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The Bar => The Lounge => Game Threads => Topic started by: miskie on June 19, 2008, 09:43:29 PM
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A fairly classic lounge thread theme -- Post 12 things about yourself that most people don't know.
1. I really hate to fly, though Im fascinated with the art of flight.
2. Ive been accused of being "A servant of Satan" by a roadside missionary at a bus station.
3. Ive only gotten drunk to the point of sick once. Take it from me -- 151 and bacon double cheeseburgers don't mix.
4. I really dislike peas and most beans (like lima and pinto, not green and wax)
5. Im a people watcher. Ive gone to airports just to watch and mock them behind their backs.
6. One of my passions is old coin-operated arcade games.
7. My lineage in the USA goes back to the second ship after the Mayflower
8. I'm left handed and dyslexic
9. Pets and children are attracted to me. I really don't know why. I must radiate "harmless".
A. I'm a pack rat. I will save anything for the proverbial 'rainy day'
B. I'm one of the last people under 40 who buys crossword puzzle books and Pinochle cards
C. English Muffin + Cream Cheese + sausage + honey = yum.
your turn..... And... GO!!!
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I can't think of twelve things. I'm an open book. Ask me anything!
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12 things, huh? Okay.
1. I haven't drank any domestic beer except Amber Bock for about a year now.
2. I can't drive stick to save my life.
3. I hate asparagus
4. Even though I work in the evening, I don't hardly get crap done after 5PM.
5. The last tenant in my apartment was a crackhead and apparently a sexual offender. Nice, huh?
6. I don't put out my cigarettes all the way... I usually just knock the "cherry" off in the ashtray and leave it.. my wife hates that.
7. I got two tattoos I would like to get redone if I had the time.
8. I love the smell of fresh cut grass. Better than the smell of chocolate.
9. I am a people watcher too, but usually...... it's to make fun of them.
10. I will NEVER wear briefs... been wearing boxers since I was 12.
11. I can belch the alphabet. Hidden talent of mine.
12. I have a complex where I will only buy brand named stuff... I hate going somewhere like Sav-A-Lot and buying groceries, even though it saves me 15 to 20 bucks a week.... my folks usually bought generic when I was little and I always hated eating friggin' Cocoa Rounds for breakfast instead of Cocoa Puffs with Sonny's ass on the box. lol
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12 things about me that most people don't know:
1) After 2 years of not smoking cigarettes, I picked them up again.
2) "I ain't as good as I once was ... " applies on so many levels these days.
3) If I got shit faced and laid one good time I'd probably feel better.
4) I emptied my 38 into the letterman jacket of my last boyfriend. Thankfully, he wasn't wearing it at the time.
5) City girl refugee gone country (last 18 years at least).
6) I love broccoli, okra, squash, zucchini and chicken livers.
7) I love my BIL like a brother. Who else can I talk to about the finer points of bodily functions?
8) I'm sarcastic and opinionated and those are my good qualities.
9) I love poker, especially Texas Hold'em.
10) My house plants are dying of neglect, even the cacti.
11) I have a crazy sense of humor and love to laugh.
12) 1 beer and I'm talkative; 2 beers and some music, I'm dancing; 3 beers and I'm on the internetz baring my soul.
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12 things about me that most people don't know:
12) 1 beer and I'm talkative; 2 beers and some music, I'm dancing; 3 beers and I'm on the internetz baring my soul.
4 beers and you might bare something else on the Internets. :naughty:
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12 things about me that most people don't know:
12) 1 beer and I'm talkative; 2 beers and some music, I'm dancing; 3 beers and I'm on the internetz baring my soul.
4 beers and you might bare something else on the Internets. :naughty:
13) I post naked.
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12 things about me that most people don't know:
12) 1 beer and I'm talkative; 2 beers and some music, I'm dancing; 3 beers and I'm on the internetz baring my soul.
4 beers and you might bare something else on the Internets. :naughty:
13) I post naked.
:picsneeded:
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I can't think of twelve things. I'm an open book. Ask me anything!
On what page do you really get going? Or chapter if you can't nail it down to a page.
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12 Things Most People Would Never Suspect:
1. When work stresses me out, I walk out of my office and go work as a nursing assistant, so I can remember why I am in the work that I am and to remember that the paperwork and executive office is bullshit, its the people that matter.
2. I grew up on an isolated dirt farm without indoor plumbing, electricity and our heat (in MN) was from a metal barrel with four pig iron legs welded to it, laid on its side and filled with firewood we cut and split ourselves.
3. My nickname as a child was Poochie.
4. My other nicknames include: Junebug, Junester, Bug, Angel, Baby and my personal favorite: Scarlett (from an old song "like Scarlett O'Hara she loved none but wanted them all)
5. I can hitch and drive a span of mules.
6. I can and have driven: 18 wheelers, bulldozers, backhoes, tractors of all shapes and sized, combines, swathers, dump trucks, road graders, motorcycles and swathers to name just a few.
7. In my wilder days, I would get sick every time I smoked pot. In fact I threw up all over my amorous date once.
8. I have held the hand and comforted many dying people in my line of work.
9. I believe in ghosts.
10. I was married to Freeper and never even thought of straying!
11. I cry at sentimental things.
12. I introduce my best friend as my brother and he is actually an old boyfriend I met twenty plus years ago and dated for ten years!
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There are reasons that I have not already told you those 12 things..... :lmao:
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Ok, I'll play.
1) I am addicted to Guitar Hero.
2) I have a mad crush on Brian Kilmeade from Fox and Friends.
3) I secretly hope to run into former 'frenemies' so that they can see how awesome my life is.
4) I can watch movies that would make normal people cry and not shed a tear; but a dead mommy storyline on a teen soap will turn me to mush in a nanosecond.
5) I can use a gazetteer.
6) Some days, I like my in-laws better than my husband. (Not often, but occasionally.)
7) I am a HUGE NKOTB fan and shelled out a lot of money to see them this coming October.
8) I used to be able to recite the dialogue from the Star Wars Trilogy verbatim.
9) I still like to color in coloring books
10) I think work is for chumps.
11) I sucked my thumb until I was 10.
12) I (used to) write fanfiction for the X-Files.
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1. I love my head being scratched.
2. I have had double knee surgery.
3. I was a figure skater and appeared in the movie Ice Castles.
4. I played classical guitar when I was a kid, but the only guitar I pick up these days is guitar hero.
5. I think I probably spend too much time online.
6. I feel like a woman half my age.
7. I get really pissed off at inconsiderate drivers who think they should not have to wait in traffic.
8. My grandpa nicknamed me 'gorgeous', but when he said it he would say "theeeere's georgeous".
9. My other grandpa was a moonshiner.
10. I have a fascination with the field of abnormal psychology.
11. I am German, Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Swiss, British, Scot, Irish, and Dutch.
12. My kids have taught me a lot about life and what's important.
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This is what people in real life, but not on the internet, know about franksolich:
(01) franksolich has a teapot once owned and used by George Bernard Shaw.
(02) franksolich has no right elbow, it having been destroyed January 20, 1993.
(03) franksolich was given a key to the City of Indianapolis.
(04) franksolich met, in person, Pope Paul VI, in Rome, first-hand and up close.
(05) franksolich actually has an heir (besides the six nephews), although not related by blood or affinity, only practicality.
(06) franksolich had tea with H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester.
(07) franksolich once got a cable from H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
(08) franksolich has always paid his own way, no loans, no grants, no nothing.
(09) franksolich still uses a typewriter, an IBM Selectric II.
(10) franksolich has been to Boston more times than to any other major American city.
(11) franksolich used to have a collection of more than 100 clocks, all more than 75 years old.
(12) franksolich had cholera while running around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants with free medical care for all, and having survived that with only the help of aspirin and minute morphine, considers that the Greatest Accomplishment of his life.
(13) franksolich uses a guest-book, for visitors to sign, as a surreptitious-but-elegant means of getting people's names because he can't hear them tell him their names.
That is all.
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I'll try, but not sure if I can come up with 12!
1. I've lived in 7 states, and it wasn't due to military moves.
2. My childhood dream was to work at a zoo with a job like Joan Embry's.
3. I've never been to California, and plan on never going there.
4. My honeymoon was at Disney World.
5. My dad was a test pilot at Edwards AFB and then an astronaut.
6. My mom was a first generation immigrant from Germany.
7. On my dad's side, I can trace my American roots back to the colonies.
8. I don't have a passport.
9. If, while eating a meal, I take a bit of something that is "off" texturally, I'm done eating. I can't eat any more.
10. I think snakes are cool.
11. Spiders, on the other hand, not so much! :-)
12. My husband is also my best friend.
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Please add the following to my list:
13. Schadenfreude would have loved to have shared even one franksolich experience in her lifetime.
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Please add the following to my list:
13. Schadenfreude would have loved to have shared even one franksolich experience in her lifetime.
Well, you're always free, madam, to sign my guest-book.
It even has the signature of a notorious mass-murderer (from Kansas) in it, although the guy was like 85 years old when he signed it, about 60 years after the crime.
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Please add the following to my list:
13. Schadenfreude would have loved to have shared even one franksolich experience in her lifetime.
Well, you're always free, madam, to sign my guest-book.
It even has the signature of a notorious mass-murderer (from Kansas) in it, although the guy was like 85 years old when he signed it, about 60 years after the crime.
Do you keep a diary or journal, Frank? I swear, I'd love to read your life story.
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I, me, myself.....
12. make awesome paper airplanes
11. have never drank a glass of milk
10. was born with an aversion to watermellon
09. am half Indian, as in American Indian
08. am related to Thomas Jefferson's first postmaster general appointment
07. use to, in school, show interest in girls who weren't popular because I felt sorry for them
06. had work published in a book and in magazines
05. have been a parent since I was seventeen years old
04. always have an active creative outlet
03. have Type O+ blood
02. am not shy
01. wish I had more hair on my head and less on my ears
There! I did it!
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Do you keep a diary or journal, Frank? I swear, I'd love to read your life story.
Don't make too much of these; many of these were by chance random things, such as my being in the wrong place at the right time (usually because I didn't hear the place I was supposed to be). And it's not like I got intimate with any famous people; it was generally pleasantries, nothing of significance.
I'm sure, for example, that thousands and thousands of people met Pope Paul VI (he was very old and frail when I came along, though) up close or H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester.
There was one accidental personality who did spend a great deal of time with me, when I was a teenager, and going to spend my first winter in England. A friend, a music aficiando, had given me six LPs, recordings of Beethoven, conductor Sir Adrian Boult, which he wished to have autographed, if I could, by the conductor.
I had supposed it would be a ten-minute courtesy call at his home (I didn't just show up at the door; there was correspondence beforehand), but I ended up spending the entire afternoon there. The home of he and his wife seemed rather small and cramped (although comfortable, in a dowdy sort of way), but because it was winter, perhaps it just seemed that way.
Sir Adrian Boult, very old and frail at the time (this was in 1978), was intrigued that a deaf person would be interested in music (I wasn't, really, but I made it seem that way), and insisted upon demonstrating to me how he scored sheets (I think that's the proper term, but am not sure); there were more sheets of paper around his place than in Alphonse Capote Gore's office. He even took specially-lined paper and wrote "music" for me.
He also played the piano for me, myself standing at the other end, palms firmly down on the case, so as to "absorb" the music. And other musical instruments, most noticeably a violin, in which case I had at least my finger-tips on the most "musically-sensitive" part of the instrument, so as to "absorb" the music.
He did this all afternoon, and his wife served tea.
It was wonderful; Sir Adrian Boult was a true gentleman, top-notch, first class all the way.
As for your question, madam, yes, I've kept my written observations; my stay in the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, for example, is demonstrated by 27 three-ring notebooks full of notes (no photographs, though; I'm not a camera person). I don't look at such things; they've been stored away for years and years, out of sight, because they make me very sad, very melancholy.
Which is best explained by (14) of "Twelve things people in real life know about one, but people on the internet don't":
(14) franksolich has never wanted anything so badly, so desperately, than to be a middle-class white-collar with wife and children and dog and split-level house and station wagon--franksolich has wanted such things so badly he could taste them, and never in the history of the world was so much labor expended for so little result.
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Well, I hope the "heir" you have realizes the treasure he has in those 27 3-ring binders!
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A fairly classic lounge thread theme -- Post 12 things about yourself that most people don't know.
1. I really hate to fly, though Im fascinated with the art of flight.
2. Ive been accused of being "A servant of Satan" by a roadside missionary at a bus station.
3. Ive only gotten drunk to the point of sick once. Take it from me -- 151 and bacon double cheeseburgers don't mix.
4. I really dislike peas and most beans (like lima and pinto, not green and wax)
5. Im a people watcher. Ive gone to airports just to watch and mock them behind their backs.
6. One of my passions is old coin-operated arcade games.
7. My lineage in the USA goes back to the second ship after the Mayflower
8. I'm left handed and dyslexic
9. Pets and children are attracted to me. I really don't know why. I must radiate "harmless".
A. I'm a pack rat. I will save anything for the proverbial 'rainy day'
B. I'm one of the last people under 40 who buys crossword puzzle books and Pinochle cards
C. English Muffin + Cream Cheese + sausage + honey = yum.
your turn..... And... GO!!!
Oh so am I. :-)
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Oh Frank, sometimes I wonder what God was thinking when He gave me a child with...what seems like some days... extraordinary special needs. How did He think I could handle this? But then I fall back on this meditation by an anonymous soldier (I believe Civil War) and I find comfort in these words.
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do great things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing I asked for-but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken words were answered.
I am, among men, most richly blessed.
Anonymous
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Please add the following to my list:
13. Schadenfreude would have loved to have shared even one franksolich experience in her lifetime.
I am sure franksolich feels the same about feeling a Schade moment ;)
He just has to get in line like the rest of us...
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I really don't think I am important enough to post about 12 things people don't know. Certainly not important enough to start a thread on it...
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1. My nick names when I was a child were Gracie by my aunt and Grody by my mom and step dad. Apparently there was a time when I would wear my favorite pair of pea green underwear for days on end and refuse to shower.
2. I once peed my pants when I was in 3nd grade at the skating rink. I was playing pinball and was winning big time so I tried to hold it so I could continue to play. I continued to skate by the way. :hyper:
3. I had a dog when I was a child that I named Tiger. I so wanted to be one of the kids from the Brady Bunch that I named my dog after their dog. One day I went to a friends house and when I came home he was gone. My parents said he ran away but I later learned that they gave him away because he was PITA.
4. I got strep and mono a month before my wedding (still had a fever during my wedding). We went to Crested Butte for our honeymoon but we only stayed for two days because I was still sick and I didn't even get to ski once.
5. I sometimes cook a bag of frozen peas and eat the whole thing for lunch.
6. One time I jumped on a guy who was beating up my husband (then boyfriend). It was in high school and this kid started a fight with him and had him in a choke hold. I jumped on his back, pulled his hair and even bit him.
7. I had the crap beat out of me when I was in 7th grade. I even had to go to the ER. I had a HUGE black eye, my eye even swelled shut.
8. I use to play softball (I was the catcher) all during my childhood and I was really good (if I do say so myself).
9. I love to have my back scratched and ask my husband to scratch it every night.
10. My first "love" was named Roger. He was short and obnoxious but he was so cute.
11. A boy named Mitchell Johnson told me in 3rd grade that if I let him cut some of my hair he would eat it.....so of course I let him.
12. My house looks orderly and non cluttered but my closets are a mess.
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1. I am also left handed! It's really the only lefty thing about me (grin).
2. I was born so premature (about 6 weeks) that I only weighed 3lbs and they didn't allow my mom to even touch me for a month. She cried everyday in front of the nursery window.
3. I broke my left leg (shattered it) when I was 14. I was riding with my dad on his motorcycle when a drunk hit us. Ten years later, my brother was hit by a drunk (who fled the scene) while riding his motorcycle. He crushed his right leg. Our injuries and scars are almost identical. Our mom hates motorcycles now.
4. I used to be a disc jockey in college.
5. I have been in a commercial for a restaurant.
6. I sat on Elvis's lap as a child. He was my uncle's employer.
7. My grandfather is famous and a part of an historical event.
8. I have never eaten a hot dog.
9. I am obsessed with genealogy.
10. John McCain bought me coffee in the airport last summer.
11. I'm a neat freak and super organized.
12. I legally changed my name once.
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
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I really don't think I am important enough to post about 12 things people don't know. Certainly not important enough to start a thread on it...
Just be terse like me... come on, tell us about your tuples and whatnots. :naughty:
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
It gives me hope that when Lauren is an adult that she will actually use soap when she showers.
Oh and my mom said my underwear use to stand on their own when I would finally take them off. :rotf:
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
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but were they quilted panties??? :-)
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
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I really don't think I am important enough to post about 12 things people don't know. Certainly not important enough to start a thread on it...
As long as you realize it, I don't see the harm.
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
Ok, THAT was good! :bow:
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
Actually they were, my mom told me they were "Her Majesty" brand (if I remember correctly).
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
Actually they were, my mom told me they were "Her Majesty" brand (if I remember correctly).
No doubt the proper thing to wear on the throne.
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but were they quilted panties??? :-)
Unfortunantly I couldn't quilt when I was in kindergarten. :p
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
Ok, THAT was good! :bow:
It was perhaps the most obvious reply one could think of on short notice. :-)
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
Actually they were, my mom told me they were "Her Majesty" brand (if I remember correctly).
No doubt the proper thing to wear on the throne.
...but of course.
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
Ok, THAT was good! :bow:
It was perhaps the most obvious reply one could think of on short notice. :-)
It was and I wondered who was going to use it when I made my list. You never disappoint. :-)
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
Ok, THAT was good! :bow:
It was perhaps the most obvious reply one could think of on short notice. :-)
It was and I wondered who was going to use it when I made my list. You never disappoint. :-)
I was set up!
Ok.. I must go track down my daughter's birth certificate for her permit test.... I sure hope it is in our safety dep. box. :uhsure:
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2. I once peed my pants when I was in 3nd grade at the skating rink. I was playing pinball and was winning big time so I tried to hold it so I could continue to play. I continued to skate by the way.
Nothing says "having a good time" like that pungent aroma of urine as the skaters whiz by.
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Grody.... :lmao: My how times have changed and so have your panties. :-)
The name was born from the fact the panties were not pea green when she put them on. :innocent:
All those frozen bags of peas.... :-)
Ok, THAT was good! :bow:
It was perhaps the most obvious reply one could think of on short notice. :-)
It was and I wondered who was going to use it when I made my list. You never disappoint. :-)
I was set up!
Ok.. I must go track down my daughter's birth certificate for her permit test.... I sure hope it is in our safety dep. box. :uhsure:
HA HA it's your turn to be scared $hitless now.
Did I ever tell you that Christy looks like the oldest girl from The Chronicles of Narnia, Anna Popplewell?
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii286/AnnaPopplewellFan/15784619hlr2730572008112326AM.jpg)
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2. I once peed my pants when I was in 3nd grade at the skating rink. I was playing pinball and was winning big time so I tried to hold it so I could continue to play. I continued to skate by the way.
Nothing says "having a good time" like that pungent aroma of urine as the skaters whiz by.
I totally thought no one could tell. I was wearing an old pair of my brothers tough skin jeans. They were dark so you couldn't even tell they were wet (or so I thought). You don't think about the pee smell when you are 8. :lmao:
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She does look like her. :o I'm going to have to show her.
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6521/craw8.jpg)
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She does look like her. :o I'm going to have to show her.
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6521/craw8.jpg)
When I took Sarah and Lauren to the movie all I could think about was how much she looked like Christy.
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Well, I hope the "heir" you have realizes the treasure he has in those 27 3-ring binders!
They're preserved, in those transparent plastic "page protectors" that one puts in three-ring binders. As is much else, including family letters going back to the 1830s. They're all in order, for the nephews (three of whom are close to my own age, the other three all at least adults by now).
It was a pain, because Soviet paper is nothing like our 8.5x11 paper, being a little longer and a little narrower than that, and it was a hassle finding page-protectors--and three-ring notebooks--to accomodate that size, but obviously I did. It took a long time, though.
I'm hoping that a generation removed can read such things with detachment; I can't. It's all very sad.
The last time I read a letter by my mother, for example, to an older brother, at a time a teenager away from home, it was a description of how, coming home from the hospital, she opened the garage door and voila! there was a horse standing there.
We lived in a town of circa 3000 in the Sandhills of Nebraska, and true, on the edge of the city, right next door to a wheat field, but to find a horse inside one's garage was not a usual experience.
A person detached from the individuals could read such a thing and gently laugh at the humor of it, but for me, I felt as if an old man sitting in a rocking-chair staring out into the skies, dreaming of things that once were, but will no longer be.
The heir gets the life-insurance; the nephews get all this family and personal stuff.
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The family and personal stuff would be worth more than any money if I were an heir. I too treasure the family things more than the monetary ones. The only thing I wanted when my grandfather died was his pipe. To everyone else in the family, they just saw it as some old stinky thing to be given to goodwill. I saw a lot more. As a result, I got it.
I don't look forward to closing my father's estate when that day comes. He inherited my grandmother's house and all of it's contents. Five generations have occupied that house. I'm a sentimental fool when it comes these things and I know it will need to be handled. I'm just glad I have a level-headed brother to help.
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Undies..be careful.i might need your blood someday..take care of yourself..eat well, exercise...
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Undies..be careful.i might need your blood someday..take care of yourself..eat well, exercise...
I'm afraid that ship has sailed and the pier collapsed. :bawl:
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Undies..be careful.i might need your blood someday..take care of yourself..eat well, exercise...
I'm afraid that ship has sailed and the pier collapsed. :bawl:
you selfish bastid! you are O+..did you never think of me? :bawl:
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1. I've broken my left thumb and right middle fingers, but not at the same time
2. I'm scared of roaches
3. I was co-editor in chief of my high school yearbook and originally went to college for graphic design (then switched to English, then quit)
4. I played the cello for 8 years. I still have it and fight the urge to sell it (it's worth between $8,000-$10,000)
5. I'm related to Daniel Boone and Queen Isabella of Spain
6. After having my wisdom teeth removed, I learned the watermelon jello tastes exactly the same coming back up.
7. I have had a bulging disk in my back (L5, S1) since I was 18
8. I used to own the Jordan Knight CD single for "Give it to You" because I think that song is hilarious
9. I could eat Mexican food every day for the rest of my life
10. I think yard work is mens work and I detest doing it
11. My dad still calls me "pumpkin"
12. I'm going back to college this coming fall semester and my notoriously cheap dealership has offered to help pay for it.
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6. After having my wisdom teeth removed, I learned the watermelon jello tastes exactly the same coming back up.
I think I could have lived the rest of my life without knowing this! :-)
Oh, and I love mexican food as well....at least GOOD mexican food...not the crap here on the east coast!
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Undies..be careful.i might need your blood someday..take care of yourself..eat well, exercise...
I'm afraid that ship has sailed and the pier collapsed. :bawl:
you selfish bastid! you are O+..did you never think of me? :bawl:
I'm O+ MA, you can have my blood if you don't mind it possibly being tainted with Mad Cow disease.
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^have you seen her avatar? :-) :-)
I'm teasin ya MA!
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I started to do this, and my screen went blank at #11........
I think it's God's way of saying I was telling you too much about me......
I was not even posting the good stuff.....like the wild threesomes.....
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1) I love to shop online.
2) I have never been married or had children.
3) I have had many manufacturing jobs. During the Clinton years I know there were plenty of jobs, I had to work three of them!
4) I used to paint cars....six figure income...then back injury....poof.....no formal training....self taught....DuPont certified.
5) I have managed car dealerships including the internet sales dept, service and body shop.
6) My high school senior pictures include my horse and pickup truck.
7) My father retired as a diesel mechanic, my mother as a hair dresser.
8) My real name is the same as "The Rock"
9) I have an award for saving a police officer in trouble. It was me vs. many...with even more bystanders...cop was down....being attacked...
10) I used to be a bouncer.
11) I have no debts. Not even a credit card.
12) I am adopted....I have one sister. I still remember when my parents asked me if I wanted a "brother or a sister" I said "sister" so they adopted one! No regrets, I love my sister and her family with all my heart.
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Undies..be careful.i might need your blood someday..take care of yourself..eat well, exercise...
I'm afraid that ship has sailed and the pier collapsed. :bawl:
you selfish bastid! you are O+..did you never think of me? :bawl:
You are answering your own questions before you ask them.
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8) My real name is the same as "The Rock"
Your name is Roy Scherer, Jr.?
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8) My real name is the same as "The Rock"
Your name is Roy Scherer, Jr.?
Yup....
No junior though...
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dang...forgot one.....
13) I have met, and prayed for many Contemporary Christian Music stars before they would go on stage....have made friendships with one...folks like Steve Camp, Paul Coleman, the Elms, Michael W Smith...and others that I can't think of...I have also been in charge of security at a huge outdoor CCM festival...in case people started throwing bibles at each other...LOL
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But Rob, sir, you didn't follow instructions.
You were supposed to name things about yourself in real life, that aren't generally known in cyberlife.
2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 we already knew in cyberlife, and so you'll have to come up with five new ones.
Sorry, sir.
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But Rob, sir, you didn't follow instructions.
You were supposed to name things about yourself in real life, that aren't generally known in cyberlife.
2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 we already knew in cyberlife, and so you'll have to come up with five new ones.
Sorry, sir.
Not everyone knew those things...alot of folks here at CC hardly know me.......
But, now that you pointed it out, and the fact that I like to do things right...I will up date the list...some things easily roll off the top of my head, but not sure If I want to share..... :hammer:
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1. When I was an infant, I was held by Loretta Lynn.
2. I have shaken hands with three presidents, two of them Ds.
3. I am a fallen-away Roman Catholic who is back in the fold.
4. I am frightened of heights and enclosed spaces.
5. I am 40, and I play music in a rock band with fellow teachers (harmonica).
6. I wanted boys when we had children, but was given two girls; they are the greatest kids I could ever hope for.
7. I have earned a black belt.
8. I have met three members of the "Band of Brothers," and I am in awe of them.
9. I love tropical fish; I have two oscars.
10. My father died when I was 11. Because of this, I live in fear of being a "bad" father.
11. I was a newspaper reporter for a small newspaper before I became a teacher. Best career move I ever made.
12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
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But Rob, sir, you didn't follow instructions.
You were supposed to name things about yourself in real life, that aren't generally known in cyberlife.
2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 we already knew in cyberlife, and so you'll have to come up with five new ones.
Sorry, sir.
2) I have met, and prayed for many Contemporary Christian Music stars before they would go on stage....have made friendships with one...folks like Steve Camp, Paul Coleman, the Elms, Michael W Smith...and others that I can't think of...I have also been in charge of security at a huge outdoor CCM festival...in case people started throwing bibles at each other...LOL
3) I used to work for a hockey team.
4) I used to help with a skate board ministry of the church...ramps and stuff...open to the public...
5) I have taught Sunday school
11) My grandparents owned a salvage yard.
Is that better?
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Much better, Rob.
I've always wanted to write about the salvage business, even though I know nothing about it.
UNLIKE common perception, I suspect there's a lot of good stuff to tell about that sort of business, like the ice business.
Really.
Much that is extraordinary in life dwells in mundane (or what one thinks mundane) things.
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12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
Now that, sir, is simply not credible.
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12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
Now that, sir, is simply not credible.
You're kind.
Btw. I have worked for an ice company. Not as glamorous as it seems. :-)
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1. When I was an infant, I was held by Loretta Lynn.
2. I have shaken hands with three presidents, two of them Ds.
3. I am a fallen-away Roman Catholic who is back in the fold.
4. I am frightened of heights and enclosed spaces.
5. I am 40, and I play music in a rock band with fellow teachers (harmonica).
6. I wanted boys when we had children, but was given two girls; they are the greatest kids I could ever hope for.
7. I have earned a black belt.
8. I have met three members of the "Band of Brothers," and I am in awe of them.
9. I love tropical fish; I have two oscars.
10. My father died when I was 11. Because of this, I live in fear of being a "bad" father.
11. I was a newspaper reporter for a small newspaper before I became a teacher. Best career move I ever made.
12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
Yeah because peeing in your pants at the skating rink is so exciting. :-)
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8. I'm left handed and dyslexic
Oh so am I. :-)
Thankfully, for me at least, It only really shows up when I'm tired -- although I do have lingering issues, such as great difficulty with the concepts of 'left' and 'right' (in the nonpolitical sense) and my shoelaces often come untied. I have to double-knot them.
When I am tired, 3,E,M,W all look the same to me. That stupid eye-test they always gave at school was always a hoot too.
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1. When I was an infant, I was held by Loretta Lynn.
2. I have shaken hands with three presidents, two of them Ds.
3. I am a fallen-away Roman Catholic who is back in the fold.
4. I am frightened of heights and enclosed spaces.
5. I am 40, and I play music in a rock band with fellow teachers (harmonica).
6. I wanted boys when we had children, but was given two girls; they are the greatest kids I could ever hope for.
7. I have earned a black belt.
8. I have met three members of the "Band of Brothers," and I am in awe of them.
9. I love tropical fish; I have two oscars.
10. My father died when I was 11. Because of this, I live in fear of being a "bad" father.
11. I was a newspaper reporter for a small newspaper before I became a teacher. Best career move I ever made.
12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
Yeah because peeing in your pants at the skating rink is so exciting. :-)
Hi-5
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You're kind.
Btw. I have worked for an ice company. Not as glamorous as it seems.
Well, yeah, there's probably a lot of drudgery in it too, hauling all those bags around.
But undoubtedly one meets some pretty interesting people.
And one thing I've always been curious about--this however might be unique to the Sandhills of Nebraska, though--is that convenience stores sell more ice in winter, than in summer. At least around here.
One wonders why this is.
As for everything else, well, it seems to me your twelve things are enduring accomplishments, while many of my own are random few minutes of glittering lights; things that happen in a flash, and evaporate in a flash, and of course they aren't, strictly speaking, "accomplishments," but more rather things that happened independent of my own actions.
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12. My life is amazingly boring compared to many on this board!
Now that, sir, is simply not credible.
You're kind.
Btw. I have worked for an ice company. Not as glamorous as it seems. :-)
13. I've told this before -
My paternal grandfather owned half of the Southland Ice Company in Dallas. He sold his half to his partner during the Depression for about $5000.00. Today it is the 7-Eleven Southland Corporation.
Oh well. Ice could have been glamorous for me....but **Nuuuuu!**.
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8. I'm left handed and dyslexic
Oh so am I. :-)
Thankfully, for me at least, It only really shows up when I'm tired -- although I do have lingering issues, such as great difficulty with the concepts of 'left' and 'right' (in the nonpolitical sense) and my shoelaces often come untied. I have to double-knot them.
When I am tired, 3,E,M,W all look the same to me. That stupid eye-test they always gave at school was always a hoot too.
Apparently I have "grown out of it", or so I was told. I use to see and write words completely backwards, like a mirror image. I could not read by the time I was in 3rd grade. Apparently I didn't always see backwards which made it impossible to learn how to read. When I type now I find that I will insert words that are totally different than the words I am meaning to type. I'm not even thinking of the word and when I reread what I type I find it. It's so weird.
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Much better, Rob.
I've always wanted to write about the salvage business, even though I know nothing about it.
UNLIKE common perception, I suspect there's a lot of good stuff to tell about that sort of business, like the ice business.
Really.
Much that is extraordinary in life dwells in mundane (or what one thinks mundane) things.
You know Frank, if would be interesting to know what we know about each other.
Except fo Schade -- we can't post on a not-NSFW topic what we know about her ;)
(ps: you know I love ya, Shade-hun)
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13. I've told this before -
My paternal grandfather owned half of the Southland Ice Company in Dallas. He sold his half to his partner during the Depression for about $5000.00. Today it is the 7-Eleven Southland Corporation.
Oh well. Ice could have been glamorous for me....but **Nuuuuu!**.
Wow.
My fourteenth.
(14) My paternal uncle, the younger brother of my father, was a grocer in northwestern Pennsylvania until 1961, when he and the family moved down to Arizona. I believe they actually lived in Texas for a bit too.
They moved down there specifically because there was this company, this Southland Corporation, that had this really neat idea about "convenience stores," and he ended up being one of their vice-presidents.
This was in the 1960s and early 1970s; a long time ago, and as I was young, I was never told the details, or if the details were told me, I didn't pay much attention.
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You're kind.
Btw. I have worked for an ice company. Not as glamorous as it seems.
Well, yeah, there's probably a lot of drudgery in it too, hauling all those bags around.
But undoubtedly one meets some pretty interesting people.
And one thing I've always been curious about--this however might be unique to the Sandhills of Nebraska, though--is that convenience stores sell more ice in winter, than in summer. At least around here.
One wonders why this is.
I lived in a beach resort area at the time, so I can't speak to the winter months. Lots of strange people, though. I Worked with a former green beret sniper. Told me some crazy stories. To this day, whenever I see tube-shaped ice, I know it came from a Vogt-brand ice machine. :-)
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Apparently I have "grown out of it", or so I was told. I use to see and write words completely backwards, like a mirror image. I could not read by the time I was in 3rd grade. Apparently I didn't always see backwards which made it impossible to learn how to read. When I type now I find that I will insert words that are totally different than the words I am meaning to type. I'm not even thinking of the word and when I reread what I type I find it. It's so weird.
I do that too ! Its the oddest thing - It part of why my replies take so long - I write, wait, then reread. If I'm typing via 'stream of consciousness' I find transposed letters, phonetic spelling, and seemingly random substitute words. The oddest thing though Is It has never stopped me from reading - I was literate by about age three. When my parents applied to place me in preschool, the teachers thought I may have been mentally handicapped, between the drooling and vacant stares - I suspect they were counting on autistic -. They gave me an aptitude test that they then couldn't grade, because I aced it. I tested with something like 5th grade level abilities at 4.
And thats where I still am at today ;)
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13. I've told this before -
My paternal grandfather owned half of the Southland Ice Company in Dallas. He sold his half to his partner during the Depression for about $5000.00. Today it is the 7-Eleven Southland Corporation.
Oh well. Ice could have been glamorous for me....but **Nuuuuu!**.
Wow.
My fourteenth.
(14) My paternal uncle, the younger brother of my father, was a grocer in northwestern Pennsylvania until 1961, when he and the family moved down to Arizona. I believe they actually lived in Texas for a bit too.
They moved down there specifically because there was this company, this Southland Corporation, that had this really neat idea about "convenience stores," and he ended up being one of their vice-presidents.
This was in the 1960s and early 1970s; a long time ago, and as I was young, I was never told the details, or if the details were told me, I didn't pay much attention.
Creation of the Convenience Store: 1927-45
The company began as a brainstorm of John Jefferson Green. In 1927 Green approached Joe C. 'Jodie' Thompson, one of five founding directors of the Dallas Southland Ice Company, with a new idea. He wanted to sell milk, eggs, and bread through his retail ice dock. 'You furnish the items,' he suggested, 'and I'll pay the power bills.' Thompson agreed, and together they established the first known convenience store.
The newly formed Southland Ice Company was composed of four separate ice companies and operated eight ice plants and 21 retail ice stations. An early attempt at advertising occurred after one Southland manager visited Alaska in 1928. Upon his return to Texas, he planted a souvenir totem pole in front of his store. The pole attracted so much attention that the employees suggested placing one at every Southland-owned retail ice dock and naming the stores 'Tote'm Stores,' since the consumers toted away their purchases.
Southland decided to go with the new name; it unified the company's diversified stores and provided a distinct identity, a key ingredient in the successful operation of numerous retail outlets. Joseph Thompson, secretary-treasurer of Southland Ice, unified the stores further by training staff with daily sales talks. He also chose a company uniform for ice station service men. Thompson recognized early on that consumers should receive the same quality and service at every store. During this time Southland also began to experiment with constructing and leasing gasoline stations at ten of its Dallas-area stores.
The Great Depression plunged Southland into bankruptcy in 1931. During a period of receivership and reorganization, Joseph Thompson was named president, a move that ensured.....
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/7Eleven-Inc-Company-History.html
Jodie Thompson was my grandfather's original partner. 1931 was when grandpa sold his future. Oh well. Grandpa had two kids and a wife to feed. What he lacked in vision, I'm sure he made up for in good intentions.
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Apparently I have "grown out of it", or so I was told. I use to see and write words completely backwards, like a mirror image. I could not read by the time I was in 3rd grade. Apparently I didn't always see backwards which made it impossible to learn how to read. When I type now I find that I will insert words that are totally different than the words I am meaning to type. I'm not even thinking of the word and when I reread what I type I find it. It's so weird.
I do that too ! Its the oddest thing - It part of why my replies take so long - I write, wait, then reread. If I'm typing via 'stream of consciousness' I find transposed letters, phonetic spelling, and seemingly random substitute words. The oddest thing though Is It has never stopped me from reading - I was literate by about age three. When my parents applied to place me in preschool, the teachers thought I may have been mentally handicapped, between the drooling and vacant stares - I suspect they were counting on autistic -. They gave me an aptitude test that they then couldn't grade, because I aced it. I tested with something like 5th grade level abilities at 4.
And thats where I still am at today ;)
Did you do well in math? I excelled in math and was told that a majority of dyslexic people do.
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Apparently I have "grown out of it", or so I was told. I use to see and write words completely backwards, like a mirror image. I could not read by the time I was in 3rd grade. Apparently I didn't always see backwards which made it impossible to learn how to read. When I type now I find that I will insert words that are totally different than the words I am meaning to type. I'm not even thinking of the word and when I reread what I type I find it. It's so weird.
I do that too ! Its the oddest thing - It part of why my replies take so long - I write, wait, then reread. If I'm typing via 'stream of consciousness' I find transposed letters, phonetic spelling, and seemingly random substitute words. The oddest thing though Is It has never stopped me from reading - I was literate by about age three. When my parents applied to place me in preschool, the teachers thought I may have been mentally handicapped, between the drooling and vacant stares - I suspect they were counting on autistic -. They gave me an aptitude test that they then couldn't grade, because I aced it. I tested with something like 5th grade level abilities at 4.
And thats where I still am at today ;)
that sounds so much like my son....he has SUCH a hard time with writing!!
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Did you do well in math? I excelled in math and was told that a majority of dyslexic people do.
Geometry and related.. Algebra and related though makes no sense to me at all. I also have the ability to deconstruct objects in my head, and can estimate things like size, distance and time without actively thinking about it -and am usually close to accurate every time. Its a stupid human trick I suppose..
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Jodie Thompson was my grandfather's original partner. 1931 was when grandpa sold his future. Oh well. Grandpa had two kids and a wife to feed. What he lacked in vision, I'm sure he made up for in good intentions.
While convenience stores may have been invented during the 1920s, remember, they probably never "took off," soaring, until the 1960s and 1970s.
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Jodie Thompson was my grandfather's original partner. 1931 was when grandpa sold his future. Oh well. Grandpa had two kids and a wife to feed. What he lacked in vision, I'm sure he made up for in good intentions.
While convenience stores may have been invented during the 1920s, remember, they probably never "took off," soaring, until the 1960s and 1970s.
I was born in 1954 in Dallas and there were already 7-Elevens on every third corner. Those stores started to boom right after WWII.
My favorite 7-Eleven Store when I was growing up was in Wynnewood Village (shopping center). It was built and opened in 1949. I managed that store for a short time in 1972.
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Much better, Rob.
I've always wanted to write about the salvage business, even though I know nothing about it.
UNLIKE common perception, I suspect there's a lot of good stuff to tell about that sort of business, like the ice business.
Really.
Much that is extraordinary in life dwells in mundane (or what one thinks mundane) things.
This was a used auto parts place...when my grandfather's rheumatoid arthritis got really bad (he could not even drink coffee from a cup, had not grip, but he could hold a bowl, so that was his coffee cup) my grandmother would fire up the torch herself and cut pistons out of engine blocks so we could "take them to town" for scrap.
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Did you do well in math? I excelled in math and was told that a majority of dyslexic people do.
Geometry and related.. Algebra and related though makes no sense to me at all.
Same here.
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13) My brother in law and his five partners just lost 2.5M on a resturant in The Villages, FL. On top of having to pay $1000 a month for the next six years......he was always one of those "big spender types" he is now a changed man....he actually treats my sister right...so this loss was actually a blessing...of course, they did not ask for any "mortgage bail out" or scream "the economy"....they simply admit they took a risk and lost.
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Did you do well in math? I excelled in math and was told that a majority of dyslexic people do.
Geometry and related.. Algebra and related though makes no sense to me at all.
Same here.
I too am dyslexic. I forgot to mention thta. (< < that is an example of my dyslexia - my mind reverses the last two letters or numbers in a group)
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1. I met John McCain in Pakistan and had my picture taken with him.
2. My sister aspires to be a prosecutor. I can see her now... she'd be like Casey Novak from Law & Order. :hammer:
3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
4. I've had guns pointed at me 3 times, and was chased by a gunman a 4th time, in Philadelphia. In two GWOT deployments, no one ever aimed a weapon at me.
5. When I was 9, my best friend accidently hit me in the head with a golf club.
6. I'll drink Dunkin Donuts coffee any time of the day or night. It MUST be D'n'D. Starbucks and Krispy Kreme sucks.
7. I've quit smoking cold turkey five times. It's so easy, I could probably do it a few more times. :p
8. I highly enjoy visiting historical sites. Yorktown & Colonial Williamsburg are cool-as-hell vacation spots in my eyes.
9. I'm a bit of a dork.
10. I love trivia game shows. Jeopardy and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader are my two faves.
11. I hope to write a book one day.
12. I like rum. Beer is so-so.
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1. I met John McCain in Pakistan and had my picture taken with him.
2. My sister aspires to be a prosecutor. I can see her now... she'd be like Casey Novak from Law & Order. :hammer:
3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
4. I've had guns pointed at me 3 times, and was chased by a gunman a 4th time, in Philadelphia. In two GWOT deployments, no one ever aimed a weapon at me.
5. When I was 9, my best friend accidently hit me in the head with a golf club.
6. I'll drink Dunkin Donuts coffee any time of the day or night. It MUST be D'n'D. Starbucks and Krispy Kreme sucks.
7. I've quit smoking cold turkey five times. It's so easy, I could probably do it a few more times. :p
8. I highly enjoy visiting historical sites. Yorktown & Colonial Williamsburg are cool-as-hell vacation spots in my eyes.
9. I'm a bit of a dork.
10. I love trivia game shows. Jeopardy and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader are my two faves.
11. I hope to write a book one day.
12. I like rum. Beer is so-so.
I am with you on #12....did not really drink a full beer in one sitting until about five years ago.....
As for #4...I have also had a gun pointed at me, and the trigger pulled....bullet went through my lower arm...I was lucky...just a fraction more towards my hand and I would of lost the use of my right hand...
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I was born in 1954 in Dallas and there were already 7-Elevens on every third corner. Those stores started to boom right after WWII.
My favorite 7-Eleven Store when I was growing up was in Wynnewood Village (shopping center). It was built and opened in 1949. I managed that store for a short time in 1972.
Well, it's possible they were already thriving in one area of the country, before they took off; that's not uncommon.
My uncle was responsible for setting up, or if not setting up, some sort of major major expansion, of 7-11s in Denver, and that would have been the late 1960s, say about 1967-1968.
Convenience stores don't appear to have happened in Nebraska until construction of Interstate 80, the most vital highway in America, through the state in the late 1960s.
Chains, I mean; of course since the earliest times, in Nebraska there was always a small store tucked away somewhere in every town that stayed open later than other stores, and that was open on Sundays too. But those weren't chains.
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3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
I have an autographed photo of R. Lee Ermey that I got.
It says:
To Tamara
Semper Fi
R. Lee Ermey
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3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
I have an autographed photo of R. Lee Ermey that I got.
It says:
To Tamara
Semper Fi
R. Lee Ermey
You have my autograph on the card that came with the flowers that I sent to you at work.
You did get them right?
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3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
I have an autographed photo of R. Lee Ermey that I got.
It says:
To Tamara
Semper Fi
R. Lee Ermey
You have my autograph on the card that came with the flowers that I sent to you at work.
You did get them right?
That damned receptionist must have stolen them!
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3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
I have an autographed photo of R. Lee Ermey that I got.
It says:
To Tamara
Semper Fi
R. Lee Ermey
You have my autograph on the card that came with the flowers that I sent to you at work.
You did get them right?
That damned receptionist must have stolen them!
Just like the ones I sent...
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Must have been that one that quit after two weeks. Dang her!
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3. I've got a small autograph collection I've been working on for ten years. Mostly sports figures, a few Hollywood people.
I have an autographed photo of R. Lee Ermey that I got.
It says:
To Tamara
Semper Fi
R. Lee Ermey
You have my autograph on the card that came with the flowers that I sent to you at work.
You did get them right?
That damned receptionist must have stolen them!
Just like the ones I sent...
Must have been that one that quit after two weeks. Dang her!
:banghead:
I'm gonna have to have a "chat" with someone on Monday.
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too. I do that with regular sandwiches too, but not like a sub or hoagie.
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too. I do that with regular sandwiches too, but not like a sub or hoagie.
Probably not a good strategy for a taco either...
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too. I do that with regular sandwiches too, but not like a sub or hoagie.
Probably not a good strategy for a taco either...
No, doesn't work on a taco either. I always look to see, if on a sub or taco that one end is more full with fillings and which end is just bread or shell. I always start at the crappy end, again so your last bite is full of filling and such.
I do it with candy too. I decide what are good colors vs bad colors. I eat the bad ones first, so I have the good ones at the end.
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too. I do that with regular sandwiches too, but not like a sub or hoagie.
Probably not a good strategy for a taco either...
No, doesn't work on a taco either. I always look to see, if on a sub or taco that one end is more full with fillings and which end is just bread or shell. I always start at the crappy end, again so your last bite is full of filling and such.
I do it with candy too. I decide what are good colors vs bad colors. I eat the bad ones first, so I have the good ones at the end.
I used to do that with women when I was single.
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too. I do that with regular sandwiches too, but not like a sub or hoagie.
Probably not a good strategy for a taco either...
No, doesn't work on a taco either. I always look to see, if on a sub or taco that one end is more full with fillings and which end is just bread or shell. I always start at the crappy end, again so your last bite is full of filling and such.
I do it with candy too. I decide what are good colors vs bad colors. I eat the bad ones first, so I have the good ones at the end.
I used to do that with women when I was single.
LOL :lmao:
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13. I eat my hamburgers in a circle. I eat all around the edge, and then move towards the center. That way my last bite isn't just meat and bread or all bread, it's actually all the fillings too.
I so need a cold shower after reading that.
Holy shit.
Wanna meet for a drink?
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1. I hate wasted time to the point of it being a pet peeve.
2. I hate mangos and papayas despite growing up in Miami.
3. My favorite dessert is apple crumble anything(hot) with vanilla bean ice cream on it.
4. On the same note I despise tiramisu--yuck!
5. I love early morning the best out of any time in the day.
6. I get really down if the sun stays away for too long.
7. I have my grandmother's smile, but my grandfather's eyes.
8. My paternal family came over with our 1st president--as indentured servants.
9. My maternal family is more of a mystery since my mother was adopted.
10. I hate when people scrape carpet with their fingers.
11. I hate the feeling of those egg crate things on the bed--*shudder*
12. I'm a female who actually likes beer. :cheersmate:
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9. If, while eating a meal, I take a bit of something that is "off" texturally, I'm done eating. I can't eat any more.
I am so, totally with you. Add to that one of the more keen senses of smell ever and I can be turned off by a meal in a heartbeat if its off.
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I'm sorry jty, did you post something? I was busy scratching some carpet.
Like nails on a chalkboard :banghead: :banghead:
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
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7. I have my grandmother's smile, but my grandfather's eyes.
(http://www.usask.ca/consumer_services/bookstore/images/pro_reference/human_jaw.jpg)
(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/561771/2/istockphoto_561771_eyeballs_on_hold.jpg)
You really should do something with those...
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
No, there are no nails involved. My mother used to do this on our stairs when I was a kid to pick up anything that the vacuum didn't get...I hated that noise of the fingers gliding against the carpet.
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7. I have my grandmother's smile, but my grandfather's eyes.
(http://www.usask.ca/consumer_services/bookstore/images/pro_reference/human_jaw.jpg)
(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/561771/2/istockphoto_561771_eyeballs_on_hold.jpg)
You really should do something with those...
Mine are far more appealing then those...and my eyes are brown. :lmao:
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
No, there are no nails involved. My mother used to do this on our stairs when I was a kid to pick up anything that the vacuum didn't get...I hated that noise of the fingers gliding against the carpet.
Jesus, I thought MY mom was a clean freak. Damn.
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
:rotf:
I think they call that "farming"
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
No, there are no nails involved. My mother used to do this on our stairs when I was a kid to pick up anything that the vacuum didn't get...I hated that noise of the fingers gliding against the carpet.
Is that why you have no "rug"?
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People scratch carpet? The only people I've seen do this are crackheads looking for dropped rocks.
No, there are no nails involved. My mother used to do this on our stairs when I was a kid to pick up anything that the vacuum didn't get...I hated that noise of the fingers gliding against the carpet.
Jesus, I thought MY mom was a clean freak. Damn.
Oh, mine is, but only if it's hers. I can't get her to lift a finger in the common areas of my home now. Kinda like having an almost 60 year old teenager around :banghead:
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I hear you jty! I cannot stand to hear someone scratch fabric at all. My husband will scratch all of his fingernails on his jeans. Like when his leg itches and he makes a big deal out of it because he claims that the denim smoothes out his nails. OY!!! It makes me shiver and want to throw up. That's so weird I know!
I also can't stand for my food to touch. I used to only eat food on a plate with dividers. I also don't drink anything when I eat unless it's wine or beer and meant to consumed with food. After I eat, I will drink a glass of water.
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I hear you jty! I cannot stand to hear someone scratch fabric at all. My husband will scratch all of his fingernails on his jeans. Like when his leg itches and he makes a big deal out of it because he claims that the denim smoothes out his nails. OY!!! It makes me shiver and want to throw up. That's so weird I know!
I also can't stand for my food to touch. I used to only eat food on a plate with dividers. I also don't drink anything when I eat unless it's wine or beer and meant to consumed with food. After I eat, I will drink a glass of water.
OMG, I think we are twins :rotf:
the scratching thing also makes me want to get sick. I have the same aversion or trigger for some reason with that...go figure.
Another of mine...I loathe touching raw meat. I just don't feel I can ever get my hands clean enough. Almost in the way a bug landing on you(you know, 'gross' bugs) gives you the heebie jeebies for a while. :rotf:
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
LMAO! I use those too! :lmao: I try to manage by using a fork and using plastic or something to lop the meat in the pan or something, but if I have to touch it--let's say mix a meatloaf or something: the gloves are going on. There is NO way.
Ditto on the kitchen cleaning. :lmao: I still 'question' the spot where meat may have touched too, even if its been cleaned. :uhsure:
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!
My MIL just rolled her eyes at me. Of course she does wear a perma-scowl :lmao:
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!
My MIL just rolled her eyes at me. Of course she does wear a perma-scowl :lmao:
Oh let her roll her eyes. Touching raw meat is...*shudder*
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
I also like to wear the gloves. Alot of bacteria can get under your nails, etc....when I am done everything gets washed right away and I use sanitizer (at home) and this includes cleaning the facet fixtures and handles....I always try to avoid any means of cross contamination.
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I hear you jty! I cannot stand to hear someone scratch fabric at all. My husband will scratch all of his fingernails on his jeans. Like when his leg itches and he makes a big deal out of it because he claims that the denim smoothes out his nails. OY!!! It makes me shiver and want to throw up. That's so weird I know!
I also can't stand for my food to touch. I used to only eat food on a plate with dividers. I also don't drink anything when I eat unless it's wine or beer and meant to consumed with food. After I eat, I will drink a glass of water.
OMG, I think we are twins :rotf:
the scratching thing also makes me want to get sick. I have the same aversion or trigger for some reason with that...go figure.
Another of mine...I loathe touching raw meat. I just don't feel I can ever get my hands clean enough. Almost in the way a bug landing on you(you know, 'gross' bugs) gives you the heebie jeebies for a while. :rotf:
I think raw (red meat) looks better before it's cooked.
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
I also like to wear the gloves. Alot of bacteria can get under your nails, etc....when I am done everything gets washed right away and I use sanitizer (at home) and this includes cleaning the facet fixtures and handles....I always try to avoid any means of cross contamination.
A certain amount of background bacteria is both normal and healthy. As you know, more and more doctors are saying that bacteria is becoming resistant as a result of over-cleaning. You also depress your own immunity by being over-clean.
Soap-and-water clean has been just fine for years. You don't need gloves -- just wash with soap and water between handling and preparation. You are actually doing the opposite of what you want to accomplish.
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
I also like to wear the gloves. Alot of bacteria can get under your nails, etc....when I am done everything gets washed right away and I use sanitizer (at home) and this includes cleaning the facet fixtures and handles....I always try to avoid any means of cross contamination.
A certain amount of background bacteria is both normal and healthy. As you know, more and more doctors are saying that bacteria is becoming resistant as a result of over-cleaning. You also depress your own immunity by being over-clean.
Soap-and-water clean has been just fine for years. You don't need gloves -- just wash with soap and water between handling and preparation. You are actually doing the opposite of what you want to accomplish.
Amen! We are cleaning ourselves to death.
I am a very clean cook. In fact, by the time dinner is ready you cannot even tell the kitchen had be used. I keep a clean kitchen because it is prudent and necessary....but gloves? Overboard!
People need to get back to realizing that beginning on the day we are born our bodies start to work building immunities to the evil germs with which we share this planet. This is why older folks rarely catch a common cold.
I blame television and liberals. I usually do.
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I don't use chemicals when possible. I clean the way my grandmother cleaned before people starting buying purell by the gallon. I don't use any anti-bacterial products. Not even in hand soap or body wash. I always go with the mildest and simplest thing you can find. Sorry, not giving up my cleaning routine :-) When you have a kid, it's different. Not that he's a hothouse flower prone to wilting, but it's much simplier to clean my kitchen (and bathrooms) completely so that I never have to worry about him making a sandwich on a dirty counter or something along those lines.
My son has only had antibotics four times in his entire life. I can't remember the last time I got sick (beyong the sniffles that went away with chicken soup and tylenol).
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1) I used to be left of Stalin until I dropped out of college and had to pay my own way.
2) In my misspent youth I tried everything but crack and heroin at least once. (Experimentally; I was never a "druggie" and
I made a conscious decision to never again even smoke pot when my wife got preggers with our daughter 15 years ago)
3) I once tried very hard to kill a man and when the shot proved impossible to make without hitting my co-worker resolved the situation
by threatening to shoot his girlfriend. (I was working as an armed security officer in Las Vegas under contract with Clark County.
I was standing on her back at the time trying to keep her from retrieving a knife. He had a .25 and was locked in a wrestling match
with the other officer.)
4) I was in an Improvisational Comedy troop in my distant youth and we performed for congressman Les Aspin at a party at his home.
5) I have a morbid fear of Preying Mantises. (Is that how you spell the plural?)
6) My wife and I hated each other when we first met. When I saw her for the first time in 4 years after that first meeting I fell in love
with her almost at first sight and stole her from her on again/off again boyfriend who was a guy I had gone through school with growing up.
7) For all that I am a died in the wool Conserva-saurous on a lot of issues I have a few social ones that I am very liberal about.
8) I cry like a baby during sad parts while watching movies.
9) I was a line chef at the last restaurant I worked in.
10) My high school sweetheart is now my aunt.
11) I was shot in the leg once with a .22 and patched it up at home.
12) There are things about my life that I will NEVER discuss on an internet board. ;)
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
She married his uncle -- how tough could that be?
;)
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
Summer of her sophmore year of college she moved in with us. (My family had a big ole' rambling house and she and I were living there with my Mom) My uncles bar with his apartment above it burned to the ground and he moved in with us. Five months later he moved down to Florida and she went with him.
Oddly enough we are on good terms. I committed one of the only real evil acts of my life when that happened. I bided my time until I got a phone number for the two of them. I called down and when I got her on the phone I told her that I understood completely and that I just wanted her to be happy and that I was proud of her for making such a hard choice when I knew that she had problems committing to things. :-)
He got the worse end of the deal, lol.
I married the lady I did and he has to put up with her, lol.
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OH MY GOD! You ARE my twin!
I wear disposable gloves when I have to handle raw meat. (If it's for an extended period of time and I can't just use a fork).
I also clean the kitchen like it's a surgical suite when I'm done cooking.
I also like to wear the gloves. Alot of bacteria can get under your nails, etc....when I am done everything gets washed right away and I use sanitizer (at home) and this includes cleaning the facet fixtures and handles....I always try to avoid any means of cross contamination.
A certain amount of background bacteria is both normal and healthy. As you know, more and more doctors are saying that bacteria is becoming resistant as a result of over-cleaning. You also depress your own immunity by being over-clean.
Soap-and-water clean has been just fine for years. You don't need gloves -- just wash with soap and water between handling and preparation. You are actually doing the opposite of what you want to accomplish.
There is a little truth to your post....some will wear gloves and never change them...which contaminates other things.....
Gloves are pretty important when handling poultry or pork. Cross contamination can kill someone and has many times.
During the cold and flu season, you can never wash your hands often enough!
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1) I used to be left of Stalin until I dropped out of college and had to pay my own way.
2) In my misspent youth I tried everything but crack and heroin at least once. (Experimentally; I was never a "druggie" and
I made a conscious decision to never again even smoke pot when my wife got preggers with our daughter 15 years ago)
3) I once tried very hard to kill a man and when the shot proved impossible to make without hitting my co-worker resolved the situation
by threatening to shoot his girlfriend. (I was working as an armed security officer in Las Vegas under contract with Clark County.
I was standing on her back at the time trying to keep her from retrieving a knife. He had a .25 and was locked in a wrestling match
with the other officer.)
4) I was in an Improvisational Comedy troop in my distant youth and we performed for congressman Les Aspin at a party at his home.
5) I have a morbid fear of Preying Mantises. (Is that how you spell the plural?)
6) My wife and I hated each other when we first met. When I saw her for the first time in 4 years after that first meeting I fell in love
with her almost at first sight and stole her from her on again/off again boyfriend who was a guy I had gone through school with growing up.
7) For all that I am a died in the wool Conserva-saurous on a lot of issues I have a few social ones that I am very liberal about.
8) I cry like a baby during sad parts while watching movies.
9) I was a line chef at the last restaurant I worked in.
10) My high school sweetheart is now my aunt.
11) I was shot in the leg once with a .22 and patched it up at home.
12) There are things about my life that I will NEVER discuss on an internet board. ;)
Nice job on the list!
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
She married his uncle -- how tough could that be?
;)
Dude :-)
I want details - I can figure out the "how". :lmao:
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
I was just getting ready to ask the same thing, LOL
So ASDF do you and your uncle compare stories about your Aunt?
So you have seen your Aunt naked? ewwwwwwwwwww
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
She married his uncle -- how tough could that be?
;)
It could have been his grandparents adopted her.
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
She married his uncle -- how tough could that be?
;)
It could have been his grandparents adopted her.
Occam's Razor...
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We are spending too much time on this.
I still cant get over the fact that he seen his Aunt naked...that is just wrong.
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We are spending too much time on this.
I still cant get over the fact that he seen his Aunt naked...that is just wrong.
It depends on the age. You are allowing tags to run your thinking.
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We are spending too much time on this.
I still cant get over the fact that he seen his Aunt naked...that is just wrong.
It depends on the age. You are allowing tags to run your thinking.
"I saw Aunt Mabel naked" just sounds wrong!
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Okay, explain #10 :-)
She married his uncle -- how tough could that be?
;)
It could have been his grandparents adopted her.
Occam's Razor...
Not yet.....
It could be he married her niece.
Now!
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We are spending too much time on this.
I still cant get over the fact that he seen his Aunt naked...that is just wrong.
It depends on the age. You are allowing tags to run your thinking.
"I saw Aunt Mabel naked" just sounds wrong!
I had an aunt who was kinda hot and in need of a breast reduction.
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She's not his aunt (biologically but you knew that). She is the woman who married his uncle. And apparently after he had a relationship with her. We're not talking about "Aunt Mabel who has been married to Uncle Bob my whole life" Big difference!
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
You have never been married have you?
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
You have never been married have you?
16 years this last May.
Have I mentioned lately what a gem my wife is? :)
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
You have never been married have you?
16 years this May.
Have I mentioned lately what a gem my wife is? :)
Only once... does you wife know about #13??? ;)
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
You have never been married have you?
16 years this May.
Have I mentioned lately what a gem my wife is? :)
Only once... does you wife know about #13??? ;)
She does out the Christmas cards every year. At least three of them are still on the card list, so yeah she does, lol.
We don't do "Jealousy". Life's too short and there are so many OTHER pointless things to argue about. :lmao:
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So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
So ASDF, how old were they in relation to your age?
Oh he was only 20 years older than both of us, lol.
She was a confused chick and we had already gone through a breakup and reconciliation. By odd happenstance the girl I dated on the rebound is now married to one of my best friends. I introduced them after we broke up because I wanted her to meet a guy who would treat her right.
I called down to talk to my uncle about something a year ago and wound up talking to her on the phone for 10 minutes.
It was about as stimulating as conversing with the retarded guy who gathers carts at the local Piggly Wiggly. Seriously.
I should have added a 13th.
13) I am at least on cordial speaking terms with every women I have ever dated or been with.
I had a friend that married and divorced, not one, but two of my ex girlfriends! :rotf: True Story.n