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Offline Tess Anderson

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"I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« on: December 09, 2010, 01:57:12 PM »
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 :rotf: Must be like a metaphor, but, hey, it's short:

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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts)      Thu Dec-09-10 09:22 AM
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I have been going back and forth between anger and depression
 for the last month unable to decide which is stronger.
Then this morning, on my way to work, I passed an accident. A huge, gas guzzling SUV had hit a bicycle. As I looked at man with the bicycle helmet laying in gutter, his back tire under the SUV I thought, that is the picture of what our country has become.
I have not been able to stop crying since.
Somebody tell me something positive.
 
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2010, 02:11:10 PM »
Do this and everything will be just hunky-dory:
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2010, 02:22:40 PM »
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2010, 02:41:15 PM »
Well, DUmmy, the moral of this bouncy story is that it's much, much better to be the hammer than the nail.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2010, 02:42:22 PM »
ZERO BONG
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2010, 03:07:20 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on December 09, 2010, 02:41:15 PM
Well, DUmmy, the moral of this bouncy story is that it's much, much better to be the hammer than the nail.

I think that might have been the subject of a Simon & Garfunkel song on the Bridge Over Troubled Water album.  Just as true today.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2010, 03:09:45 PM »
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I have been going back and forth between anger and depression
 for the last month unable to decide which is stronger.

With a V-belt and an old generator, we could have the start of a DU 'Alternative energy' forum here.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2010, 03:18:54 PM »
Quote from: Tess Anderson on December 09, 2010, 01:57:12 PM
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 :rotf: Must be like a metaphor, but, hey, it's short:
 

I thought to merely comment on the triumph of an SUV over the stupidity of a bicyclist but then I re-read the piece.  Wow.  I began to chuckle just a bit.  

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As I looked at man with the bicycle helmet laying in gutter, his back tire under the SUV I thought, that is the picture of what our country has become.




The writer of this sentence should be charged with felonious language abuse.  Someone, anyone, call the grammar police. Is this sentence an example of what the state of language has become??


  
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2010, 03:22:52 PM »
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts)      Thu Dec-09-10 09:22 AM
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I have been going back and forth between anger and depression
 for the last month unable to decide which is stronger.
Then this morning, on my way to work, I passed an accident. A huge, gas guzzling SUV had hit a bicycle. As I looked at man with the bicycle helmet laying in gutter, his back tire under the SUV I thought, that is the picture of what our country has become.
I suppose rainbowreflect would be feeling much better if it had been a gas sipping hybrid that had hit the bicycle rider.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2010, 03:30:56 PM »
I think the ping pong between hate and suicide has been going on for most of it's life.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2010, 04:24:16 PM »
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I have been going back and forth between anger and depression

Tune in next week to witness the anxiety & low self esteem.

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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2010, 06:56:10 PM »
Quote from: Ree on December 09, 2010, 02:11:10 PM
Do this and everything will be just hunky-dory:

HA HA! H5 Ree. That was EPIC. :cheersmate:
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2010, 06:57:13 PM »
Quote from: true_blood on December 09, 2010, 06:56:10 PM
HA HA! H5 Ree. That was EPIC. :cheersmate:


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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2010, 07:05:28 PM »
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Somebody tell me something positive.

OK, the Republicans take over next month. :-)
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2010, 07:36:25 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 09, 2010, 06:57:13 PM
Now, don't get too chummy with Ree.
She's a South Dakota girl, and she's franksolich's.
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Just giving credit where credit is due. :-)
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2010, 07:40:18 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on December 09, 2010, 07:05:28 PM
OK, the Republicans take over next month. :-)

Way to twist the knife - H5 for you!  :lmao:
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2010, 08:22:06 PM »
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2010, 10:02:02 PM »
Well, with the accident... would the OP have felt better if it were a Nissan Leaf or a Smartcar that hit the bicyclist?
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2010, 04:14:34 AM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on December 09, 2010, 07:40:18 PM
Way to twist the knife - H5 for you!  :lmao:

Or the razor blade on the wrist . . .
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2010, 06:05:59 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on December 09, 2010, 10:02:02 PM
Well, with the accident... would the OP have felt better if it were a Nissan Leaf or a Smartcar that hit the bicyclist?

If the bicycle rider had been riding an old Huffy, the people in the SMART car would have gotten the worst end of that crash.

Women driving a SMART car picked up her tall, skinny son at school yesterday. All the other kids were pointing and laughing at the 'thing'. The tall, skinny boy was noticeably embarrassed.... :-)
That 'thang' looks very dangerous.

I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
I will not drive a SMART car.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2010, 08:08:58 AM »
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Somebody tell me something positive.

That'll be you lying in the ditch soon?
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2010, 09:13:01 AM »
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Somebody tell me something positive.
I'M NOT YOUR FREAKIN NEIGHBOR :whistling:  :fuelfire:
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2010, 09:59:16 AM »
Quote from: Ree on December 10, 2010, 09:13:01 AM
I'M NOT YOUR FREAKIN NEIGHBOR :whistling:  :fuelfire:

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I think she (Or "She") meant something postive for her, not something positive for you.
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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2010, 10:33:15 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on December 10, 2010, 09:59:16 AM
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I think she (Or "She") meant something postive for her, not something positive for you.

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Re: "I have been going back and forth between anger and depression"
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2010, 10:53:55 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on December 09, 2010, 03:07:20 PM
I think that might have been the subject of a Simon & Garfunkel song on the Bridge Over Troubled Water album.  Just as true today.
I have that part of the song running through my head now and can't get rid of it. Thanks a lot! :rotf:
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