Not sure if they still have to do the same sort of crap.  I must ask my nephew.  I'm sure he'd be forthright in his comments as well!  Or Bobby perhaps your better half's son knows.  Isn't he at secondary school?


He is Karen (approaching year 9 - third year). The only thing I know that has changed is that he is doing SATS tests (tests we never had to do). I may ask him in a year or so (it's scary Karen, I remember when I was in year 9  :o).

Have you heard in the news that they may be abolishing GCSE and A' levels - I'm just wondering what they will replace them with.  ???

DYHIW you spend ages composing a reply to find you've been timed out!

not sure I can remember all the excellent points I made in reply to Bobby!

DYHIW you spend ages composing a reply to find you've been timed out!

not sure I can remember all the excellent points I made in reply to Bobby!


When I am composing I click off to the side then click back in and that keeps me
from getting timed out, sometimes doing a spellcheck does the same thing.;)

I live outside in the Boston(Massachusetts) area so we are just simmering in American
Literary History.  I am lucky enough that in school we went on field trips to places noteworthy
in that regards(House of Seven Gables,  The Old Manse).  I found that when introduced to
tangible places associated with author or subject had a profound effect in the interest, even
to the kids who didn't particularly like reading. I have morphed that into visiting the graves of
authors buried in this area.  Kinda weird, but cemeteries are really just big quiet gardens,
I have tried to read Thomas Hardy, I keep hearing that he is THE English writer to read.  What
do you guys think, and who would you suggest as your favorite British authors?

Danoota (or I suppose it should really be Me?)

I don't recall ever reading any Thomas Hardy.  I find a lot of the 'must read' classics very heavy going simply because of the language used in them.  It's so different from the way we speak today.  I've tried reading some Jane Austen and Charles Dickens recently but struggled to finish them.

I don't really know your tastes but would recommend George Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm are good, Down and Out in London and Paris is o.k.  A friend of mine reckons that's his best work)

More modern writers I would recommend include Douglas Adams (both his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and Dirk Gently books) and Terry Pratchett's Discworld stuff.  Personally I think their styles are quite similar.  Certainly most people that like one, like the other.

Other than this stuff I like P.G. Wodehouse's 'Jeeves' stuff, Agatha Christie and Ellis Peters' 'Brother Cadfael'.

Danoota (or I suppose it should really be Me?)

I don't recall ever reading any Thomas Hardy.  I find a lot of the 'must read' classics very heavy going simply because of the language used in them.  It's so different from the way we speak today.  I've tried reading some Jane Austen and Charles Dickens recently but struggled to finish them.

I don't really know your tastes but would recommend George Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm are good, Down and Out in London and Paris is o.k.  A friend of mine reckons that's his best work)

More modern writers I would recommend include Douglas Adams (both his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and Dirk Gently books) and Terry Pratchett's Discworld stuff.  Personally I think their styles are quite similar.  Certainly most people that like one, like the other.

Other than this stuff I like P.G. Wodehouse's 'Jeeves' stuff, Agatha Christie and Ellis Peters' 'Brother Cadfael'.


You are the first on who got it that I am the "me", though I don't mind being called  Danoota.  I
am happy to hear that It is not just me with the problems with Hardy.  I love "A Christmas Carol"
by Dickens, but can't plod my way through the others.  I have read your other recommendations
and can see we like much of the same thing, I haven't read Terry Pratchett, but have heard of
him and will put him on my list for the next trip to the library(probably later today).  I do like Pat
Barker,  and (going over to Ireland) Roddy Doyle. English mysteries seem to be superior to
a lot of the stuff over here, over here they tend to rely too much on long graphic gory murder
and/or sex scenes, freudian field day on that.
???

I recently read and enjoyed The da Vinci Code and Deception Point.  My husband has read them both and in record time for him so they must be good!




I love "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens, but can't plod my way through the others.

That was the first Dickens book I read.  I appeared in a version of it at school when I was 9 or 10 and that lead me to read the book.

Some slightly older stuff which is quite readable is Rudyard Kipling, though you have to remember the time that these stories are written in that they can sound racist.  I realise this might be a problem to you.  I'm not defending rascism (or any other form of discrimination) I'm just saying that sometimes things need to be considered in the light of history (if that makes sense).

Some slightly older stuff which is quite readable is Rudyard Kipling, though you have to remember the time that these stories are written in that they can sound racist.  I realise this might be a problem to you.  I'm not defending rascism (or any other form of discrimination) I'm just saying that sometimes things need to be considered in the light of history (if that makes sense).


I do tend to cringe and get on with it.  It is not always easy to separate the fool from the genius,
but I try to keep an open mind.  I have never read Kipling although I do know a bit about him,
he actually lived in Vermont for a time, that is where Cat and Carlos are, not to far from Boston.
(couple of hours).  He wrote The Jungle Book and Just So Stories there before returning to England
after the death of his young daughter.

Well LB he's a fat bald overweight loafer who has NO JOB,takes care of his Down Syndrome Brother & Sister and lives off government money after his mother had passed away in 1996.He's also a bad influence. >:(


Howard


Well, doesn't taking care of his brother and sister qualify as a *Positive* attribute ?

LB

Well, doesn't taking care of his brother and sister qualify as a *Positive* attribute ?

LB


Guess that depends on how well he takes care of them.  If he does a good job there
we can cut him slack in the other departments.

I have tried to read Thomas Hardy, I keep hearing that he is THE English writer to read.  What
do you guys think, and who would you suggest as your favorite British authors?


I hate to read Thomas Hardy's stuff, Danoota because I think he is a long-winded bore of an author (the kind that goes through six pages to describe a tree). He loves his female heroines if I remember correctly.

I, like Karen (sorry to hear you timed out under inspiration  ;)), recommend George Orwell who uses a very simple way of writing and can recommend Charles Dicken's 'Great Expectations'. You certainly wouldn't want to read Chaucer's stuff (worse to understand than Shakespeare - and he's bad enough!).

Well, doesn't taking care of his brother and sister qualify as a *Positive* attribute ?

LB


He does but he tells me it's a pain in the ass for him to take care of 2 mentally handicapped siblings.I wish he'd do something for himself & put them away in a "home" or something like that. ::)


Howard

Guess that depends on how well he takes care of them.  If he does a good job there
we can cut him slack in the other departments.



Danoot,he tries to take care of them.both his siblings attend a special school for special children and he's tired of the teachers telling him what's appropriate and what's not appropriate for his Brother and Sister to wear.They even tried to call Child Welfare on him.  :o


Howard

friends are just plain nosy. >:( ::)



Howard

He does but he tells me it's a pain in the a** for him to take care of 2 mentally handicapped siblings.I wish he'd do something for himself & put them away in a "home" or something like that. ::)


Howard


Well it certainly would be "easier" for him to do that, but it sounds like he is loyal to his brother and sister.  That's cool.

Maybe he needs somebody to take his place at home every now and then so he can relax a bit???  It has to be tough having to care for two Down Syndrome kids 365 days a year.  :-\\

Well it certainly would be "easier" for him to do that, but it sounds like he is loyal to his brother and sister.  That's cool.

Maybe he needs somebody to take his place at home every now and then so he can relax a bit???  It has to be tough having to care for two Down Syndrome kids 365 days a year.  :-\\



It's stressing him out.I only wish that he could get a job and stop living off government money. ::)


Howard

your parents get on your nerves. >:(


Howard

DYHW you have nothing to post in the DYHW thread?  :D





Cat

DYHIW you feel like having a fun,relaxing day but you have to go to work  :(

DYHIW you feel like having a fun,relaxing day but you have to go to work  :(


Arrrrrggghhhhh...... >:(  YES! I don't wanna be here no more today :\'(

DYHW you have nothing to post in the DYHW thread?  :D





Cat


yes.I agree Cat. ;D


Howard

DYHIW I'm talking to a certain friend on my cellular phone and I put him on speaker and he starts acting like a moron by making stupid retarded noises and I tell him "calm down Matthew,I'm on line,people will think you and I are crazy". >:( ::)


Howard

DYHIW I'm talking to a certain friend on my cellular phone and I put him on speaker and he starts acting like a moron by making stupid retarded noises and I tell him "calm down Matthew,I'm on line,people will think you and I are crazy". >:( ::)


Howard


Howard, you have an interesting set of friends and acquaintances (and that does not even count the people here on the boards).

You could write a book some day!  ;)

:)

Howard, you have an interesting set of friends and acquaintances (and that does not even count the people here on the boards).

You could write a book some day!   ;)

:)





Thank You. ;D


Howard

you plan to meet someone but they cancel out cause they wound up with a small cold. :(



Howard

Don't you hate it when...

...you're trying to record vocals for something, but you keep messing up or it doesn't sound right, and you have to do it over and over and over and over and over and over and over...

Absolutely Vile

friends try to interrupt you when you're talking to someone over the phone with someone special. >:(


Howard

DYHIW it's an election year ??? :) ;D ;D ;D



DYHIW it's an election year ??? :) ;D ;D ;D


You got that right Cheerleader.

Over here next door in Indiana, we have a fairly sick governor's election going on.  The incumbent (Joe Kernan) has come out with ads saying that the challenger (Mitch Daniels) is unfit to be Guv because he used to be the CEO of one of those evil drug companies, Eli Lilly.

Daniels came back with ads that said "I have never heard of an Indiana Governor degrading Eli Lilly Company, or people who work there.  Lilly is the state's largest employer and funds the state's largest charitable foundation".

I have to give Daniels some credit.  Throughout his campaign (even now) he has vowed against mud slinging, and early on in his campaign he even said "My opponent is a good man.  But we need new ideas".

What Kernan was trying to do is to appeal to "class warfare" and say "Don't vote for Daniels because he used to be a big boss."

friends try to interrupt you when you're talking to someone over the phone with someone special. >:(


Howard

I HIW I'm trying to talk to a friend but keep getting interrupted by someone.

I hate it when the bus driver yells at you for smoking a ciggarette.. even when you have never smoked in your life  :o

I just agreed and apologised.. the guy was immense i was afraid he might jump on me

DYHIW it's an election year ??? :) ;D ;D ;D


Yes, especially when it is the last week before the election.

DYHIW the boards are down and you get messageboard withdrawls? ;D


Howard

Been there, done that. Not often with vocals, but with real-life (and computerized, come to think of it) instruments. I'm always looking to see what's gone wrong, and inevitably I find it, but come the tenth take when things are just sounding that little bit more correct than they were before, despite my not having made any audible changes, that's when I start to worry..!

I do sympathize, honestly!

...you're trying to record vocals for something, but you keep messing up or it doesn't sound right, and you have to do it over and over and over and over and over and over and over...


Don't you hate it when things take control of you rather than you taking control of things?

Heck, over here in IL, we have Barack Obama & Alan Keyes running for Senate (I think???)  The ONLY way Keyes has a snowball's chance in hell of winning is if Obama comes out and admits he's a pedophile...and even then the chance is slim ;D ;D ;D


Heck, Keyes is such a nitwit that Obama could admit he is a pedophile, then be murdered by the child's father, and Obama would STILL WIN.

Repubs would have been better off not running a candidate than putting Keyes up.  And I'm a repub.

Been there, done that. Not often with vocals, but with real-life (and computerized, come to think of it) instruments. I'm always looking to see what's gone wrong, and inevitably I find it, but come the tenth take when things are just sounding that little bit more correct than they were before, despite my not having made any audible changes, that's when I start to worry..!

I do sympathize, honestly!

Ah, you understand!! But now I'm working on the music to go with said vocals, and I'm having the same problem: Nothing's going right, and I have a deadline to meet (hopefully)! If not, there's always next time. :)

Absolutely Vile

DYHW you go to bed with wet hair and you wake up your hair is ready for Halloween?  :o




Cat

DYHIW a cold has a death grip on you and won't let go? Or when it makes you feel like horking all over?

I'm gonna kill my sister's friend for giving me this cr*p. :P

How pressing a deadline would that be, AV?

Ah, you understand!! But now I'm working on the music to go with said vocals, and I'm having the same problem: Nothing's going right, and I have a deadline to meet (hopefully)! If not, there's always next time. :)

DYHW you go out looking for pumpkins and the only ones you find are green, yucky looking ones or small ones-AND THIS IS FARM COUNTRY!!! Was it a bad year for pumpkins?




Cat

How pressing a deadline would that be, AV?




Erm...11.59 GMT Sunday. (6 a.m. here.) ;D Better get to work!

Absolutely Vile

Don't you hate it when you miss a really important episode of a programme you really despise but that you really should have seen if only because it was important? Maybe that's just something I think about..

Don't you hate it when you miss a really important episode of a programme you really despise but that you really should have seen if only because it was important? Maybe that's just something I think about..


Lol. I know what you mean, Bobo.  ;D

Don't you hate it when you have to eat mushy peas?

How sick are they? Green, illuminous and absolutely disgusting!

DYHIW you try to give some advice to a friend and he doesn't want to listen to you cause it goes in one ear and out the other. >:(



Howard

DYHIW you try to give some advice to a friend and he doesn't want to listen to you cause it goes in one ear and out the other. >:(



Howard


Been there, done that.  :P

DYHIW politicians only complain about the others running against them instead of saying what they would do.

We have a County Mayoral race here that would make the President and Senator Kerry look like drinking buds.  Our Mayor was charged with a felony..she took money from the health department to pay for an employee at The Boys and Girls Club to help her daughter.  Not that helping BGC is a bad thing, but the way she did it was wrong and illegal.  Well, she just dropped out of the race (with 3 weeks to go).  The R's backed a write in candidate and tried to get him on the ballot in her place.  The D's freaked out and sued when it happened.  The judge agreed but the Utah Supreme Court overruled that and he is officially on the ballot (with 3 days to go).

The two main candidates are trying hard to distance themselves from all this.  The R (write in) would have rather stayed a write in because it makes him look petty, even though it wasn't him trying to get on the ballot.  The D didn't want his party to sue.  He didn't want it to reflect on him (Our local Dem party chair is a very petty person.  I know it has to be hard to be a Dem in Utah, but he needs to rethink his attitude.  It is basically all R's are evil and should be banished)

Now the Dems are sending out mailings with all the current county officials pics with red x's and all the reasons we shouldn't vote for them.  It is all negative and I am getting sick of it.  (I will still vote for the D for mayor, he has been in the race for a year and I know where he stands.  The other guy just popped up a couple of months ago and I have yet to hear what he stans for)

Whew...glad that is off my chest.

friends who you hang out with might be a pain in the A-S-S sometimes >:(


Howard

DYHIW politicians only complain about the others running against them instead of saying what they would do.

We have a County Mayoral race here that would make the President and Senator Kerry look like drinking buds.  Our Mayor was charged with a felony..she took money from the health department to pay for an employee at The Boys and Girls Club to help her daughter.  Not that helping BGC is a bad thing, but the way she did it was wrong and illegal.  Well, she just dropped out of the race (with 3 weeks to go).  The R's backed a write in candidate and tried to get him on the ballot in her place.  The D's freaked out and sued when it happened.  The judge agreed but the Utah Supreme Court overruled that and he is officially on the ballot (with 3 days to go).

The two main candidates are trying hard to distance themselves from all this.  The R (write in) would have rather stayed a write in because it makes him look petty, even though it wasn't him trying to get on the ballot.  The D didn't want his party to sue.  He didn't want it to reflect on him (Our local Dem party chair is a very petty person.  I know it has to be hard to be a Dem in Utah, but he needs to rethink his attitude.  It is basically all R's are evil and should be banished)

Now the Dems are sending out mailings with all the current county officials pics with red x's and all the reasons we shouldn't vote for them.  It is all negative and I am getting sick of it.  (I will still vote for the D for mayor, he has been in the race for a year and I know where he stands.  The other guy just popped up a couple of months ago and I have yet to hear what he stans for)

Whew...glad that is off my chest.


Dagwood, I think that it is SHAMEFUL when any political party files a lawsuit to keep an other party from getting somebody on the ballot.

This year, it appears that the Democratic Party has had a problem with who its competing parties want to put on the ballot.  In my opinion, this is a very UN-American activity.  Let the parties place as their candidates whoever they want to, subject to the rules of the party that is doing the nominating.  Then *astoundingly* let the voters determine who the "right" candidate is, by their votes!

The Democratic Party efforts to keep Nader off state ballots was a disgrace and, in most cases, unsuccessful anyway.  Mind you, efforts by republicans to get Nader nominated, etc... were not very nice either, but at least they relied on voters making the ultimate choice anyway.

The above is not an anti-Democrat rant.  I've seen similar stuff by the Repubs in the past, but this year the Dems have decided that they and they alone should decide who is "worthy" to run for office. 

Dagwood, I think that it is SHAMEFUL when any political party files a lawsuit to keep an other party from getting somebody on the ballot.

This year, it appears that the Democratic Party has had a problem with who its competing parties want to put on the ballot. In my opinion, this is a very UN-American activity. Let the parties place as their candidates whoever they want to, subject to the rules of the party that is doing the nominating. Then *astoundingly* let the voters determine who the "right" candidate is, by their votes!

The Democratic Party efforts to keep Nader off state ballots was a disgrace and, in most cases, unsuccessful anyway. Mind you, efforts by republicans to get Nader nominated, etc... were not very nice either, but at least they relied on voters making the ultimate choice anyway.

The above is not an anti-Democrat rant. I've seen similar stuff by the Repubs in the past, but this year the Dems have decided that they and they alone should decide who is "worthy" to run for office.


I totally agree with you.  It is shameful.  We had the same problem in a different race in the 80's.  The parties were reversed.  The Dem candidate got a DUI a week before the election so they tried to put someone new on the ballot and the Repubs just let it happen.  I think the main problem here is the head of the Utah Dem party.  He takes offense at anyone believing differently than he does.  He almost takes it personal.  It kills me because the Dem candidate had a better chance of winning.  I hope this doesn't ruin that chance.

I totally agree with you.  It is shameful.  We had the same problem in a different race in the 80's.  The parties were reversed.  The Dem candidate got a DUI a week before the election so they tried to put someone new on the ballot and the Repubs just let it happen.  I think the main problem here is the head of the Utah Dem party.  He takes offense at anyone believing differently than he does.  He almost takes it personal.  It kills me because the Dem candidate had a better chance of winning.  I hope this doesn't ruin that chance.


Well, if the Repubs just stood still in the example you cited, that's OK by me.  It was a Democratic Party problem.  The Repubs should stay out of it.

Now, if I were a Democrat in that district, I probably would NOT have liked my party's candidate, who won a primary nominating election, to be replaced unless he RESIGNED THE NOMINATION or was COVICTED of a felony.  If he resigned or was convicted of a felony (making him ineligible for office, I think), OK.  But if he didn't, me and my fellow Democratic party members already voted for him as our nominee.

Well, if the Repubs just stood still in the example you cited, that's OK by me. It was a Democratic Party problem. The Repubs should stay out of it.

Now, if I were a Democrat in that district, I probably would NOT have liked my party's candidate, who won a primary nominating election, to be replaced unless he RESIGNED THE NOMINATION or was COVICTED of a felony. If he resigned or was convicted of a felony (making him ineligible for office, I think), OK. But if he didn't, me and my fellow Democratic party members already voted for him as our nominee.


This case happened over 20 years ago, but I believe he resigned the nomination.

The one this year that the Dems sued over, the mayoral candidate dropped out of the race when she figured out she couldn't win because no one trusted her to handle the county money anymore so they probably wouldn't vote for her.  This happened two weeks after the Repubs quit backing her and moved to the write-in that is now on the ballot.  Confusing stuff and I will be glad when Wednesday comes.  They are saying this may delay our election results because alot of the early voters have voted on three different ballots: the one with the original candidate, the one without her and the one with the write in on the ballot.

you're trying to talk to someone and somebody else is in the background interrupting his/her call. >:(


Howard

heeheehee, not here in IL with the Senate race...Obama was happy when the Republicans picked Keyes ;D ;D ;D




I'm sure EVERY Dem was happy when that happened.



Cat

DYHIW your back is killing you and you have no choice but to move >:(



To add to that-DYHW your back is killing you and your massage theropist moved and now you have to find a new one!  All the ones that you find are more expensive and DO NOT make house calls.  >:(




Cat

DYHIW you have a scratchy throat. :(



Howard

I didn't mean "move" as in "move to a different house", I meant as in "not being able to lay in bed all day" ;D  And, unfortunately, it's a nerve problem so a massage therapist wouldn't be able to help...I have a problem with some disks in my lumbar spine region :(



I'm sorry to hear that. I have no idea what is the matter with my back. I only know that I don't visit the chiorpractor as often as I feel I need to (because of insurence) and now, I don't have a massage theropist. So, now, I am in pain (but, I can move).



Cat

DYHIW you're talking to a friend and you can hear the drowziness in their voice that they just conk out and start snoring on the phone and you have no choice but to just hang up and let them be. >:(


Howard

DYHIW when you want to talk (in person) to a certain friend but someone else is busy talking to him or her (and they go on for several minutes)?

DYHIW when you want to talk (in person) to a certain friend but someone else is busy talking to him or her (and they go on for several minutes)?



I know.I get that feeling of the brush-off >:(


Howard

you have a sore throat. :(


Howard

DYHIW an hour before you're planning to go to bed you remember the laundry you forgot to put in the washer  :(

DYHIW an hour before you're planning to go to bed you remember the laundry you forgot to put in the washer  :(



Or the laundry that you forgot to take out of the dryer.




Cat

it's so darn windy that your hair messes up. >:(



Howard

When you discover that the real great girl you have been chatting up for the last hour is 6 years older than you.

When you discover that the real great girl you have been chatting up for the last hour is 6 years older than you.


Heh heh. Is that an issue for you? My girl is 4 years older than me.

At my age it is she is 22 nearly 23 dude, work it out

At my age it is she is 22 nearly 23 dude, work it out


Lol. I didn't realise you were that young, Alchoholica (15/16) - Do you both get on?

Try 16/17 lol.. yeah we get on, but there ain't much way it's gonna work.. and yeah dude, most barmen don't realise i'm that young  ;)

You wouldn't think it

Try 16/17 lol.. yeah we get on, but there ain't much way it's gonna work.. and yeah dude, most barmen don't realise i'm that young  ;)

You wouldn't think it


Oops. Sorry.  :-[  ;D

I suppose that kind of a gap is a bit too much. At least you are pragmatic about it. It's a shame really because it's not the first thing you ask a woman.

If barmen don't realise you're that young, be glad. I know people in their twenties who get asked for i.d every time.

I was ID'd for alcohol once when buying it at a shop. I'd been ID'd at least once for cigarettes. I've never been ID'd at a bar/pub/club/restaurant. Go figure. :)

(By the way, I don't smoke anymore.)

Absolutely Vile

Heh heh. Is that an issue for you? My girl is 4 years older than me.



I sure you are aware that Carlos is 17 years older than I am. As far as I am concerned (and I think he will agree with me but I don't like to speak for him) we have a GREAT relationship-probably better than most people we know.




Cat

I sure you are aware that Carlos is 17 years older than I am. As far as I am concerned (and I think he will agree with me but I don't like to speak for him) we have a GREAT relationship-probably better than most people we know.


I wasn't aware that you and Carlos share a 17 year gap. Well, Alchoholica . . . What do you think now?  ;)  ;D

That's all well and good... but consider when you were younger. Let's just take an easier example. Imagine your a 10 year old kid and a 16 year old kid. Big difference... fast forward things a few years. The difference isn't as big but it is still big.

I wish everyone luck in there relationships, i just seem to have neverending bad luck. I can get on great with women in the short term.. and then as soon as like.. it gets beyond a couple of weeks, a month whatever.. bang, 'something' happens and it's over.

It can be.. difficult to say the least.

it's so darn windy that your hair messes up. >:(

OH,YES!!!!!!

I can answer that... God Hates Us All...secretly..

He gives you loads of stuff to do and then just to screw with you makes you tired and then bommph as if by magic he clears your schedule and makes you hyper.. go figure

I guess he gets bored being infinitley wise, knowing everything thats has, is and ever shall happen.. he needs to occupy himself somehow

Like i say.. he isn't evil... just get's bored..

When you discover that the real great girl you have been chatting up for the last hour is 6 years older than you.



or as for me 6 years younger than I am. ;D


Howard

you're waiting for medical clearance.Anyone had that problem lately? >:(


Howard

Here is what happened/is happening. We had planned to go to my mother's for Thanksgiving (mainly because we really owe her a visit). One of my step-daughter's is planning to come with us. Another step-daughter was also invited to this family gathering but needs to stick around because her soon-to-be-enstranged husband is having Thanksgiving with his family and is bringing the baby with him (the reason why she has to be close by is because she is breast feeding-and believe it or not, IS NOT INVITED, which, in my opinion is very rude). So, she was planning on staying here (close to her soon-to-ex-in-laws) but would be all alone.

So, we decided that we would move our Thanksgiving dinner from my mother's to here-we talked it over with her last night and even though I do think she is a bit disappointed that we are not going there, she does understand (and this just may allow her to see the baby which she is excited about).

Today, we recieve an e-mail from my step-daughter saying that she was invited to a friend's house for Thanksgiving and will be spending the night over there-instead of here and won't be alone after all. She was not aware that we were making different plans because of her.

So, today we are waiting to hear from her (called and left a message) to find out if we are going with Plan A or Plan B. I really hate when that happens.  :-\\




Cat

Another step-daughter was also invited to this family gathering but needs to stick around because her soon-to-be-enstranged husband is having Thanksgiving with his family and is bringing the baby with him (the reason why she has to be close by is because she is breast feeding-and believe it or not, IS NOT INVITED, which, in my opinion is very rude).



That's just the height of Ignorance and Plain a--holeness!

That's just the height of Ignorance and Plain a--holeness!



I agree. I used to have a higher opinion of their family until this.



Cat

An up-date. We are going to have Thanksgiving here. My step-daughter was very moved that we rearranged our plans for her. My mother-even though she is a bit disappointed, will be happy to see the baby. We are also going to have two extra people-my mother's "entrerage"  ;). They are a couple of friends of hers but they are very nice people and were also guests at our wedding. So, it should be a very nice day.


Now, we have to figure out where everyone is going to sleep and how to fit everyone at the table. But that is a minor detail. We will figure it out.


Cat

Thanksgiving with his family and is bringing the baby with him (the reason why she has to be close by is because she is breast feeding-and believe it or not, IS NOT INVITED, which, in my opinion is very rude). So, she was planning on staying here (close to her soon-to-ex-in-laws) but would be all alone.

Cat


When they say their prayers they should add "and thank you that we are not related to
Danootaandme because she would surely be here slapping all our faces and calling us
da*n fools for being so ignorant" :)

you have no choice but to spend Thanksgiving at a restaurant and not with relatives. :(



Howard

Wow... It's hard to believe that I've been gone for months, and my topic lives on  ;D Nah it isn't, my topic ideas rock  8)

Don't worry Howard your not alone there. Once again nobody pays attention to Thanksgiving, my Mother & Father are going to France and like 4am in the morning of the next day and i don't really have any other family in this country. So it looks like a Turkey TV Dinner for me  :(

DYHIW you have an appointment somewhere and they "forget" to call you to tell you that they need to change it until you get there?  >:(



I had an appointment one time where I showed up and the person behind the desk didn't tell the doc that I was there until it was time to call the next appointment in and was going to say that I was a "no-show" when I was sitting there the entire time.  >:( (They did squeezed me in).



Cat

DYHIW...

They disconnect the satellite TV from your office at work??

Don't worry Howard your not alone there. Once again nobody pays attention to Thanksgiving, my Mother & Father are going to France and like 4am in the morning of the next day and i don't really have any other family in this country. So it looks like a Turkey TV Dinner for me  :(


Sorry to hear that Alcoholica.Hope you feel better. :)



Howard

you want to see your friend on a certain day and they have to put it off until the week after. :(



Howard

you want to see your friend on a certain day and they have to put it off until the week after. :(



Howard

...or if they put it off indefinitely (like, a week or two or more, etc.)? I can relate. :(

DYHIW some idiot (who lives with you and is a very close male relation) put's the ceral box back in the cupoard with just the dust in the bottom left in it...

DYHIW some idiot (who lives with you and is a very close male relation) put's the ceral box back in the cupoard with just the dust in the bottom left in it...


Or when they put the milk bottle back in the fridge when it's empty.

I must say i have been guilty of sticking the 'near' empty milk bottle back in the fridge, i convince myself there is enough in there for a cup of tea.

I must say i have been guilty of sticking the 'near' empty milk bottle back in the fridge, i convince myself there is enough in there for a cup of tea.


I'm with you on this one, Alcoholica.  Waste not, want not.  ;D

DYHIW...

You live in a house for a weekend with two brothers and they keep putting the toilet seat down after every use? ???

DYHITW you get your hair cut and three weeks later it feels like you're way overdue  :-\\

you forget when your last appointment wth The Doctor Or Dentist was. ::)


Howard

Your six year old freaks out and screams like she is locked in the bathroom with an axe murders...you go in there to find her pointing at a fly. I had to kill a fly that was so slow it couldn't even fly just so she would take a shower. ::)

ohmigosh that was my pet fly  :(

DYHIW somebody kills your fly...

::)

dyhiw

you forget to rinse your cup properly and the rim tastes of washing up liquid.  bleh!

You mean you got someone elses pil's... or you were the wrong person to call in?

Hey i wouldn't complain... you know you want Anti-hystemines (typo im sure) and you get Valium.. fair deal

dyhiw you try to poke fun at someone and you have your facts wrong  :-[

... your ears are still blocked after flying 4 days ago.

... your ears are still blocked after flying 4 days ago.


I sympathise.. don't you hate it when you have an ear infection... that just wont go away

^Thats a fair trade in my opinion

... someone makes an appointment to see you in your office and then doesn't turn up or let you know that they're not coming.  >:(

I had plenty of things I could have been doing this afternoon instead of hanging round for an hour or so wating for someone to show up for 3.30 ish

DYHW you spend too much $$ on e-bay for stuff you don't NEED but want.



Cat

... someone makes an appointment to see you in your office and then doesn't turn up or let you know that they're not coming. >:(

I had plenty of things I could have been doing this afternoon instead of hanging round for an hour or so wating for someone to show up for 3.30 ish


KILL EM ALL!

ohmigosh that was my pet fly :(

DYHIW somebody kills your fly...

::)


Well, he shouldn't have been in my shower terrorizing my child. :P ;)

DYHW you spend too much $$ on e-bay for stuff you don't NEED but want.



And the thing you bought still hasn't arrived after 4 weeks, 'cus the seller sent it 4th class mail.... :(

when you have to come up with excuses because you don't want to spend time with a certain stupid idiot friend you have. >:(



Howard

Well, he shouldn't have been in my shower terrorizing my child. :P ;)


Well he wont do it again now.... will he  :\'(

DYHIW you can't get your stupid email server to send a pic to someone...no matter how much you try? 


Oh, it sent it to me instead Cheer, and a very nice pic it was too  :P ;D  Muwahahaha  ;)

And the thing you bought still hasn't arrived after 4 weeks, 'cus the seller sent it 4th class mail.... :(



Or the seller STILL hasn't sent it out YET!  >:(



Cat

This is intriguing... like daytime TV

when you have to come up with excuses because you don't want to spend time with a certain stupid idiot friend you have. >:(



Howard


Just tell him that you have to get your bunions lanced.

Works every time for me.  :P

Well he wont do it again now.... will he :\'(


If you are willing to wait until next summer, I can get you a new fly.  I am sure we will have tons to choose from. ;)

If you are willing to wait until next summer, I can get you a new fly. I am sure we will have tons to choose from. ;)




If not and as it's nearly summer here now, I'd be MORE than happy to part with a few of mine. ;D

you come out of Radio City Music Hall at night and it's mobbed with people. >:( :P



Howard

Or the seller STILL hasn't sent it out YET!  >:(


He told me on the 18th of October that he sent it 'about a week ago' but by Media mail, which takes longer. The post office, as welll as a friend told me that a month was not unusual for 4th class mail, but it is about a month now, so Monday I suppose I have to email and b*tch... The thing that makes me mad is that the following week there were 6 similar items I could have bid on, but I didn't bother since I had one coming, and now I have been looking every day and no more of the same are to be found... I know I can get my money back, but that isn't the point - I want what I bought....  >:(

Oh, it sent it to me instead Cheer, and a very nice pic it was too  :P ;D  Muwahahaha  ;)


You should return the favor and thrill her with one of yours....  ;)  :P

If you are willing to wait until next summer, I can get you a new fly. I am sure we will have tons to choose from. ;)





If not and as it's nearly summer here now, I'd be MORE than happy to part with a few of mine. ;D


No, it just wouldn't be the same as young Gordy.

You wake up and it's only the 13th of November and there are 3 inches of  shovelable snow on the ground. :(

You wake up and it's only the 13th of November and there are 3 inches of  shovelable snow on the ground. :(


I LIVE FOR DAYS LIKE THAT.  Can't get enough snow in my opinion.  :) :P

I LIVE FOR DAYS LIKE THAT.  Can't get enough snow in my opinion.   :) :P


Yay! I love snow too, Lyricboy. I wish we could have a white Christmas in Britain. Where I live in the south west, snow is very rare.

Yay! I love snow too, Lyricboy. I wish we could have a white Christmas in Britain. Where I live in the south west, snow is very rare.


Gotta move to the Scottish Highlands then.  But I hear those kilts are a tad drafty in a snowstorm.  ;D

You should return the favor and thrill her with one of yours....  ;)  :P


Oh no !  What if Cheer's response was "Return To Sender" ?  :(  I could not cope with that  :-\\

Yay! I love snow too, Lyricboy. I wish we could have a white Christmas in Britain. Where I live in the south west, snow is very rare.


You wish YOU could have one Bobby ?  ;D

It is 8 minutes to midnight right now and I am sweating  >:(  How do you think I would feel about a lovely fall of snow right now (or ever, for that matter)  :(

;)

You wake up and it's only the 13th of November and there are 3 inches of  shovelable snow on the ground. :(



It is interesting when people south of you get snow and you don't. My mother called yesterday to ask if we got snow-none here but we did get a dusting earlier in the week. It is funny because people think that this place is covered with snow year round and I tell everyone that we don't live above the Artic Circle.




Cat

the temperature feels cold but the actual temperature is supposed to be in the 50's. ::)


Howard

DYHIW you're trying to have a nice quiet dinner and you get an interruption (of any kind)? >:(

He told me on the 18th of October that he sent it 'about a week ago' but by Media mail, which takes longer. The post office, as welll as a friend told me that a month was not unusual for 4th class mail, but it is about a month now, so Monday I suppose I have to email and b*tch... The thing that makes me mad is that the following week there were 6 similar items I could have bid on, but I didn't bother since I had one coming, and now I have been looking every day and no more of the same are to be found... I know I can get my money back, but that isn't the point - I want what I bought....  >:(



I know what you mean. Mine is a big lot of stuff. So, I sort of understand it is taking a while to gather the stuff but still. I am getting a little impatiant but I REALLY, REALLY want it.



Cat

DYHIW you're trying to have a nice quiet dinner and you get an interruption (of any kind)? >:(


Telemarketers? ::)



Howard

the boards are down for the umpeenth time. >:(



Howard

Telemarketers? ::)



Howard

Not necessarily...if the phone rings for any reason whatsoever. Or if someone knocks at your door. (We never answer the door if we're not expecting anyone.)

How do you know if they are gonna come though.. do you have like little forms?  ;)

Not necessarily...if the phone rings for any reason whatsoever. Or if someone knocks at your door. (We never answer the door if we're not expecting anyone.)



Yeah,that just happened before to us Nally. >:(


Howard

you see too much bad news in the papers? :(


Howard

^  ;D

Don't you hate it when you wake up two hours too late and you feel like you had too much to drink the night previous?

You can never drink 'too' much

You can never drink 'too' much


I think you can.  I've been drunk on Monday night, had the day off work on Tuesday and then had people say "good night last night, was it?" on the Wednesday.

I haven't drunk Merrydown cider since!

Well errr.. yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but you see.. errrrmm.. ok

DYHW you had TOO much to drink the night before and you actually REMEMBER what you did.  :-[ :-[




Cat