I'm about to watch House on USA.  *squee*

As little as possible.

... Christmas shopping... I haven't even started yet, and I'm definitely behind schedule...  :o

... Christmas shopping... I haven't even started yet, and I'm definitely behind schedule...  :o


Thanks for reminding me.  This year I have the stockings so I have to get lots of little things(ends up costing more than if I got just one gift). I like to find unusual little things to throw in.  I actually like doing this part.  :)

im going to do some cleaning up in theyard beforfe it gets too cold.  then the dog run, then maybe a movie.

uggghh it's almost 6am & I have been up all night. My friends left at 5:15am we were playing cards all night. I probably should get an hour or 2 sleep

Slept, watch The Lord Mayor's Show, fell back to sleep, and now back here.

i get to write a profile of a podiatrist today. tonight we're going to a midnight showing of rocky horror! i've never been. it's the full on thing with the rice and the silly string and all that.

Today I get to start my papers that are due later in the month, read "The Glass Menagerie", then later tonight, I have a "Mother-Son skate" with the boys :)

Mooching around home.

I've been comtemplating this for months, but I think today I am taking the plunge and applying for a new job (applying online). I hope whatever happens, works out for the best. (please wish me luck; I am totally freaking out about having to endure another interview  ;D )

i get to write a profile of a podiatrist today. tonight we're going to a midnight showing of rocky horror! i've never been. it's the full on thing with the rice and the silly string and all that.



Way cool. Haven't been to a midnight showing in DECADES!!! Last night I started watching Shock Treatment (never seen it before). It was interrupted so I will watch the rest of it later. So far, I'm not too impressed with it but I do like the music-but of course it is Richard O'Brian.



As for us, we MAY (or may not) go to an auction tonight. Haven't decided yet.



Cat

Way cool. Haven't been to a midnight showing in DECADES!!!
yeah. it's soemthing i've been thinking of doing for a while but i've finally found some people to go with me. they do it here every saturday!

yeah. it's soemthing i've been thinking of doing for a while but i've finally found some people to go with me. they do it here every saturday!



Are you going to dress up?




Cat

Are you going to dress up?




Cat
nah, i don't think so, it's my first time out.

I slept til noon today. I'm just relaxing today.

nah, i don't think so, it's my first time out.




A virgin??  :o :o :o




Cat

A virgin??  :o :o :o




Cat
i've seen it a ocuple of times on video. i think that makes me worse than a virgin.

Think I'll get in the jama's and watch Deadwood.  I rented it, am up to episodes 5 and 6. 

I decided what I want for my 19th birthday(coming up January 14th). A prostitute.

I'm serious too.

My sister and I helped my dad rake our backyard and then we went to the mall to hang out.  She even bought me a Starbucks....and my favorite one too...the white chocolate mocha.  I <3  her.

Well, I dunno I am considering one other thing:

My older brother tried to warn me bout STDs before right? Well I'll tell him I'm planning on getting a prossy within the next couple of months.

Considering he was concerned about me before, he'll probably protest and say I shouldn't do it because of STDs and blah, blah, blah and I'll say "I don't care- I want this so bad I am willing to take that risk- unless of course you can hook me up with a cute girl say..before my birthday?"

Its worth a shot.

You want your first time to be with a hooker?

You want your first time to be with a hooker?


Sure why not? I've waited long enough.

You make it sound like you're 89 and on the brink of death.

You make it sound like you're 89 and on the brink of death.


You sound like my dad, "you're only 18".

Well, sorry, its been long enough for me. I refuse to wait any longer. REFUSE.

My brother got to lose his f*cking virginity right before he turned 13, its insanely unfair.

You sound like my dad, "you're only 18".

Well, sorry, its been long enough for me. I refuse to wait any longer. REFUSE.

My brother got to lose his f*cking virginity right before he turned 13, its insanely unfair.



I never said anything about you being only 18.  I just said you're making it sound like you're far older than you actually are. 


Your brother getting laid before 13 isn't fun.....it's disgusting.  And illegal in some states.

Your brother getting laid before 13 isn't fun.....it's disgusting.  And illegal in some states.


Whatever, still unfair.

And its not that weird, I mean my god its not as if he was pre-pubescent. I certainly wasn't at that age.

Whatever, still unfair.

And its not that weird, I mean my god its not as if he was pre-pubescent. I certainly wasn't at that age.



12 year olds f*cking is disgusting.  They could be f*cking other 12 year olds....they could be f*cking someone who's older.  Children should not be partaking in adult activities and there's no way a 12 year old isn't a child. 

Puberty has nothing to do with it.  A girl may get her first period at 11.....she hits puberty.  Doesn't mean it's okay for her to f*ck and potentially get knocked up.

12 year olds f*cking is disgusting.  They could be f*cking other 12 year olds....they could be f*cking someone who's older.  Children should not be partaking in adult activities and there's no way a 12 year old isn't a child. 

Puberty has nothing to do with it.  A girl may get her first period at 11.....she hits puberty.  Doesn't mean it's okay for her to f*ck and potentially get knocked up.


I don't see how its "disgusting" it they aren't pre-pubescent. Going with your line of thinking you'd have to find a 17-year-old f*cking just as disgusting because they're underage and not an adult as well.

And the girl wasn't 12, she was 15. Also I'd like to point out it was about a month before his 13th birthday, and my b-day is in January so had it been me I would have been in Junior high at the time. I can see how you'd think it was screwed up if it was an elementary kid but junior high?

I don't see how its "disgusting" it they aren't pre-pubescent. Going with your line of thinking you'd have to find a 17-year-old f*cking just as disgusting because they're underage and not an adult as well.

And the girl wasn't 12, she was 15. Also I'd like to point out it was about a month before his 13th birthday, and my b-day is in January so had it been me I would have been in Junior high at the time. I can see how you'd think it was screwed up if it was an elementary kid but junior high?



A 17 year old is waaaaaay different than a 12 year old and you know it.  17 year olds have sex and that's a fact of life, but a 12 year old?  You can prevent that sh*t.  I didn't say the girl was 12.....I was merely presenting two scenarios; a girl his age, a girl not his age.  I just don't think CHILDREN should be f*cking.

A 17 year old is waaaaaay different than a 12 year old and you know it.  17 year olds have sex and that's a fact of life, but a 12 year old?  You can prevent that sh*t.  I didn't say the girl was 12.....I was merely presenting two scenarios; a girl his age, a girl not his age.  I just don't think CHILDREN should be f*cking.


You're talking like its unnatural. Not if he had hit puberty at that time, which I'm sure he had. I remember when I was 12 right after I'd hit puberty, and I certainly had sexual urges back in the day.

17 year olds DON'T necessarily have sex either, both you and I know that don't we?

I don't find it disgusting, but it is wrong. Most 12 year olds haven't had the right education and warnings about precautions, and about the long-term consequences, like being emotionally attached.

17 year olds DON'T necessarily have sex either, both you and I know that don't we?



My 18 year old sister knows that too.  What's your point? 



You're talking like its unnatural. Not if he had hit puberty at that time, which I'm sure he had. I remember when I was 12 right after I'd hit puberty, and I certainly had sexual urges back in the day.



You think it's perfectly okay for 12 year olds to f*ck?  I hope you have a 12 year old daughter who f*cks every boy in her school.  We'll see how you feel about it then. 

Well, I dunno I am considering one other thing:

My older brother tried to warn me bout STDs before right? Well I'll tell him I'm planning on getting a prossy within the next couple of months.

Considering he was concerned about me before, he'll probably protest and say I shouldn't do it because of STDs and blah, blah, blah and I'll say "I don't care- I want this so bad I am willing to take that risk- unless of course you can hook me up with a cute girl say..before my birthday?"

Its worth a shot.


It's not only about STD's, Alex. Remember that yer only supposed to have sex with people you actually love, it's kind of like a cat and its territory. Once you have sex, you're emotionally attached, and you're probably never even going to SEE this girl again.

It's not only about STD's, Alex. Remember that yer only supposed to have sex with people you actually love, it's kind of like a cat and its territory. Once you have sex, you're emotionally attached, and you're probably never even going to SEE this girl again.


I know you mean well, but see, most men, DON'T need to love a woman to have sex with her. The ones who say they don't, they're liars and worse than the ones who admit it.

I know you mean well, but see, most men, DON'T need to love a woman to have sex with her. The ones who say they don't, they're liars and worse than the ones who admit it.


Huh... So I guess I'm a liar, then, huh?

Huh... So I guess I'm a liar, then, huh?



It would appear that way.

I just think its strange for a man not to be able to have sex with a woman he doesn't love.. I mean, that sounds more like a trait a woman would have.

I just think its strange for a man not to be able to have sex with a woman he doesn't love.. I mean, that sounds more like a trait a woman would have.



So you probably think women can't have "no strings attached" sex.....you know, just sex for sex's sake.  The two genders can't inhabit qualities of the other in any meaningful way. 

Interesting.

So you probably think women can't have "no strings attached" sex.....you know, just sex for sex's sake.  The two genders can't inhabit qualities of the other in any meaningful way. 

Interesting.


Well, there are some women who would like to make men think there aren't any and if there are they're horrible, horrible sluts. ::)

Well, there are some women who would like to make men think there aren't any and if there are they're horrible, horrible sluts. ::)


These are the people you want to avoid, my friend.

These are the people you want to avoid, my friend.


Yeah I know, they're called prudes.

Yeah I know, they're called prudes.



So women who don't f*ck you after a couple of dates are prudes?  WHAT?!

So women who don't f*ck you after a couple of dates are prudes?  WHAT?!


Everythings relative. To ME they're prudes, b/c I'm basically a slut, I'll be the first to say it.

Everythings relative. To ME they're prudes, b/c I'm basically a slut, I'll be the first to say it.



No, no, no... A prude is somebody who covers every inch of her body and refuses to even look at men.

Somebody who doesn't want sex is somebody who has thought about this and knows better.

Getting back on topic....


Today (Sunday) I will hopefully finish a rough draft of a 4-page English paper; the rough draft is due on Tuesday morning, and I'd like to get it done before Monday so I don't have to worry about staying up the night before it's due to finish it up.

so I don't have to worry about staying up the night before it's due to finish it up.



It's much more fun to do papers this way. 

It's much more fun to do papers this way. 


Well...over the years I've had a really bad habit of procrastinating. If I stay up verrrry late the night before it's due, then I lose sleep and feel tired when I go into class the next day.

I won't work on it now, because it's now 12:30 in the morning in California, so I must go to sleep.

I hope to be watching

Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph
Sun 12 Nov, 10:30 am - 12:10 pm  100mins

HM The Queen leads the Remembrance Day commemorations at the Cenotaph in Whitheall. With commentary by David Dimbleby and Colonel John Hughes-Wilson. Includes a two-minute silence at 11.00am.  

spent the day sleeping since I stayed up all night. went to a pizza party for my softball team at Round Table. My friend and team manager bought all the pzza and it was good and I brought some home. He unveiled our 3 First place trophies for this year and handed out our championship tee shirts we won. I'm still tired and don't plan on being up too late.

So women who don't f*ck you after a couple of dates are prudes?  WHAT?!


No.. no, after a couple of dates is a bit early. However, three is the magic number. If one is to shell out for dinner et al - then one expects compensation. You don't really think that conversation does it do you?  ;D


Somebody who doesn't want sex is somebody who has thought about this and knows better.


Shuttttup.

No.. no, after a couple of dates is a bit early. However, three is the magic number. If one is to shell out for dinner et al - then one expects compensation. You don't really think that conversation does it do you?  ;D

Shuttttup.


You're awesome, Karma+1.

Today I have invaded The Arcade

i'm going to sing at a benefit tonight and spend the day getting ready.

I cleaned up the front yard for winter and the plants are mulched and wrapped.

a nap may be in order.


PS I believe tthat putting out after 3 nice dinners is appropriate.
:-)

Haha

You're awesome, Karma+1.


Thank you sir.


PS I believe tthat putting out after 3 nice dinners is appropriate.
:-)


I know.

I know.


...!!1

Going to see Man of LaMancha at the local college.




Cat

My ceramics student will be over this morning...

And then later on today we'll be having some friends over, and my husband's gonna grill salmon on a cedar plank...yum!  8)

My ceramics student will be over this morning...

And then later on today we'll be having some friends over, and my husband's gonna grill salmon on a cedar plank...yum!  8)

Grilled salmon...that does sound yummy!! :D 8)

Went to a clothing sale and got a nice pink dress shirt and a pair of black shoes.

Went to a clothing sale and got a nice pink dress shirt and a pair of black shoes.


Pink and black?  Just don't wear them at the same time.

Went to a clothing sale and got a nice pink dress shirt and a pair of black shoes.


You own a lot of dress shirts don't you Howard.

You own a lot of dress shirts don't you Howard.



whole closetful of them.

whole closetful of them.


Damn. I own like... 2 dress shirts. I never.. ever look smart. It's almost impossible.

Damn. I own like... 2 dress shirts. I never.. ever look smart. It's almost impossible.


Only 2? Well you have to go shopping ;)

Only 2? Well you have to go shopping ;)


Nah. They're fine.

I don't have to dress smart for work or anything.. the only other time I wear a shirt is either if I'm going out somewhere fancy or if I'm going to a wedding or a funeral.. something like that.

Nah. They're fine.

I don't have to dress smart for work or anything.. the only other time I wear a shirt is either if I'm going out somewhere fancy or if I'm going to a wedding or a funeral.. something like that.


Then what do you wear other times?

Then what do you wear other times?


Jeans.. t-shirts.. shorts.

Jeans.. t-shirts.. shorts.



You never wear pants?

You never wear pants?


Almost never.

Almost never.



Why wear shorts all the time?

Why wear shorts all the time?


Because they're comfortable. I like to be comfortable... and I'm a slob. I'd say I'm pretty much your average blue collar guy.

leaves, tons of leaves from my backyard. I just raked them into a pile and mulched them with my mulcher so they'd all fit into the green waste can and that was just the back. I'll do the front yard next weekend. I just popped some Advil and am chasing them with a diet coke

I was busy today.....I helped my mom make beef stew for lunch, I went shopping with my sister and my mom, sister and I just got done eating pizza and playing Monopoly. 

Well...this weekend we went to Shippensburg, Pa. to see Beth's bf Justin's school musical, "Godspell"....it was...amazing, to say the least. It was a nice, relaxing weekend. :)

ahhh shoot!  it's almost 8p and I really need to go out and gas up my car. I'll be back

I literally sat here all day in my pajamas, posting on Inthe00s and browsing Youtube videos.

I literally sat here all day in my pajamas, posting on Inthe00s and browsing Youtube videos.



somedays it's nice just to relax and do stuff like that! :)

somedays it's nice just to relax and do stuff like that! :)

I don't feel so bad about it, cuz hubby has been planted on the couch all day watching football :P  Just a Lazy Sunday around here.

I don't feel so bad about it, cuz hubby has been planted on the couch all day watching football :P  Just a Lazy Sunday around here.



I hear ya girl...I love days like that! :)

I hear ya girl...I love days like that! :)


Yeah, tomorrow it's back to the old grind...

besides f*ckng up Julie's Ipod files and losing all 500 of her songs, I had one of my poker buddies come by to pick up some stuff he left, and  since we had the table, the chips and the cards still out, we played a quick game of Texas Hold Em for fun, no money and Lady Di kicked our butts  >:( . I've been reading up on what i need to do to restore all her songs and my only hope is our old computer, hopefully the songs are there, then i will first put them on a backup memory stick/pen drive, then try to get them back on her Ipod. I sure hope it works or I'm gonna owe her an expensive Itunes gift card to replace her songs.

I'm at a jobsearch course with a free morning to browse the net and seeing how I haven't been online in ages thought i'd say hello.
I'm going to doctors later because I've got a flu thing and feel like....well y'know.

Kay x

I'm at a jobsearch course with a free morning to browse the net and seeing how I haven't been online in ages thought i'd say hello.
I'm going to doctors later because I've got a flu thing and feel like....well y'know.

Kay x




Karma to you, and I hope you feel better soon.  The flu sucks.  :(

Got to go and buy himself a new keyboard for our currently dead computer. Wednesday we get a new motherboard and processor and he gets to put it all together again!!

besides f*ckng up Julie's Ipod files and losing all 500 of her songs, I've been reading up on what i need to do to restore all her songs and my only hope is our old computer, hopefully the songs are there, then i will first put them on a backup memory stick/pen drive, then try to get them back on her Ipod. I sure hope it works or I'm gonna owe her an expensive Itunes gift card to replace her songs.
That's a pain in the butt.  When I transferred all of my songs to my new computer, I killed them 3 times before I finally got it right ::)  You can actually use the ipod as a hard drive and transfer them that way.  When I tried to do it with a flash drive, it wasn't transferring all the song info so I ended up with 600+ "Track 01, Track 02, etc" :o

I had one of my poker buddies come by to pick up some stuff he left, and  since we had the table, the chips and the cards still out, we played a quick game of Texas Hold Em for fun, no money and Lady Di kicked our butts  >:( . At least you didn't lose any $$ ;)

I'm going to do stuff around the house, getting ready for my father's visit.  Finish addressing my X-mas cards.  Make some corn bread to go with the chili I'm cooking for dinner. 

That's a pain in the butt.  When I transferred all of my songs to my new computer, I killed them 3 times before I finally got it right ::)  You can actually use the ipod as a hard drive and transfer them that way.  When I tried to do it with a flash drive, it wasn't transferring all the song info so I ended up with 600+ "Track 01, Track 02, etc" :o
At least you didn't lose any $$ ;)
thanks for the tips. i found the steps for using Ipod as a hard drive to move music on the users guide and that's probably the method i will use, but I'm gonna put everything on a flash drive first as a backup, then I'll follow the hard disk technique. i read other users on a forum that said that worked for them

Whatever, still unfair.

And its not that weird, I mean my god its not as if he was pre-pubescent. I certainly wasn't at that age.


Right there, saying it's unfair tells me you are not ready for anything of that calibur. And if you're going to do it that way, you will not feel satisifed. You'll want more, but you'll only have a prostitute to turn to for it. And that will be a shame (unless you met a nice girl who you got to know and let things progress naturally).

I hardly even wanted such a thing at 13, let alone even 16. I knew I wasn't ready. And yes, the feelings were there, but I knew mentally, I needed more time, so I set those urges aside.

You're young still. I'm still young at 24 (ask anyone over 24  ;D )

I"m going home to pay bills and then do some filing.
Then I'm putting on sweats and watching TV.

Dropped 15 assorted maple, oak and hickory trees today, bucked them and split them, in the friggin' rain, got home and worked on the proposal for the Victorian home project I'm bidding.....sounds like lounging around would have been more relaxing.....

alllrighty then, just peeled the boiled eggs, now I need to chop them up, add some mayo, salt and pepper and make a sandwich for my lunch

You are making me hungry!

You are making me hungry!
I would share if i could, a small bag of potato chips  and a brownie for dessert, that will be a decent enough lunch

I would share if i could, a small bag of potato chips  and a brownie for dessert, that will be a decent enough lunch
I would like to but I have to go to work very soon.

Tomorrow I have the dentist in the morning and going to get my hair cut in the afternoon which means I can have a lie in tomorrow cos I'm not going to work. :)

I'm going to have lunch and watch a movie on On-Demand later.  Exciting!

I'm going to have lunch and watch a movie on On-Demand later.  Exciting!
Is that a cable channel?
I like the idea of going 'I demand a movie NOW!'  ;D

Is that a cable channel?
I like the idea of going 'I demand a movie NOW!'  ;D



No, On-Demand is a service Comcast Digital Cable provides that allows you to basically watch whatever you want, whenever you want. 


Here's some more info about it:  http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/mic/index.asp


It really is amazing. 

I am at work now, and then I have an eye appointment this afternoon.  I am getting really bad headaches and eye-aches when I'm on the computer all day and have what looks like smoke in my eyes.  Well, floating around the room, anyway. 




No, On-Demand is a service Comcast Digital Cable provides that allows you to basically watch whatever you want, whenever you want. 


It really is amazing. 



Yes it is.  I'm a fan.

Today I didn't do too much. Posted a package, walked the dogs, picked up my jacket from the dry-cleaners and did a bit of paperwork. I was going to go to work today, but last night finished me off. I went to the Motorhead gig, hung out with Phil Campbell for a couple hours then went down to a club where I knew the DJ. Hung out with him for a few hours and played some kickass music and then went back to this dudes apartment who I'd been talking with. We had a few beers and before I knew it.. it was about 4, so I thought I should probably think about going home. Woke up when my alarm sounded at 10 to 7, rolled straight over and punched it, then fell asleep again and got up at 10.  ;D

Got my buck ( a nice 6 point) this morning from the tree stand, then after dressing out the carcass, went back to the woodlot and managed to drop another dozen trees before the monsoons forced me back to the nice warm wood fire.......a good day overall.....

I am at work now, and then I have an eye appointment this afternoon.  I am getting really bad headaches and eye-aches when I'm on the computer all day and have what looks like smoke in my eyes.  Well, floating around the room, anyway. 



I started having eye problems after starting work about 4 1/2 years ago, working at a computer all day, and I finally got glasses last year. I was straining so hard to see the computer that I was getting intense headaches. Plus, I have a weaker left eye than my right, so that one would be even more painful. I was also getting optical migraines, which is when you can go blind in one or both eyes temporarily. It was rather frightening, but it looks to have been solved by getting some good prescription glasses. I hope your eye doctor can detect what's going on :0) Good Luck!

wen to my therapy and then withdrawled 600 dollars from my bank account later

wen to my therapy and then withdrawled 600 dollars from my bank account later



you taking me out to dinner, Howard? :D ;D



Anyway, I cleaned the house today, and Chris is picking us up after work to go grocery shopping.

I started having eye problems after starting work about 4 1/2 years ago, working at a computer all day, and I finally got glasses last year. I was straining so hard to see the computer that I was getting intense headaches. Plus, I have a weaker left eye than my right, so that one would be even more painful. I was also getting optical migraines, which is when you can go blind in one or both eyes temporarily. It was rather frightening, but it looks to have been solved by getting some good prescription glasses. I hope your eye doctor can detect what's going on :0) Good Luck!




Thanks - I hope so too.  Seeing that glasses worked for you makes me think I can get some help, because this is getting really old!  I get migraines too - did glasses really help with that?  I can't even imagine how amazing and wonderful that would be!

I'm going to look at pictures of a shirtless Andy Roddick.  That should take up a few hours.  ;D

you taking me out to dinner, Howard? :D ;D



Anyway, I cleaned the house today, and Chris is picking us up after work to go grocery shopping.


No I had to pay my father for my laptop

No I had to pay my father for my laptop



did you just get a new one?

did you just get a new one?


An IBM Thinkpad

An IBM Thinkpad



that's cool, Howard! :) ;)

Thanks - I hope so too.  Seeing that glasses worked for you makes me think I can get some help, because this is getting really old!  I get migraines too - did glasses really help with that?  I can't even imagine how amazing and wonderful that would be!


Oh, the glasses have made a HUGE improvement. I can't say they solved it completely, but I can see everything so much clearer. Fortunately, I don't need the glasses for everything, just mainly reading, computer stuff and driving. I think glasses will improve your problem. Plus, two things that were not related to my eye problem (or so I don't think so), but were causing headaches for me were: 1) chewing gum (causing pain in the TMJ area) and 2) drinking caffiene. I eliminated gum chewing to just eating a tic tac here and there, and for caffiene, I probably drink one caffienated drink a week now. I think by fixing all these problems helped my headache pattern overall.

that's cool, Howard! :) ;)



Just got it a few weeks ago

I'm going to look at pictures of a shirtless Andy Roddick.  That should take up a few hours.  ;D


I can do that with a few celebrities, myself - yumm!  ;D

Just got it a few weeks ago



are you impressed with it?

are you impressed with it?


The only thing I dislike is the dot that looks like the mouse

I can do that with a few celebrities, myself - yumm!  ;D



There's plenty of them and LORDY LORD LORD does he look good shirtless.  *fans self*

I'm going to stay home for the rest of the day

The only thing I dislike is the dot that looks like the mouse



My dad had a ThinkPad but just recently bought a Dell Inspiron E1705.  He got sick of the button mouse.

My dad had a ThinkPad but just recently bought a Dell Inspiron E1705.  He got sick of the button mouse.


What about buying a regular mouse?

What about buying a regular mouse?



He didn't like IBM and the laptop was too small for what he needed it for.  Everyone's computer in this house is a Dell now.

He didn't like IBM and the laptop was too small for what he needed it for.  Everyone's computer in this house is a Dell now.


A big computer?

A big computer?



We have a desktop, yes..... but my dad, sister and I also have Dell laptops.

We have a desktop, yes..... but my dad, sister and I also have Dell laptops.



How long you've had it?

How long you've had it?



How long have I had what?  The desktop we got last October and I've had my laptop since August of 2002.

How long have I had what?  The desktop we got last October and I've had my laptop since August of 2002.



do you have trouble with it sometimes?

do you have trouble with it sometimes?



Nope. 

Today I didn't do too much. Posted a package, walked the dogs, picked up my jacket from the dry-cleaners and did a bit of paperwork. I was going to go to work today, but last night finished me off. I went to the Motorhead gig, hung out with Phil Campbell for a couple hours then went down to a club where I knew the DJ. Hung out with him for a few hours and played some kickass music and then went back to this dudes apartment who I'd been talking with. We had a few beers and before I knew it.. it was about 4, so I thought I should probably think about going home. Woke up when my alarm sounded at 10 to 7, rolled straight over and punched it, then fell asleep again and got up at 10.  ;D
Some of the guys from work went on sunday night in Oxford. One of them had his tickets stolen right after he bought them, he got issued a special code number to get in on the night. It turned out three lads turned up with his tickets and when they went to sit in the seats got thrown out. ;D

Thanks - I hope so too.  Seeing that glasses worked for you makes me think I can get some help, because this is getting really old!  I get migraines too - did glasses really help with that?  I can't even imagine how amazing and wonderful that would be!
Glasses might help with the migraines.  I finally broke down and got them again last December when I had a migraine for 3 weeks straight :o 

Thanks - I hope so too.  Seeing that glasses worked for you makes me think I can get some help, because this is getting really old!  I get migraines too - did glasses really help with that?  I can't even imagine how amazing and wonderful that would be!


They say that botox has been found to ease migraines.    www.achenet.org/articles/24.php

I worked.

I'm going shopping with my sister later to help her pick out clothes to wear for a presentation she has in a couple of weeks.

I had classes today, and I tried to get a lab project done, but I think this is the first one I've seriously had trouble with.

Dentist, shopping, haircut . I'll fit some food in there somewhere too!

I have to work on my Ebay listings during the day, and tonight is my TV night. "The Biggest Loser" is on at 8:00 and "Medium" 2 hour season premiere is on from 9:00 till 11:00.

I had a meeting this morning and then at lunchtime I bought a new bathroom.  Doing bits and bobs around my office in between having to help out in an expt.  Taking daughter to dancing tonight and when she's there James and I are going to buy her a birthday present from him.  I also need to call in to a local supermarket to collect and toys that have been left for the annual toy appeal.  Oh and eat at some point!

I had a meeting this morning and then at lunchtime I bought a new bathroom. 
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Same old, same old, here.....get the kids off to school, laundry, classes, dinner & baths...

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Same old, same old, here.....get the kids off to school, laundry, classes, dinner & baths...


Tell me about it!!  Kids, schools, meals, laundry, riding lessons, and 9PM my favorite show Ghost hunters.

Got to work around 8:50am, been here since.  :P I'll be leaving around 6pm, as usual.

I'll be trying to finish the lab assignment that was supposed to be due today.

I'll be trying to finish the lab assignment that was supposed to be due today.
I will not disturb you then.

Worked, briefly. We were rained out.

Thanks to a link that Carol provided, I am currently reading some utterly fascinating websites about the history of old NYC.  I am just having too much fun.

I am getting dinner ready...roasted chicken, homemade mashed potatoes, and corn.

Got my buck ( a nice 6 point) this morning from the tree stand, then after dressing out the carcass, went back to the woodlot and managed to drop another dozen trees before the monsoons forced me back to the nice warm wood fire.......a good day overall.....


Congrats on the deer essox; nice job! And, I see you're new. Welcome aboard. I'm in NY and shotgun opens Saturday. Got me a new 3" Magnum 870 this year. I replaced the smooth bore cylinder with a Hastings Rifled Barrel and popped on Laser Scope. Can't miss up to 100 yards, and can't wait to slay 'em! I gotta get my camera and posting pics figured out; I've got a nice one scoped out and just may bag him.
I've got two permits this year too!! ;) Three deer in the freezer for me, although I'll miss having my beef though. Guess I'll be having prime rib and steaks every time we dine out.
BTW, my wife will be in the woods this year, too. She has only hunted small critters in the passed (bunnies, tree rats, grouse, pheasants, etc), but she's looking forward to killing her first deer at age 40!!

Congrats on the deer essox; nice job! And, I see you're new. Welcome aboard. I'm in NY and shotgun opens Saturday. Got me a new 3" Magnum 870 this year. I replaced the smooth bore cylinder with a Hastings Rifled Barrel and popped on Laser Scope. Can't miss up to 100 yards, and can't wait to slay 'em! I gotta get my camera and posting pics figured out; I've got a nice one scoped out and just may bag him.
I've got two permits this year too!! ;) Three deer in the freezer for me, although I'll miss having my beef though. Guess I'll be having prime rib and steaks every time we dine out.
BTW, my wife will be in the woods this year, too. She has only hunted small critters in the passed (bunnies, tree rats, grouse, pheasants, etc), but she's looking forward to killing her first deer at age 40!!



Thanks fish...just got in a few minutes ago....filled my doe tag this evening....that makes 3 deer this year already, have tags for 2 more.....have fun opening day, hope the wife has fun!!!

Congrats on the deer essox; nice job! And, I see you're new. Welcome aboard. I'm in NY and shotgun opens Saturday. Got me a new 3" Magnum 870 this year. I replaced the smooth bore cylinder with a Hastings Rifled Barrel and popped on Laser Scope. Can't miss up to 100 yards, and can't wait to slay 'em! I gotta get my camera and posting pics figured out; I've got a nice one scoped out and just may bag him.
I've got two permits this year too!! ;) Three deer in the freezer for me, although I'll miss having my beef though. Guess I'll be having prime rib and steaks every time we dine out.
BTW, my wife will be in the woods this year, too. She has only hunted small critters in the passed (bunnies, tree rats, grouse, pheasants, etc), but she's looking forward to killing her first deer at age 40!!



Forgot to say it...thanks for welcoming me aboard.  Not sure where you are exactly in NY, but I live up by the Canadian border, since you like hunting maybe we can get together at my lodge sometime...177 acres of land, 4500 acres of state land out behind, and enough deer to give you the choice of what size you'd like to harvest.

I'll give you a PM with some more details.....

Thanks fish...just got in a few minutes ago....filled my doe tag this evening....that makes 3 deer this year already, have tags for 2 more.....have fun opening day, hope the wife has fun!!!

I WILL be having fun. I don't know how many sportsmen are on this site, but by statistics alone and the number of members, there's probably a lot. We should see about getting started a seperate "Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoors" category.

I WILL bw having fun. I don't know how many sportsmen are on this site, but by statistics alone and the number of members there's probably a lot. We should see about getting started a seperate "Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoors" category.


Actually I'd prefer Outdoors be a seperate category. Those of us who enjoy hiking shouldn't be put together with sadists.

Actually I'd prefer Outdoors be a seperate category. Those of us who enjoy hiking shouldn't be put together with sadists.


Sadists??

Sadists??



Yeah, you know......people who get pleasure out of others' pain.  In this case, the "other" is a defenseless deer in the woods.  I eat meat, but at least cows aren't picked off by dudes in trees with laser-powered scopes. 

Yeah, you know......people who get pleasure out of others' pain.  In this case, the "other" is a defenseless deer in the woods.  I eat meat, but at least cows aren't picked off by dudes in trees with laser-powered scopes. 


This is America, and the land that I love complete with all it's freedoms. Freedoms to partake in any legal pastime and activity. Whether it be roller skating, surfing, hunting, etc..............
It's all a matter of individuality and opinion.
Sadistic is an opinion. I feel that it is less sadistic to kill a deer with a clean shot than to raise a veal calf in a 4 by 8 foot box while being immobilized for their entire existance and being fed only milk. Then being bludgeoned in the head to stun them so that peeling off their hide is less painfull so that they can be bled to death in order to remove all blood from their tissues to produce prime veal :P

This is America, and the land that I love complete with all it's freedoms. Freedoms to partake in any legal pastime and activity. Whether it be roller skating, surfing, hunting, etc..............
It's all a matter of individuality and opinion.
Sadistic is an opinion. I feel that it is les sadistic to kill a deer with a clean shot than to raise a veal calf in a 4 by 8 foot box while being immobilized for their entire existance and being fed only milk. Then being bludgeoned in the head to stun them so that peeling off their hide is less painfull so that they can be bled to death in order to remove all blood from their tissues to produce prime veal :P



After your posts in this thread ----> http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,23832.0.html  I take nothing you say seriously.

Yeah, you know......people who get pleasure out of others' pain.  In this case, the "other" is a defenseless deer in the woods.  I eat meat, but at least cows aren't picked off by dudes in trees with laser-powered scopes. 


Nope...cows are herded into the killing pens, ran down an inescapable corridor, zapped with a stun gun and then have their necks slit, all while standing up.  The deer I harvest have a far greater chance of my "missing"..flinching when they hear the shot(Or jumping when they hear the bowstring on my bow and ducking the broadhead)  My scope could fog up, the rain could prevent me from seeing them, as could fog, a bullet could be deflected by a branch and miss all together.

Now...before we turn this into a rant between hunters and anti's....here's a suggestion....do some study on a place called Hereford, Texas.  It's out in the panhandle, I've been through it a few times....the deal is, you smell it about 20 miles or so before you get to the town, once you start seing the dead cows laying on the side of the road you know your getting close.  Know why they leave them alongside the road??  Because they can't be bothered with picking up the dead animals.  Go and look at the "fattening yards" where the cows go before their date with the throat slicer...they're made to stand in over a foot of their own excrement, because if their hooves rot, so what, they're going to be dead in a matter of days anyway.  No grass for them, no place to lay down, just lots of corn and grains being fed to them to fatten them up before they are slaughtered.

I don't bait in my deer, I don't make them stand in a foot of crap, and I sure don't smell them 20 miles away.  But they can sure as hell smell me from a couple hundred yards no matter how many precautions I take.  I don't wear the charcoal suits that prevent that, to me it's unfair.  I might even enjoy a cigarette in my tree stand or watch, and still I manage to fill a couple freezers every year.  Most of my harvested animals are from less than 100 yards...they can smell me, they can see me, they can hear me...but I still get them......

Who do you think has a better chance for survival...your cow or my deer???

PS..I don't have a "laser" powered scope , whatever that is....and FYI..I don't use the laser rangefinders to give me a precise distance to my shot..I don't need them to know what 300 yards or 600 yards is....

I know I know, most people eat meat and of course those animals have to be killed just the same.

I still find anyone who enjoys killing animals as a past time to be a sicko, and don't even try to justify it by saying "I do it for food". Where do you live? The middle of the jungle? Go to the grocery store.

Actually I'd prefer Outdoors be a seperate category. Those of us who enjoy hiking shouldn't be put together with sadists.


I enjoy hiking myself..to date I've climbed over half of the "high peaks" in the Adirondacks and plan on climbing the remainder of them in the next 3 years.....

Hunters kill animals because they enjoy it.  They enjoy taking a life.  How anyone can enjoy killing an animal with their own hands is beyond me.

I know I know, most people eat meat and of course those animals have to be killed just the same.

I still find anyone who enjoys killing animals as a past time to be a sicko, and don't even try to justify it by saying "I do it for food". Where do you live? The middle of the jungle? Go to the grocery store.


Well..all I can tell you is this...one of my well placed shots on a deer, antelope, elk, etc, gets both lungs and the heart, or I don't take the shot.

Now, on the other hand, when the cow is in position for the slicer, he can still move his head and neck, so if he raises up, he only gets half his throat slit.  They still get "hooked" and carried away to be processed, alive or dead...  Ever wonder why there is so much noise at a beef slaughterhouse??  My game I harvest drops immediately, I've never had to track a wounded animal yet in my 46 years.

I know I know, most people eat meat and of course those animals have to be killed just the same.

I still find anyone who enjoys killing animals as a past time to be a sicko, and don't even try to justify it by saying "I do it for food". Where do you live? The middle of the jungle? Go to the grocery store.


I enjoy hunting. I can't wait until I can get upstate and go after some bigger game. I've shot Turkey, Rabbits, Foxes etc before and am excited about going after deer. It's good meat, it's a fine hobby. There are permits and laws so that too many aren't killed.. anywho, if the deer were left, eventually they'd overpopulate, much worse to starve than take a quick shot and not know a thing about it.

I'm glad other people kill my meat for me so I don't have to do it myself.

Uh-oh......we're getting too off-topic.  ;)



Today I'm going to watch TV later.

I WILL be having fun. I don't know how many sportsmen are on this site, but by statistics alone and the number of members, there's probably a lot. We should see about getting started a seperate "Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoors" category.


Good idea, maybe over on the sports board?

Hunters kill animals because they enjoy it.  They enjoy taking a life.  How anyone can enjoy killing an animal with their own hands is beyond me.


Uh, yeah..I do enjoy it, but I also serve a purpose in maintaining a healthy herd.  In NYS, there are 1.5 million deer.  The estimated "safe" sustainable number of deer in NYS is 1/2 million.  It's apparent you've not studied what happens to a herd when it's overpopulated.  Disease is rampant, starvation is a very slow painful death, the wintering yards here are full of starved, dead animals in the spring.

Ever heard of Tularemia in rabbits and mushrats??  In both cases, it's caused by overpopulation.  It went through the mushrats when the bottom went out of the fur market in the early 80's, and ran rampant through the rabbits because not enough people hunted them anymore.

Now..being a human and being capable of logical thought, I ask myself...would I rather die a slow painful death due to starvation, or would I rather take one quick shot to the vitals and have it over in a couple seconds???  I don't know what your choice is, but mine is obvious.  Oh yeah..the deer also have to worry about 6-10 feet of snow up here and being eaten alive by the coyotes and coy dogs as well.

Having somebody else do your dirty work for you is no different than doing it yourself.

Uh, yeah..I do enjoy it, but I also serve a purpose in maintaining a healthy herd.  In NYS, there are 1.5 million deer.  The estimated "safe" sustainable of deer in NYS is 1/2 million.  It's apparent you've not studied what happens to a herd when it's overpopulated.  Disease is rampant, starvation is a very slow paionful death, the wintering yards here are full of starved, dead animals in the spring.

Ever heard of Tularemia in rabbits and mushrats??  In both cases, it's caused by overpopulation.  It went through the mushrats when the bottom went out of the fur market in the early 80's, and ran rampant through the rabbits because not enough people hunted them anymore.

Now..being a human and being capable of logical thought, I ask myself...would I rather die a slow painful death due to starvation, or would I rather take one quick shot to the vitals and have it over in a couple seconds???  I don't know what your choice is, but mine is obvious.  Oh yeah..the deer also have to worry about 6-10 feet of snow up here and being eaten alive by the coyotes and coy dogs as well.

Having somebody else do your dirty work for you is no different than doing it yourself.


Correct. I didn't realise the number was as low as half a million.

I made this same argument regarding fox hunting. Spending a lot of time in the UK and being a horse rider I of course enjoy fox hunting. It was banned a few years ago by shortsighted individuals with no idea what they're doing. The foxes were hunted, shot, killed in a quick manner. The hunt paid the farmers to maintain ancient hedge rows (some over 1000 years old) and to not over-farm their fields. Now that the hunt can't 'legally' hunt, the farmers poison the foxes who take several days to die and they also rip up ancient hedgerows so as to increase their land.
The fox population is decimated and the heartland is scarred.

This is a load of f*cking sh*t and you KNOW it.

A chance at surviving>some d!ckhead shooting you


What is a "load" in what I said...???  PLease explain yourself.....

Why is it SO easy for me to go on Google and find relevant articles?

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050118/deer.shtml

He's not full of sh*t. It's true.

I don't hunt, but I don't care if others do, as long as it is in the boundaries of the law and the animals are taken out cleanly.

::) Douchebags who hunt aren't providing YOU with meat. Thats not what goes to grocery stores.


I've eaten ostrich and venison before.  Fish too.  Fish are goooooooooood...

Never had bear though.  I imagine that would taste kinda weird.

Glasses might help with the migraines.  I finally broke down and got them again last December when I had a migraine for 3 weeks straight :o 


Well, the verdict is in - I need glasses.  My doctor said they will really help with my headaches.  Not only am I far-sighted, I apparently have some condition where my eyes don't focus correctly, and that is what makes my head hurt.  Go figure.  Anyway, I ordered some really cute frames, so I'm excited!

Correct. I didn't realise the number was as low as half a million.

I made this same argument regarding fox hunting. Spending a lot of time in the UK and being a horse rider I of course enjoy fox hunting. It was banned a few years ago by shortsighted individuals with no idea what they're doing. The foxes were hunted, shot, killed in a quick manner. The hunt paid the farmers to maintain ancient hedge rows (some over 1000 years old) and to not over-farm their fields. Now that the hunt can't 'legally' hunt, the farmers poison the foxes who take several days to die and they also rip up ancient hedgerows so as to increase their land.
The fox population is decimated and the heartland is scarred.


The correct herd size in 1/2 million.

In ONE county in upstate NY, there are on average 35-40 car-deer accidents nightly. Thats 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Do the math on those numbers.  The overpopulated deer are decimating the farmers crops here, the DEC cannot get enough permits into the hands of hunters to control the herd.  Farmers are given 5 "nuisance" permits each to help control the herd...we've had far too many mild winters up here lately and the herd is running rampant.

I can remember 20 years ago hunting up here, you were lucky if you managed to "cut" a track the entire season...now, the only way not to harvest a deer is by not driving and not hunting...

Yeah right, man. You're a sicko, jesus. "fine hobby" you talk as if you are painting or something. You're killing living things for sport. Theres meat in grocery stores readily available, no reason to hunt.


How am I a sicko? Alex.. I'm perfectly happy for you to disagree, but there's really no need to insult me just because you don't happen to agree with me.
Anyway, the meat in the grocery store is crap compared to what you can hunt fresh.


Why is it SO easy for me to go on Google and find relevant articles?

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050118/deer.shtml

He's not full of sh*t. It's true.

I don't hunt, but I don't care if others do, as long as it is in the boundaries of the law and the animals are taken out cleanly.


Right. The population is too high.. and as I've said. The way the authorities get rid of the problem is to poison the animals which takes several days to kill them and results in a tremendous amount of pain.
The correct herd size in 1/2 million.

In ONE county in upstate NY, there are on average 35-40 car-deer accidents nightly. Thats 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Do the math on those numbers.  The overpopulated deer are decimating the farmers crops here, the DEC cannot get enough permits into the hands of hunters to control the herd.  Farmers are given 5 "nuisance" permits each to help control the herd...we've had far too many mild winters up here lately and the herd is running rampant.

I can remember 20 years ago hunting up here, you were lucky if you managed to "cut" a track the entire season...now, the only way not to harvest a deer is by not driving and not hunting...


35-40 nightly. DAMN!

The climate is rearing it's head in every facet of life.

::) Douchebags who hunt aren't providing YOU with meat. Thats not what goes to grocery stores.

Yeah right, man. You're a sicko, jesus. "fine hobby" you talk as if you are painting or something. You're killing living things for sport. Theres meat in grocery stores readily available, no reason to hunt.


If I were an animal I'd rather have a chance at surving than for someone to shoot me.

The entire justification. Try to make it out like you're some sort of humanitarian all you want, but you're just a savage.


Read about Hereford Texas in my reply to sister morphine.  Go and check that place out and I swear you'll never touch beef again.

Sicko??  Because I believe in doing my part aiding in conservation practices that help SAVE animals??

Savage??  You buy your meat at the market, give no thought to where it comes from , ignore fact, and call me savage??  Are you out of high school yet??

Read about Hereford Texas in my reply to sister morphine.  Go and check that place out and I swear you'll never touch beef again.

Sicko??  Because I believe in doing my part aiding in conservation practices that help SAVE animals??

Savage??  You buy your meat at the market, give no thought to where it comes from , ignore fact, and call me savage??  Are you out of high school yet??


You have some valid points.

Why is it SO easy for me to go on Google and find relevant articles?

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050118/deer.shtml

He's not full of sh*t. It's true.

I don't hunt, but I don't care if others do, as long as it is in the boundaries of the law and the animals are taken out cleanly.


Thank you Jessica...FYI..we don't call it "taken out" , we refer to it as harvesting.....

I just read that article you linked...thank you for being open minded and seeing for yourself that I don't need to create fallacies to make a point...

You have some valid points.


Thank you.....

Thank you Jessica...FYI..we don't call it "taken out" , we refer to it as harvesting.....

I just read that article you linked...thank you for being open minded and seeing for yourself that I don't need to create fallacies to make a point...


No problem. :) My dad used to hunt wild boars at Fort Hunter Liggett in California, so I'm pretty immune to it. He's also an avid fisherman, which I enjoy as well, when I get the chance to go.

I'm just a weenie when it comes to Bambi-like animals, although I know it's for good of the population. :P

Thank you.....


And welcome to the board.  ;)

Uh-oh......we're getting too off-topic.  ;)

  ;D  ^^ 

if I have no money to go to the store and buy myself a slab of beef, is it ok to go out and kill some edible beast of the field, skin that bad boy and carve it up and cook it and eat it and not be looked at as some sort of savage?

I heard that possum was good eats.

I heard that possum was good eats.
those are nasty looking  ;D  my father-in-law grew up in Shanghai and told me if any creature had 4 legs, flew or swam, it was edible. 

Well, the verdict is in - I need glasses.  My doctor said they will really help with my headaches.  Not only am I far-sighted, I apparently have some condition where my eyes don't focus correctly, and that is what makes my head hurt.  Go figure.  Anyway, I ordered some really cute frames, so I'm excited!


Is it an astigmatism? I have one, as well. I bet the new glasses will look schnazzy!  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/cool2.gif

Well, the verdict is in - I need glasses.  My doctor said they will really help with my headaches.  Not only am I far-sighted, I apparently have some condition where my eyes don't focus correctly, and that is what makes my head hurt.  Go figure.  Anyway, I ordered some really cute frames, so I'm excited!
cool, get the sexy secretary glasses  ;D    not cool about needing glasses, too bad about the headaches but at least they figured out the problem.


...I'm off work in 10minutes, I'm gonna stop at the grocery store, pick up a frozen turkey that someone graciously slaughtered for my convenience for $5.99 and go home and do stuff around the house i guess, not much planned.

::) Douchebags who hunt aren't providing YOU with meat. Thats not what goes to grocery stores. How do you know?  We've gotten meat from friends that hunt, how can you be so sure he doesn't? ???


The entire justification. Try to make it out like you're some sort of humanitarian all you want, but you're just a savage.
ummmm....like others have said, overpopulation IS a problem.  Maybe you should check the facts before you go shooting off your mouth.  I'd much rather have some hunter out there shooting them and USING the meat than what the state does when THEY kill the "excess".....basically wasting them by disposing of them.  Not to mention what the overpopulation does to the actual forest....

After your posts in this thread ----> http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,23832.0.html  I take nothing you say seriously.


Sorry you feel that way (misunderstanding my points of view). A true American Patriot, Rush Limbaugh once said, "Words mean things".
My words are my opinions. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say.
By your statement, you indicate that if you disagree with someones point of view, or feel it to be incredulous, you cannot take it seriously.
Well, I'm as serious as a heart attack in all of my words; whether you choose to accept that fact or not.
However, that is your right and privilege, and is accepted by myself , although I am glad not to be of that mindset also.
I choose to accept all facts as facts, and leave the rose colored glasses on the shelf........................

How do you know?  We've gotten meat from friends that hunt, how can you be so sure he doesn't? ???
ummmm....like others have said, overpopulation IS a problem.  Maybe you should check the facts before you go shooting off your mouth.  I'd much rather have some hunter out there shooting them and USING the meat than what the state does when THEY kill the "excess".....basically wasting them by disposing of them.  Not to mention what the overpopulation does to the actual forest....


There is quite an extensive program here in upstate NY where hunters donate the meat from animals harvested to the needy, battered womens shelters, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, etc.

All meat harvested is processed by licensed butcher facilities.

Venison is a much healthier alternative to beef in many ways..less fat....treated with NO chemicals whatsoever, etc.

Sorry you feel that way (misunderstanding my points of view). A true American Patriot, Rush Limbaugh once said, "Words mean things".
My words are my opinions. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say.
By your statement, you indicate that if you disagree with someones point of view, or feel it to be incredulous, you cannot take it seriously.
Well, I'm as serious as a heart attack in all of my words; whether you choose to accept that fact or not.
However, that is your right and privilege, and is accepted by myself , although I am glad not to be of that mindset also.
I choose to accept all facts as facts, and leave the rose colored glasses on the shelf........................



Anyone who calls Muslims a "herd of brown people" and would kill 10 Muslims if they shared the same room as members of their family......simply because they're Muslim and not because they posed any real danger to them is someone who shouldn't be taken seriously. 

I eat meat, but at least cows aren't picked off by dudes in trees with laser-powered scopes. 



No, instead they're hung upside down to choke on their own blood after their throats are slit.

No, instead they're hung upside down to choke on their own blood after their throats are slit.



I know what happens in slaughterhouses. 

I know what happens in slaughterhouses. 



Congratulations.

Congratulations.



Thank you, you're awesome.

Anyone who calls Muslims a "herd of brown people" and would kill 10 Muslims if they shared the same room as members of their family......simply because they're Muslim and not because they posed any real danger to them is someone who shouldn't be taken seriously. 


OK, that may be extreme. Let me rephrase. Make those ten persons ten households in your community. Statistically, some will be extremists that have the will have intent to kill your family. Rather than kill them then, would you #1)- accept them all as peace loving since you cannot distinguish, #2)- try and guess which are the "bad guys" and treat only them with caution and suspicion, #3)- or, treat them all with suspicion in order to protect your family (my obvious choice), or #4)- other__________________________.?
I feel that if you choose any other option except #3, that your politically correct, liberal  points of view will cost you dearly at some point in your life.
And note that I've substituted "treat with suspicion" instead of kill; however the implications are exactly the same as far as your reaction, only the resolution (kill or treat suspiciously) is changed.

Just my opinion though........

Also, if my reference to "herds of brown persons" is an unbelievable POV, please be aware that there are some much more extreme POV's held by the KKK, neo-Nazi groups, Anti government, separatists groups etc. You need to read some newspapers and watch some news, IMO. I feel that you are uninformed as to what is out there in the world. Look at how extreme the Muslim Terrorists are compared to me. Do you disbelieve their views and actions??
Do you really feel that these groups are unbelievable and not sincere in their opinions?? If so, you are like a blind person. These extreme groups, as I, are as serious as a heart attack as I have stated. I'm nowhere near there level, and hence, should not be placed in such an "cannot be taken seriously category......
I am here, and I am real...........
   

Anywhoozles................................I'm still looking at this site called Forgotten NY.  It's amazing and everyone here should check it out.


http://www.forgotten-ny.com

Anywhoozles................................I'm still looking at this site called Forgotten NY.  It's amazing and everyone here should check it out.


http://www.forgotten-ny.com


"Anywhoozles"???  What does that mean, that you do not agree? Don't back off now. You are never at a loss for words or without an opinion. I have clarified, responded honestly to all of your queries, and have offered you the chance to maintain your opinions, or modify them (which is OK, and will not be rubbed in your face). We have disagreed and I wish you to try and understand my point of view, as I struggle to do with yours. Please don't run for cover now. Please respond and answer my direct questions. You are respected and I am truly interested. Plus, I trust that you, as am I, are enjoying our healthy debate.
Thank you......

"Anywhoozles"???  What does that mean, that you do not agree? Don't back off now. You are never at a loss for words or without an opinion. I have clarified, responded honestly to all of your queries, and have offered you the chance to maintain your opinions, or modify them (which is OK, and will not be rubbed in your face). We have disagreed and I wish you to try and understand my point of view, as I struggle to do with yours. Please don't run for cover now. Please respond and answer my direct questions. You are respected and I am truly interested. Plur, I trust that you, as am I, are enjoying our healthy debate.
Thank you......



Move on.

Lessee...I worked, and I read some entertaining stuff today.

"Anywhoozles"???  What does that mean, that you do not agree? Don't back off now. You are never at a loss for words or without an opinion. I have clarified, responded honestly to all of your queries, and have offered you the chance to maintain your opinions, or modify them (which is OK, and will not be rubbed in your face). We have disagreed and I wish you to try and understand my point of view, as I struggle to do with yours. Please don't run for cover now. Please respond and answer my direct questions. You are respected and I am truly interested. Plur, I trust that you, as am I, are enjoying our healthy debate.
Thank you......




Anywhoozles is a made up word.  It means nothing.  Quit looking for stuff that's not there.  I heard it on TV back when I was a kid and I use it to segue from one topic to another when something light-hearted is needed.  Like right now. 







So like I said, I urge everyone to check out this site ---> http://www.forgotten-ny.com    I found this after searching around this one site that Carol (lorac) posted in the "Show Us What Your Hometown Looks Like" thread. 

::) Douchebags who hunt aren't providing YOU with meat. Thats not what goes to grocery stores.

Yeah right, man. You're a sicko, jesus. "fine hobby" you talk as if you are painting or something. You're killing living things for sport. Theres meat in grocery stores readily available, no reason to hunt.


If I were an animal I'd rather have a chance at surving than for someone to shoot me.

The entire justification. Try to make it out like you're some sort of humanitarian all you want, but you're just a savage.



Dude...here's a couple other points to consider, think about them the next time right before you take that first bite of that store bought hamburger.

You know what one of the most dangerous meats you can eat is??  Hamburger....Now see if you can tell me why.

Another point on hamburger...what cuts or scraps of meat are in that beef hamburger??  You got any idea??

My venison hamburger-I know EXACTLY what scraps and cuts of vennie are in there..why?  Because I ground it myself...

Steak-here's another good one.  It looks good, it smells great, right?  Ever see beef that was slaughtered on the farm, in it's natural state??  It isn't that nice light red shade your used to seeing in store bought beef.  It's dark, and it smells the way meat ought to smell, not chemically enhanced to provide the aesthetically pleasing color somebody determined consumers liked.

Venison-Dark in color, not treated to produce unnatural results, not chemically enhanced, and it smells like it should.

That steak or hamburger-go back to the farm it was raised on.  Did it get fed the right foods??  Or did it get fed animal byproducts in addition to the hay and grain??  Chances are, you don't know, and can only speculate, or "assume" they did the right thing, right??

Venison-Well, since I'm surrounded by corn fields up this way, it's a pretty safe bet the deer have been grain fed, or since corn doesn't grow 365 days a year, they've probably gorged themselves on all the grass and hay fields around here...nobody uses chemicals in the hayfields and the corn don't need it, so it's a pretty safe bet that unless the deer have been drinking anti freeze or used motor oil, their meat is probably free of chemicals and additives to make stuff grow faster.

The slaughterhouse-think Hereford Texas and a foot of excrement.  Think about a few thousand of these crap covered animals every hour being run across the same conveyor system, dripping all the way.

"My" slaughterhouse-actually, I do all my own slaughtering, in a room that any chef in the world would have no problem eating off the floor.  Yeah, it's that sanitary, because I keep it that way.  I inspect each individual cut of meat as I slaughter the animal, anything doesn't look perfect, trim it up and make sure it's just how I want it...think your beef slaughterhouse does that for you??

Would you eat off the floor of a slaughterhouse??

I package my venison with a 2 layer system to prevent even the slightest amount of freezer burn, I've had some vennie I've taken 2 years before taste just like it was harvested a week or so ago.  Take a wrapped piece of beef from the grocery store, stick it in the freezer for 2 years and then see if you'll eat it after it thaws.

I "age" my deer for a minimum of 5 days before processing.  Think that beef gets the same TLC??  Try again....

Yeah, Dude...I'm a real savage.  My meat is harvested under better conditions,  aged under better conditions, fed under better conditions, with no chemical enhancements, processed under better conditions than that greasy chunk of burger you just chowed down on, so who is the real savage??  Me??  Just because I have no problem pulling the trigger or releasing the arrow??

Any way ya slice it....my vennie will kick your beefs butt hands down, any day....

Tomorrow I'm doing the grocery shopping with my sister.

Well, the verdict is in - I need glasses.  My doctor said they will really help with my headaches.  Not only am I far-sighted, I apparently have some condition where my eyes don't focus correctly, and that is what makes my head hurt.  Go figure.  Anyway, I ordered some really cute frames, so I'm excited!



awww Ash, you will have to post a pic of yourself in them when you get them! ;)

Is it an astigmatism? I have one, as well. I bet the new glasses will look schnazzy!  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/cool2.gif


My sister and I have astigmatism. It's something you don't really notice, but the doctor's do. o_O

I don't hunt, but I don't care if others do, as long as it is in the boundaries of the law and the animals are taken out cleanly.


I'm not arguing to make it illegal. I'd LIKE to see it be banned, but I really don't know if there is sound legal basis for that. Perhaps not.

My point is more of a personal one than political/legal. I don't like anyone who hunts, I find it disgusting.

A large factor in why I don't really like or relate to my brother as a person is because I found out he went squirrel-hunting with a buddy once.

Esox you are a savage because you kill other living things for sport. Its not necessary to hunt in order to eat, its not the middle ages anymore.


You have some valid points.


No he doesn't, hes a scumbag.


How am I a sicko? Alex.. I'm perfectly happy for you to disagree, but there's really no need to insult me just because you don't happen to agree with me.



Because you kill living things for sport. Theres no compromise on this issue, and its not something I can seperate from a person. Its too extreme.

I'm not arguing to make it illegal. I'd LIKE to see it be banned, but I really don't know if there is sound legal basis for that. Perhaps not.

My point is more of a personal one than political/legal. I don't like anyone who hunts, I find it disgusting.

A large factor in why I don't really like or relate to my brother as a person is because I found out he went squirrel-hunting with a buddy once.


So, let me get this straight..you'll have no problem eating meat, as long as it wasn't killed  for sport??

If it were my job to kill deer, would that be ok in your eyes??  That would make it no different than the guys that ran the slaughterhouses, and by using your logic(or lack thereof) it would be ok....

I'm not arguing to make it illegal. I'd LIKE to see it be banned, but I really don't know if there is sound legal basis for that. Perhaps not.

My point is more of a personal one than political/legal. I don't like anyone who hunts, I find it disgusting.

A large factor in why I don't really like or relate to my brother as a person is because I found out he went squirrel-hunting with a buddy once.



Personally, I would never hunt...I don't have the guts to do it...and the thought of killing Bambi and friends saddens me...however, I know that it has to be done...like the others have said...if someone doesn't do it, we will be so totally overpopulated.  We have friends of the family who own a meathouse, and I know personally, they deal in a positive way, not like said slaughterhouses...and their meat is superb. The meat you get in the grocery store, like the others said, you have no idea what you are getting.  I could understand your argument a bit more if you were a very strict vegetarian...but you enjoy entrees that consist of meat, right?  Someone had to kill that animal in order for you to be able to cook it up and make a grand meal.  I feel that if hunters shoot animals for the intention of food, then that's not a problem...what I don't like is when people hunt merely for the decorative aspect of it....I don't like seeing deer heads hanging in restaurants, stores, homes....however, it's none of my business what people do for their sport...and I don't think name calling is right, Alex.

Esox you are a savage because you kill other living things for sport. Its not necessary to hunt in order to eat, its not the middle ages anymore.


You obviously didn't read all my posts.  We, as hunters donate much needed meat supplies to the shelters I mentioned in another post...

I know that you probably do more than your share to help centers like this by taking half of your pay every week and running out and buying meat and food items so you don't have to hunt, but I have the means to provide for needy people and can spend my money on other pleasures...

I find hunting for sport as detestable as what happens in slaughterhouses. 

Personally, I would never hunt...I don't have the guts to do it...and the thought of killing Bambi and friends saddens me...however, I know that it has to be done...like the others have said...if someone doesn't do it, we will be so totally overpopulated.  We have friends of the family who own a meathouse, and I know personally, they deal in a positive way, not like said slaughterhouses...and their meat is superb. The meat you get in the grocery store, like the others said, you have no idea what you are getting.  I could understand your argument a bit more if you were a very strict vegetarian...but you enjoy entrees that consist of meat, right?  Someone had to kill that animal in order for you to be able to cook it up and make a grand meal.  I feel that if hunters shoot animals for the intention of food, then that's not a problem...what I don't like is when people hunt merely for the decorative aspect of it....I don't like seeing deer heads hanging in restaurants, stores, homes....however, it's none of my business what people do for their sport...and I don't think name calling is right, Alex.


I can't be persuaded. Hes a lowlife to me.

I don't need to hunt for food or sport, but the hunting of small and big game animals and birds & waterfowl doesn't bother me. The hunting that bugs me is the trophy bagging for the head mounted on the wall. I would have no problem killing an elk or a deer or a boar but for me personally, I don't need the meat or the sport, but it's a free country and if it's what somebody else wants to do, then who am I to judge. by the way, I get my meat at Safeway, Raleys & Albertsons.  cooked a wonderful sirloin burger w/cheese for dinner. The cow that it came from had to be killed by someone in order for me to enjoy its flesh and it was good.  8)

I'm not arguing to make it illegal. I'd LIKE to see it be banned, but I really don't know if there is sound legal basis for that. Perhaps not.

My point is more of a personal one than political/legal. I don't like anyone who hunts, I find it disgusting.

A large factor in why I don't really like or relate to my brother as a person is because I found out he went squirrel-hunting with a buddy once.
D@MN, that's harsh.  You don't like your brother because he did something ONCE you didn't agree with? 

Personally, as long as the "meat" is used (consumed), I have no problem with it.  It's probably MORE humane than how livestock/poultry is killed for human consumption.  I personally wouldn't do it, but I don't hold it against people who do.  I've even dated guys who hunt in the past and had no problem with it.  I don't eat venison or squirrel or pheasant, but that's not because of the hunting aspect of it, it's simply that I don't care for the taste.  And yes, there IS a distinctive taste......I can tell the difference even if I don't know what it is....

anyone care to go hang out with me at the DEER CAM?  ???

Sorry you feel that way (misunderstanding my points of view). A true American Patriot, Rush Limbaugh once said, "Words mean things".
My words are my opinions. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say.
By your statement, you indicate that if you disagree with someones point of view, or feel it to be incredulous, you cannot take it seriously.
Well, I'm as serious as a heart attack in all of my words; whether you choose to accept that fact or not.
However, that is your right and privilege, and is accepted by myself , although I am glad not to be of that mindset also.
I choose to accept all facts as facts, and leave the rose colored glasses on the shelf........................


You lost all credibility when you called Rush Limbaugh a true american patriot.

You lost all credibility when you called Rush Limbaugh a true american patriot.



There's a reason why Al Franken named the book what he did.

I find hunting for sport as detestable as what happens in slaughterhouses. 


And make no mistake, these days hunting is pretty much always for sport, whether or not they eat the meat. When you can go to the grocery store to buy food, its for sport.


The cow that it came from had to be killed by someone in order for me to enjoy its flesh and it was good.  8)



This is of course true. However my problem with hunting for sport is that one is essentially killing another thing for enjoyment, not out of necessity. With modern developments like supermarkets, its not a necessity to go out and kill an animal for food yourself. I kind of take the Native American view that its a necessary evil that we have to use other animals to stay alive, so to me doing it for enjoyment is just reprehensible, all there is to it for me.



D@MN, that's harsh.  You don't like your brother because he did something ONCE you didn't agree with? 

Well I don't HATE him. I still love him as my brother, however as a person I do not like him.

And make no mistake, these days hunting is pretty much always for sport, whether or not they eat the meat. When you can go to the grocery store to buy food, its for sport.




But at least they know WHAT they are eating...unlike us supermarket shoppers who will consume anything as long as it comes in a nice shrink-wrapped package with the label on it.  Sometimes it scares me to even eat any meat from the supermarket at all.  I was a vegetarian for a year, and I felt really good without having eaten any meat.

But at least they know WHAT they are eating...unlike us supermarket shoppers who will consume anything as long as it comes in a nice shrink-wrapped package with the label on it.  Sometimes it scares me to even eat any meat from the supermarket at all.  I was a vegetarian for a year, and I felt really good without having eaten any meat.


I've never gotten sick from supermarket meat. Works fine for me. :)

I've never gotten sick from supermarket meat. Works fine for me. :)



I have found that when I eat red meat, it does make me sick. I don't eat too much of it though...I eat more chicken than anything.

So, let me get this straight..you'll have no problem eating meat, as long as it wasn't killed  for sport??

If it were my job to kill deer, would that be ok in your eyes??  That would make it no different than the guys that ran the slaughterhouses, and by using your logic(or lack thereof) it would be ok....


Exactly. Because it's part of the food chain. If they're killed for eating, they might as well be eaten. Now, if you killed it for sport, that would be wrong, because it's for fun, not for food.

Some people just like to hunt for their own meats, it's probably better wild than the stuff we get in the store. My brother used to hunt and I remember when we were out by his place all the different meats he prepared, lot of this you just can't find in the store usually. He also used to smoke it and make jerky and stuff. Some people like doing that kind of stuff. I really don't have a problem with it, if they only hunt what they eat.

But at least they know WHAT they are eating...unlike us supermarket shoppers who will consume anything as long as it comes in a nice shrink-wrapped package with the label on it.  Sometimes it scares me to even eat any meat from the supermarket at all.  I was a vegetarian for a year, and I felt really good without having eaten any meat.



I was a vegetarian for well over a decade.......not for health reasons or animal rights reasons; I just felt like not eating meat anymore.  However, my family always bought organic beef as often as they could and I try to eat that as often as I can.  We have a great meat department at the store we shop at and no one in my family has gotten sick once from eating their meat.  Even when we lived in Chicago, we never got sick from eating the meat at the store we bought it from. 

I think its an unfortunate fact of life as humans that we rely on other creatures to live.

However in this day and age its not necessary for most people to kill their own food. You can go to the grocery store. Choosing still to hunt is, in my eyes, hunting for sport which I think is sick. Our dependency on the flesh of other creatures is not something that should be turned into sport.

I can't say it any clearer than this. I'm done with this subject for now.

I think its an unfortunate fact of life as humans that we rely on other creatures to live.

However in this day and age its not necessary for most people to kill their own food. You can go to the grocery store. Choosing still to hunt is, in my eyes, hunting for sport which I think is sick. Our dependency on the flesh of other creatures is not something that should be turned into sport.

I can't say it any clearer than this. I'm done with this subject for now.
so how do you feel about tofu?

so how do you feel about tofu?



I personally love tofu.  I ate it a lot when I was a vegetarian and I still eat it quite a bit now.  When prepared correctly, it's delicious.

so how do you feel about tofu?


I don't really see what it has to do with this. I've never tried it personally.

I don't really see what it has to do with this. I've never tried it personally.
you don't see?  the tofu has everything to do with this. tofu is the meat substitute of the 00's.  no need to take life in order to keep life sustained. It's all about the tofu.  Frankly I'd rather have a steak and I was also trying to get you off the anti-hunter podium for a moment. You're getting a little to heated in battle but i guess if you believe strongly in that, then have at it, and the pro hunters will advocate their ways and the 2 of you will butt heads.

Union meeting last night, well attended.  Smoozed with some, avoided others, yadda, yadda, yadda, now it's time to go to work.

Working late, nightmare I just can't seem to wake up today. I think I need a caffiene injection/drip or something!

I was a vegetarian for well over a decade.......not for health reasons or animal rights reasons; I just felt like not eating meat anymore.  However, my family always bought organic beef as often as they could and I try to eat that as often as I can.  We have a great meat department at the store we shop at and no one in my family has gotten sick once from eating their meat.  Even when we lived in Chicago, we never got sick from eating the meat at the store we bought it from. 


hehehe, you didn't eat British Beef in the 80's and 90's. I'm sooo dead in 20 years.

No work today either.. ugh.

Everyone likes a day off here and there.. but by the time 3 days have rolled along, with Friday promising little and the weekend coming.. I get a bit bored.

Still, next week looks to be moderatly busy. This is always a quiet time of the year, nobody wants anything doing to their house as you get close to christmas, but still, come on.. I GOTTA EAT!

We had game night at my husband's friend's house.  We played Grave Robbers from Outer Space.

I think its an unfortunate fact of life as humans that we rely on other creatures to live.

However in this day and age its not necessary for most people to kill their own food. You can go to the grocery store. Choosing still to hunt is, in my eyes, hunting for sport which I think is sick. Our dependency on the flesh of other creatures is not something that should be turned into sport.

I can't say it any clearer than this. I'm done with this subject for now.


YOU personally don't have to rely on other creatures to live.  IF you are so vehemently opposed to the method in which I harvest my meat, and IF that statement you made is true, unless you are a vegetarian then you are a hypocrit.

You are absolutely right, it's not necessary to have to kill my own food.  I have already listed some of the reasons I do what I do, which YOU seem to be perfectly willing to ignore and even challenge, choosing instead to call me names like scumbag and savage.  I guess conservation practices, population and disease control and a true love for the outdoors doesn't mean much to you.

Can't say it any clearer than what??  Basically, you've resorted to name calling, and not saying much of anything although you've typed a lot of words without addressing one single point I've made.

You won't have a warm relationship with your brother because he hunted squirrels once, yet you'll eat the hamburger somebody else took a life for in order for you to enjoy it....thats hypocritical.

Deer hunting is actually a necessity, especially here in Minnesota.. because of the over population of deer.. If they didn't have hunting season, many would starve over the winter, or be maimed or killed by wandering into the highways and freeways. I personally don't like venison.. but I have nothing against hunting. As long as you're not hunting an endangered species or poaching.  Now back to the subject of what i'm gonna do today.. well I'm gonna work at 7am.. so I have to skedaddle..

I think its an unfortunate fact of life as humans that we rely on other creatures to live.

However in this day and age its not necessary for most people to kill their own food. You can go to the grocery store. Choosing still to hunt is, in my eyes, hunting for sport which I think is sick. Our dependency on the flesh of other creatures is not something that should be turned into sport.

I can't say it any clearer than this. I'm done with this subject for now.
MOST "animals" rely on other creatures to live.  I don't know what grocery store you shop at, but none of them I shop at offer venison or pheasant.  My grandparents used to have a farm and their entire supply of meat came from livestock that they raised.  That's how ranchers and many farmers make a living....breeding and slaughtering animals.  I'd much rather have someone killing an animal for food than killing an animal strictly for profit.....

Well I don't HATE him. I still love him as my brother, however as a person I do not like him.
And you wonder why.....

I had a meeting this morning and then at lunchtime I bought a new bathroom. 


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Long story!  We thought about replaing our central heating boiler and getting a combi.  We have a pumped power shower and to keep this working we'd need a boiler with a storage tank.  The company who came to quote got the measurements wrong and the new boiler (which we haven't yet ordered) doesn't fit where the old boiler is.  So it was either a major rebuild or change of plan.

The shower has been leaking through the kitchen ceiling on and off for a few months so we decided to get the bathroom done out and buy a different shower so that next year we can buy a smaller boiler!  On Saturday we had a quote for a new bathroom suite, shower enclosure etc and I phoned up yesterday to order it but I had to go into the store because we were trying to negotiate a bit of discount.  They will be delivering and fitting everything within a couple of weeks so I had to pay the full amount yesterday - hence I bought a new bathroom!


Today I've already been to two meetings.  I've got a few e-mails to sort out and some paperwork to chase.  This evening I've got to buy a birthday cake on the way home from work - my daughter is 8 today.

....cleaning the house as tomorrow is trash day and we have to get all the junk to the curb.

Long story!  We thought about replaing our central heating boiler and getting a combi.  We have a pumped power shower and to keep this working we'd need a boiler with a storage tank.  The company who came to quote got the measurements wrong and the new boiler (which we haven't yet ordered) doesn't fit where the old boiler is.  So it was either a major rebuild or change of plan.

The shower has been leaking through the kitchen ceiling on and off for a few months so we decided to get the bathroom done out and buy a different shower so that next year we can buy a smaller boiler!  On Saturday we had a quote for a new bathroom suite, shower enclosure etc and I phoned up yesterday to order it but I had to go into the store because we were trying to negotiate a bit of discount.  They will be delivering and fitting everything within a couple of weeks so I had to pay the full amount yesterday - hence I bought a new bathroom!


Today I've already been to two meetings.  I've got a few e-mails to sort out and some paperwork to chase.  This evening I've got to buy a birthday cake on the way home from work - my daughter is 8 today.
I see.  I had to look up the combi and boiler (y'all have different plumbing over there ;)), but I understand now :)

I see.  I had to look up the combi and boiler (y'all have different plumbing over there ;)), but I understand now :)


I've had a boiler everywhere I've lived.. including in the states. A Combi boiler is a piece of crap that's supposed to save money and does that by not properly heating the water and giving you far less pressure.

I've had a boiler everywhere I've lived.. including in the states. A Combi boiler is a piece of crap that's supposed to save money and does that by not properly heating the water and giving you far less pressure.
All I've ever had is a regular old "hot water heater".  I think we call them something different here....

I just changed my AIM screenname.  The new one is in my profile.

All I've ever had is a regular old "hot water heater".  I think we call them something different here....


Hot water heater.. boiler. It 'boils' the water.

Is it an astigmatism? I have one, as well. I bet the new glasses will look schnazzy!  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/cool2.gif


Nope, not an astigmatism - it's something different.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/dontknow.gif

And thanks to Erin and Mike - I'm excited.  I think the ones I got are really cute.


Now, I missed the hunting debacle, but I'd like to throw my two cents in anyway.

For the most part I have always been against hunting even though I grew up in a hunting family.  My dad and my uncles hunted deer and elk every year when I was a kid.  One year, I was trying to make my dad feel bad about it, when he told me to get in the car.  We drove up the canyon (which isn't far - my dad's house is right in the mouth of the canyon) and he took me hiking.  This was in early October.  We hiked up and across a ridge, and on that one ridge we found 23 deer skeletons, all deer that had starved to death.  He asked me if I would rather have the deer suffer and starve or if I thought it would be better for them to be shot and die quickly.  It didn't take me long to get his point.  Now, while I could never kill an animal myself, I certainly eat my fair share of meat, and was raised on venison.  I can understand why people don't like trophy hunting - I don't either.  I think a deer head on a wall is just creepy.  But I do think that if a hunter kills an animal to feed his family, it is perfectly fine. 



As for today, I'm at work now, and then I'm going grocery shopping.  I have 7 nieces and nephews on my side of the family, and they are all sleeping over at our house tomorrow night.  This is a tradition that my mom started when they were little, and I am continuing it.  We are going to order pizza, play games, watch movies, and eat junk food.  It is always so much fun!  :D

...having a lovely conversation with Andy about subways.

As for today, I'm at work now, and then I'm going grocery shopping.  I have 7 nieces and nephews on my side of the family, and they are all sleeping over at our house tomorrow night.  This is a tradition that my mom started when they were little, and I am continuing it.  We are going to order pizza, play games, watch movies, and eat junk food.  It is always so much fun!   :D



wow, Ash...that sounds like you will have a houseful...but will be lots of fun! :)

wow, Ash...that sounds like you will have a houseful...but will be lots of fun! :)


It's definitely crazy, but always a blast.

I didn't think they'd want to sleep over anymore - they range in age from 10 to 18 and I figured they had pretty much grown out of it.  Well last Sunday I was cooking dinner at my dad's house, when my 16 year old nephew came and gave me a big hug.  He told me that it had been too long since he's hugged me, which was too sweet.  He then said that we should have another sleepover.  I was floored.  Here is this popular star athlete, and he wants to sleep over at his aunt and uncles.  I guess you never grow out of certain things.  I planned it right then and there, and the rest of the kids were totally excited too.  I can't wait. 

Nope, not an astigmatism - it's something different.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/dontknow.gif

And thanks to Erin and Mike - I'm excited.  I think the ones I got are really cute. I think my best friend's son has that.  I thought she was crazy when she was telling me about it, but it somehow causes him to be both near & far sighted (in essence) ???  Can't wait to see the glasses.  I hope they help.  They did for me :)




Now, I missed the hunting debacle, but I'd like to throw my two cents in anyway.

For the most part I have always been against hunting even though I grew up in a hunting family.  My dad and my uncles hunted deer and elk every year when I was a kid.  One year, I was trying to make my dad feel bad about it, when he told me to get in the car.  We drove up the canyon (which isn't far - my dad's house is right in the mouth of the canyon) and he took me hiking.  This was in early October.  We hiked up and across a ridge, and on that one ridge we found 23 deer skeletons, all deer that had starved to death.  He asked me if I would rather have the deer suffer and starve or if I thought it would be better for them to be shot and die quickly.  It didn't take me long to get his point.  Now, while I could never kill an animal myself, I certainly eat my fair share of meat, and was raised on venison.  I can understand why people don't like trophy hunting - I don't either.  I think a deer head on a wall is just creepy.  But I do think that if a hunter kills an animal to feed his family, it is perfectly fine. 



As for today, I'm at work now, and then I'm going grocery shopping.  I have 7 nieces and nephews on my side of the family, and they are all sleeping over at our house tomorrow night.  This is a tradition that my mom started when they were little, and I am continuing it.  We are going to order pizza, play games, watch movies, and eat junk food.  It is always so much fun!  :D
WOW!!!  There is a special place in heaven for you ;D  I don't think I could handle an additional 7 kids overnight ;D

Happy Birthday Karen's daughter!

and have a great sleepover Ash, oh and the glasses will be fabulous darling!

Long story!  We thought about replaing our central heating boiler and getting a combi.  We have a pumped power shower and to keep this working we'd need a boiler with a storage tank.  The company who came to quote got the measurements wrong and the new boiler (which we haven't yet ordered) doesn't fit where the old boiler is.  So it was either a major rebuild or change of plan.

The shower has been leaking through the kitchen ceiling on and off for a few months so we decided to get the bathroom done out and buy a different shower so that next year we can buy a smaller boiler!  On Saturday we had a quote for a new bathroom suite, shower enclosure etc and I phoned up yesterday to order it but I had to go into the store because we were trying to negotiate a bit of discount.  They will be delivering and fitting everything within a couple of weeks so I had to pay the full amount yesterday - hence I bought a new bathroom!


Today I've already been to two meetings.  I've got a few e-mails to sort out and some paperwork to chase.  This evening I've got to buy a birthday cake on the way home from work - my daughter is 8 today.



We replaced our boiler/hot water heater this summer. Man, was that expensive but so far it is begining to pay off. Our electric bill has gone quite a bit. As for our oil bill (yeah, we have oil heating), it was already paid for so we won't know until next year when we purchase next year's oil.

BTW, Happy Birthday to your daughter.


As for me, today, I'm getting my hair done.




Cat

Happy Birthday Karen's daughter!

and have a great sleepover Ash, oh and the glasses will be fabulous darling!


Awww, thanks!  :)


And Happy Birthday to Karen's daughter from me too.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/balloons.gif

You lost all credibility when you called Rush Limbaugh a true american patriot.


I suppose that you not agree with a couple other Patriots, Sean Hannity and "The G Man", G. Gordon Liddy?