Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[ConcinusMan]

Your serious?

Richard I don't see that settings anywhere

It's in forum actions/general settings. You can change the number of posts per page. We're only on page 1001 if you choose "forum default";)

Obviously, Stefan isn't using the default, so he's only on page 250

[RedSidedSPR]

I see it. Huh. Cool. I'll stick with this but that's cool to know.

[Stefan-A]

Obviously, Stefan isn't using the default, so he's only on page 250
Obviously. I always go for the maximum. You miss fewer posts that way.

[RedSidedSPR]

I wouldn't say that.

I just put it to 40, the max, i don't like it as much. Too much scrolling.

[EasternGirl]

What's even cooler is that we are on post # 10005....Some woman walked toward me today in a store and she just kept walking straight at me and looking right into my eyes like she was playing chicken or something....like if I didn't move out of the way she would just smack right in to me and hit me head on in the face....it was very odd. People get very rude around the holidays.

[infernalis]

What's even cooler is that we are on post # 10005....Some woman walked toward me today in a store and she just kept walking straight at me and looking right into my eyes like she was playing chicken or something....like if I didn't move out of the way she would just smack right in to me and hit me head on in the face....it was very odd. People get very rude around the holidays.

The key is to be either more rude than they are, or my favorite method, the evil death stare.

[kibakiba]

Urg... I have to get an endoscopy! That's the last thing I'd like to do to start 2012....

[EasternGirl]

Oooo...I have to get one too...and I have to have one to see if I need stomach surgery...I'm already having surgery on Jan 11th...so if I need stomach surgery, then I will need two surgeries...fun! Have you had an endoscopy before? They aren't bad at all.

Wayne...I didn't have much choice but to give her an evil death stare...since she was coming right at me...lol! Then I just said "Excuse me!" very loudly...

[kibakiba]

I haven't had one, but the fact that the place I'm going to isn't one of my safe zones is the worst. My gastroenterologist is going to give me Valium to take before I go. Most things that require me to have anything done medically, usually end up with me having to take extremely strong sedatives. The one they gave me once was one of the strongest, but I was still wired up and fighting the tiredness because I was scared... After a really bad root canal, it doesn't scare me as much but... Having something shoved down my throat doesn't sound nice, and I can see myself puking from it! Haha.

[EasternGirl]

Well...if they do it the way they are supposed to you will be asleep when you have it done. I've never heard of an endoscopy with someone awake...so you shouldn't puke. You should be completely asleep. You shouldn't remember anything. I have had three of them...I have a lot of stomach problems. I've never had a problem with one. Don't remember anything. I'm sure it's scary for you but you will be fine...trust me...I'm the endoscopy queen. You won't feel anything. One minute you're awake....then you're awake again and you don't remember the procedure at all. They can't do an endoscopy on someone who is awake...so it isn't like they are shoving stuff down your throat and your sitting there gagging. They don't put anything in your throat until you're asleep.

[kibakiba]

He said I'll be awake, but the valium would take the edge off.

[EasternGirl]

Ugh...I don't know what to say about that. I've never heard of an endoscopy being done awake. Can you get it done somewhere else? Ask them to put you to sleep? It's a bit odd if you ask me. If you can get them done asleep...why aren't they knocking you out...unless they need you awake for it for some reason.

[RedSidedSPR]

The key is to be either more rude than they are, or my favorite method, the evil death stare.

Works for me.:D

[Stefan-A]

People get very rude around the holidays.
Trust me, if I could get away with beating up everyone that decided to shop for christmas presents at the same time as me, I wouldn't even hesitate.

[kibakiba]

I can't get it done anywhere else unless I have 250 in my pocket that's about to be flushed down a toilet. I don't really care too much, I'll cope with it the way I cope with other stresses... Get in, get it done, leave and forget about it.

[infernalis]

Trust me, if I could get away with beating up everyone that decided to shop for christmas presents at the same time as me, I wouldn't even hesitate.

Me too. Dorothy won't even go to the store with me for anything during the week before Christmas, I'm embarrasing to her.

The constant chatter noise just drives me over the edge, no room to move around, I hate it.

I refuse to even leave the house on "Black friday" when people stand in line for hours just to get in the stores.

[RedSidedSPR]

I know how you feel. I hate that stuff too. I went on a black friday, and almost decided to give up that iPod just to get out of there.:eek:

never again!!!!!

[Stefan-A]

The constant chatter noise just drives me over the edge, no room to move around, I hate it.
It wouldn't be so bad if you could at least yell at people and maybe punch some of them. Or shove them aside, or elbow them in the face.

[guidofatherof5]

It wouldn't be so bad if you could at least yell at people and maybe punch some of them. Or shove them aside, or elbow them in the face.

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. :D

[Stefan-A]

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. :D
I don't like people.

[kibakiba]

It's okay Noodles of Poodles, I don't like most people either.

[EasternGirl]

Lol...me either...I don't go out shopping for Christmas...I do it all online...otherwise I would go insane.

Chantel...good luck with your endoscopy...I'm with you in spirit! I'm sure you will do just fine. Valium is very helpful in medical procedures.

[kibakiba]

It's not helpful when you get addicted to things easily. I can't take one vicodin without a withdrawal 6 hours later. I don't like medications all that much, its hard to deal with problems, but they cause even more problems if you stop taking the meds.

[infernalis]

I don't like people.

Maybe hard to tell since I can be very gregarious while online, but the truth is in person, I don't even like it when the doorbell rings. Whoever is standing on the other side of the door better have a damn good reason for being there.

That's why I have my own separate living room in the basement, I even need time away from my own family to keep it all together.

[kibakiba]

The only company I really need is the people on the forum and my boyfriend.. Other than that, I don't care to talk to people. My therapist thinks it's bad for me, especially since living this way, among a lot of other things, has made it quite hard to be around people for long...

[infernalis]

No disorders here, every single time I find someone in my back yard, they are always doing something stupid. Unfortunately my lot is situated behind quite a few houses, and these people think they have some right to trespass on me, throw rocks at animals, set traps, discharge firearms without as much as asking if maybe my kids might be playing in the woods.. Hide out back there and have beer parties in the middle of the night, etc, etc..

"out there" people behave quite the same way, I should be able to take my family out and not have to be subjected to idiots, like the ones who shove a cart load into the express lane when I have one item in my hands, and then proceed to write a check, dig for ID, and "chat it up" with the cashier.

Or the small groups of teens that have to use "the f word" as a favourite adjective out loud at a restaurant.. etc, etc.

Just don't have any tolerance for it.

Half the time when someone rings the doorbell, they are selling something or here on a complaint.

[PINJOHN]

No disorders here, every single time I find someone in my back yard, they are always doing something stupid. Unfortunately my lot is situated behind quite a few houses, and these people think they have some right to trespass on me, throw rocks at animals, set traps, discharge firearms without as much as asking if maybe my kids might be playing in the woods.. Hide out back there and have beer parties in the middle of the night, etc, etc..

"out there" people behave quite the same way, I should be able to take my family out and not have to be subjected to idiots, like the ones who shove a cart load into the express lane when I have one item in my hands, and then proceed to write a check, dig for ID, and "chat it up" with the cashier.

Or the small groups of teens that have to use "the f word" as a favourite adjective out loud at a restaurant.. etc, etc.

Just don't have any tolerance for it.

Half the time when someone rings the doorbell, they are selling something or here on a complaint.

Oh come on now Wayne' just because you have convinced your self you look like DR Gregory house' doesn't mean you have to take on his persona ...:p

[EasternGirl]

Look...I was a dang therapist...and btw...therapists have more disorders than anyone else, so whatever with therapists! ...But seriously....the fact that we can connect with people on here and that we have friends on a forum means that we are doing better than a lot of people out there! I can't stand most people either...but I probably have more genuine connections on here than my phony shallow neighbor who seems like a social butterfly but couldn't truly connect with another human being if her life depended on it!

[RedSidedSPR]

It wouldn't be so bad if you could at least yell at people and maybe punch some of them. Or shove them aside, or elbow them in the face.

Some kid my age (14 at the time it was awhile ago) left with a bruised rib cage.:rolleyes:


I don't like people.

I don't like people when they're anywhere near me. Gimme my space, don't touch that closet, and shut the frick up. Otherwise your cool.

[RedSidedSPR]

No disorders here, every single time I find someone in my back yard, they are always doing something stupid. Unfortunately my lot is situated behind quite a few houses, and these people think they have some right to trespass on me, throw rocks at animals, set traps, discharge firearms without as much as asking if maybe my kids might be playing in the woods.. Hide out back there and have beer parties in the middle of the night, etc, etc..

Or the small groups of teens that have to use "the f word" as a favourite adjective out loud at a restaurant.. etc, etc.

We live behind houses too. Bunch of kids keep coming back here, and god knows what they're doing, they run when they see me. I see people every week walking their dog in our yard.. I yell WHAT THE HELL and they beat it for next few weeks but they come back later, which drives my dog crazy and pisses me off. The people over the privacy fence throw bags of dirty clothes, shoes (i counted 2 and a half pairs last time) random objects, and tons of beer cans. They shout "the f word" all day too, and have freaking parties with.... explicit... loud, bass-ey music, as well as shoot their guns, which psses me off since my sister plays outside a lot. They threw a printer over the fencer a week ago, and I threw it back.. they tossed it over AGAIN, and I threw it back AGAIN this time landing in peices. (that seems to have stopped them. Ha.) so I have a pretty good idea how you feel!!!:eek:

[infernalis]

Buy a gun, I did. Problem solved.

[EasternGirl]

I live on a college campus. People throw beer cans and bottles in my yard...trash...they walk through my yard all the time. I have found drunk, passed out kids in my yard, found people having sex on my lawn...I even had a guy come in my house and lie down on top of my mother on the couch while she was sleeping! (We make sure our doors are locked now). Needless to say...he got tossed out on his butt into the yard. A couple of weeks ago I was woken up by a bunch of drunk frat boys timing each other doing sprints in the middle of the street at 3 in the morning! I can't have a gun because I would end up in prison the first night I owned the gun!

[RedSidedSPR]

Buy a gun, I did. Problem solved.

Hmmmmm....

[RedSidedSPR]

I live on a college campus. People throw beer cans and bottles in my yard...trash...they walk through my yard all the time. I have found drunk, passed out kids in my yard, found people having sex on my lawn...I even had a guy come in my house and lie down on top of my mother on the couch while she was sleeping! (We make sure our doors are locked now). Needless to say...he got tossed out on his butt into the yard. A couple of weeks ago I was woken up by a bunch of drunk frat boys timing each other doing sprints in the middle of the street at 3 in the morning! I can't have a gun because I would end up in prison the first night I owned the gun!

Now that's bad. Jeez

[guidofatherof5]

I live on a college campus. People throw beer cans and bottles in my yard...trash...they walk through my yard all the time. I have found drunk, passed out kids in my yard, found people having sex on my lawn...I even had a guy come in my house and lie down on top of my mother on the couch while she was sleeping! (We make sure our doors are locked now). Needless to say...he got tossed out on his butt into the yard. A couple of weeks ago I was woken up by a bunch of drunk frat boys timing each other doing sprints in the middle of the street at 3 in the morning! I can't have a gun because I would end up in prison the first night I owned the gun!


Now that's bad. Jeez


The future leaders of our country. I weep for humanity.

[PINJOHN]

Hey...... come on this thread is making me feel like a freak .....i love people so shoot me ... whoops' no i take that back don't shoot me [said that to the wrong crowd :eek:] i was a bus driver for twenty five years and have now been a taxi driver for seventeen years so believe me i'v had and continue to get much more than my fair share of drunks druggies and dickheads, but i try not to let them warp my attitude to us normal folks. its true i don't rate people as high as animals in most cases, but the are still pretty high in my estimation, i try to hold to the theory that every one is my friend until they prove otherwise. ...... so come on garter folk a bit less bah humbug and a little more yo ho ho :) :):)

[guidofatherof5]

I didn't think that one would get by the filter. :D

Richard cranium.:D

[chris-uk]

Humbug.

[kibakiba]

I hate people, here (where I live), for the one reason that everyone here has judged me based on my look. I get a constant stream of "Hey, I lost my cat and I heard you worship Satan.... You... You... didn't kill him and drink his pee... Did you...?" before they start laughing. It doesn't hurt my feelings like it did when I was 13, but it's more annoying than anything. I cant really walk down the street in my neighborhood without a comment about me being "goth". Though, compared to when I was 14, I've lost the piercings, black hair, chains and spikes. I look more like a person that enjoys metal. Hah. My neighbor even spread aa nasty rumour about me and a dog. The whole town believes that rumour. It's disgusting.

[guidofatherof5]

Unfortunately, people can be so cruel.

[kibakiba]

They're unhappy people who pick people who look more unhappy than they are. That's fine with me, though. Some people avoid me because of that rumour, and all the junk that has been said about me. They're all missing out on an awesome person, who will never give them the time of day. :D

[PINJOHN]

Just hold to the thought Chantel that there are a lot more nice people out there than you could ever have time to meet in just one lifetime

[guidofatherof5]

Just hold to the thought Chantel that there are a lot more nice people out there than you could ever have time to meet in just one lifetime

Well said John.

[kibakiba]

Oh I know. I'm nice when people are respectful, but if they aren't then I'm not either. Though... I do give a lot of second chances... If I hadn't one time, I wouldn't be with my boyfriend, I'd still be hating him for being immature and noisy... :D
When we met, he was loud and immature, annoying and all that... I hated it, but I gave him a second chance... And now I have to get used to the noisiness he causes... :D

[PINJOHN]

Oh I know. I'm nice when people are respectful, but if they aren't then I'm not either. Though... I do give a lot of second chances... If I hadn't one time, I wouldn't be with my boyfriend, I'd still be hating him for being immature and noisy... :D
When we met, he was loud and immature, annoying and all that... I hated it, but I gave him a second chance... And now I have to get used to the noisiness he causes... :D

this one gave me a laugh chantel ...there are very few men not shaped and molded by their partner you lady's fall in love with us for what we are.....and then immediately set about changing us....at this point i might just take a few days off to avoid the feminist storm headed in my direction :D

[guidofatherof5]

this one gave me a laugh chantel ...there are very few men not shaped and molded by their partner you lady's fall in love with us for what we are.....and then immediately set about changing us....at this point i might just take a few days off to avoid the feminist storm headed in my direction :D

Well John, it was nice knowing you. Farewell my friend.:D

[kibakiba]

Haha. I haven't changed him, he's been loud and annoying for 4 years. I don't really care too much anymore ;)

[Stefan-A]

i was a bus driver for twenty five years and have now been a taxi driver for seventeen years
Are you the kind of driver that insists on chatting with the passengers?

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/suspicious_fry.jpg

[kibakiba]

Hey, when I get my medical rides, I like it better when people chat with me. It shows me that they aren't all grumpy jerks that insist on speeding and doing sharp turns that make me feel like I'm going to die! The ones that do chat tend to be the safer drivers!

[PINJOHN]

If you have noticed the slight upbeat tone to my posts tonight its because i have just finished work for a whole week, the first Xmas week off in 17 years. although i am self employed the company i am attached to demanded we pay them a whopping third more just to work the xmas week
SO immersing my self in the seasonal spirit i gave them extremely precise directions where to find the orifice in which they could stick their demands :eek: so although my wife Linda has got lots lined up for me to do [god help me] i hope to have more time to spend on the sight catching up on stuff i have missed YEEEES :D

[ConcinusMan]

I know huh? They all do that. It's irritating sometimes.

[Stefan-A]

They're not safer drivers, they just distract you so that you don't notice how many close calls they have per minute.

[PINJOHN]

Are you the kind of driver that insists on chatting with the passengers?


http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/suspicious_fry.jpg
I am afraid so stefan but in my defense if a fare sits in the seat directly behind me i take that as a sign they wish to be left alone and i comply but its their loss they then dont get to hear some of the great jokes that Steve sends me :p

[Stefan-A]

I am afraid so stefan but in my defense if a fare sits in the seat directly behind me i take that as a sign they wish to be left alone and i comply but its their loss they then dont get to hear some of the great jokes that Steve sends me :p
I hate that. Can't wait until cabs get autopilots.

[PINJOHN]

I hate that. Can't wait until cabs get autopilots.

BAH HUMBUG :p :D:D

[Stefan-A]

BAH HUMBUG :p :D:D
I'd even settle for a JohnnyCab.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/johnnycab5kg.jpg

[PINJOHN]

i'd even settle for a johnnycab.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/johnnycab5kg.jpg

stefan where did you get my picture and i certainly don't remember having arnold in my cab ;)

[guidofatherof5]

stefan where did you get my picture and i certainly don't remember having arnold in my cab ;)

I'm sorry. That looks nothing like George Clooney. :D

[kibakiba]

They're not safer drivers, they just distract you so that you don't notice how many close calls they have per minute.
Actually, they are. Since I have irrational fears of being outside, I tend to focus more on the road and what they do. They go at the speed limit, never a mile over or under, and they don't take sharp turns or any unnecessary risks. It may be weird that I focus on them so much, but after fearing for my life so many times, I notice the slightest things when most people wouldn't.

[PINJOHN]

I'm sorry. That looks nothing like George Clooney. :D

come on now Steve you really are a silly sausage, that's a different film star you are looking at in the back, his name is Arnold Schwarzenegger,.....thats me [the clooney lookalike] sitting in the front driving.
in the light of your recent somewhat advanced birthday a little confusion is i suppose to be expected but if you are to avoid a room in sunny ache'rs you must focus Steve focus :rolleyes:

[Stefan-A]

come on now Steve you really are a silly sausage, that's a different film star you are looking at in the back, his name is Arnold Schwarzenegger,.....thats me [the clooney lookalike] sitting in the front driving.
I could have sworn that was a Robert Picardo lookalike. :rolleyes:
(It actually is his image and his voice they used for the Johnnycab in Total Recall)

Some of you may know him from this role:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/picardo1.jpg


But those of you who know quality sci-fi, should rather recognize him from this one:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/picardo2.jpg

[tress29]

i have just finished work for a whole week, the first Xmas week off in 17 years. :D

WooHoo Vacation! I'd say it's about time you took a Christmas off!

[PINJOHN]

WooHoo Vacation! I'd say it's about time you took a Christmas off!

Theresa we are in complete and total accord ;):D:D

[PINJOHN]

I could have sworn that was a Robert Picardo lookalike. :rolleyes:
(It actually is his image and his voice they used for the Johnnycab in Total Recall)

Some of you may know him from this role:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/picardo1.jpg


But those of you who know quality sci-fi, should rather recognize him from this one:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/garbage/picardo2.jpg

Inch by inch we are dragging information out about you Stefan, we now know you are into sci fi but not which are your favorites, come on give give give :confused: :D

[Stefan-A]

we now know you are into sci fi but not which are your favorites, come on give give give :confused: :D
I like none the shows that haven't been cancelled.

[EasternGirl]

Okay...first of all...I would like to say in the spirit of Christmas that I love all of my friends on the forum here!!! Now...here is my plan...since many of us do not like people very much, but we seem to like each other...I say...we start a snake commune...and we all just live together and avoid everyone else. Now...where do we live? Wayne has a lot of land...but we don't want to go in his mud pits or anything because he might shoot us...maybe Steve's ranch? We can buy one of those Uhauls with the Narcisse Snake Den pictures on it for transportation and John can drive us around...

[PINJOHN]

Okay...first of all...I would like to say in the spirit of Christmas that I love all of my friends on the forum here!!! Now...here is my plan...since many of us do not like people very much, but we seem to like each other...I say...we start a snake commune...and we all just live together and avoid everyone else. Now...where do we live? Wayne has a lot of land...but we don't want to go in his mud pits or anything because he might shoot us...maybe Steve's ranch? We can buy one of those Uhauls with the Narcisse Snake Den pictures on it for transportation and John can drive us around...

seems like a plan.......the only down side [just like my present fares] you have to listen to my jokes :eek:

[EasternGirl]

Your humor always brings a smile to my face....if it's directed at me, it sometimes makes me fall on the floor laughing!

[chris-uk]

Your humor always brings a smile to my face....if it's directed at me, it sometimes makes me fall on the floor laughing!
You should see the card that we got in the post from John today, good job we share his sense of humour. :D

[chris-uk]

Char and I have been getting into the holiday spirit by spending the last hour building a pepparkaka hus. I had an idea of taking a photo with Eskerina looking out of the window, but there's the risk that she'd treat it like a water bowl :D

Anyway if you're none the wiser as to what a pepparkaka hus is (Stefan may know, do you speak Swedish as well Stefan?) here's a photo - sans snakes.
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[EasternGirl]

Very nice! So ..it's a gingerbread house? I build those sometimes at Christmas...yours is better than any of the ones I made!

[PINJOHN]

You should see the card that we got in the post from John today, good job we share his sense of humour. :D
OH...MY...GOD char/chris you two must have got the card i intended for grandma.....:eek:

[chris-uk]

Very nice! So ..it's a gingerbread house? I build those sometimes at Christmas...yours is better than any of the ones I made!
Yep. Except the gingerbread parts came from Ikea, where everything is flatpacked. Hence "pepparkaka hus" from the Swedish labels.

OH...MY...GOD char/chris you two must have got the card i intended for grandma.....:eek:
Balls! Give me granny's address and I'll send it on.

[PINJOHN]

Balls! Give me granny's address and I'll send it on.

balls?......balls?...... why does that word seem so familiar.....:rolleyes:

[Stefan-A]

(Stefan may know, do you speak Swedish as well Stefan?)
As my first language.

[PINJOHN]

I have just spotted that Delicious gingerbread house ...my mouth is watering just looking at it... WELL DONE ...it's a work of art, are those smarty's adorning the roof ?
char what ever you do, don't consider making them for a living, with the present down turn its impossible to get a mortgage :o

[kibakiba]

Okay...first of all...I would like to say in the spirit of Christmas that I love all of my friends on the forum here!!! Now...here is my plan...since many of us do not like people very much, but we seem to like each other...I say...we start a snake commune...and we all just live together and avoid everyone else. Now...where do we live? Wayne has a lot of land...but we don't want to go in his mud pits or anything because he might shoot us...maybe Steve's ranch? We can buy one of those Uhauls with the Narcisse Snake Den pictures on it for transportation and John can drive us around...

Somewhere close to Ontario, please! :p

[EasternGirl]

Well Chantel...you might actually want to just come live here with me...around here no one would give you a hard time about the way you look...this is a very eclectic and interesting town...you could walk down the street in a chicken costume and no one would even look twice! Now we did recently have some guy who was walking around naked...and he did actually get in trouble for that...

[kibakiba]

Haha, that's my kind of place! I'd dress up as something more original, though... Like a shellfish. Or a wombat. I'd love to dress up as a derpy wombat and dance down the street :D

[EasternGirl]

You might get a couple of looks...but not much more than that...in fact, a couple of people would probably start dancing with you.

[kibakiba]

That would be fun. Being in a suit that covered my whole body would prevent me from having a panic attack. I should just do that, be in a costume when I go out... Hah.

[EasternGirl]

Then no one would know who you were and they couldn't say anything about you!

[kibakiba]

Exactly :D

[EasternGirl]

So...what does everyone usually do for Christmas eve and Christmas? We usually go to church around 6pm tonight and then we come home and I give my son one gift to keep him occupied for the night. Then we have a fun Christmas eve dinner...like shrimp and crab legs...yummy! Then...I read my son some Christmas stories and wait hours for him to fall asleep and then stay up late so that I can "be Santa" and put the gifts out under the tree. I have to sneak out and try not to wake up my son. Then he will wake everyone up at around 6am tomorrow morning! My family will get up and we will open gifts around 8am. My sons father will come over and open gifts with us. Then my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and my nieces will come over and we will exchange gifts with them. My sons father will bring his wife and daughter back over and we will exchange gifts with them. Then I will take a nap. Then we will eat Christmas dinner sometime in the early evening.

[RedSidedSPR]

So...what does everyone usually do for Christmas eve and Christmas?

Anticipate, go to church, open gifts.:rolleyes:

[infernalis]

So...what does everyone usually do for Christmas eve and Christmas?

Yell at the kids, Guard the tree from sneak attacks in the middle of the night, yell at the kids some more....

Watch DVD's because if I see another "Christmas special" on TV I'd likely take a 5 iron golf club after the TV set.

Go to bed early and be be thankful that it's all over with on the 26th.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yell at the kids, Guard the tree from sneak attacks in the middle of the night, yell at the kids some more....

Watch DVD's because if I see another "Christmas special" on TV I'd likely take a 5 iron golf club after the TV set.

Go to bed early and be be thankful that it's all over with on the 26th.

Bah humbug.:D

[kibakiba]

We don't do anything, usually. Maybe open a gift early. My dad loaned us some money to buy food for tomorrow, so today is kind of a shopping day, at least for food. We're going to have cheap wine, turkey and cinnamon rolls. The snakes are going to have chopped up pinky and chicken heart for their presents.

[infernalis]

Give it another 30 years kiddo, you will change.

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't doubt it. Hard to hate it now, when I got all that crap under the tree.

[EasternGirl]

My snakes got their Christmas presents early...I realized I had money left on one of my credit cards so I went out and got them a whole bunch of stuff for their enclosures. They pretty much got new digs. Big early Christmas for them. I figure I will also give them each a treat tonight or tomorrow...an extra worm or half a pinky or something...they just ate the other night. Of course, Seeley is not eating right now.

[RedSidedSPR]

I'm putting my checkered out of quarantine, into the cage with the rest today. He really needs it, he's pitifully insecure.

[infernalis]

I don't doubt it. Hard to hate it now, when I got all that crap under the tree.

When you are the one buying that crap for unappreciative little twits, the magic is gone. They both get laptops and a wifi router, she gets leather, he gets tools, and they have the audacity to say "Not much under the tree this year"

I do look forward to Pumpkin Pie. :)

[EasternGirl]

I'm lucky...my son is still at that appreciative age...not looking forward to the teenage years at all. Although I have already told him many times that if he becomes a craphead teenager he can always look forward to bootcamp....lol.

[kibakiba]

If they grew up like I did, they'd be overjoyed to see even one present under the tree. Up until I was 6 I lived with my dad and literally got at least 300 dollars worth of little toys and stuff, then when my mom and him broke up were were extremely poor. I rarely got to have anything, any time of the year. I usually got socks and a little toy, or every couple years I'd get something from the people who give away toys no one wanted. Even now, there's not much under the tree, but we're better off than a few years ago.

[EasternGirl]

Well unfortunately...or fortunately...I guess depending on how you look at it...my son is kind of spoiled. His dad gets mad at me because I spoil him...but he is the only child I'm going to have and I wasn't sure I could have kids. He is a good kid with a good heart. He is giving and he cares about others...I think I have done a good job teaching him to be generous but I do spoil him. This Christmas he is getting a lot because next Christmas we are probably not going to have much at all. Finances are going to be bad next year so we are kind of going all out this year.

[snakehill]

I just spent $650 to repair vehicles! That was my Christmas present!!!! :p

[guidofatherof5]

Shannon,
Shouldn't you be having a baby about now?

[EasternGirl]

Oh yeah...it's about that time!

[snakehill]

I've had three rum and ciders already! I better behave or I might get banned from this site!!! :p

[kibakiba]

Never understood why people like being drunk. It's not very fun.

[infernalis]

Never understood why people like being drunk. It's not very fun.

Awe come on, vertigo, vomit, memory loss, wetting your pants, empty wallets, domestic violence, hangovers, irrational behaviour, liver damage.. What's not to like?

http://www.reptard.info/hurt/Drunk.jpg

[snakehill]

Never get that drunk! :p

[infernalis]

Something I will never have to worry about. ;)

Was raised by an Alcoholic, he turned me off to the crap really early on.

[kibakiba]

Considering I, my mom, and my aunt were victims of domestic violence throughout my childhood, I think it's stupid. I mean, yeah I drink but if I start feeling like I'm losing balance, I stop drinking and go straight to bed.

Also, if you might get yourself banned from being drunk snakehill, you're already drunk enough.

[snakehill]

I would never ever drink and drive! I find that disgusting!! :mad:

[guidofatherof5]

Something I will never have to worry about. ;)

Was raised by an Alcoholic, he turned me off to the crap really early on.

I can relate to that. Seeing Dad drunk was enough for me.
Only wish my sister had seen it. Instead she died at age 45 from liver failure. Bottle induced.

[infernalis]

Dad is headed that way fast Steve.

[guidofatherof5]

Dad is headed that way fast Steve.

It's really a shame. Life is so much better without it. ;)

[PINJOHN]

i agree that the extreme end of the alcohol situation is tragic and worse but there are a few up sides to it, for those people who don't go to extremes there are advantages to be had, like people who are otherwise shy or somewhat retiring can for a while loosen up and achieve a level of entertainment/enjoyment otherwise closed to them, my experience with my dad was totally the opposite of Waynes dad [god rest his soul] was a very funny man sober, but when he had a few drinks he could give Robin Williams a run for his money he was the total life and soul of any party
now you may think that these words are coming from a man who is defending his leanings for the demon drink but in reality i am teetotal not only that but i deal with drunks on a daily basis, like most things in life moderation is usually best with this otherwise lethal concoction.

[snakehill]

I agree John! Like you this my first Christmas off in about 15 years! Nothing wrong with a little Christmas cheer!;)

[infernalis]

I stole this from ssnakess....

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640/jaleely/IMG_20111223_204435.jpg

[kibakiba]

Personally, I wasn't saying there's anything wrong with a few drinks, I'll be drinking a little bit too. But, if you get so drunk that you may get yourself banned from the forum, or feel the need to hit someone and beat them to a pulp... Why even do it? That's what I find stupid.

My uncle, who was one of the people in my life who abused his wife in front of me, would regret getting drunk in the first place... Just to snap when something went wrong and say he was going to the bar to get drunk, just to repeat it all again. I can understand snapping under stress and resorting to something stupid, but to do it every day...

[kibakiba]

Cut picture. He kind of looks like he's thinking "What is this thing...? and how am I hovering by this tree...?"

[PINJOHN]

Give it another 30 years kiddo, you will change.

Wayne we are the total opposites, some of your answers/views have me in stitches, my wife is 51 next week i'm 65 in march and we still fill up a big sack of presents each to give to each other, some are things that we have hinted for, and the rest are surprise gifts, i cant say just how much we look forward to Xmas we are just as excited as the kids ripping open our presents :eek:
i feel certain that were we to be next door neighbors we would be close friends buzzing off each other with our different world views :p

[snakehill]

Personally, I wasn't saying there's anything wrong with a few drinks, I'll be drinking a little bit too. But, if you get so drunk that you may get yourself banned from the forum, or feel the need to hit someone and beat them to a pulp... Why even do it? That's what I find stupid.

My uncle, who was one of the people in my life who abused his wife in front of me, would regret getting drunk in the first place... Just to snap when something went wrong and say he was going to the bar to get drunk, just to repeat it all again. I can understand snapping under stress and resorting to something stupid, but to do it every day... Well, I was just kidding and I don't recall mentioning hitting someone or beating them to a pulp but okay!!! ;)

[infernalis]

Come on, beating people can be quite refreshing.

[kibakiba]

I didn't say you were going to beat someone to a pulp, I mean drunks in general.

Maybe in video games, hurting someone in real life, no matter how much of a good idea is seems to be sometimes, would only end in me getting in trouble, and being upset about hurting someone. Once a week I see people at my therapist's office with "mentally ill" kids, who are just the result of bad parenting. I'd like nothing more than to smack those parents... But that technically wouldn't solve anything for anyone.

[chris-uk]

Watching old Christmas pop music with a pomegranate vodka cocktail, while the wife knits another square for her patchwork blanket and the cat whines for his dinner. Take away the cat and it makes for a good run up to Christmas Day. Earlier we delivered Lightning and got her setup in her new house, we'll still see her every week or so but it's sad to see her leave.
Time to feed the cat and head to bed I think. Unfortunately (or fortunately when I have a 120 mile drive in the morning) there's no chance of waking up to a white Christmas. So, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!

[EasternGirl]

Love that snake in the ornament pic! I just finished eating snow crab legs! yummmy.... Now I have to stay up until like 2am until my son is sound asleep so that I can sneak out and put the presents under the tree. Forget alcohol...I need some strong coffee!!

[infernalis]

http://grouchyjohns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/gw140-double_espresso1.jpg

[infernalis]

RXCEdrnaFlY

[RedSidedSPR]

Come on, beating people can be quite refreshing.

Yeah this along with drinking reminded me of something I would never have though I'd be doing....:p haven't had a lot of drunks around me, but a year ago I was walking down the drive way, (long) (and if you remember the people I just mentioned over our fence) walking down the drive way and this drunk old fool was singing or something over the fence a little ways up I had no idea what he was doing, and as I reached that point of the fence, the old bum climbed up and unsteadily perched on the top.... I was like UHHHHH..... Tilted his head my way still singing or whatever the hell he was doing staring right trough me, widened his eyes and started over the fence, which kinda freaked me out........

So, naturally, I gave him a gentle shove. Soon as I did it I regretted it cuz I could've really injure him, but nope... I don't think he ever stopped singing or even comprehended what happened. Hopped up, singing, and walked away.

Yup. That was weird.

My dad's dad was like Wayne's and I've heard enough to make me realize what it can do. And yeah, he died at like 50.

So. Merry Christmas.:p

[ConcinusMan]

Come on, beating people can be quite refreshing.

And what about an ice cold beer?

I rest my case.;)

[infernalis]

Beating someone with an ice cold beer is very refreshing thank you.

[ConcinusMan]

No, that's alcohol abuse:p

[infernalis]

Merry Christmas Richard.

[ConcinusMan]

Ditto

[ConcinusMan]

Hey, it just occurred to me that I'm only 1.5 hours drive away from Prehistoric Pets now that I moved. I'll have to add that to my list of places to visit. prehistoricpetstv's Channel - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/prehistoricpetstv?feature=watch)

Prehistoric Pets - Home (http://www.prehistoricpets.com/)

[tress29]

Merry Christmas everyone! I went to church @4:30, signed in visitors at 6, then started cleaning up at 7. That part was on the clock. Worked til 10:30, home for a sandwich and a shot of Nyquil! My boys are with their dad for Christmas am, then will visit his family. I get them back late tomorrow. After I get caught up with your antics, I hope to sleep in! We'll see if the dog cooperates!

[PINJOHN]

Love that snake in the ornament pic! I just finished eating snow crab legs! yummmy.... Now I have to stay up until like 2am until my son is sound asleep so that I can sneak out and put the presents under the tree. Forget alcohol...I need some strong coffee!!

COFFEE!!!COFFEE!!!! DID SOMEONE MENTION COFFEE:eek:

[EasternGirl]

Coffee!!! I'm drinking it right now! Didn't go to sleep til 2am...and my son decided to get up at 5:30 to see his Santa presents...went back to sleep at 6:30....now I'm up again to do family presents...I think I need some Turkish coffee...the kind that Turkish men drink in Turkish coffee houses....has anyone every had any?..it's kind of like drinking the stuff that's left in the bottom of your coffee pot at the end of the day....yep...tastes like sludge...but it's super power sludge!

[EasternGirl]

Well...it's officially Christmas at my house. My mother just had a panic attack and she thinks she is having a heart attack or something and my father is drunk and starting a fight with me over me trying to calm my mother down. Fa la la la la....

[guidofatherof5]

Hang in there Marnie.:D

[infernalis]

It will be over soon enough Marnie.

*************************************************

Started watching BBC "Robin Hood" season one, well done, superb TV show.

[EasternGirl]

Okay so I just got back from the hospital a couple of hours ago...turns out my mother was not having a panic attack...she may have had a stroke. It just keeps getting better. Ugh. How I wish all my garter forum friends were here right now...

One positive thing happened...for the first time in his drunken life, my father actually apologized to me. A Christmas miracle...

I have to go back to the hospital in the morning...they are running all kinds of tests on my mother.

[infernalis]

Sorry to hear that Marnie. I hope it turns out OK.

[Light of Dae]

Beating someone with an ice cold beer is very refreshing thank you.
AAHH Haa Hahaha Thats awesome! I love it!



No, that's alcohol abuse:p
Nah. Your close though, its alcohol AND Abuse. lol Alcohol abuse is spilling your beer whilst doing it :D

[Light of Dae]

Okay so I just got back from the hospital a couple of hours ago...turns out my mother was not having a panic attack...she may have had a stroke. It just keeps getting better. Ugh. How I wish all my garter forum friends were here right now...

One positive thing happened...for the first time in his drunken life, my father actually apologized to me. A Christmas miracle...

I have to go back to the hospital in the morning...they are running all kinds of tests on my mother.

Praying for you n yours, So sorry to hear this. My grandma had a small stroke awhile back and is doing great after a 'splint' or 'shunt' (something like that) to open up the blocked path. Stay strong! Perhaps something good will come of this... Never know, Keep your chin up. *Hugs*

[EasternGirl]

Thanks to both of you.

[colby]

both those times are early its 3 am here

[chris-uk]

Okay so I just got back from the hospital a couple of hours ago...turns out my mother was not having a panic attack...she may have had a stroke. It just keeps getting better. Ugh. How I wish all my garter forum friends were here right now...

One positive thing happened...for the first time in his drunken life, my father actually apologized to me. A Christmas miracle...

I have to go back to the hospital in the morning...they are running all kinds of tests on my mother.

Hope your mother is doing better today, it seems that Christmas is all too often a time when stress exacerbates underlying health issues. Fingers crossed that she's only suffered a minor TIA.
Keep looking for the silver linings Marnie.

[PINJOHN]

Hated seeing this post from you Marnie, having a family illness at any time of the year is upsetting but at Xmas the upset seems to be greater, I suspect that is because you are so focused on all the things to do and determined that all will have a good time that it leaves you all the more shocked that it has happened.
I add my good wishes to those of your friends above and hope mom comes through this none the worse.

[ScimitarX]

thinking of you Marnie, hope shes alright

[EasternGirl]

My mom seems much more coherent today. They are still running tests...but she told me they said something about a T something...What is TIA Chris? The doctors last night were saying something about an ischemic something or other? Is that like a mini-stroke? The kind of pre-stroke they can treat before it turns into a bigger one? Because that was what my theory was when she started acting strange last night...she started forgetting things she said 5 minutes earlier and such. Thanks to everyone for the concern and well wishes. They should know something more tonight and hopefully she will be home soon.

[ScimitarX]

Glad she seems to be doing better :)

[EasternGirl]

Thanks...okay I googled TIA....that seems about right...sounds like what she probably had. I'll know more later after they finish running tests but that sounds like what they were initially thinking anyway.

[chris-uk]

Sorry Marnie, yes a TIA is, I Transient Ischaemic Attack, if you catch a TIA they can normally prescribe drugs that cut the, risk of something more serious. Hope she's home soon.

[EasternGirl]

Thanks...going to the hospital in a little while...still waiting on more test results.

[tress29]

Thanks...going to the hospital in a little while...still waiting on more test results.Wow, just saw this. Sure hope she`s feeling better and back home soon.

[infernalis]

any udates for us Marnie?

[EasternGirl]

She is waiting for the doctors to come and talk to her and discuss her test results. I went to the hospital to see her last night and she seemed good...they had her off the heart monitors and what not. The doctors are going to call me and talk to me. Now I have the flu though...and I am here alone with my son and my disabled father...ugh...and I have to go get my mom when she is ready to come home. I really could use a wife right about now. My ex-husband is about as useful as an extra pinky toe.

[EasternGirl]

My mom is home from the hospital and doing well. She did have a stroke...the MRI showed that she had a small one. I am trying to get over some sort of respiratory virus/flu thing. I always get sick when I am stressed.

[chris-uk]

Glad to hear your mum is home. Get yourself better too.

[Mommy2many]

Hugs for you!

[infernalis]

My mom is home from the hospital and doing well. She did have a stroke...the MRI showed that she had a small one. I am trying to get over some sort of respiratory virus/flu thing. I always get sick when I am stressed.

http://www.thamfriends.com/1/getwell8.gif

[kibakiba]

For the new year, I'm changing my avatar to something sickeningly adorable. Yup.

[PINJOHN]

my mom is home from the hospital and doing well. She did have a stroke...the mri showed that she had a small one. I am trying to get over some sort of respiratory virus/flu thing. I always get sick when i am stressed.

head up marnie this year is going to be a storm-er for you[ i can feel it in my water] as they say. ..... Positive thinking is the way to go mums improving, your nasty virus is on the wain, and it's all down hill from here :)

[EasternGirl]

Thanks you guys! Hugs back at ya!

[RedSidedSPR]

My girlfriend got talked into drinking a lot last night, threw up 47 times, passed out twice, and was in the hospital for a few hours. That was good at all... Not like her.......

[Mommy2many]

Wow! What were you feeding her? Hospital for alchohol poisoning? Hopefully that's the last time she does that for a while.

[RedSidedSPR]

I wasn't there. No idea what happened.

[guidofatherof5]

My girlfriend got talked into drinking a lot last night, threw up 47 times, passed out twice, and was in the hospital for a few hours. That was good at all... Not like her.......

Sounds like she should count herself lucky.
Alcohol is not a good choice.

[Mommy2many]

Rob, she is very lucky. Hope 2012 is good to you both!

[RedSidedSPR]

it was beer i think.. and yes I know. Had me worried there for a bit

[RedSidedSPR]

Rob?

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...that was not good. I'm glad she's okay. Maybe have a talk with her about not letting other people influence her and thinking for herself and all that good stuff :).

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah.

Oh and actually she only passed out once.:rolleyes:

[EasternGirl]

That's not necessarily a good sign...you would think it is technically, but it just means that she has a higher tolerance...which usually has to be developed by drinking on a regular basis and drinking a lot. Not trying to say anything bad about your girlfriend...just speaking from experience here...I was a pretty wild teenager to say the least...how I am alive today...I do not know sometimes..but I'm glad I wised up and that I am. Just saying you may need to watch out for her.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well ****, maybe it was twice.. I don't know. I don't know anything i wasn't there damnit.

[chris-uk]

Drinking enough beer to put you in hospital is a tough challenge, consider the possibility that someone was slipping a little extra in her drinks. I know that they only incidents with myself or friends has involved spirits as well as beer and/wine. As a student I drank myself to puking several (many several...) times, although never to the point of hospitalisation, and it generally involved vodka or whisky.

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't know. Her brother came home, saw her passed out as took her to the hospital. Didn't necessarily need it.

[EasternGirl]

Hmmm....yeah...the whole situation is well...you weren't there, period. You have no idea what happened. Bottom line...it wasn't good. If she threw up 47 times, she drank a lot. Whether she passed out or not or what she drank probably isn't the biggest issue...I think the biggest issue is that she let people talk her into drinking that much. In the end, no one held a gun to her head...it was her responsibility...to be blunt. There was probably a point in which she was too intoxicated to make rational decisions...but anytime we drink we have to know that we are accepting the responsibility for what we do once we are too intoxicated to be rational. We also want to make sure that we are around people that we trust if we are going to be in a state of mind in which we cannot consent. Sounds to me like she shouldn't be hanging out with those people and that she needs to learn to say no. Perhaps you can help her with those things. Not being mean here, Jesse....just looking out for you...because this does impact you. It could have turned out much worse.

[infernalis]

As the owner of a brain.. Intoxication of any kind is not appealing to me.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...I don't really care to drink. If I, for some insane reason, suddenly felt the need for alcohol..I could stand next to one of my parents and probably get drunk from the fumes coming off of them.

[ConcinusMan]

Hahaha. Trust me, that doesn't work. I inhaled plenty of ethyl alcohol fumes while working in fruit juice manufacturing. The alcohol molecules only go from the blood through the lungs one way; out.:rolleyes:

It's a good thing, because if it wasn't just one way, it would take more than 12 hours to eliminate the alcohol in just one beer.:cool:

[EasternGirl]

Oh yuck...

[chris-uk]

Hahaha. Trust me, that doesn't work. I inhaled plenty of ethyl alcohol fumes while working in fruit juice manufacturing. The alcohol molecules only go from the blood through the lungs one way; out.:rolleyes:

It's a good thing, because if it wasn't just one way, it would take more than 12 hours to eliminate the alcohol in just one beer.:cool:
Not sure about the science in that...
Alcohol passes both ways through the lungs, so if you breath in alcohol vapour in high enough concentration it will be absorbed into your bloodstream. It comes down to how much of alcohol is in the air and how much is already in the blood, it moves from a higher concentration to a lower concentration based on physics and partial pressures of gas, there's no active biological function to transfer alcohol across the membranes in the lungs.
As for eliminating alcohol from the bloodstream, if I remember my med science correctly the majority is removed by the liver (about 80%), then some by the kidneys (10%), the the skin and lungs remove the rest.

[snakehill]

I wasn't there. No idea what happened. Next time BE THERE!!! ;)

[EasternGirl]

He shouldn't have to babysit his girlfriend though.

[snakehill]

You're right! Sorry Jesse! Hopefully she learned a lesson and you won't have to worry about it!!! :)

[RedSidedSPR]

I couldn't be there.


being mean here, Jesse....just looking out for you...because this does impact you. It could have turned out much worse.

I know and I know.

And it would've been the pressure cuz that's not like her. I still don't know anything. He's not answering my damn texts

[guidofatherof5]

My oldest daughter(age17) called me tonight and asked if she could spend the night at her Mother's. I told her she could.
Later on in the evening I saw her on Skype. She told me she was playing her new Sims.
Knowing she hasn't been getting as much sleep as she should be getting I thought I would give her some fatherly advice.
This is what I typed:

"Wet the bed early. Before 11pm. Please." :D

[kibakiba]

Lol. That made me laugh so hard some of my soda came up and out of my nose... All over my floor.

[RedSidedSPR]

I lol'd too :D


He's not answering my damn texts

I meant "she".:rolleyes:

[EasternGirl]

Lol Steve....

and Jesse....thanks for the correction because I was a little confused there. Why isn't she answering your texts? Hey...don't forget to PM me and tell me how to build that platform for the tank...

[snakehill]

I lol'd too :D



I meant "she".:rolleyes: :p

[PINJOHN]

My oldest daughter(age17) called me tonight and asked if she could spend the night at her Mother's. I told her she could.
Later on in the evening I saw her on Skype. She told me she was playing her new Sims.
Knowing she hasn't been getting as much sleep as she should be getting I thought I would give her some fatherly advice.
is is what I typed:


"Wet the bed early. Before 11pm. Please." :D
warning any one found to have wet their bed after
the eleven o'clock dead line will face severe sanctions



signed pe'ter knight
president. p.i.s.s.e.r
persistent inundation syndrome & severe
effluent retention society..

[EasternGirl]

Now see...that made it through the forum filter!

[PINJOHN]

no need to be envious ever again ladies
https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=99&appid=2309869772&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN9y2l _LjSjg%26feature%3Dshare

d (https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=99&appid=2309869772&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN9y2l _LjSjg%26feature%3Dshare)idnt know how to get the u tube film on by its self so pick the bit at the top :o

[guidofatherof5]

Time to dump some of those PM's John.

[PINJOHN]

Time to dump some of those PM's John.
SORRY consider it done :o:o

[PINJOHN]

here's the lowdown on those bitchy supposedly thin models enjoy ladies :eek: Super Model Photography Trick - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9y2l_LjSjg)

[ConcinusMan]

Record high temperatures in the SoCal high desert again today. 80 F yesterday, 82 today. Around 90 F in the L.A. metro area.:D

[EasternGirl]

Good grief...it was snowing here last night.

[ConcinusMan]

Can anyone here use a free $20 Walgreens calling card? Calls anywhere in U.S. for 5.7 cents a minute. I'm not going to use it. Figured I might as well give it away to someone who can use it. PM me and I'll give you the 800 number and pin.

[ConcinusMan]

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1759/86874035.jpg

[EasternGirl]

You okay there Richard? Lol...

[katach]

On for the first in a while.
Sorry to read about your mom Marnie. How she recovers quickly.
How is your girlfriend Jesse? Did she learn a very tough lesson?

[EasternGirl]

Thanks Kat...she's doing well now. Hope you had a great holiday and New Year's!

[katach]

Thanks! We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Your Christmas card was great, thank you. Don't you love Zazzle. That's where I made the mug Chantel and I gave to Steve for his birthday. I'm glad your mom is doing better, keep us posted.

[guidofatherof5]

Time to delete some of your PM's Kat.

[katach]

Done Steve. Thanks.

[PINJOHN]

THE BAD NEWS IS..... THAT BLOODY WIND IS BACK.

EEEERR just in case of any misunderstanding ...thats a Liverpool meteorological report

[guidofatherof5]

Yes John but how's the coffee?

[PINJOHN]

Yes John but how's the coffee?
thank you for asking Steve it was delicious ...can't stop to chat i'm afraid, just off down stairs to make another coffee :rolleyes:

[EasternGirl]

Well the bad news here is that once again Delaware cannot get the winter weather right...instead of a nice cold winter...but not too cold, mind you, with snow...as it should be...it has been going back and forth between days of bitter cold with temps in the teens and days in the high 50's in which the poor flowers get confused and try to bloom. Dag nabbit Delaware weather!!!

[guidofatherof5]

John,
Word to the wise. Anything put on the internet stays on the internet.
I found this photo of you when you were a little younger.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/guidofatherof5/27524_107892695917842_5553_n.jpg

[PINJOHN]

John,
Word to the wise. Anything put on the internet stays on the internet.
I found this photo of you when you were a little younger.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/guidofatherof5/27524_107892695917842_5553_n.jpg

HaHaHa not perhaps one of my best photographs, but you can still see my amazing resemblance to George clooney :D

[PINJOHN]

Well the bad news here is that once again Delaware cannot get the winter weather right...instead of a nice cold winter...but not too cold, mind you, with snow...as it should be...it has been going back and forth between days of bitter cold with temps in the teens and days in the high 50's in which the poor flowers get confused and try to bloom. Dag nabbit Delaware weather!!!
You should try living in Britain:rolleyes:

[kibakiba]

Has anyone been having problems with Skype crashing constantly? My boyfriend and I haven't been able to call each other, or anyone else on it because it's literally crashing when we click someones name to say something to them. It's getting annoying, re installing it hasn't helped.

[guidofatherof5]

Checkout Skype's FAQ's for help.

https://support.skype.com/en-us/faq/FA10634/How-can-I-completely-uninstall-and-then-reinstall-Skype

[EasternGirl]

Oh remember I did...I remember very well how you could be walking down the street with the sun shining and all of the sudden it would pour the rain on top of you...and how that seemed to happen briefly at least once a day...and now that I think of it, the sun didn't shine very often...it was pretty dismal looking most of the time. I used to complain about how depressing the weather was. Now whenever the weather does something weird like that here...starts raining out of nowhere or something...I always say "What, am I in the UK again?".

[EasternGirl]

You should try living in Britain:rolleyes: Oh remember I did...I remember very well how you could be walking down the street with the sun shining and all of the sudden it would pour the rain on top of you...and how that seemed to happen briefly at least once a day...and now that I think of it, the sun didn't shine very often...it was pretty dismal looking most of the time. I used to complain about how depressing the weather was. Now whenever the weather does something weird like that here...starts raining out of nowhere or something...I always say "What, am I in the UK again?".

Chantel...it was doing that to me and I had to download the beta version...apparently a lot of people were having problems: Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows - Featuring Facebook Video Calling - Skype (http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/beta/)

[EasternGirl]

Why did it just post my reply twice when I edited it?

[kibakiba]

I tried the full uninstall earlier. That seemed to make it worse. I'll try the beta after a shower to wake me up. I've been up for 4 hours, but still feel asleep. Haha.

[EasternGirl]

You don't need to uninstall with the beta download...it just replaces the old version. Don't uninstall first...just download the beta...there was a whole message board about the crash problem...it started on New Year's...this seems to fix it...it worked for me. Happened to a whole bunch of people.

[kibakiba]

Yeah, that's when my boyfriend and I had the problem.

But, what I meant with the uninstall was, I tried reinstalling it. I figured something may have gone corrupt or something. Reinstalling usually fixes problems like that, especially with games and such ;)

[EasternGirl]

Oh okay...well the message board said to specifically use the beta version to fix this problem. I tried reinstalling too and it still crashed, but when I installed the beta version it worked again.

[chris-uk]

Another balls up by Skype? Never. Having said that, I didn't have problems over the last few days except trying to use Skype on my mobile (sorry, cell phone).

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...I don't know...there was some issue where a whole bunch of people had a problem with it crashing on New Year's...there was a whole message board about it...reinstalling it using the beta version fixes the problem...something went wonky with the old version with the start of the new year.

[kibakiba]

Marnie, you I and my ex are the only people I've heard/seen use the word "wonky". Haha.

[EasternGirl]

Lol...maybe we both heard it on a show or something. I think I heard it on a show but I can't remember which one.

[kibakiba]

Well actually his mom said it once. I think that was where I originally heard it, then him. It really fits in some sentences though. Perhaps it's just a British thing... ;)

[chris-uk]

won·ky
- adjective -ki·er -ki·est
1. a. shaky, groggy, or unsteady b. unreliable; not trustworthy
2. stupid; boring; unattractive

Perfectly good English. Although I've only ever used it in the context of the first definition. Common usage would be more along the lines of "tilted" or "off-centre", something is wonky when it is slightly broken, for example a wonky wheel on one's wheelbarrow would have a slight buckle, but not so bad as to be unusable. :)

[snakehill]

Learned a new word today! Can't wait to use it!! ;)

[kibakiba]

The way I've her it was... For example, if my ex's computer was laggy, he'd say it's wonky. Though, he was a nerd when it came to pcs. If anything went even slightly wrong, it was wonky. I've heard it used as "unattractive" before... Like, him calling himself wonky. But, he was also that in an "unreliable" and "untrustworthy" sense (IMO)... Though he'd never call himself wonky for anything other than his looks. :rolleyes:

[EasternGirl]

I just use it for "acting weird" or "off"...like my t.v. has gone wonky or my computer has gone wonky, if it isn't working right...so I guess that goes along with the slightly broken definition.

[ConcinusMan]

Has anyone been having problems with Skype crashing constantly? My boyfriend and I haven't been able to call each other, or anyone else on it because it's literally crashing when we click someones name to say something to them. It's getting annoying, re installing it hasn't helped.

I've tried it several times over the years. Same experience. It was horrible. Haven't bothered to try again in the past 4 years or so. I've had better luck using Yahoo messenger, or any messenger that does video chat.

[kibakiba]

I find skype has better voice quality and better video than MSN or yahoo. I like it more for chatting with my boyfriend, and it's easier to use than MSN and Yahoo.

[EasternGirl]

I got skype to specifically talk to people on skype...so using another program wouldn't really work.

[guidofatherof5]

Little bird

"What does a fifty pound parrot say?" "Polly wants a cracker, NOW"

[EasternGirl]

Lol....there is a parrot in the pet store that I go to near my house that says "shut up" all the time. It's pretty funny. By the way...Wayne..if you're out there reading this...there is a Savannah Monitor at that pet store...and I don't really want one because I do not have the money and resources to care for one. But I tell you, if I had the money on me today, I would have bought it. I just don't know if they are taking the best care of the poor guy. He seems okay...but I don't know. And I know, I know...they would just go and get another one. But I have a hard time leaving animals that I think need better care. He seemed very sweet. He fell asleep when I stroked the tank next to his face.

[EasternGirl]

So..I took my son to a fundraiser for his school tonight...they had a guy making balloon animals and someone doing face painting. Turns out I knew the guy making balloon animals from grade school...so he made me a special balloon animal. Here is a pic of my son holding it...also, make note of the pic painted on my son's left cheek...

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[PINJOHN]

Little bird

"What does a fifty pound parrot say?" "Polly wants a cracker, NOW"
woman says to pet store owner, how come your parrots in the top cages are so much more expensive than the parrots in the lower cages?
the pet store owner says that's because the parrots in the top cages are on higher perches........boom boom :cool:

[kibakiba]

I had an upper endoscopy yesterday. It wasn't fun, and I have a new found hate for IVs.
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3717/sdc14210.jpg

[infernalis]

were the results favorable?

are you going to be around another hundred years?

[kibakiba]

I have quite a few problems, gastritis, possible parasites, and my stomach is inflamed and red. The redness and gastritis doesn't surprise me, but the parasite they were talking about was H. Plyori, which I had as a kid... There is a possibility that the whole time I've had my stomach problems, the meds I got as a kid didn't kill them all and that they've been multiplying and attempting to take over my body! Attack of the heliobacter! Run awaaaaay!

[RedSidedSPR]

I walked into Petsmart and this parrot was goin F F F F F F F F F F of you know what I mean....:rolleyes:

If I ever suddenly drop off the face of the earth, I'm in jail. Just FYI

[EasternGirl]

Chantel...I have H.pylori and it's not a parasite...in fact we just got done studying it in nursing school. It's a bacterium that causes ulcers. As far as I know it can not spread to other parts of the body either...it's specific to the stomach. Google it. It's easily treatable...you just have to watch because it does come back. I have to get endoscopies now and again and have it retreated sometimes because it has been linked to stomach cancer if, and only if, it goes untreated. Untreated it causes many stomach problems...the worst being stomach cancer...which is actually very very rare (1-2% chance)...and they would have seen that on your endoscopy. Here: Helicobacter pylori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori)

[EasternGirl]

Okay...I think Mr. Jesse needs to come on here and talk to us and tell us what is going on with his life that has him skipping school to avoid going to Juvie...apparently he needs some guidance from his garter forum friends...especially those of us who managed to survive the teenage years by the skin of our teeth!

[PINJOHN]

Chantel...I have H.pylori and it's not a parasite...in fact we just got done studying it in nursing school. It's a bacterium that causes ulcers. As far as I know it can not spread to other parts of the body either...it's specific to the stomach. Google it. It's easily treatable...you just have to watch because it does come back. I have to get endoscopies now and again and have it retreated sometimes because it has been linked to stomach cancer if, and only if, it goes untreated. Untreated it causes many stomach problems...the worst being stomach cancer...which is actually very very rare (1-2% chance)...and they would have seen that on your endoscopy. Here: Helicobacter pylori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori)
does any body know the story behind helicobacter pylori ? its a real heart warming david and Goliath saga

[EasternGirl]

There is a story behind it? No...I just know it makes my stomach feel like crap all the time.

[ConcinusMan]

There's a site on the internet that sells pens. Search google for "Pen Island". Results will be at the top, and say "Welcome To Pen Island! The Best Pens on the Internet" Now look at the URL for the website and read it. Tee hee.:D

[kibakiba]

Lol.



Jesse, you sound like you could use a hug. A big thamnophis forum group hug. Everyone hug Jesse, now. Do it.

[ConcinusMan]

Now search "Kids Exchange International" and check out their URL. LMAO:D

[kibakiba]

That is horrible. Why don't people think about something like that before picking the name of their website? I know I'd be paranoid about the name looking "wrong." Though, not much would go wrong with a name like "pyrondenium rose"

[ConcinusMan]

You think that's bad, there's a guy in my facebook friends list named "Dale Mick" That's his real name. Think about it for a minute...

[EasternGirl]

*Hug* for Jesse...and I don't get it Richard.

[EasternGirl]

Oh and lol to the Pen Island and Kids Exchange URL's