No, no, I've heard of/ had it. (it was a joke. Long story) It really does exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
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No, no, I've heard of/ had it. (it was a joke. Long story) It really does exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Thanks ladies! As always you are a pick-me-up. I've been laughing my arse off catching up.
Nanci - Sorry about the friend. She'll bounce back in no time I'm sure. Cute new snake. Sorry you had to oust one though. BTW - Thanks ((Nanci)) for the advice on the job thing. I'm looking into expanding my talents ASAP to be more marketable when I take the leap. I'm hoping next year. (Anything to get away from fluoro. Sorry, I know your a fluoro supervisor but I just hate it. It's very invasive for the techs here compaired to wehre you are. Blech. Wretch.)
BMo3 and Knotted - **Ahem** I probably shouldn't go anywhere near the bra conversation, but... ah, ah, ah, I can't help myself. You should feel lucky. Being a C is like the perfect size - just the right amount to, um, "handle" and gravity can only take them so far. Me? well... 34D. It's a little rough trying to find a good workout bra that doesn't look like it was made for "Helga: The Terminator". Losing weight again so I hope to get back down to a 34C soon. (I'm the only woman I know who actually wishes for smaller ones. :rolleyes: )
Knotted - How to get groceries w/o spending $? Visit the parents every dinnertime. (Or at my Mom's, it's anytime you happen to walk in. The woman is constantly trying to shove food down my pie hole. :) )
BMo3 - Good luck tomorrow! You'll do fine. It's nice you're starting earlier in the day. It means you get to eat sooner. Hope they find good news.
DebW - I haven't had one yet, but as I understand from my patients, the prep is the worst part. The only thing I can say is, I hope they get the whole way through while you're there. Otherwise, you get to come to the Radiology dept the next day - and you're very much awake for what we have to do to you. :eek: :eek: (Nanci's fav study - NOT!)
As for the pie, I was just thinking, if you freeze a piece and sent it Fed Ex Overnight to me in PA, it would be just about perfectly thawed when it got here. *hint, hint*
Ah, the hot tub is calling once more. I'll be back...
-X.
Just today she posted that? Ironic. I was afraid the link was going to take us to one of the many times I've said (essentially) "I'm not your health care provider, I'm not giving you advice, you can't sue me." :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Jennifer, I'll be thinking of you all day tomorrow. Let us know how things go.
Nanci, congrats on the new baby!
Fish, congrats on the new house! fishjr will settle down...it can be tough. I went to four grade schools and three jr highs before going to one HS for four years. She's a sensitive kid, but you two sound like awfully good parents.
I continue to be very :D :D :D about J! Even met his sister today, who's in town to help with his move into the city. She's really nice. Why would I be surprised to like the sister of the man I like so much?
BMo3 - good thoughts coming your way for tomorrow. Be sure to wear your Ibex hat!
I'm soooo down I can hardly breathe. DPITA must've gotten The Letter by now. No communication, of course. I don't miss my ring at all. I feel like a social clutz. I just got home at 8 pm, but I'm too exhausted and lonely to sleep. I need a haircut. I burnt the roof of my mouth on my baked potato.
I just want to be through this crap so I can go on my bumbling inept way, auditioning the gorgeous hottie for the next Ms. Knot and riding my bike in some centuries.
I want to get a phone call "Ok. Call it good. Slate is clean. Bye." I'm just really scared she's gonna put me through the wringer and I'll waver.
Weak moment! And I have no chocolate to bolster my soul!:(
(but I do have bike-chain tattoos that Doc did)
Xrayted. I am so sorry. Print shops are pretty dangerous, toxic places, I gather. I am really sorry about your friend--and about the larger implications of company policy. Infuriating.
Nanci---Addy is cool! Although it's hard for me to say goodbye mentally to anything named "Baby Russell". Good thing I never saw a pic of him. Yeah, aren't hognoses the ones who play dead? They sound like they're vastly entertaining. I haven't had a period since last Thanksgiving, btw, so don't think we'll be seeing Carrie in THIS house anytime soon. Paris Hilton with Tinkerbell in her purse--would've been a classic.
Knotted, I thought it was against all laws of the universe to leave Costco having spent only $20. How the hell did you manage that?? I am impressed.
DebW---colonoscopy prep is a drag (put a good book in the bathroom) but the drugs are fun and you won't remember a thing.
Hey, Lise. I don't drink either.
Having a broken toe is a boring, slow-moving pain in the ***. And why is it that the SIDI Dominators that'll fit me only come in black? Yuck. Wonder if I should use one of those late-night-TV-put-rhinestones-on-everything machines on those black Dominators?
I have one Siamese cat sitting between me and the keyboard, and one small Abyssinian cat snoring happily--and loudly--under the table.
BMomof3---PMed you some favorite websites in case you can't sleep tonight. We'll all be visualizing you in your Ibex hat. By this time tomorrow, it'll all be done, and you can read more posts on being bereft of perk.
Knotted! You'll get through this, and it will be better.
Gonna go for spikes again? I haven't seen you w/ spikes, so I dunno what I'm getting into by asking, but thought I'd tempt fate. Professional job is making me wear my hair longer again. *BOO!*
As far as it really matters, you are done with that crap. The letter should be the end of your involvement as far as you're concerned. It's her turn to process something.
Just have fun being a klutz with whatever sweet, charming biker girls you happen to meet/chat with/etc. The right one will love you for your mind and inherent charm.
(((Knot)))
I vote to bring subtle codes etc back to dating etc. Simple, straightforward, and no f*cking around (unless you want to!)
I'm tired and stoopid. I wanna go home. It's Friday, and God so Help me, I'm gonna celebrate it like a 21 year old! (quietly, drunk, in front of the computer.) ;)
Thank you. This crap is TINY in the grand scheme of the universe, but I'm wallowing in it. It's funny, I don't feel any regret. I'm just in terror that it won't "stick". Of course, the terror I'm feeling now will help me stand on my own two feet if I do get a heap of abuse dumped on my head. So I really should be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
I need to get l@id. Now, what was that rule in the thespian handbook about rebounds... :rolleyes:
Naw, this is PART of the grand scheme, so while it's not everything, it's damn well not tiny either. And it's HARD. But it gets better. Relationships should NOT make you feel bad when you're in them, dammit. That's the only rule I am sure of. Just keep trudging, cookie. You'll get there.
And abs? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
Ooh! Oooh!!1 I have this one memorized! It's Chapter 5 verse 18 line 5: Wherein the "Sexual Inactivity" is greater than 4 months but less than 5 years, said thespian is to be reintroduced to action at soonest possible convenience. In the event this is >5 years, subject must be reaffirmed to have a pulse."Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
That woman wouldn't have a **** leg to stand on if she had the unmitigated GALL to even ****ing dare threaten you with abuse. The mere idea gives me creepy shivers. I'm not even going to start with the reality check needed here. GRRRR:mad:
Oh, and Yes, especially abs. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Kitsune06 "Oh, and Yes, especially abs. :D" and the ability to get out of Costco for $20.00.
Kit I believe in It's Chapter 5 verse 18 line 10 in the first edition of the manual (I have an autographed copy signed by K.D. I got when I got my re-enlistment bonus. When I re-enlisted the recruiting officer told me there'd be lots of gratuitious sox. There's been none, but you know how they lie to get you to enlist. I was also told I'd get stationed in Hawaii but that's another story) anyway....in the back there's a list of suitable events including cycling to check if said subject has a pulse. Isn't there a single gals who like gals ride somewhere? Or the Cinderella ride but that's not till March?
<snort>:D
I love you guys....
Snap, yes, that's the one. And did you notice in his picture he looked like a cobra? Weren't you scared?? (Apparently the two species, Eastern and western, color themselves to resemble the eastern and western rattlsnake species they live by!) I did some more reading, and found out that, yes, they may strike with their mouths closed, and their teeny tiny teeth are so far back that if they did bite, their teeth couldn't contact you anyway, and furthermore, the only way you could possibly lure one into biting would be if you'd recently handled a toad and smelled like prey. Even poking it about the mouth won't encourage a bite. The Southern Hognose has never been documented to have bitten a human.
I can't wait to take him out. Leaving him to adjust is harder than resisting funny comments on PR's wattle. He's so funny, sticking out his "hood," and he's so soft and silky feeling.
I need a toad.
I did find that picture a little scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Hmmmm, mighty good coffee this morning. I don't work this afternoon, wheee! Time for a bike ride! Hey, Salsa, shall we run into (figuratively) each other again on the SmmshRvTrl today?
Kit, is it your turn to have a hangover?
What's this about not getting the whole way through??? Nobody told me about that. And what's radiology got to do with it? They're sending me to enterology. Last year my h went through this, and after he'd done the prep, they called him the morning of the appointment and said that power was out at the hospital and they were cancelling his appointment. That sucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
Knotted, try thinking about stromatolites, microbial mats which have existed on earth for 3.5 billion years. It always works for me (but I realize I'm weird). And if that doesn't work (or even if it does), go ride Flossie. Better yet, ride Flossie and think about stromatolites. That's sure to improve your disposition and determination.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Babe, it's hard to ride with a newly broken toe. I'm hopin' in another few days, maybe by the weekend...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Deb, if you go for a colonoscopy, and they can't get the scope all the way to your terminal ileum- where the colon joins the small bowel- because of twists and turns or a stricture or a possible tumor or whatever- then they need to visualize the rest of the colon, so you'd get a barium enema. If you can't get in the same day, for the BE, that's bad, because you'll have to do the prep again. You have to be awake for the BE because you are required to position your body in different ways to make the barium flow around and highlight the various segments of colon. I think this (needing a BE later) is fairly uncommon.
Funny your doctor stalked you down. Wish my Dad's would have done this, he would have avoid chemo for colon cancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Thanks to Dear Ol' Dad I get the colonoscopy at 40. My DH had one last week to diagnose Crohn's disease. His doctor endearingly referred to it as his meeting with "the long black snake". Bleck!
DH said the prep was bad, but the hunger from it was worse. He is ravenous from being on prednisone and liquid diet isn't great. I think he was glad to have the drink because when you can't get out of the bathroom you aren't hungry. Get some aloe wipes. My mom and my DH are tough, they said the prep wasn't as bad as you imagine. My Dad said it was awful. Good luck!
BMo3- Good luck today. I had the same prep for an EEG, but I got to sleep through the test. It was preferred that I sleep and I had no objections!
I can't keep up with the drift! Ya'll have a wonderful day. :D
I just went online to cancel a hotel reservation.
The cancellation policy says:
Please cancel your reservation at least 24 hours prior to arrival to avoid cancellation fees.
um, o-kaaay.
Better make sure you don't arrive then!
Wot's the change? Changing plans for cheese?
That's great Engrish!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
hey TD.
I am sitting in the school computer lab overseeing the PP's classmates for my1/2 hour stint as monitor. This afternoon I start the first of 6 days of mediation training as I embark on a major left turn in my career. scared, excited, nervous, happy.
so I have missed lots of TD in the last few days. I have caught up on some. so far, this is what I know:
1. I also want pumpkin pie.
2. I would be okay with snap changing my bedpan and would try not to miss.
3. I wish I could really give Knot a hug.
4. I wanna see Nanci's new snake and I agree she needs a frog.
5. I wish everyone who needs it (Kit I think) career and hair peace (as opposed to hairpiece).
6. I want to know if Fish has a house yet and haven't been able to determine that from the TD I have read....
wow. it's hot in this computer lab.
Knot, does _anyone_ ever, after being lettered, say ok, no hard feelings? I sure wouldn't. I'd either be inconsolably disbelieving, or enraged. Neither way would I lower myself to ever speaking to that person again...
I'd probably have a bonfire with the letter, and a bottle of wine.
Wait- I _have_ done that.
It sure felt good, rather than keeping the letter as a horrid memento forever.
Wow, I haven't thought about stromatolites in a long time.
Whoever cares the least wins. Be the one who cares the least.
Fish has a gorgeous house! In Baton Rouge. And I think her house sold quickly, after a brief scare. One of the minnows is having a hard time with the move- misses her friends.
I think Knot needs a snake. They are so relaxing, yet unneedy.
I love pumpkin pie. With whip cream.
Somebody had to be the martyrs so yellow, Bubba and I put a great deal of time this weekend researching various combinations of port (4 types), cheese (4 goat and sheep cheeses), and various fruits and breads.
The cheese results:
Ewephoria – best with a tart crisp apple such as a Honey Crisp. The combo with a Braeburn came in an acceptable second.
Cypress Grove Midnight Moon – crisp green pear (tart but not sweet).
Drunken Goat – Olive Pugliesi bread (funny thing, I kept raving about the combo with the olive bread which I normally dislike. We looked up the cheese on the internet and the recommendation was to eat with olive tapenade).
Cypress Grove Purple Haze (chevre with fennel pollen and lavender) – plain soft rustic bread
The port results:
Dagoba Organic 87% dark choc – Clocktower Tawny Port
Scharffen Berger L’Ancienne Jamaica (limited edition) – Clocktower Tawny
Scharffen Berger Nibby – Fonseca (overtones of cherry)
Scharffen Berger Kumasi Sambirano (limited edition) - Dow
Lake Champlain Vermont Dark Choc with Almonds – Fonseca or 6 Grapes. The Fonseca has overtones of cherry while the 6 Grapes was cherry and plum. Dow Port was only OK.
We discovered that the dark bittersweet chocolates needed tawny port, while the sweet chocolates needed the lighter classic ruby ports. Also, that soft cheese is best on soft bread for the best mouth feel. Yellow came up with all kinds of high falutin’ terminology for our experiment results but I can’t remember any of them.
While Bubba and I were in Oregon last week, we stopped by the Rogue Creamery, the only American cheesemaker to win a world title for blue cheese. So stay tuned for more cheese research.
Now this is research I can use!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Well said. Some people just aren't adult enough to end anything amicably, and if it really comes down to it, yeah, you might just have to go with simply not caring. I would hope she'd be the type of mature person who could read and at least phone you to talk it out (this is where you hold your ground, knowing you were slow to make the decision, but made it enough times now that you had to act on it and you're not going back), but if she's disbelieving/enraged... well... she can also be SOL, too. Communication/people skills. You either have them, or you don't. Too many people don't and pretend they do.
Yeah, it's my turn to have a hangover and I feel really ****y this morning. I had close to half a bottle of port before slogging to bed. I don't even remember what kind 'cept that it was a ruby, and I don't want to go near the trash can to look.
unggh. at least I don't work until 3.
knot i know its nice to have some complete closure, but in this instance you may or may not get it. either way if you never hear from her again then good. if she decided to call, talk to her calmly, i know easier said then done but it will be better for you. let her make the a$$ out of herself by losing control while you sit there level headed, which i know you can do.
chickwhorips "let her make the a$$ out of herself by losing control while you sit there level headed, which i know you can do."
what's that saying "If you can keep your head while others about you are loosing theirs..." that's either an old saying or something I recall from study of the French Revolution. :rolleyes:
SK, mmmmmm, cheese :)
Knot - you would not be responsible if she were to hurt herself. It's all on her. Do not let her put that load of **** on you.
Sorry to leave you hanging, Snap. I deleted my post.
You're right, though. I can't be responsible for her actions/threats.
Poem called "If" by Rudyard KiplingQuote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
.................... etc etc etc
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
:rolleyes: Hmmm, maybe we shouldn't try and turn Knotted into a man.
Vicchysoisse!
<geshundheit!>
It's cold and wet here, real wool socks and wool sweater weather. So I'm not riding. Getting into this crock-pot thing. Just started a big ol' pot of bast**dized Vicchysoisse. (I'm using garlic instead of leeks)
Mmmmmmm-mmmmm! Warm cozy soup for a cold chilly damp day! (and whole peppercorns add excitement to the coziness!)
Stinky Butt Dog is deeply offended that I didn't give him any raw chicken. I can see the pained betrayal welling up in his eyes. (he got scrambled egg and spam this morning, he's not as deprived as he wants the world to believe!)
Y'all come over for dinner. We'll have comfort food: Viccysoisse, crusty french bread, good wine (no more $3.64 bottles, I promise!) or good beer or drink of choice, some flan with dark chocolate and rich dark coffee.
I'm not sure that her key audience would like her as much that way... :p I've always loved that poem, though, and tried to fit the description (not that I'm trying to be a man, but those are great virtues to vie for anyway...)Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
mmm wish I could. That sounds so good! *drools*Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
wow. You really pay if you get behind in thread drift!
Knot, I hope that things are better for you now. It really is scary, that sense of freefall when you end your side of a relationship without knowing what the other end is going to do/or not to do.
Hey, what's this about a broken toe Salsabike??
All I can say is I am ready to go on vacation and i really need a bike ride.
chocolate would be good too!
Dog-legs for Lise!!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/DSCN0281.jpg
See, Stinky Butt Dog isn't a dachshund!:D
But he's sweet anyway.;)
Dang, that sweater is awfully big now... (heeheeheee!)
It's just hanging out all over. How hard is it to shrink a sweater around without shrinking it lengthwise? Have any of you shrunk a sweater successfully?