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Subject: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/18 at 10:21 am

...watch "My Girl 2"!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/14/18 at 10:23 am

...watch Donald Trump speak.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/18 at 11:01 am


...watch Donald Trump speak.
...especially with the news of today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/14/18 at 11:02 am

...ever support him or anything he does.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/18 at 11:04 am


...ever support him or anything he does.
The last time I saw him on "The Apprentice", I did not finished the program.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/14/18 at 11:04 am

...be sick.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/18 at 1:48 pm

...walk long distances anymore, it all can be too much for me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/15/18 at 5:15 pm

post in any of the threads I've already put on my Ignore list.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/15/18 at 11:39 pm

...someone else.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/18 at 1:36 am


...walk long distances anymore, it all can be too much for me.
I am still suffering today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/16/18 at 11:17 pm

...watch most TV commercials that are currently on.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/18 at 8:26 am


...watch most TV commercials that are currently on.
That is the time I get myself something from the kitchen.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/23/18 at 12:36 pm


That is the time I get myself something from the kitchen.

I, too, get up and move around while they're on. Sometimes that also means going into the kitchen (for me).

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/18 at 8:08 am

...to watch a film that is being withdrawn from Netflix, which stars an actor I do not like.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/30/18 at 6:49 pm

...to watch a film with a lot of violence (particularly, destructive action) in it.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/18 at 8:01 am

...listen to certain items on the radio.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/03/18 at 9:23 pm

...watch pornography.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/18 at 7:06 am


...watch pornography.
it may harm your computer.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/13/18 at 9:08 pm


...listen to certain items on the radio.

Same here.

Especially if it's (1) an edited song (and by that I mean they chop out certain parts of the song to make it considerably shorter), (2) a godawful remix of a legit song, or (3) jabbering about something I'm not interested in.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/18 at 6:19 am


Same here.

Especially if it's (1) an edited song (and by that I mean they chop out certain parts of the song to make it considerably shorter), (2) a godawful remix of a legit song, or (3) jabbering about something I'm not interested in.
It is more news reports than music for me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/14/18 at 10:06 am


It is more news reports than music for me.

That's fine; I will listen to news reports about certain things going on.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/18 at 10:10 am


That's fine; I will listen to news reports about certain things going on.
I do all the time, but recently some reports have saddened me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/14/18 at 10:12 am


I do all the time, but recently some reports have saddened me.

Same with me. Often times that's how it is.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/18 at 6:09 am


Same with me. Often times that's how it is.
It has happened to another extent for me in a television series I am currently catching up on. I will not say what happened in the program for I do not want to spoil it for others.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/19/18 at 8:17 pm

...let this thread sit idle.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/18 at 11:18 am


...let this thread sit idle.
ditto!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/07/18 at 7:20 pm

go to the dentist (but I should)

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/18 at 2:54 pm


go to the dentist (but I should)
Did you eventually go?

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 08/14/18 at 3:19 pm

post anything

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/18 at 10:55 am


go to the dentist (but I should)
I am thinking now that so should I.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/18/18 at 4:16 pm

...watch reruns of Charlie's Angels.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/18/18 at 4:19 pm


...let this thread sit idle.

I feel the same way about certain threads I like to post in, whether they be in PBG or other sections of the site.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/18/18 at 4:24 pm

...get up sometimes.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/18/18 at 11:01 pm

Log out when I'm the only one logged in on this site.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/23/18 at 4:40 pm


Log out when I'm the only one logged in on this site.


Me too.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 08/23/18 at 4:54 pm

wait any longer to post something

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 08/23/18 at 9:44 pm

I was eating a tv dinner and forgot

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/07/19 at 2:24 pm


Log out when I'm the only one logged in on this site.

Me too.

It's happening again, right now.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/07/19 at 3:46 pm

...be a clone.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/12/19 at 9:56 pm

Accept a low number of posts sent for the day (and by that, I mean less than 100). And this post will fix that.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 01/12/19 at 10:06 pm

go to bed yet

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/12/19 at 10:16 pm


go to bed yet

same with me, 'tis 8:15pm here and I still have the rest of the evening to do whatever.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 01/12/19 at 10:18 pm

it's 8:15 here

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/12/19 at 10:19 pm


it's 8:15 here

that's right, you and I are in the same time zone (and same state, in fact).

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 01/12/19 at 10:26 pm

Cal i forn ia here not come

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/14/19 at 12:16 pm


Log out when I'm the only one logged in on this site.

Me too.

It's happening again, right now.


And yet again! (I know I should be doing other stuff right now, but I am still reluctant to sign out just yet.)

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/15/19 at 11:07 pm

...gamble on the Super Bowl.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/15/19 at 11:09 pm


...gamble on the Super Bowl.

Agreed. In fact, I refuse to gamble at all (in most cases).

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/15/19 at 11:16 pm

...buy luxury items like boats or RVs.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/16/19 at 11:57 am

^ same with me. I couldn't even afford any of 'em.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/16/19 at 7:10 pm

...associate in loud places.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 02/20/19 at 7:01 pm

Go to bed with less than 10,000 steps for the day... unless I'm sick and need to rest. (That hasn't happened since Thanksgiving Day.)

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 02/20/19 at 7:14 pm

Go outside if I don't need to, especially with the wind blowing.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 02/20/19 at 9:18 pm

not post something

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/23/19 at 12:07 am

...let this cold keep me in one place.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 02/23/19 at 10:48 am

stay in when the sun is out

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/24/19 at 12:13 am

...get sick again this year.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/19 at 6:49 am


stay in when the sun is out
Eaxctly as I am doing today, it is unseasonly hot out there.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/19 at 6:49 am


...get sick again this year.
I hate being in that situation too.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 03/13/19 at 12:12 pm

Answer the phone when the caller id display shows a number that I don't recognize.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/19 at 12:13 pm


Answer the phone when the caller id display shows a number that I don't recognize.
I have been caught out with that, when various people and offices have been trying to contact me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 03/29/19 at 11:09 pm

...refer to John Mellencamp as "Cougar"

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 03/30/19 at 12:53 am

...eat at expensive restaurants.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/03/19 at 10:59 pm

Settle for a less-than-100-posts-sent day. (That is, let today go by with less than 100 new posts on the site.)

I would have been here sooner, but I had my carpet cleaned all day...and I'm still waiting for it to totally dry.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/03/19 at 11:29 pm


Settle for a less-than-100-posts-sent day. (That is, let today go by with less than 100 new posts on the site.)

I would have been here sooner, but I had my carpet cleaned all day...and I'm still waiting for it to totally dry.

Yes! We now have more than 100 posts sent for today!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/04/19 at 11:54 pm


Yes! We now have more than 100 posts sent for today!

Doesn't look too promising for today, however...

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/19 at 8:00 am

...laugh at Ben Stiller!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 04/18/19 at 10:41 pm

not post something

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/19/19 at 10:09 pm

Settle for another less-than-100-posts-sent day on here.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 04/23/19 at 6:05 pm

...go without exercise today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/01/19 at 6:20 pm

...leave this thread with an X-rated number.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 05/01/19 at 6:24 pm

how about y?

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/01/19 at 6:26 pm


how about y?


Y isn't X-rated.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 05/01/19 at 6:35 pm

so it's okay then?

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/04/19 at 11:14 am


so it's okay then?

I think I know what he means.

IRT carry this argument any further.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/05/19 at 11:33 pm

Leave the site (as in log out and close the tab) when I'm the only one on.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/19 at 4:24 pm


Leave the site (as in log out and close the tab) when I'm the only one on.
I have the same feeling!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/07/19 at 6:48 pm


I have the same feeling!

Glad you agree.

It was like that the other night, hence my post.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/10/19 at 11:41 am


Leave the site (as in log out and close the tab) when I'm the only one on.

I have the same feeling!

Ditto, once again!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 05/10/19 at 6:57 pm

chop food the way mom is showing me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/11/19 at 1:07 pm

...let my recent crises drive me crazy.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 05/11/19 at 2:02 pm

Let there be less than 100 new posts on this site today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/19 at 9:32 am


Let there be less than 100 new posts on this site today.
I am the same as you here.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 06/22/19 at 10:58 pm

Let the total number of posts sent for today be less than 100.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 06/23/19 at 10:23 pm


Let the total number of posts sent for today be less than 100.

I am requoting this post for today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/19 at 7:24 am


Let the total number of posts sent for today be less than 100.

I am requoting this post for today.
Oh dear!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/19/19 at 7:15 pm

...go without exercise.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 4:35 am


...go without exercise.
Somedays now it is hard for me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: annimal on 08/20/19 at 11:09 am

I should be getting a little more then I do these days

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 11:11 am


Somedays now it is hard for me.

I should be getting a little more then I do these days
There should be a good chance for me tomorrow.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 1:11 pm

...be defeated by a moderate Killer Sudoku which is proving to be hard for me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 1:18 pm

...respond to a certain new user who is giving other(s) a bad time. :-X

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 1:30 pm


...be defeated by a moderate Killer Sudoku which is proving to be hard for me.
Given it a rest for a while.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 1:32 pm


...respond to a certain new user who is giving other(s) a bad time. :-X
We are now one member less.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/21/19 at 1:33 pm


We are now one member less.

I noticed!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/19 at 3:05 am

...go out today, my back is playing up, after being out yesterday.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/22/19 at 9:06 am

spend too much more time on here, as I have to get ready for work!

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/19 at 9:07 am


spend too much more time on here, as I have to get ready for work!
I understand, and take good care.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 08/24/19 at 4:15 pm

...let distractions get the better of me.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/19 at 3:01 am


...let distractions get the better of me.
You have it all under control?

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/25/19 at 11:07 am

...answer that question because ot was directed toward someone else.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 09/01/19 at 6:58 pm


You have it all under control?

In most cases, I seem to.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 09/01/19 at 7:00 pm

On topic: IRT let the month of September start with a sub-100 count of posts sent.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 09/07/19 at 10:51 pm

Watch the Dodgers game, because they have been failing to cash in on scoring opportunities tonight.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/19 at 8:16 am


On topic: IRT let the month of September start with a sub-100 count of posts sent.
I felt the same, it was my first target for the day.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 09/14/19 at 9:41 pm


Watch the Dodgers game, because they have been failing to cash in on scoring opportunities tonight.

And again they did, for the second straight Saturday! :(

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/19 at 3:52 am


And again they did, for the second straight Saturday! :(
Oh dear!

Even my team (Middlesex) is losing, but Ii have not been able to watch them play.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 06/27/20 at 12:51 pm

post in any of the "closer to year X or year Y" threads because they seem tantamount to Decadelogy.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Howard on 06/27/20 at 2:34 pm

take part in any protests.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 06/28/20 at 11:48 am

acknowledge Donald Trump. 8-P

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/28/20 at 12:46 pm

...get Covid-19.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Howard on 06/28/20 at 2:35 pm


...get Covid-19.



same here.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/28/20 at 5:04 pm

...kill people.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 3:04 am

...venture out today

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/02/20 at 10:46 am

work in these humid conditions.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Howard on 07/02/20 at 2:36 pm

believe that Rosalia Lombardo is dead.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 7:38 am

...let the washing up pile up.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/20 at 5:33 am

...go to a cricket match for I do not know what is in the air.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 12/16/20 at 11:04 pm


...get Covid-19.


same here.

Ditto.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 12/18/20 at 10:29 pm

...let the final count for posts sent today be less than 100.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 12/19/20 at 1:51 pm

...watch any football  (although I still look at at the scores on ESPN's website).

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 12/20/20 at 9:55 pm


...let the final count for posts sent today be less than 100.

ditto.



...watch any football  (although I still look at at the scores on ESPN's website).


I'm in agreement with this; football has never really interested me, personally.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 12/21/20 at 2:40 pm


ditto.

I'm in agreement with this; football has never really interested me, personally.

And football has always been a good old boy network. I mean take last night's bowl selections. There's no way that Iowa State should be given a NewYear's Bowl Game instead of Indiana, who only lost once while ISU lost 3 times and lost to Louisiana. The College Football Playoffs only made it worse. >:(

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 11:06 am

do nonessential shopping/travel anytime soon.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/06/21 at 8:40 pm

...change.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/24/21 at 10:18 pm

accept connection requests from people I don't know (even if they have one connection in common with me).

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 01/30/21 at 10:49 pm


...let the final count for posts sent today be less than 100.

Same for today.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 03/09/21 at 1:33 pm


accept connection requests from people I don't know (even if they have one connection in common with me).

Yesterday I got such a request on Linkedin, from some guy who must've randomly found my profile and thought I would "be a good candidate for" their company. ::)

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 03/09/21 at 7:41 pm

eat anything made by a celebrity chef.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 4:16 am

...go out today, I am feeling rough again.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/03/21 at 1:43 pm

...ever order from a fast food delivery service again.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: nally on 06/21/21 at 11:28 pm


...let the final count for posts sent today be less than 100.

Same for today.

And yet again.

But I'm afraid it's gonna be an uphill battle over the next 30 minutes, unless someone else joins.

Subject: Re: I refuse to...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 2:11 am


And yet again.

But I'm afraid it's gonna be an uphill battle over the next 30 minutes, unless someone else joins.
It will be much better for today.

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