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**stomps into TD, looking around wildly, hair all wind blown and JF'd looking **

What the heck is going on in here tonight? I go to work for a few hours and y'all go ape sh*t! :D

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Originally Posted by mtbdarby;140771
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Xray[/B] - hanging upside down already? I hope the morning light didn't bother you too much! What kind of mess are you creating today?

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Cute, very cute. :cool: Mess? What mess? **as I close the closet door behind me** I have to admit, the "sunshine" did get to me a bit. (This is a family forum, keep it clean X.) All I gotta say is... I mean... I just... Nope, no way to keep it clean. I guess I'll just stop there.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

SO! It's OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!!! I got the call last night that I'm officially hired at my new job! WOO! I should start the 13th, as long as my current job oks it, otherwise the 20th (that's when the full 2 weeks is)... but man, I want 'out'. :D SO EXCITED! W00t!

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Woohoo Kit!!!!!
Never a doubt in my mind. But are they gonna actually expect you to work? Geez, this may really cut into your TD time. Oh, I guess we'll all just have to learn to adjust. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

Operation FROG: Find Really Ok Guy

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Never thought I'd see you write that in a sentence.;)
Sorry about the tix. I agree with the SWA assessment. They're great. Good customer service and cheap to boot. I've been online lately looking at where I can go with them for my next vacation. (since I actually have time and money for one again) Lots of choices in the US. Can you try to sell your current tix on Craig's List or Ebay?

Dressing, undressing... do we get to choose which?:cool: :rolleyes: ( Oh, that's gonna cause problems.**slaps forehead**)

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Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3

X- Sounds like a super hero...:D I have had a spinal tap, what is spinal pressure? Sounds nicer. Hold On! Why is tonight a special one? Lap Dancer? Is it your Birthday??? Inquiring minds must know.

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With the tap, they probably took a sample of cerebral spinal fluid and tested it. While they were there, they should have checked your pressure. Since the spinal fluid runs into your ventricles of your brain, they can look to see if it's too high, causing undue pressure. It can affect you with headaches, migraines, dizzyness, pains all over your body, syncopal episodes... If they find you run very high normally, and taking some out relieves symptoms, they may be able to do a shunt type of thing. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by chickwhorips

i know that, and you know that, but do they know that? now they do, but do they really? :p

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CWR and Kit - hmmm... intriguing. You know I'll investigate and find out, don't you? I've got infinite patience.

Aww, crud. Pesky patients. I'll be back after the blowout tonight. Be good kids!

...why a brown uniform? My dad's a postie, and he (though having some restrictions) can wear normal people clothes...

Knot- I feel your pain. (I think that's where the "I feel ya" phrase came from...) hadda go shopping for business casual clothes (d*mn not being able to wear cargos to work!) only two freakin' brands in the store managed to fit my hips/butt without being huge in the waist or having lots of excess (for whatever reason) in the waistband near my kidneys. D'oh! And shirts/sweaters! Ugh! RRR!!!! Oh, and I tore my earpit yesterday trying to fight a turtleneck off. it hurt. :(

Page 420. Woohoo! Um... only special to me because I really like 1620 the time and Trek's model 420 road bikes are very stylish. :D

postie job = normal people clothes

fws job = because i'm in a "field station" we have to wear the uniforms.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

Page 420. Woohoo! Um... only special to me because I really like 1620 the time and Trek's model 420 road bikes are very stylish. :D

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I'm tickled too that dear Trek420 was the first to post on page 420.

Kit, those pants boochy out at the waist/kidneys because you and I have hourglass figures. Curvaceous hips and slender pinched waists. Most women's clothes are made with wider waists than we have, cuz most women have wider waists than we have. Or is it that we have wider hips?

Anyway, if you need business casual, try Columbia pants. I have fairly good luck with them. Waists are still a little big, but not impossibly so. Coldwater Creek chinos aren't too bad, either. Horny Toad is pretty decent, depending on the style. Some Royal Robbins are ok.

horney toad.... hehehehehe.

what am i going to do? they are cutting off my internet for "updates" in 10 mins! i'll still have an hour of work to go. :eek:

I love my cleaver.

Other cooks may have their Wusthof cook's knives, their Wetckersbach (sp) their beautiful expensive makume gane. Me, I've got a $14 ancient nicked and re-sharpened Chicago Cutlery cleaver. I can do just about everything with my cleaver. Delicate chocolate shavings, great whacking chicken dismemberment. My cleaver can handle it.

And I sharpen it myself on a flatstone.

I am Butch Island Girl cook, hear me roar!

NOOO!!!! CWR!!!!!
Updates for Windows systems can mean that your computer will NEVER WORK RIGHT AGAIN!!!! (can you tell I'm a mac fan?)

I'll look into Columbia etc, but while I'm working on a tight budget for now, I'm just going to have to try on a million different things, I think... =P

*glances upward* Not going there. This is a family forum. *pulls out a fire extinguisher just in case*

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

Kit, those pants boochy out at the waist/kidneys because you and I have hourglass figures. Curvaceous hips and slender pinched waists. Most women's clothes are made with wider waists than we have, cuz most women have wider waists than we have. Or is it that we have wider hips?

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Let me join in the curvaceous hip club, please, since these hips are not going anywhere. I like the idea of a "slender pinched waist" instead of a wide bum. :p

The only jeans I have found to fit without the pooch are Gap Long and Lean (the 100% cotton ones with button fly).

Mac Rulz, Windows Droolz!!!!!!

I don't know how I could *manage* a big butt/wide hips at my size. It's gotta be that hourglass figure thing.

My ex is such an a**. He had the audacity to tell me I didn't have "a feminine figure"... just b/c his gf is a belly dancer and has big t*ts. ARGH.

I have had it. Here begins my mini rant-feel free to skip this part.

I cannot find/choose a jacket for running.

I layer. I luuuuuuuuve Under Armour. I have a sick obsession with it. I cannot help myself, it feels so good. :cool:

Maybe I will just buy their jacket and get it over with.

Cold never used to bother me until this year. Now I find running in damp 20 degree weather chilly.

Rant over.

DH is bringing home donuts. Yes they are fattening and completely devoid of nutrition, but I have been craving them for 2 days now. I even dreamed of eating them. I caved. :o

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Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3

Let me join in the curvaceous hip club, please, since these hips are not going anywhere. I like the idea of a "slender pinched waist" instead of a wide bum. :p

The only jeans I have found to fit without the pooch are Gap Long and Lean (the 100% cotton ones with button fly).

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Good old fashioned shrink-to-fit button fly Levi 501's will work, too. As will Levi 560 (men's, they don't make women's anymore)

I wear 31w 32L men's 560s, or women's 12 long 560s (still have one pair left from 5 or 10 years ago)

What I wear in s-to-f 501s is, of course, very different. But they do shrink, and they do fit. Though mine get so loose after a couple days that I have to wash and dry them again to get them snug enough. Next time I'll get smaller ones.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

I don't know how I could *manage* a big butt/wide hips at my size. It's gotta be that hourglass figure thing.

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My hips came with each delivery. Prior to kids I had no figure to speak of.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

My ex is such an a**. He had the audacity to tell me I didn't have "a feminine figure".

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What a horribly cruel thing to say. I am sorry he said such a mean thing to you. :( And what exactly is a "feminine figure"? I like that we all come in various shapes and sizes. Imagine if we all looked the same.:eek:

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Originally Posted by Xrayted

With the tap, they probably took a sample of cerebral spinal fluid and tested it. While they were there, they should have checked your pressure. Since the spinal fluid runs into your ventricles of your brain, they can look to see if it's too high, causing undue pressure. It can affect you with headaches, migraines, dizzyness, pains all over your body, syncopal episodes... If they find you run very high normally, and taking some out relieves symptoms, they may be able to do a shunt type of thing. Just a thought.

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(Shudder), that sounds painful. I will eat my donuts (they are almost here) and hope the neurologist only has pleasant things planned for me.

BOM3 I am pretty sure that with all the other stuff on your plate the donuts will be void of calories so you should feel no guilt for caving. You deserve to eat them.

And as for the jeans thing, I must offer my rant: I loathe (yes loathe) that I can never find jeans that fit both my waist and hips. Is it a rule that if a woman has even a smide of "junk" that the waist will be big too?? Jeans for me are always too big in the waist. This is why I usually wear low rise. They at least come close.

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Originally Posted by CyclChyk

BOM3 I am pretty sure that with all the other stuff on your plate the donuts will be void of calories so you should feel no guilt for caving. You deserve to eat them.

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That is what I told myself, now I feel ill. One too many donuts.

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Originally Posted by CyclChyk

And as for the jeans thing, I must offer my rant: I loathe (yes loathe) that I can never find jeans that fit both my waist and hips. Is it a rule that if a woman has even a smide of "junk" that the waist will be big too?? Jeans for me are always too big in the waist. This is why I usually wear low rise. They at least come close.

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I forgot to mention the jeans I am wearing (smacks head). Lucky Brand Button Fly. They go by waist measurement and so far have never failed to fit me. I refuse to pay the high price charged in stores, especially since I kept losing weight (YAY ME) and then when I began cycling my shape changed. I buy all my jeans off ebay (new with tags).

I lied. I'm back already. I'm getting quicker at positioning and technique, what can I say? (Oh, you know what I mean.)
You're a real bunch of chatty Cathy's tonight aren't ya?:D
BMo3 - actually doesn't hurt except for a needle pinch. For the pressure, they go in at L3-4 level of your spine, below the cauda equina. There is no spinal cord there, just "shooters". No chance of paralyzing or damage. They use a manometer (barometer) to measure mm of mercury of pressure. (I say "they" but I actually help with these.) Takes about 30 minutes. Can tell them a lot. But like I said, they probably did that when you had the tap. It's standard to do it while you're there.

Eat the donuts and don't look back.

Knot - Looove my BF Levis. I've got the hourglass curves too. I'm getting looser in my 8's and heading back to a 6 I hope. Next year maybe. 29 inseam tho so I'm right in between a short and a medium length. I'd really love to pull out those old, comfy, tore up, broken-in size 6 BF's and take 'em for a spin. Of course, I don't have the cut abs you've got.:rolleyes: And NO, it wasn't just the lighting and ya know it. You earned 'em so show 'em off.

Kit - don't let him get to you. Big ones just become looooong ones anyway.

Oh, I see you're wondering about last year's "dance", huh? It was hilarious and crazy and totally unexpected. I'm not gotten easily and they got me good. But not telling on here. Sorry. **blushing**

I'll check back later if I'm not too plastered. (cheap date=early night:o )

X.

Couldn't resist:
http://www.rogerkramercycling.org/HTML/Donut.htm
and
http://www.tourdedoughnut.com/
I've been told that One rest at El Tour De Tuscon is stocked with Krispy kremes. Maybe I'll report in a couple of weeks when I do the ride

My last post suddenly seemed really dumb after recent events. I'd just posed it when a lady comes crying to my office and says a man is outside "who shouldn't be here."
Who is he?
Her ex, who said he'd kill her new boyfriend and her if he saw them together. He's pacing the parkinglot looking for her.

I go over our policies and procedures because I've been written up enough for not using policy (and instead, *gasp!* using logic...)
Policy says: If you're the only officer on duty and there's a suspicious person on property, take the cell phone and radio and call a manager to inform them when you're leaving and ask them to check in on you every 5 minutes.

The manager on deck instead comes to the office and says he wants to speak with me in person, will check in, but will also watch to see when I come back. I could kiss him.

One of our emergency personnel overhears this and says "I'm going with you- you're not going alone." I could kiss him, too. He calls a big bear of a guy over and says "You come with us." Bear-guy nods. The woman points the guy out and we start out. Me in front (though at my size, I'm not all that excited about this...) and the two big guys behind me. I ask him if he works here, no, he's looking for his wife... well your wife starts shift now, she's not available for discussion... ...well, she doesn't know what she's doing, ending our relationship I need to talk to her... well, you have her phone number... you can speak to her outside of work with a mediator...
He keeps stepping toward me and then backing away a little as we converse. The big guys behind me get closer. He assures me his life is over and gets in his truck.

Eventually he leaves, telling me I can't possibly understand, and all the while I'm thanking everything Good that my divorce wasn't that way, and that things didn't go bad. The guy burns rubber out of our parking lot and I'm standing there in the pouring rain watching to make sure he leaves the property without hurting anyone.

I'm positively shaking as I come back into the building, thanking the guys who went out with me and the manager who waited.

Now I know I face getting written up (again?) for violating procedure because when the ERT guy volunteered to go outside with me, I should have said no and recruited a manager to go outside with me instead (liability issues) and probably also that I called a manager in the first place (who knows?)

Security officers are some of the most sh*t on people out there... 9/10 of the time if something bad happens, it's either my *ss or my manager's if things aren't done *exactly* the way people want them done, regardless of the situation. If I'd have taken the time to call another manager down, I'd get pinched for taking unnecessary risk in allowing him to be on the grounds longer than necessary. If I'd have refused the guys' help, I'd be pinching *myself* for going out there alone to inform a 6'8" bull of a guy that his (ex) wife no longer wanted to speak to him.
I kinda want to cry. I wish I didn't have to write that f*cking report. Thank god I'm leaving this place.

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

Good old fashioned shrink-to-fit button fly Levi 501's will work, too. As will Levi 560 (men's, they don't make women's anymore)

I wear 31w 32L men's 560s, or women's 12 long 560s (still have one pair left from 5 or 10 years ago)

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Most of my wear-to-work pants are men's Dockers 30x32. Great fit with just a little extra in the waist (should remember to wear belt). In Levis I got 31x32 but they're always drooping. I have given up on women's pants because they either don't have pockets, don't have enough pockets, or the pockets are so shallow that things fall out. I don't really like the front pockets on jean because you have to put your hands in from the top, and they cut off your circulation if you leave your hands there very long. The side-entry pockets of Dockets are much better.

Kit, honey, you are a brave woman. You did the right thing. I don't care what the managment thinks, I know you did the right thing.

Gold stars for you, my dear.

Ok, girls. I've got a huge crock pot of very yummy chicken stew. Who wants dinner?

me! me! just gimme a sec to squeak out of this place!!!
(((Knot)))

X- glad to hear it was mostly pain free.

KIT - Glad it all turned out ok. I too would have done the same thing. But I am a non-conformist.

BOM3 - I too keep dropping the lb-age (yay for us!) so I am all for cheap right now as I have been changing a size about every two months. Lee Riders seem to be working for me right now and they are only about $16 at Wally World (high waisted but they will do). Once I drop two more sizes I will look into the Lucky Brand. Sounds like they would be exactly what I am looking for. (I love Ebay - Ebay is my friend). :)

What's going to get me is a catch-22. If I say the guys came along for my safety, I'll get pinched b/c I didn't call the police. ...though I didn't believe the police to be really necessary. The guy was upset, yes, but it would've been worse to have the police there just to confront him and say he wasn't to be there... I'd have rather called once he proved himself threatening. Then again, if I didn't feel threatened, then why did I let the guys come with me in the first place?

...because I'm freakin 5'4 and barely over 100#... EVERYONE threatens me!!! *sigh*:(

Kit, so did you ever kiss the manager on deck and your emergency personnel?

I'm 5'1"....I'd be scared too!

You did the right thing. That was very brave.

chicken stew party at Knotts house!

Not gonna say who'd I wanna kiss after that kind of stress.

(wouldn't be the manager... But I might give him and the emergency bears a big plate of cookies.)

Kit, lemme getcha a beer and a big ol' bowl of piping hot chicken stew. Sit right here in the rocking chair. Trek, will you rub her feet while I get her a blanket? Oh, wait, I'm the therapist; ok honey, you get the blanket while I rub her feet.

Oh, look, SKnot is giving you the remote for the TV. And the dog is bringing you his favorite toy.

You did the right thing.

And we all know it. No matter what.

No, I didn't kiss 'em, but I think the tone in my voice when I tell him I'm leaving in a week will say it all. :D

It's sad when good deeds and acts of bravery are punished or prevented by fears of legal or managerial repercussions... :(

Kit...You did the right thing.:) YOu're leaving the bunk of a place anyways.

Oh and I could be at Knotted's place with some Australian wine, tim tams, some Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Eskimo Joe, Kylie and Robbie music.
(btw..do stations play Eskimo Joe in the US?? Did ya know they're from Western australia!!! The song title is "black fingernails, red wine")

Umm i'd like some stew for dinner, do you have a container to send me some? It's only 1145am atm so i'm sure it'll still be ok for dinner.

Kit, I don't quite get some of the numbers you're posting on the humour board...I feel a wet fish slap is in order...

Must go and finish cleaning house and repair bike.

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Kit-you definitely did the right thing! I am so glad you will be leaving that place soon.

X-the procedure still sounds icky (have I mentioned I hate tests?)

Fredwina-I loved the links. :)

Knot-I would love some chicken stew. I would need to eat in a separate area, so I would not spread my cold to all of you.

CyclChyk-I am finally down to where I want to be, a size 6. (yippee). Now I just need to keep building lean muscle and lower my body fat %.

CC-I did not understand the numbers either. :o

You did the right thing Kit - who knows how that guy might have behaved if you went out there alone.

I like the term emergency bears.

Chicken stew sounds a whole lot better than the Lean Cusine I had tonight. :( But the good new is, I've avoided the cookie trap so far today!

My friend is getting me up at the crack o' dark tomorrow to go to the flea market again. Maybe I'll bring my camera for chits and giggles.

OK - who asked me about retiring? It will be anytime between March 2007 and March 2012 :rolleyes: . It will really depend on how thing go at work in the next year. I am truly bored right now, and can't imagine staying until I'm 55.

My waist's a 5, my hips are a 7, and I'm 116#. Where IS all that?! Last time I was 116, I was a size 3! :eek: (even though that was 9th grade...)

I'm glad you guys support me in this... I just spoke to the lady who was so upset... she confirmed my feelings in that the police weren't necessary, but that it was a good idea to have someone go with me. I told her that if she was so concerned, she needed to get a restraining order in place. I'm not sure how much they cost (working here, cost is a definite concern for anyone) but if she was so concerned for her safety, it would help her a lot...

You guys are great, btw... I really love being able to post here.

The numbers are 'leet' speak... 5 for s, 3 for E and the like... It helps to just glance at it and pretend they're all just characters without making the distinction between letters/numbers. It's all well and good until you start trying to print things quick and throw numbers in where they don't belong... :P

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Knot-I would love some chicken stew. I would need to eat in a separate area, so I would not spread my cold to all of you.

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There are two entire heads of garlic in my stew. Ain't nobody catchin' no colds after eatin' my stew!!!! :D

Songs for the evening:
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins
Bad Things by Jace Everett
Elevation by U2
Meet Me In The Back by Melissa Etheridge
Oh Yeah by Yello
Galaxy Bounce by The Chemical Brothers (I swear that's a clip of Freddy Mercury in the vocals!)

Whoooo hoo! Let's dance! It's FRIDAY!!!!!

BTW: my waist is an 8, my hips are a 12, and I weigh 145 lbs. I know exactly "where all that is"... the badonkadonk! I'm a whippet with an a$$!!!!

*resists urge to comment on Knot's booty*

The perfect 'a$$-tap' can be achieved by very slightly cupping the hand and making contact with the lower part of the fingers, making a flicking motion of the wrist rather than a full-arm motion. The sound achieved should be a nice, sharp "tap" instead of a "fwap", "putch" or "Ca-RACK!"and while loud enough to be audible, be nearly painless.
Much practice is recommended. As much as necessary. :D

There we go, a lesson for the TD TOC :D

Kit (((HUGS))) let me echo the "you did the right thang" here missy. Cuz you're an intelligent woman darlin'. And if you had your glasses on you could have given him the Linda Hamiliton Terminator look - that would have scared me.

Knot, can I have a bowl? Pretty please? I only had a piece of string cheese and some Sun chips for supper. OK SNAP - I cracked and had one cookie! drat it all.....

Tonight is one of my on the road bringing my baby to his dad's trips so that's why supper is cruddy. I only have enough time to run to dc, pick him up, run home and let the dogs out while B goes potty and if I'm lucky I can get a sandwich in him before we hit the road. Tonight he wanted Sun chips and I cracked.

Half way there my ADORABLE son says he want's to stop at the bike store:D (that's my boy!) and when we get to the drop off place he crys and won't let go of my leg cause he wants to go back home with me. Breaks my heart when he does that.

BMo3 - I think you've earned a donut. Just don't let it become a habit or we'll have to send Super Kit over to remove the donuts and no one gets hurt. I haven't tried under armour yet but I did buy some polyprop long undies and a balaclava on my way home. I'll be running this weekend and some ya-hoo is calling for snow flurries tomorrow. Whatever.

X **sighs** the places I could go with your post - it's almost too easy so I'll let it go.:p Have fun and remember, you may be cheap but you're not easy. You must have standards!

Lise, I will give a full report but we need one from you too! Have fun at the play with your mom and enjoy the J/family meeting.

Alright, I'm cold, tired and hungry (apparently Knot's stew doesn't just magically appear upon thought). So I'm off to bed. Alone. Again. Wait, I see a border collie who wants to snuggle:) Zeus, Xena and I are off to get some beauty sleep. Sweet dreams TD - I'll check back tomorrow.

CC - iTunes tells me Eskimo Joe isn't available in the US market. I am bummed.

My two favorite songs of all time: (play 'em at my wake, ok?)
Black Water by The Doobie Brothers
Dreams I'll Never See by Molly Hatchett
Brandenburg Concerto #3 by J.S. Bach
(I subscribe to the Douglas Adams theory of counting)

Sorry my stew doesn't flow freely through the internet. I will make more... <Knot wields cleaver with gusto>

P.S. Do not get me started on pants fitting (or not). I too have the hourglass (actually, I got the pear thing going on). That's why I'm skeptical on the north face pants CWR. I can NOT find a pair that fit. And I'm so sick of my shape these days it's just depressing. So I really am off to bed so I can wake up a wee less crabbier and with some energy to work out. I have had absolutely no energy after work this week.

mtbdarby, so I was able to see your match.com profile without the men in the black suits at work carting me away.

Nice! You're a catch. If I was a guy ... and younger.....and in the midwest....I'd date you....but I'm not any of those things :rolleyes: ;) :cool: so nice profile. :) :p

Hey!!!!


(Edit: my thoughts pretty much exactly, I was just too restrained to say it.)

*coughs* Oh! Look! A guy without a name badge! *runs away from the ensuing conversation*