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10-01-2009, 06:12 PM

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thingirl

10-01-2009, 06:13 PM

I get that more times than you know. In fact, I almost expect it.

ValothBranstrommer

10-29-2009, 06:01 PM

...You go to the Forum to kill some time waiting for one of the MP events to get started and get so distracted by replying that you completely miss the event you were waiting for?

VB

wetheril

10-29-2009, 06:12 PM

...You go to the Forum to kill some time waiting for one of the MP events to get started and get so distracted by replying that you completely miss the event you were waiting for?

VB

Yes, it's annoying when that happens. MPs go by pretty quickly. You could easily get up to do something only to come back and find out it's over.

Elrond

10-31-2009, 02:17 AM

Hmmm .... strange as it may seem, I enjoy the forum more than grinding most of the time!

wetheril

10-31-2009, 02:20 AM

Hmmm .... strange as it may seem, I enjoy the forum more than grinding most of the time!

*grins* Repped when I am next allowed.

thingirl

10-31-2009, 12:38 PM

Hmmm .... strange as it may seem, I enjoy the forum more than grinding most of the time!

Hmm, the forum, or fighting with me ;). But, I feel the same way. I suppose I should repp you...

scout1idf

12-02-2009, 07:29 AM

Don't you hate it when you take your first vacation in 5 months and end up working harder than if you went to work?:mad:

(didn't mind the electrical work, hated the plumbing!)

wetheril

12-21-2009, 12:42 AM

I don't mean to sound really negative, but I feel like venting a bit of frustration. I just got a very sudden call from someone I'm supposed to meet tomorrow. There's a sudden change of plans, and instead of meeting her later in the evening, I have to go meet her at 7:30 AM. Don't you hate it when people suddenly change their plans on you--especially the day before.

Edit: I have been feeling a little irritated, because recently, I feel like I've become the "go to" person for last minute favors, and this just did it. Over this holiday, I found myself suddenly a pet sitter (the owners flew to Europe), and now I feel like I've become a chauffeur for people in need of rides.

Oldschool

12-21-2009, 01:06 AM

Yes to Scout and Wetheril both. In Scout's case I've more than once said I'll have to go back to work to get some rest. And in Wetheril's especially if they knew well ahead of the last minute about the change but don't advise you until the last minute.

thingirl

12-21-2009, 02:13 PM

Don't you hate it when you know you'll have to cancel your vacation to St. Louis b/c of snow, but you still have some hope b/c weather.com doesn't know if it's gonna snow bad or not, and will wake up on Christmas only to have your hopes dashed b/c it DID snow really bad and you have to cancel.

texlaw1992

12-21-2009, 09:36 PM

I sympathize TG. I'm trying to book some vacation time in Lake Charles La (casinos) over the New Year since I have 4-5 days off (I only set aside $500.00 or so to gamble, and sometimes I even win). However, the wife has cousins from the UK who were supposed to be in town during that time, but apparently there's some sort of airline strike in England and they keep telling us maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. I'm giving them a few days before I give up on them entirely.

Badstench

12-22-2009, 07:14 PM

I'm quite use to having a summer Christmas... for us in "upside-down-world", Christmas falls during the summer holidays; the kids are out of school and plenty of people have coincided their vacations to make sure the little buggers don't go unsupervised and burn the house down, etc.

For us, Christmas is a time for beach parties, barbeques, indolence and finding a place in the shade.

I've never experienced a white Christmas.

smv1973

12-22-2009, 09:44 PM

I'm quite use to having a summer Christmas... for us in "upside-down-world", Christmas falls during the summer holidays; the kids are out of school and plenty of people have coincided their vacations to make sure the little buggers don't go unsupervised and burn the house down, etc.

For us, Christmas is a time for beach parties, barbeques, indolence and finding a place in the shade.

I've never experienced a white Christmas.

Want to trade? I have had more than enough experience with a white Christmas..

thingirl

12-22-2009, 09:52 PM

Hey, if I'm gonna get snowed out of seeing my grandparents, at least give ME some snow!!!!!:(:(:(:( I hate Memphis.

texlaw1992

12-22-2009, 10:16 PM

My wife's family is from Zimbabwe. I still remember her telling me about these "Christmas bugs" who would appear during the summer. I thought, why the heck would anyone name summer bugs "Christmas Bugs?" Actually took a few seconds to remember that holidays fall in summer south of the equator.

Holidays this time of year at the beach - what a concept.

Oldschool

12-22-2009, 10:17 PM

Want to trade? I have had more than enough experience with a white Christmas..

Same here especially now considering we just got hammered with over two feet.

thingirl

12-22-2009, 10:23 PM

Aww, Oldschool, I thought you were gonna pull out this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vPfOjAw5Z0) that is stuck in my head right now.

Young Ned

12-22-2009, 11:06 PM

For us, Christmas is a time for beach parties, barbeques, indolence and finding a place in the shade.

I've never experienced a white Christmas.

Heh, I don't get white Christmases either, though for completely different reasons.

See, when my sister and I were four and a half, Dad took his 20-year retirement from the Air Force and we settled down in San Francisco. The climate here is very moderate; not too hot in summer, not too cold in winter. And it does not snow in winter here. In 40+ years of living here, it's snowed exactly twice, and I missed the second one because I stayed in the office all day and didn't go out for lunch. :rolleyes:

So my last white Christmas was when I was about 4 years old -- I have a handful of memories of making a snowman, throwing snowballs, and "helping" Dad shovel snow. And that's enough, quite honestly; I get cold very easily, so I'd just as soon NOT have snow every winter. If I get an urge for a white Christmas, I can watch one on TV. ;)

wetheril

12-22-2009, 11:59 PM

Want to trade? I have had more than enough experience with a white Christmas..

I think a white Christmas is lovelier than a rainy moonsoon-style Christmas...

scout1idf

01-04-2010, 05:23 PM

Don't you hate it when you get 11 days off for Christmas and today is day 12!

Oldschool

01-04-2010, 09:36 PM

YES !

Actually mine was nine days off and I've already went back but I know what you mean.

thingirl

01-04-2010, 09:42 PM

Change it to school and I'm right there with y'all. But, my math lesson wasn't that hard...

texlaw1992

01-04-2010, 10:33 PM

I had two days off around Christmas and only expected 1-1/2 days around New Year's. Another attorney came back from vacation early and I took Wednesday through Friday off. Wish it was longer.

Unfortunately the heat conked out Saturday afternoon and the home warranty repair guy can't come until Tuesday afternoon. It never fails that something breaks down as son as the wife's relatives come to visit. Fortunately it's not that cold yet, but the high on Thursday is 26 (fahrenheit). The spare blankets will stay out through tomorrow.

Oldschool

01-05-2010, 12:35 AM

It never fails that something breaks down as son as the wife's relatives come to visit.

Hmmmm, in-laws coming to visit during the winter and a busted heater. Presumption of innocence aside some wives might presume the husband guilty and some might even be right. :cool:

Joking aside hopefully your repair will be quick, easy and inexpensive. I'm sure those are all relative terms in Texas as they are here.

texlaw1992

01-05-2010, 04:21 AM

I actually like most of her relatives.

I've really taken to home warranties - all repairs cost only $55.00.

They're supposed to come by between 1 and 4 tomorrow afternoon. Until then, we stay under the blankets.

Oldschool

01-05-2010, 05:32 AM

Yeah that's a good deal. The call out alone would probably be that much.

texlaw1992

01-06-2010, 02:37 AM

My home warranty company really let me down. The assigned some company called "Around the Clock" which, despite the name, is only open 9-5 M-F. They would not return my calls to set up an appointment for today (given that a freeze is upon us) and the warranty company was no help. I called someone else in who fixed everything for $300.00 - not bad, but I'll be on the phone with my warranty company tomorrow for reimbursement.

Anyway, no more blankets needed tonight.

Oldschool

01-06-2010, 02:49 AM

Sorry to hear that but like you say $300 ain't bad either. Main thing is that it's fixed. Hopefully dealing with the warranty company will be easily resolved. If not your professional skills may come in handy.

scout1idf

01-06-2010, 05:28 AM

By having it fixed by someone you called, it will probably stay fixed.

Some of those fix it people that warranty company's use only make temporary fixes that give you more trouble than you want.

Scarbrow

01-06-2010, 11:47 PM

Reading about those things, I can only think of the luck we have here in Spain to have the Gulf Current warming us.

See, I live on almost the same latitude as New York (http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=102962927669344342718.00047c875b76f072e26d8&ll=42.55308,-41.308594&spn=45.56236,89.560547&z=4), yet the biggest snowfall this year was about half an inch deep and melted within the day (in the city, of course). My sister, on Barcelona, closer to the Mediterranean sea, enjoyed Christmas at more than 15º Celsius (59 Fahrenheit). And yet we complain about our cold winter...

Young Ned

01-08-2010, 07:32 PM

That's something I don't quite understand. The east coast of the U.S. does have the Gulfstream current warming it, coming up from the Gulf of Mexico. Whereas the west coast has a current coming down from the Bering Straits between Alaska and Russia. That's why east coasters complain about how cold the water is at our beaches when they come out to "sunny California", and also why the east coast gets hit by hurricanes and the west coast doesn't. (The warmer water feeds hurricane strength.)

So how come the east coast gets snow at latitudes as far south as Virginia, whereas the west coast gets nothing but rain at those same latitudes? :confused:

jimyred

01-08-2010, 09:57 PM

Course, there's always the desert in the southwest. Here in southern AZ, it's been in the high 60s / low 70s for about the last 4 weeks. If my heater went out, I might not really notice for a few days . . .

On the subject of warrantys and hating it, I didn't extend the one for my car when it ran out last year, and now might be facing a $1,500 repair. GRRRR!! If only real life had an Axepath Cemetery where I could run through and pick up the money . . .

Oldschool

01-08-2010, 10:50 PM

So how come the east coast gets snow at latitudes as far south as Virginia, whereas the west coast gets nothing but rain at those same latitudes? :confused:

Since I still haven't seen the ground since before the 2 foot plus we got before Christmas and everything since - just "lucky" I guess. At least today we got the mercury into the double digits. Brrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!!

texlaw1992

01-08-2010, 11:40 PM

It's going to be in (fahrenheit) the 20s (maybe even the teens) through this weekend. For this part of Texas, it's cold. Fortunately the heat's working again, and even had a fire in the fireplace the last two nights (and probably the next two at least).

Ned, I remember seeing something on TV years ago with the answer to your question. I know it has to do with wind patterns rather than current (something about wind going east to west instead of west to east, which would reverse the coastal weather), but I just cannot remember specifics.

Badstench

03-10-2010, 02:13 PM

Don't you hate it when you start watching a movie via Youtube, and you get really into it... and then the next part isn't available!... and it's 3am and the nearest video store is closed and even if it was open they probably wouldn't have it 'cos it's an oldie but a goodie... and you convince yourself that being at work the next day isn't nearly as important as watching the rest of the movie, so you start to plan an excuse to take the day off.

Sucks, man!

Doolipalally

03-11-2010, 06:21 AM

Now I'm curious! What was it?

Lugwy

03-11-2010, 04:35 PM

Don't you hate it when you start watching a movie via Youtube, and you get really into it... and then the next part isn't available!... and it's 3am and the nearest video store is closed and even if it was open they probably wouldn't have it 'cos it's an oldie but a goodie... and you convince yourself that being at work the next day isn't nearly as important as watching the rest of the movie, so you start to plan an excuse to take the day off.

Sucks, man!

Have you looked for it in Viddler/Vimeo/bliptv/whatever else? :confused:

Badstench

03-13-2010, 09:24 PM

Cheers lugwy... but i waited till the video store was open.

Dooli asked:
Now I'm curious! What was it?
I'm not saying. To admit that the movie I was watching was one I "really got into", would be paramount to opening myself up to incredulous eyebrow-raising and comments like, "Oh, you big girl's blouse!"

Suffice it to say Lea Teoni had her birthday mentioned in the birthdates thread recently, and she's one of my favourites!

scout1idf

03-14-2010, 01:22 AM

Oldschool

03-14-2010, 02:07 AM

Nice table Scout.

I'll go with Fun With Dick and Jane.

Badstench

03-14-2010, 04:06 AM

Both wrong... also starred Cicholas Nage

Oldschool

03-14-2010, 04:29 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218967/

......incredulous eyebrow-raising and comments like, "Oh, you big girl's blouse!"..........

Lol.... I don't know exactly what that means but I have a pretty good idea.

Btw just kiddin' as I've enjoyed more than a few movies that would probably fall under the same "category".

Mak

03-14-2010, 03:52 PM

-raised eyebrows, ever so slightly-

"The Family Man"... interesting choice, Badstench-cough-"Oh, you big girl's blouse!"-cough-

Jist kidding. I watched the movie with Irene, and we both loved it, especially the ending - and I don't even like Nic Coppola.

thingirl

03-30-2010, 04:53 PM

I went to the orthodontist today. *shudder*

OK, so the impressions weren't bad. The spacers are. Ick. Blue rubber bands in my mouth and I can't eat anything sticky or gooey. I'll get over it. Some day...

Oldschool

03-30-2010, 05:04 PM

TG if you're getting spacers I'm assuming you're going with traditional braces? If so what color(s)?

Forget the "cream and crimson", might I suggest "old gold and black".....

http://704sportscollectibles.com/images/purdue_3x5_flag_2.jpg
:p:cool:;) Sorry couldn't resist, cream & crimson are of course the Hoosiers's colors.

But seriously (and now that I've got you seeing red;)) any thought on colors yet? And I think you can change them on subsequent visits - I seem to recall my daughter being told that.

thingirl

03-30-2010, 05:17 PM

Either cream and crimson or BLUE and gold. Or both and change them. Blue and gold are the colors for the MHEA Eagles (http://www.memphishomeschool.org/0300.htm). (BTW, the archery link of the top of the page is my league. :))

But I have to live through getting them to get colors. Did I mention I hate dental work?

thingirl

03-30-2010, 06:21 PM

The annoying thing about spacers is that you bite down on rubber bands. Rubber bands that weren't there 2 hours ago. Doesn't hut. Yet.

thingirl

03-30-2010, 08:23 PM

Doesn't hut. Yet.

Scratch that. I just took some Tylenol. :(

texlaw1992

03-31-2010, 08:45 PM

I was the only one of my three siblings to not need braces, but I still remember the gap in my brother's teeth (meaning how far the upper jaw overhung the lower jaw) was so big that he could put his index finger between the gap without touching either jaw (lol).

Anyway, in this case TG you're fortunate to be home-schooled, namely no teasing from your fellow classmates. Still, I understand these days braces are virtually invisible, unlike the metal wiring in use when I was your age. Now probably no one can even tell.

thingirl

03-31-2010, 08:59 PM

I'm not getting Invisalign. I'm getting metal wires and stuff.

But, about half of my Sunday School class (including the daughter of one of the teachers) has metal wires, so it won't be to bad. And you're right about avoiding the teasing.

Oldschool

04-01-2010, 02:50 AM

Yeah traditional braces are still on the market and still seems to be fairly common although the ones TG mentions are becoming popular. They remind me of mouthpieces we used while playing certain sports just a lot smaller and not made out of soft rubber/latex.

Re: mouthpieces. Rugby players seem to disdain them for some reason. As I've said before the best way to tell a rugby player from a football (American "style") player is the amount of teeth or lack thereof. ;) I'm only partially joking. Of course the lack of headgear and a facemask (for most players) is probably a bigger reason.

Young Ned

04-02-2010, 09:47 AM

Re: mouthpieces. Rugby players seem to disdain them for some reason. As I've said before the best way to tell a rugby player from a football (American "style") player is the amount of teeth or lack thereof. ;) I'm only partially joking. Of course the lack of headgear and a facemask (for most players) is probably a bigger reason.

Not to mention the lack of sanity... ;)

scout1idf

08-16-2010, 03:01 AM

Don't you hate it when the weekend is over????

Just bumping this one back up.....

spencer

08-16-2010, 03:24 PM

Great idea, Scout.

Don't you hate it when your spouse or significant other says,

"I think that I want to paint this weekend."

Oldschool

08-16-2010, 03:29 PM

Good luck and have a sympathy rep Spencer. ;)

Doolipalally

08-16-2010, 03:47 PM

Great idea, Scout.

Don't you hate it when your spouse or significant other says,

"I think that I want to paint this weekend."

I take it you don't mean watercolours? :)

spencer

08-16-2010, 04:31 PM

Heh, you would be correct. We will be moving heavy bedroom furniture and trying our very best not to get any blue paint anwhere except the walls. I won't say it will be fun, but I will say that the four of us (myself, wife, son and daughter) will be in it together

thingirl

08-16-2010, 06:40 PM

Good luck, Spencer. I remember that I was the one who painted almost every room and closet when we moved. Be thankful for painter's tape, edgers, and plastic tarps/old sheets or curtians you aren't gonna use/ anything else that can be used as a tarp.

Elrond

08-17-2010, 02:44 AM

Great idea, Scout.

"I think that I want to paint this weekend."

Hey Spencer, don't get in the way and let your wife have all the fun. She did say that she thinks that she wants to paint. :)

My wife isn't anywhere close to me as I write this :p

scout1idf

08-17-2010, 05:08 AM

Great idea, Scout.

Don't you hate it when your spouse or significant other says,

"I think that I want to paint this weekend."

That's how I spent a bunch of my vacation this spring.

I HATE PAINTING!!!!

Good luck and hopefully it will go quick.....

Oldschool

09-25-2010, 04:55 AM

Don't you hate it when a lonely and confused mockingbird (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMBz1IHXs0) took up residence in the neighborhood awhile back.

Then either you got accustomed to the noise or he left, found a mate, etc... so you thought no more about it until a (turn your sound up) Barn Owl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58_8S5-tkoU) took up residence. Btw that's a Barred Owl in the beginning not a Barn Owl - different breeds.

Better than getting startled in the middle of the night by one of them though. :rolleyes:

Elrond

09-25-2010, 05:47 AM

Don't you hate it when a lonely and confused mockingbird (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMBz1IHXs0) took up residence in the neighborhood awhile back.

Then either you got accustomed to the noise or he left, found a mate, etc... so you thought no more about it until a (turn your sound up) Barn Owl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58_8S5-tkoU) took up residence. Btw that's a Barred Owl in the beginning not a Barn Owl - different breeds.

Better than getting startled in the middle of the night by one of them though. :rolleyes:

You wouldn't happen to buy that residence form a real estate agent by the name of Faradmyn?

texlaw1992

09-25-2010, 06:55 PM

Don't you hate it when the guest bathroom's toilet tank breaks in the middle of the night, partially floods that side of the house, and requires noisy fans and dehumidifiers for three days to clean up the mess?

I'll swap for your barn owl any day.

Oldschool

09-25-2010, 10:51 PM

@ Elrond LOL......

@ Texlaw On second thought.....

And some WV Barn Owl/ET trivia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster

There's more creature trivia linked in that article including WV's Mothman.

Oldschool

10-22-2010, 11:24 AM

* < 1 minute ago ... Hawk was slain in combat by Talderus Redborn.
* < 1 minute ago ... Hawk was slain in combat by Talderus Redborn.
* 1 minute ago ... Hawk was slain in combat by Talderus Redborn.

And don't you love it when later in the same battle.....

The Redwolf of Sageholt is no more. The hulking wolf creature was valiantly engaged by a brave band of Sryth's most illustrious heroes in a brutal battle that lasted 0 hour(s) and 34 minute(s).

It was ultimately the illustrious adventurer, Hawk (oldschool), who brought down Talderus Redborn.

Wielding his trusted weapon (Trielra's Staff), the valiant Hawk ended the menace of Talderus Redborn by dealing out a total of 929 point(s) of damage in his final engagement with the hulking wolf creature.

Here are the names of some of the bravest adventurers who stood against Talderus Redborn, and the damage they scored against the hulking wolf creature...

Adventurer Damage
1. Hawk (oldschool) 19,460
2. Virago (oldschool) 7,514
3. Esoteric (oldschool) 7,218
4. Voltan (oldschool) 3,270

:Dx4

Young Ned

10-22-2010, 06:28 PM

Nice revenge, Oldschool! :D