keep this log cabin. I know that if were not for my parents I would try to move to California or New York cause I just love those places and that ain't cause of the gay places. I would more than likely stay away from those places.
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I feel sometimes like I am leading so many different lives. I live my one life at work. I go there each day to a place I don't really like. It is a place where I continually feel under appreciated, under valued, and I know that it will remain that way always. I then have a life where I am getting educated which is about ready to come to a close. I now have a masters degree, a bachelors degree, and an associates degree. The associates degree oddly enough will be the last one I get in May. My social life is basically nothing. I am in love with someone who I have only known online since November of 2000. It sounds rather strange I know, but I do know that the feelings are not one sided. I really don't want to explain all that since it would be another story. Let's just say that he is IMPORTANT to me and I don't want to loose what we do have. And there ain't nobody that has come close to that, that I have met yet.
Then I have an incredible log cabin in the North Carolina mountains. And that is not what I consider the important part of my life here in Asheville, NC. What truly keeps me here is my wonderful aging parents who I have a very close relationship with. My place here would be a dream for many people, and I do want to keep this log cabin. I know that if were not for my parents I would try to move to California or New York cause I just love those places and that ain't cause of the gay places. I would more than likely stay away from those places.
I know you are in a troubled place right now, Jack....and no one can decide anything for you. Please don't be hard on yourself. You have to work things thru and it may take some time....but you do need to look at what you need (and deserve) in your life and how you can get it without losing things that ARE important to you. Baby steps.
I am glad you posted this...I know you are thinking and considering (even when you think you are not) and there will come a time when you are ready that you will make YOUR decisions on what you can stand....and what you can (and will) fix.
I believe in you.
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Thanks for all your show of support Gary, Jess, and Kelda!!!!!!!! I truly appreciate that. It seems there are always people on here who will always show their friendship, care, and concern for me. There is no doubt in my mind that the three of you are always there for me. There are others as well such as Shasta, Janice, Susiebk, Chrissi, Linda, John, Jim, etc. There are even new friends such as Dana who is an incredibly nice person. I am truly glad to have met all of you. I think I will eventually make it through any struggles I may now be having. I know the answers are within. I'm just not sure where. I know there are people in the world who are much more confused than me, but I think any amount of confusion and indecision can sometimes be hard to deal with.
Sincerely,
Jack
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I think I will eventually make it through any struggles I may now be having. I know the answers are within. I'm just not sure where.
You'll find them Jack, just keep searching.
(((((Jack)))))
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You'll find them Jack, just keep searching.
(((((Jack)))))
Thanks, I will keep searching and I must say I am getting real confused about who is who since I am seeing various name changes. I'm not sure what that is all about ??? Am I really going completely crazy ??? ;D Anyway, I do hope that you all know, meaning C, R, and T that you three are definitely included in those people names I mentioned. It's rather hard to remember who all to list since there have been so many people who I have met during my time here and who I have come to consider good friends. I can think of more right off such as David, Scott, Gail, Teresa, Jeff, Karen, Eric, Paul, Adam, Lee, Monica, Lynn, Jack......wow it is really incredible to start thinking of all the people who in less than a year brought me to here. It's funny to think that at this time last year I had never heard much less met or talked to any of you. It has been a great and memorable period of time. All of you will always hold a good place in my mind and in my heart.
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Thanks, I will keep searching and I must say I am getting real confused about who is who since I am seeing various name changes. I'm not sure what that is all about ??? Am I really going completely crazy ??? ;D
it's an April Fool's Day thing. I've seen various name changes, and Truman is now "Larry McMurtry", I have Rich's name, and Rich has Truman's name.
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All of you will always hold a good place in my mind and in my heart.
Same here Jack!
What a year it has been.
So Glad I got to know you in Sept and can count you as a great friend! ;D
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Same here Jack!
What a year it has been.
So Glad I got to know you in Sept and can count you as a great friend! ;D
I am too Richard!!! I still hope to go to Six Flags sometime. I am also glad to know who everyone is now. I thought I had finally went over the deep end ;D
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I am too Richard!!! I still hope to go to Six Flags sometime. I am also glad to know who everyone is now. I thought I had finally went over the deep end ;D
Well, we're all there waitin on ya! ;D
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Well, we're all there waitin on ya! ;D
speak for yourself! The men in white coats have not been to my place for me!
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speak for yourself! The men in white coats have not been to my place for me!
Oh please, your the freakin ring leader in crazy town.
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excuse the holy hell out of you?
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Thanks for all your show of support Gary, Jess, and Kelda!!!!!!!! I truly appreciate that. It seems there are always people on here who will always show their friendship, care, and concern for me. There is no doubt in my mind that the three of you are always there for me. There are others as well such as Shasta, Janice, Susiebk, Chrissi, Linda, John, Jim, etc. There are even new friends such as Dana who is an incredibly nice person. I am truly glad to have met all of you. I think I will eventually make it through any struggles I may now be having. I know the answers are within. I'm just not sure where. I know there are people in the world who are much more confused than me, but I think any amount of confusion and indecision can sometimes be hard to deal with.
Sincerely,
Jack
yes he is!!
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We seem to have two loneleeb3's. Wonder how that happened ???
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We seem to have two loneleeb3's. Wonder how that happened ???
maybe they are breeding ummm....uh....cloning themselves....???
Bad Jess BAD!!
*Slaps herself on the arm*
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keep searching babe, keep searching... :-*
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maybe they are breeding ummm....uh....cloning themselves....???
Bad Jess BAD!!
*Slaps herself on the arm*
The more the merrier!! :laugh:
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The more the merrier!! :laugh:
Are you making clones of yourself Richard? That reminds me of one of those science fiction movies where suddenly someone is surrounded by several of the same person.
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Are you making clones of yourself Richard? That reminds me of one of those science fiction movies where suddenly someone is surrounded by several of the same person.
Lord no!
Truth is, one of me is more than plenty! ::)
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Well I am glad to see you back to your ole self and I am not seeing duplicates of you any more :)
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Here is a story from my youth which was very important for me to put down into words:
Bill Stockton
It's funny to think that someone you remember so well from your distant past when you were growing up would probably not remember you while in your mind it is almost as fresh as the days it happened in. I can't say for sure that he would not remember me, maybe he would, but I kind of think it is doubtful.
My parents always ever year went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for our family vacation. We always went for two weeks. My times down there were probably the most pleasant memories of my childhood. I absolutely, totally, and completely loved the Pavilion which to me was an amusement park and heaven although it was also an arcade and a place where teenagers and others danced. Sadly, and that is another story, the Pavilion was demolished in late 2006. I went to the last night of its existence and in my mind that was the best trip and decision I ever made. That place was part of me, part of my existence.
When I was around 14 my parents and I made our usual pilgrimage to Myrtle Beach. I had no idea about mine or anyone else's sexuality, but looking back it was plain and simple that I was attracted to guys. We stayed at the Yachtsman, another place that will always have very special memories for me. I saw another young guy at the pool who I felt drawn to. Oh to be friends with him, I wanted that so much. I remember lying down on one of the pool lounge chairs and lighting a cigarette. I'm sure I was probably looking at him. He was a dream to me at the time. I wanted so much for him to come up and say something and he did. He asked for a cigarette and I gave him one. His name was Bill and he was from Cincinnati, Ohio. As we talked those feelings inside of me were so strong that I really could not have described it then nor can I describe it now. For that time in my life, Bill became everything to me. I remember that we went up to his parent's room and I remember his father telling me that their last name was Stockton, like the city in California. They offered us sandwiches, but I have no memory of whether I had one or not. My mind was in a place where only Bill existed. All I wanted to do was be where he was. Nothing in the world mattered at that time but him. Of course I couldn't and didn't tell him that.
We made plans to go to the Pavilion that night and of course the intention was that we would meet girls. I didn't care about the girls. I already had found what I was interested in. My parents and I had to go to some restaurant that night. That was very important to them to go to a good seafood restaurant. I was so worried I would miss my date with Bill that I was a nervous wreck all through dinner. We made it back and there was no Bill anywhere to be found. I went up to his room and his parents said he had left to meet me. Poor ole Bill was stuck in the elevator and I guess if he could ever remember anything about that time it would be that.
Bill and I had our date that night although I will never know if he considered it that. Probably not, but nobody will ever really know that. We rode the rides in the Pavilion together. I remember we were standing in line for the Octopus and he told me that he was joining the Army. He looked about the same age as me, but he said he was 16 or 18, I can't really remember which. It is so funny to think that way back then I was worried about my man joining the Army and getting hurt. We did meet some girls that night, but he was as awkward about that as me. I remember we met them back in some remote part of the park, but nothing happened. I think they were ready to go, but neither of us was interested in what they had in mind. We walked back to the hotel and I never saw him again. I tried to locate him, but I never did find him. I still think of him or I don't guess I would be writing this.
We were supposed to see each other the next morning, but my father decided to leave earlier than I expected. I tried to go by his room, but I knew they were all asleep. I was so heartbroken. I knew he was going to be staying a couple of days longer and I prayed that I could stay to be with him, but of course that did not happen. We left Myrtle Beach. I was in the back seat lying towards the back trying to hide the sounds of how many tears were flowing from me. It was one of the saddest times of my life. I remember my parents saying something about my aunt was coming down there and I wanted to know if I could come with her. They thought I was just upset about leaving the beach, but I was upset about leaving Bill. We never even had the chance to exchange addresses or anything. It was the end. That winter, in February I ran away from home, which is yet another story. I ended up in Myrtle Beach and I really think now that it had something to do with trying to recapture that special time in my life. Running away was related to something else, but ending up there was related.
It seems that my life always has to have a song to remind me of a time and a place. I have no idea where I heard this song at that time, but I think it was walking through the Pavilion arcade. I hear this song now and it still reminds me of Bill, that time, and that summer. It is only fitting that I end this story with the words of that song. The song was “Glory Bound” by The Grass Roots which was a popular beach song of the time.
Glory Bound by The Grass Roots
All the sun on the outside
Doesn't touch what I feel within
When I've got you beside me
I'm reachin' out for the rainbow's end
You get to me and give me a feelin' that's comin' on
Gettin' stronger & stronger
CHORUS:
Glory bound to that everlastin' feelin'
Glory bound, oh I'm never never comin' down
It's 5:00 in the mornin'
I'm lookin' out on a sky of gray
I don't care, let the rains come
If I'm with you it's a sunny day
You make me feel so close to heaven
Whenever I'm beside you
(chorus)
I need the comfort I see in your smile
I need the touch of your hand
Come on & bring out the best in me
Don't you know that you can
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my God, Jack that is a powerful story. I wish you could have found him again...
{{{Jack}}}
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my God, Jack that is a powerful story. I wish you could have found him again...
{{{Jack}}}
Thanks Jess. I'm glad you liked the story and I'm glad you commented on it. Sometimes I think it is good to go back to memories such as these to help figure out how you got to where you are now. I think we are all built on things that have happened to us along with all the memories that are written in our mind. I wish I could have found him again too. There are people in your life who you loose who may have only been around briefly, but they are in your mind forever. There are some other people who I lost as well and I hope to write about each of them. My short time with Bill is a wonderful, but sad, memory. Sad in the fact that I never had a way to say goodbye. Wonderful in that the experience is a part of my life. You would not believe how many times I called directory assistance in Cincinnati hoping to find his number. However, the number would have been listed under his father's name. I tried to find him for many, many years but I never did. I even remember the state of Ohio and the city of Cincinnati had special meaning for me for years. I guess it still does in a way, but I have never been there.
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That was a very bittersweet story, Jack. Too bad you couldn't convince your dad to stay a little longer. We didn't question our parents much back then, did we? At least I didn't. They were SHOCKED any time I was against what they said. LOL.
You can go to google and get the white pages. There are probably tons of "Bill Stockton" entries, but you can narrow them down with age and maybe even area if he didn't move much. If you ever have a spare few days that is!
Sometimes I think it is good to go back to memories such as these to help figure out how you got to where you are now. I think we are all built on things that have happened to us along with all the memories that are written in our mind.
That is so true!! I think about that a lot, Jack. Like -- what if I'd started school one year earlier or one year later -- I would have been exposed to all different classmates. No telling how things would have turned out differently with just that one little change. I married a guy in my class. Would I have not married him if I'd been in another grade? Who knows. My best friend now is my best friend from Jr. High--would we have even gotten to know each other if we were in separate classes? It's really weird to think about!
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That is so true!! I think about that a lot, Jack. Like -- what if I'd started school one year earlier or one year later -- I would have been exposed to all different classmates. No telling how things would have turned out differently with just that one little change. I married a guy in my class. Would I have not married him if I'd been in another grade? Who knows. My best friend now is my best friend from Jr. High--would we have even gotten to know each other if we were in separate classes? It's really weird to think about!
OMG Shasta :o. Are you leading my life? ;)
When I read about going to school one year earlier or later, I had exactly the same thoughts. Who knows what difference it would have made in my life. Because I also married a guy from my class and my best friend is also a woman from my class (well, the last two years I have had another woman becoming very, very close, but the first one I have for more than twenty years now, same as my husband).
I feel very blessed and thankful that I met tow people at school who are truly my soulmates for more than 20 years now.
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Hey Jack, thanks for sharing this story with us. It's bittersweet, like Shasta already said. Sometimes it doesn't take long for people to get under our skin and stay there, no matter what, no matter if we never see them again.
Additionally, I think the relationships hardest to get over are not the ones with an unhappy ending, but the ones with no ending at all. No closure. That's hard to bear. Which brings me right back to Ennis (and to our own obsession over Brokeback Mountain; that Annie Proulx must have known what a spell she created by leaving so many things open).
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OMG Shasta :o. Are you leading my life? ;)
When I read about going to school one year earlier or later, I had exactly the same thoughts. Who knows what difference it would have made in my life. Because I also married a guy from my class and my best friend is also a woman from my class (well, the last two years I have had another woman becoming very, very close, but the first one I have for more than twenty years now, same as my husband).
I feel very blessed and thankful that I met tow people at school who are truly my soulmates for more than 20 years now.
It's overwhelming to even try to think about sometimes, isn't it, Chrissi? I'll get really into it--would my life be better, worse, the same-- and then just realize -- crazy woman, you will NEVER know what would have been!!! Stop boggling your own mind!! LOL.
I'm thankful for my best friend and I think, even though I am divorced, I am thankful for my ex-husband in many respects. :P 8)
I like what you said about the closure -- something we all yearn for in our lives.
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Jack, thanks for taking the time to post this story, and share it with us.
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Jack, thanks for taking the time to post this story, and share it with us.
Hey Chuck, thanks for reading it and I am glad to share, I haven't really been around much lately, but obviously I am still here. I hope you are doing well!!!!!!!
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My black cat Code is pretty smart and he has some ideas. He wonders "Why Can't We Be Friends" and he thinks maybe if we all think about it maybe we can all get along. Scars can be scratched deeper, but maybe if we allow them to heal, maybe we can all make it together. Maybe we can all understand each other since after all we are all riding in the same boat towards the same goal after all is said and done. If we separate all we do is become weaker in our goal. The goal we all seek is to understand each other while never feeling afraid of expressing our thoughts or what we feel. Criticizing each other and not taking the time to understand what each other is really trying to say is where the bitter feelings originate. Understanding and considering thoughts that may differ from our own is what makes for growth and understanding. If we think about the problems we face in the world it is pretty clear that it is a basic misunderstanding of what others say and believe. We have to look at the question of why and what can we do to make the message we deliver something that others can understand. Here is the video Code wants all of you to see:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_9sbNXNNYA[/youtube]
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Love the video....
{{{Jack}}}
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Hi!! Just checking in on you and Code! :)
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Hi Jack. Hope all is going well. Haven´t seen you around in a while. Sending love, friend.
dagi
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Hi Jack. Hope all is going well. Haven´t seen you around in a while. Sending love, friend.
dagi
Hey Dagi,
Besides spitting fire right now things are going fine :) I'm still around though. I haven't been around much cause it is getting down the wire on finishing up these two final classes of mine. Oh and by the way I am not spitting fire at you or anyone else we really know. I am just constantly amazed at the way some people's brains cannot connect one dot to another and think before they leap.
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Hey Dagi,
Besides spitting fire right now things are going fine :) I'm still around though. I haven't been around much cause it is getting down the wire on finishing up these two final classes of mine. Oh and by the way I am not spitting fire at you or anyone else we really know. I am just constantly amazed at the way some people's brains cannot connect one dot to another and think before they leap.
Good to see you, Jack. I miss you! And I´m with you on the last thing you said.
Love,
Dagi
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Hello Jack!
Hope you had a nice weekend! It's cold here, but at least it's not raining. :P
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Hey everybody!!! Yes I have been busy with trying my best to make it through these classes. The math one is getting worse and worse. I sure am glad I had such high grades for the first part of it since I am sliding downhill like there was grease on a pole. Oh well, at least I will not have to take any more after this :)
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you're nearly there!!!
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Good to "see" you, friend. Sending love. :-*
Dagi
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Hey Gary, yes I knew those two gay aliens. They were very nice and had a model relationship ;D
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Hey Gary, Dagi, Shasta and Everyone. Sorry I have been so out of touch lately. I am trying my best to get through these last weeks of classes. This math class is about to do me in :(
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Hey Gary, Dagi, Shasta and Everyone. Sorry I have been so out of touch lately. I am trying my best to get through these last weeks of classes. This math class is about to do me in :(
Lord, I feel for ya!
I can't take 2 from 4 without a calculator anymore! :-\
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Lord, I feel for ya!
I can't take 2 from 4 without a calculator anymore! :-\
I'm hoping that I never ever have to do math of any kind anymore after this. Right now we are doing probabilities and statistics. It's horrible!!! I could really care less about what the probability is of getting an orange soda from a cooler that also contains 4 colas and 3 cherry sodas. Who cares and they need to start putting more interesting things in their coolers anyway :laugh:
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Hey Gary, Dagi, Shasta and Everyone. Sorry I have been so out of touch lately. I am trying my best to get through these last weeks of classes. This math class is about to do me in :(
Oh Lord, how I can relate to that. Math is hell unless you have a really superior teacher (and they are rare). I never liked Math and it was one of my weakest subjects. Until I got a new teacher. He repeated part of the stuff that my other teacher had tried to teach us in two years. And after two years of struggling suddently everything made sense. I learned more in the first three weeks with him than in the two years before.
Hang in there Jack. Just a few weeks. You'll make it through it just fine! :-*
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Hey, Jack, I was just over on the Roundup web site, and I see you've turned purple! So you're all paid up and booked, too! Yeehaw! ;D
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Hiya Jack!
Looking forward to seeing you in Wyoming!
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I think Jack ran off and joined the circus. :-\
I did and it was quite scary!!! I was just walking down the street one day and suddenly clowns, bearded ladies, giant men and the like all grabbed me. They took me away thinking that I had escaped from the circus. They then stuck me in one of the side show booths and I am now stuck there until I figure out how to escape. I knew I was odd looking and strange, but I had no idea that I matched the side show freak image so much. People actually spend money to come and gawk at me. Oh well at least I have a different job now. Things are not all bad though. The bearded lady, the giant man, and me have formed a tight friendship and we all get drunk every night sitting around drinking shots of Jack Daniels. However, the clowns are quite mean and scary. The same can be said of the tiny man.
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I did and it was quite scary!!! I was just walking down the street one day and suddenly clowns, bearded ladies, giant men and the like all grabbed me. They took me away thinking that I had escaped from the circus. They then stuck me in one of the side show booths and I am now stuck there until I figure out how to escape. I knew I was odd looking and strange, but I had no idea that I matched the side show freak image so much. People actually spend money to come and gawk at me. Oh well at least I have a different job now. Things are not all bad though. The bearded lady, the giant man, and me have formed a tight friendship and we all get drunk every night sitting around drinking shots of Jack Daniels. However, the clowns are quite mean and scary. The same can be said of the tiny man.
You didn't tell me you were going back to San Fransisco!! :laugh:
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I did and it was quite scary!!! I was just walking down the street one day and suddenly clowns, bearded ladies, giant men and the like all grabbed me. They took me away thinking that I had escaped from the circus. They then stuck me in one of the side show booths and I am now stuck there until I figure out how to escape. I knew I was odd looking and strange, but I had no idea that I matched the side show freak image so much. People actually spend money to come and gawk at me. Oh well at least I have a different job now. Things are not all bad though. The bearded lady, the giant man, and me have formed a tight friendship and we all get drunk every night sitting around drinking shots of Jack Daniels. However, the clowns are quite mean and scary. The same can be said of the tiny man.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Yep. He's back!! ;D
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I'm sitting here with goose bumps right now cause I have a radio station on the computer from Denver and they are playing Melissa by the Allman Brothers right now. It is so funny how that song brings back memories now that it just never had before Brokeback. I can see the whole scene in my mind and the whole idea that I had in my mind then that Ennis would have so much rather been with Jack than with Cassie. And of course this was all getting so close to when there would be no more Jack for Ennis to be with. So now I have teardrops and I have to quit that cause I am here at work.
It just seems so strange how music can make you think of things. I heard that song in the car the other day. It was on a CD I have had long before Brokeback and all of a sudden my mind was on Brokeback.
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Hiya Jack!
Looking forward to seeing you in Wyoming!
Hey Chuck!!!
Great to hear from you. I have been a bit sparse lately, but I am happy to report that I am through with all classes and that is the end of my class days. We could say "School's Out Forever" like the old song says. However, beginning in the fall I will start teaching my first distance based class. Yes I got hired. For now it is part time so I will keep this job, but it appears that eventually I will be full time. More than likely that will be distance based too which means I may end up being able to work from wherever I happen to be. My dream come true!!!
When are you getting to Colorado for the Wyoming trip?
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(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9898/romeocouple03ca3.jpg)
I will check it out Gary and by the way this guy sitting in front is incredibly good looking. That is what I would call my kind of look that I like in a guy ;D Just had to comment on that one :laugh:
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You didn't tell me you were going back to San Fransisco!! :laugh:
How did you know Richard :laugh: At first it didn't look familiar, but now that you mention it there is the Transamerica Pyramid and the Golden Gate Bridge. And I can even see the Cathedral Hill Hotel and Mel's Diner :D
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Hey Gary, Shasta, Chuck, Richard, etc,
Yes I am back and I am very glad to see all of you here!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for not forgetting about me :)
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I'm sitting here with goose bumps right now cause I have a radio station on the computer from Denver and they are playing Melissa by the Allman Brothers right now. It is so funny how that song brings back memories now that it just never had before Brokeback. I can see the whole scene in my mind and the whole idea that I had in my mind then that Ennis would have so much rather been with Jack than with Cassie. And of course this was all getting so close to when there would be no more Jack for Ennis to be with. So now I have teardrops and I have to quit that cause I am here at work.
It just seems so strange how music can make you think of things. I heard that song in the car the other day. It was on a CD I have had long before Brokeback and all of a sudden my mind was on Brokeback.
I know what you mean. This happens to me almost every day at work. My assistant plays this local 'oldies' station, and someone at that station loves that song. They play it several times a day.
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How did you know Richard :laugh: At first it didn't look familiar, but now that you mention it there is the Transamerica Pyramid and the Golden Gate Bridge. And I can even see the Cathedral Hill Hotel and Mel's Diner :D
Sweet memories!
I wish I was there with you! LOL
One day again we can do that. Sooner rather than later I hope.
I'm sitting here with goose bumps right now cause I have a radio station on the computer from Denver and they are playing Melissa by the Allman Brothers right now. It is so funny how that song brings back memories now that it just never had before Brokeback. I can see the whole scene in my mind and the whole idea that I had in my mind then that Ennis would have so much rather been with Jack than with Cassie. And of course this was all getting so close to when there would be no more Jack for Ennis to be with. So now I have teardrops and I have to quit that cause I am here at work.
It just seems so strange how music can make you think of things. I heard that song in the car the other day. It was on a CD I have had long before Brokeback and all of a sudden my mind was on Brokeback
I know how you feel. Whenever I hear a song from Brokeback or a song that plays on BBM radio I do that.
Clint black has a song that says "ain't funny how a melody brings back a memory". It sure is.
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Sweet memories!
I wish I was there with you! LOL
One day again we can do that. Sooner rather than later I hope.
I know how you feel. Whenever I hear a song from Brokeback or a song that plays on BBM radio I do that.
Clint black has a song that says "ain't funny how a melody brings back a memory". It sure is.
Yes I know that song by Clint Black. Not only is it true, but it is also a great song!!!
You are right those are some great memories and I actually think you may have hit on something there. Why not have a reunion in San Francisco sometime? It certainly is a great place for people to get together and there are many who live out there. Also, sooner than later, I agree with that too :)
By the way they are constantly showing Atlanta here on the local TV stations. Apparently they are doing a major tourist marketing campaign here about what a great city it is and how close it is.
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Yes I know that song by Clint Black. Not only is it true, but it is also a great song!!!
You are right those are some great memories and I actually think you may have hit on something there. Why not have a reunion in San Francisco sometime? It certainly is a great place for people to get together and there are many who live out there. Also, sooner than later, I agree with that too :)
By the way they are constantly showing Atlanta here on the local TV stations. Apparently they are doing a major tourist marketing campaign here about what a great city it is and how close it is.
Well, come on down!
What are waitin for a maitin call??? :laugh:
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Well, come on down!
What are waitin for a maitin call??? :laugh:
Well thanks Richard!!! I might just have to do that. It would be great to see Atlanta again. I used to know it fairly well, well a little, but I bet it has changed a LOT.
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Well Jack, it is good to know you didnt get kidnapped by aliens. Least wise you
have lived to tell about it.. No probings or such I hope..
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Well Jack, it is good to know you didnt get kidnapped by aliens. Least wise you
have lived to tell about it.. No probings or such I hope..
No I got captured by the circus and they will not let me leave. They are at least now giving me some computer access every once in awhile ;D Unfortunately the giant man escaped, but now the bearded lady and I have made friends with Magic Brian who is a lot of fun. He does things like breaks out of chains and swallows razor blades ;D Here's some pictures of who I have to hang out with now :laugh:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Magic20Brian.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/186366bHJG_w.jpg)
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Bad news Jack ;), bad news...
As you know, the tiger trainer is already 173 years old and is retiring soon.
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Sonstige/mabelstark.jpg)
Guess who's destined to be the replacement?
Bingo! ;D
Good luck!
(All those torturous math classes - and then being captured by the cicus. Poor Jack ;) ;D :laugh:)
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Hey, congrats on finishing your classes! :D And a special Hooray for surviving the math torture :laugh:
This demands for fireworks:
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Sonstige/feuerwerk-1.jpg)
Honestly, you done very well Jack. It must be hard to work and study. I hope you're very, very proud of yourself. We are!
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Thank you Chrissi!!!!!! You truly are a very, very special person and you're fun to be around too :)
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Hey Chuck!!!
Great to hear from you. I have been a bit sparse lately, but I am happy to report that I am through with all classes and that is the end of my class days. We could say "School's Out Forever" like the old song says. However, beginning in the fall I will start teaching my first distance based class. Yes I got hired. For now it is part time so I will keep this job, but it appears that eventually I will be full time. More than likely that will be distance based too which means I may end up being able to work from wherever I happen to be. My dream come true!!!
When are you getting to Colorado for the Wyoming trip?
YAY!!
Congratulations!!
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It's funny to hear a song that reminds you of your real first love, well I don't know if it is funny, it is just whatever. I have recently been in touch with who I would consider my first love, no doubt about that. I remember, I will always remember that first night wth him in high school, no it was not sexual it was all talking and all feeling. The first night I talked to him was a night I will never forget. Never did I feel closer to someone in my life. I fell so hard and so fast. It was truly emotion. It was not sexual. It was a true love that could never be anything more than what it was. It was all it could be and all it could ever be. There is a part of my heart that will always be dedicated to him and I know he holds a place for me always. Hey, he still calls me his little brother, the brother I never had. The feelings have been there for decades now. They will never go away.
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Yeah I talked to my guy from Texas last night and then again tonight. I wanted to write him this, but I didn't send it to him. Instead, I just want to post it here. I know many of you know how important he is to me, but I'm not even sure if it makes any sense to anyone. But I do love him and that love clouds a lot of things that I do or don't do. For example why was I upset after the dance at the hotel in SF (cause I missed his call)......I was being out of line, why the BBQ was I upset many times (cause I missed his call).......anyway I just have to say this on my blog:
It’s an empty place without you. I know it could be something else, but right now it is just not. It’s really kind of sad. Memories here are not good so getting away from here at times is important. It’s like a home without really being a home. There is nobody here. There is a place here for someone, but I really don’t have much hope that place will ever be filled. I love you, but I know by now that you will stay forever where you are. Your family and your life will always be you. I will never be your family. At one time I truly thought I could and that my dreams of you would come true. I thought that it was just a matter of time. I won’t forget the time you told me that you would leave when you could no longer live your life. It would not be because you were gay, but because a husband and wife could no longer life together. I know that will never be possible cause that life is your life and that will never change. That is what you know and that is where you will remain. If it means that you are not happy, that is the way it will be. I know you spend every minute you can away from that, but you just escape and then you have to go back. I love you so much, I don’t even know if you really know how much, but I know I cannot fit into your life cause that is not your life. As much as I wish, I will never be your life. You try so hard to make sure I remain a part of you. I know how much you try and I know somehow deep down you would want to make it different, but we both know it never can be. You know I actually do know that you love me or else there isn’t any way that from November 25, 2000 to now things between us would not be the same. You cannot escape your life and it would scare you to do so. You show me so many times that you do not want to loose me, but what am I supposed to do. Baby, it is all about you, I make sure that always that we can talk like I know you can only talk, but can I live my entire life without looking into those blue eyes forever?
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{{{Jack}}}
I know this is hard on you. I wish I knew how to help...
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Yeah I talked to my guy from Texas last night and then again tonight. I wanted to write him this, but I didn't send it to him. Instead, I just want to post it here. I know many of you know how important he is to me, but I'm not even sure if it makes any sense to anyone. But I do love him and that love clouds a lot of things that I do or don't do. For example why was I upset after the dance at the hotel in SF (cause I missed his call)......I was being out of line, why the BBQ was I upset many times (cause I missed his call).......anyway I just have to say this on my blog:
It’s an empty place without you. I know it could be something else, but right now it is just not. It’s really kind of sad. Memories here are not good so getting away from here at times is important. It’s like a home without really being a home. There is nobody here. There is a place here for someone, but I really don’t have much hope that place will ever be filled. I love you, but I know by now that you will stay forever where you are. Your family and your life will always be you. I will never be your family. At one time I truly thought I could and that my dreams of you would come true. I thought that it was just a matter of time. I won’t forget the time you told me that you would leave when you could no longer live your life. It would not be because you were gay, but because a husband and wife could no longer life together. I know that will never be possible cause that life is your life and that will never change. That is what you know and that is where you will remain. If it means that you are not happy, that is the way it will be. I know you spend every minute you can away from that, but you just escape and then you have to go back. I love you so much, I don’t even know if you really know how much, but I know I cannot fit into your life cause that is not your life. As much as I wish, I will never be your life. You try so hard to make sure I remain a part of you. I know how much you try and I know somehow deep down you would want to make it different, but we both know it never can be. You know I actually do know that you love me or else there isn’t any way that from November 25, 2000 to now things between us would not be the same. You cannot escape your life and it would scare you to do so. You show me so many times that you do not want to loose me, but what am I supposed to do. Baby, it is all about you, I make sure that always that we can talk like I know you can only talk, but can I live my entire life without looking into those blue eyes forever?
That reminded me of this song
Stay
Sugarland
i been sittin' here staring
at the clock on the wall
and i been layin here praying
praying she won't call
it's just another call from home
and you'll get it and be gone
and i'll be crying
and i'll be beggin you baby
beg you not to leave
but i'll be left here waiting
with my heart on my sleeve
oh for the next time we'll be here
seems like a million years
and i think i'm dying
what do i have to do to make you see
she can't love you like me
why dont you stay
im down on my knees
im so tired of being lonely
don't i give you what you need
when she calls you will go
there is one thing you should know
we dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
you keep telling me baby
there will come a time
when you will leave her arms
and forever be in mine
but i don't think that's the truth
and i don't like being used
and i'm tired of waiting
it's too much pain to have to bare
to love a man you have to share
why dont you stay
im down on my knees
im so tired of being lonely
don't i give you what you need
when she calls you will go
there is one thing you should know
we dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
i can't take it any longer
but my will is getting stronger
and i think i know just what i have to do
i can't waste another minute
after all that i've put in it
i've given you my best
why does she get the best of you
so the next time you find
you wanna leave her bed for mine
why dont you stay
im up off my knees
im so tired of being lonely
you cant give me what i need
when she begs you not to go
there is one thing you should know
i dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
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Aww, Jack. Life and love can be so complicated while our needs are so simple.
((Jack)))
:-*
Sending lots of hugs and love
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Thank you Chrissi!!!
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That reminded me of this song
Stay
Sugarland
i been sittin' here staring
at the clock on the wall
and i been layin here praying
praying she won't call
it's just another call from home
and you'll get it and be gone
and i'll be crying
and i'll be beggin you baby
beg you not to leave
but i'll be left here waiting
with my heart on my sleeve
oh for the next time we'll be here
seems like a million years
and i think i'm dying
what do i have to do to make you see
she can't love you like me
why dont you stay
im down on my knees
im so tired of being lonely
don't i give you what you need
when she calls you will go
there is one thing you should know
we dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
you keep telling me baby
there will come a time
when you will leave her arms
and forever be in mine
but i don't think that's the truth
and i don't like being used
and i'm tired of waiting
it's too much pain to have to bare
to love a man you have to share
why dont you stay
im down on my knees
im so tired of being lonely
don't i give you what you need
when she calls you will go
there is one thing you should know
we dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
i can't take it any longer
but my will is getting stronger
and i think i know just what i have to do
i can't waste another minute
after all that i've put in it
i've given you my best
why does she get the best of you
so the next time you find
you wanna leave her bed for mine
why dont you stay
im up off my knees
im so tired of being lonely
you cant give me what i need
when she begs you not to go
there is one thing you should know
i dont have to live this way
baby why dont you stay
Richard, you sure hit the nail on the head!!! That is an absolutely wonderful song and believe it or not is one of his favorites too. In fact while we talked he wanted to listen to that song over and over again. It truly makes you wonder what is going on in someone's mind in that part they never seem to be able to share with you completely.
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I know how hard it is Jack.
You know my situation. It hurts like hell to love someone so far away that you know will never be yours.
You are a great guy. I hate you are going through all the pain. Just know your not alone if that helps.
;)
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LOL you typed your reply to my first post as I was typingmy last one to you!
Great minds!! :laugh:
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I know how hard it is Jack.
You know my situation. It hurts like hell to love someone so far away that you know will never be yours.
You are a great guy. I hate you are going through all the pain. Just know your not alone if that helps.
;)
Yes it helps tremendously Richard to know that you are not alone. Life can be a hard thing, but with people there to help us along we will make it. Thanks Richard, what you said means a lot.
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I have discovered a great radio station that seems to play a wide variety of music and I have heard songs that I had forgot even existed. It's not like one of those oldies stations, or classic rock stations, or 80s stations, 90s stations, etc. where you hear songs that have been played at least a million times. It is actually a station from Denver that also broadcasts live on the internet as most radio stations do these days. It is 99.5 FM, The Mountain, Denver's Album Rock. Are any of you from Denver familiar with it?
It's not a country station, but I can suggest a couple of those too that I often listen to. There is 95.7, The Wolf, San Francisco and 99.5, The Wolf, Dallas. If any of you who were at the rodeo in SF might remember 95.7 had a booth set up there. These are both great stations and again you can listen to either one on the internet.
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Ok, well this day is getting stranger. It is very slow here at work today. The building I work in has an auditorium and earlier this morning all these snacks appared out in the lobby. Next some tshirts appeared. Now the whole lobby as well as outside of the building is full of very small girls in purple tutus and pink ballet slippers. I thought at first some kind of Brokie gathering might be taking place that I didn't know about ;D
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Yes it helps tremendously Richard to know that you are not alone. Life can be a hard thing, but with people there to help us along we will make it. Thanks Richard, what you said means a lot.
I'm glad Jack.
I may not be there, but I'm here for ya!
We need to stick together to get through this life.
It's a long road alone as Dierks says.
It's good to have friends who understand. ;)
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Ok, well this day is getting stranger. It is very slow here at work today. The building I work in has an auditorium and earlier this morning all these snacks appared out in the lobby. Next some tshirts appeared. Now the whole lobby as well as outside of the building is full of very small girls in purple tutus and pink ballet slippers. I thought at first some kind of Brokie gathering might be taking place that I didn't know about ;D
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I'm glad Jack.
I may not be there, but I'm here for ya!
We need to stick together to get through this life.
It's a long road alone as Dierks says.
It's good to have friends who understand. ;)
Thanks Richard!!! You are right. It can be a long road and we definitely need to stick together to get through this life. I am glad to have friends who understand as well. That makes everything a lot easier. In a lot of ways it seems that I have more friends than I have ever had. They might be stretched around the country and around the world, but in many ways that makes it that much more interesting. After all how many people can say they have close friends who are in so many places.
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Hiya Jack! how's it goin'?
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Hiya Jack! how's it goin'?
Hey Chuck! I am glad to see you over here :)
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Hello Jack!!!
How did the ballerinas do? ;D :P
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Hello Jack!!!
How did the ballerinas do? ;D :P
They made a mess!!! You should have seen that building on Monday morning :)
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:o Little rascals!! :P 8)
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Hello Jack!!!
How did the ballerinas do? ;D :P
They made a mess!!! You should have seen that building on Monday morning :)
:o Little rascals!! :P 8)
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Isn't it too early in the week for Richard to be doing his weekend dance :laugh: Or maybe he is just starting early for the holiday weekend ;)
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Well guess what I sighted on the way to work this morning? It sure was not ballerinas in purple tutus and pink slippers. I had stopped at the Enmark station to pick up some things. I heard a bunch of people doing some kind of chant. And it was this whole herd of good looking men running down the street on the sidewalk. They were all wearing blue APD (Asheville Police Department) shirts and blue shorts. They looked like they might be new cops or maybe existing ones. Anyway it was a much better sighting in my opinion than the ballerinas from last week ;D These were some VERY good looking guys!!! Maybe they will appear out in the lobby like the ballerinas did ;)
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dang...all I ever get to see is herds of cows....
dang country life...
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dang...all I ever get to see is herds of cows....
dang country life...
Man, I never get to see the good stuff! LOL
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Man, I never get to see the good stuff! LOL
you have horses right? The other day I went out into the pasture to catch a horse to ride....it is a HUGE pasture and there are six mares and one gelding in there. I had to walk all the way to the far side to catch her and they watched me til I got to within about ten feet of them and then they took off like their tails were on fire. >:( >:( >:(
all the way to the FAR side...I was tired before I ever CAUGHT the durn thing. You think that was their plan to start with?? Wear me down so I wouldn't ride too long?
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Well guess what I sighted on the way to work this morning? It sure was not ballerinas in purple tutus and pink slippers. I had stopped at the Enmark station to pick up some things. I heard a bunch of people doing some kind of chant. And it was this whole herd of good looking men running down the street on the sidewalk. They were all wearing blue APD (Asheville Police Department) shirts and blue shorts. They looked like they might be new cops or maybe existing ones. Anyway it was a much better sighting in my opinion than the ballerinas from last week ;D These were some VERY good looking guys!!! Maybe they will appear out in the lobby like the ballerinas did ;)
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dang...all I ever get to see is herds of cows....
dang country life...
But it sure is amusing to see when a cow lifts her tail up in the air, stiff as a pump handle. ;D
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I've spotted a herd of men in police uniform before involved in some kind of drill like you describe. A sight to behold!
Yes it was quite a sight to behold :) That is the first one I have ever seen, but it was by far better than the ballerinas.
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Yes it was quite a sight to behold :) That is the first one I have ever seen, but it was by far better than the ballerinas.
Yooooooooooooooo Jack! I'll be seeing ya soon!
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Hey Jack!
welcome back! did you have a good time??!
(I was gonna say Hi Jack...but it just dont' sound right... ;) )
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Jack is back from Wyoming and Colorado. Right now I am feeling like I am in another dimension. It seems so strange being home. It seems like I have been away for forever. Then on the other hand I look at all the pictures I took on the trip and right now it seems like that all happened so long ago. I met so many wonderful people who just over a week ago I didn't know at all and I was around so many wonderful people that I had met before as well. All seems like a blur right now as I begin or try to begin to get back into the routine of my regular life. I got back today around 3:20 which of course would be 1:20 Colorado/Wyoming time. I feel like I have landed in another dimension. It is also a hot dimension as Asheville is now in an unbelievable heat wave. Apparently the temperatures have been breaking all kinds of records. It was close to the mid 90s when I landed today. It is so hot out!!! I have so many memories, so many of them captured on pictures. Although I am glad to be home I am also sad to be away from those who I spent a little more than a week of my life with. It was a week which seems at times like it lasted for an eternity and at others seems like it was just a small speck of time.
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Hey Jack!
welcome back! did you have a good time??!
(I was gonna say Hi Jack...but it just dont' sound right... ;) )
Hey Jess!!! Yes I had a wonderful time. I was around some truly wonderful people :)
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Hey Jess!!! Yes I had a wonderful time. I was around some truly wonderful people :)
oh cool! Do YOU have any pictures you can post?
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pictures pictures pictures required!!
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oh cool! Do YOU have any pictures you can post?
Of course I do.........as soon as I can get them downloaded to my computer ;D
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Of course I do.........as soon as I can get them downloaded to my computer ;D
welllll??? are you not AT your computer????
*nag Nag NAG NAG*
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pictures pictures pictures required!!
Definitely required!!! I know there is going to be some kind of central repository for pictures; however, I am also going to post some of mine here. After all it is my blog ;) Actually what I plan to do is to create another thread here called "The Roundup Thread" or something like that. I am going to recount my adventure as best as I can which will also include pictures. Don't worry I will not tell those things that fit into the phrase "What happens in Wyoming stays in Wyoming" or "What happens on the mountain stays on the mountain stories :laugh: It will be a way I can remember the trip as well as share it with all of you. I hope they will let me have a link that goes to it from the main Roundup 2008 thread. Maybe they will ;D I will try.
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Definitely required!!! I know there is going to be some kind of central repository for pictures; however, I am also going to post some of mine here. After all it is my blog ;) Actually what I plan to do is to create another thread here called "The Roundup Thread" or something like that. I am going to recount my adventure as best as I can which will also include pictures. Don't worry I will not tell those things that fit into the phrase "What happens in Wyoming stays in Wyoming" or "What happens on the mountain stays on the mountain stories :laugh: It will be a way I can remember the trip as well as share it with all of you. I hope they will let me have a link that goes to it from the main Roundup 2008 thread. Maybe they will ;D I will try.
actually that was a misunderstanding...They meant that UL Flyer is collecting pictures for a DVD for people....we still want all the pics you want to post!
but your idea is a great one! I like the idea of a kind of visual diary told from your viewpoint! and I KNOW they will put a link for you!
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Well it looks like the rest of my summer plans are now in place. Next Friday I will be taking off again to the City and then in late July I will be heading to Southern California. I ended up finally making my reservations this morning. I was able to kill two birds with one stone since I was booking with the same hotel chain. There is nothing like Westin and the good thing is that the more you stay there the better deals you get. It helps being a preferred member and having one of their credit cards as well. It's usually hell dealing with reservation people but this hotel chain really does make it easy for you. Plus they will do all they can to get you the lowest rate. I assume it would be the same for Sheraton and W since they are all part of Starwood; however, I have never stayed at one of those. It could be that I stayed at a Sheraton many years ago. There for awhile it seemed like these trips were too close to coming back from Wyoming, but hey you only live once and these trips have been on my agenda since last summer.
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For the past two years I have lived under the assumption that for me being a loner is just the way I am. I thought I had discovered a revelation by which I would live. I suddenly saw that most bad times I had ever had anywhere had to do with the company and not with the place. This never meant that I could not be around a group of people and have a good time. It never meant that I could not have a great time striking up a conversation with strangers and having a good time. In fact I found those to be benefits to the loner lifestyle. What I thought I had found was that fun for me was not being around one other person. In doing that I would be subjecting myself to not being able to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. I know this developed because of a couple of bad relationships, but I thought I had truly convinced myself that this was always the life I wanted. So what does happen if suddenly you do enjoy doing things with another person? Does that make my whole revelation about myself false? That's one of those things I have to think about.
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It means life is not static....maybe that was what you needed then. And now you are at a different stage in life and are ready to do things differently. You dont' do the same things now as you did when you were ten...why should it be different for any other period of your life?
Life is change.
I am so glad to see you opening up like this!
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and uh....
if you hear anything...
it wasnt' me! I swear!!
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It means life is not static....maybe that was what you needed then. And now you are at a different stage in life and are ready to do things differently. You dont' do the same things now as you did when you were ten...why should it be different for any other period of your life?
Life is change.
I am so glad to see you opening up like this!
I like what you say Jess!!!
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and uh....
if you hear anything...
it wasnt' me! I swear!!
Ok, what kind of rumors have you been telling on me ??? And what would I hear ???
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Ok, what kind of rumors have you been telling on me ??? And what would I hear ???
I done SAID it weren't me!!
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I done SAID it weren't me!!
Hmmmmm............I don't think I know of any rumors that would be going around about me. So I guess if you heard something it was a lie ;D
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Jack, I read this yesterday and found myself thinking about it in the middle of the night. You remind me so much of, well, of me. I am so not a group sort of person. I am good with people one on one, having a "real" conversation (as opposed to small talk), but even then, only when I am in the right frame of mind. So many times I choose to hide out because it is simply easier and less stressful. It is true, though, at least for me, that the level of stress I experience from social interaction has a lot to do with the other person and also with the situation.
What Jess said makes a lot of sense too. Life is constant change, and we are dynamic beings. What holds true for us at one juncture may not always remain so. You found the answers for yourself when you needed them, but now there may be new answers. As we grow, our needs change, and our understanding of what those needs are and how to fill them has to catch up.
I like that you spend time thinking about these things. It helps to know that I am not the only one.
Thanks for writing this. It is good to know that I remind someone of themselves. I'm not sure if that is good, but for the sake of argument we will just say it is :) I think a lot of it really has to do with the group or the individual you happen to be around. On the Wyoming trip I was comfortable with the group, especially the group that I developed a niche with. That happened to be the so called "party group" and I felt a belonging with them. Actually we weren't nearly as wild as it sounds. We were simply the ones that liked to stay up late, talk, and have a few drinks. So I guess we were noisy too. In addition to that I found a really good friend on the trip that I really enjoyed hanging out with, talking to, and as you say having "real" conversations. We were on the same wavelength which for me very rarely happens. It was rather surprising that I was actually having fun doing things with this new friend instead of running the other way. So yes I think you are right it all does depend on the situation and the other person or people.
One thing I decided and made sure of on this trip was that I would not do anything that made me feel uncomfortable and that I would stick up for myself at all costs. I decided that if I could not do that then I definitely should not go. It had to be firmly planted in my mind that this was my vacation, my money, and my time. There were times that I had to plain flat out say no to things I did not want or that seemed stupid to me. I know that some people saw me as being much different than the year before where I was agreeable to every suggestion. For some reason I had felt obliged in some weird way the year before. I probably did not come across as being as nice as I was before, but that was ok with me. I actually was. I was just intent to be in charge of my destiny.
Yes, I am a thinker. Sometimes I'm too much of a thinker, but I guess that is part of me. I think new answers do come along and those should be paid attention to. There can be harm in just remaining with the same old answers just because you are used to them. Being open to life changes is where growth as a person can happen. Following the same old road just cause you know where it goes can take all the adventure out of the one life you have to live.
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well, you're a real thinker there, Jack Stephens!
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Hi Jack!
How are you??
Hope things are good in the Mountains!!
I'm sure it's cooler there than here! ;)
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Happy Gay Pride Week!
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Happy Independence Day!
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Jack,
They say you learn something new every day - its great that you're learning about yourself and becoming more comfortable in your skin...
:-*
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Jack, where are ya at?
anyone heard from him lately?
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What can I really say? Just during the last year I have accomplished things I would have never thought possible. I visited San Francisco (finally got to California) last September, I went to New York City for the second time this past June/July, and fulfilled my lifelong dream of seeing Los Angeles just a few days ago (July/August). Yes it cost a lot, but what does it mean when you fulfill something that has been your dream since you were 10 years old? That of course would be Los Angeles cause I succeeded in fulfilling a dream. Reaching San Francisco was part of the dream cause it is in California, but Los Angeles was the gem I was seeking in realizing that dream. I did it finally!!! I realize it sounds like I am leaving out Wyoming, but I am not really. It was a beautiful place with beautiful people, but Wyoming has never been a dream of mine. I come from a place that used to be very rural so I know what rural means. Everyone should see Wyoming and Colorado too........no doubt about it. I am very glad I did.
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hey there Jack...good to 'see' you....caught me on the way to bed.
fulfilling a dream really IS priceless..
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hey there Jack...good to 'see' you....caught me on the way to bed.
fulfilling a dream really IS priceless..
Hey Jess, good to see you. Yes fulfilling a dream IS priceless.......no doubt about it. How have you been doing?
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Glad that you went to California jstephens9 ! ?
Any pics ?
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Jack!
It was good seeing ya, buddy!
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Jack!
It was good seeing ya, buddy!
And it was great seeing you too Chuck!!! You are always so much fun to be around. It is funny to think that I have seen you in 5 states within the past three or so months. Colorado, Wyoming, Montana (well the state line anyway), New York, and California. I guess I even came close to seeing you in New Jersey, but not quite.
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I'm so happy you're fulfilling your dreams - keep doing it!
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I'm so happy you're fulfilling your dreams - keep doing it!
Hey Cousin Kelda, great to see you here!!! Yes, that was a really big dream that I fulfilled so I'm almost at a loss of what to do next ;)
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I guess I even came close to seeing you in New Jersey, but not quite.
There's always next time....... ;)
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Hey Cousin Kelda, great to see you here!!! Yes, that was a really big dream that I fulfilled so I'm almost at a loss of what to do next ;)
apply to the amazing race..... even if only to say youve done so!
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What can I really say? Just during the last year I have accomplished things I would have never thought possible. I visited San Francisco (finally got to California) last September, I went to New York City for the second time this past June/July, and fulfilled my lifelong dream of seeing Los Angeles just a few days ago (July/August). Yes it cost a lot, but what does it mean when you fulfill something that has been your dream since you were 10 years old? That of course would be Los Angeles cause I succeeded in fulfilling a dream. Reaching San Francisco was part of the dream cause it is in California, but Los Angeles was the gem I was seeking in realizing that dream. I did it finally!!!
Hiya Jack :D
good to see you here again.
I'm glad you did go!
Yes, that was a really big dream that I fulfilled so I'm almost at a loss of what to do next ;)
How about ...... sharing?
Sharing your experiences with your Brokie friends, I mean :) Get your act together and tell us a bit about it. I know you and your camera, there must be plenty of beautiful pics!
Otherwise, we might just ground you from more vacations ;) ;D
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Otherwise, we might just ground you from more vacations ;) ;D
Uh oh....sounds like Chrissi is out to punish you!
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It does sound that way doesn't it. However, I have grounded myself from any more trips anyway ;) Three trips in one summer pretty much did me in on money and vacation time. They were worth it, but unfortunately it is time to get back to reality. I do have things to share though and I will do that as soon as possible. I am glad to hear about the Vacation Thread David since one of my trips was not a Brokie trip and one of them was only partially a Brokie trip.
I had to drive to Sylva after work yesterday for my orientation to the new teaching job. It is a pretty long trip so I sure am glad my class is distance based. I would also be very nervous right now if I knew I would have to be standing in front of a bunch of people next week.
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apply to the amazing race..... even if only to say youve done so!
I am going to apply to the Amazing Race. I actually already have the application. The only problem is that I will have to have an imaginary friend since the person Monika thought should I should apply with can't do that. Hmmmm......I will have to think of someone else. I actually am considering Big Brother too. I'm not all that wild about that show, but it would be interesting. I just have to think of something interesting about myself to be considered for either one. But who knows, maybe I can. Survivor would be too hard and I don't really want to be stuck on some weird island although it might be fun :)
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Oh, that would be so fun, to see you on TV!
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another brokie! That would certainly be a selling point! I'd be your partner if only i was american!
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Oh, that would be so fun, to see you on TV!
You just never know...I'm sure it would be interesting ;D
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another brokie! That would certainly be a selling point! I'd be your partner if only i was american!
Yes you know I actually thought about using that as a selling point. I wish you could be my partner. We would then get on for free. We could be the long long lost Brokie cousins ;)
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I am going to apply to the Amazing Race. I actually already have the application. The only problem is that I will have to have an imaginary friend since the person Monika thought should I should apply with can't do that. Hmmmm......I will have to think of someone else. I actually am considering Big Brother too. I'm not all that wild about that show, but it would be interesting. I just have to think of something interesting about myself to be considered for either one. But who knows, maybe I can. Survivor would be too hard and I don't really want to be stuck on some weird island although it might be fun :)
I bet I know someone that would go with you AND it would provide you with the 'twist' they like so much...KELDA! She wants to go on the show too...
and you can tell about how you two met because of BBM and the forums!!
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Unfortunately Kelda can't apply because she doesn't live in the United States :( Otherwise she would be my first choice.
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Keep us updated, so we can watch! ;D
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Keep us updated, so we can watch! ;D
I will. I made it through the two Wyoming trips so surely I could make it on a reality show ;D
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Unfortunately Kelda can't apply because she doesn't live in the United States :( Otherwise she would be my first choice.
hmmm...ok Take Truman! He travels well!
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hmmm...ok Take Truman! He travels well!
You know I thought about Truman or Chuck or Richard. I think any of them would work out great and I get along very well with each of them. Of course nobody ever gets along through the whole Amazing Race. In some ways I think Chuck has real potential..........everybody loves Chuck after all. Plus he could bring along his gay thingy, right Chuck ;)
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You know I thought about Truman or Chuck or Richard. I think any of them would work out great and I get along very well with each of them. Of course nobody ever gets along through the whole Amazing Race. In some ways I think Chuck has real potential..........everybody loves Chuck after all. Plus he could bring along his gay thingy, right Chuck ;)
well it'd be kinda hard for him to NOT bring it along.... ::) ::)
jeez!
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well it'd be kinda hard for him to NOT bring it along.... ::) ::)
jeez!
You're thinking about the wrong gay thingy Jess. Chuck will have to tell you about that story. This one sits on his front window and tells us where to go. You know how in The Amazing Race people always get lost when they are driving....well with Chuck's gay thingy we would never get lost.
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You're thinking about the wrong gay thingy Jess. Chuck will have to tell you about that story. This one sits on his front window and tells us where to go. You know how in The Amazing Race people always get lost when they are driving....well with Chuck's gay thingy we would never get lost.
Cellerdweller puts his thingy in the window and ya'll follow it.....
okaaaaaaay....
*Jess backs slowly away from that crazy people*
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Garmin? one of those GPS things?
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Cellerdweller puts his thingy in the window and ya'll follow it.....
okaaaaaaay....
*Jess backs slowly away from that crazy people*
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lmao! OMG! I can see me and Jack in "amazing race", dishing on the other contestants! :laugh:
As for my "gay thingy", allow me to explain.....
When I went to the Castro trip in LA, I rented a van, knowing that a lot of people would need rides. Because I have a terrible sense of direction, and get lost often, I got myself a "TomTom" GPS device that attaches to the window. It talks out directions along the way....."turn left ahead" and such.
While we were driving around, I had mentioned that the TomTom site lets you download other voices to use in your GPS, British accents, other languages, and stuff like that. We started talking that it would be funny to download a "gay voice" to have give you directions......."Go gaily forward", "turn left here, thilly!" and stuff like that. From that point on, the TomTom became my "gay thingy".
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lmao! OMG! I can see me and Jack in "amazing race", dishing on the other contestants! :laugh:
As for my "gay thingy", allow me to explain.....
When I went to the Castro trip in LA, I rented a van, knowing that a lot of people would need rides. Because I have a terrible sense of direction, and get lost often, I got myself a "TomTom" GPS device that attaches to the window. It talks out directions along the way....."turn left ahead" and such.
While we were driving around, I had mentioned that the TomTom site lets you download other voices to use in your GPS, British accents, other languages, and stuff like that. We started talking that it would be funny to download a "gay voice" to have give you directions......."Go gaily forward", "turn left here, thilly!" and stuff like that. From that point on, the TomTom became my "gay thingy".
Yes and that is the story of Chuck's gay thingy. It is really quite useful. And Chuck, I actually think we would be quite good on The Amazing Race and we would be very popular with the people watching the show. Of course the other contestants would be wanting us to loose, but of course we wouldn't :)
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Cellerdweller puts his thingy in the window and ya'll follow it.....
:o :o :o
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well it works really well ;D
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Unfortunately Kelda can't apply because she doesn't live in the United States :( Otherwise she would be my first choice.
:'( (really happy tears!)
Aww Jack.. thankyou!
You're thinking about the wrong gay thingy Jess. Chuck will have to tell you about that story. This one sits on his front window and tells us where to go. You know how in The Amazing Race people always get lost when they are driving....well with Chuck's gay thingy we would never get lost.
No electronics are allowed! So you'll just have to make do with Chuck's other gay thingy! :laugh: :laugh:
Of course what I mean by that is his aptitude to charm people ( a la Mirna from TAR 5 and TAR 11) and therefore get them to give them directions or better yet come with them!!!
Apparently you CAN take roller skates tho... so if you wanna get about quick maybe thats an idea!! ;)
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Chuck's gay thingy. It is really quite useful.
I can attest!
Chucks Gay Thingy was a hit in SanFransisco!
Why I don't know where we'd be without it!
It took us right to the Castro and anywhere else we needed to go in SanFransisco. :laugh:
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I can attest!
Chucks Gay Thingy was a hit in SanFransisco!
Why I don't know where we'd be without it!
It took us right to the Castro and anywhere else we needed to go in SanFransisco. :laugh:
:o :o :o
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Does he keep his gay thingy in his mariconera? ??? ;D
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Does he keep his gay thingy in his mariconera? ??? ;D
I don't know you'd have to ax him but i bet it'd fit right nicely in there! :laugh:
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I don't know you'd have to ax him but i bet it'd fit right nicely in there! :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Maybe you'll find out in September. 8)
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Maybe you'll find out in September. 8)
What happens in September ???
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What happens in September ???
Rich finds out if Cellerdweller keeps his gay thingie in his mariconera, of course....
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Rich finds out if Cellerdweller keeps his gay thingie in his mariconera, of course....
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Ok, will there be pictures and is this a quest for Richard or just something for fun?
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Ok, will there be pictures and is this a quest for Richard or just something for fun?
oh yes there WILL be pictures....but they are gonna have to be marked Not Safe For Work...
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Y'all are nuts.
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Y'all are nuts.
That's why you love us. :)
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Ok, will there be pictures and is this a quest for Richard or just something for fun?
I think it should be a quest: Find Chuckie's gay thingie. ;D
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I think it should be a quest: Find Chuckie's gay thingie. ;D
Would it be like finding the hidden immunity idol on Survivor?
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har dee har har.
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It was very easy to find in both San Francisco and Los Angeles so why is it so hard to find now?
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It was very easy to find in both San Francisco and Los Angeles so why is it so hard to find now?
I don't know. I just ask if he kept it in his mariconera, and Rich said he didn't know.
Maybe it's in a box, like "Deal or No Deal."
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I don't know. I just ask if he kept it in his mariconera, and Rich said he didn't know.
Maybe it's in a box, like "Deal or No Deal."
I don't want nuthin' to do with box. ;D
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It was very easy to find in both San Francisco and Los Angeles so why is it so hard to find now?
so you are saying he was FLAUNTING it??
right out there in front of God and everyone huh...
tsk tsk tsk...
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I don't know. I just ask if he kept it in his mariconera, and Rich said he didn't know.
Maybe it's in a box, like "Deal or No Deal."
watch those latches...OUCH!
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so you are saying he was FLAUNTING it??
right out there in front of God and everyone huh...
tsk tsk tsk...
Sounds like that, doesn't it?
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(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/blah-blah.gif)
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Now don't go around talking bad about my buddy Chuck!!! Chuck is very respectful and he would never flaunt it like that. In fact whenever he stops the car he takes it and puts it under the seat. Now that is not flaunting. But he may also be afraid someone would steal it.
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Since nobody here watches or goes to the Big Brother 10 thread I have to post some pictures of my new hero Memphis on my blog as well as Steven, the gay rodeo guy. For those of you who don't know anything about the show, one of the contestants was a gay rodeo guy named Steven. He is who I was for and one reason why I started watching the show. I had watched the last episode some and it kind of fell into place that I would like it since I like Survivor and The Amazing Race so much. Anyway, Steven unfortunately ended up being friends with the first guy that got voted out named Brian. Because of this alliance those who were part of that alliance got evicted one by one. Next to go was Angie and then unfortunately Steven. The only one of that alliance that survived was Dan who then became Memphis' closest ally. I have been for Memphis ever since Steven left. Because of a stupid deal Dan made he put Memphis up for eviction from the house this past Sunday night. Tonight Memphis may go :'(
Here is Steven:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven1.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven2.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven3.jpg)
Here is Memphis:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis3.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis2.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis1.jpg)
See maybe some of you should start watching the show ;)
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Memphis looks like my nephew Blake.
Only Blakie has darker hair.
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Now don't go around talking bad about my buddy Chuck!!! Chuck is very respectful and he would never flaunt it like that. In fact whenever he stops the car he takes it and puts it under the seat. Now that is not flaunting. But he may also be afraid someone would steal it.
He'd never flaunt it? I don't know. ... I've seen the pics of him pitching horseshoes at last year's barbecue. ;D ;)
He can detach it and put it under the seat? :o
Now, who would go and do a thing like try to steal Chuck's gay thingie? >:(
(Chuck, you know I love you more than my luggage! ;D :-* )
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He'd never flaunt it? I don't know. ... I've seen the pics of him pitching horseshoes at last year's barbecue. ;D ;)
Now you hush up!
He can detach it and put it under the seat? :o
I can do lots of cool stuff with my thingy!
Now, who would go and do a thing like try to steal Chuck's gay thingie? >:(
everyone wants a piece of Chuck! :laugh:
(Chuck, you know I love you more than my luggage! ;D :-* )
Uh huh! Don't make me smack you with my mariconera!
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Memphis looks like my nephew Blake.
Only Blakie has darker hair.
And where might Blake be ;D
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I can do lots of cool stuff with my thingy!
everyone wants a piece of Chuck! :laugh:
I think with the ability to talk Chuck's thingy automatically becomes a collector's item.
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I can do lots of cool stuff with my thingy!
Everyone wants a piece of Chuck! :laugh:
Brag, brag, brag. ... :laugh:
Don't make me smack you with my mariconera!
Aww, I ain't afraid of your ol' murse! :laugh:
I think with the ability to talk Chuck's thingy automatically becomes a collector's item.
And it can talk, too?!?! :o
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And it can talk, too?!?! :o
Yes, Jeff, how else do you think it gives directions :)
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Yes, Jeff, how else do you think it gives directions :)
Pictures, maybe? ;D
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Aww, I ain't afraid of your ol' murse! :laugh:
Jeff>>>(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/handbag.gif)<<<Chuck
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And it can talk, too?!?! :o
see me, love me, wish you were me.
;D ;) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Pictures, maybe? ;D
Well it doesn't take pictures, but it does show pictures of where you are going. However, the talking part is the most entertaining and informational part. For example if you don't do what you are supposed to do at a certain time it gets mad and tells you what you should have done.
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(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s18/KUUR_2007/tomtom-go-920.jpg)
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And here I said you would not flaunt it :o
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Well everyone has been in suspense anyway wanting to see it, especially Jeff :D
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see me, love me, wish you were me.
Not the way you pitch horseshoes. :laugh:
Well it doesn't take pictures, but it does show pictures of where you are going. However, the talking part is the most entertaining and informational part. For example if you don't do what you are supposed to do at a certain time it gets mad and tells you what you should have done.
That does sound entertaining. :laugh: A talking gay thingie. ... :laugh:
Well everyone has been in suspense anyway wanting to see it, especially Jeff :D
Oh, my eyes, my eyes! :o :laugh:
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Talking gay thingies are very entertaining.......Saturday Night Live should get one :D
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Since nobody here watches or goes to the Big Brother 10 thread I have to post some pictures of my new hero Memphis on my blog as well as Steven, the gay rodeo guy. For those of you who don't know anything about the show, one of the contestants was a gay rodeo guy named Steven. He is who I was for and one reason why I started watching the show. I had watched the last episode some and it kind of fell into place that I would like it since I like Survivor and The Amazing Race so much. Anyway, Steven unfortunately ended up being friends with the first guy that got voted out named Brian. Because of this alliance those who were part of that alliance got evicted one by one. Next to go was Angie and then unfortunately Steven. The only one of that alliance that survived was Dan who then became Memphis' closest ally. I have been for Memphis ever since Steven left. Because of a stupid deal Dan made he put Memphis up for eviction from the house this past Sunday night. Tonight Memphis may go :'(
Here is Steven:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven1.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven2.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Steven3.jpg)
Here is Memphis:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis3.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis2.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/Memphis1.jpg)
See maybe some of you should start watching the show ;)
Steven got voted out cause that stupid Jessie let those girls tell him what to do...he was an IDIOT...he couldnt even see they were playing him!
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Not the way you pitch horseshoes. :laugh:
Jealously is an ugly thing.
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Jealously is an ugly thing.
I don't need to be jealous because you pitch horseshoes like a girl. I can pitch them just as girly as you. :laugh:
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Jeff>>>(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/handbag.gif)<<<Chuck
Oh, look! I've got a mariconera, too! Thanks, Chuck! ;D
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My man Memphis won Power of Veto!!!!! So he is now off the block at least for now.
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My man Memphis won Power of Veto!!!!! So he is now off the block at least for now.
;D ;D
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I don't need to be jealous because you pitch horseshoes like a girl. I can pitch them just as girly as you. :laugh:
Oh don't put yourself down....I'm sure you pitch them WAAAAAAAAAAY girlier than I do.
*runs from Jeff*
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Oh, look! I've got a mariconera, too! Thanks, Chuck! ;D
You're welcome, Jeff!
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My man Memphis won Power of Veto!!!!! So he is now off the block at least for now.
I so don't have a clue.....
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I so don't have a clue.....
it's a Big Brother TV show thing.
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Who would name a kid Memphis? :-\
Imagine if he'd grown up to be ugly instead of cute. ... ???
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Who would name a kid Memphis? :-\
Imagine if he'd grown up to be ugly instead of cute. ... ???
With all the shit they name kids today, I'm not surprised. Didn't some actress name her kid "Apple"? ::)
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With all the shit they name kids today, I'm not surprised. Didn't some actress name her kid "Apple"? ::)
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris "Coldplay" Martin named their daughter Apple.
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Wow and apparently there was a gay cowboy on Big Brother too. If I ever take up TV again there will be so much to watch.....
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I believe the gay cowboy was kicked off already.
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And where might Blake be ;D
He's in Columbus GA.
I think he might be in "The Family" but he's only 18 so he hasn't comeout yet.
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He's in Columbus GA.
I think he might be in "The Family" but he's only 18 so he hasn't comeout yet.
If he looks like that and he is in "The Family" he is going to be very popular for sure :)
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Wow and apparently there was a gay cowboy on Big Brother too. If I ever take up TV again there will be so much to watch.....
See you better take up watching TV again. I don't really watch much myself, just a few shows, but it is too hard for me to sit still long enough to watch much.
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Jack, just getting caught up with your blog, and wanted to say "Hey".
Boy, was I confused. I saw your new avatar (cute!) and thought you were moving to Tennessee...
I stand corrected.
I'm not sad to say, that I seldom watch TV these days. Don't miss it one bit.
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Who would name a kid Memphis? :-\
Imagine if he'd grown up to be ugly instead of cute. ... ???
I think it is kind of a cool name. I kind of like it even though it is unusual. Of course it works well with who is named that too ;D And after all we have heard of people named Georgia, Virginia, Philadelphia, Dakota, etc.
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Jack, just getting caught up with your blog, and wanted to say "Hey".
Boy, was I confused. I saw your new avatar (cute!) and thought you were moving to Tennessee...
I stand corrected.
I'm not sad to say, that I seldom watch TV these days. Don't miss it one bit.
Hey Paul, I'm very glad to see you here, please make yourself a regular. And sorry to confuse you :)
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Hi Jack! How are you? What's new with you these days? ;)
I just saw a video about the girl south of you -- who'd been pinned in her wrecked truck for 5 days before being found alive. That was a great ending to that story because I'm sure they'd about given her up for dead.
She'd gone off a 75 ft. drop. The truck was nearly completely covered by kudzu, Truman! She's going to recover--two kids and a husband. Very happy ending!
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Shasta!
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Chuck!
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Morning Shasta!
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Morning Shasta and Chuck!!! Shasta I haven't heard about that story. Do you know the name of the place it happened in? It sounds horrible. I'm surprised they found her.
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I saw your new avatar (cute!) and thought you were moving to Tennessee...
Yes he is cute. I agree ;D
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Morning Shasta and Chuck!!! Shasta I haven't heard about that story. Do you know the name of the place it happened in? It sounds horrible. I'm surprised they found her.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/151326.html (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/151326.html)
Buffalo Cove area of Caldwell County
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/151326.html (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/151326.html)
Buffalo Cove area of Caldwell County
Good Morning Jess!!!!!! Wow, that is not far at all from here....probably about 100 or so miles and I didn't even hear about it
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Good Morning Jess!!!!!! Wow, that is not far at all from here....probably about 100 or so miles and I didn't even hear about it
the husband was on Good Morning America yesterday. It was sweet, he really loves her and was very emotional..
(good morning!!)
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I saw that!
Poor Feller I bet he was beside himself!
I'm glad he insisted they find her.
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That would not be easy
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They said all the kudzu helped cushion the landing. That would be so scary--to be out there pinned in, alone, day and night for 5 days. What an ordeal--with a happy ending, tho!
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hiya shasta!
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damned you've been busy! Last time I was here was in january, there are 100 more pages!
How are you jack?
I had a dream last night about that vipers nest of unpleasant brokies we ran into at the hotel in los angeles--I'm serious.
They were hiking through these lousy, creepy Colorado mountains I detest so much looking for Cigar Butt to write slash 'from the horse's mouth'---and every damned one of 'em got eaten by Mothra. They wandered into her nest.
lol
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They were hiking through these lousy, creepy Colorado mountains I detest so much looking for Cigar Butt to write slash 'from the horse's mouth'---and every damned one of 'em got eaten by Mothra. They wandered into her nest.
???
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/AnimatedMothra.gif)
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damned you've been busy! Last time I was here was in january, there are 100 more pages!
How are you jack?
I had a dream last night about that vipers nest of unpleasant brokies we ran into at the hotel in los angeles--I'm serious.
They were hiking through these lousy, creepy Colorado mountains I detest so much looking for Cigar Butt to write slash 'from the horse's mouth'---and every damned one of 'em got eaten by Mothra. They wandered into her nest.
lol
that sounds like an interesting story!
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Hiya Jack! Hope you're well!
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that sounds like an interesting story!
It does - tell all!
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no...just let it suffice that there were some real vipers around and about lol
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and hiya back Chuck!
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That sounds like quite a dream Jack!!! At least Mothra ate them and they did not eat us or kill us with coldness ;D It sure was GREAT hanging out with you and Katrina. It really was!!! Those kind of gatherings are so much better for me anyway. The whole trip to Los Angeles was great anyway. I absolutely loved my time before the event too. It was so great staying in the downtown area and I got to explore so much there. Then seeing the rest of everything with Katrina, you, Jim and the rest was like icing on the cake. It's amazing what I see on TV or the movies now and can say I have seen that, I have been there. I even have a picture of the Beverly Hotel which is now famous for John Edward's indiscretions :laugh: Also, I was watching a movie yesterday and they showed the people pulling into the Tropicana Motel which is where the Ramada in West Hollywood is now located. Oh and by the way the Tropicana was demolished in 1988. I looked up some information about it on the web and that is also where Janis Joplin was found dead :( That motel had quite a history. If I can find the link I will post it here. The Ramada and West Hollywood were not my favorite places on the trip, but I sure am glad I stayed there the last few nights now just so I can say I did. Actually though my room at the Ramada was not bad. I think it was one of their better rooms except for the view.
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Hiya Jack! Hope you're well!
Hey Chuck, yes I am doing pretty good. I hope you are too. I know I have been absent from the forum again, but I am still around. It has been incredibly busy at work and on top of that I have had this class I am teaching to keep up with. Right now it is more work than I thought it would be, but of course this is all new to me. I am used to being on the other side of the teacher/student thing. And I am beginning to see how much trouble a lot of people do have with distance education online classes. But so far I think I am doing well getting them to understand. I know a lot of teachers would just not care about those who were having problems, but I'm just not that way. I do care.
And then my mother is still in really bad shape with her back. She had some type of injections, but I'm not sure they are working. So my father is trying to take care of everything and doing a great job actually. But he has never had a lot of patience. I have been trying to help out, but I feel rather helpless in the situation. One thing I have always dreaded is when my parents get old and have problems like these. They have been pretty old for awhile now, but for the most part have been in great health. It seem those days are not there anymore. So where is this all going to lead...I have no idea.
One thing I can say for sure is that I have no idea how Richard is able to deal with all he is dealing with concerning his father. Richard, whether you consider yourself strong or not, I sure do consider you very strong in all of that.
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One thing I can say for sure is that I have no idea how Richard is able to deal with all he is dealing with concerning his father. Richard, whether you consider yourself strong or not, I sure do consider you very strong in all of that.
Uh-huh!
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Jack, I hope that your mother is improving.
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Jack, I hope that your mother is improving.
as do i.
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Hey jack, I found your high school graduation pic! 8)
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rotflmao! Oh Truman, that's great!
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One thing I can say for sure is that I have no idea how Richard is able to deal with all he is dealing with concerning his father. Richard, whether you consider yourself strong or not, I sure do consider you very strong in all of that.
Well thank you friend. I'm feeling anything but strong thats for sure!
I sure hope you are doing ok and that your Mamma is doing better.
If I can do anything you let me know! :-*
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Well thank you friend. I'm feeling anything but strong thats for sure!
I sure hope you are doing ok and that your Mamma is doing better.
If I can do anything you let me know! :-*
Thanks Rich for the well wishes........and yes I am just going to call you Rich from now on since everybody else does... :) I'm not sure how I ended up being the only one calling you Richard. I'm not even sure when I checked in last.........it may have been from the complete nightmare night.........I'm just not sure. Lately it has been all about feeling really depressed about the situation even though I think of what you are going through and I still wonder how you are doing it buddy. You are going through so much more I think one thing we all need to do is watch out for each other. I tend to disappear and I know that is not good, but I just keep everything inside as much as I can. Basically, last year we were all in San Francisco and it was a wonderful time. We have to keep thinking about those great times and the great times we can have. We have to keep those times we can all have alive. AND I need to be one of your brothers too cause I live the closest to you ;D I think you can have three :) I am SO VERY SORRY to hear about your father. I know he meant so much to you and please know I am here for you.
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He's back!
Hiya Jack!
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He's back!
Hiya Jack!
And then I went away again..........believe me I have not forgotten anyone...........it has been long times here both with work and with family. And believe me too that I keep remembering the good times with all of you that I have been on trips with and talked to online. If it were not for all of you here I would have never made it to the places I have been. In fact I was just telling a woman yesterday who's computer I had to set up about the trip to Wyoming and we were talking about the Tetons. I told here about Signal Mountain Lodge by the beach and lake with the Tetons in the background. She wrote the name down. Her husband came by to bring a power cord. She teaches Spanish and believe me her husband is one of the best looking men I have ever seen in my life. If you think about the best looking latin guy you have ever seen it is him. I got to shake hands with him.......Stefan...... Anyway, they are a beautiful couple, she is blonde with blue eyes and he is well I already said that. She told me that if they would have been on the trip they would have been part of the "party crew" no doubt. I told her it was an online forum that ended up being one where people actually met and became friends. Maybe I will invite them sometime to an event. They are great, but he is so good looking............maybe I should not do that....lol.
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Where would I be right now if I could choose that: I would be at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles and probably visiting at the Bonaventure Brewing Company talking to Scott, Audrey, and all the other people who work there who I cannot remember their names and talking to other people who came up to the bar. Funny thing, the six nights I was there it was becoming like the old tv show Cheers. And it wasn't gay, but it dd not matter, it was friends who I was meeting, my sexual orientation had nothing to do with anyting. Nobody asked, nobody cared. I didn't care either. I felt so in place there, and I felt so out of place when I moved to West Hollywood. To anyone who visits there, Downtown LA is GREAT and there is a subway right there that will take you to Hollywood or wherever you want to go. I have been to other cities lately and downtown LA is incredibly quiet, peaceful, and from what I saw safe - this is the interior part of the city I speak of. Jump on the also clean subway and see Hollywood, etc. To me West Hollywood was incredibly boring unless you are into guys walking dogs, coffee shops, etc. Yeah it's gay, everybody pretty much matches that same exact look, but Downtown is where I would always want to be. And if I have not said it before the center of Los Angeles is Downtown where all the skyscrapers are just like any other city. That is the center of LA. LA is made up of a lot of communities, very distinct, which all surround the the actual city center.
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Hey Jack, missed ya :-*
Here's downtown LA for you:
(http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/californie-paysages/Downtown%20Los%20Angeles,%20California.jpg)
Not as good as sitting in the bar there, but still beautiful.
Hope your mother is doing better.
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Thanks Chrissi!!! Yes that is definitely downtown LA and the view reminds me of what I saw from my room except that I was right in the middle of the tallest buildings. They actually also have a bar and a restaurant on top of the hotel that rotates. It's awesome. So you could be sitting in the bar on the top or in the brewing company on the 4th floor. My room was on the 30th floor.
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hey Jack!
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Hiya Jack!
You've been busy!
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Hey Everybody,
I am still here....I haven't forgot about everyone. It has been real busy with two jobs and the one has had me installing computers for people which means crawling around in the floor where nobody ever goes except feet, spiders, ants, etc. Other than that everything is ok. I have missed all of you.
Jack
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Hey Everybody,
I am still here....I haven't forgot about everyone. It has been real busy with two jobs and the one has had me installing computers for people which means crawling around in the floor where nobody ever goes except feet, spiders, ants, etc. Other than that everything is ok. I have missed all of you.
Jack
Hi Jack.....thought of this cartoon, when I read your post.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/suekat777/computerpowerswitch-1.jpg)
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Hi Jack.....thought of this cartoon, when I read your post.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/suekat777/computerpowerswitch-1.jpg)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Jack, when you say:
LA is made up of a lot of communities, very distinct, which all surround the the actual city center.
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Jack that is what I learned too being there often living in such communities! Every community there is to be enjoyed because each is very different as you maybe noticed. That is what charms LA, Hollywood and areas!
Enjoy!
Au revoir,
hugs! Did you go to a gay restaurant yet, where only gay men are there ?
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Hi Jack.....thought of this cartoon, when I read your post.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/suekat777/computerpowerswitch-1.jpg)
Hey Katie, yes that is exactly the way it is. You would not believe the mess under and behind people's desks, but I am making it through.
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Jack, when you say:
LA is made up of a lot of communities, very distinct, which all surround the the actual city center.
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Jack that is what I learned too being there often living in such communities! Every community there is to be enjoyed because each is very different as you maybe noticed. That is what charms LA, Hollywood and areas!
Enjoy!
Au revoir,
hugs! Did you go to a gay restaurant yet, where only gay men are there ?
Yes Artiste you are exactly right, that is what I noticed about LA. It was not what I expected and is a big part of its appeal to me. I did not go to a gay restaurant. I really didn't look for one. It doesn't matter much to me about whether a restaurant is gay or straight. I guess you could say that I like diversity so hanging out with just gay people doesn't do that much for me. I like a variety of people in my life.
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Jack my couz.... How are you? And have you been watchin TAR?
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Jack! Hey, good to see you around our ol lil place on the internet :D
Don't let yourself get buried under too much work...
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Sonstige/Buryunderwork_medium.jpg)
...or under other people's desk
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Sonstige/rs_sleeping.jpg)
Step out in the sunshine, and if there is no sunshine, take this instead:
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Sonstige/Sonnenblume_gross.jpg)
Missed ya! :-*
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Jack my couz.... How are you? And have you been watchin TAR?
Hey Kelda, good to hear from you cousin. Yes, I have been watching TAR and Survivor too. I haven't developed any strong connections with any of the teams yet. Have you?
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Hey Chrissi,
Thanks for the wonderful pictures. I think the sunflower looks the best. The one with the guy under the desk appears to be the exact same situation I have been in ;D
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Hey Kelda, good to hear from you cousin. Yes, I have been watching TAR and Survivor too. I haven't developed any strong connections with any of the teams yet. Have you?
I loved the geeks.. you can see all my comments about it on the TAR thread in the culture tent...
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I loved the geeks.. you can see all my comments about it on the TAR thread in the culture tent...
Like I have been saying I need to catch up on the threads. And people are saying there is a lack of interest in Bettermost lately, that is not true for me. I have literally been too busy to come one and say much. Damn I sure would be disappointed if I came on and everybody was gone. Hey, don't you all do that to me. I am still a major part of this place. I sure do not want to see my place and my people to all go away. You all are a very important part of my life, I don't even care that much about presidential elections. I care about all of you. Hey, all of you, agree to disagree, but remember we are all friends for a different reason than what we think about gay people or the elections. Those of you on the McCain side and those of you on the Obama side please do not jeopardize the friendships we have developed. In the end even if Brokeback becomes less please remember that we truly are all about friendship. That is the lesson we all learned. Damn I care about you all. And because not many people ever read my blog I am going to post this same thing over at Brad's place. It means that much to me that we keep our friendships in the main spotlight.
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I totally agree with you Jack....xx
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(oh and actually a lot of peopel probably read you blog - they just dont post in it as much as they read - thats what i tell myself with mine anyway!!)
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I loved the geeks.. you can see all my comments about it on the TAR thread in the culture tent...
I liked the Beekeepers, but they didn't last long. I guess as it stands now I am leaning towards Dallas and his mother.
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Like I have been saying I need to catch up on the threads. And people are saying there is a lack of interest in Bettermost lately, that is not true for me. I have literally been too busy to come one and say much. Damn I sure would be disappointed if I came on and everybody was gone. Hey, don't you all do that to me. I am still a major part of this place. I sure do not want to see my place and my people to all go away. You all are a very important part of my life, I don't even care that much about presidential elections. I care about all of you. Hey, all of you, agree to disagree, but remember we are all friends for a different reason than what we think about gay people or the elections. Those of you on the McCain side and those of you on the Obama side please do not jeopardize the friendships we have developed. In the end even if Brokeback becomes less please remember that we truly are all about friendship. That is the lesson we all learned. Damn I care about you all. And because not many people ever read my blog I am going to post this same thing over at Brad's place. It means that much to me that we keep our friendships in the main spotlight.
you cant post it in Brads place it is gone.
but I am glad you are here....I hope someday Brad will come back.
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Yah I like Dallas and his Mum too.
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It's good to see you back, Jack!
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It's good to see you back, Jack!
Hey Chucky, you could use that line in the Lymerick thread..... :laugh:
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Hey Jack.......
I'm comin' for ya.............
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Gotcha!
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Hey Jack.......
I'm comin' for ya.............
Thanks Chuck, I need to be kept in line sometimes.........especially when I know where my friends truly are.
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Gotcha!
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I'm not sure how that happened but anyway thanks Chuck......it is truly great to have you and everyone else here as such good friends..........those that I have been on events with there is no other way to describe it as great......I mean that. We have had great times and I hope there are plenty on the way. And Chuck one day I will scare you again like Jose and I did in Zombie Land....... ;D
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poor Dan... :-\
do you have a back up person??
I am thinking Ace...
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When I try to tell people about how I met all of you it is like they don't quite understand. How something can happen where so many people can go so many places and become friends from so many different places is something they just don't understand. Sometimes it is hard even for me to understand cause I met so many people from so many different places and can just get along with them and relate to them so well. Is this something that Brokeback did and if so I think it is a great thing. Think about this, we have arguments on here about political differences, about whether we are gay, homo, straight, etc., but in the end we are in the same place. And is that not something that is really special that we are able to do that and still remain in the same place. We would not come here if we did not feel some kind of bond with each other. I really am very grateful that I have met all of you either in person or online. And I think everyone should be able to express their thoughts on topics, hey don't hold back cause your opinion means something as all of you mean something to this group. In the end that is what it is about. That is why we exist and why Brokeback all brought us here.
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When I try to tell people about how I met all of you it is like they don't quite understand. How something can happen where so many people can go so many places and become friends from so many different places is something they just don't understand. Sometimes it is hard even for me to understand cause I met so many people from so many different places and can just get along with them and relate to them so well. Is this something that Brokeback did and if so I think it is a great thing. Think about this, we have arguments on here about political differences, about whether we are gay, homo, straight, etc., but in the end we are in the same place. And is that not something that is really special that we are able to do that and still remain in the same place. We would not come here if we did not feel some kind of bond with each other. I really am very grateful that I have met all of you either in person or online. And I think everyone should be able to express their thoughts on topics, hey don't hold back cause your opinion means something as all of you mean something to this group. In the end that is what it is about. That is why we exist and why Brokeback all brought us here.
yes. This place has value in my life, Jack...although I have never met anyone of you in person, you are all real to me.
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poor Dan... :-\
do you have a back up person??
I am thinking Ace...
Ace got voted out too :( And I would have been for Marcus, but he helped voting Dan out and it came back to him cause he got voted out too ;D So I don't know who I am for now, I guess Crystal. I know for sure I am not for Charlie, there ain't no need for that kind of lisping, damn he is worse than than Todd from a couple of seasons ago. It would be nice to have a gay guy on Survivor that acted like a regular guy. But wait and see if Charlie don't win. Straight people love to laugh at people that act like that.
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yes. This place has value in my life, Jack...although I have never met anyone of you in person, you are all real to me.
I think when you meet other people in real life you begin to realize how important these people here are to you. You are thrust into another environment and you end up being judged not as a person, but as a potential bedmate and if you don't show interest in that you are out. Here, in most cases, that does not matter. Friendship has much more potential.
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I think when you meet other people in real life you begin to realize how important these people here are to you. You are thrust into another environment and you end up being judged not as a person, but as a potential bedmate and if you don't show interest in that you are out. Here, in most cases, that does not matter. Friendship has much more potential.
yes here we are all equal ...we are judged by our posts not our clothes or hair style or car...
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When I try to tell people about how I met all of you it is like they don't quite understand. How something can happen where so many people can go so many places and become friends from so many different places is something they just don't understand. Sometimes it is hard even for me to understand cause I met so many people from so many different places and can just get along with them and relate to them so well. Is this something that Brokeback did and if so I think it is a great thing. Think about this, we have arguments on here about political differences, about whether we are gay, homo, straight, etc., but in the end we are in the same place. And is that not something that is really special that we are able to do that and still remain in the same place. We would not come here if we did not feel some kind of bond with each other. I really am very grateful that I have met all of you either in person or online. And I think everyone should be able to express their thoughts on topics, hey don't hold back cause your opinion means something as all of you mean something to this group. In the end that is what it is about. That is why we exist and why Brokeback all brought us here.
Hey there, Jack! I haven't been by to visit you in awhile. Hope you're doing well, bud! I am always grateful for my Brokie friends - never known support like it before in real life, where you can completely be yourself and be OK.
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yes here we are all equal ...we are judged by our posts not our clothes or hair style or car...
Yes, and people being equal means so much. And you are right we all start out here as equal. And like with the election I respected everyones opinions and that is why I never got involved with it. The guy who I have loved completely for almost 8 years now from Texas was upset with the election, but I talked with him tonight like I do every weekend night and I guess he accepts it. And why do I bring him up, cause I went on some kind of "blind date" type thing tonight and it only made me realize once again how much my guy in Texas means to me.
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Yes, and people being equal means so much. And you are right we all start out here as equal. And like with the election I respected everyones opinions and that is why I never got involved with it. The guy who I have loved completely for almost 8 years now from Texas was upset with the election, but I talked with him tonight like I do every weekend night and I guess he accepts it. And why do I bring him up, cause I went on some kind of "blind date" type thing tonight and it only made me realize once again how much my guy in Texas means to me.
I am out of your loop, Jack. I don't know about Texas guy. I need to catch up on your blog...I'm way behind....sorry.
Blind-date, hunh? I'm sorry that it wasn't that good. IMO, not much makes you feel lonelier than being with the wrong person and knowing it. I don't know who came up with that "love the one you're with" business, but that doesn't work too well for me.
My housemate does the online dating thing and is encouraging me to try it, but I'm thinking No or at least Not Yet. I've got a list of different things I want to get involved with here and I'm going to try that first - common hobbies. Who set up the blind date tonight?
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Lynne where are you at now? Did you move again? I am having a hard time keeping up with you :laugh: Are you still living in Seattle? It's good to see that you have become active on the forum again. I have kind of been in and out, but I guess I always come back ;) Did you really get to see Truman, Rich, and the gang?
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Lynne where are you at now? Did you move again? I am having a hard time keeping up with you :laugh: Are you still living in Seattle? It's good to see that you have become active on the forum again. I have kind of been in and out, but I guess I always come back ;) Did you really get to see Truman, Rich, and the gang?
Hey there, Jack! I am back on your side of the country now in Jacksonville, FL. I've been here about a month and so far it's good. The new job is going to be pretty demanding, but I think (hope) I'm up for it.
I got to visit with Truman, Bob, Rich, Paul, and Chuck on my way back home from Seattle. If you missed it, details and pictures are here
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,24861.0.html
We oughta meet in Atlanta or somewhere sometime.
Yes, I always come back to BetterMost too, though it's rare I'm really 'missing' - sometimes I'm just in surf mode and don't think I have anything helpful to add, which has been most of this Election cycle. Then something will motivate me again.
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Ace got voted out too :( And I would have been for Marcus, but he helped voting Dan out and it came back to him cause he got voted out too ;D So I don't know who I am for now, I guess Crystal. I know for sure I am not for Charlie, there ain't no need for that kind of lisping, damn he is worse than than Todd from a couple of seasons ago. It would be nice to have a gay guy on Survivor that acted like a regular guy. But wait and see if Charlie don't win. Straight people love to laugh at people that act like that.
You mean you're cheating on Memphis with Dan? ???
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I'm not sure how that happened but anyway thanks Chuck......it is truly great to have you and everyone else here as such good friends..........those that I have been on events with there is no other way to describe it as great......I mean that. We have had great times and I hope there are plenty on the way. And Chuck one day I will scare you again like Jose and I did in Zombie Land....... ;D
Oh geez. That's all I need. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I'm not sure how that happened but anyway thanks Chuck......it is truly great to have you and everyone else here as such good friends..........those that I have been on events with there is no other way to describe it as great......I mean that. We have had great times and I hope there are plenty on the way. And Chuck one day I will scare you again like Jose and I did in Zombie Land....... ;D
he's liable to whack you with his manpurse.
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it's a mariconera!
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I'm not sure how that happened but anyway thanks Chuck......it is truly great to have you and everyone else here as such good friends..........those that I have been on events with there is no other way to describe it as great......I mean that. We have had great times and I hope there are plenty on the way. And Chuck one day I will scare you again like Jose and I did in Zombie Land....... ;D
he's liable to whack you with his mariconera (manpurse).
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Hey there, Jack! I am back on your side of the country now in Jacksonville, FL. I've been here about a month and so far it's good. The new job is going to be pretty demanding, but I think (hope) I'm up for it.
I got to visit with Truman, Bob, Rich, Paul, and Chuck on my way back home from Seattle. If you missed it, details and pictures are here
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,24861.0.html
We oughta meet in Atlanta or somewhere sometime.
Yes, I always come back to BetterMost too, though it's rare I'm really 'missing' - sometimes I'm just in surf mode and don't think I have anything helpful to add, which has been most of this Election cycle. Then something will motivate me again.
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Congratulations on the move Lynne!!! I had no idea you were back on this coast. Seriously, I need to quit disappearing from here cause then I have lapses of what is going on. The pictures are great. I sure do wish I would have been there.....again my lapses ;) Yes we should all meet somewhere. I agree. We are definitely pretty much all from adjoining states now.....well with a bridge to New Jersey and Massachusetts. And also we are now all from BLUE states except for poor Rich, but Georgia was very, very close.
I did stay away partly because of the election. I had my ideas and I knew who I was for, but I didn't want to get into any arguments with anyone so I just kept quiet. I have friends who are Blue and Red so the friendships are more important to me than anyone who might be running for office. So again I just keep quiet. But like I said before it is wonderful to finally live in a Blue state!!!
Hope we can all get together soon. I miss everyone and I miss going places really, really bad.
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You mean you're cheating on Memphis with Dan? ???
If I had Memphis I sure would not cheat on him with Dan :laugh: Memphis is tops, but Dan ain't bad either. And I'm not talking about Dan from Big Brother. I'm talking about Dan from Survivor. I would take Memphis over the Dan from Big Brother even though that one won $500,000 ;D So I am always for the looser......oh well.
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it's a mariconera!
Chuck has a really handsome mariconera.........and did I mention his gay thingy ;D
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Oh Lord!
we're back on my "gay thingy"....... :laugh:
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Oh Lord!
we're back on my "gay thingy"....... :laugh:
did we ever REALLY leave it?
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good point.
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The last time I saw it, it was stuck up in a tree and it is going to take a lot to get it out
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excuse you? :o
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Hey Jackson!
How you been? ;D
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Hey Jackson!
How you been? ;D
Hey Richard. I have been ok. Just very busy with work and my other job. I think I am missing my travels as well. Asheville is sooooooo boring or at least my life here is :) How have you been? Have you got a big Thanksgiving planned and a big Christmas?
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ok I am just gonna say it.
I LIKE Charlie....he seems sweet...and it doesnt' seem like an act...it just seems like that is him...I dont' think he is NEAR as bad as some they have had on!
so there!
*Whew*
I feel so much better....
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What about his lisping :) It almost seems exaggerated. I'm not too much into Survivor this season. The only one I liked really was Dan and they voted him out. I guess I like Crystal so I guess that is who I am for. It's getting bad enough to where I would be for Sugar if Crystal goes.
Is there a relation between Chuck's gay thingy and Charlie? I suppose Charlie would be a good voice for Chuck's gay thingy and in fact that is a good idea.
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What about his lisping :) It almost seems exaggerated. I'm not too much into Survivor this season. The only one I liked really was Dan and they voted him out. I guess I like Crystal so I guess that is who I am for. It's getting bad enough to where I would be for Sugar if Crystal goes.
Is there a relation between Chuck's gay thingy and Charlie? I suppose Charlie would be a good voice for Chuck's gay thingy and in fact that is a good idea.
well he got voted out anyway... I am the kiss of death...
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Well as far as Survivor goes, I guess I am for Crystal, but I am not too much into these people this time except of course Dan who got voted out and doesn't even get to be in the jury :( But I sure was glad to see Randy GO!!! The Amazing Race is going good for me so far. My three favorite couples are coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.......Nick & Starr, Dallas & Toni (tied as to who I want to win), and Ken & Tina.
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Oh Lord!
we're back on my "gay thingy"....... :laugh:
Jack's so interested in it, you should let him play with it some time. ::)
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Nice to see you rambling back this way, friend!
That reminds me, I got a new CD I really like. It's Charlie Hayden's "Rambling Boy." Have you heard it?
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Jack's so interested in it, you should let him play with it some time. ::)
I already did ::)
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Well as far as Survivor goes, I guess I am for Crystal, but I am not too much into these people this time except of course Dan who got voted out and doesn't even get to be in the jury :( But I sure was glad to see Randy GO!!! The Amazing Race is going good for me so far. My three favorite couples are coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.......Nick & Starr, Dallas & Toni (tied as to who I want to win), and Ken & Tina.
Dallas and Toni for me!!
I was SOOOO glad when those two divorcees got out...can't STAND them... >:(
rude witches!
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Dallas and Toni for me!!
I was SOOOO glad when those two divorcees got out...can't STAND them... >:(
rude witches!
I totally agree about the rude witches ;D And I definitely like Dallas and Toni!!!
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I totally agree about the rude witches ;D And I definitely like Dallas and Toni!!!
I think they are the cutest parent/kid combo yet!
I like how he tries to protect her, wanting to carry all the bags all the time...
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I drove to work in the snow yesterday morning and then it got down to 15 degrees last night which broke the record set in 1937.
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You've been watching TAR and not postng in the TAR thread!?! Hurumph!!! :P
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You've been watching TAR and not postng in the TAR thread!?! Hurumph!!! :P
Ooops..........sorry about that :( I will get over there and post. I'm not sure how Jess and I started talking about it here......I think it was my fault. Hope you forgive me cousin ;)
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Ooops..........sorry about that :( I will get over there and post. I'm not sure how Jess and I started talking about it here......I think it was my fault. Hope you forgive me cousin ;)
;D off course I do!!!
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*crosses arms, taps foot, looks sternly at Jeff and Jack*
boys, you better behave....
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Happy Thanksgiving Jack!
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Thank you Chuck!!!! That means a lot. I was beginning to feel like not much a part of this community so I feel good that you remembered me.
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Thank you Chuck!!!! That means a lot. I was beginning to feel like not much a part of this community so I feel good that you remembered me.
*cough* you big dope. I miss you when you're gone Jack! I know a lot of people alsp feel the same way.
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*cough* you big dope. I miss you when you're gone Jack! I know a lot of people alsp feel the same way.
I know I'm just kidding ;D I know I am somewhat loved at Bettermost........well most of the time ;)
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I know I'm just kidding ;D I know I am somewhat loved at Bettermost........well most of the time ;)
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I never cause any problems........well maybe sometimes :laugh:
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I never cause any problems........well maybe sometimes :laugh:
dont' worry! I cause enough for both of us!!
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dont' worry! I cause enough for both of us!!
;) ;)
Good......if I have a problem to create I will just tell you about it :laugh:
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Good......if I have a problem to create I will just tell you about it :laugh:
well I am kinda backed up now...let me know and I will pencil it in (heck half of my trouble can wait)...(just for you, cause you my bud!)
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well I am kinda backed up now...
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Thank you Jess.........and it looks like Chuck has therapy for your other problem :laugh:
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My Aunt Nell
I went to my Aunt Nell’s funeral today. It was so sad and hard to see her in her casket. The person there did not really look like her. I remember the feisty Nell who used to come to visit from California with my Uncle Ralph and Cousin Linda. Someone still and quiet is not my memory of Aunt Nell and it never will be. I barely remember when she came driving in to my parents’ driveway in her Pink Cadillac. Yes she had one, she sure did. I wasn’t ever real sure if it was a Cadillac or a Continental since my uncle worked with and sold Ford Mercury products like Continentals, but today my parents said it was a Cadillac. And Nell deserved to be one of those people who drove a Pink Cadillac. I have no doubt about that. Her hearse today was blue. It is the first blue hearse I ever saw and I am glad. Nell would have never deserved to be in a black hearse because she was much too colorful of a person. The casket my Cousin Linda picked out for her perfectly reflected the colorfulness of Nell as well.
I remember how alive Nell always was. I remember way back when I was just a little kid her and my mother out in the car singing Harper Valley PTA. I remember Nell trying to sing like Loretta Lynn too. It seems so long ago in a way and yet sometimes it seems like it was not that long ago really. I have memories of when they were all in their prime going out and having a good time on Saturday nights. It is hard for me to remember the places names and dates, but I remember it all somewhere in my mind. I will always remember my Aunt Nell. She was a very special person.
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My Aunt Nell
I went to my Aunt Nell’s funeral today. It was so sad and hard to see her in her casket. The person there did not really look like her. I remember the feisty Nell who used to come to visit from California with my Uncle Ralph and Cousin Linda. Someone still and quiet is not my memory of Aunt Nell and it never will be. I barely remember when she came driving in to my parents’ driveway in her Pink Cadillac. Yes she had one, she sure did. I wasn’t ever real sure if it was a Cadillac or a Continental since my uncle worked with and sold Ford Mercury products like Continentals, but today my parents said it was a Cadillac. And Nell deserved to be one of those people who drove a Pink Cadillac. I have no doubt about that. Her hearse today was blue. It is the first blue hearse I ever saw and I am glad. Nell would have never deserved to be in a black hearse because she was much too colorful of a person. The casket my Cousin Linda picked out for her perfectly reflected the colorfulness of Nell as well.
I remember how alive Nell always was. I remember way back when I was just a little kid her and my mother out in the car singing Harper Valley PTA. I remember Nell trying to sing like Loretta Lynn too. It seems so long ago in a way and yet sometimes it seems like it was not that long ago really. I have memories of when they were all in their prime going out and having a good time on Saturday nights. It is hard for me to remember the places names and dates, but I remember it all somewhere in my mind. I will always remember my Aunt Nell. She was a very special person.
Hi there, Jack,
I'm so very sorry to hear about your Aunt Nell's death. Thank you for sharing some of her with us. She does indeed sound like a special woman. I can relate to the story about singing in the car. I have a similar sort of relationship with my own mother, and those are some of my most treasured memories.
For Aunt Nell, live from the Grand Ole Opry:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ByJf91jYo[/youtube]
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sorry to hear about your aunt nell. but it sounds like she had the perfect send off.
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Hey jack,
So sorry to hear about your Aunt!
She sounds like a real Character!
Lord, I swear we have to be related somewhere, she sounds like she would have fit right in with my family!
I hope you are doing ok with it all.
Thanks for sharing her with us!!
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Jack, I'm so sorry that you lost your Aunt Nell.
She sounds like a real fun person! Always remember her character, her humor, and the fun she brought to you. If you do that, her memory will always live on.
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am the song that will never end.
I am the love of family and friend.
I am the child who has come to rest
In the arms of the Father
who knows him best.
When you see the sunset fair,
I am the scented evening air.
I am the joy of a task well done.
I am the glow of the setting sun.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!
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I am very sorry for your loss Jack, she sounds like a fine person and hoot to be around.
I wonder if she ever saw the movie Nell? "Ah chickapea!"
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So sorry to hear about your loss Jack.
(((Jack))) :-*
She sounds like a character. A good one for that.
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Hi Jack!! I'm so sorry to hear about your Aunt!! I haven't been keeping up with your blog and it's my bad. :(
(((JACK)))
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Hey Jack! Have you read the reviews about the new Canon G10?
I don't know. What do you think? Are you gonna buy it? It really isn't much different from the G9, but then again, I'm a complete sucker for the G series. I don't know WHAT to do!! ???
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Hey jack,
So sorry to hear about your Aunt!
She sounds like a real Character!
Lord, I swear we have to be related somewhere, she sounds like she would have fit right in with my family!
I hope you are doing ok with it all.
Thanks for sharing her with us!!
Thank you Richard. You are right we must be related somewhere! Yes I am doing fine and coming on here and seeing what everyone has written makes me feel amazing. It really is unbelieveable sometimes what an incredible group of friends I have on here. It really is!!! I have with all of you what most people only think they can have.
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Jack, I'm so sorry that you lost your Aunt Nell.
She sounds like a real fun person! Always remember her character, her humor, and the fun she brought to you. If you do that, her memory will always live on.
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am the song that will never end.
I am the love of family and friend.
I am the child who has come to rest
In the arms of the Father
who knows him best.
When you see the sunset fair,
I am the scented evening air.
I am the joy of a task well done.
I am the glow of the setting sun.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!
Chuck,
Thank you so much for posting this. It really means a lot!!! While I was feeling down my friends here were writing things to me and quite honestly I never thought I would have friends like all of you. It truly means a lot. With friends like all of you I can accomplish anything in the world.
Jack
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I am very sorry for your loss Jack, she sounds like a fine person and hoot to be around.
I wonder if she ever saw the movie Nell? "Ah chickapea!"
Truman, I am so glad to hear from you. It means a lot and your friendship means a lot if you didn't already know that. I hope you did. Yes Nell was a fine person and a hoot to be around. You are too. I can never see anyone being around you that would not be in a good mood cause you bring that to any situation. I do mean that.
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Hi there, Jack,
I'm so very sorry to hear about your Aunt Nell's death. Thank you for sharing some of her with us. She does indeed sound like a special woman. I can relate to the story about singing in the car. I have a similar sort of relationship with my own mother, and those are some of my most treasured memories.
For Aunt Nell, live from the Grand Ole Opry:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ByJf91jYo[/youtube]
Lynne, I will give you a call tomorrow, is that ok? Thank you so much for sending this. Yes, this is Harper Valley PTA in its original :)
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sorry to hear about your aunt nell. but it sounds like she had the perfect send off.
Thank you Kelda!!! I really appreciate you sending something. My cousin from Scotland!!!!!!!!
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So sorry to hear about your loss Jack.
(((Jack))) :-*
She sounds like a character. A good one for that.
Thank you Chrissi............always my strong shoulder to cry on..........you are truly very special to me and I think you know that or at least you should. Like in Denver, who did I come to? You!!! There is nobody else I would go to cause I always know that you understand anything.
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Hi Jack!! I'm so sorry to hear about your Aunt!! I haven't been keeping up with your blog and it's my bad. :(
(((JACK)))
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No it is not bad of you David........I know it is hard to keep up with everything. Look at me, just now getting back to people who cared enough to write. That is a bad on me. Like I just said to someone else, it still amazes me how special so many people on here really are. Sometimes I feel like I don't have any friends here and quite truthfully that is probably because I really don't seek friends out here. This is kind of where I live and work, but my friends are all over the country.
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No it is not bad of you David........I know it is hard to keep up with everything. Look at me, just now getting back to people who cared enough to write. That is a bad on me. Like I just said to someone else, it still amazes me how special so many people on here really are. Sometimes I feel like I don't have any friends here and quite truthfully that is probably because I really don't seek friends out here. This is kind of where I live and work, but my friends are all over the country.
Not a bad on you either Jack! We have a lot of friends here, and THANK GOD FOR IT!! :-*
You are loved Jack!! I hope you have a Merry Christmas sweetie!!
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Hey Jack! Have you read the reviews about the new Canon G10?
I don't know. What do you think? Are you gonna buy it? It really isn't much different from the G9, but then again, I'm a complete sucker for the G series. I don't know WHAT to do!! ???
Hey David! I don't know about the G10 yet. I have not read the reviews, but I probably don't need another camera. I just barely know the capabilities of the G9. However, I do love it. When I was in Los Angeles I stumbled upon a group playing at Pershing Square, actually right after the earthquake, and I wanted to record some of them. At first I thought I wished that I would have brought along my Sony Handycam, but then I realized the G9 could do that and it did do it as well or better than the Handycam. So in LA that is the only thing I ended up carrying around. And by the way if everyone does not know by now, I did love LA despite all the bad things I heard about it before going there, especially the downtown ;D
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Not a bad on you either Jack! We have a lot of friends here, and THANK GOD FOR IT!! :-*
You are loved Jack!! I hope you have a Merry Christmas sweetie!!
You too David, no doubt about it. Have you got a big Christmas planned?
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You too David, no doubt about it. Have you got a big Christmas planned?
No. Not really. But there's still some time. I'm a gay man and I can put a party together in a quick second. I'll figure something out. I hope you do too Jack! :D :-*
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Hey David! I don't know about the G10 yet. I have not read the reviews, but I probably don't need another camera. I just barely know the capabilities of the G9. However, I do love it. When I was in Los Angeles I stumbled upon a group playing at Pershing Square, actually right after the earthquake, and I wanted to record some of them. At first I thought I wished that I would have brought along my Sony Handycam, but then I realized the G9 could do that and it did do it as well or better than the Handycam. So in LA that is the only thing I ended up carrying around. And by the way if everyone does not know by now, I did love LA despite all the bad things I heard about it before going there, especially the downtown ;D
The G9 does an excellent job with video! I found that out last summer when I filmed the fireworks show on the Forth of July. I couldn't believe it. I even copied and pasted some frames from the video and it looked like a regular photograph. :D
The G9 is an awesome camera!
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Here's a G10 review for you Jack!!
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16098.msg414447.html#msg414447 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16098.msg414447.html#msg414447)
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hey J! How are you today?
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*Jack´s future partner in The Amazing Race reporting*
I hope the weekend has treated you well, Jack.
((Jack!))
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Nice to see ya back, Jack!
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Nice to see ya back, Jack!
Hey! That rhymes!!
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Hey rhyming is a good thing.......right?
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No. Not really. But there's still some time. I'm a gay man and I can put a party together in a quick second. I'll figure something out. I hope you do too Jack! :D :-*
Hey, you better invite me to the party ;)
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Here's a G10 review for you Jack!!
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16098.msg414447.html#msg414447 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16098.msg414447.html#msg414447)
Thanks David!!! Are you trying to go and get me to spend my money :laugh:
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hey J! How are you today?
I'm doing fine Cousin.......how about you?
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*Jack´s future partner in The Amazing Race reporting*
I hope the weekend has treated you well, Jack.
((Jack!))
I think we could do very well in The Amazing Race Monika.......surely there must be some way we could apply. You think? If they won't let you apply then that is discrimination. I think TAR would be great to be on. I have decided that Survivor is not something I would want to do after this season. Survivor Gabon.......the worst Survivor yet. For me Survivor has dropped to #3 in reality shows with #1 being TAR and #2 being Big Brother. I would love to apply for Big Brother, but I don't know what I would say to be selected ???
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Nice to see ya back, Jack!
Hey Chuck.......I never go too far away. I just drift now and then :laugh:
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So how many times have I said I would not put up Christmas decorations in the past? Well it never works out that way. I now have a Christmas tree and outside snowflake icicle lights. Where did they come from? Well I bought them all today ;D It's just hard for me to not think that this time of the year means something. Hey, I might be the only who sees them, but they are there. I'm a loner anyway so I don't really need anyone to say that anything looks good :laugh: Back in the days when I was with someone I sure didn't enjoy things like that anyway. I enjoy them much more now in reality cause in many ways I am happier. Sure it would be nice to have someone, but it sure would not be nice to have someone like I had. I will take alone over that any day. One thing I always have to remember is that I will never let anyone take over my life again with the possessiveness and the demanding nature that I went through. I guess it is ok for someone to be jealous to a point, but nobody should ever think they own you and own everything you do.
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So tune in to "What a Mix" tonight cause tonight I am playing country music......no hard rock like last night :laugh: I wish we had another radio station on here cause I would like to be the host of it ;)
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So tune in to "What a Mix" tonight cause tonight I am playing country music......no hard rock like last night :laugh: I wish we had another radio station on here cause I would like to be the host of it ;)
country? will there be any of that Josh whatever??
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I think we could do very well in The Amazing Race Monika.......surely there must be some way we could apply. You think? If they won't let you apply then that is discrimination. I think TAR would be great to be on. I have decided that Survivor is not something I would want to do after this season. Survivor Gabon.......the worst Survivor yet. For me Survivor has dropped to #3 in reality shows with #1 being TAR and #2 being Big Brother. I would love to apply for Big Brother, but I don't know what I would say to be selected ???
Yes, I think we would do well too. Especially it we would end up in Wyoming during the race :) If there is one reality show I would do, TAR would be it for sure. Traveling is my main addiction.
Big Broher ey? Hm...it´s tricky what to say to be selected though...I wonder if the people that get selected make stuff up during their interviews or what. Have you ever applied for it? You should just go for it, Jack. What do you got to lose? And you are so nice that you would probably end up winning the whole thing. What is the prize sum in the US version btw?
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So how many times have I said I would not put up Christmas decorations in the past? Well it never works out that way. I now have a Christmas tree and outside snowflake icicle lights. Where did they come from? Well I bought them all today ;D It's just hard for me to not think that this time of the year means something. Hey, I might be the only who sees them, but they are there. I'm a loner anyway so I don't really need anyone to say that anything looks good :laugh: Back in the days when I was with someone I sure didn't enjoy things like that anyway. I enjoy them much more now in reality cause in many ways I am happier. Sure it would be nice to have someone, but it sure would not be nice to have someone like I had. I will take alone over that any day.
Share your Christmas decorations with us! I'd love to see them.
If I were closer in location, I'd come over to your place, bring some mulled wine and would sit with you on the carpet in front of your couch (or your fireplace if you have one) and talk all evening. But alas ....
But don't let this stop you from sharing your decorations friend. Take a pic or two and show us. :D
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Yes, I think we would do well too. Especially it we would end up in Wyoming during the race :) If there is one reality show I would do, TAR would be it for sure. Traveling is my main addiction.
Buffy we aint allowed to, cos we aint US citizens. So we have to wait for a Euro edition and then we can race together!!!!
What season hav you seen up to Buffy?
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Oh and Jack, I've had a lovely weekend so far.
I was carroling with my band on Sat morning, then my two best friends came to see me (they live 2 and 3.5 hrs away) for my birthday so that was great to catch up we had good few glasses of wine, and a lovely dinner and then gossiped and watched the X Factor final (basically American Idol but with groups) they've not long left so I'm now sitting with my duvet on the couch watching trashy tv and sitting looking at betermost.
Also waiting for some xmas films to download.
:-*
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Yes, I think we would do well too. Especially it we would end up in Wyoming during the race :) If there is one reality show I would do, TAR would be it for sure. Traveling is my main addiction.
Big Broher ey? Hm...it´s tricky what to say to be selected though...I wonder if the people that get selected make stuff up during their interviews or what. Have you ever applied for it? You should just go for it, Jack. What do you got to lose? And you are so nice that you would probably end up winning the whole thing. What is the prize sum in the US version btw?
Traveling is my main addiction too Monika :) I am missing not going anywhere now, but I need to save money so I have to fight the urge :(
No I have never applied to Big Brother although I thought about it when they were talking about it was time for people to apply. I'm not sure if it is too late now or not. So you think I could win? Now that would be GREAT!!! The winner gets $500,000 and second place gets $50,000. I could do some travel on those kinds of winnings ;D Now, if I just knew what to say in my little video that you have to send them ???
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what are you doing today Jack?
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Hey Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad to see you here. I am doing fine and just doing the usual, working a lot. I actually was just trying to find out your address to send you and Katrina a Christmas card. I did find your address from Lee so I will be sending it out tomorrow. I miss you two..........like I said in my card you two are so much fun to be around. I really enjoyed........completely enjoyed.......seeing all the things we saw together in Los Angeles. And thanks to both of you, Joe, and Jim I even got to see the beaches at Santa Monica and Malibu plus the Getty Center. I loved Los Angeles and now it hard to say whether I want to go to New York City or Los Angeles, both are great in their own ways. And of course so is San Francisco. Denver too, since I have so many friends there. So I guess I just have to make enough money to visit all of them as much as I can :) Maybe with working three jobs right now I can :laugh:
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Hey Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad to see you here. I am doing fine and just doing the usual, working a lot. I actually was just trying to find out your address to send you and Katrina a Christmas card. I did find your address from Lee so I will be sending it out tomorrow. I miss you two..........like I said in my card you two are so much fun to be around. I really enjoyed........completely enjoyed.......seeing all the things we saw together in Los Angeles. And thanks to both of you, Joe, and Jim I even got to see the beaches at Santa Monica and Malibu plus the Getty Center. I loved Los Angeles and now it hard to say whether I want to go to New York City or Los Angeles, both are great in their own ways. And of course so is San Francisco. Denver too, since I have so many friends there. So I guess I just have to make enough money to visit all of them as much as I can :) Maybe with working three jobs right now I can :laugh:
I'll get u the addresses you need late tonight
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, JACK!!
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Thank You Shasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a beautiful card.........and you have one on the way, but I can't remember if I sent it Friday or Saturday..........anyway hope it gets to you by Christmas ;)
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I'm not going to go into details right now, but I have one of the most confusing situations going on in my life right now. I'm really not sure which way to turn or what to do. I hate situations like this.
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Thank You Shasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a beautiful card.........and you have one on the way, but I can't remember if I sent it Friday or Saturday..........anyway hope it gets to you by Christmas ;)
Thank you. :)
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I'm not going to go into details right now, but I have one of the most confusing situations going on in my life right now. I'm really not sure which way to turn or what to do. I hate situations like this.
Tell us when you get ready, if you get ready.
Until then...sending positive thoughts your way and hoping the situation works itself out.
{{{{{{{JACK}}}}}}}
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merry xmas cuz
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Merry Christmas, Jack! :-*
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Happy Holidays Jack!
Just wanted to take a moment
to wish you a very happy and
healthy holiday season!!!!
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I hope you have a good holiday, Jack. If you get some time, give me a call. I'm hoping we can get together in 2009, Friend. Take good care of yourself.
All my love,
Lynne
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No I have never applied to Big Brother although I thought about it when they were talking about it was time for people to apply. I'm not sure if it is too late now or not. So you think I could win? Now that would be GREAT!!! The winner gets $500,000 and second place gets $50,000. I could do some travel on those kinds of winnings ;D Now, if I just knew what to say in my little video that you have to send them ???
that´s tricky...but If you were admitted, I don´t doubt that you would win the whole thing. For sure, Jack. I can´t imagine anyone wanting to ever vote you out.
Too bad I wouldn´t be able to vote for you, though :laugh: I would just have to relocate to the US :)
oh, maybe you could dress up in full cowboy gear, maybe that would get their attention? ;)
Happy Holidays to you, Jack!
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Isn't the a picture of the library at the Biltmore House?
Good eye, Gary.
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Isn't the a picture of the library at the Biltmore House?
That's exactly what I was thinking Gary. That is a beautiful Christmas card Lynne!!! And I will give you a call in the next couple of days if not sooner. I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas.
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Thank You Gary :) I must say that there truly is a wonderful group of people here. It is almost amazing to think what a great group of people there really is. Thank you Brad, Lynne, Jess, Chuck, Gary, Monika, Paul, Shasta......etc., etc., etc.........this list could truly go to at least 50 names if I continued on and that really is true.
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that´s tricky...but If you were admitted, I don´t doubt that you would win the whole thing. For sure, Jack. I can´t imagine anyone wanting to ever vote you out.
Too bad I wouldn´t be able to vote for you, though :laugh: I would just have to relocate to the US :)
oh, maybe you could dress up in full cowboy gear, maybe that would get their attention? ;)
Happy Holidays to you, Jack!
Hmmmmmmm....I guess I will have to think of something ;) There has to be some way to get their attention ???
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May I wish you and to all:
Joyeux Noel - Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas and joys never ending !
Au revoir,
hugs! God loves Diversity, Gays and Others!!
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Merry Christmas, Jack
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That's exactly what I was thinking Gary. That is a beautiful Christmas card Lynne!!! And I will give you a call in the next couple of days if not sooner. I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas.
I'd like that very much!
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Wow, Thanks Brad!!! That is an absolutely beautiful card.
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Merry Christmas, Jack
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Thank you Lynne!!! I hope your Christmas has been extra special. That is definitely the type of Christmas you deserve.
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Computers: Here is a word to the wise and the not so wise like me who should know better. Always, always, always make backups of your data on your computer. My main computer crashed on Christmas night. That is why I have not been around since then. I was trying to fix it. Anyway, I do not know exactly what the problem is. It seems to be both hardware and software (operating system) related. I work in this line of work so believe me I have tried everything. I also know more ways to use a keyboard for a mouse since the mouse quit working as part of the meltdown. I have been meaning to do a redo of this computer for awhile now, but I never got around to it. There is truth in the idea that someone who works on computers and fusses at other people for having their computers in such bad shape in reality probably have computers in worse shape. Anyway, I think I have my music, my pictures, my documents, etc. backing up to an external hard drive using a laptop and the external hard drive with the possibly bad hard drive connected. I hope so anyway. I think I should start a computer tips thread. What do you think?
Oh by the way I am also the proud new owner of a really great desktop I found at Circuit City today with an incredibly awesome monitor. And it is by the way the least I have ever spent on a computer. The monitor is 24 inches and HD on top of that. I can even connect the cable to it and watch TV. Also I can watch my new copy of "The Dark Knight" on it. I have not put it together yet. I did not expect this to be my Christmas present to myself, but it happened anyway. I thought I should build one, but where would I find the time. I should not have spent the money I know, but I did. The computer is a HP which I have never had before. I am sick of Dell. That is what I have to work on at work and I really do not think they are as good of computers as they once were.
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Computers: Here is a word to the wise and the not so wise like me who should know better. Always, always, always make backups of your data on your computer. My main computer crashed on Christmas night. That is why I have not been around since then. I was trying to fix it. Anyway, I do not know exactly what the problem is. It seems to be both hardware and software (operating system) related. I work in this line of work so believe me I have tried everything. I also know more ways to use a keyboard for a mouse since the mouse quit working as part of the meltdown. I have been meaning to do a redo of this computer for awhile now, but I never got around to it. There is truth in the idea that someone who works on computers and fusses at other people for having their computers in such bad shape in reality probably have computers in worse shape. Anyway, I think I have my music, my pictures, my documents, etc. backing up to an external hard drive using a laptop and the external hard drive with the possibly bad hard drive connected. I hope so anyway. I think I should start a computer tips thread. What do you think?
Oh by the way I am also the proud new owner of a really great desktop I found at Circuit City today with an incredibly awesome monitor. And it is by the way the least I have ever spent on a computer. The monitor is 24 inches and HD on top of that. I can even connect the cable to it and watch TV. Also I can watch my new copy of "The Dark Knight" on it. I have not put it together yet. I did not expect this to be my Christmas present to myself, but it happened anyway. I thought I should build one, but where would I find the time. I should not have spent the money I know, but I did. The computer is a HP which I have never had before. I am sick of Dell. That is what I have to work on at work and I really do not think they are as good of computers as they once were.
I think a computer tip thread would be great! will there be Q and A?
*Jess getting her list out*
:laugh: :laugh:
I got a new monitor....still not so sure about it...it is pretty and all but...
well...
it's DIFFERENT...and I dont LIKE different...
good luck with your files, Jack....crossing my fingers for you..
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Computers: Here is a word to the wise and the not so wise like me who should know better. Always, always, always make backups of your data on your computer. My main computer crashed on Christmas night. That is why I have not been around since then. I was trying to fix it. Anyway, I do not know exactly what the problem is. It seems to be both hardware and software (operating system) related. I work in this line of work so believe me I have tried everything. I also know more ways to use a keyboard for a mouse since the mouse quit working as part of the meltdown. I have been meaning to do a redo of this computer for awhile now, but I never got around to it. There is truth in the idea that someone who works on computers and fusses at other people for having their computers in such bad shape in reality probably have computers in worse shape. Anyway, I think I have my music, my pictures, my documents, etc. backing up to an external hard drive using a laptop and the external hard drive with the possibly bad hard drive connected. I hope so anyway. I think I should start a computer tips thread. What do you think?
Oh by the way I am also the proud new owner of a really great desktop I found at Circuit City today with an incredibly awesome monitor. And it is by the way the least I have ever spent on a computer. The monitor is 24 inches and HD on top of that. I can even connect the cable to it and watch TV. Also I can watch my new copy of "The Dark Knight" on it. I have not put it together yet. I did not expect this to be my Christmas present to myself, but it happened anyway. I thought I should build one, but where would I find the time. I should not have spent the money I know, but I did. The computer is a HP which I have never had before. I am sick of Dell. That is what I have to work on at work and I really do not think they are as good of computers as they once were.
It's like the cobbler's children having no shoes, Jack. I went without anti-virus software for two whole weeks! ;)
I took advantage of the 3 months free deal that Phillip has with Norton and got that installed.
I accomplished a lot of computer maintenance over Christmas break, but I still don't have a good backup and recovery plan. My photos and some of my music are on divshare; otherwise, nada. Guess I need to invest in an external hard drive, or find an older desktop to use as a server.
What O/S are you running on the one that crashed? My laptop has Vista and I guess I'm adapting. :-\
I like the idea of a computer tips thread! Go for it! I will contribute as best I can. I'm more of a software person than a hardware person, and not much at all when it comes to multi-media. It's a great career in a lot of ways, but I *always* feel like I'm behind the eight ball; no matter how much I try to keep up, it's just not possible.
I agree with you about Dell...my laptop is a Dell. I've only had it a year and I've had to replace the DVD drive and the power supply twice each! My next laptop is going to be an hp, I think.
Nice about your desktop and new monitor! What kind is it? Maybe I should go shopping. I pretty much watch all my DVDs on my laptop as it is. (which could explain needing two new drives, but still!)
BTW, I'm thinking about taking a UNIX/LINUX class this spring; it's all remote learning. What do you think? I'm only semi-literate in it right now and it would be really handy for my new job.
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I think a computer tip thread would be great! will there be Q and A?
*Jess getting her list out*
:laugh: :laugh:
I got a new monitor....still not so sure about it...it is pretty and all but...
well...
it's DIFFERENT...and I dont LIKE different...
good luck with your files, Jack....crossing my fingers for you..
Where would be the most appopriate place to put this thread? I think it is actually a good idea, not just for me to post, but for other people to post as well. After all, we all have computer problems and solutions.
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How about BetterMost People?
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May I wish you and to all:
Thank you Artiste and I hope you are having a great Holiday Season. Hey, Bettermost would not be the same without you. I like the way you express your thoughts. We are after all, or should be, a place of diversity.
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How about BetterMost People?
That's a good idea. I have never spent much time in BetterMost People or at least I don't think so. Did I say this before about Bettermost People or am I having DejaVu?
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Jess, you are so very special, your present arrived in the mail yesterday and in fact the mailwoman had to come up the driveway. It is really too bad that everyone in the world cannot be as thoughtful as you. If that were true we would have a great world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It almost seems like last year I hit 1,000 posts before New Years last year although considering I am near 3,000 now I am wondering how that could be true. Surely I have not posted 1,900 posts since last yeat at this same time. If so I want to hit 3,000 before the new year comes. My favorite numbers 3 and 9.
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Jess, you are so very special, your present arrived in the mail yesterday and in fact the mailwoman had to come up the driveway. It is really too bad that everyone in the world cannot be as thoughtful as you. If that were true we would have a great world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well dont be saying that around too much...you will ruin my reputation as a mean ol bitty!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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It almost seems like last year I hit 1,000 posts before New Years last year although considering I am near 3,000 now I am wondering how that could be true. Surely I have not posted 1,900 posts since last yeat at this same time. If so I want to hit 3,000 before the new year comes. My favorite numbers 3 and 9.
well come on! It is only a hundred posts...you can do it! heck I could do it before daylight.... :laugh: :laugh:
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well come on! It is only a hundred posts...you can do it! heck I could do it before daylight.... :laugh: :laugh:
And I will...........a goal.........I love goals............hey I need a party in my blog........LOL
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we could call David in here...I think HE is on the sauce tonight!!
hey DAAAVVVIIIIDDD!!!
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David, on the sauce............wow..........
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we could call David in here...I think HE is on the sauce tonight!!
hey DAAAVVVIIIIDDD!!!
I'm here!!! :D
You might call it sauce... I call it hootch. It's all the same thing in the long run I guess. :laugh:
Did you see that Jack? She took off again! She ALWAYS does that! ;)
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David, on the sauce............wow..........
Yeah, my head is whirling a bit. For some reason my friends like me better like this! :-\
What do you think Jack? Are they INSULTING me? ;)
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So--you are having a party, Jack? A LATE party!
Party food.
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Of course I am
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Where did David go??????????????????????????
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I have to tell a story based on the song "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay which would more than likely rate as my third favorite song of all time. I don't know completely what the song really means, but I know what it means to me. It reminds me of me at one time and a time that is long gone. Once upon a time I walked into a bar called the "After Dark" and I became a star........the one everyone was looking at........the one everybody wanted to know........the one everybody wanted to be theirs. Hey, I was 17 and had to find a way to lie about my age to get in. It was like a party every night to me. Everything was so much fun, the music, the dancing, the everything. If anyone happened to be of any interest all I had to do was glance at them and they were mine if I wanted them to be. It's hard to believe now that I was one of those top three people who everyone wanted to be with. That would include people who I did not look at, who were interested in me anyway. For some reason at that timne we didn't have many of those girly guys. They were men back then here., It was a time that actually lasted at least until I was 30 although I unfortuantly spent a lot of my time in a relationship. If I would have just held out maybe I would have found someone who I actually could have been happy with for the rest of my life. Of course, now if I walked into a bar everyone would just say who is that old man and why is he here. Hey, I don't blame them I used to say the same thing. It's all life, gay or straight, basically past 30 you are history so you better be with someone you want to be with.
So here is the video which may have nothing at all to do with my story...................
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzufvltRucU[/youtube]
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Jack, I can easily picture you as one of the stars. And I know what you mean about time robbing us of our desirability. Back when I was in college it was easy to go to the local gay bar and get picked up. But now not only am I 43, I've also gained weight and I have Bell's palsy. (One side of my face -- the left side - is partially paralyzed.) If any attractive young gay men talk to me now it's because they want me to play uncle. That's okay. I'm glad to offer support and advice if I think I can help. I tried the fast life for a while, but it was never for me. I'm way to shy for it.
I've always been a bit of a loner. So I've adjusted to being single. I spent so much time alone in my room when I was living with my parents back in WV that my dad would sometimes say that I'd make a model prisoner. :laugh:
Now that my parents are gone, I really miss them and miss having a significant other during the holiday season. I also worry about what will happen to me in later years. I'm glad that I was there for my parents when their health began to decline. But who will be there for me when it's my turn to fall apart? I have no husband. No kids. (And sometimes it seems "my turn" is right around the corner. Just a few weeks ago the doctor told me that I have yet another condition. My heart beats too fast and I have to take a pill for it. ::) )
BTW, I happen to like soft, vulnerable young men whom some would describe as girly. :P A lot of them are sweethearts. Don't knock 'em until you try 'em. :laugh:
Most of us grow thick skins as we get older, but even though we weather on the outside, I think most men, both gay and straight, become more softhearted and sentimental as they age. A lot of that false bravado that young men cling to, and hide behind, seems to slip away.
Gary I like what you say here and it is all so true. When my aunt passed away I wondered the same thing of who would be there for me in those later years. I stay around my parents a lot because they are getting quite old plus my mother's back is still in bad shape. Me, basically I am doing fine now, but we all go downhill eventually. I have always been a loner too, but can you be a loner in those later years? I guess I will get to find out ;) But I have discovered and realized how many great people are on here. It is almost amazing to think how many friends I have here. And the trip to Wyoming this past summer consisted of 22 of the best people anyone could think of to be around. It's funny how a movie could bring all these people together. In the end it is not about being picked up or found to be desirable for a night, it is instead about finding true people who care about you. Right now I have the best bunch of friends I would have never imagined having. Ok, I will quit cutting down the girly guys ;D As long as they are girly and are comfortable with that and are being themselves that is fine. It really is all about being yourself and not putting on an act to try and fit in.
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I have to tell a story based on the song "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay which would more than likely rate as my third favorite song of all time. I don't know completely what the song really means, but I know what it means to me. It reminds me of me at one time and a time that is long gone. Once upon a time I walked into a bar called the "After Dark" and I became a star........the one everyone was looking at........the one everybody wanted to know........the one everybody wanted to be theirs. Hey, I was 17 and had to find a way to lie about my age to get in. It was like a party every night to me. Everything was so much fun, the music, the dancing, the everything. If anyone happened to be of any interest all I had to do was glance at them and they were mine if I wanted them to be. It's hard to believe now that I was one of those top three people who everyone wanted to be with. That would include people who I did not look at, who were interested in me anyway. For some reason at that timne we didn't have many of those girly guys. They were men back then here., It was a time that actually lasted at least until I was 30 although I unfortuantly spent a lot of my time in a relationship. If I would have just held out maybe I would have found someone who I actually could have been happy with for the rest of my life. Of course, now if I walked into a bar everyone would just say who is that old man and why is he here. Hey, I don't blame them I used to say the same thing. It's all life, gay or straight, basically past 30 you are history so you better be with someone you want to be with.
So here is the video which may have nothing at all to do with my story...................
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzufvltRucU[/youtube]
Gays are at another disadvantage in that they aren't EXPECTED to settle down with one person. Most of the reason I would like to gay marriage (or civil unions) become legal across the board. All the things that the bigots complain about are at least partially to be blamed on our own view of gay people and the pigeonholes we try to force them into.
The same people that say gays are 'promiscious' and 'care only about themselves' are the same ones that want to deny gay marriage...not 'getting' that if we allowed gay marriage, a lot of that other stuff would be eliminated. If gay teens were expected to grow up and get married, and had that thought in their heads all along, I think more would. (Just as if we taught straight kids that they shouldn't get married, they WOULDN'T..I think we are seeing some of that now)
A lot of the 'problems' that the homophobes have with gay people are caused by their own prejudices.
Good morning, Jack!
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So--you are having a party, Jack? A LATE party!
Party food.
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/lavenpine/Partyfood.jpg)
nom nom nom nom!
WHAT? I'm hungry and it all looks SOOOO good!!
NOM NOM NOM
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Gary I like what you say here and it is all so true. When my aunt passed away I wondered the same thing of who would be there for me in those later years. I stay around my parents a lot because they are getting quite old plus my mother's back is still in bad shape. Me, basically I am doing fine now, but we all go downhill eventually. I have always been a loner too, but can you be a loner in those later years? I guess I will get to find out ;) But I have discovered and realized how many great people are on here. It is almost amazing to think how many friends I have here. And the trip to Wyoming this past summer consisted of 22 of the best people anyone could think of to be around. It's funny how a movie could bring all these people together. In the end it is not about being picked up or found to be desirable for a night, it is instead about finding true people who care about you. Right now I have the best bunch of friends I would have never imagined having. Ok, I will quit cutting down the girly guys ;D As long as they are girly and are comfortable with that and are being themselves that is fine. It really is all about being yourself and not putting on an act to try and fit in.
I agree. there is a difference between being effeminate and being queeny...
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Gays are at another disadvantage in that they aren't EXPECTED to settle down with one person. Most of the reason I would like to gay marriage (or civil unions) become legal across the board. All the things that the bigots complain about are at least partially to be blamed on our own view of gay people and the pigeonholes we try to force them into.
The same people that say gays are 'promiscious' and 'care only about themselves' are the same ones that want to deny gay marriage...not 'getting' that if we allowed gay marriage, a lot of that other stuff would be eliminated. If gay teens were expected to grow up and get married, and had that thought in their heads all along, I think more would. (Just as if we taught straight kids that they shouldn't get married, they WOULDN'T..I think we are seeing some of that now)
A lot of the 'problems' that the homophobes have with gay people are caused by their own prejudices.
Good morning, Jack!
I agree Jess. You are right "gays" are expected to be promiscuous and to never settle down with one person. What is sad is that many of the gay people believe these prejudices that the homophobes have and actually try to live these stereotypes out. That of course becomes a vicious cycle.
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I agree. there is a difference between being effeminate and being queeny...
Right exactly. Some guys, straight or gay, are just naturally effeminate. And that is fine as long as they are being themselves and not trying to put on a queeny act. I think that is where a lot of people jump on opposing sides in these kinds of conversations. They think that someone is saying that every guy should be masculine because they are a guy. That is not the case in my opinion. It is a matter of people being who they are naturally.
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Jack!
Sorry to hear about your computer! Hope that you have everything recovered!
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I'm not going to go into details right now, but I have one of the most confusing situations going on in my life right now. I'm really not sure which way to turn or what to do. I hate situations like this.
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Hope everything is okay now?
Computers: Here is a word to the wise and the not so wise like me who should know better. Always, always, always make backups of your data on your computer. My main computer crashed on Christmas night. That is why I have not been around since then. I was trying to fix it. Anyway, I do not know exactly what the problem is. It seems to be both hardware and software (operating system) related. I work in this line of work so believe me I have tried everything. I also know more ways to use a keyboard for a mouse since the mouse quit working as part of the meltdown. I have been meaning to do a redo of this computer for awhile now, but I never got around to it. There is truth in the idea that someone who works on computers and fusses at other people for having their computers in such bad shape in reality probably have computers in worse shape. Anyway, I think I have my music, my pictures, my documents, etc. backing up to an external hard drive using a laptop and the external hard drive with the possibly bad hard drive connected. I hope so anyway. I think I should start a computer tips thread. What do you think?
Oh by the way I am also the proud new owner of a really great desktop I found at Circuit City today with an incredibly awesome monitor. And it is by the way the least I have ever spent on a computer. The monitor is 24 inches and HD on top of that. I can even connect the cable to it and watch TV. Also I can watch my new copy of "The Dark Knight" on it. I have not put it together yet. I did not expect this to be my Christmas present to myself, but it happened anyway. I thought I should build one, but where would I find the time. I should not have spent the money I know, but I did. The computer is a HP which I have never had before. I am sick of Dell. That is what I have to work on at work and I really do not think they are as good of computers as they once were.
computers are so annoyng. Did you get everything saved over?
It's hard to believe now that I was one of those top three people who everyone wanted to be with.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzufvltRucU[/youtube]
Not hard to believe at all, my lovely! :-*
Jack, I can easily picture you as one of the stars. And I know what you mean about time robbing us of our desirability. Back when I was in college it was easy to go to the local gay bar and get picked up. But now not only am I 43, I've also gained weight and I have Bell's palsy. (One side of my face -- the left side - is partially paralyzed.) If any attractive young gay men talk to me now it's because they want me to play uncle. That's okay. I'm glad to offer support and advice if I think I can help. I tried the fast life for a while, but it was never for me. I'm way to shy for it.
I've always been a bit of a loner. So I've adjusted to being single. I spent so much time alone in my room when I was living with my parents back in WV that my dad would sometimes say that I'd make a model prisoner. :laugh:
Now that my parents are gone, I really miss them and miss having a significant other during the holiday season. I also worry about what will happen to me in later years. I'm glad that I was there for my parents when their health began to decline. But who will be there for me when it's my turn to fall apart? I have no husband. No kids. (And sometimes it seems "my turn" is right around the corner. Just a few weeks ago the doctor told me that I have yet another condition. My heart beats too fast and I have to take a pill for it. ::) )
Never too late, Gary. And never to late Jack too.
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Thanks, Kelda. You're a sweetheart. :)
I second that. You are a sweetheart Kelda for sure ;)
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Jack!
Sorry to hear about your computer! Hope that you have everything recovered!
Thanks Chuck!!! I have the data recovered anyway, but the computer is still hospitalized here in the floor. I am going to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the operating system. That may fix it, but I want to make sure I have everything off the old hard drive first. One thing for sure is that I did not expect to be giving myself a new computer for Christmas ;)
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I second that. You are a sweetheart Kelda for sure ;)
:-*
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are you gonna come play poker with us?
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One thing for sure is that I did not expect to be giving myself a new computer for Christmas ;)
New computer is better than no computer!
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are you gonna come play poker with us?
I plan on it. What are we going to play for?
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New computer is better than no computer!
That's for sure. It was a surprise present for sure :)
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I plan on it. What are we going to play for?
;D ;D ;D
well you can play with Brad until I get my account set up...I am playing in 'fun money' tournaments right now.
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;D ;D ;D
well you can play with Brad until I get my account set up...I am playing in 'fun money' tournaments right now.
Where is Brad playing? He might make fun of me until he figures out that I could beat him ;) Something like that actually happened a few months ago when I was playing a card game I had never played before. The people I was playing with did not count on me being able to win the first time around. I tend to be good at games.
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Where is Brad playing? He might make fun of me until he figures out that I could beat him ;) Something like that actually happened a few months ago when I was playing a card game I had never played before. The people I was playing with did not count on me being able to win the first time around. I tend to be good at games.
he's not online right now....you have to download the game and set up an account..then you two can duke it out..
he plays Texas Holdem...(although he SHOULD be playing Northwest Holdem!)
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he's not online right now....you have to download the game and set up an account..then you two can duke it out..
he plays Texas Holdem...(although he SHOULD be playing Northwest Holdem!)
Where do you go to download the game and set up an account?
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Where do you go to download the game and set up an account?
http://www.absolutepoker.com/ (http://www.absolutepoker.com/)
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Hey Jack! Your card came today! :D
Thanks so much for it. And Christmas season officially goes through Jan, 6th (Epiphany), so you're officially in time :).
I've also sent you a card, along with a a bunch of others. That was almost two weeks ago, and I haven't had one FB yet. Hope the cards have arrived/will arrive safely.
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That is great Chrissi!!! I am glad to know it arrived and in time too :) Yours hasn't yet, but maybe too. I will let you know.
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I guess I always get confused about where to put things cause music past and present means so much to me...........so I am putting this here cause tonight I think it may mean something:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL-uTW0CfD8[/youtube]
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To Jack,
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May 2009 bring you:
much happiness
abundance of health
love and respect
good fortunes
renewed spirit
boundless energy
strength when needed
Hoping that 2009 is a great year for you!
Love,
Chuck
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So another American icon bites the dust :( I really hated to hear that Circuit City is the latest causality of the catastrophe the United States is currently in. I have bought so many things from Circuit City over the years.....my first real stereo receiver......my first VCR.......my first computer.....lots of CDs, etc., etc. I got rather disenchanted with the store a few years ago when I started buying things online, but recently my enchantment with buying things online has faded because it can be rather tiresome and time consuming waiting for UPS or FedEx so that you can sign for your items. So my newest laptop came from Circuit City and so did my new desktop that I just bought a couple of weeks ago. I looked at Best Buy, but I found the merchandise and prices to be much better at Circuit City. The store had improved greatly and so had the help. However, from what I hear Best Buy is headed towards the same fate as Circuit City. They may get a boost from Circuit City's demise, but it won't last long since they are also in bad shape along with so many other stores that have been around forever. The list of those stores is too long to list here. Presently the only store that is doing good is WalMart which I quit supporting several years ago. For whatever reason many people think that just by walking into WalMart everything will be cheaper; however, that is simply not true. However, so many people are brainwashed by the store that they feel it is true.
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as long as they have competition...wait, as soon as all the other stores close they will jack those prices thru the roof and we will be stuck!
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as long as they have competition...wait, as soon as all the other stores close they will jack those prices thru the roof and we will be stuck!
Yeah and with all the people out of work they won't be able to shop at WalMart either.......people seem to forget that the bunch who owns WalMart are billionaires, some of the richest people in the world......does anybody think they really care about the common person?
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Here is something I just found and it may have been posted already by someone, but it is GREAT!!!
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:) :) :'(
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:) :) :'(
Had you seen this before Jess?
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Had you seen this before Jess?
I saw the Oprah show when they were on, SHE was terrible..but Heath was SOOOO sweet...
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I saw the Oprah show when they were on, SHE was terrible..but Heath was SOOOO sweet...
I've never been a big fan of Oprah anyway, she is one of those people who seems to be too nice to be real. Heath is SOOOOO sweet. I just got a magazine that has an article about him, but I have not got to read it yet. He never was the Hollywood type, in fact from everything I know he hated that type of thing.
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In fact if you think about me or I think about me or whatever, it is no wonder really that I liked Heath the best cause he is more like me than Jake in real life. I think Heath in real life was more of a loner, more of someone who just wanted to be with regular people. I don't see Jake being like that and that is not to say I don't like Jake........I like him fine, but I can just relate more to Heath. And in the movie, Ennis was more the loner, but in the movie I am more like Jack. Hey, everybody knows I am confused anyway :laugh:
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And by the way, the party is in my blog tonight. I'm tired of my blog being a dead spot on the highway :)
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In fact if you think about me or I think about me or whatever, it is no wonder really that I liked Heath the best cause he is more like me than Jake in real life. I think Heath in real life was more of a loner, more of someone who just wanted to be with regular people. I don't see Jake being like that and that is not to say I don't like Jake........I like him fine, but I can just relate more to Heath. And in the movie, Ennis was more the loner, but in the movie I am more like Jack. Hey, everybody knows I am confused anyway :laugh:
hmm..well I dont think that is confused. We all have different sides and personalities.
;)
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Hiya Jack!
;D
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And by the way, the party is in my blog tonight. I'm tired of my blog being a dead spot on the highway :)
Be careful what you wish for. ... 8) :laugh:
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Ya just might get it.....
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Ya just might get it.....
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :-X
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;) ;D :laugh:
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Hey Chuck and Jeff!!! Thanks for stopping by. My party didn't materialize :laugh:
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Party? Can I bring a few friends?
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PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!
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"Hey Willy, Jack's having a party!
Uh... It's come as you are. Heh heh heh heh heh."
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
party in Jack's thread!
time for a sexy dance!!!!!!!!!!!
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(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/sexydance2.gif)(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/sexydance2.gif)(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/smilies%20for%20forum/sexydance2.gif)
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How about some music.....a remake of a Supreme's classic?
here's Sweet Sensation with their freestyle version of "Love Child".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6tyA8mi0M[/youtube]
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great party!!!!!! Thanks everybody :)
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Party?
Party?
Did I hear that right?
Oh, yeah, let's have a party in Jack's blog:
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Since humans can't live on sex, liquor and penguins alone, I brought two cheese-hedgehogs:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I bring party music
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I need to be looking in my own back yard it seems ;D It seems I have a lot more going on here than I realized :laugh:
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Will you be joining us tomorrow in the movie chat room when we watch Prayers For Bobby, Jack? It comes on at 9:00 pm (our time.. eastern) on Lifetime. :)
Jess said she will be there. I will too.
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Will you be joining us tomorrow in the movie chat room when we watch Prayers For Bobby, Jack? It comes on at 9:00 pm (our time.. eastern) on Lifetime. :)
Jess said she will be there. I will too.
Yes, I can do that ;D
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Julia Louis Dreyfus is on Conan right now.........she is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love Latin music as many of you know so I guess it is no surprise that youtube decided that this song by Axe Bahia would be a good recommendation. When I was in Los Angeles I went into a CD store down on Broadway (7th street). They led me to the english section, but I thought why would I come into this store and buy a CD by Metallica. So I looked at the Latin section and found a CD by Axe Bahia that I didn't have so I bought it. That night or one of the nights shortly after that I went down to the Bonaventure Brewing Company which was at the hotel and had a few Long Island Teas. When I got back to the room I put on my new CD, after all they had a CD player with multiple speakers throughout the room. In just a little while the phone rang and I thought "Oh no, the front desk, someone is complaining." I turned it down or off and did not answer the phone. Oh well, here I am in my 30th floor 3 room suite overlooking the LA skyline and I can't even listen to music :( , but of course it was a wonderful hotel with a wonderful view. My whole love of Los Angeles is centered around this hotel and this area so I am not complaining. Of course, when I joined the Brokies in West Hollywood I was of course with the "party crew" and there you couldn't even sneeze without the front desk people saying they were calling the police. Seriously, I am not joking. The Ramada is a dump and I would not recommend West Hollywood as a place to stay anyway. Downtown is so much better, so much more to see, unless you are into coffee shops on every corner with look alike, stuck up guys walking around. Yuck. Anyway, here is a song by Axe Bahia:
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Something about Axe Bahia just makes you think it is time for a party or maybe a drink of Tekila.........hey maybe that is why the phone rang ;D
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I can't leave Axe Bahia without playing the song that I first heard and saw by them on the show "Caliente" hosted by Rafa. I have no idea why this group had never made it to the USA. Shakira did. Do we have any Brokies from Brazil?
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Heya Jack
Did you say party??
[youtube=425,350]http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbV5WSkr54&feature=related[/youtube]
I am sure you either have a cd or heard of this guy Alejandro Sanz. Latin music is unfortunately not too popular down this neck of the woods, so my first introduction to this genre of music was when I visited naturally enough Latin America. I first heard the Sanz in a small restaurant in a town called Flores in Guatemala. Flores is a small island in a lake, its has cobbled stone streets and brightly coloured buidlings. I stayed there as its a jumping off point to visit the Mayan ruins of Tikal
Tikal:
(http://archaeoporn.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/tikal.jpg)
Recognise this from Star Wars
(http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/tikal-northern-guatemala-gua106.jpg)
I remember when I purchased the cd in Canada and I asked the guy if he knew of Alejandro Sanz he gave me the look as if "are you kidding me" ;D. Oh and by the way I like Tequilla minus the worm ;)
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I'm not trying to change the subject here, but did you ever watch Mamma Mia Jack?
I have been waiting a MONTH to hear your review of the movie. Please don't tell me you haven't watched it yet! >:(
Jack!!
Have you watched it yet?
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Heya Jack
Did you say party??
[youtube=425,350]http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbV5WSkr54&feature=related[/youtube]
I am sure you either have a cd or heard of this guy Alejandro Sanz. Latin music is unfortunately not too popular down this neck of the woods, so my first introduction to this genre of music was when I visited naturally enough Latin America. I first heard the Sanz in a small restaurant in a town called Flores in Guatemala. Flores is a small island in a lake, its has cobbled stone streets and brightly coloured buidlings. I stayed there as its a jumping off point to visit the Mayan ruins of Tikal
Tikal:
(http://archaeoporn.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/tikal.jpg)
Recognise this from Star Wars
(http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/tikal-northern-guatemala-gua106.jpg)
I remember when I purchased the cd in Canada and I asked the guy if he knew of Alejandro Sanz he gave me the look as if "are you kidding me" ;D. Oh and by the way I like Tequilla minus the worm ;)
Thanks Matt......no actually I have never heard of Alejandro Sanz, but I like this song very much. I am going to have to find a cd by him. This is a great song. Thanks for posting it. That must have been wonderful in Flores and seeing the Mayan ruins. I hope I get to do that one day. The cobbled stone streets and brightly colored buildings sound so wonderful. I would have my camera out constantly cause I love taking photographs and I love places like that. Yes, I do recognize that from Star Wars!!! Latin music is not really popular here either, but I love it along with many other kinds of music as you can probably see from my blog. Music has always been an important part of my life even when it was before I remembered it. My sister is almost 11 years older than me so I heard the music she even played and she gave me her old 45 rpm records and albums too. I have a very large collection of music.
Yeah I can do without the worm too in tequila. It is funny cause Patrone does not have a worm in it. I did try half a worm one time........I know that is gross, but I can say I did it...lol. I could be on one of the reality shows and actually I want to be......either the Amazing Race or Big Brother, maybe Survivor, but I don't think Survivor is for me. Course you never know. I like challenges and overcoming obstacles I may have.
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Thanks Matt......no actually I have never heard of Alejandro Sanz, but I like this song very much. I am going to have to find a cd by him. This is a great song. Thanks for posting it. That must have been wonderful in Flores and seeing the Mayan ruins. I hope I get to do that one day. The cobbled stone streets and brightly colored buildings sound so wonderful. I would have my camera out constantly cause I love taking photographs and I love places like that. Yes, I do recognize that from Star Wars!!!
Taking pictures? I took 30 rolls 36 exposures in less than 3 weeks LOL and ya know what they are still not in albums. Thank God for digital age now eh. Star Wars is still one of my favourite movies too.
Latin music is not really popular here either, but I love it along with many other kinds of music as you can probably see from my blog. Music has always been an important part of my life even when it was before I remembered it. My sister is almost 11 years older than me so I heard the music she even played and she gave me her old 45 rpm records and albums too. I have a very large collection of music.
I haven't had a good look through your blog yet, but I love music as well. I have two brothers one is 10 years older than me and the other 8. I can still remember some of the songs the younger of the two was listening to in his teens ie Billy Don't be a Hero etc etc. Hey that was really nice of your sister to give your 45's and albums too. Sounds like you have a really impressive music collection there.
Yeah I can do without the worm too in tequila. It is funny cause Patrone does not have a worm in it. I did try half a worm one time........I know that is gross, but I can say I did it...lol. I could be on one of the reality shows and actually I want to be......either the Amazing Race or Big Brother, maybe Survivor, but I don't think Survivor is for me. Course you never know. I like challenges and overcoming obstacles I may have.
Eat a worm? you're a braver man than me. Mind you I have eaten roast guinea pig, alligator, ostrich, snails and so forth. Next time I go to Hong Kong snake will definetely be on the menu (told ya I am a carnivore eh). Challenges are great - Amazing Race I could cope with, but Big Brother or Survivor mmmmm not me. Hey but good for you wanting to be in it and for overcoming obstacles.
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Taking pictures? I took 30 rolls 36 exposures in less than 3 weeks LOL and ya know what they are still not in albums. Thank God for digital age now eh. Star Wars is still one of my favourite movies too.
I haven't had a good look through your blog yet, but I love music as well. I have two brothers one is 10 years older than me and the other 8. I can still remember some of the songs the younger of the two was listening to in his teens ie Billy Don't be a Hero etc etc. Hey that was really nice of your sister to give your 45's and albums too. Sounds like you have a really impressive music collection there.
Eat a worm? you're a braver man than me. Mind you I have eaten roast guinea pig, alligator, ostrich, snails and so forth. Next time I go to Hong Kong snake will definetely be on the menu (told ya I am a carnivore eh). Challenges are great - Amazing Race I could cope with, but Big Brother or Survivor mmmmm not me. Hey but good for you wanting to be in it and for overcoming obstacles.
On my first trip to NYC I took over 1000 photos believe it or not. Yes Star Wars is a movie I saw I don't know how many times. Oh yeah Billy Don't Be a Hero..........I rememberr that. I think from what I know that I am about 5 years older than you so my sister being that much older than me, 11 years, was into the motown and 60s era so I know all that music too and I have it. Then my parents had her when very young so that means they went back into the 50s with elvis and all. So music has always been one of my big things.
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To Bill Stockton from Cincinnati, Ohio..............I have never forgotten you and I never will. You got stuck in the elevator at the Yachtsman at Myrtle Beach and after you got out we had a wonderful time at the Pavilion. I never got to say goodbye to you. I never was so sad to leave the beach. You remain in my mind until this day and I guess you always will. This is the song that will always remind me of you and that summer. I wish I could have just said goodbye to you and I never got the chance cause my parents had to leave before you got up the day we left:
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I need to be looking in my own back yard it seems ;D
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{{{Jack}}}
Regrets hurt like hell, don't they.
They sure do Gary, but that is just part of life. Although I have no regrets that he is still in my mind and heart and apparently always will be. There are other people like that and I guess that is again just the way it was meant to be. In a lot of cases I suppose it is chances that were never taken.
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I'm still trying to figure out the affect that "Prayers for Bobby" had on me. In some ways it makes me question some of the thoughts I have had. Answers are just not an easy thing.
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I'm still trying to figure out the affect that "Prayers for Bobby" had on me. In some ways it makes me question some of the thoughts I have had. Answers are just not an easy thing.
like what question for example?
tell us more (if you want to..no pressure)
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like what question for example?
tell us more (if you want to..no pressure)
I'm not completely sure, but one question would be: Are gay people different in more ways than just their sexual orientation? There seemed to be a bit of that theme in the movie. You know I have always been more on the side that having a different sexual orientation is just a trait such as having brown eyes or blue eyes. It's certainly a part of you that you cannot change, but how deep does it go? Does it mean that other traits are supposed to be different too?
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That's a good question, Jack. I personally think that being gay goes deeper than sexuality. I suspect it's more complicated than simply who we are attracted to. I have noticed over the years that many gay people are different in a variety of ways. I've even noticed a physical difference in some gay people. Many look androgynous for example. But these differences aren't fixed. I guess it depends on the individual.
I've not watched the film, but I hope to tonight. When I do, I'll let you know of my impressions. Thanks for telling me about it.
You're welcome Gary and I hope you do get to see it tonight. You may be right. I'm just not sure. I'm not sure about the depth.
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Hey Jack
Sorry I haven't replied properly to your posts, just got my head in the clouds a wee bit. Any how I hope you decide to go to NYC and I will see you on the 13th!
Cheers Mate
Matt
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I'm not completely sure, but one question would be: Are gay people different in more ways than just their sexual orientation? There seemed to be a bit of that theme in the movie. You know I have always been more on the side that having a different sexual orientation is just a trait such as having brown eyes or blue eyes. It's certainly a part of you that you cannot change, but how deep does it go? Does it mean that other traits are supposed to be different too?
I didnt' like when the mother was talking to the council and made the analogy that if God had let a child be born with no arms or legs would they go to hell. As if homosexuality is a birth defect or disability.
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Hi there, Jack. I was able to catch tonight's airing of Prayers For Bobby. Thanks for telling me about it. It broke my heart when Bobby jumped from that bridge. He was such a sweet young man. The world needs more Bobbys, not fewer.
It was remarkable to see how his mother came around in the end. I felt so sorry for her when she broke down in front of the MCC minister. That scene reminded me of something Martin Luther King said. Didn't he imply that racists should let go of their hatred of black people, and not just for the sake of blacks but also for themselves? Bobby's mother's story shows that her refusal to accept Bobby while he was still alive was damaging for her as well as Bobby. After he died it was too late. She would have to live with the guilt for the rest of her life.
I appreciate what she said about how you can browbeat someone so relentlessly that you can break their spirit. Most of us are strong enough to withstand one negative comment or slur, but if you have to face those things every day, even from the people that are supposed to love you, it can wear you down. And it doesn't have to be overt. You don't really have to say much to let someone know that you think less of them.
The part that made me cry was when Bobby's mother went to the Gay Pride Parade and hugged that young man that resembled Bobby. I think that's because I could readily relate to that. For well over a year after my mother died, it was hard for me to be in the company of her three surviving sisters because they look so much like her. Every time I saw them I would feel sad.
I felt that way at my aunt's funeral when I saw one of her relatives that looked just like her.
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Hope you're having a good weekend, Jack. :D
Hey Gary, thanks! Yes I think I am having a good weekend. I am just real tired from the week. How are you doing?
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For those of you who remember 45 rpm records and playing them at parties or for yourself or whatever, the Crosley stack-o-matic is for you. I'm not trying to sell it. I just finally happened opened it after someone got it for me for Christmas last year. I had read the sound was not that great, but that is not true. If you want the true experience of stacking some 45's and listening to some old 45s it is for you or listening to any kind of vinyl. The sound is actually much better than what I remember the old record players used to play. It also has a tape player and yes even a CD player. It is cool!!! You probably won't make the house rattle with the volume, but that is part of the nostalgia which of course is in now anyway. It is definitely stereo. Believe me I have two stereo systems and another set of speakers on my computer that will take the whole neighborhood take notice :) This is great for those times when you just want to hear something that makes you feel warm.
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For those of you who remember 45 rpm records and playing them at parties or for yourself or whatever, the Crosley stack-o-matic is for you. I'm not trying to sell it. I just finally happened opened it after someone got it for me for Christmas last year. I had read the sound was not that great, but that is not true. If you want the true experience of stacking some 45's and listening to some old 45s it is for you or listening to any kind of vinyl. The sound is actually much better than what I remember the old record players used to play. It also has a tape player and yes even a CD player. It is cool!!! You probably won't make the house rattle with the volume, but that is part of the nostalgia which of course is in now anyway. It is definitely stereo. Believe me I have two stereo systems and another set of speakers on my computer that will take the whole neighborhood take notice :) This is great for those times when you just want to hear something that makes you feel warm.
no WAY!! does it hold the 45 and drop them down as the last one plays? I havent' seen one of those in FOREVER!
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Hey, what is the problem with Obama not wearing or requiring fancy suits and jackets at any of his events, even in the oval office? I think it is time to get rid of that. We have been heading in that direction for a long time so let's continue it. I applaud him for it. Those nun suits are a thing of the past!!! I was not a big fan of Obama and am still guarded, but damn let's relax and not judge by clothes!!! Take the damn suits/ties and throw them into yesteryear. We don't need that crap anymore. After all, think about what all the CEOs that have robbed us are wearing. Time for the penguin suits to go the hell away. We don't need them. Let's do something like save the damn country and not worry about what people are wearing. I would be happy to never see a suit or tie again.
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no WAY!! does it hold the 45 and drop them down as the last one plays? I havent' seen one of those in FOREVER!
Yes it does Jess. It is cool!!! You do have to put those adapters in the record, but then it plays them and drops them. Of course on 33s, LPs, it would just do it without the adapters. I love it. I don't know why it took me so long to open it. No setup required except plugging it in.
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Yes it does Jess. It is cool!!! You do have to put those adapters in the record, but then it plays them and drops them. Of course on 33s, LPs, it would just do it without the adapters. I love it. I don't know why it took me so long to open it. No setup required except plugging it in.
ok I am so jealous! playing 45s are not near as fun if you have to change them out every song! I still have hundreds of them.
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I'm listening to songs I have not heard in years cause even though I had a turntable it was a major pain having to get up after each one and change it. The problem I have with the adapters is damn some of these records are old. I just put one in that I got from somewhere, my grandmother, aunt or whoever and it is old. It is by Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb so I was afraid it might break with trying to put that adapter in.
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ok I am so jealous! playing 45s are not near as fun if you have to change them out every song! I still have hundreds of them.
I have about 6,000 cause I used to collect them when they were new and then I would go and get them at flea markets. I got about 2,000 of them at a store that was wanting to sell the whole lot. I was a 45 fanatic. I still miss singles. I wish they had a way to still produce them. It is a pain having to by a whole album or cd for one song.
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I used to have a little adapter that would fit over the pole so you didn't have to put the adapters on each individual record.
and yeah, I miss records too. to me they sound better. I like the little pops and sounds they made..
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I used to have a little adapter that would fit over the pole so you didn't have to put the adapters on each individual record.
and yeah, I miss records too. to me they sound better. I like the little pops and sounds they made..
A lot of people miss those little pops and sounds Jess. That actually is the true sound. The true high fidelty people will tell you that the vinyl analog record is the truest sound. The digital sound is not. According to them, a CD is only a recording of the true sound, but not the true sound. I'm listening to the old original song "Ones On The Way" by Loretta Lynn and it sounds great.
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The word is that vinyl, what we call records, is making a major comeback. Sales are way up and modern recording artists are now making vinyl records because the sound is more true. Now "Keep It Comin' Love" is playing and truly it does sound better than digital recordings that have been made of it since. Course I was in my prime then too or very close to it. I remember it playing anyway.
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Yeah I looked up the year of that song............1979. That would have been my prime........didn't matter much about anything then except your age.......you were called a chicken. And damn all the turkeys were after you......lol
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Hey, those adapters are in a pain the you know what. But it is playing my favorite song of all time so all works out fine.
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A lot of people miss those little pops and sounds Jess. That actually is the true sound. The true high fidelty people will tell you that the vinyl analog record is the truest sound. The digital sound is not. According to them, a CD is only a recording of the true sound, but not the true sound. I'm listening to the old original song "Ones On The Way" by Loretta Lynn and it sounds great.
to me records had a much 'warmer' real feeling, CDs are clear and all but sound cold. (and yeah I know those are not technical terms but the best I know how to describe them)
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Hey, those adapters are in a pain the you know what. But it is playing my favorite song of all time so all works out fine.
and you aren't gonna tell us what that is or did I miss it??
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Hey Jack!
I have a whole bunch of those 45 singles.
lol. :laugh:
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Hey Jack!
I have a whole bunch of those 45 singles.
lol. :laugh:
Do you Chuck? Do you have anything to play them on?
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My turntable just broke recently....I need to get a replacement.
I found something online that you can buy, and record your vinyl or tape cassettes to CD.
I may have to get it.
(http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/andrew/1_dec06/i621790sn01.jpg)
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My turntable just broke recently....I need to get a replacement.
I found something online that you can buy, and record your vinyl or tape cassettes to CD.
I may have to get it.
(http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/andrew/1_dec06/i621790sn01.jpg)
That's very similiar to what I have Chuck.........same brand and all. Except on mine you can stack the records.
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Costco has this thing for $99 that turns your old albums into digital, then you can format them into CD or DVD (sorry Jess, you can't do 8 track tapes). They also have this thing for about the same price that you put photo negatives in and it makes them into digital pic files.
Brad
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Costco has this thing for $99 that turns your old albums into digital, then you can format them into CD or DVD (sorry Jess, you can't do 8 track tapes). They also have this thing for about the same price that you put photo negatives in and it makes them into digital pic files.
Brad
hey! how'd you know I have all them 8 tracks??!
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hey! how'd you know I have all them 8 tracks??!
oh, I don't know. perhaps something to do with Texis'.................
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Costco has this thing for $99 that turns your old albums into digital, then you can format them into CD or DVD (sorry Jess, you can't do 8 track tapes). They also have this thing for about the same price that you put photo negatives in and it makes them into digital pic files.
Brad
Hey Brad, good to see you here and by the way I like your new screenname. Are you talking about the USB turntable that you can plug into your computer? Yeah, I heard about Jess' large collection of 8 track tapes ;D
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Here you go Jess......I found one for you. This is supposed to turn your 8 tracks into CDs. However, I have no idea how it would work or where you would insert the plug :laugh: but it truly is listed as a 8 track to CD converter.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/8TRACKADAPTERsmall.jpg)
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oh, I don't know. perhaps something to do with Texis'.................
you just wait, they are gonna make a comeback then we will be RICH!!!
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Here you go Jess......I found one for you. This is supposed to turn your 8 tracks into CDs. However, I have no idea how it would work or where you would insert the plug :laugh: but it truly is listed as a 8 track to CD converter.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/8TRACKADAPTERsmall.jpg)
what the?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I guess you plug that plug into something and then something happens. I have no idea what, but it is for sale if you want one. That tape looks in pretty bad shape though since there is no tape in it. Maybe a CD pops out of it after awhile.
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I guess you plug that plug into something and then something happens. I have no idea what, but it is for sale if you want one. That tape looks in pretty bad shape though since there is no tape in it. Maybe a CD pops out of it after awhile.
that looks like a SCAM!
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that looks like a SCAM!
Well you can't say that until you know how it works.
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It's amazing the lasting effect that BBM has. I was looking for something on YouTube not even related at all to the movie and there was a link to this video. So now I'm all back to exactly the way I felt when I saw the movie for the first time. How does this movie continue to bring so many tears?
Here is "I Miss You Now" dedicated of course to Brokeback Mountain. Click the link. It is worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTkjw5HIVc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTkjw5HIVc)
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Costco has this thing for $99 that turns your old albums into digital, then you can format them into CD or DVD (sorry Jess, you can't do 8 track tapes). They also have this thing for about the same price that you put photo negatives in and it makes them into digital pic files.
My dad has a membership to Costco.....I'll have to look into it! thanks for the tip!
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My dad has a membership to Costco.....I'll have to look into it! thanks for the tip!
The USB turntable should be able to do that too since you can turn the records into mp3s which can then be recorded onto cds.
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It's amazing the lasting effect that BBM has. I was looking for something on YouTube not even related at all to the movie and there was a link to this video. So now I'm all back to exactly the way I felt when I saw the movie for the first time. How does this movie continue to bring so many tears?
Here is "I Miss You Now" dedicated of course to Brokeback Mountain. Click the link. It is worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTkjw5HIVc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTkjw5HIVc)
Yes Jack......something like that takes you right back where we started from, thats for sure...thanks for sharing...
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I'm glad you stopped by my blog Sue. Yes it does take us right back. And I guess maybe it was telling me of things to come tonight since I found an answer that maybe I did not want to find. But it is a good thing that I found it. Now it is time to have a good time after many, many years of being attached to someone that was more Ennis, than Ennis. It will not be me that misses out on life.
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I'm glad you stopped by my blog Sue. Yes it does take us right back. And I guess maybe it was telling me of things to come tonight since I found an answer that maybe I did not want to find. But it is a good thing that I found it. Now it is time to have a good time after many, many years of being attached to someone that was more Ennis, than Ennis. It will not be me that misses out on life.
{{{{Jack}}}}}
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I just read on Chuckys thread what happened Jack.
I stil dont know what to say, obviously from what you have written here, you had suspected something was not right.
Dont be too hard on him, if anything, you should know, by how Ennis battled with his different emotions, that it has not been easy for your friend, and I hope you can learn to forgive.
In the meantime, take care of yourself, and dont beat yourself up about it.
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Hey Jack. The good thing is you know that it is time to move on. Get that which gives. It's out there bud.
Brad
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Hey Jack. The good thing is you know that it is time to move on. Get that which gives. It's out there bud.
Brad
Brad, thank you. You have been telling me that for a long time. I should have listened to you a long time ago too. I've been talking to you about this for longer than anyone else. Hey, I will trust you that it is out there.
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Hey, you know what feels weird....I took off that "what do you call that thing that thing that you wear on your neck" that he sent me with a cross on it...and I keep reaching for it cause I think I lost it. I took it off just a few hours ago and put it in a drawer and then I realize that. Guess it just takes awhile before you realize that something is not there anymore.
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Hey, you know what feels weird....I took off that "what do you call that thing that thing that you wear on your neck" that he sent me with a cross on it...and I keep reaching for it cause I think I lost it. I took it off just a few hours ago and put it in a drawer and then I realize that. Guess it just takes awhile before you realize that something is not there anymore.
It's called a burden. You put it in its place.
Brad
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It's called a burden. You put it in its place.
Brad
You know what Brad, I did put it in its place. I guess I should have known when it kept falling off with the clasp it used to have I should have put it in its place instead of getting a new clasp for it. Yes it is now in it place and no longer a burden.
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You know what Brad, I did put it in its place. I guess I should have known when it kept falling off with the clasp it used to have I should have put it in its place instead of getting a new clasp for it. Yes it is now in it place and no longer a burden.
yee fuckin' haaw Jack.
Cheers bud.
Brad
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yee fuckin' haaw Jack.
Cheers bud.
Brad
Cheers to you too bud!!! You've been talking to me about this situation for a long time.......thanks for your patience and support through all of it. You have been a big help from way back in the DC days.
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Cheers to you too bud!!! You've been talking to me about this situation for a long time.......thanks for your patience and support through all of it. You have been a big help from way back in the DC days.
That's what brothers are for Jack ;)
Brad
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That's what brothers are for Jack ;)
Brad
Thanks!!! You always got it and know that I am always here for you brother ;)
Jack
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Hiya Jack, I hope you're finding yourself in a better place, and a better frame of mind these days!
Hey Jack. The good thing is you know that it is time to move on. Get that which gives. It's out there bud.
I also hope you're listening to Brad's advice here! Don't make him come find you! I've met him. He's big!
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Hiya!
I've decided that if I have to be sick, everyone has to be sick, so I'm spreading my germs around!
*cough cough*
(http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/bcgirl30/germs.jpg)
;) ;D
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Hi Jack! Did you enjoy the first episode of the new TAR season?
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Hiya Jack, I hope you're finding yourself in a better place, and a better frame of mind these days!
I also hope you're listening to Brad's advice here! Don't make him come find you! I've met him. He's big!
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Yeah you got that right. I have a feeling Brad might knock quite a bit of sense into me so if he is big I better watch out. He has been a big help to me for quite awhile now as have several of the rest of you. Thanks for that. And I'm still around. I have definitely put myself into too much work. I won't do this again with having 3 jobs. Of course the snowstorm has slowed me down some now. I got between 7 to 9 inches up here on the mountain at the log cabin. It was like a blizzard here the night before last. It was snowing so hard that you couldn't even hardly see outside.
Here is a picture from where you come up the driveway towards the cabin and upper woods. Those things that look like moons or stars are snowflakes and those are just the big ones.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/MarchSnow_20090301_0076.jpg)
Here is the driveway coming up to the log cabin:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s204/jstephens9/MarchSnow_20090301_0077.jpg)
Here is the Cutlass and that is way before it quit snowing, the Mustang was safely in someone's garage:
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This is looking towards the side door of the cabin from the driveway. The side door is kind of like the backdoor and is the one everyone uses. If you look towards the left of the picture where the door is you can see Code the Cat looking out:
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And here is Lookin' Out My Back Door that night:
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I will post more of the next day (yesterday) later.
Jack
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Hi Jack! Did you enjoy the first episode of the new TAR season?
Yes I did Kelda and I am for Chris and Amanda. So far they are doing great. Who are you for?
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Hiya Jack, I hope you're finding yourself in a better place, and a better frame of mind these days!
Jesus H.! Usually when people use that phrase, they mean somebody's died! :o
;)
Thinking of you, Jack. Hope you're doing OK. :)
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beautful pics, thanks you for posting them Jack. We got snow yesterday too, but not that much by a long shot.
Take care
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Jesus H.! Usually when people use that phrase, they mean somebody's died! :o
;)
Thinking of you, Jack. Hope you're doing OK. :)
Hey Jeff, Yes I am doing fine. Thanks for thinking of me.
How have you been doing? It looks like everyone had a GREAT time at the New York City get together. I sure hope Chuck didn't mean that. I don't think I am in heaven yet, it looks like the same place anyway :) Well except for all the snow..........
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beautful pics, thanks you for posting them Jack. We got snow yesterday too, but not that much by a long shot.
Take care
Hey Monika, fellow party crew member ;) How have you been doing? What trips are you planning on this coming spring or summer? I haven't heard anymore about the Alberta one so I'm thinking that one must have fallen through.
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Yes I did Kelda and I am for Chris and Amanda. So far they are doing great. Who are you for?
I like Margie & Luke & the cheerleaders - they're both both teams with real fans in them!
I like Chris and Amanda too but not as much.
Lovely pics by the way and take some tme for yourself hun, dont work too hard okay?
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dang it Jack!! come back and talk Survivor with me!! I NEED to gripe about Coach to SOMEBODY!!!
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I got between 7 to 9 inches up here on the mountain at the log cabin.
Jack
:o :o :o
Lucky you!! not as lucky as Mitch...he claims he had 12 inches...but still 7 to 9 is respectable...most people would be content with that...
;D ;D
where DID I leave my halo??
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JAAAACCCKKKK
*Jess whining like a baby!!*
where ARE YOU!!
I GOTTA talk to someone about Survivor!!
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I have to be for TJ of course...
that Tyson is SLIMEYER than Johnny Fairplay! he is horrible! (even if he does like to be nekked all the time)
and why does Sierra not have any drawers? seriously...did she not know she was gonna be on Survivor? this is one time you want to make sure you have some undies!!
but COACH! oy! that man is all over my last nerve! he talks and talks...and talks...and does NOTHING! what the heck? he won't even participate in the challenges..you notice he is always in the back.....then he goes on camera talking all big about how he WOULD have won but it was important to let the others have a shot at it...cause he is so good ya know...
>:( >:(
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JAAAACCCKKKK
*Jess whining like a baby!!*
where ARE YOU!!
I GOTTA talk to someone about Survivor!!
Has a new round started?
I am so tragically un-hip! :-\
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Has a new round started?
I am so tragically un-hip! :-\
but durn you are a cutie, so we will forgive you...
;) :laugh:
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is the immunity idol holding his wee wee??
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Jesus H.! Usually when people use that phrase, they mean somebody's died! :o
I sure hope Chuck didn't mean that. I don't think I am in heaven yet, it looks like the same place anyway :)
Leave it to Jeff. ::)
No, I didn't mean it that way.
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I am so tragically un-hip! :-\
Admiting you have a problem is the first step.......
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Admiting you have a problem is the first step.......
oh and your soooooooo cosmopolitan! ::)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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dang it Jack!! come back and talk Survivor with me!! I NEED to gripe about Coach to SOMEBODY!!!
I'm here Jess. Damn this thing with having to keep up with my job and my other jobs with the students constantly having to have their assigmnets graded is taking all my time. But of course the checks I am getting from the extra work are great especially with the way things are with the economy. I don't like Coach either.
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:o :o :o
Lucky you!! not as lucky as Mitch...he claims he had 12 inches...but still 7 to 9 is respectable...most people would be content with that...
;D ;D
where DID I leave my halo??
7 to 9 inches is quite respectable, but now I have 0 inches since it got near 80 today......lol.
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Has a new round started?
I am so tragically un-hip! :-\
Oh you have to watch Survivor, Rich!!!!!!!!! And Amazing Race and Big Brother when it comes back on.
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is the immunity idol holding his wee wee??
Richard's wee wee is on Survivor :o I didn't know that
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Leave it to Jeff. ::)
No, I didn't mean it that way.
Good, when I am in heaven I will let all of you know ;)
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oh and your soooooooo cosmopolitan! ::)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
lmao! I can hear you saying this!
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lmao! I can hear you saying this!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
You can too, right? ;D
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Hi Jack!! :-*
I've missed you around here!
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Hi Jack!! :-*
I've missed you around here!
Hey New Years Eve date!!! I am still around. I have just been busy with all the work, too busy, but I need to like it while it lasts. I am still hoping to go to Chicago, maybe this summer, so I am going to be asking you things. Well that is if you know anything about Chicago.
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You can too, right? ;D
Yes I can, but you are cosmopolitan Chuck
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Hey New Years Eve date!!! I am still around. I have just been busy with all the work, too busy, but I need to like it while it lasts. I am still hoping to go to Chicago, maybe this summer, so I am going to be asking you things. Well that is if you know anything about Chicago.
Oh I know lots and lots of things about Chicago! I used to go up there all the time. What do you want to know about it? :)
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Hiya Jack,
I haven't seen you in a while (and missed you again last night). Still planning for a NYC trip this spring/summer? If so, you should consider May 7th - 12th!
Yup, I have my flights booked :).
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Hey Chrissie!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure yet about any trips due to the economy. I see that Arizona has been cancelled, the rodeo has been cancelled, and it looks like Alberta is up in the air. Unfortunately even if I could go to New York that would not be a time I could get off work..........well that is if I still have work then. Those dates are right at the end of school so they will not allow us to be off then.
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Oh I know lots and lots of things about Chicago! I used to go up there all the time. What do you want to know about it? :)
Well, all kinds of things, but as I have said in my last posts I am going to have to watch and see what happens with the economy and my job. This may be a no travel year for me. Hopefully things will get better one of these days.
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Yes I can, but you are cosmopolitan Chuck
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I thought you were a mojito man...(or however you spell it!)
(http://www.projo.com/photos/20070627/fd0627_mojito_06-27-07_I463DTP.jpg)
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Blueberry Mojito!
Still haven't had one of them, but I want to ......look soooo tasty!
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Blueberry Mojito!
Still haven't had one of them, but I want to ......look soooo tasty!
the ones with lime look good to me
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Blueberry Mojito!
Still haven't had one of them, but I want to ......look soooo tasty!
Yes they do!!! They look VERY good!!!
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the ones with lime look good to me
Those I have had. very good!
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(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd130/yd_sun/Bar/StrawberryCosmopolitan2.jpg)
That looks good too. What all is in a Strawberry Cosmopolitan? I remember last summer having Watermelon Margaritas at Chevy's in New York. They were very, very good.
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Yup, it's a strawberry cosmo.
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Yup, it's a strawberry cosmo.
How do you make them?
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How do you make them?
don't know, never made one. :D
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don't know, never made one. :D
Well now you have to send me one :)
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Have any of you seen or heard of Bob and Jack?
http://www.bobandjack.org/
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Have any of you seen or heard of Bob and Jack?
http://www.bobandjack.org/
I've never heard of this! Wow. Cool!
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I've never heard of this! Wow. Cool!
I saw it mentioned on aol.com yesterday. I had never heard of it either.
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Jack, did you catch Survivor Thursday? did you know that Spencer was gay?
I hear rumors that he is dating Todd from Survivor: China...
and he is only 19!! the same age as D!! D isn't old enough to go off to another whole country! I would NEVER allow it!
:laugh: :laugh:
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(http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2007/12/37231/400_survivorchina_toddherzog_071214_cbs_mbrinton_et.jpg)
hey!! he WON..he has a million bucks! 22...hmmm..
(http://wwwimage.cbs.com/cms/files/images/primetime/survivor/18/bios/spencer.jpg)
hmm...
what you think?
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Jack, did you catch Survivor Thursday? did you know that Spencer was gay?
I hear rumors that he is dating Todd from Survivor: China...
and he is only 19!! the same age as D!! D isn't old enough to go off to another whole country! I would NEVER allow it!
:laugh: :laugh:
Yes I did hear him say that
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Hiya Jack, what's shakin'?
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, Jack!
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Hiya Jack, what's shakin'?
Not much right now Chuck, but thanks for asking. I am trying to figure out how to get away from this job I hate. Right now, it is screwing up two trips I want to go on this summer including the early May one. I am hoping one of my two part time jobs becomes full time before then. I am only staying at this job because of the benefits. How are you doing?
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Jack, did you catch Survivor Thursday? did you know that Spencer was gay?
I hear rumors that he is dating Todd from Survivor: China...
and he is only 19!! the same age as D!! D isn't old enough to go off to another whole country! I would NEVER allow it!
:laugh: :laugh:
Are you serious? Surely Spencer must have better taste than that!!! I don't know much about Spencer, but you don't want to know what I think of Todd. It goes along the lines of that I like him the least of anyone that has ever been on Survivor. I am putting that in a "nice" way :-X
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Not much right now Chuck, but thanks for asking. I am trying to figure out how to get away from this job I hate. Right now, it is screwing up two trips I want to go on this summer including the early May one. I am hoping one of my two part time jobs becomes full time before then. I am only staying at this job because of the benefits. How are you doing?
I'm doing ok right now.....work is tedious at the moment, but it keeps me busy.
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I'm doing ok right now.....work is tedious at the moment, but it keeps me busy.
Mine is keeping me quite busy too. 3 jobs is a lot to do so all I do is work, but it is hopefully a means to an end. It is almost like I have to do this now in order to get where I am trying to go. It looks like the gathering with Matt was fun. I hate I missed it. This one in May looks like it could end up being a big one. Are you going to Alberta?
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, Jack!
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Thank You Chuck!!!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day to You Too!!! Do you have your green on?
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Mine is keeping me quite busy too. 3 jobs is a lot to do so all I do is work, but it is hopefully a means to an end. It is almost like I have to do this now in order to get where I am trying to go. It looks like the gathering with Matt was fun. I hate I missed it. This one in May looks like it could end up being a big one. Are you going to Alberta?
I sure as hell want to!
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I sure as hell want to!
Me too!!!
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Heh, keeping out of trouble doesn't sound like fun!
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Heh, keeping out of trouble doesn't sound like fun!
I agree with ya on that!
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Heh, keeping out of trouble doesn't sound like fun!
I concur!
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I concur!
:laugh:
Yes I am going to come to Atlanta.......and go to Six Flags.......I am ready for some rollercoasters and some rides that spin you around and turn you upside down......I love amusement parks ;D Hey do they have bumper cars? I love those too.
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Yes I am going to come to Atlanta.......and go to Six Flags.......I am ready for some rollercoasters and some rides that spin you around and turn you upside down......I love amusement parks ;D Hey do they have bumper cars? I love those too.
you'll get whiplash!!!!
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Well I got a verbal warning today that was also written that I had to sign. The place I work for is famous for that.......even my barber knew about that awhile back as far as how many people have been let go with no real reason. I have known this was coming so it is no surprise. The place I work for, a university, has a reputation far and wide for this. I have been accused of saying something about someone in the department to someone on campus that made that person feel uncomfortable. Supposedly it was that I said the printers were not working because of a person in my department. The person who said that as I was told will remain unnamed. If another complaint comes in I will be let go. That is pretty easy to do since a complaint can easily be made up. In other words, it will like it has been done to more than 20 people across campus. It is my time now. This is the way the place I work for operates. It is funny since I am one of only two people who actually does work, but that doesn't matter. It is a long story with the group that is against me and a couple of other people not committing a mutiny on my old boss of which we did not join in with. I really have no recourse except that when I am let go I will be getting a lawyer. I think I have mentioned before that I work for a really crappy place.
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you'll get whiplash!!!!
I have not got it yet.........I would love to get on the Gravitron right now ;)
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The place I work for, a university, has a reputation far and wide for this. I have been accused of saying something about someone in the department to someone on campus that made that person feel uncomfortable. Supposedly it was that I said the printers were not working because of a person in my department. The person who said that as I was told will remain unnamed. If another complaint comes in I will be let go. That is pretty easy to do since a complaint can easily be made up.
that IS really crappy, Jack. It really must create a very bad atmosphere at work. Sometimes it´s really hard to understand how managments think, to say the least.
I hope things work out :-*
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Well I got a verbal warning today that was also written that I had to sign. The place I work for is famous for that.......even my barber knew about that awhile back as far as how many people have been let go with no real reason. I have known this was coming so it is no surprise. The place I work for, a university, has a reputation far and wide for this. I have been accused of saying something about someone in the department to someone on campus that made that person feel uncomfortable. Supposedly it was that I said the printers were not working because of a person in my department. The person who said that as I was told will remain unnamed. If another complaint comes in I will be let go. That is pretty easy to do since a complaint can easily be made up. In other words, it will like it has been done to more than 20 people across campus. It is my time now. This is the way the place I work for operates. It is funny since I am one of only two people who actually does work, but that doesn't matter. It is a long story with the group that is against me and a couple of other people not committing a mutiny on my old boss of which we did not join in with. I really have no recourse except that when I am let go I will be getting a lawyer. I think I have mentioned before that I work for a really crappy place.
oh good lord, Jack!
that is ridiculous! 'he said she said" and no way to face your accuser? what a bunch of hogwash. You better file for unemployment if they let you go and fight for it! that is a bunch of nothing!
>:( >:( >:(
{{{{Jack}}}}
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that IS really crappy, Jack. It really must create a very bad atmosphere at work. Sometimes it´s really hard to understand how managments think, to say the least.
I hope things work out :-*
Thanks Monika.........the good thing is that I have my two part time jobs where I am liked a lot. If one of those would put me on full time, which is possible, I would be in good shape.
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oh good lord, Jack!
that is ridiculous! 'he said she said" and no way to face your accuser? what a bunch of hogwash. You better file for unemployment if they let you go and fight for it! that is a bunch of nothing!
>:( >:( >:(
{{{{Jack}}}}
Yeah it is.......but that is the history of the way they work. I will file for unemployment and there will be a lawyer too. I can promise that. One woman who was let go in the same way got a lawyer, and got all the back pay, and got on somewhere else associated with them making more.
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Yeah it is.......but that is the history of the way they work. I will file for unemployment and there will be a lawyer too. I can promise that. One woman who was let go in the same way got a lawyer, and got all the back pay, and got on somewhere else associated with them making more.
there you go! Sounds like you are on top of everything....very smart of you.
;)
(still sucks though...buncha jerks!) >:(
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In both places I work part time there are people who got let go from this same crappy place and they have better jobs now.
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In both places I work part time there are people who got let go from this same crappy place and they have better jobs now.
yes, they think that you are gonna curl up and die or something without them! they aren't that important! life goes on.
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there you go! Sounds like you are on top of everything....very smart of you.
;)
(still sucks though...buncha jerks!) >:(
Oh yeah Jerks with capital letters........it is funny the whole town knows how they are
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yes, they think that you are gonna curl up and die or something without them! they aren't that important! life goes on.
Yes it sure does and they don't even know I am more than one step ahead of them........they do not know I have two other jobs. I have the most education of anyone in the department, but yet I am on the bottom rung of their ladder.
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I have not got it yet.........I would love to get on the Gravitron right now ;)
dont forget about the ferris wheel, Jack! They´re beautiful. :)
some of my favorites
perhaps the ferris wheel must beautifully located; the one in place de Concorde in Paris, France
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/buffymon/3189258073_c319f3b88f.jpg)
the one on Santa Monica Pier isn´t too shabby either
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/buffymon/santa_monica_ferris_wheel_far.jpg)
and of course the London Eye in London is a classic
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/buffymon/London_Eye_and_County_Hall_in_eveni.jpg)
:-*
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We are going to Coney Island? Right Monika. I saw from a distance the one at Santa Monica pier.
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Yes it sure does and they don't even know I am more than one step ahead of them........they do not know I have two other jobs. I have the most education of anyone in the department, but yet I am on the bottom rung of their ladder.
three jobs? How the heck does that work out with the fact a day only have 24 hours? Is some of it work you can do at home?
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Oh yeah Jerks with capital letters........it is funny the whole town knows how they are
well good! then you dont' have to worry about being 'labeled' or anything by being let go...people will know it is them not you!
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three jobs? How the heck does that work out with the fact a day only have 24 hours? Is some of it work you can do at home?
Yes two of my jobs are teaching distance education courses for two community colleges which I love
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Yes it sure does and they don't even know I am more than one step ahead of them........they do not know I have two other jobs. I have the most education of anyone in the department, but yet I am on the bottom rung of their ladder.
LOL I have three myself! but I only get paid at two of them. Don says I am working for board and keep here! >:( >:(
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What dates are you going to be in NYC Monika?
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We are going to Coney Island? Right Monika. I saw from a distance the one at Santa Monica pier.
You bet! 8)
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You bet! 8)
Are you going to be in NYC the whole time?
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What dates are you going to be in NYC Monika?
From May 7 - May 12 (road trip - May 13 - 15) and then I´ll be back in NY between May 15 - May 17.
(I sent a pm a while back)
What about you?
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Yes two of my jobs are teaching distance education courses for two community colleges which I love
sounds great Jack. I bet you´re a very good teacher too.
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I am trying to figure out the dates. I was thinking at one time May 7 - 16 and then tonight I was thinking about May 7 -14.
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sounds great Jack. I bet you´re a very good teacher too.
I get incredible feedback from my students and it is very important to me that they do good so I am always there to help them.
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I know if I come I will probably have to do some work with grading and getting their grades in, but that is ok. I thought at one time it would be a problem with my sucky full time job, but I could care less about that now.
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I am trying to figure out the dates. I was thinking at one time May 7 - 16 and then tonight I was thinking about May 7 -14.
I hope we can arrange some type of meet up early on, some kind of "yeaahh we made it to NY so now we´re gonna stuff ourself with good food" kinda thing ;D
I bet we would be able to make a little tript to Coney Island during the days we´re both in town :) Sounds like fun!
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I know if I come I will probably have to do some work with grading and getting their grades in, but that is ok. I thought at one time it would be a problem with my sucky full time job, but I could care less about that now.
You´ll have plenty of time of doing that while riding the ferris wheel, Jack. No worries ;)
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I hope we can arrange some type of meet up early on, some kind of "yeaahh we made it to NY so now we´re gonna stuff ourself with good food" kinda thing ;D
I bet we would be able to make a little tript to Coney Island during the days we´re both in town :) Sounds like fun!
Well of course we can meet up early...........we have to plan the party events........remember I told you in Denver that you would become the other half of the party leaders :)
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You´ll have plenty of time of doing that while riding the ferris wheel, Jack. No worries ;)
Yeah that would be fun!
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I am looking forward to this.........I need to make some reservations for the plane and all
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Well of course we can meet up early...........we have to plan the party events........remember I told you in Denver that you would become the other half of the party leaders :)
I´m honored. ;D But might not be as fun now when we don´t have any curfews to break? ;D
But yes, we must plan the party events. Let me know when you know for certain that you will come and we´ll get the party started O0
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I´m honored. ;D But might not be as fun now when we don´t have any curfews to break? ;D
But yes, we must plan the party events. Let me know when you know for certain that you will come and we´ll get the party started O0
Yes we will........hopefully there are no curfews, it is NYC after all ;) But yes we do have to plan the party events. I will let you know when I have made the reservations. I am going to look into that tomorrow about where I will stay and the plane and all.
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Yes we will........hopefully there are no curfews, it is NYC after all ;) But yes we do have to plan the party events. I will let you know when I have made the reservations. I am going to look into that tomorrow about where I will stay and the plane and all.
great!
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Hiya Jack!
Good news and bad news in here. Sorry 'bout the job sucker. Bunch a *§5*$! >:(
I cross my fingers that the one part-time job will develop into a full job, so you can show the suckers whatever bodypart you think appropriate ;D.
But whoo-eee about NYC! :D Looking forward to seeing you again! Looks like a whole bunch of Roadtrippers will be reunited there :).
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Jack!
Would be great to see you!
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Well I got a verbal warning today that was also written that I had to sign. The place I work for is famous for that.......even my barber knew about that awhile back as far as how many people have been let go with no real reason. I have known this was coming so it is no surprise. The place I work for, a university, has a reputation far and wide for this. I have been accused of saying something about someone in the department to someone on campus that made that person feel uncomfortable. Supposedly it was that I said the printers were not working because of a person in my department. The person who said that as I was told will remain unnamed. If another complaint comes in I will be let go. That is pretty easy to do since a complaint can easily be made up. In other words, it will like it has been done to more than 20 people across campus. It is my time now. This is the way the place I work for operates. It is funny since I am one of only two people who actually does work, but that doesn't matter. It is a long story with the group that is against me and a couple of other people not committing a mutiny on my old boss of which we did not join in with. I really have no recourse except that when I am let go I will be getting a lawyer. I think I have mentioned before that I work for a really crappy place.
:-\ :'( :'(
But its exciting you;re going to NY for the big meet. I walked along brighton beach when I was in NY and statred at the big whel but it was all shut as I went to NY in Feb.
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Thanks everybody!
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Thanks Chuck!!! Happy Easter to you too :)
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Hiya Jack
Yay you're off to NYC! Good for you I am sure you'll have a great time.
Happy Easter !!
Cheers
Matt
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Hiya Jack
Yay you're off to NYC! Good for you I am sure you'll have a great time.
Happy Easter !!
Cheers
Matt
I'm not sure where I am off to Matt. It's kind of the situation of you only live once so go for it or you live carefully and do nothing. The May dates may not work for me simply because of my jobs. My other plans are up to what I think I should do as far as the economy goes.
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It doesn't have anything to do with the econony, but I am wishing tonight that I could start again at this same time in 1986. It has to do with a song and someone I wish I could talk to again, Keith. I hate to have regrets about things that I should have given more time to. Maybe that's what ghosts are, things in your mind that were unresolved that come back to haunt you every once in awhile. That is the same case with my first relationship, Steve, who I wish I could talk to one more time to just realize what happened. I left and never talked to him again. It wasn't right to spend that amount of time with someone who I loved, went through so many things with, and then leave things hanging in the air forever. Yes, we were young (around 18 and 19), but it still was important. I will never forget the first time I saw him and he saw me. It truly was magic at the time. I dreamed about him the night I first saw him and then things went from there. It was really like magic and sometimes I wonder if those kind of feelings can ever really happen again. We had some very bad times, but were they really that bad after all? I left him after us being together for more than a year and a half and never even gave him the time for us to talk about it. At the time it seemed the right thing to do, but life continued on and revealed that there were much worse times to come. I will wonder forever what happened to him cause he still has a part of my heart and I can't help but wonder if I still have a piece of his somewhere in his distant thoughts. I guess I will never know.
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I'm not sure where I am off to Matt. It's kind of the situation of you only live once so go for it or you live carefully and do nothing. The May dates may not work for me simply because of my jobs. My other plans are up to what I think I should do as far as the economy goes.
what? living within your means? caring about your jobs?
you...you....pillar of the community, adult man!!!
{{{Jack}}}
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that's a man. that's a stand tall, walk straight, put God's share in the collection plate man.
;) ;)
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what? living within your means? caring about your jobs?
you...you....pillar of the community, adult man!!!
{{{Jack}}}
Well now I don't know if I would be considered a pillar of the community ;D
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I would.
it doesnt' take a heroic act, Jack. It takes someone that remembers his commitments and honors his word. I think you do that.
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good morning by the way! you are up early...or online early at least! you must not have gotten enough sleep!
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Jess you didn't say you were headed for the beach............
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It's Saturday after all........and you are up early too Jess
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Jess you didn't say you were headed for the beach............
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are they singing something naughty!!!!?
and I would LOVE to go to the beach!!
you wanna come take care of all these critter for us while we go!? ;D
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It's Saturday after all........and you are up early too Jess
I had a cow in my yard...what woke YOU up so early?
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I had a cow in my yard...what woke YOU up so early?
I had a cow in my bed and that is even worse :laugh:
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What is Jess doing now :o
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Actually this is a very fun ride. I rode it down at Myrtle Beach.
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I had a cow in my bed and that is even worse :laugh:
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! :laugh: :laugh:
I aint washing those sheets!
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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! :laugh: :laugh:
I aint washing those sheets!
Well now you know why I got up early ;) That reminds me of a story a woman I used to work with told me. When her and her husband were breaking up he spent the night in the barn with the cows instead of sleeping in the bed with her. I guess you know things are bad when that happens :laugh: I have no idea why she was telling me about all of this anyway, but she was one of those people who told her business to anyone that would listen :laugh:
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I had a cow in my bed and that is even worse :laugh:
Oh my! :o
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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*waves to Jack*
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This has been my favorite group and favorite song now for the past couple of weeks. This group, Theory Of A Deadman, is one of my very favorites in a long time. They have a similar sound to Nickelback and 3 Doors Down which have also been my favorite groups for quite awhile. There is some great music coming out right now in general. Here is the video from Theory of a Deadman called "All or Nothing" And by the way for those going to Canada, this group is from Canada ;)
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Hey there Jack!!
:-* :-*
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Hey there Jack!!
:-* :-*
Hey Jess, did everybody think I had disappeared? Hey, you know none of you would be that lucky :laugh:
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Hey Jess, did everybody think I had disappeared? Hey, you know none of you would be that lucky :laugh:
no sweetie...you have developed a pattern, so I dont' worry TOO much if I don't see you regularly, I know you will be back eventually...the prodigal son! :-* :-* :-*
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Of couse I won't ever go away until I end up in the grave :laugh: I have found too many friends here who think like I do and even those who don't think like I do.........but the thing is in the end we are all friends. I guess one thing about here is that even if some of us disagree on some things in the end we are all friends. BBM brought us all to Bettermost and truly when it all boils down to it we are willingy to disagree on some things, but in the end we agree on the basic principles of life. That is what truly matters in the end.
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Of couse I won't ever go away until I end up in the grave :laugh: I have found too many friends here who think like I do and even those who don't think like I do.........but the thing is in the end we are all friends. I guess one thing about here is that even if some of us disagree on some things in the end we are all friends. BBM brought us all to Bettermost and truly when it all boils down to it we are willingy to disagree on some things, but in the end we agree on the basic principles of life. That is what truly matters in the end.
yep, we get along like a family..with inlaws and outlaws... ;) ;)
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yep, we get along like a family..with inlaws and outlaws... ;) ;)
We sure do and I think everybody really realizes that or else we wouldn't keep going on with each other. In every debate I got friends on both sides of the issue. And of course it we weren't all friends then why would we keep bickering on things.........like you say it is like a family and I am glad to be in this family even if we are dysfunctional sometimes.......LOL
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We sure do and I think everybody really realizes that or else we wouldn't keep going on with each other. In every debate I got friends on both sides of the issue. And of course it we weren't all friends then why would we keep bickering on things.........like you say it is like a family and I am glad to be in this family even if we are dysfunctional sometimes.......LOL
MOST of the time... ;)
I am off to bed...good night sweetheart..
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no sweetie...you have developed a pattern, so I dont' worry TOO much if I don't see you regularly, I know you will be back eventually...the prodigal son! :-* :-* :-*
Good anology Jess!
Hi Jack, good to see you cuz.
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Good anology Jess!
Hi Jack, good to see you cuz.
Good to see you too cuz. I was telling my sister about you just the other day. I told her I thought we had a long lost relative in Scotland. She agrees.
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Good to see you too cuz. I was telling my sister about you just the other day. I told her I thought we had a long lost relative in Scotland. She agrees.
;D
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;D
She just recently got on Facebook. She was in amazement that I had so many friends and so many people from so many places. That is when I brought up our cousin Kelda ;) was one of my friends.
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She just recently got on Facebook. She was in amazement that I had so many friends and so many people from so many places. That is when I brought up our cousin Kelda ;) was one of my friends.
Aha!! I see!
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Aha!! I see!
She only has 2 friends so far.......me and her son.
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Hiya Jack!
Good to see you back!
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Hiya Jack!
Good to see you back!
Thanks Chuck! I finally got through with my extra jobs so now I finally have free time. It's amazing and I am glad to be back ;)
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Free time is a good thing!
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It sure it, but I know there are still a thousand things I should be doing other than being on the computer ;)
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It sure it, but I know there are still a thousand things I should be doing other than being on the computer ;)
don't come in here talking dirty like that!
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don't come in here talking dirty like that!
Jess do you have your mind in the gutter again :laugh:
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Jess do you have your mind in the gutter again :laugh:
who? me??!
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I have to tell the story of this guy that I have talked to online and on the phone with a few times. I have not met him in person and I don't think that I will. Anyway, to start the story off, the last time I got an email from him I had asked him if he ever saw BBM. He said he had and it was ok, but he thought it was boring. Can you imagine someone finding BBM boring ??? Anyway, this was just one of the things about him that made me realize that we would not get along. The first conversation I had with him on the phone consisted of him telling me about other people he had met and what was wrong with them. He didn't like one guys shoes, he didn't like one guy cause his teeth weren't white enough, and another one had too much fat on him. He is 6 ft tall with a 30 inch waist or so he says. I'm really not so sure that is a good thing anyway. He followed this up with an email where he was saying he was not a judgemental person :laugh: Hmmmm.......yeah right. He ended up meeting another guy I know here in town. His reaction to that guy was that he was a little chunky. Doesn't this sound like the guy I have been searching for all my life :laugh:
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I have to tell the story of this guy that I have talked to online and on the phone with a few times. I have not met him in person and I don't think that I will. Anyway, to start the story off, the last time I got an email from him I had asked him if he ever saw BBM. He said he had and it was ok, but he thought it was boring. Can you imagine someone finding BBM boring ??? Anyway, this was just one of the things about him that made me realize that we would not get along. The first conversation I had with him on the phone consisted of him telling me about other people he had met and what was wrong with them. He didn't like one guys shoes, he didn't like one guy cause his teeth weren't white enough, and another one had too much fat on him. He is 6 ft tall with a 30 inch waist or so he says. I'm really not so sure that is a good thing anyway. He followed this up with an email where he was saying he was not a judgemental person :laugh: Hmmmm.......yeah right. He ended up meeting another guy I know here in town. His reaction to that guy was that he was a little chunky. Doesn't this sound like the guy I have been searching for all my life :laugh:
good lort...and I bet he complains he can't find any good men... ::) ::)
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Good Evening Everyone! :D
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Good Evening Everyone! :D
{{{{David}}}}
hi David!!
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Good Evening Everyone! :D
Hey David!!! Thanks for coming by
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good lort...and I bet he complains he can't find any good men... ::) ::)
You're exactly right....he does complain about that. Well he thinks he found his "match" but the match doesn't want to be exclusive at this time. He doesn't understand why, but from what I gather he just met this guy. Things don't usually happen that fast.
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You're exactly right....he does complain about that. Well he thinks he found his "match" but the match doesn't want to be exclusive at this time. He doesn't understand why, but from what I gather he just met this guy. Things don't usually happen that fast.
poor guy. You have to feel bad for him...not bad enough to try to have a relationship..but bad...
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poor guy. You have to feel bad for him...not bad enough to try to have a relationship..but bad...
Well I think he thinks he is a great catch
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So the extra jobs are all finished now then.. you were having a bit of trouble with your main one weren't you?
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So the extra jobs are all finished now then.. you were having a bit of trouble with your main one weren't you?
The extra jobs are finished for now..until mid August. Yes, unfortunately, I still hate the main one and I have to do it for now. However, there may be a way out. I'm not sure yet. About 5 or 6 years ago I was on the wrong side of a mutiny some of my coworkers did towards my supervisor. Suprisingly enough they won. I always thought that showing some respect towards your supervisor was what you were supposed to do. Obviously, that is not the case where I work. Anyway, since then me and a couple of other people have been basically blacklisted. The ones who committed the mutiny are now basically running everything. What makes it worse is these people have no idea what they are even doing, but they get away with it. Currently I have the most education of anyone in the department and I see how clear it is that they don't know what they are doing, but they get away with it. So I am pretty much just floating around like a dead fish. It is not a fun thing.
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The extra jobs are finished for now..until mid August. Yes, unfortunately, I still hate the main one and I have to do it for now. However, there may be a way out. I'm not sure yet. About 5 or 6 years ago I was on the wrong side of a mutiny some of my coworkers did towards my supervisor. Suprisingly enough they won. I always thought that showing some respect towards your supervisor was what you were supposed to do. Obviously, that is not the case where I work. Anyway, since then me and a couple of other people have been basically blacklisted. The ones who committed the mutiny are now basically running everything. What makes it worse is these people have no idea what they are even doing, but they get away with it. Currently I have the most education of anyone in the department and I see how clear it is that they don't know what they are doing, but they get away with it. So I am pretty much just floating around like a dead fish. It is not a fun thing.
(((Jack))))
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The extra jobs are finished for now..until mid August. Yes, unfortunately, I still hate the main one and I have to do it for now. However, there may be a way out. I'm not sure yet. About 5 or 6 years ago I was on the wrong side of a mutiny some of my coworkers did towards my supervisor. Suprisingly enough they won. I always thought that showing some respect towards your supervisor was what you were supposed to do. Obviously, that is not the case where I work. Anyway, since then me and a couple of other people have been basically blacklisted. The ones who committed the mutiny are now basically running everything. What makes it worse is these people have no idea what they are even doing, but they get away with it. Currently I have the most education of anyone in the department and I see how clear it is that they don't know what they are doing, but they get away with it. So I am pretty much just floating around like a dead fish. It is not a fun thing.
yuck. that sucks, Jack. I know in this economy you have to stick with any job that pays but I hope something comes up to guide you somewhere better.
{{Jack}}
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yuck. that sucks, Jack. I know in this economy you have to stick with any job that pays but I hope something comes up to guide you somewhere better.
{{Jack}}
Thanks Kelda and Jess. I hope something else comes up better too. That kind of treatment would make anybody feel bad. The economy may have messed up my chances of getting out of there earlier, but I still have some thoughts about what to do.
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Well he thinks he found his "match" but the match doesn't want to be exclusive at this time. He doesn't understand why, but from what I gather he just met this guy. Things don't usually happen that fast.
I hope your friend can "cool his jets" and just let things happen naturally.
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I hope your friend can "cool his jets" and just let things happen naturally.
I agree Chuck. Things like that do just happen. I don't think they can be forced or even planned. But it is funny how many people think they can. That is the whole basis of these online dating sites and in reality most of them are just setting people up on blind dates. And we all know about blind dates :)
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Hiya Jack!
what's shakin'?
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Hey Chuck, good to hear from you. I just got back yesterday from Chicago and had a great time. Chicago is a great city and I feel I know enough about it now to where I could practically be a tour guide. I definitely saw a lot. And now I am exhausted since I ran around so much. How are you doing?
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ooh!! Photos please! :-* :-*
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ooh!! Photos please! :-* :-*
I definitely took plenty...........more than an 8GB card if you can believe that ;D
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I definitely took plenty...........more than an 8GB card if you can believe that ;D
wow - us sheltons are photo junkies! :D
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wow - us sheltons are photo junkies! :D
You got that right Kelda!!! I definitely take an incredible amount of photos always. I don't know what I would do if I were back in the film days with 24 pictures being a lot. I could not adjust to that.
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It's Friday!!! What kinds of plans does everyone have?
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You got that right Kelda!!! I definitely take an incredible amount of photos always. I don't know what I would do if I were back in the film days with 24 pictures being a lot. I could not adjust to that.
me neither.... :D
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me neither.... :D
I guess I would just buy postcards or something like that. You know everywhere I have been I always mean to get postcards, but then I realize that it doesn't make a lot of sense to do so since I have taken so many pictures. I could basically make my own postcards I guess. I do love receiving postcards from people though like we did with the postcard group.
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I guess I would just buy postcards or something like that. You know everywhere I have been I always mean to get postcards, but then I realize that it doesn't make a lot of sense to do so since I have taken so many pictures. I could basically make my own postcards I guess. I do love receiving postcards from people though like we did with the postcard group.
I might go bump that thread.. :D
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I might go bump that thread.. :D
Good idea Kelda!!!
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Happy
4th
Of
July
Jack!
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Thanks Chuck!!! I hope you had a very Happy Fourth of July too!!!
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Good to see you, Jack!
hope all is well!
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Nice selfportrait in your avatar, Jack. 8)
Thanks Gary! It works even though it is just a snapshot in the mirror (Man In The Mirror)....lol. At least everyone doesn't think I'm a cat now.
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Thanks Gary! It works even though it is just a snapshot in the mirror (Man In The Mirror)....lol. At least everyone doesn't think I'm a cat now.
Jack, we would never think you're catty. :)
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Jack, we would never think you're catty. :)
I suppose that is a good thing. I see you went back to Wyoming. Did you have a good time? You should consider going to Alberta. I don't see you on the list.
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I suppose that is a good thing. I see you went back to Wyoming. Did you have a good time? You should consider going to Alberta. I don't see you on the list.
Nope, not going to Alberta. Doesn't interest me.
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Nope, not going to Alberta. Doesn't interest me.
Why not? It is where the movie was filmed. It looks like a beautiful place.
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Why not? It is where the movie was filmed. It looks like a beautiful place.
:-\ It just doesn't interest me to see where the movie was filmed.
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Thanks Gary! It works even though it is just a snapshot in the mirror (Man In The Mirror)....lol. At least everyone doesn't think I'm a cat now.
;DJack, we would never think you're catty. :)
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;D
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Of course we wouldn't think Jack is catty. Jack's nice! He even talks! :)
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Of course we wouldn't think Jack is catty. Jack's nice! He even talks! :)
;D ;D ;D
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Of course we wouldn't think Jack is catty. Jack's nice! He even talks! :)
Not catty? Did you talk to a different Jack in Wyoming?
;)
Love ya Jack! :-*
*runs from Jack, very quickly*
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Not catty? Did you talk to a different Jack in Wyoming?
;)
Love ya Jack! :-*
*runs from Jack, very quickly*
You better run Chuck......I will get you for that :)
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You better run Chuck......I will get you for that :)
Shakin' in my Durangos. NOT! ;D
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Am I gonna have to separate you two in Alberta?! :laugh:
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Am I gonna have to separate you two in Alberta?! :laugh:
Jack won't give you any trouble. He's a good ol' boy. :)
But I'd keep an eye on Chuck, if I were you. ... ;D
;) :-*
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Am I gonna have to separate you two in Alberta?! :laugh:
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But I'd keep an eye on Chuck, if I were you. ... ;D
;) :-*
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That's right you have to keep an eye on Chuck ;)
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And his gay thingie too :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I have a job interview on Tuesday and I am wondering why I am putting myself through an interview doing basically the same thing I am already doing. I am already burned out on what I am doing so why would I want to do it somewhere else? Where I work now is bad, but who knows it could be worse somewhere else.
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I have a job interview on Tuesday and I am wondering why I am putting myself through an interview doing basically the same thing I am already doing. I am already burned out on what I am doing so why would I want to do it somewhere else? Where I work now is bad, but who knows it could be worse somewhere else.
It could be ten times better!
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I have a job interview on Tuesday and I am wondering why I am putting myself through an interview doing basically the same thing I am already doing. I am already burned out on what I am doing so why would I want to do it somewhere else? Where I work now is bad, but who knows it could be worse somewhere else.
I see what you mean, but you have to decide if you really want to settle with a job that you don´t like.
Hopefully you can get a feel for what this new job is like during the interview.
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Thanks Chrissi and Monika! Sometimes it is easy to look for the negative in things while missing the possible positive things.
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Thanks Gary. I just hate things like interviews. I really do.
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It could be ten times better!
exactly!
Good luck!
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I'd crap in my pants.
Definitely something you want to avoid in an interview.
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Definitely something you want to avoid in an interview.
Gas would be a bad thing too :laugh:
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Here's an interview question for everyone. Should a tie always be worn to an interview? I typically always wear dress up casual clothers to interviews, but I usually don't mess with the tie cause typically I am not applying for formal type jobs. If I were applying for a formal type job then I understand that the tie becomes more important. This particular job would definitely not call for wearing a tie while on the job. I really hate, hate, and despise ties so I don't buy them, wear them, or anything else. So what is everyone's advice, comments, and suggestions?
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peronally I'd say use the tie.
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peronally I'd say use the tie.
:laugh: yeah if I can figure out how to tie it :laugh:
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:laugh: yeah if I can figure out how to tie it :laugh:
Get a clip-on. ;)
But I agree with Kelda. As long as you aren't applying for something like auto mechanic, wear a tie for the interview. Especially if you aren't wearing a sport coat-type jacket. If you wear a jacket, you might be able to get away with an open-collar dress shirt and no tie. But then make sure it's a dress shirt, not a knit polo-type shirt.
Gee, I'm just full of fashion advice, aren't I? :laugh:
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Get a clip-on. ;)
But I agree with Kelda. As long as you aren't applying for something like auto mechanic, wear a tie for the interview. Especially if you aren't wearing a sport coat-type jacket. If you wear a jacket, you might be able to get away with an open-collar dress shirt and no tie. But then make sure it's a dress shirt, not a knit polo-type shirt.
Gee, I'm just full of fashion advice, aren't I? :laugh:
I actually figured out how to tie a tie after all these years, well at least one knot called the four-in-hand. I was looking for a clip-on, but I found that they are very, very hard to find. They are also very, very much looked down upon. I didn't actually know how much until I went looking. Apparently you would have to go to some type of unknown store to find one. That also goes for the zipper type which is something I had never heard of anyway. And then you face the fact from the people doing the interview that it would have been better to not have worn one at all. Personally I think that is stupid, but the whole suit and tie idea is stupid to me anyway. I am very glad that I will never have to deal with that kind of stuff except on an interview. There definitely will be no jacket on me. I actually used to have to dress kind of like that when I worked at Sears and from what I remember clip-ons were not allowed. I used to get my father to tie them and then I would just leave them tied ;D Anyway, thanks for the fashion advice. I appreciate it. That's another one of the things that gay guys are supposed to be good at, but apparently I was not standing in that line either when things were being given out :laugh:
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When I was a small boy my father hurt his left hand in an accident at work, so I was enlisted to tie his tie for him for church on Sunday, so that's how I learned to tie what Dad has always called a "double Windsor' knot, a nice balanced-looking knot. I once tried to teach a former boss how to tie it, and I failed miserably! :laugh:
I have heard of situations where managers in factories have to wear ties--because they're managers--but they are also required to use clip-ons as a safety measure in case the tie gets caught in machinery.
My dad may not have taught me a lot of things, but he was certain that all adult males should know how to change a tire on an automobile and how to tie a necktie. :laugh:
Unfortunately I don't know how to tie a bowtie. :(
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I know how to tie that knot Jeff.. we had to wear the aschool tie for my 12 years of schooling so I'm a dab ahnd and will never forget - unless I go senile!
But I dont know how to tie a bow tie and in abnd where we wear one we use the normal pretied bow tie!
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Since Catholic school had a uniform, I've been wearing ties since I was 5.
I prefer a small knot and a dimple.
As for the bowtie, it really is as easy as tying your shoes. It's just awkward doing it aroundy your neck. I think I learned it by putting the bowtie around my leg.
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Welll we have some talented tie tiers here :) Well I think the one I learned to do will work. It is actually listed as the most common and is really not hard. I'm not sure why my father never taught me that. He did teach me the changing tire deal. I guess he figured I would never be the tie wearing type of something :laugh: Anyway, it is off for the interview in a few minutes, and I am nervous.......very nervous. Oh well, it could be something worse I was doing ;)
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I prefer a small knot and a dimple.
You have lovely dimples, Paul, but what's that got to do with tying a necktie?
As for the bowtie, it really is as easy as tying your shoes. It's just awkward doing it aroundy your neck. I think I learned it by putting the bowtie around my leg.
Like a garter? :laugh:
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Anyway, it is off for the interview in a few minutes, and I am nervous.......very nervous. Oh well, it could be something worse I was doing ;)
I'm sure you'll do fine, Jack! :D
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EDelMar and I were traveling south on Highway 287 ("Jack's Highway") from Laramie to Colorado when we saw something unusual--a passenger train going north. Now, we are accustomed to seeing 100-plus car coal trains on that track but not a passenger train! I later learned from Eric that it is the California Zephyr bound for Salt Lake City! Maybe soon you'll be on that train, friend!!
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Anyway, it is off for the interview in a few minutes, and I am nervous.......very nervous. Oh well, it could be something worse I was doing ;)
Good thing you posted this. So I'm sending you good vibes and and keep my fingers crossed from now on. Good luck!
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EDelMar and I were traveling south on Highway 287 ("Jack's Highway") from Laramie to Colorado when we saw something unusual--a passenger train going north. Now, we are accustomed to seeing 100-plus car coal trains on that track but not a passenger train! I later learned from Eric that it is the California Zephyr bound for Salt Lake City! Maybe soon you'll be on that train, friend!!
I'm taking the Zephyr the other direction, eastbound. Eric told me there was a period this summer when the Zephyr was detoured through Wyoming, but by the time I leave California, August 10, it's supposed to be back on its usual route, from Salt Lake through Grand Junction to Denver.
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good luck!
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EDelMar and I were traveling south on Highway 287 ("Jack's Highway") from Laramie to Colorado when we saw something unusual--a passenger train going north. Now, we are accustomed to seeing 100-plus car coal trains on that track but not a passenger train! I later learned from Eric that it is the California Zephyr bound for Salt Lake City! Maybe soon you'll be on that train, friend!!
You mean better than an interview ;D
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Sorry Lee...I thought you meant me as far as being on a train ;D
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Where all are you going to go in California Jeff? California is a wonderful state in my opinion!!! And I haven't even seen but a little bit of it........Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Well the interview went ok I guess. Part of it was being questioned and the other part was a hands on test and a written test. That is the first interview I have ever been on that included a test. I had to make a patch cable, set up a printer to be networked, then network the printer, share the printer as a printer server, etc. plus answer a bunch of questions on a written test of what I would do if I were asked such and such. I think I did ok except for making the patch cable. That is just not something I do. That is all for an entry level position which seems kind of odd since I have been working in this field for so long. But of course there are no jobs so it is surprising that even that one exists. The tie turned out to not be a necessity apparently since of the 5 people who interviewed me only 1 had one on. I am very glad I didn't go as far as a suit since I already felt a bit overdressed. Basically it was a jeans/tshirt environment as are many of the information technology type jobs. I think I even saw people in shorts, but this is not strange for IT people.
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Where all are you going to go in California Jeff? California is a wonderful state in my opinion!!! And I haven't even seen but a little bit of it........Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Just San Francisco--and what I can see first coming down from Seattle on the train, then what I can see of the Sierras heading east on the train.
I'm glad the interview went well. :)
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Just San Francisco--and what I can see first coming down from Seattle on the train, then what I can see of the Sierras heading east on the train.
I'm glad the interview went well. :)
I would say that means you will see a lot of California such as where the giant redwoods grow. That sounds like a terrific trip. Seattle, Portland, and northern California are all places I would like to plan a trip too. Maybe next summer. Are you going to stay over in Seattle and San Francisco? I may have to find out more about that train trip. That would be a great way to go, but I assume it takes a lot of time. Is that correct?
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This is my 4,000th post!!! I never thought I would ever have this many posts when I first joined Bettermost. Should I celebrate or feel bad that I have spent this much time on here ;D
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Congrats again on 4000. I just came by to see how the interview went. Good to hear it went well :).
A thought about the ties: I think it's good that you wore one, even if most of the interviewers did not. They already have a job there. You were the one who applied, so you were the one who should give his hardest to make the best possible impression.
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Good point Chrissi!!!
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I agree with Chrissi, you will stand out and be remembered for being just a little bit different.In the current economic climate, I think different but not completely OTT is good.
So here's hoping you and your tie are center front in the interviewers minds. :) I hope they reply speedily too and don't keep you hanging around.
I am very fond of ties I wore one to school for 14 years, so I had to be !!
My children all had to wear ties, hats, caps, and blazers when they were at school in England, so I taught them how to do ties, seemed like the circle was complete then. the student became the teacher. :)
My favourite photo of them, is all 3 stood in a group, 1st day for Emma and back again for the boys. I was so proud of them I thought my heart would burst. :)
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My favourite photo of them, is all 3 stood in a group, 1st day for Emma and back again for the boys. I was so proud of them I thought my heart would burst. :)
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It has been a rather strange, interesting, and not necessarily happy week. The fact that my birthday happens tomorrow is not exactly making me happy either. Oh well, I will just forget the birthday deal and pretend it didn't happen. I had a lousy job interview Tuesday which at least made me realize that I was better off where I'm at than I thought. Then I found out Wednesday night that my great friends Mike and Chris were not going to be able to go to Alberta as we had been planning for a long time. I feel very sorry for them because they have a very sick relative. Finally I decided against going myself because it would not have been the same without them since we had already planned so many things. I hate missing out on seeing Alberta and the rest of the people going, but I think this was meant to be. I never felt this trip would happen anyway. It's one of those things you just feel in the back of your mind. But as I always say things do happen for a reason.
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Gee, Jack, I came in here to wish you a happy birthday, and I see you're not gonna join us. Talk about a goddam bitch...
We'll miss you big time, buddy!
I know times is hard, but I do wish you a happy birthday.
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I'm sure sorry you're having a GDBOAUW. (W=week). We've all had 'em, so I know what you're feeling friend. We'll just have to make up the Alberta trip with you next time, and we'll do a big "4 f'n year celebration". :D Remember, not all of us could be there either :( , so some of us are in the same boat this weekend too.
And next week will be better, I promise. :-*
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Gee, Jack, I came in here to wish you a happy birthday, and I see you're not gonna join us. Talk about a goddam bitch...
We'll miss you big time, buddy!
I know times is hard, but I do wish you a happy birthday.
Thanks for the happy birthday Paul. I appreciate it. Yes, unfortunately things did not work out for me as far as coming. I sure am missing being there too. I hope to see you sometime in the not too distant future. One of these days I am going to make it up to Boston and if so I will definitely let you know so we can get together for diinner or something. Everybody tells me I would love Boston.
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I'm sure sorry you're having a GDBOAUW. (W=week). We've all had 'em, so I know what you're feeling friend. We'll just have to make up the Alberta trip with you next time, and we'll do a big "4 f'n year celebration". :D Remember, not all of us could be there either :( , so some of us are in the same boat this weekend too.
And next week will be better, I promise. :-*
Thanks Eric!!! You made me feel better :) You are right there are others of us who could not make it to Alberta this time so you are exactly right the boat I am in this weekend is not empty. I like your idea of a big "4 f'n year celebration." When I mentioned to Mike and Chris that Alberta was not going anywhere and that there were others who could not go this time too and that maybe another trip could be planned in the future I actually first thought of you. I know you were really wanting to go too. From what I hear, Teresa was also not able to make it and I know she was looking forward to it. And of course there were many others. I guess we can just celebrate in our boat this time ;)
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And of course there were many others. I guess we can just celebrate in our boat this time ;)
Yes, such as Rodney, Peter, Offline Chuck, Adam, and me. Maybe we could recreate the Alliance in 2010 or 2011.
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Yes, such as Rodney, Peter, Offline Chuck, Adam, and me. Maybe we could recreate the Alliance in 2010 or 2011.
I agree with you Lee!!!!! Why not? I think the "4 f"n years" reunion in Alberta makes sense. There are many people who could not make it this year. Throw in Eric, Chris, Mike, Teresa, me, and others and what do we have........a gathering. And if we work hard enough I bet Jeff would come too. Believe me I really wanted to see the sites from the movie in Alberta and it just didn't work out this year. The unfortunate events that happened to Mike and Chris this year are a lot. They were looking so forward to this trip and although they encouraged me beyond belief to go I did not want to go without them. Our plans were closely tied together because we planned it in advance. Although I am a bit of a loner, my friendships with those I make are very tight. That is not to say that the people who were going are not important to me. They are. It is only to say that I made my plans with two people who were not able to go because of tragic family events. My plans for everything was around them and my decision was to not go on this trip. And again, if I have not said it enough, please keep Mike and Chris and in your thoughts. They are very special people who are going through a very hard time.
Thanks,
Jack
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Often things seems to follow the rule of high school, you have the popular crowd and the unpopular crowd. If we were on "Big Brother" we would have more than two groups, but on here there are only two. On here I always seem to remain on the unpopular side and that is fine by me. Nobody here knows who is popular or unpopular anyway. We have the people who want to express their gayness and those who don't. I always end up in the middle because I feel that people should be who they are, but at the same time not expect everyone to be like them. We have the super macho Milo/Brad and we have then we have people like Michael. I have never met Milo or Brad, but I have met Michael and he is a super guy. My partner is a fireman who would help Michael, Milo, or Brad out of a situation where they were being discriminated against for being gay, straight acting, or straight regardless. That there has brought me to a position of something I understand. We are after all all people trying to make it in this world.
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I'm not sure how this all came to pass, but these dreams and this person many of you have heard me talk about is here. It has been since November 25, 2000 since we first talked and it never ended. I had to come on and tell all of you that beyond my wildest dreams and on my birthday my guy is here. In my last email he said he was here, but I did not really believe it. I have received the most wonderful birthday gift in the world. I have to go cause he is wondering what in the hell I am doing ;)
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I might be a day off, but Happy Birthday Jack. You're a good guy and deserve the very best.
Brad
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Jack.. lovely that your boy is here.. hope you are enjoying yourself!!!
And as for your other messages, you seem to be in thoughtful unhappy mode... I hope the boy has pulled you out of that.
And lets be very clear - in my mind and I know many others - you are very very popular and fun guy to have about!
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I might be a day off, but Happy Birthday Jack. You're a good guy and deserve the very best.
Brad
Thank you Brad. I appreciate the wish and the comments. And it is fine if you are a day off.
Jack
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Jack.. lovely that your boy is here.. hope you are enjoying yourself!!!
And as for your other messages, you seem to be in thoughtful unhappy mode... I hope the boy has pulled you out of that.
And lets be very clear - in my mind and I know many others - you are very very popular and fun guy to have about!
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Thanks Kelda and yes he did pull me out of my kind of unhappy mode which you obviously picked up. I think I was down in the dumps about the whole Alberta deal. I felt all along that I did really poor planning for that trip. Usually I think I do well in that department, but not this time. About the only thing I did right is getting my passport which of course I didn't use anyway. It seemed that the trip was always somewhat up in air for me and I never really took charge with my plans. That was nobody's fault but my own. The other trips I took, to Chicago and New York, basically worked like magic since I did excellent planning there. I stayed very busy in both trying to see all the things I wanted to see, but of course I still didn't see everything. I would plan more time for Chicago than I did, but basically all was fine. I have found that it is truly best to count the day of your flight as a missed day on a trip since by the time you get somewhere you are tired or have had flight delays. Plus the check in time at hotels is always late. I do know now that not arriving until the 27th for Alberta would have been a bad idea which I did not consider that much at first. I think the best advice is to arrive at the beginning of something like that or don't go. Anyway I am fine with things now since the date when I was supposed to arrive has passed. I still plan to take this coming Friday and next Monday and Tuesday off to basically do nothing. Plus I have a possible trip to L.A. in September/October in the works. Next year I would like to plan a trip to either Boston or Seattle or both along with some other things I will do.
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your possible trips ahead sound fun!
hey and if nothing else your 'bad planing' here will mean you wont go doen the same bad planing route next time!!
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your possible trips ahead sound fun!
hey and if nothing else your 'bad planing' here will mean you wont go doen the same bad planing route next time!!
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Yeah and who knows I might enjoy these trips more. I kind of look at things as happening the way they were meant to happen. Plus as you say I learned something more about planning and avoiding making the same mistakes again. I actually consider myself a good planner basically. I think I have done really well especially in the trips I have planned and taken by myself. I have always had my plane booked, hotel reserved, and my plans of how to get from the airport to the hotel. I have also done research on the area I am going to stay in as well as the city I am visiting so that I at least have an idea of where I am going to be. A lot of times getting involved with a group throws me off some. By the way, from looking at your New York trip, you are also a very good planner.
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Yeah and who knows I might enjoy these trips more. I kind of look at things as happening the way they were meant to happen. Plus as you say I learned something more about planning and avoiding making the same mistakes again. I actually consider myself a good planner basically. I think I have done really well especially in the trips I have planned and taken by myself. I have always had my plane booked, hotel reserved, and my plans of how to get from the airport to the hotel. I have also done research on the area I am going to stay in as well as the city I am visiting so that I at least have an idea of where I am going to be. A lot of times getting involved with a group throws me off some. By the way, from looking at your New York trip, you are also a very good planner.
Us Shelton's like to plan trips!!
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Us Shelton's like to plan trips!!
Funny I was thinking the same thing! How many times have you been to NYC? I know you had a great agenda posted.
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just the once. Hope to be back next year at some point.
But I am defintely the planner when it comes to trips - on holidays with friends and hoidays with Callum.
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Then it does sound like a S h e l t o n thing :)
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see for me the planning part can be just as fun as the actual trip! ;)
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see for me the planning part can be just as fun as the actual trip! ;)
I agree with that Kelda. I am typically very prepared by the time I leave. Well except for the Alberta trip and or course I never left for that one anyway. Anyway when I get to the place I am still a bit disoriented, but at least I kind of know where I am. I have said this before I'm sure, but as far as cities go, if they have the double decker Grayline type tours........take them!!! I have not been disappointed yet. In both New York and Chicago I learned more about the cities as well as where things were than many of the citizens probably know. In Chicago, I also took the river ride and the lake ride which I would also highly recommend. I have gotten a ticket each time I have been to New York for them since they are such a good price at the hotel. They are actually a GREAT way to get around to places. I discovered these through pre planning and I also discovered the airport shuttles this way. They are much cheaper than a taxi. I have used the shuttles each time in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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You will....you just need to start making your plans and your trip can become a reality :) I might just come to Scotland and Ireland sometime and see where my relatives are from. I would love to see all the castles there and the land looks beautiful. I have an unused passport now :)
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Once I'm married I'll start planning cos then I'll have some money again!!
You're always welcome in My home Jack !
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Once I'm married I'll start planning cos then I'll have some money again!!
You're always welcome in My home Jack !
Well thank you Kelda!!! When are you getting married?
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Well thank you Kelda!!! When are you getting married?
28 December.... see http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,32223.0.html :)
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28 December.... see http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,32223.0.html :)
Congratulations Kelda!!! You will have to keep your maiden name of Sh*lton ;) Would you believe it is possible I am also distantly related to sopylicious (Sophia) too through my father's side of the family? I was just talking to her about it. I'm not sure where she lives though. That would be funny if I was related to two people on here from overseas ;D
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that would be very off but so cool!!
:D
I will be losing my surname I'm afraid.. my father and I aren't close so I've not got a real thing about keeping his name tbh.
So I'll be Mrs M c M i c h e a l - sounds very scottish!!
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that would be very off but so cool!!
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I will be losing my surname I'm afraid.. my father and I aren't close so I've not got a real thing about keeping his name tbh.
So I'll be Mrs M c M i c h e a l - sounds very scottish!!
I see, but you will still be a S h e l t o n too. Just like me since my last name isn't S h e l t o n either. It is my mother's maiden name. You're not marrying George M c M i c h a e l are you? Just kidding :laugh: I have seen the picture you posted of the two of you and that definitely is not George.
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I see, but you will still be a S h e l t o n too. Just like me since my last name isn't Shelton either. It is my mother's maiden name. You're not marrying George M c M i c h a e l are you? Just kidding :laugh: I have seen the picture you posted of the two of you and that definitely is not George.
I had to google him! ;)
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I see, but you will still be a S h e l t o n too. Just like me since my last name isn't S h e l t o n either. It is my mother's maiden name. You're not marrying George M c M i c h a e l are you? Just kidding :laugh: I have seen the picture you posted of the two of you and that definitely is not George.
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I had to google him! ;)
Did you find him? I hope you are talking about George and not your fiancee :laugh:
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hahahahahahah!!! GEORGE!!!
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hahahahahahah!!! GEORGE!!!
Well that's good :laugh:
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Morning Jack!
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Morning Jack!
Good morning Chuck!!! I sure did miss seeing you and going on the trip. But I am for sure going on the next one.....FOR SURE!!!
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I had the MOST wonderful dinner at the Boundary Ranch in Alberta plus the greatest service that I have ever had. It was absolutely delicious and there wasn't any better service in the world. I paid more for it than any dinner I had in Chicago or New York or Los Angeles and I ate at some great restauants in all those places with excellent service. The waiters and bartenders at all of those places were excellent. I am trying my best to remember what happened in Alberta cause I think it was a virtual experience. Did I dream about the excellent dinner and service? I think I won't go back to Alberta. LOL!!!!
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Hey I got a wonderful REAL trip coming up to Atlanta to Crue Fest with my favorite group Theory of a Deadman!!!!!
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when is that Jack? Will you pop in on Rich?
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when is that Jack? Will you pop in on Rich?
No I don't guess so. I haven't heard from Rich in a long time. It is at the end of the month. I would like to see him though. I'm not sure if he likes that kind of music or not.
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I'm glad you got some good service at the Boundary Ranch, Jack. ;)
Thanks Gary :laugh: All that and any of my sarcasm is in the past now and I learned valuable lessons from the experience. I always like to think there is a reason for anything that happens. My plans are to use that plane ticket for a wonderful trip to California which is really where I would probably have a better time anyway. I actually originally had reservations for the Alberta time period at the hotel I stayed in Los Angeles last year, but by the time everything fell through it was too late for that as well. But as I say I think good will come of it all. Because I paid so much for the plane ticket I think I will get more than one trip out of it. As I was telling someone else I am even a bigger believer now in making sure anything I plan is completely in my own hands. I really do want to see even more of California, the Seattle and Portland area, Boston and New England, and of course always New York City. I actually would go back to Chicago again as well. I would also love to see the area you live in, Northern California.
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I'm not sure why I always do seem to come back here. I guess it has to do with that I have a lot of friends here. I think it is only reasonable to know that even friends have disagreements about one thing or another. I have been through a lot of things here, a lot of good talks here, and a lot of great times at events with people from here. That is not something that I just forget about. If it wasn't for BBM and Bettermost I doubt I would have ever been to Colorado, Wyoming, or California. California was a lifelong dream and I actually have to credit Eric for finally getting me there ;) On the day of 9/11 I think you have to realize those things that are important to you and I do. I tend to fluctuate right in the middle between the right and left of things so that means I end up with friends of both sides of any controversy that begins. I think that makes it harder because I can see both sides of the disagreements that have happened here at Bettermost. But the people on both sides are important people to me. It's hard to be in the middle. I also realize that I made my bad planning for the Alberta trip way too big of a deal and blamed others for my own bad planning. I apologize for anything that I have said to any of you about that. That was my own fault and fault needs to blamed on me, not anyone else.
Jack
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We love you Jack, we do!
We love you Jack, we do!
We love you Jack, we do!
Oh Jack, we do love you!
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Hi Jack. I hope you´re doing good. Have you already been to California? If so, I´d love to hear about it.
Missed your company in Alberta. No amusement parks in sight there, though :)
Before I go - a prezzie. Beautiful Wyo scenery.
Monika
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Hiya Jack!
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Hey Chuck!!!
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Hi Jack. How's it going? Hope all is well.
Hey, you know that if you visit California, I would recommend Yosemite as one of your stops. I love the place. :D I went camping there just last week.
I would love to see Yosemite sometime!!! I am just trying to figure out if I want to visit California in late October or in middle to late May. I know I can have a longer trip in May since I don't work 3 jobs during the summer plus it is easier to get more time off from my main job.
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How beautiful is that????? :o
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Yep.. indeedy!
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very cool pic Rich!
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I agree Rich!
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I agree Rich!
Hey Jack!
You getting cool up your way?
We are here! It's in the 40's in the morning and 70's durin the day!
I love fall!!! ;D
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Hey Jack!
You getting cool up your way?
We are here! It's in the 40's in the morning and 70's durin the day!
I love fall!!! ;D
Hey Rich, yes it is getting quite cool up here. There was some frost in the northern mountains a couple of nights ago, but none here in Asheville yet. It had been getting down in the 40's and 60's to 70's during the day. Today is beautiful. You all should come up when the leaves turn a bit more. It should be beautiful. It would be great to see you too!!!
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Well thanks, I think, Chuck!
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Wow, I'm still here ;) The past couple of months have been interesting. I'm not quite sure what kind of life changing things are happening to me and/or if I need to put the brakes on :-\
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Well, are they good changes, or not so good ones.
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Yes, we need more info Jack! :-*
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Wow, I'm still here ;) The past couple of months have been interesting. I'm not quite sure what kind of life changing things are happening to me and/or if I need to put the brakes on :-\
Hm. Is that the warning voice of common sense in the back of your head or plain old pessimism à la "this is too good to be true"?
Good to see you here! :-*
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Well, are they good changes, or not so good ones.
I guess that depends on how you look at them ;D
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Hm. Is that the warning voice of common sense in the back of your head or plain old pessimism à la "this is too good to be true"?
Good to see you here! :-*
Thanks Chrissi. Well.....hmmm....I'm not sure about that. I think the changes have stopped and gone backwards so I am ok.......I think ;)
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Thank you Chuck!!! I hope you had a great Halloween too. Mine was good. It was different. I went out for the first time in many years and had a great time. That was kind of the end of going out I would say, so I took it for what it was as I knew that was the end. I did meet a few nice people during my latest stint and kind of reconnected with a world I had grown to know very little about. After 3 weeks in a row of going out plus a couple of times the month before I see where things have changed somewhat as well as how things have remained the same. I think the people are friendlier than they used to be, but on the last time of going out I began to maybe know too much. I was already getting the low down on who liked who and why. I began to discover that people did not get along as well as everything appeared on the surface. I think it would have only taken a couple of more times for me to discover how much things were really the same, just with a group of different people in a different time period. However, habits will develop rather quickly and I can see where I was being drawn back into something that maybe was not where I needed to be. That becomes obvious when you realize you already know the names of the bartenders. Very nice guys actually, but again what is on the surface is not always what is beneath. So it was kind of like watching a new TV show for a few weeks and then realizing that maybe you should not see how the show progressed. Or maybe thinking that you really needed to spend your time doing more productive things. Anyway, it was very interesting.
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Hello, my cousin!
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Happy Thanksgiving Jack!
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS WHO VISIT MY BLOG.......I know I am not here much anymore......but it means a lot that people do still visit........
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS WHO VISIT MY BLOG.......I know I am not here much anymore......but it means a lot that people do still visit........
;D
We're still here for ya, hope you come back more often!
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Hey Jack, I just read this on another thread:
A woman walked past a closed school in Asheville, N.C. Asheville and Canton, N.C., had received as much
as seven inches of snow by Friday evening.
I hope you're safe and sound in your house, with plenty of food and working heating and plumbing system!
Say hi when you have the chance.
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Yes do tell! It maybe sounds like a new love ;D
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Hey Jack, I just read this on another thread:
I hope you're safe and sound in your house, with plenty of food and working heating and plumbing system!
Say hi when you have the chance.
Hey Chrissi, wow you read about me all the way over in Germany. Yes we ended up getting a foot of snow on Friday - Saturday and I have been snowed in since. I truly do not want to see any more snow for a very, very, very long time. I am quite sick of it. It messed me up as far as getting presents for people plus getting Christmas cards sent out even though I was running late on that. There has been no newspaper or mail delivery up here where I live since the snow. Of course, no UPS deliveries either which made online orders not come. However, I have had power throughout the storm whereas lots of people in the area lost power for days and some are still without it.
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Merry Christmas Jack!!!!
Hope you have had a happy holiday season,
and that the past year has been a great on for you!
May 2010 bring you more great things!
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Hello Jack.
It's time to say "good-bye"
to 2009, and I hope it
was a good year for you.
I hope that 2010 brings you
good health
good fortune
happiness
and all that you can wish for.
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Thank you for all the wishes Chuck!!! And thanks for never forgetting me. You are a wonderful person.
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Happy Valentine's Day, Jack!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, Jack!
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Hi, Jack!
I hope you can make it to Boston. :)
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I think this will be my official "good-bye" post for the blogs when I leave for a trip.
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Hiya Jack!
Happy Independence Day
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My sweet Jack. (((((((((((((Jack))))))))))))) I thank you for the offer to help me. I so
dearly wish I could go. More than anything in the whole wide world. I tried yesterday to
make a daily excursion, to see how it went. I didn't do anything really, but just ride around in the car. By the time I got home I was in such tears of pain, I had to lay down and go to bed immediately. With all the medicine I have you would think that I could
overcome stuff like that, but no. My husband said there was no way he wanted me to
go. ( I think he is scared I will conk out) anyway: I really appreciate the offer. I don't
want to go, and cause more trouble for people than they are already dealing with. I will
be there in all my mind and soul. I love all of you, so much, for all you did for Rich. He
was like a son to me. I am so thrilled he found his true love, and his great life. He so
deserved it. He turned around after he had learned his lifes lesson, and helped others to
do the same. No greater gift can anyone give, than the gift of understanding and love,
for his fellows. He was truly a shining example of the meaning and gift of Brokeback
Mountain, and the lessons Ennis taught him. Janice
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Glad you're home safely, Jack. Thank you for being there this weekend. It means a lot.
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Glad you're home safely, Jack. Thank you for being there this weekend. It means a lot.
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I would not have missed it. It meant a lot you being there too. For sure!!!
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Today is the day we go to the appointment or as my father calls it "the meeting" to see what is wrong with my mother. I am hoping for good news; however, I am pretty sure that the news will be that she has dementia and probably of the Alzheimer's variety. After this past week with the passing of Rich and his service I do not feel quite ready to find this out. However, I will just have to deal with it whatever the outcome is. I feel that I am still in the same nightmare that I have been in since the news first came about Rich. In fact, I was all down and out about my mother when I found out about Rich. Today, I keep feeling I am going to another service instead of a doctor's appointment. I'm not sure why that is, but this is just news that I do not want to hear a doctor say.
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Today is the day we go to the appointment or as my father calls it "the meeting" to see what is wrong with my mother. I am hoping for good news; however, I am pretty sure that the news will be that she has dementia and probably of the Alzheimer's variety. After this past week with the passing of Rich and his service I do not feel quite ready to find this out. However, I will just have to deal with it whatever the outcome is. I feel that I am still in the same nightmare that I have been in since the news first came about Rich. In fact, I was all down and out about my mother when I found out about Rich. Today, I keep feeling I am going to another service instead of a doctor's appointment. I'm not sure why that is, but this is just news that I do not want to hear a doctor say.
My mother has dementia. If you need to talk, I'm here. PM or email me anytime.
But of course, I'm hoping for a better outcome of the appointment. Thinking of you, friend :-*.
Keep us updated, when you can.
(((Jack)))
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Today is the day we go to the appointment or as my father calls it "the meeting" to see what is wrong with my mother. I am hoping for good news; however, I am pretty sure that the news will be that she has dementia and probably of the Alzheimer's variety. After this past week with the passing of Rich and his service I do not feel quite ready to find this out. However, I will just have to deal with it whatever the outcome is. I feel that I am still in the same nightmare that I have been in since the news first came about Rich. In fact, I was all down and out about my mother when I found out about Rich. Today, I keep feeling I am going to another service instead of a doctor's appointment. I'm not sure why that is, but this is just news that I do not want to hear a doctor say.
I'll be thinking of you too, Jack...I hope the news is better than the worse you expect. :-\
It was good to talk about some of this over the weekend. Dealing with aging parents is very difficult and stressful.
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Sending you hugs, Jack!
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My mother has dementia. If you need to talk, I'm here. PM or email me anytime.
But of course, I'm hoping for a better outcome of the appointment. Thinking of you, friend :-*.
Keep us updated, when you can.
(((Jack)))
Thank you Chrissi..........I definitely will probably need to talk to you even though I still don't know what is going on for sure. I will post, in a minute, what the doctor's visit was like.
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I'll be thinking of you too, Jack...I hope the news is better than the worse you expect. :-\
It was good to talk about some of this over the weekend. Dealing with aging parents is very difficult and stressful.
It sure is Lynne!!! The thing is it doesn't get any better, it just gets worse. But it is a part of life regardless of how difficult and stressful it is. Sometimes I kind of wish I had not spent my life up until now being so close to my parents, but then on the other hand I am glad I have. That probably doesn't make any sense. However, if I would have moved away from Asheville way back when I had planned to then it seems that the bonds would not be as strong. It has always been in the back of my mind that staying in Asheville was not a good idea in several ways.
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The Doctor's Visit
This is pretty much the exact contents of an email I sent to a very good friend after the appointment. It says it all.........
The doctor's appointment was a joke and a waste of time.......he didn't even pay any attention to my mother.....I don't know why we even went. I don't like this doctor even if he is supposed to be a "good" neurologist. She complained of the pains she has in her head and he just said that everybody that comes in there complains about that. He is actually a real egotistical joke. So the one thing I do know is that the MRI shows no tumors or anything else unusual. I guess that they are going to try and control the agitation and irritability or whatever.......the doctor gave no diagnosis so I guess he as well as my sister presume that she has dementia or Alzheimer's or something like that. I don't know if this was already decided at the appointment I was not able to go to. Remember I told you I was worried about my father and sister being in charge of that......I think that is what happened. So I don't know.....my mother and father got in a big argument yesterday before we went and then I called a little while ago and it sounded like they were having another one. My father says my mother is just nervous and my sister is trying to be the doctor. I was about ready to tell her yesterday that she should just get up there on the doctor's stool since she was trying to act like the doctor. What it is.....is a big mess. I'm sorry to bother you with all of this. I really don't feel I have much anyone else I can talk to about it.......sorry.....I swear sometimes I feel like getting on a jet plane and just taking off.........away from this job and away from all of this....
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(((jack)))
Thanks Kelda!!! The thing is that I will make it through all of this. I was just looking at the pictures from Rich's service and I realize how blessed I really am because of all the great friends I have. That doesn't just include those that could make it to the service, but all of those who were there in spirit. I think sometimes it is easy to look at the bad things going on in your life without realizing all the good things that are also going on.
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I think sometimes it is easy to look at the bad things going on in your life without realizing all the good things that are also going on.
So true. We all do it.
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The Doctor's Visit
This is pretty much the exact contents of an email I sent to a very good friend after the appointment. It says it all.........
The doctor's appointment was a joke and a waste of time.......he didn't even pay any attention to my mother.....I don't know why we even went. I don't like this doctor even if he is supposed to be a "good" neurologist. She complained of the pains she has in her head and he just said that everybody that comes in there complains about that. He is actually a real egotistical joke. So the one thing I do know is that the MRI shows no tumors or anything else unusual. I guess that they are going to try and control the agitation and irritability or whatever.......the doctor gave no diagnosis so I guess he as well as my sister presume that she has dementia or Alzheimer's or something like that. I don't know if this was already decided at the appointment I was not able to go to. Remember I told you I was worried about my father and sister being in charge of that......I think that is what happened. So I don't know.....my mother and father got in a big argument yesterday before we went and then I called a little while ago and it sounded like they were having another one. My father says my mother is just nervous and my sister is trying to be the doctor. I was about ready to tell her yesterday that she should just get up there on the doctor's stool since she was trying to act like the doctor. What it is.....is a big mess. I'm sorry to bother you with all of this. I really don't feel I have much anyone else I can talk to about it.......sorry.....I swear sometimes I feel like getting on a jet plane and just taking off.........away from this job and away from all of this....
(((Jack)))
I'm sorry to hear that the doctor's appointment turned out so disappointing. Please don't give up and insist to try another doc. One possibility is to contact a local support group for family members of Alzheimer's patients. Maybe someone there can help you with a recommodation of a doc.
My father says my mother is just nervous
Please try to be patient with your family. I know this is hard to do. Whatever your mother has, it is not her fault. And your father's denial may simply be his way to deal with his own worry, sorrow and fear. For now, as long as you know nothing for sure, maybe you could leave him this back door? I don't mean to lean back and do nothing (if that is what your father suggests, which I don't know), but maybe you could leave him his believe your mother is "just nervous". Just thinking out loud here.
sister is trying to be the doctor. I was about ready to tell her yesterday that she should just get up there on the doctor's stool since she was trying to act like the doctor.
Siblings, eh? Try to keep your relationship with your sister balanced. You and her will need to cooperate the next years, one way or the other, since your parents are both not the youngest anymore. She is the person who is as much your parents' child as you are. She is in the same boat with you. You two could be a backup for each other, instead of an additional burden.
You do sound frustrated not only about the doc, but also about your family's behaviour. And this may be very justified, I don't know the situation in your family, I'm really not judging here, Jack. But at least your family is functional enough to go to the doctor together, it's functional enough that you all are worried about your mother. Maybe you could try to see this as common ground.
Sometimes I kind of wish I had not spent my life up until now being so close to my parents, but then on the other hand I am glad I have. That probably doesn't make any sense. However, if I would have moved away from Asheville way back when I had planned to then it seems that the bonds would not be as strong. It has always been in the back of my mind that staying in Asheville was not a good idea in several ways.
You know what this makes me think of? Of something that came up repeatedly after Rich's passing. "Pain is the prize we pay for love". I think there is very much truth in it. We all have to pay this prize in our lives. What would be the alternative? A sad and lonley existence. The moment we let someone close to our heart we take the risk of our heart being broken at some point in the future. A lover could leave us, a friend could betray us, or somthing bad could happen to our dear ones, and we can be left heartbroken.
I don't know if it would have been better if you had left Ashevill years ago. Maybe there would have been other things going awfully wrong. As far as the strong bond to your parents is concerned: the alternative is not good either, believe me. I do know something about that. I was never close to my parents, not even as a child. I never wanted to live together with them, and thankfully I found another family where I could live when I didn't have to go to school (weekends, holidays). But that wasn't easy either.
And yet I was/am the one to deal with my mother's dementia, simply because there is no one else.
I'm sorry to bother you with all of this. I really don't feel I have much anyone else I can talk to about it.......sorry.....I swear sometimes I feel like getting on a jet plane and just taking off.........away from this job and away from all of this....
Friend, you're not bothering us. You're not bothering me. This is BetterMost, and we are your friends. :-* :-* :-*
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Sending you hugs, Jack!
You are such a terrific guy Chuck!!! I know we have kidded around a bunch over the past few years, but I don't think I have ever really told you how special you are to me. Your friendship is very special. I'm not always good at telling people how much they mean to me. I truly realized that after the events of the past couple of weeks. If anything ever happened to you I would be more than devastated. You are a friend to everyone and people do realize that. There are people who I have met through here that have made an impression on me. Rich was one, Truman was one, Paul was one, Lynne was one, Wayne was one, and many others, and you.......I thought you were special from the first Hello in Colorado 2007. I have to say that in Atlanta at Wayne's house people missed you........they said so.....hey it was just not the same without you there. I even took a picture of your empty bed...I know everyone agrees that you are a very special person. I am going to post this on your blog too cause I don't really know how many people look at mine. I want everyone to know.
Thank you for being my Friend,
Jack
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Please don't let the fact that Rich is not here physically make you not come here. I know many of you have moved on, but please do not move on from your friends here. If you do that then there is a good chance that you will only come back when somebody elses life is beyond you saying hello. This is our place regardless of what is going on in our lifes. Don't forget that.
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I am always going through these old songs to see what they are about. I found this one.
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This was kind of a funny finding. Because I saw Jersey Boys. Yes I did see Jersey Boys even though people keep telling me you have to buy tickets far in advance. Hey I could have seen Wicked too which is another one you can't see. Anyway, for whatever reason, I have figured out some things. Hey, it is not a big thing at all actually.........anyway I read about this song: and it truly is the foundation for the big hit Touch Me by The Doors. Listen to it and you will see or hear..........
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Wow, nobody comes on here anymore..........I didn't really know that.......I think that is a shame cause it gave a lot of us a somewhat private place to talk about things. I guess Facebook is the place now.......hell it ain't private at all.....but after last weekend......just forget about the private.......be who you are and be proud of it. Rich and Gene were and that is enough for me.
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Lots of people come here hun!
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Lots of people come here hun!
Good I am glad to know that. I know I was away for awhile and I wasn't sure who all still came here. I will check in and stay around then.
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Hiya Jack!
Things may be slower now than before, but people still come here. I come here daily.
The site won't flourish if people only lurk.
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Make a point of going to various blogs and saying "Hello" to people there, and then maybe go to the "Safe Haven" section or "Current Events" section, and post in one or two threads.
Conversation will help the site grow.
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Thanks Chuck!!! Good ideas. Maybe people will start having more conversation here again. Of course I don't expect it to be as busy as it once was. However, after what happened to Rich, I realized how important this site is to me. I also do feel more comfortable saying certain things here that I would not post on Facebook. I have quite a diverse group of friends on Facebook.
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I have quite a diverse group of friends on Facebook.
I do as well. I have a special place in my heart for "The Brokies", whether from DCF or BM.
;D
I look forward to any gatherings I can go to, and get some Brokie hugs.
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Hugs coming your way soon Chuck! Jack! No chance you could make it to NYC in September?
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Hugs coming your way soon Chuck!
And I'm looking forward to them! ;D
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Hiya Jack!!!
Hope that all is going well with you!
;D
Here, have some cologne!
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Hugs coming your way soon Chuck! Jack! No chance you could make it to NYC in September?
I wish I could Kelda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There's always next time, Jack!
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aww thats a shame but as chuck said next time, next time!
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The only sad thing is that the next time is always a risky thing to think of as a reality. I always thought that being around Rich was something that would just happen. I never thought that I needed to get down there right away cause he lived close by. Instead I was always headed to far away places and neglected those who lived so close. I just always thought that time was forever. I feel so bad about that. When I met Rich in San Francisco we talked so much about getting together and hanging out cause we got along so well and lived so close. I definitely want to make it clear that I mean this as friends. Neither Rich or I had no thoughts of anything else.......friends.....what both of us needed......cause both of us were kind of lost in the whole lifestyle thing. We talked about that a lot in SF and then in emails. We had a lot of similar thoughts. I felt he was one person I could talk to who would understand. We were both conservative in a lot of things we saw in the world. I feel very lost that I do not have anyone to talk about things like that anymore.
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Hello Jack!
Happy Halloween!
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Happy Halloween Jack!
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Happy Thanksgiving Jack!
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Merry Christmas Jack!!!!
Hope you have had a happy holiday season,
and that the past year has been a great one for you!
May 2011 bring you more great things!
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Happy New Year Jack!
I hope that 2011 brings you
great things and happy memories!
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It's been a long time since I visited here, but it looks like my place is still here even if it does have a lot of dust and cobwebs :-)
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It's been a long time since I visited here, but it looks like my place is still here even if it does have a lot of dust and cobwebs :-)
what have you been up to Jack?
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It's been a long time since I visited here, but it looks like my place is still here even if it does have a lot of dust and cobwebs :-)
Welcome home, friend. :)
Here, *hands over a feather duster*
How are you doing?
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Hiya buddy! Glad to see ya here! ;D
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Got stuck in a cobweb :)
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And once I got through the cobweb I discovered these people had moved in and I have no idea what to do with them. I mean if I throw them out they will be homeless. What should I do.......does anyone else want them?
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And once I got through the cobweb I discovered these people had moved in and I have no idea what to do with them. I mean if I throw them out they will be homeless. What should I do.......does anyone else want them?
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Do you want them Kelda??? I can ship all or part of them to you. They are really a pain to have around....
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Do you want them Kelda??? I can ship all or part of them to you. They are really a pain to have around....
You're not seeling them very well!!!
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And once I got through the cobweb I discovered these people had moved in and I have no idea what to do with them. I mean if I throw them out they will be homeless. What should I do.......does anyone else want them?
Is it too expensive to keep them? I mean, if they've been here for a while, and you were unaware, they can't be eating you out of house and home.
I'm assuming they don't use much heat or elecricity either.
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You're not seeling them very well!!!
Well actually I have discovered that they are very useful to have around. I think you would be pleased with them. You better hurry though cause I think I may have already sold the one with the beard on eBay.
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Is it too expensive to keep them? I mean, if they've been here for a while, and you were unaware, they can't be eating you out of house and home.
I'm assuming they don't use much heat or elecricity either.
Well I didn't know they had moved in since I have been away for awhile. I guess they assumed the place was vacant so they just made themselves at home. No, they are not expensive.......they require no heat or electricity except when they cook. They catch whatever might come into the house and cook it. They are even willing to share whatever it might be. I think they would love your cellar actually. Should I send them on to you? You better hurry though casue I know Kelda is interested too.
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I think they would love your cellar actually. Should I send them on to you? You better hurry though casue I know Kelda is interested too.
I have enough issues with monsters, thanks! If Kelda wants them, she can have them.
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I have enough issues with monsters, thanks! If Kelda wants them, she can have them.
Now don't call them monsters Chuck.......that is not very nice :(
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Now don't call them monsters Chuck.......that is not very nice :(
I'm sorry. ...... Munsters!
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I have enough issues with monsters, thanks!
Monsters? Or just Psycho Children? ;D
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I'm sorry. ...... Munsters!
;D
That's better..........I thought they looked a little familiar!!!
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Monsters? Or just Psycho Children? ;D
No, but the Psycho Children came to visit yesterday...........turns out that the one with the beard is their father
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No, but the Psycho Children came to visit yesterday...........turns out that the one with the beard is their father
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Happy
Independence
Day
Jack!!!
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Hello everyone,
I hope I am posting correctly. It's been a very long time since I have posted anything here. Thank you Chuck for thinking of this idea of everyone coming back and posting to their blogs. I really can't "ramble" too much right now because I am in the middle of getting my classes ready for Monday. However, I wanted to at least post something. I actually am really hoping that we can all come home to Bettermost. It is a special place that I used to practically live in. It is also a place where I can post more private matters than on platforms such as Facebook. I have so many diverse friends on Facebook that I am always afraid I may make someone mad with most anything I say. Of course, Bettermost has very diverse people as well, but not in the same sense. We share a very similar community along with close interests. I am doing fine and as usual I have a lot going on in my life. Many things have happened since I last posted here and I will expand on those in later posts here. As far as living through this pandemic and this "new normal" whatever that will be, I am making it. I sure never thought or dreamed that I would ever see something like this happen. It is very scary. It's even more scary since it is hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel. I hope all of you are doing well and I really hope as I stated before that we can bring our Bettermost community back together with the same closeness we once had.
Jack
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Hi Jack!
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Jack, it's so good to "see" you!
Are you still as good at packing a pickup as you were on Roundup? ;D
(I agree. It's very scary and difficult to see a light at the end of the tunnel. :( )
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Hiya Jack! I'm glad you came back to post! Looking forward to reading more.
Yes, you posted right!! ;)
Yes, the light at the end of the tunnel seems very faint! I'm hoping that 2021 brings us all positive things. I'm ready to bid a not so fond adieu to 2020.
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Heya, Jack! Good to see you here. :D
"It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
Since everyone seems to see it this way, I'd like to offer a slightly different perspective.
I'm so totally 100% positive about the light at the end of the tunnel. I don't know why, but I always see the bigger picture in regard to Covid-19 without even trying. Mankind has survived pandemics before, mankind has suffered (and still suffers) from horrible wars, their aftermaths, from hunger, etc., etc.
Humans are survivors. Mankind has survived things worse than Corona, mankind right now fights things worse than Corona.
As to our convenient, luxury, Western lifestyle: it may take a blow, it already has. There are many things we can not do now. But in the end, the pandemic will outrun itself, the economy will sooner or later recover, and we (as in we rich people, compared to the rest of the world) will still be richer and in a better position than many other humans sharing our planet.
I do know that the pandemic is worse for you in the US, and that your social and economical status quo is far less safe than in my country. Thus, I understand that for you times are more frightening than they are for me. The fact stays the same however: pandemics run themselves out. We will make it through.
The really scary part for me is the question whether everyone in my family stays safe. But there's not only Corona to worry about: there's cancer, heart-attacks, accidents, strokes, what have you not. If you think too long or too often about stuff like that, you go stir crazy. So I put it all aside most of the time and enjoy life. Light at the end of the tunnel? - you bet!