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[Nanci]

It's major trouble if you look up your own results where I work. Yes, they can catch you...As I understand it, if they catch you twice, you automatically get fired. People probably wouldn't do this if they got their results in a timely fashion.

Lise, I read in the paper just now that a Florida woman was driving to the hospital in labor at 5AM, and a strong contraction caused her to crash into a water-filled ditch, where she proceeded to give birth, all alone, with a broken leg. A deputy found her later, trying to escape from her car. Mom and baby, Myracle, are fine.

[chickwhorips]

good thing today: get to get out of the office and do some berry surveys in the field, as of right now anyhow, suppose to go in an hour, weather could change that.

bad thing today: i just want to strangle everyone in the office including the one i'm going to do surveys with. i think everyone took a crabby pill this morning before work!

i can't say i'm interested in seeing any of the WTC movies. to me that day still is only a blurr. i was in the hospital and on LOTS of morphine at the time. all i remember thinking is, 'that doens't look right. hmmm what a wierd dream. i'm actually watching the news. is it time for more morphine?'

[Kitsune06]

I want my new bike. I want it now. Want, want, want.

I am not patient. Having little daydreams of getting it shipped here so I can ride while the weather is still good.

Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?"

After not seeing SWMBO for THAT long, I can't imagine I would be able to think about the bike that much... I'd have long burned myself out completely obsessing over every little bikey detail. ...but I'd have to hug my bike and tell her I wasn't likely to see her for... oh... six or seven hours.

All in all, good news. I was turned away from the screen for most of it, but I did see some. It is very strange to watch my own heart pause in its rhythm just when I feel that pressure in my chest. I wanted to smack the screen and get it going again! Of course it gets going again on its own. Everything I've heard and read says this (the premature ventricular contractions or PVCs I'm having) is a benign condition. Annoying, but benign. I'm doing OK with cutting out the coffee. I want it, of course, but I notice how many more PVCs I have after drinking it. Makes it not worth it.

Yeah... every time I've gone in for testing, etc, on the same problem, my doctor has either said "It's totally benign, don't worry about it" or "What pause?" because the crushing vacuum simply doesn't happen when I'm being examined. GRRR. I've been told it could be MVP in my case (Mitral Valve Prolapse) but even then, my PCP said "Oh, well, lots of people have that in such a minor way that treatment would be more painful and dangerous than the disease." and waved it off... So I understand how you feel. Esp. after a long, really hard ride, when I'm laying in bed and feel the weight of antimatter spontaneously jump into and out of existance in my chest cavity. And I used to be the sort to have 2+ Red Bulls a day. No more.

Grumpy pills

Grumpy pills? I know those! Little fibery ones you find in little piles in the snow in WI here-there-and-everywhere around fields? They get especially grumpy when you tell 'em what they are!

[mimitabby]

okay, okay, I'm here. Is this the spot for all the ADD folks?
I have avoided this forum all this time because i don't do any "OTHER" sports.

but curiosity killed the cat. are there rules? and no, i'm not going to read 200 pages of posts either.

[Tater]

but curiosity killed the cat. are there rules? and no, i'm not going to read 200 pages of posts either.

But, that's the prerequisite! The girls will give you a test at the end to make sure you didn't skip anything as well!

[DebW]

Did you all know that 200 pages is not an absolute? If you go to UserCP and options and change your default to 20 posts per page, then this thread is only 150 pages. At 30 posts per page it's only 100 pages. I think we better work on number of posts - currently 2997. But of course Mimi will catch up sooner if she changes her options and only has 100 pages to read instead of 200!

[chickwhorips]

ahh good point debw. good eye. good eye.

[Trek420]

KnottedYet "Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?""

I think you just answered your own question. Get the bike now.

[Nanci]

I only have 76 pages now!! I didn't know you could do that, either.

Doesn't seem like just a few weeks ago we were at post 2000?

[Bruno28]

and no, i'm not going to read 200 pages of posts either.

I've been back there and there are people who've been lost for weeks. Someone should send in maps and supplies.


I'm depressed - I just looked out my window and saw a combine harvester in the field out back. Does that mean summer's over?

[Nanci]

OMG, I am so bored at work, so I was reading, up in Charity Rides, A Really Cool Story, by Luvstoride94. She's 11 years old! I hope she doesn't find her way down here...

Anyway, some guy on eBay donated a really nice bike to her instead of selling it, so she could use it for fund raising rides. Very nice.

[Lise]

and no, i'm not going to read 200 pages of posts either.

But you'll miss so much fun! Seriously--I went back at random and read some pages of TD from the past. Jokes, stories, goofy little things that we played with for a day or two...you might want to dabble.

And welcome! L.

[Nanci]

Hi Bruno- I never got what the guy with the big log was, anyway.

I unfortunately bought a Temperanillo (same grape as disgusting Rioja) only a rose. I am either drinking that tonight, or a red blend called Big Red Truck (Syrah, Petite Sirah, Cabernet Franc, Grenache, Mourvedre). I'm betting I will like the red blend, and the rose will probably be dry- don't know if I will like that or not.

I used to hate Chardonnay, but have found a lot of $6-$12 that are fruity- like lemony or pineapple, with the _nice_ flavors of oak, like caramel corn or _light_ butter. I have gradually gotten to like the butter (oak) flavor as long as there is plenty of fruit to go with it. I tend to like more acidic wines, though, anyway. So I alternate whites a lot.

[Bruno28]

The guy with the big log....it's a stupid Scottish thing.

I find that oaked wines give me a headache and most chardonnay in the UK is heavily oaked. I have the same problem with heavily oaked reds but there seems to be more choice of reds that are lighter on the oak.

I hope you will be posting regular wine recommendations to educate my palate. I like to fork out for a bit of luxury now and then!

[DrBee]

Mimi - Lise is right - we've had some pretty funny moments on here and it's worth it to dabble around and see what you stumble in to. Bring snacks, you might get lost for a while.


I just picked up my new contact lenses - I CAN SEE! They are way thicker than the last brand, but this time the prescription is correct and actually accounts for my astigmatism. The computer screen and my children are not blurry. Yippee!

FishJr is liking school! She says it's "play class" though because she hasn't learned anything yet. We feared this. I pointed out to her that she learned to draw a kitty cat today. She wants to learn more math and spelling. Off to the store to get some more workbooks. She was the "leader" today - apparently she did very well!