Dear So and So

**indysteel** · 01-27-2011, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by tulip

And she mentioned it to an attorney, no less. Oops is right! I hope you are not injured.

I actually felt sorry for her as she seemed upset. She'd never been in an accident, so I walked her through what typically happens. She was a nice young woman, and we were very cordial to one another. Thankfully, my neck and back aren't sore, and I assume the car is fixable. So, it's all okay.

Plus, my lovely husband brought me some tulips yesterday. Isn't that sweet?

**Owlie** · 01-27-2011, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by tulip

Well, if you send me a PM with the name of the tea, I'll go buy some and report back. I can even send you a small amount for you to try (smaller than they ship); that would allow you to try it out and decide for yourself by just trying a pot or two. Imperfect way to do it, but a good way for you to perhaps try it out and for me to try anew tea or two ...

And this is why I love you guys. PM sent.

Indy, I'm glad you're okay, and that everything should work out.

Dear BF:
Seriously? You can't make spaghetti without asking me questions? This isn't rocket science. I managed to figure it out when I was ten!

**crazycanuck** · 01-27-2011, 08:31 PM

Dear Tropical Cyclone Bianca, (http://www.watoday.com.au/environmen...128-1a7lj.html)

Shoo, Shoo!

Please don't land near Busselton...I really won't appreciate swimming into large groups of stingers on the 6th becuase of you!!!

Also, farmers down south are already under pressure w dry conditions so don't even think about turning that wind up!! We don't need out of control bushfires..

Go bother some uninhabited island somewhere west of us in the Indian Ocean.

Shooo!Shoo!

Shoo I say!

**tangentgirl** · 01-29-2011, 08:29 PM

Wow I love this thread all of a sudden.

Dear, dear male friend: please don't yell at your girlfriend as she tries to learn to manage a road bike, with clipless pedals, in traffic for the first time. That's not helping. If you are nice, she might end up liking this sport. If not, you're going to end up riding on your own, or with a good ol sausagefest. I assume that's not why you encouraged her to ride in the first place, right? Think it through, put on your patience hat.

I'll give you some crap when we aren't all together, so as not to make you look like the idigit you are bein in front of her. But I'm sure she can tell, so, yknow.

**Catrin** · 01-30-2011, 05:28 AM

Dear Winter,

Enough already! You have been quite generous since November, but frankly, it is getting old! I have been able to ride my bike exactly ONCE since December 1. My beautiful car is unrecognizable from the amount of cr*p from the road and I've given up washing it because as soon as I spend the money to wash it, the stuff returns the next day. I can't keep throwing money at it and my car isn't happy.

NOW I hear we might get an inch of ice or more Tuesday or Wed, and points NW of us might get 10 inches of snow! Please give us a break, I do NOT want to use my vacation time because I won't drive to work during/after an ice storm. I think we might also be running out of salt and sand in the area and you have already given us more than a foot of snow than we normally get.

Please cease and desist,

Thank you.

**Owlie** · 01-30-2011, 10:11 AM

Catrin: +1. I think Cleveland usually gets more snow than Indy anyway, but I'm getting really sick of it. I haven't taken the bike out because if it's not snowing, it's wet and icky or far too cold for me to be comfortable.

Originally Posted by tangentgirl

Wow I love this thread all of a sudden.

Dear, dear male friend: please don't yell at your girlfriend as she tries to learn to manage a road bike, with clipless pedals, in traffic for the first time. That's not helping. If you are nice, she might end up liking this sport. If not, you're going to end up riding on your own, or with a good ol sausagefest. I assume that's not why you encouraged her to ride in the first place, right? Think it through, put on your patience hat.

I'll give you some crap when we aren't all together, so as not to make you look like the idigit you are bein in front of her. But I'm sure she can tell, so, yknow.

Oh dear. Part of the reason I like riding on my own is because DBF isn't around! His mom told me when I first started riding, "You know, most cycling guys want you to be successful. The problem is, they want you to be successful right now!"

Dear body--
Stop. I can't concentrate. I can't actually get off the couch or out of the chair for any more than about 30 seconds. I know it's only one or two days a month, but I would like to get on with my life.

**tangentgirl** · 01-30-2011, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Owlie

..."You know, most cycling guys want you to be successful. The problem is, they want you to be successful right now!"

Funny!

Hope you feel better soon, Owlie.

**channlluv** · 01-30-2011, 11:34 AM

I'm not the tea expert you are, but I've ordered from these folks. They've got some really cool teas -- one of them is a tea that, as it brews, unfolds into a flower shape. Pretty cool.

http://www.holymtn.com/WhatsNew.htm

**Catrin** · 01-30-2011, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by channlluv

I'm not the tea expert you are, but I've ordered from these folks. They've got some really cool teas -- one of them is a tea that, as it brews, unfolds into a flower shape. Pretty cool.

http://www.holymtn.com/WhatsNew.htm

www.specialteas.com also have nice teas. Well, apparently they are now part of something called Tevana, but hopefully that will be ok. If you like "blooming teas" they have more here I love tea myself and am very picky...too picky I am sure

**Owlie** · 01-30-2011, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by Catrin

www.specialteas.com also have nice teas. Well, apparently they are now part of something called Tevana, but hopefully that will be ok. If you like "blooming teas" they have more here I love tea myself and am very picky...too picky I am sure

I actually ordered quite a bit from SpecialTeas'--the two I'm running out of were ST's. DBF's got some of Teavana's equivalent of one, and it's not bad, but isn't quite as good. They don't have the other one. Teavana has some good (if quite expensive) stuff, but a lot of their offerings are just weird froo-froo blends. Some of them are actually good, but a lot of them are just odd...and expensive. (I'm also a little bitter because they discontinued one of my favorite teas. I'll get over it.)

Tangentgirl--Thanks. I think the drugs are finally kicking in (naproxen is my new best friend)!

**NbyNW** · 01-30-2011, 06:42 PM

What Catrin said.

**crazycanuck** · 01-30-2011, 09:38 PM

Dear ex downgraded cyclone, tropical depression

I can handle a bit o heat but not with humidty..I really don't like it when it's 25C & 100% humidity @ 430am...but it seems you've decreased the humidty!!!!

Thank you for not causing too much damage out west.

Now, if you can tell your other tropical cyclone friends to leave Northern Queensland alone, it would be appreciated.

**lph** · 01-30-2011, 11:51 PM

Dear ex-friend,
I thought we had parted on somewhat amicable terms, without undue bitterness, and that we had agreed that breaking off all but random contact is the best thing. So why exactly did you feel the need to send me yet another e-mail telling me that you had deleted all of our considerable correspondence (and at the very same time waxing sentimental about the good old days)? And when I asked you to please not tell me stuff like that because it honestly hurts, why did you then have to reveal that you'd actually deleted it all earlier at some point but changed your mind? And when I repeated that I really don't want to be told this because it upsets me - why in the name of g*d did you have to tell me that you have now changed your mind, kept it all, and for what it's worth, you still consider me a friend. Nope. We broke up two weeks ago. To be absolutely technically correct - you broke up with me.

I'll hand it to you, though: this perfectly illustrates why I have to get away from you. You're generous and funny and a terrific friend when it suits you to be so, but your love of drama and self-pity way overshadows any true empathy you might feel. Just go away. I do not want to write any more posts on this thread about you.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 01-31-2011, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by lph

I'll hand it to you, though: this perfectly illustrates why I have to get away from you. You're generous and funny and a terrific friend when it suits you to be so, but your love of drama and self-pity way overshadows any true empathy you might feel. Just go away. I do not want to write any more posts on this thread about you.

Sounds like you are making a healthy decision. Such 'friends' can be way too draining. I hope you find a more positive friend soon!

**indysteel** · 01-31-2011, 04:37 PM

lph, it SO sounds you're making a great decision. Your friend sounds like she has Borderline Personality Disorder. The leading book on it is called "I Hate You Don't Leave Me." Sound familiar? That's obviously a very arm chair diagnosis but Borderlines are darn near impossible to deal with. It's sometimes better to cut your losses and run for cover. Unfortunately, Borderlines ca be very charismatic, so it's sometimes hard to recognize their toxicity at first.

Good luck. I'm sorry you lost a friend. That's never easy.

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