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[Deepwater]

This thread is an effort to keep the dicussion thread on topic in the face of some complaints I have received. I hope this helps!

[lorettalockhorn]

Hmmm

Oh well. :seeya:

[applesandorange]

Hmmm

Oh well. :seeya:



Well we can all hang out here when there's nothing new going on. Bring your hateraid and hagnog ladies!

[applesandorange]

Ok Lo my DH says there is no way to uninstall an operating system. He says you can upgrade it to another one and that will over ride the one you have on there. He says the one we have is not able to be updated? I dunno. I did tell him about the post where it says how you can get the blue screen of death with XP. He said that's called an Easter egg. I have no clue. He can talk me under the table with computers. I told him I would ask you how to uninstall and OS and let him know. He was okay with that lol. I have him thinking you are some computer specialist lol. I even told him he should go back to the college he graduated from and take refresher courses just to stay up to date. He didn't argue or get deffensive so maybe he knows that you know something he doesn't?

[lorettalockhorn]

Ok Lo my DH says there is no way to uninstall an operating system. He says you can upgrade it to another one and that will over ride the one you have on there. He says the one we have is not able to be updated? I dunno. I did tell him about the post where it says how you can get the blue screen of death with XP. He said that's called an Easter egg. I have no clue. He can talk me under the table with computers. I told him I would ask you how to uninstall and OS and let him know. He was okay with that lol. I have him thinking you are some computer specialist lol. I even told him he should go back to the college he graduated from and take refresher courses just to stay up to date. He didn't argue or get deffensive so maybe he knows that you know something he doesn't?

There is no way that I know anything that he doesn't!! You know, I took a computer course not that awfully long ago, and used it quite a bit for work, but when I retired from The Real World and was mostly self-employed, I barely used the computer at all. Now that I'm mostly full-time retired I've had to relearn a lot, but am mostly self taught. And that would be the reason that I know nothink! http://i37.tinypic.com/ibdpmr.jpg

You may actually have to purchase software to uninstall operating systems, or use the bios menu.

Easter Egg. That sounds like a cute name for a dire situation!

[grneyes]

The only way to "uninstall" an OS is by formatting your hard drive. That will wipe out everything on it. Should only be done as a last resort though.

[applesandorange]

The only way to "uninstall" an OS is by formatting your hard drive. That will wipe out everything on it. Should only be done as a last resort though.


Thanks. That was what my dh was saying. I thought maybe he was just being quirky. He's a networker and formats the hard drives every time he wants to upgrade. Irritates me becuase I lose everything. He knows what he's doing. He has promised he will save everything on a cd before he does it. I just dread it.

[applesandorange]

There is no way that I know anything that he doesn't!! You know, I took a computer course not that awfully long ago, and used it quite a bit for work, but when I retired from The Real World and was mostly self-employed, I barely used the computer at all. Now that I'm mostly full-time retired I've had to relearn a lot, but am mostly self taught. And that would be the reason that I know nothink! http://i37.tinypic.com/ibdpmr.jpg

You may actually have to purchase software to uninstall operating systems, or use the bios menu.

Easter Egg. That sounds like a cute name for a dire situation!


Thanks Lo! That's great that you were able to teach yourself everything that you know. I guess I am just lazy with it because DH is the pro.

[applesandorange]

Not for anything............but this bites! Did someone really complain..wrong wrong wrong, Because all of us on there do the same thing, talk about things OT because we are interested in what each other has to say!


Must have been a mean, nasty Lurker! :no:


I know but as Snoop said last night we should be glad that nobody got banned. On other boards you get banned from going OT. At least we just got a folder added for us. I know whoever complained wasn't someone posting with us. Because we ALL went OT from time to time. I think we all enjoy what the others say. It's how we get to know each other.

[Gatordog]

I know but as Snoop said last night we should be glad that nobody got banned. On other boards you get banned from going OT. At least we just got a folder added for us. I know whoever complained wasn't someone posting with us. Because we ALL went OT from time to time. I think we all enjoy what the others say. It's how we get to know each other.

I know, you're right, it's true. For some reason the fruit Peaches came to mind for a moment! LOL !

Guess some others are just jealous we have more fun on our thread than they do :tongue:

:)

I guess this is the gathering place now? Seems sad but I can understand. A lot of times, when you're posting, all of a sudden another related but OT thought comes to mind. I need to keep a pen and pad now so I don't forget what that thought is and can come here to write it. It was just so easy before. I know I eat only canned peaches for a reason.

Maybe Ol' Jose didn't like our OT but relevant to what a witch his client is, and complained. Maybe he didn't like his clown picture. haha, I still get a good laugh from that one. :biggrin:

Gator

[shadydaisy]

I'm new at this.... So, if I want to compliment Lorettalockhorn (it was you, wasn't it) on her travelocity gnome I have to come here? Love the gnome - I need one for my garden.

[applesandorange]

I'm new at this.... So, if I want to compliment Lorettalockhorn (it was you, wasn't it) on her travelocity gnome I have to come here? Love the gnome - I need one for my garden.

OMG!! I LOVE gnomes!! I had a neighbor who had 4 foot gnomes! I don't know where they got them from but I sure would like to have some.

[lorettalockhorn]

I'm new at this.... So, if I want to compliment Lorettalockhorn (it was you, wasn't it) on her travelocity gnome I have to come here? Love the gnome - I need one for my garden.

hehehe I would love to have a Travelocity Gnome for my yard!

[lorettalockhorn]

It's nice to get a thank you card...makes ya feel good! My kids are the only ones in our family who send out thank you cards . Never received ones from my nieces and nephew, no matter the age. No use complaining though.
I'm sentimental too I have every card my HB ever gave me, and
I still have every card given to me by anyone for anything in the last 10 years or so. I have carp pots in the LR with glass on top ~ I just slide all the cards in there. One day :rolleyes: I'm going to clean 'em and reread 'em.

Yeah....ONE day!

My aunt died right before TGiving, and some estate issues came up afterwards. Of course I still had all the cards and letters; we wrote or talked on the phone about once a week (and of course most of what we talked about was the soaps or food!), but when I went back to re-read the correspondence, I also re-read the cards and letters from My Sainted Grandmother. Just such sweet remembrances. Those two were my last living pen-pals.

[2grayfox]

What we have to come here to get a bit of normal in this abnormal case? I enjoyed a bit of humor amist the reality.:eek:

[lorettalockhorn]

What we have to come here to get a bit of normal in this abnormal case? I enjoyed a bit of humor amist the reality.:eek:

Me too! I think there is a stick missing somewhere, and it's likely you know where. Makes it kind of hard to sit down. :hat:

[lorettalockhorn]

I remember your aunt passing..so sad Loretta :rose:
Yes, Loretta, something about being able for a moment to close your eyes and think about someone, right? My favorites are my pictures! Always been a camera buff, so I'm constantly looking back , remembering when. Next comes my music..and I'm 15 again. Sometimes a smell will do it too ~ perfume or food will remind me of someone or something. I'm very afraid of Altzheimers (sic), esp since I really do have CRS sometimes due to a car accident years ago. I want to be old and shriveled up and remember the good ol days..and sex! LOL!
Enjoys those memories, my friend! I will too!

OOooooooooooooo I went OT over there, it takes getting used to, switching gears like that!

Aww Thanks for remembering my Sissy. I love those deja vu moments! I get really frustrated when I'm forgetful, since I'm normally a high energy multi-tasker. I DO NOT like spinning my wheels.

[applesandorange]

Okay post some good stuff while I'm gone. I heading out to wrestling practice. I will be back some time after 8:00. :seeya:

[Justice Denied?]

Was told to get over here and report what I am having for supper. I am not a superior cook, like most of y'all. I think I am going to make taco soup. It's easy and warming.

[Gatordog]

I'm trying to cut back on starch carbs so for dinner I made a baby zucchini, vidalia onion and parmesan frittata. umm umm good.

Gator

[lorettalockhorn]

Was told to get over here and report what I am having for supper. I am not a superior cook, like most of y'all. I think I am going to make taco soup. It's easy and warming.

Hey that sounds good! How do you make it? It's cold here and I should have put on a pot of something earlier in the day, but *yawn* just didn't. Thinking about huevos rancheros.

[Gatordog]

Maybe we should post all of our Caylee posts here so no one can complain about OT :D Let that scrolliosis person post to himself.

Gator

[Gatordog]

WFTV had a report on just tonight about it being eaglet season and that we have the lagest bald eagle population in the lower 48. Said the are building their nests closer to populated areas. Tell me about it after yesterday! Poor Mac almost became eagle dinner.

Gator

[Justice Denied?]

Hey that sounds good! How do you make it? It's cold here and I should have put on a pot of something earlier in the day, but *yawn* just didn't. Thinking about huevos rancheros.

Brown a pound of hamburger with the taco seasoning. Can add chopped onion if you like. Drain. Add a can of Rotel tomatoes, a can of Ranch Style beans and a can of corn. Simmer for a few minutes so flavors blend. Put grated cheddar cheeze on top before serving with tortilla chips. We like it on cold nights.

[Lodi]

Many of you have have talked about various interesting foods and cultures. I haven't experienced much in the way of culturally diverse food but I have had a few unusual dining incidents. A few years ago, I was in England for a few weeks and decided to take a train from London up to Scotland. At lunch time I went to the dining car and sat down at a small table. I noticed that I was the only one in the car. Shortly after, a middle-aged fellow traveler came in. She looked around for a moment, then walked to my table and enquired if she could dine with me. I welcomed her and she sat down and began telling me much about her life. She was from Australia, her husband had recently died and she was visiting relatives. She was afraid of air travel and had traveled to England by ship and now by train to Scotland. She appeared to be well off and travelwise. After a while, a waiter came to the table holding a notepad and pencil. There wasn't a menu in sight. I suggested to the lady that she order first but she insisted that I should. I looked up at the waiter and he said one word. "Superjuice?" I replied superjuice, what is that like? I noticed the lady let out a chuckle. The waiter frowned at me and said "soup or juice?" I said oh, soup or juice, I'll have the soup. He then said "hot or cold?" I replied that I preferred the soup hot. The waiter, looking anxiously, said "the lunch, the lunch, do you want a hot lunch or do you want a plate of cold cuts?" I said make it hot. He was a very efficient waiter.

Another thing that happened earlier after I had checked into the hotel in London. As I left the desk and headed toward the elevator, the desk clerk asked me if I had a time that I would liked to be knocked up in the morning?
That took a few minutes to get sorted out. I'm a poor traveler.

[applesandorange]

Many of you have have talked about various interesting foods and cultures. I haven't experienced much in the way of culturally diverse food but I have had a few unusual dining incidents. A few years ago, I was in England for a few weeks and decided to take a train from London up to Scotland. At lunch time I went to the dining car and sat down at a small table. I noticed that I was the only one in the car. Shortly after, a middle-aged fellow traveler came in. She looked around for a moment, then walked to my table and enquired if she could dine with me. I welcomed her and she sat down and began telling me much about her life. She was from Australia, her husband had recently died and she was visiting relatives. She was afraid of air travel and had traveled to England by ship and now by train to Scotland. She appeared to be well off and travelwise. After a while, a waiter came to the table holding a notepad and pencil. There wasn't a menu in sight. I suggested to the lady that she order first but she insisted that I should. I looked up at the waiter and he said one word. "Superjuice?" I replied superjuice, what is that like? I noticed the lady let out a chuckle. The waiter frowned at me and said "soup or juice?" I said oh, soup or juice, I'll have the soup. He then said "hot or cold?" I replied that I preferred the soup hot. The waiter, looking anxiously, said "the lunch, the lunch, do you want a hot lunch or do you want a plate of cold cuts?" I said make it hot. He was a very efficient waiter.

Another thing that happened earlier after I had checked into the hotel in London. As I left the desk and headed toward the elevator, the desk clerk asked me if I had a time that I would liked to be knocked up in the morning?
That took a few minutes to get sorted out. I'm a poor traveler.


HAHA!! LMAO!! That so woulda been me!!

[applesandorange]

Hey this looks like fun here! :)

I made 2 lasagnas today! One for us and one for my son who works for Poppa. He will take it to the office and give it to him to bring home to his family for dinner tomorrow. Lasagna is boring IMO, but I had 2 huge containers of Ricotta and I didn't want it to go to waste.

I got off my arse today and got a lot of work done, but I'm way behind on the board. Of course Poppa asked me if I learned anything new on the case and I said, "Aye! I got nothing! I worked today." LOL!

Tomorrow I'll get a lot done too, so I'll catch up tonight and (am I boring you?)
:hat:

Anyway, post slower.

Love you guys! :seeya:
Jo


Hey!! I was wondering where you were all day!! We miss you when you're gone! Not much new to report today. I'm glad you got work done. You can pass a lasagna over this way anytime!

[Amy]

I'm trying to cut back on starch carbs so for dinner I made a baby zucchini, vidalia onion and parmesan frittata. umm umm good.

Gator

I had a vanilla ice cream sandwich. No cooking, no dirty plates, etc!!! Just throw the paper in the trash!!!!

[Amy]

Maybe we should post all of our Caylee posts here so no one can complain about OT :D Let that scrolliosis person post to himself.

Gator

I was over there, posting away, and as usual, get to the end of the thread and find a dozen or so posts in a row--by ME!!!! So, I figured, wonder if they are all on the chitchat board? I tho't, I'll betcha that, as folks are posting about their cards and hagnog and haterade and what's for supper, they will probably pop in what they are thinking about Caylee, cuz it sure is a pain in the kiester to have to move between 2 boards, and, in my case, always being on the one the others are not @ the moment!!!! :flamemad:

[Amy]

Many of you have have talked about various interesting foods and cultures. I haven't experienced much in the way of culturally diverse food but I have had a few unusual dining incidents. A few years ago, I was in England for a few weeks and decided to take a train from London up to Scotland. At lunch time I went to the dining car and sat down at a small table. I noticed that I was the only one in the car. Shortly after, a middle-aged fellow traveler came in. She looked around for a moment, then walked to my table and enquired if she could dine with me. I welcomed her and she sat down and began telling me much about her life. She was from Australia, her husband had recently died and she was visiting relatives. She was afraid of air travel and had traveled to England by ship and now by train to Scotland. She appeared to be well off and travelwise. After a while, a waiter came to the table holding a notepad and pencil. There wasn't a menu in sight. I suggested to the lady that she order first but she insisted that I should. I looked up at the waiter and he said one word. "Superjuice?" I replied superjuice, what is that like? I noticed the lady let out a chuckle. The waiter frowned at me and said "soup or juice?" I said oh, soup or juice, I'll have the soup. He then said "hot or cold?" I replied that I preferred the soup hot. The waiter, looking anxiously, said "the lunch, the lunch, do you want a hot lunch or do you want a plate of cold cuts?" I said make it hot. He was a very efficient waiter.

Another thing that happened earlier after I had checked into the hotel in London. As I left the desk and headed toward the elevator, the desk clerk asked me if I had a time that I would liked to be knocked up in the morning?
That took a few minutes to get sorted out. I'm a poor traveler.

So, what DID you get for your hot lunch? And, what kind of soup?

OMG, knocked up in the morning!!!! Hope the clerk was good lookin', lol!!!!

[Amy]

Hey this looks like fun here! :)

I made 2 lasagnas today! One for us and one for my son who works for Poppa. He will take it to the office and give it to him to bring home to his family for dinner tomorrow. Lasagna is boring IMO, but I had 2 huge containers of Ricotta and I didn't want it to go to waste.

I got off my arse today and got a lot of work done, but I'm way behind on the board. Of course Poppa asked me if I learned anything new on the case and I said, "Aye! I got nothing! I worked today." LOL!

Tomorrow I'll get a lot done too, so I'll catch up tonight and (am I boring you?)
:hat:

Anyway, post slower.

Love you guys! :seeya:
Jo

Your posts are never boring, on topic or off!!!! I love to hear your stories about Poppa, you can feel the love thru the monitor!!!!

[lorettalockhorn]

Oh gosh, the taco soup, the lasagna and the frittata sound great! Amy, I would have just eaten the chocolate off that I Scream Sammy. Gator, I'm really working on not eating any white food, but considering my potato chip addiction, it's not easy!!!!!

Lodi, did ya have any haggis? Neeps? Tatties? Black pudding? And did you decide to get knocked up or not?!

[lighthousedazy]

HAHA!! LMAO!! That so woulda been me!!
Me too, even though my ancestors haled from that part of the world. :D

[lighthousedazy]

WFTV had a report on just tonight about it being eaglet season and that we have the lagest bald eagle population in the lower 48. Said the are building their nests closer to populated areas. Tell me about it after yesterday! Poor Mac almost became eagle dinner.

Gator
Be careful with your pup, Gator. I know a hawk picked up a little chihuahua in middle Georgia once, but luckily the owner saved the pup. My brother who is a hunter,fisherman, wildlife photographer, and fireman,emt, said that an eagle will pick up a small child. I don't know where he got that info, but watch out for small pets and kids. Not like caysee ant.

[One2Snoop]

Does anyone here watch the Bachelor?

[lighthousedazy]

Hey this looks like fun here! :)

I made 2 lasagnas today! One for us and one for my son who works for Poppa. He will take it to the office and give it to him to bring home to his family for dinner tomorrow. Lasagna is boring IMO, but I had 2 huge containers of Ricotta and I didn't want it to go to waste.

I got off my arse today and got a lot of work done, but I'm way behind on the board. Of course Poppa asked me if I learned anything new on the case and I said, "Aye! I got nothing! I worked today." LOL!

Tomorrow I'll get a lot done too, so I'll catch up tonight and (am I boring you?)
:hat:

Anyway, post slower.

Love you guys! :seeya:
JoOh goodness. Not boring. I am like Garfield when it comes to lasagna. ;)

[Lodi]

So, what DID you get for your hot lunch? And, what kind of soup?

OMG, knocked up in the morning!!!! Hope the clerk was good lookin', lol!!!!

Can't remember any part of the lunch or soup.
The clerk was a Mr. Bean type. :)

[Lodi]

Lodi, did ya have any haggis? Neeps? Tatties? Black pudding? And did you decide to get knocked up or not?!

About all I remember is I had a trifle on one occassion, a baked wilted tomato and some blood sausage, maybe yorkshire pudding.

I chose to hang a little sign on my door that said, "Not To Worry"

[mu8shark]

Many of you have have talked about various interesting foods and cultures. I haven't experienced much in the way of culturally diverse food but I have had a few unusual dining incidents. A few years ago, I was in England for a few weeks and decided to take a train from London up to Scotland. At lunch time I went to the dining car and sat down at a small table. I noticed that I was the only one in the car. Shortly after, a middle-aged fellow traveler came in. She looked around for a moment, then walked to my table and enquired if she could dine with me. I welcomed her and she sat down and began telling me much about her life. She was from Australia, her husband had recently died and she was visiting relatives. She was afraid of air travel and had traveled to England by ship and now by train to Scotland. She appeared to be well off and travelwise. After a while, a waiter came to the table holding a notepad and pencil. There wasn't a menu in sight. I suggested to the lady that she order first but she insisted that I should. I looked up at the waiter and he said one word. "Superjuice?" I replied superjuice, what is that like? I noticed the lady let out a chuckle. The waiter frowned at me and said "soup or juice?" I said oh, soup or juice, I'll have the soup. He then said "hot or cold?" I replied that I preferred the soup hot. The waiter, looking anxiously, said "the lunch, the lunch, do you want a hot lunch or do you want a plate of cold cuts?" I said make it hot. He was a very efficient waiter.

Another thing that happened earlier after I had checked into the hotel in London. As I left the desk and headed toward the elevator, the desk clerk asked me if I had a time that I would liked to be knocked up in the morning?
That took a few minutes to get sorted out. I'm a poor traveler.I lost 13 pounds when I went to England because the food there absolutely sucks. Notice there are no English restaurants???

[One2Snoop]

Does anyone here watch the Bachelor?

I guess not.... :(

[Lodi]

I lost 13 pounds when I went to England because the food there absolutely sucks. Notice there are no English restaurants???

Yeah the food is weird. I usually ate in hotel restaurants. I saw some fish & chip stands but was wary of them. They also seemed proud of little pastry looking things stuffed with horse meat.

[lorettalockhorn]

I think we should start a group. HAGNOGS ANONYMOUS. We can get the cure!

Hello, my name is Danagher, er, not really but, well anyway I am a Hagnogaholic. I also suffer from CRS like my freind Old Soul, Oops, is it okay to point fingers here? CRS= Can't Remember ****.

I'd like to give you my hagnog alog but I'm late getting to sleep because my laptop froze up earlier and I didn't know what to do so I pressed every button and had to press the P twice because a few months ago I got this brainstorm to clean my keyboard as I was having an OCD moment, and I vacuumed the Friken P right off and I had to go retrieve it in the vac bag and anyway, it hasn't been right since.

So, tonight I fixed my own laptop. I just went to system restore and it was good as new. Since we are in the middle of Mercury Retrograde technology (especially communications) go kaflooey. It's just the planets. My garage door was being capricious today too. It went up a foot and back down a few times. I just kept pushing the button. I love to push buttons.

So, thank you for letting me share. Now give me some of that hagnog before I rip yer face off!

PS: Tony is a box of rocks but he didn't put the stickey heart on the duct tape. Slurp... I miss my dog. I can't talk about it, sniff.

:seeya: Whaddiya mean I can't drive? I can't walk, so I have to drive!

HAHAHA Thank you for not pushing my buttons!!!!!!! :tongue:

[lighthousedazy]

I think we should start a group. HAGNOGS ANONYMOUS. We can get the cure!

Hello, my name is Danagher, er, not really but, well anyway I am a Hagnogaholic. I also suffer from CRS like my freind Old Soul, Oops, is it okay to point fingers here? CRS= Can't Remember ****.

I'd like to give you my hagnog alog but I'm late getting to sleep because my laptop froze up earlier and I didn't know what to do so I pressed every button and had to press the P twice because a few months ago I got this brainstorm to clean my keyboard as I was having an OCD moment, and I vacuumed the Friken P right off and I had to go retrieve it in the vac bag and anyway, it hasn't been right since.

So, tonight I fixed my own laptop. I just went to system restore and it was good as new. Since we are in the middle of Mercury Retrograde technology (especially communications) go kaflooey. It's just the planets. My garage door was being capricious today too. It went up a foot and back down a few times. I just kept pushing the button. I love to push buttons.

So, thank you for letting me share. Now give me some of that hagnog before I rip yer face off!

PS: Tony is a box of rocks but he didn't put the stickey heart on the duct tape. Slurp... I miss my dog. I can't talk about it, sniff.

:seeya: Whaddiya mean I can't drive? I can't walk, so I have to drive!Oh Girl, I could be a hagnog anonymous. I could send my son in law to fix your garage door, since that is his expertise and I could tell him to take a ride. Naw, I shouldn't be so ugly. Every time he aggravated me, my Mom said "he takes care of his family."
I agree about Tony. That horrible caysee is responsible and no one else. I miss my beloved dog, Daisy too. She was half scotty and half schnauzer, and a beautiful black puppy, a member of our family for 14 years. :( She passed on Christmas day 2003. Don't be sad. Life is good and count your blessings.

[applesandorange]

I hear ya Dan. The kids have a 2 hour delay today. They probably won't have school tomorrow if we get the 8 inches they are calling for this evening through tomorrow. I have to say I'm excited for the snow though. It's been a minute since we have had a BIG snow. I will love it for a day and then hate the mess of it. Good morning. Do you have your cawffee? I haven't made mine yet.

[Sunbug70]

Just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I posted years ago when this was courttv, during the Scott Peterson trial. I can't for the life of me remember my login info from back then so I just re-registered. I've been following/lurking along during the Anthony case. It has me so disturbed. Such a tragedy.

Anyway, hello :seeya: to all and I'll see you around.

[applesandorange]

Just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I posted years ago when this was courttv, during the Scott Peterson trial. I can't for the life of me remember my login info from back then so I just re-registered. I've been following/lurking along during the Anthony case. It has me so disturbed. Such a tragedy.

Anyway, hello :seeya: to all and I'll see you around.


WELCOME Sunbug!! I'm so glad you are back. This board is full of smart funny people. Jump right in! :beer:

[Sunbug70]

WELCOME Sunbug!! I'm so glad you are back. This board is full of smart funny people. Jump right in! :beer:

Thanks Apples. :)

[applesandorange]

HI!!! I am on my third cup! My pot is prepared at night so I won't have to have a meltdown in the morning waiting. Besides that, I don't think I'm capable of putting a pot of cawffee together without cawffee in me. I am barely capable of finding the ON button when I trundle into the kitchen in the morning!

Enjoy the kids and the snow! :)

Thanks! Yeah I am just finishing my first cup. Kids get on the bus about 10:10 this morning. They probably won't have school tomorrow. I LOVE snow days.

[Amy]

Oh Girl, I could be a hagnog anonymous. I could send my son in law to fix your garage door, since that is his expertise and I could tell him to take a ride. Naw, I shouldn't be so ugly. Every time he aggravated me, my Mom said "he takes care of his family."
I agree about Tony. That horrible caysee is responsible and no one else. I miss my beloved dog, Daisy too. She was half scotty and half schnauzer, and a beautiful black puppy, a member of our family for 14 years. :( She passed on Christmas day 2003. Don't be sad. Life is good and count your blessings.

DS's cat misses him. When he moved, he took Kibbles, the big tom cat. Well, he's the type of tom that must go tom cattin', cuz you never see him around. I always tho't he was downstairs w/son. Guess not. Anyway, Son didn't think Kibbles would do well cattin' around in town, so he brought him back and took Ghandi, the little tom.

Every 3 or 4 days @ first, Kibbles would show up @ the window and yeowl to come in. He'd eat, drink, then sit by the door yeowling to leave. Last time, we didn't see him for a week. He came by the other day, stayed a few hours and left. Came in the next day, and stayed all night. I was up all night w/my darn tooth ache, and the darn cat yeowled--I'd go to the door to let him out, he wouldn't go. I turned on the basement light so he could go see that Son isn't here. He finally left about 6. It would be great if he would show up the same time Son comes over, but it hasn't happened. Son misses the cat, too.

[Amy]

I lost 13 pounds when I went to England because the food there absolutely sucks. Notice there are no English restaurants???

Guess I'll stay on this side of the ocean. I have to see what I'm getting before I eat it. If it doesn't look good, it won't go in my mouth.

[Amy]

Good morning! Just wanted to let all you posters down south that we here in the north east are expecting ten more inches of snow I'm going to cryyyyy...

This was our picknic table less then 2 weeks ago!!! Poor Poppa was out in that all day blowin snow. Send SUNSHINE!

http://i41.tinypic.com/14xi7tz.jpg

We got snow Sunday night, it was still snowing sort of all day. Don't know how much we got, the closest I got outside all day was to open the door for the animals. It snowed again some last night. My SO came in about 3:30 this am, he had been out checking roads, said there wasn't enough for him to get his machine out for clearing the places he clears. And, no ice. Thank goodness. According to the tv people, further east, the snow isn't the problem, but they had freezing drizzle--so windshields were messed up when a lot of folks were heading out to work.

I am fortunate that most of the "weather"--snow, hail, tornado, etc actually occurs 50 miles east of here. Central and south central of the state usually get the worst of whatever weather we are having.

[Amy]

Just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I posted years ago when this was courttv, during the Scott Peterson trial. I can't for the life of me remember my login info from back then so I just re-registered. I've been following/lurking along during the Anthony case. It has me so disturbed. Such a tragedy.

Anyway, hello :seeya: to all and I'll see you around.

Welcome to the board!!! You'll like it here.

[Amy]

Oooo, you mean it? Send the kids here to help poppa clear the snow out of the driveway! ;) It's a battle I tell ya! Nawny doesn't do snow. :eek: She just takes pictures of it.. Lotta help I am!

http://i40.tinypic.com/21boifa.jpg

They are pretty pics, I don't mind PICTURES of snow, I just don't want to be IN the snow, lol.

You're helping a lot. You have the before pics, after Poppa does his cleaning, you can take after pics, so he will be able to see even next summer what a good job he did!!!!! ;)

[Gatordog]

Good morning! Just wanted to let all you posters down south that we here in the north east are expecting ten more inches of snow I'm going to cryyyyy...

This was our picknic table less then 2 weeks ago!!! Poor Poppa was out in that all day blowin snow. Send SUNSHINE!

http://i41.tinypic.com/14xi7tz.jpg

I will not complain about 32 degrees again. You make sure Poppa takes good care of himself and doesn't overdo it out there.

Gator

[Gatordog]

My wonderful poppa! :) On the Royal Princess cruise ship last September!

http://i39.tinypic.com/hvwkdj.jpg

Oh my my my. The Italian version of Rhett Butler. Why Scarlett you are such a lucky girl.

Gator

[Gatordog]

Boy this erks me to have to switch to two different threads especially when time is limited. I have only one thing to say to the Scrolliosis http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-angry028.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org) and this too http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt002.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gator http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt015.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[Gatordog]

Well my toilet flushed on its own Sunday and now my tv changed channels all by itself too. I was watching NG last night at 8:15 and my mom called to say The Closer was on. I love the Closer so I changed channels from 23 to 11. I watched The Closer and at 10:00 switched back to 23. At 10:03 the tv changed channels to 03 and it was Myfoxorlando and the news on Casey Anthony was just starting. The remote was sitting about 1 foot away from me and no one was near it. Now that's downright spooky, especially going to the news regarding Casey Anthony.

Now I don't mind having a ghost move in as long as it's friendly, but it could at least clean the house while I'm at work.http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-char-019.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gator

[lorettalockhorn]

Good morning! Just wanted to let all you posters down south that we here in the north east are expecting ten more inches of snow I'm going to cryyyyy...

This was our picknic table less then 2 weeks ago!!! Poor Poppa was out in that all day blowin snow. Send SUNSHINE!

http://i41.tinypic.com/14xi7tz.jpg

YEA! Got my internet back! I'd send you some sunshine, but we don't have any!!!!!!!!!!! We got our annual ice storm. Well, except this is the second one this year. I'm counting my blessings; the broken tree limb closest to the house fell onto the upper deck and not into pool. Won't even have to skate down the steps to haul it away.

There is always a bright side!!

[lorettalockhorn]

Just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I posted years ago when this was courttv, during the Scott Peterson trial. I can't for the life of me remember my login info from back then so I just re-registered. I've been following/lurking along during the Anthony case. It has me so disturbed. Such a tragedy.

Anyway, hello :seeya: to all and I'll see you around.

Sunbug, it's great here! Nosh and drink and cuss with us! :seeya:

[applesandorange]

Oooo, you mean it? Send the kids here to help poppa clear the snow out of the driveway! ;) It's a battle I tell ya! Nawny doesn't do snow. :eek: She just takes pictures of it.. Lotta help I am!

http://i40.tinypic.com/21boifa.jpg


I'm afraid my kids wouldn't be much help. My oldest would probably help for a while but my daughter couldn't even lift a shovel lol. She's 9 but is so tiny. Only weighs 55 pounds. My baby, well he'd be playing more than helping. The pics are so pretty. I hope it snows a lot tonight.

[applesandorange]

YEA! Got my internet back! I'd send you some sunshine, but we don't have any!!!!!!!!!!! We got our annual ice storm. Well, except this is the second one this year. I'm counting my blessings; the broken tree limb closest to the house fell onto the upper deck and not into pool. Won't even have to skate down the steps to haul it away.

There is always a bright side!!


I hate ice! We're supposed to be getting some of that on top of the snow. Pretty hazardous driving conditions for tomorrow. Glad you got your internet back!

[Gatordog]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! I can't take it!!!!!!! ROTFL!!!! I gotta go back to work dammit!!!

Irks not erks. My goodness I kept looking at it saying that's not right. Then it came to me IRKS. What a stunata.

Gator

[Gatordog]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! I can't take it!!!!!!! ROTFL!!!! I gotta go back to work dammit!!!

Dani - you're a Senior Member. Congratulations. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-talk008.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gator

[Sunbug70]

Thanks for the nice warm welcomes everyone. I know this is a great board, been reading for quite a while. Finally decided to re-register and post again.

[lorettalockhorn]

I hate ice! We're supposed to be getting some of that on top of the snow. Pretty hazardous driving conditions for tomorrow. Glad you got your internet back!

Be careful. All of you!

[lorettalockhorn]

Irks not erks. My goodness I kept looking at it saying that's not right. Then it came to me IRKS. What a stunata.

Gator

S'ok. We knew what you meant. We were reading your mind!

[Gatordog]

Loretta, got my tool bag out and tonight after work I'm going to Home Depot to buy new toilet guts!

Gator

[lorettalockhorn]

Loretta, got my tool bag out and tonight after work I'm going to Home Depot to buy new toilet guts!

Gator

The last time the plumber was here, he replaced the guts in the toilet in my "office". I didn't realize until it started to have just a slight leak/run that he had installed some newfangled whachamacallit that isn't the old flapper thingie. Took me a while to figure out how to adjust it. But it was cheaper than calling for a professional OR for letting Leroy get anywhere near it! :hat:

Good luck!

[lighthousedazy]

Loretta, got my tool bag out and tonight after work I'm going to Home Depot to buy new toilet guts!

Gator

The last time the plumber was here, he replaced the guts in the toilet in my "office". I didn't realize until it started to have just a slight leak/run that he had installed some newfangled whachamacallit that isn't the old flapper thingie. Took me a while to figure out how to adjust it. But it was cheaper than calling for a professional OR for letting Leroy get anywhere near it! :hat:

Good luck!Here ya go girls. :)
http://www.truveo.com/Home-Improvement-with-Eric-Stromer/id/3470384270

[Justice Denied?]

I think we should start a group. HAGNOGS ANONYMOUS. We can get the cure!

Hello, my name is Danagher, er, not really but, well anyway I am a Hagnogaholic. I also suffer from CRS like my freind Old Soul, Oops, is it okay to point fingers here? CRS= Can't Remember ****.

I'd like to give you my hagnog alog but I'm late getting to sleep because my laptop froze up earlier and I didn't know what to do so I pressed every button and had to press the P twice because a few months ago I got this brainstorm to clean my keyboard as I was having an OCD moment, and I vacuumed the Friken P right off and I had to go retrieve it in the vac bag and anyway, it hasn't been right since.

So, tonight I fixed my own laptop. I just went to system restore and it was good as new. Since we are in the middle of Mercury Retrograde technology (especially communications) go kaflooey. It's just the planets. My garage door was being capricious today too. It went up a foot and back down a few times. I just kept pushing the button. I love to push buttons.

So, thank you for letting me share. Now give me some of that hagnog before I rip yer face off!

PS: Tony is a box of rocks but he didn't put the stickey heart on the duct tape. Slurp... I miss my dog. I can't talk about it, sniff.

:seeya: Whaddiya mean I can't drive? I can't walk, so I have to drive!

As usual, you have cracked me up again! :biggrin::biggrin:

[Justice Denied?]

Good morning! Just wanted to let all you posters down south that we here in the north east are expecting ten more inches of snow I'm going to cryyyyy...

This was our picknic table less then 2 weeks ago!!! Poor Poppa was out in that all day blowin snow. Send SUNSHINE!

http://i41.tinypic.com/14xi7tz.jpg

Heah, I want to gripe at all the snowed in people who sent the cold weather to Texas. It is 25 degrees and freezing rain is expected later. TAKE IT BACK!

Sorry. Dan, no sunshine to send. Check Gator.

[Amy]

Oh my my my. The Italian version of Rhett Butler. Why Scarlett you are such a lucky girl.

Gator

So nice to Danagher AND a looker!!! What a package, girl!!!! Now, for the big question--does he have any brothers (that, of course, are as nice as he is) or, heck, a clone?

[Amy]

Well my toilet flushed on its own Sunday and now my tv changed channels all by itself too. I was watching NG last night at 8:15 and my mom called to say The Closer was on. I love the Closer so I changed channels from 23 to 11. I watched The Closer and at 10:00 switched back to 23. At 10:03 the tv changed channels to 03 and it was Myfoxorlando and the news on Casey Anthony was just starting. The remote was sitting about 1 foot away from me and no one was near it. Now that's downright spooky, especially going to the news regarding Casey Anthony.

Now I don't mind having a ghost move in as long as it's friendly, but it could at least clean the house while I'm at work.http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-char-019.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gator


@ least it seems to watch the tv guide and make sure you get the important shows!!!!

[applesandorange]

My wonderful poppa! :) On the Royal Princess cruise ship last September!

http://i39.tinypic.com/hvwkdj.jpg

Handsome man Dan! You did good!

[Justice Denied?]

Aww, those cats are smart! When I met poppa he had a cat called Cali.The first time I met Cali, he bit me. After that we shared a tense relationship. After I married poppa and moved in his home, Cali wouldn't speak to me. I took care of his needs and he still wouldn't speak to me. He would come and yell at me when he wanted to go out. SCREEEECH! Poppa laughed. I didn't. I'd look at him and say, "NO RESPECT! I feed you, I take you to the vet, I clean up after you and you YELL at Me???? You sit there now and wait till I'm ready to let you out or I'll give you a time out! And stop dropping mice off at the door or I'll send you back where ya came from!" LOL!

He found Cali starving and caught him in the dog pen eating the dog's food. (There were 3 of them, Midnight, Buddy and Bear) They let him. Poppa adopted Cali took him in the house and made him a nice place to hang out. Cali didn't like the new resident! ME! Cali also was a vagabond. He ate at everyones house. The bum!

My cat is named Kali also. She is one spoiled kitty. I have had her since she was 4 weeks old. Her mom was run over and killed. She is 4 now and big and fat.

[Amy]

Here ya go girls. :)
http://www.truveo.com/Home-Improvement-with-Eric-Stromer/id/3470384270

Thanks!! He sure made it look easy. DD would certainly pronounce him HOT!!! She is my fix-it girl. Maybe I'll let her watch it, too. After her b/f goes to work, of course. ;)

[Justice Denied?]

My wonderful poppa! :) On the Royal Princess cruise ship last September!

http://i39.tinypic.com/hvwkdj.jpg

Be glad you don't live nearby. I would steal him. He is just my type. But then he probably doesn't want to be stolen, does he?

[Justice Denied?]

Well my toilet flushed on its own Sunday and now my tv changed channels all by itself too. I was watching NG last night at 8:15 and my mom called to say The Closer was on. I love the Closer so I changed channels from 23 to 11. I watched The Closer and at 10:00 switched back to 23. At 10:03 the tv changed channels to 03 and it was Myfoxorlando and the news on Casey Anthony was just starting. The remote was sitting about 1 foot away from me and no one was near it. Now that's downright spooky, especially going to the news regarding Casey Anthony.

Now I don't mind having a ghost move in as long as it's friendly, but it could at least clean the house while I'm at work.http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-char-019.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gator

I just have one word of advice:MOVE!

They may not be friendly.

[Amy]

I just have one word of advice:MOVE!

They may not be friendly.

DD swears we've had a ghost for years. We have lived here for 14 years, and she just bothered to tell me a few years ago!!! Anyway, she swears the ghost opens and closes the dryer door, and if she was downstairs, she could hear it walk across the main floor. (Me, I'd be cowering in my closet, sliding my hefty body under the 6 inch space under the bed, or screaming out the nearest exit--maybe if making a new one if need be.) She would check, and no one was there.

Not too long ago, I was rummaging in a closet with my back to the washer. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and figured it was DD playing a joke. I turned and she wasn't there. A cat was, and I supposed the cat could have gotten on the washer and batted @ me. Altho I didn't hear anything, and you can usually hear the cats when they land somewhere. THEN, SOMETHING was TUGGING on my shirt collar--now, the cats were NO WHERE to be seen, AND I'm pretty sure none of them have mastered the trick of tugging on a collar. I shrieked and did a dance with some shrugging, and a cigarette lighter fell out of my shirt. Now, if I had had a lighter there, I would have felt it when sitting in the chair, I'm pretty sure. PLUS, MY lighter was still in my pocket. I ran screaming to DD's room--she hadn't even HEARD me in my terror. When I told her about my adventure, she just said, well, she TOLD me there was a ghost!!!!

[Amy]

Trying to post and watch Bill Kurtis on a program about the Clutter family in Holcomb, KS, 1959--some of you all might know about them thru the Truman Capote book "In Cold Blood." I was a kid about 2 hours southwest of there, the movie came out when I was a Sr in high school. I live in the town now, for about 14 years, and before that in the "city" about 6 miles east for 24 years.

I've never made it thru the book. Watched the movie with some classmates when it first came out, but haven't seen it since. Started to watch the remake, but it wasn't all that good---they didn't even film it in the area, the church (which was in town @ the time of the murders) was out on the freakin' prairie in the new movie!!! :confused:

Anyway, some of the people they are interviewing on the documentary are people I know or know of. Al Dewey's (KBI) MIL used to be patient on the unit where I worked in the '70's. Some of the other townfolk were patients I took care of, also. I haven't ever been to the Clutter house, altho I do know the people who lived there until recently. People just show up, wanting to see the house.

[lorettalockhorn]

Trying to post and watch Bill Kurtis on a program about the Clutter family in Holcomb, KS, 1959--some of you all might know about them thru the Truman Capote book "In Cold Blood." I was a kid about 2 hours southwest of there, the movie came out when I was a Sr in high school. I live in the town now, for about 14 years, and before that in the "city" about 6 miles east for 24 years.

I've never made it thru the book. Watched the movie with some classmates when it first came out, but haven't seen it since. Started to watch the remake, but it wasn't all that good---they didn't even film it in the area, the church (which was in town @ the time of the murders) was out on the freakin' prairie in the new movie!!! :confused:

Anyway, some of the people they are interviewing on the documentary are people I know or know of. Al Dewey's (KBI) MIL used to be patient on the unit where I worked in the '70's. Some of the other townfolk were patients I took care of, also. I haven't ever been to the Clutter house, altho I do know the people who lived there until recently. People just show up, wanting to see the house.

In Cold Blood was one of my first forays into reading true crime. My Sainted Mother had a subscription to The New Yorker where it was first serialized; can't remember how old I was when I actually read it first, but I think it was about the time the movie came out. Fascinating then, and now.

[One2Snoop]

DD swears we've had a ghost for years. We have lived here for 14 years, and she just bothered to tell me a few years ago!!! Anyway, she swears the ghost opens and closes the dryer door, and if she was downstairs, she could hear it walk across the main floor. (Me, I'd be cowering in my closet, sliding my hefty body under the 6 inch space under the bed, or screaming out the nearest exit--maybe if making a new one if need be.) She would check, and no one was there.

Not too long ago, I was rummaging in a closet with my back to the washer. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and figured it was DD playing a joke. I turned and she wasn't there. A cat was, and I supposed the cat could have gotten on the washer and batted @ me. Altho I didn't hear anything, and you can usually hear the cats when they land somewhere. THEN, SOMETHING was TUGGING on my shirt collar--now, the cats were NO WHERE to be seen, AND I'm pretty sure none of them have mastered the trick of tugging on a collar. I shrieked and did a dance with some shrugging, and a cigarette lighter fell out of my shirt. Now, if I had had a lighter there, I would have felt it when sitting in the chair, I'm pretty sure. PLUS, MY lighter was still in my pocket. I ran screaming to DD's room--she hadn't even HEARD me in my terror. When I told her about my adventure, she just said, well, she TOLD me there was a ghost!!!!

I've heard burning sage is supposed to help. When we moved into our house 8 years ago we thought we had one. So I burned sage according to the instructions and it seemed to help? Whats so weird though, just before my sister-in-law died last April she asked us if we had someone else living in our house! :eek: My husband and I thought that was strange - maybe we didn't get rid of it after all! Anyhow - here's an article that talks about ghosts and burning sage....



How to Get Rid of Ghosts?

The title should probably read: "How to help ghosts cross over if possible". Ghosts are people like you and I that have died physically. If you or I were lost, I would hope that there was a kind and compassionate soul out there that would lead me down the right path, to show me the way home. So as much as we possibly can, I hope to offer a kind heart to those lost soul's. And if they are willing they will cross over from their limbo state and feel the utter joy and happiness that being in a heaven (a higher dimension) provides.

more at the link....
http://www.spiritualcompassconnection.com/howtorid.html

[lorettalockhorn]

Yes we are to get pounded with snow as well overnight. We have a getaway we just booked on a whim today for 2 days across the pond. Shopping, R&R and spa. Of course food involved. Sure hope we can get out and across the border. Dang snow:shrug:

Wait? The pond? You live in Europe? Going to Europe? Hope you get there and have FUN!

Speaking of ghosts, we used to see Leroy's mother wafting around, but haven't seen her in years. I had never met her before she died, so imagine my amazement that she looked enough like My Sainted Grandmother to have been her sister!

[shadydaisy]

Snow for me too. I plan on working from home tomorrow. Maybe I can catch up on my reading! I've been too busy at work to peek over and see what you are all doing. I want the 4 foot gnome.

[Justice Denied?]

DD swears we've had a ghost for years. We have lived here for 14 years, and she just bothered to tell me a few years ago!!! Anyway, she swears the ghost opens and closes the dryer door, and if she was downstairs, she could hear it walk across the main floor. (Me, I'd be cowering in my closet, sliding my hefty body under the 6 inch space under the bed, or screaming out the nearest exit--maybe if making a new one if need be.) She would check, and no one was there.

Not too long ago, I was rummaging in a closet with my back to the washer. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and figured it was DD playing a joke. I turned and she wasn't there. A cat was, and I supposed the cat could have gotten on the washer and batted @ me. Altho I didn't hear anything, and you can usually hear the cats when they land somewhere. THEN, SOMETHING was TUGGING on my shirt collar--now, the cats were NO WHERE to be seen, AND I'm pretty sure none of them have mastered the trick of tugging on a collar. I shrieked and did a dance with some shrugging, and a cigarette lighter fell out of my shirt. Now, if I had had a lighter there, I would have felt it when sitting in the chair, I'm pretty sure. PLUS, MY lighter was still in my pocket. I ran screaming to DD's room--she hadn't even HEARD me in my terror. When I told her about my adventure, she just said, well, she TOLD me there was a ghost!!!!

Must I repeat myself? MOVE!

[Brainstorm]

Yes we are to get pounded with snow as well overnight. We have a getaway we just booked on a whim today for 2 days across the pond. Shopping, R&R and spa. Of course food involved. Sure hope we can get out and across the border. Dang snow:shrug:

Snow for me too. I plan on working from home tomorrow. Maybe I can catch up on my reading! I've been too busy at work to peek over and see what you are all doing. I want the 4 foot gnome.
Oh My, I almost hate to tell ya'll that it was in the middle 70's today here. Dont ya'll hate me? Bye for now,lol.

[applesandorange]

I'm very used to ghosts. When I was 13 my famly moved into a different house. Every night when I was going to sleep and in that state where you aren't asleep yet but almost, I would hear someone say my name. I would sit up and yell "what?" Nobody answered so I would walk over to my parents bedroom and ask my mom if she called me. She would always say no. So then I'd go back to bed and go to sleep. That went on for months. Then I started to see a white outline of a person. That's when I went and actually slept on parent's bedroom floor. I was 13!! My parents thought that I was just freaked out by the new house. I kept tellng my mom there was a ghost. All my girl friends who would come have slumber parties became used to the ghost. We called him Kyle. We would see him standing in my bedroom. My cousin brought her baby to visit and I knwo he seen something because he just stared at my window laughing at nothing. So anyway my mom finally believed when one day her, my best friend and I were standing in the kitchen and Kyle walked down the stairs through the kitchen and into the lving room. My mom saw it and looked at the dog who was in his cage in the kitchen. Then my mom asked what was that? I by this time was very used to Kyle and said "oh that was just Kyle" My mom ran crying and screaming out the back door and down to my grandma's house where she sat crying to my grandma untl my dad came home. From that point on she believed in ghosts. Kyle liked to torment my mom and would bang on the side of the washing machine whenever she was in the basement. There was a curtain down that that blocked off the oil tank. One time our cocker spaniel went back there and my mom heard him yelping. She went to get him and she said it was like something was pulling him. She had one end of him and was trying to pull him out and something else wouldn't let him go. She freaked about that and went to see our pastor. He informed her that no ghost is good and that they get stronger with time. He said that's why it went from just hearing my name being called to seeing him to him actually doing something physical. He wanted to bring in his class and do an exorcism of sorts. The whole ordeal was just so crazy. My dad never believed us and doesn't till this day. He just thinks we're all nuts lol.

[Justice Denied?]

Well that depends. Are you a good cook and are you good at math? He needs help at the office and I hate office work. I went there today and I QUIT! (like I always do) It was a nut house! :) He's a character! He yells at his clients and they want to kiss him. I don't understand. :shrug:

Well, I guess there went that opportunity. I am an adequate meat and potatoes type of cook. Raised 4 kids and none starved. Am horrible at math. Barely manage to balance my checkbook. I also hate office work. Used to tell my dad, "I don't want to BE a secretary, I want to have one."

So, I'll let you keep Poppa and I'll stay single. Been that way since '90 and probably too set in my ways to change anyway.

[lorettalockhorn]

Nope now Euro trip here currently. Although i am married to one. We Canadian's who live close to border crossings refer to it as going across the pond. We have 3 ways-bridge,tunnel or ferry from my location. Hope to get out in the a.m. weather permitting. We would have been out our fav. spot as of last Saturday. Melia/Caribe Tropical Resort in Punta Cana. Cancelled due to FIL illness and subsequent passing. We shall go next year as i had cancelled my vacation time off as well. It's all good and April will be here before we know it. Yep,shopping,pool,massage,good book,good food etc. etc. I am sure Leroy's mama was friendly. If i ever have one move in it's gettin a honey do list of housework. Maybe thats why they stay away:hat:

I thought "the pond" was the Atlantic Ocean; learn something new every day!

I hope y'all have the best mid-winter long weekend ever. (Cannot wait for April and am really dreading the ice storm tonight. Maybe it'll pass over us. But that will just mean someone else is miserable.)

[applesandorange]

Ooooo pools! I wanted to fill mine in with Jello. Ooooo treeees!!! They fall, yes! LOL! Bad winters make expensive Spring cleaning! Owning a home is a full time job. I want servants. I'm getting old and this ole mare just aint what she used to be.


LoL about the pool with jello. When I was a teen we thought it a great idea to fill a baby pool with jello. Do you even realize how much jello that took?! LMAO!! And then yeah it was kinda fun, slippery and slimy but then it just got gross. Sticky and nasty. I so should do that for my kids this summer lol.

[lorettalockhorn]

Ooooo pools! I wanted to fill mine in with Jello. Ooooo treeees!!! They fall, yes! LOL! Bad winters make expensive Spring cleaning! Owning a home is a full time job. I want servants. I'm getting old and this ole mare just aint what she used to be.

HAH! I need servants and a pool boy and a wife! Leroy does not enjoy maintenance in any way shape form or fashion. You'd be surprised the stuff I do to keep from calling a professional while he's propped up with a stack of magazines to read. BUT, he gets dressed and goes out and earns a fine living five days a week, so who am I to complain? Cause if I can't do it in my jammies, its might not get done!

Was it you who mentioned vodka sauce for our Friday Watch Party? I made it for the first time tonight, and Leroy said that while I wasn't looking, he licked his plate. Not sure if he was kidding or not!

LoL about the pool with jello. When I was a teen we thought it a great idea to fill a baby pool with jello. Do you even realize how much jello that took?! LMAO!! And then yeah it was kinda fun, slippery and slimy but then it just got gross. Sticky and nasty. I so should do that for my kids this summer lol.

You know, that actually sounds like kind of a neat thing to do. I hate to waste food, but Jello doesn't really fall into the Real Food category, anyway. LMAO

[Amy]

Well, I guess there went that opportunity. I am an adequate meat and potatoes type of cook. Raised 4 kids and none starved. Am horrible at math. Barely manage to balance my checkbook. I also hate office work. Used to tell my dad, "I don't want to BE a secretary, I want to have one."

So, I'll let you keep Poppa and I'll stay single. Been that way since '90 and probably too set in my ways to change anyway.

Sigh, guess I will have to leave Poppa to Danagher, too. I can cook a roast (w/potatoes only) on occasion, maybe a hamburger. Other than that, if it doesn't come microwave ready, it's hands off for me!!!! Even in college, I was relegated to cutting up the lettuce for salad. Nowadays, I am allowed to bring the relishes to family dinners, lol.

Math, makes my head hurt. It just does. Haven't balanced my check book in I don't know how many years. Been single forever, and frankly, I think with my skills, it's better that way!!! Besides, I don't have to answer to anyone (altho my SO sometimes acts like he THINKS I should!)

[Amy]

I thought "the pond" was the Atlantic Ocean; learn something new every day!

I hope y'all have the best mid-winter long weekend ever. (Cannot wait for April and am really dreading the ice storm tonight. Maybe it'll pass over us. But that will just mean someone else is miserable.)

That's what I always tho't across the pond meant--from the US to Europe. Hmmm.

[Amy]

One thing about having to come here for chit-chat, I do believe we get a tad bit more carried away than on the discussion thread. It can get kind of fun, and funny!!!!

You all are a hoot, and I sit here chuckling and laughing. DD just shakes her head and goes back to her room. I think she thinks I'm a bit nuts, but a happy nut!!! Her b/f hasn't really decided if I am a deranged idiot, but I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm harmless. After all, my kids did make it to adulthood!!!

[Gatordog]

It's the water in Florida. I know it is!! :chicken:

I'm praying it is a clean ghost. I'm going to leave the broom out just in case. :D

Gator

[Gatordog]

Sigh, guess I will have to leave Poppa to Danagher, too. I can cook a roast (w/potatoes only) on occasion, maybe a hamburger. Other than that, if it doesn't come microwave ready, it's hands off for me!!!! Even in college, I was relegated to cutting up the lettuce for salad. Nowadays, I am allowed to bring the relishes to family dinners, lol.

Math, makes my head hurt. It just does. Haven't balanced my check book in I don't know how many years. Been single forever, and frankly, I think with my skills, it's better that way!!! Besides, I don't have to answer to anyone (altho my SO sometimes acts like he THINKS I should!)

I can cook, I can bake and I can do math. (Don't clean well though). As for business, I recently took over the uniform program at work and cut our program cost from $54000 a year down to $13,000. Now the managers give me the evil eye because they used to be months behind in approving their department's uniform charges and I'm right behind them like a tornado - sign, sign, sign. If you don't sign, I go up the ladder so now we don't have any late charges either. I'd love to work for Poppa, but that's the extent of it. I couldn't compete with Nawny and that wonderful family. But if there is an Uncle Guido in the picture, think of me. :D Oh, I take back, I can't cook everything. I cannot make a decent pancake if my life depended on it. They come out raw, they come out rubbery, they're burnt, they're in triangles, squares, hexagon, everything but round. I just buy frozen.

Gator

[applesandorange]

HAH! I need servants and a pool boy and a wife! Leroy does not enjoy maintenance in any way shape form or fashion. You'd be surprised the stuff I do to keep from calling a professional while he's propped up with a stack of magazines to read. BUT, he gets dressed and goes out and earns a fine living five days a week, so who am I to complain? Cause if I can't do it in my jammies, its might not get done!

Was it you who mentioned vodka sauce for our Friday Watch Party? I made it for the first time tonight, and Leroy said that while I wasn't looking, he licked his plate. Not sure if he was kidding or not!



You know, that actually sounds like kind of a neat thing to do. I hate to waste food, but Jello doesn't really fall into the Real Food category, anyway. LMAO


I'm going to use it as a teaching tool about mixing colors.

[Gatordog]

Just a reminder that the new show "Lie to Me" is on tonight on Fox.

Last week's show was very good.

Gator

[Gatordog]

:punch:

Hey, if Goomba says his calzone is good - just take his word for it.

Gator

http://www.wftv.com/news/18583361/detail.html

[applesandorange]

:punch:

Hey, if Goomba says his calzone is good - just take his word for it.

Gator

http://www.wftv.com/news/18583361/detail.html


Oh my word!! Temper temper!! Geez....

[applesandorange]

So... well... we got the snow and ice. You can't even walk outside without falling. There's more than a quarter inch of ice on everything. The kids school was cancelled. Hubby called off of work. He works an hour and a half from home and no way was I letting him risk his life driving in this crap. I LOVE snow but ya'll can have the ice.

On a different note I was looking at the myspace bumper stickers that people have posted last night. There is a new one about chloroform. It says #1 pick up line of all time..... does this rag smell like chloroform to you? I'm guessing people are just now realizing that back in the day chloroform was the date rape drug so to speak, as seen in old movies with men coming up behind women and placing the rag over their face and the woman passing out. I think people really don't take it seriously. This makes me believe even more that the comment placed on RM myspace was just for ****s and giggles. It's more like an OMG can you believe this?! Type of thing IMO

[lorettalockhorn]

Oh my word!! Temper temper!! Geez....

Did I read the comments right? They seem to support the restauranteur/asshat?

[lorettalockhorn]

So... well... we got the snow and ice. You can't even walk outside without falling. There's more than a quarter inch of ice on everything. The kids school was cancelled. Hubby called off of work. He works an hour and a half from home and no way was I letting him risk his life driving in this crap. I LOVE snow but ya'll can have the ice.

On a different note I was looking at the myspace bumper stickers that people have posted last night. There is a new one about chloroform. It says #1 pick up line of all time..... does this rag smell like chloroform to you? I'm guessing people are just now realizing that back in the day chloroform was the date rape drug so to speak, as seen in old movies with men coming up behind women and placing the rag over their face and the woman passing out. I think people really don't take it seriously. This makes me believe even more that the comment placed on RM myspace was just for ****s and giggles. It's more like an OMG can you believe this?! Type of thing IMO

Take care in that ice. It got us late last night and sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the glass; it was very windy and coming down like hail. Lots of power outages, but we've lucked out. PTL

Yeah, I get the impression that people have some sort of romanticized idea about chloroform. Saw someone using it in a trashy LMN movie the other night and wondered where he got it.

[One2Snoop]

Just a reminder that the new show "Lie to Me" is on tonight on Fox.

Last week's show was very good.

Gator


I thought I missed it - thanks for the reminder. :seeya:

[applesandorange]

Did I read the comments right? They seem to support the restauranteur/asshat?


I don't know. I didn't read the comments and when I went back to look they were gone :shrug:

[applesandorange]

Take care in that ice. It got us late last night and sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the glass; it was very windy and coming down like hail. Lots of power outages, but we've lucked out. PTL

Yeah, I get the impression that people have some sort of romanticized idea about chloroform. Saw someone using it in a trashy LMN movie the other night and wondered where he got it.


Thanks! You take care too! There are a lot of power outages here too. I tried to call in my hubbies meds and the lines were down. He said that goodness he's not at work. He'd be BUSY!! I need to go to the grocery store. We need milk. I just bought a gallon but the kids have been using it for hot chocolate. The store's only about 2 miles away but it's back roads and I'm not sure I trust it.

[applesandorange]

Wish me luck. I'm going to get dressed and go to Walmart. My 10 year old is throwing a baby fit because the sticky thing that you have to stick to the top of the t.v. for the Wii remotes to work is stuck on the big screen t.v. that doesn't work anymore. (only 3 years old, the t.v.) SO I have to go to Walmart and get a new one of those so he can play his new video game he bought last week. While I'm there I will get the groceries I need. So here I go, first time driving in ice.

[Gatordog]

Wish me luck. I'm going to get dressed and go to Walmart. My 10 year old is throwing a baby fit because the sticky thing that you have to stick to the top of the t.v. for the Wii remotes to work is stuck on the big screen t.v. that doesn't work anymore. (only 3 years old, the t.v.) SO I have to go to Walmart and get a new one of those so he can play his new video game he bought last week. While I'm there I will get the groceries I need. So here I go, first time driving in ice.

A&O, please be careful. Hopefully, you're already home. Send us a quick note, so we don't worry.

Gator

[applesandorange]

A&O, please be careful. Hopefully, you're already home. Send us a quick note, so we don't worry.

Gator


Thanks Gator! I'm back. Just got back and put everything away. The road I traveled on was a main road and it wasn't bad at all. Just wet. I can see it freezing over night tonight but for now it's just wet. I'm home safe and sound and don't plan on going back out. Thanks for worrying.

[Amy]

:punch:

Hey, if Goomba says his calzone is good - just take his word for it.

Gator

http://www.wftv.com/news/18583361/detail.html

@ work, some of the staff would order delivery from a family owned restaurant. Every body writes what they want, they are on separate orders, one person calls in and gets a price for each order. I know the times I have been present when the orders were called in, the caller ordered what was on the papers. On more than one occasion, one or more orders were WRONG. They just were. The restaurant was called, and after a couple of times, they have refused to deliver to our department. He was angry, but @ least he left all weapons in his vehicle (if he had weapons.)

A friend happened to go to the restaurant, and there were people she knew there, so she sat with them. When she got up to pay, she gave the amount of the ticket. The guy says, you have to leave a tip, there were x number in your party. She says--she didn't come in with them, didn't even order @ the same time, etc. He says--don't EVER come back here again.

I guess she can be thankful there didn't seem to be a ball bat or other weapon sitting near the cash register.

[Amy]

Did I read the comments right? They seem to support the restauranteur/asshat?

Don't know how many comments were on the site when you read, but I just read a few of the ones now--the ones I read were pretty much against Gumbo--he's a crazy yankee, people are sure he's connected w/the mob, the poor fellow in the hospital is going to be the owner of a pizzeria, etc.

[Amy]

The wonderful world of words!! (where I spend the majority of my life) It's all good kid! It's allll good! Notta problem. You're not a stoonadda, the stoonadda would be the person who had aproblem with it.. LOL!

Now days words are all wrapped in poetic license. No one has problems anymore. We now have "Issues." I have no issue with erks. LOL! It sent the message home Gator! I get erked all the time. Gotta love words! If you read fast, you're not seeing 50% of the words you're reading. Watch, I bet you get the message clearly in the sentence.

"I was smoking a cig n th astry was so fullabutts it wiz annoyin ME, and I smok!!!"

LOL!!!

When I am reading say, a policy or a newspaper article, I can be driven nuts by misspelled words (and I don't know if there are supposed to be 2 s's or one in that word) and poor grammar and punctuation.

However, when I am on the boards, I don't usually have a clue when someone spells something wrong, even if it's a commonly used word, or if the punctuation is all wrong. On occasion, there is a post that I have to re-read a couple of times to figure out what is being said, but most stuff, even if the poster uses the wrong name, I know what they are talking about. Sometimes, in my reading, I say the right name, and don't know the other was used, again, until someone points it out.

[Amy]

GOOD GIRL A&O! It's snowing and raining here. We have no all wheel drive cars. I talked about getting one today and Poppa said, Why? It's a few weeks a year that we need one. We both drive sedans and this drive way is uphill. One day we had to back up and restart the climb several times. We are having a bad winter here this year. He may be right. he may be crazy. I'm not the SUV type. I drove station wagons for years raising 4 ids, now I have the car I love and I'll keep it. I won't drive the weebles around in the snow with my car though, that's for sure.

Stay home! Nawny says!

I had a bad ice experience 35+ years ago, and it was YEARS before I drove even in the snow. (SO was usually pretty darn good to get me to and from work if a co-worker wasn't able to.) I do drive in the snow some now, only if absolutely forced to, but still call on SO for ice. It snowed here a couple of days, ago, didn't freeze or anything, but DD does not even want to be IN a car in the snow, let alone drive.

I have an Explorer now, and there are 3 buttons that indicate 4x4, SO tried to explain what each was for. The sales person said they automatically go into 4 wheel, after you push the button, of course. (I wonder why he had to point out that I would need to push the button, lol)

The road leading out of the strip mall is on an incline. Target is across the highway. But, if I want to go to Target from there, I go out the back access to the mall, go over to the main road that will get me on the highway, and backtrack to Target. My tires in my old Voyager, even when they were new just didn't have the traction to get up that incline. Haven't tried it in my new and improved vehicle.....don't suppose I will, either.

Glad applesandoranges made the trip safely.

[Amy]

[/B]

HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey you sound like Poppa's kinda girl! He's an Insurance Broker and has been since he was born, I think. He can read small print like I breathe. If one didn't know him, they'd think he's OCD but he isn't because his back office looks like pig boy villiage. Uncle Guido is a mobster up the hill. he's got a black Cadilac and he's packin, but I'll tell him you do good numbahs, he likes that!:hat:

Who knew that this chitchat thread would turn into eHarmony? lol

[applesandorange]

You never drove on ice? Why?


Because I'm spoiled lol. When I was young and had to be some where in bad weather my daddy drove me. Ever since I've been with my hubby (14 years) he has driven in bad weather. I've never had to do it before. Never wanted to either lol.

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks Gator! I'm back. Just got back and put everything away. The road I traveled on was a main road and it wasn't bad at all. Just wet. I can see it freezing over night tonight but for now it's just wet. I'm home safe and sound and don't plan on going back out. Thanks for worrying.

Glad you made it back home! We've got three or four ways down the mountain, and I'm not even sure if they sanded the one with the switchbacks today. Kinda doubt it. It's pretty here with the ice on the limbs and branches, and when the fog moves in, it looks very other-wordly. Not sure how many people are still without power.

[lorettalockhorn]

[QUOTE=lorettalockhorn;9158188]HAH! I need servants and a pool boy and a wife! Leroy does not enjoy maintenance in any way shape form or fashion. You'd be surprised the stuff I do to keep from calling a professional while he's propped up with a stack of magazines to read. BUT, he gets dressed and goes out and earns a fine living five days a week, so who am I to complain? Cause if I can't do it in my jammies, its might not get done!

Was it you who mentioned vodka sauce for our Friday Watch Party? I made it for the first time tonight, and Leroy said that while I wasn't looking, he licked his plate. Not sure if he was kidding or not!



Ah! Pink Vodka sauce is every one's favorite. It's too easy! Garlic, sauteed, crushed tomatoes, cream, vodka. That's it! I love it on gnocchi but I put it on all kinds of things. Even chicken! Lovely! Today I made pasta/potatoes for Poppa becauseh was out in that hell of a storm blowing snow. I like that on days like this. It's hearty and warms you up inside.

Just fry some chopped garlic, add water to the pan
add a tablespoon of tomato paste to the water, or not/ both ways are good.
boil your cut up potatoes till soft
add pasta. Either DItalini, elbows, broken spaghetti, anything
Add lots of black pepper.
salt to taste.

Good old fashioned poor man's meal. Yummy.. it's a carb explosion though LOL!

I served chicken with my vodka sauce so I cheated and browned the chicken pieces and then moved them to the oven, then sweated chopped onion and garlic in the schmalz, deglazed the pan with the vodka, added a can of Hunts plain old tomato sauce, and then finished with the cream right before I served it. I've seen recipes calling for crushed tomatoes too, but glad that I went with the sauce. It was heavenly smooth.

Gosh, I could live on potatoes. Any kind! But pasta not so much. Potato gnocchi is the exception.

[lorettalockhorn]

When I am reading say, a policy or a newspaper article, I can be driven nuts by misspelled words (and I don't know if there are supposed to be 2 s's or one in that word) and poor grammar and punctuation.

However, when I am on the boards, I don't usually have a clue when someone spells something wrong, even if it's a commonly used word, or if the punctuation is all wrong. On occasion, there is a post that I have to re-read a couple of times to figure out what is being said, but most stuff, even if the poster uses the wrong name, I know what they are talking about. Sometimes, in my reading, I say the right name, and don't know the other was used, again, until someone points it out.

Don't mind spelling and grammar mistakes unless they make the post impossible to read or understand. What does bug the peewaddle&doo out of me is that so often people who make the least sense do so because of those type errors. And they come back with the "it's just a message board" deflection. Hellllooo we're here to communicate. What those types communicate to me is that no only are they inarticulate and lazy, but that they really don't give a rat's patoot about the folks they're talking to.

(NOT talking about this board. Although there are a few uncongenial pissants around. :hat: )

[lorettalockhorn]

Who knew that this chitchat thread would turn into eHarmony? lol

tehee That Uncle Guido sounds molto caldo!!!

[shadydaisy]

[QUOTE=Danagher;9158458]

I served chicken with my vodka sauce so I cheated and browned the chicken pieces and then moved them to the oven, then sweated chopped onion and garlic in the schmalz, deglazed the pan with the vodka, added a can of Hunts plain old tomato sauce, and then finished with the cream right before I served it. I've seen recipes calling for crushed tomatoes too, but glad that I went with the sauce. It was heavenly smooth.

Gosh, I could live on potatoes. Any kind! But pasta not so much. Potato gnocchi is the exception.

Are you Irish? lol! There is no such thing as a day without a potato of some sort for me. My children, only 1/2 Irish, do not share this particular gene. I made potato soup just for myself over the weekend.

[applesandorange]

Glad you made it back home! We've got three or four ways down the mountain, and I'm not even sure if they sanded the one with the switchbacks today. Kinda doubt it. It's pretty here with the ice on the limbs and branches, and when the fog moves in, it looks very other-wordly. Not sure how many people are still without power.


Thanks! Yes the ice is pretty. We don't have any fog. I bet that does make things look like Narnia.

[applesandorange]

[QUOTE=lorettalockhorn;9158474]

Are you Irish? lol! There is no such thing as a day without a potato of some sort for me. My children, only 1/2 Irish, do not share this particular gene. I made potato soup just for myself over the weekend.


I have some Irish blood. I LOVE potato soup. So do my kids. How do you make yours? I make mine thick and put bacon in it. It's sooooo good. Everytime we have gathering everyone always asks me to make my potato soup. I'm German/Irish so potatos and meat are my thing lol.

[lorettalockhorn]

Are you Irish? lol! There is no such thing as a day without a potato of some sort for me. My children, only 1/2 Irish, do not share this particular gene. I made potato soup just for myself over the weekend.

Not sure if I have any Irish blood or not. My Sainted Mother came off an orphan train, so it was all a deep secret.

Flove potato soup! Made some not too long ago and hoarded the leftovers. :hat:

[QUOTE=shadydaisy;9158508]


I have some Irish blood. I LOVE potato soup. So do my kids. How do you make yours? I make mine thick and put bacon in it. It's sooooo good. Everytime we have gathering everyone always asks me to make my potato soup. I'm German/Irish so potatos and meat are my thing lol.

Man, that sounds good! I'm a meatatarian. And pork fat rules!!!

If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat? Tom Snyder

[applesandorange]

Not sure if I have any Irish blood or not. My Sainted Mother came off an orphan train, so it was all a deep secret.

Flove potato soup! Made some not too long ago and hoarded the leftovers. :hat:

[QUOTE=applesandorange;9158514]

Man, that sounds good! I'm a meatatarian. And pork fat rules!!!

If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat? Tom Snyder


It's so easy to make. Just chop up some carrots, celery, onion and boil with potatos. Only boil in enough water to cover the veggies. Fry a pound of bacon in a pan. Dry the bacon on paper towls and crumple. Once your potatos are soft add a can of cream of chicken soup and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Use one of the soup cans and put a can of milk in. Add the bacon and it's finished.

[Gatordog]

Thanks Gator! I'm back. Just got back and put everything away. The road I traveled on was a main road and it wasn't bad at all. Just wet. I can see it freezing over night tonight but for now it's just wet. I'm home safe and sound and don't plan on going back out. Thanks for worrying.

I hope you bought some good snacks, Lie to Me is on in 30 minutes.

Gator

[applesandorange]

I hope you bought some good snacks, Lie to Me is on in 30 minutes.

Gator


I have acid reflux right now darn tomato soup. No room for snacks but I think I will check out the show.

[Gatordog]

The wonderful world of words!! (where I spend the majority of my life) It's all good kid! It's allll good! Notta problem. You're not a stoonadda, the stoonadda would be the person who had aproblem with it.. LOL!

Now days words are all wrapped in poetic license. No one has problems anymore. We now have "Issues." I have no issue with erks. LOL! It sent the message home Gator! I get erked all the time. Gotta love words! If you read fast, you're not seeing 50% of the words you're reading. Watch, I bet you get the message clearly in the sentence.

"I was smoking a cig n th astry was so fullabutts it wiz annoyin ME, and I smok!!!"

LOL!!!

Got it! ;)

[Gatordog]

I'm wondering if I could never get through on NG is because the show is taped in the afternoon. Natisha and Mark Williams are both talking outside in bright daylight. It's pitch dark outside.

Gator

[Amy]

[QUOTE=lorettalockhorn;9158474]

Are you Irish? lol! There is no such thing as a day without a potato of some sort for me. My children, only 1/2 Irish, do not share this particular gene. I made potato soup just for myself over the weekend.

I don't know about Danagher w/the Italian husband, but I am Irish. Grandpa and his aunt came over on the potato boat, as we say.

Anyway MY favorite food is--the POTATO!!! Of course, I like to taste the potato, and don't dress it up a lot. PLAIN hashed browns--leave out the onions, please. Mashed potatos with a brown gravy or chicken grave, ONLY @ Thanksgiving and Christmas--turkey gravy. Baked potato, used to eat with just salt when I was young and trying to lose weight. Otherwise, salt, butter, sour cream--stop!!!! lol. No chili, no broccoli and cheese, heck NO CHEESE!!! French fries--mayb a little ketchup to dip them in, that's all. Of course, ff aren't much anymore. McD's was the last big hold out for good fries, and I do believe they have capitulated to the people who don't even eat them anyway. A good party potato, texas potatoes, however you say it where you are. The hashed browns in mushroom soup, some cheese and sour cream type thing. Again, you can keep your onions for somebody else!!!

[Amy]

[QUOTE=lorettalockhorn;9158525]Not sure if I have any Irish blood or not. My Sainted Mother came off an orphan train, so it was all a deep secret.

Flove potato soup! Made some not too long ago and hoarded the leftovers. :hat:




It's so easy to make. Just chop up some carrots, celery, onion and boil with potatos. Only boil in enough water to cover the veggies. Fry a pound of bacon in a pan. Dry the bacon on paper towls and crumple. Once your potatos are soft add a can of cream of chicken soup and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Use one of the soup cans and put a can of milk in. Add the bacon and it's finished.

I like my potato soup like my other food--basically potatoes!!! When I was growing up, the potatoes cooked in the pressure cooker (Mom and her pressure cooker--every one of us girls were SKEERED of it.) Set aside a bit of the potatoes, add milk butter and onion and heat til hot. The pot set aside--potato soup without onions for me!!! And her. I found out much later that the reason I got soup without onions, and rice without raisins--because SHE didn't like them, either, so it was an excuse to not have to eat them as an example. :D

[applesandorange]

Did anyone here ever follow the Kaleb Schwade case?

[Amy]

I'm wondering if I could never get through on NG is because the show is taped in the afternoon. Natisha and Mark Williams are both talking outside in bright daylight. It's pitch dark outside.

Gator

Could be. Wonder how people know what questions to call in? They usually pertain to the day's breaking news.

If she doesn't quit saying Casey will be facing DP until such time as the state indicates they are rethinking their position--I'm gonna SCREAM!!!! Also, she acted today like she had NO IDEA there had been a fight on the 15th. Unless she was asking in such a coy way as to try to get "inside" information from the People (or was is US) guy. He, of course, has the same information we have had since about DAY ONE (Day 31.)

[shadydaisy]

[QUOTE=shadydaisy;9158508]


I have some Irish blood. I LOVE potato soup. So do my kids. How do you make yours? I make mine thick and put bacon in it. It's sooooo good. Everytime we have gathering everyone always asks me to make my potato soup. I'm German/Irish so potatos and meat are my thing lol.

I do the traditional Irish soup, like grandma made.

saute onions in butter but do not let them brown. Add 2lbs potatoes peeled and cut up, 3 cups of milk, 5 cups of chicken stock. You can add leeks, if you like. Cover and simmer for about an hour - check the potatoes.

Make a roux with butter/flour (this is the part I don't like but worth the effort) keep stirring. Now add the roux to the soup - I use a wisk to avoid lumps - now for the good part, add a cup of light cream. Stir and cook until heated through. Salt and pepper to taste.

Now you can stop here and have a bit of a chunky soup. I like to use one of those electric whippers that you can put right into the pot and blend it to your liking. Sometimes I leave it a little chunky. I have a lot left, frozen in individual containers, ready to take for lunch. Feel free to top with bacon!

[applesandorange]

Also applies to R.I., Mass, NY, NJ, NH.... You're all crazy... :^)


Subject: COLD IS A RELATIVE THING


COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. . . . . . .
65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Connecticut plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Connecticut sunbathe.

50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Connetcicut drive with the windows
down.

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves,
wool hats.
People in Connecticut throw on a flannel shirt.

35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Connecticut have the last cookout
before it gets cold.

20 above Zero:
People in Miami all die.
Connecticut residents close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in Connecticut get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Connecticut are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Connecticut let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Connecticut people get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Connecticut start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Connecticut public schools will open 2 hours late



LMAO!!!!! That was good!!

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LMAO!!!!! That was good!! :D

[applesandorange]

[QUOTE=applesandorange;9158514]

I do the traditional Irish soup, like grandma made.

saute onions in butter but do not let them brown. Add 2lbs potatoes peeled and cut up, 3 cups of milk, 5 cups of chicken stock. You can add leeks, if you like. Cover and simmer for about an hour - check the potatoes.

Make a roux with butter/flour (this is the part I don't like but worth the effort) keep stirring. Now add the roux to the soup - I use a wisk to avoid lumps - now for the good part, add a cup of light cream. Stir and cook until heated through. Salt and pepper to taste.

Now you can stop here and have a bit of a chunky soup. I like to use one of those electric whippers that you can put right into the pot and blend it to your liking. Sometimes I leave it a little chunky. I have a lot left, frozen in individual containers, ready to take for lunch. Feel free to top with bacon!


That sounds so good!! I'm going to try it. I'll let you know how we liked it.

[lorettalockhorn]

Yeah, Especially when we're doing the hagnog thing. I know I thought you said what I think you meant but there are times when I don't know what I'm saying that you said you thought I knew. It's all very important too! So I'm glad you think I said what you knew I meant. :) AND I spell well but when I see and adverb, I kill it. This applies.
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Good Lord woman, have you been hanging out with my middle brother? :hat: I think there's a lot of mindreading that goes on with the Caylee case followers. Or psychic interpretation. Or something.

Loved the email! I think us Suthnahs think y'all Yankees are one step away from living in igloos!

[shadydaisy]

Has anyone here ever had a "Bone Density" test? I know what it is for, I just don't know what anyone can do about it. For the past three winters, I've been having aches and pains. I figure it's because I'm in my late 50's and arthritis runs in my family. I probably have osteoporosis too but I refused the bone density test. My doctor hates me. I don't buy into Western medicine, though they did save my life once.

Just wondering if anyone knows what they offer to cure melting bones.
Thanks.

PS I won't even go into why I don't want an anal probe either. ;)

The bone density test tests mainly for osteoporosis. They usually like to do one when you are in your 50's to get a first reading and then if you have an issue they have something to compare it to. The Sally Field commercial - you know the one - take your pill once a month to prevent osteo.

I had one done because I had surgery last year on my foot and the surgeon wanted to know what my bones were doing. Shanty Irish. Dense bones. Recovered nicely.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bone-density-test/MY00304 if you want more info.

[Gatordog]

Did anyone here ever follow the Kaleb Schwade case?

No, the name is not familiar to me.

Gator

[shadydaisy]

Did anyone here ever follow the Kaleb Schwade case?

There wasn't much in the way of news updates. I don't know if there was a trial. Now I'm going to have to look.....

I did find this.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080814085829AAIazgb

[shadydaisy]

There wasn't much in the way of news updates. I don't know if there was a trial. Now I'm going to have to look.....

I did find this.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080814085829AAIazgb

Here is your update.

Here is a way we can keep track of what's going on. New court date set for January 7, 2008. You are going to have to copy and paste it into your browser or it won't work.

http://207.156.115.81/oridev/criminal_pack.cs?pcSearchMode=CS&pnPidm=520894&pcCaseId=07-CF-009777&pnCnt=1&pcFirst=REBECCA&pcLast=SAUNDERS&pcMi=LOIS&pcSuf=&pcId=@520457&pcByear=1971&pcPtyp=D001&pcDefStat=Opened&pdInit=14-MAY-07&pcCaseStat=Opened&pcCtyp=PE&pcLocn=TA&pcPref=&pcWarrant=&pcCaseDscr=OTHER%20CRIMES%20AGAINST%20PERSON&pcDiv=H&pcCourtType=&pnCaseYrFr=1970&pnCaseYrTo=2007&pcCtypCL=&pcLocnCL=

[Amy]

Has anyone here ever had a "Bone Density" test? I know what it is for, I just don't know what anyone can do about it. For the past three winters, I've been having aches and pains. I figure it's because I'm in my late 50's and arthritis runs in my family. I probably have osteoporosis too but I refused the bone density test. My doctor hates me. I don't buy into Western medicine, though they did save my life once.

Just wondering if anyone knows what they offer to cure melting bones.
Thanks.

PS I won't even go into why I don't want an anal probe either. ;)

There are medications that can "reverse" the bone thinning process. Fosimax is what I used to take, one a week. Sally Field advertises another that is taken once a month. According to her, the bone thinning process has been reversed. The bone density test is much like an xray. You lay on a table and they move a machine over you--in mine, I think it was pretty much just the hips and pelvis. Can't remember if the knees were included, and I'm pretty sure the spine wasn't.

[Gatordog]

Has anyone here ever had a "Bone Density" test? I know what it is for, I just don't know what anyone can do about it. For the past three winters, I've been having aches and pains. I figure it's because I'm in my late 50's and arthritis runs in my family. I probably have osteoporosis too but I refused the bone density test. My doctor hates me. I don't buy into Western medicine, though they did save my life once.

Just wondering if anyone knows what they offer to cure melting bones.
Thanks.

PS I won't even go into why I don't want an anal probe either. ;)

My mother has gotten the Bone Density test a few times - it's very easy and all you do is lie there, no probes, no clothes come off.

As for the other test, well, I've had it twice. First when I was 47 at my surgeon's insistence. He saved my life. I did have two benign polyps but I also had a lesion on the colon wall which was precancerous. I've had another test since then and they really are not bad. But then again, I've got the biggest crush on my doctor so, have at it doc. ;) He looks just like Tony Orlando but about 15 years ago. Knock three times....

Gator

[Amy]

My mother has gotten the Bone Density test a few times - it's very easy and all you do is lie there, no probes, no clothes come off.

As for the other test, well, I've had it twice. First when I was 47 at my surgeon's insistence. He saved my life. I did have two benign polyps but I also had a lesion on the colon wall which was precancerous. I've had another test since then and they really are not bad. But then again, I've got the biggest crush on my doctor so, have at it doc. ;) He looks just like Tony Orlando but about 15 years ago. Knock three times....

Gator


I haven't had the probe, my mom does @ least yearly. It's my understanding they give you concsious anesthesia--you're not out, but you don't notice any discomfort, or don't give a dang!!! Mom hasn't mentioned that she gets that, but I haven't asked. .

[Gatordog]

Check out these two geniuses. They were handcuffed together and were being taken to the hospital and they made a run for it.

http://www.wesh.com/video/18594346/index.html

[applesandorange]

There wasn't much in the way of news updates. I don't know if there was a trial. Now I'm going to have to look.....

I did find this.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080814085829AAIazgb


Thanks. They are from FL too. I remember when Kaleb first got shaken. So sad. I was on the fence on who I believed did it. I'm still not sure given that the case just disappeared. I'm glad Kaleb is getting better though.

[applesandorange]

check out these two geniuses. They were handcuffed together and were being taken to the hospital and they made a run for it.

http://www.wesh.com/video/18594346/index.html


lmao!!!

[Gatordog]

I haven't had the probe, my mom does @ least yearly. It's my understanding they give you concsious anesthesia--you're not out, but you don't notice any discomfort, or don't give a dang!!! Mom hasn't mentioned that she gets that, but I haven't asked. .

I've been awake through the test because if I'm with my doctor, I don't want to spend too much time sleeping. :o I'm sort of in and out and I've watched it on the tv screen. The scarest part was during the first one everything was going fine and then all of a sudden the doctor says out loud - What's That? That is not what you want to hear when you are being roto-rootered. Then it became serious business, he was calling out instructions and asking for this and that and he said it was a very good thing that I had the test done now. It was the flat lesion which would not have shown up on a cat scan or MRI.

Gator

[lighthousedazy]

Check out these two geniuses. They were handcuffed together and were being taken to the hospital and they made a run for it.

http://www.wesh.com/video/18594346/index.html
So funny, Gator. ROFL. They didn't get to far did they? :D

[shadydaisy]

Thanks. They are from FL too. I remember when Kaleb first got shaken. So sad. I was on the fence on who I believed did it. I'm still not sure given that the case just disappeared. I'm glad Kaleb is getting better though.

It was a strange story. Then they had all the mysterious happenings with the fundraising money. We'll have to see how this turns out.

[Gatordog]

So funny, Gator. ROFL. They didn't get to far did they? :D

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-char100.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

They were missing Curly.

[Amy]

Check out these two geniuses. They were handcuffed together and were being taken to the hospital and they made a run for it.

http://www.wesh.com/video/18594346/index.html

Now, THAT was funny!!! Too bad there wasn't any audio, bet that would have brought a chuckle, too.

[Amy]

I've been awake through the test because if I'm with my doctor, I don't want to spend too much time sleeping. :o I'm sort of in and out and I've watched it on the tv screen. The scarest part was during the first one everything was going fine and then all of a sudden the doctor says out loud - What's That? That is not what you want to hear when you are being roto-rootered. Then it became serious business, he was calling out instructions and asking for this and that and he said it was a very good thing that I had the test done now. It was the flat lesion which would not have shown up on a cat scan or MRI.

Gator

I was in the dentist chair Tuesday. The tooth the dentist has been undecided about filling had an abcess. So, he is probing and drilling (after numbing, of course) and he asks for suture. SUTURE????? WHAT????? He removes his hands and instruments enough for me to ask SUTURE? He says, I'll explain it later. Well, what am I going to do? Get up and walk out when something obviously needs sewn up. Later, (I was there for 1 1/2 hours) he asks for a syringe. A SYRINGE? And the aide hands him a 6 cc syringe with a bent needle on it. It is RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES as she holds it, waiting for him to take it. Now, I have seen and worked with bigger needles, and this was fairly thin, and only a couple of inches long. BUT IT WAS GOING IN MY MOUTH!!!! Seems he had to cut the gum down some, and the needle was so he could put antibiotic into the tooth itself (or the root.) Which was all logical when he explained it, but it would have prevented some anxiety on my part if he had told me all that BEFORE.

[Amy]

So funny, Gator. ROFL. They didn't get to far did they? :D

I'm guessing they ended up where they were headed in the first place--the HOSPITAL, lol!!!!

[lorettalockhorn]

I was in the dentist chair Tuesday. The tooth the dentist has been undecided about filling had an abcess. So, he is probing and drilling (after numbing, of course) and he asks for suture. SUTURE????? WHAT????? He removes his hands and instruments enough for me to ask SUTURE? He says, I'll explain it later. Well, what am I going to do? Get up and walk out when something obviously needs sewn up. Later, (I was there for 1 1/2 hours) he asks for a syringe. A SYRINGE? And the aide hands him a 6 cc syringe with a bent needle on it. It is RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES as she holds it, waiting for him to take it. Now, I have seen and worked with bigger needles, and this was fairly thin, and only a couple of inches long. BUT IT WAS GOING IN MY MOUTH!!!! Seems he had to cut the gum down some, and the needle was so he could put antibiotic into the tooth itself (or the root.) Which was all logical when he explained it, but it would have prevented some anxiety on my part if he had told me all that BEFORE.

Now see, just reading this makes me want to take a tranq. So afraid of the dentist (going tomorrow for a cleaning. Can I do it without drugs?!) God bless ya!

[Brainstorm]

Has anyone here ever had a "Bone Density" test? I know what it is for, I just don't know what anyone can do about it. For the past three winters, I've been having aches and pains. I figure it's because I'm in my late 50's and arthritis runs in my family. I probably have osteoporosis too but I refused the bone density test. My doctor hates me. I don't buy into Western medicine, though they did save my life once.

Just wondering if anyone knows what they offer to cure melting bones.
Thanks.

PS I won't even go into why I don't want an anal probe either. ;)

My mother has gotten the Bone Density test a few times - it's very easy and all you do is lie there, no probes, no clothes come off.

As for the other test, well, I've had it twice. First when I was 47 at my surgeon's insistence. He saved my life. I did have two benign polyps but I also had a lesion on the colon wall which was precancerous. I've had another test since then and they really are not bad. But then again, I've got the biggest crush on my doctor so, have at it doc. ;) He looks just like Tony Orlando but about 15 years ago. Knock three times....

Gator

I haven't had the probe, my mom does @ least yearly. It's my understanding they give you concsious anesthesia--you're not out, but you don't notice any discomfort, or don't give a dang!!! Mom hasn't mentioned that she gets that, but I haven't asked. .
Is nothing sacred anymore?LOL,SINCE YA'LL brought it up, I can tell you, I just had one,the latter about 2 wks ago.
I did have a history of polyps,long ago and purely got disgusted with the process,etc.etc(You know what I mean?)Been 15 yrs so I finally let my Doc talk me into it. It kind of hits home when someone mentions that colon cancer is a TERRIBLE way to die.Anyway,they did put me to sleep,Sound asleep, and found one, way way off somewhere (where no man has ever been before).One small pre-cancerous polyp.
I think I told him,as I was drifting off,that I was sorry he was having to do this and it would be the last time he did it to me,btw.
Ive got another one scheduled.....................in three yrs. I dont know if I'll keep that appointment.
imoo

[Gatordog]

I was in the dentist chair Tuesday. The tooth the dentist has been undecided about filling had an abcess. So, he is probing and drilling (after numbing, of course) and he asks for suture. SUTURE????? WHAT????? He removes his hands and instruments enough for me to ask SUTURE? He says, I'll explain it later. Well, what am I going to do? Get up and walk out when something obviously needs sewn up. Later, (I was there for 1 1/2 hours) he asks for a syringe. A SYRINGE? And the aide hands him a 6 cc syringe with a bent needle on it. It is RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES as she holds it, waiting for him to take it. Now, I have seen and worked with bigger needles, and this was fairly thin, and only a couple of inches long. BUT IT WAS GOING IN MY MOUTH!!!! Seems he had to cut the gum down some, and the needle was so he could put antibiotic into the tooth itself (or the root.) Which was all logical when he explained it, but it would have prevented some anxiety on my part if he had told me all that BEFORE.

I hope you're feeling better now. Any kind of gum or tooth procedure can hurt for days.

Gator

[Brainstorm]

We might as well,beem...........I heard Casey thinks she doesnt HAVE to go to court(BTW,who the hell does she think she is?)and she doesnt even CARE that she will be in contempt!!!........hahahaha................Lets do party down tomorrow and watch them bring her/by force if necessary, to the courthouse. I do think the b/i/t/c/h needs bringing down a notch.Maybe down here, to the REAL world.
IMOO

[Gatordog]

So are we still partying here tomorrow? Nobody was bringing crab cakes right:D

Party's on. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-talk008.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Crab cakes (hehe) Only crab cake is going to be in court tomorrow.

Gator

[Amy]

I hope you're feeling better now. Any kind of gum or tooth procedure can hurt for days.

Gator

He told me, take some ibuprohen within the hour, for when the lidocaine wears off. So, I did. The directions said one, but two if you have to. I took two. then I took two. Then I took two. Heck, I might as well have put up with the tooth ache!!! Was down to one @ a time yesterday, but took two before bed. Really hasn't been bad @ all today.

[Gatordog]

Hmmmm, my house smells so good. I roasted a turkey breast tonight and I made a deep chocolate cake for my boss. His family is coming into town tomorrow for the superbowl (Pgh people). His wife doesn't really cook so he's ordered dinner for tomorrow. I made him the cake as a surprise. It's a bunt cake with with chocolate drizzles. His wife loves dark chocolate and he loves white chocolate. So they'll both be happy. My rule - never give the boss' wife reason to be mad at you.

Gator

The turkey is for me and the cats

[Brainstorm]

ooops, I just heard she's got to be there early.I probably need some beauty sleep more than I need to see her,that early in the a m..........it may cause me to hurl my coffee.

[lighthousedazy]

Hmmmm, my house smells so good. I roasted a turkey breast tonight and I made a deep chocolate cake for my boss. His family is coming into town tomorrow for the superbowl (Pgh people). His wife doesn't really cook so he's ordered dinner for tomorrow. I made him the cake as a surprise. It's a bunt cake with with chocolate drizzles. His wife loves dark chocolate and he loves white chocolate. So they'll both be happy. My rule - never give the boss' wife reason to be mad at you.

Gator

The turkey is for me and the catsSounds so good. Wish I were close and had an invite but I am to far away. Have fun. :D

[lighthousedazy]

ooops, I just heard she's got to be there early.I probably need some beauty sleep more than I need to see her,that early in the a m..........it may cause me to hurl my coffee.
B I know what you mean. ;)

[lighthousedazy]

He told me, take some ibuprohen within the hour, for when the lidocaine wears off. So, I did. The directions said one, but two if you have to. I took two. then I took two. Then I took two. Heck, I might as well have put up with the tooth ache!!! Was down to one @ a time yesterday, but took two before bed. Really hasn't been bad @ all today.Amy I sympathize with you. I can't take the ibupropen. My dentist has always prescribed the something with codeine. Usually only one or two and I am fine. He said to save the tylenol # 3 or loratab til you have a headache. I have had migraines in the past but not after menopause, another benefit from the change o life. Really I am not a junky. :D

[Native Alien]

The bone density test tests mainly for osteoporosis. They usually like to do one when you are in your 50's to get a first reading and then if you have an issue they have something to compare it to. The Sally Field commercial - you know the one - take your pill once a month to prevent osteo.

I had one done because I had surgery last year on my foot and the surgeon wanted to know what my bones were doing. Shanty Irish. Dense bones. Recovered nicely.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bone-density-test/MY00304 if you want more info.

http://www.boniva.com/

Boniva is what Sally Fields does the commercial for. It is suppose to help replace bone loss, but I would seriously recommend that you read up on the possible side effects before agreeing to take it.

I am a quarter Irish and that must explain my bone density. As a female I have a 9 inch wrist. The doctor that did my knee replacement last March complained because he had to use extra bone blades to get the old joint out.

[Amy]

Speaking of dentists... why do they ask if you are you "experiencing any pain?" If was their kid in that chair, they'd say, "Does it hurt?"


How's Amy today? Does it hurt?

Thanks for asking. Doing fine. Gotta go swish my mouth w/his peroxide mix mouth wash. Even ate popcorn last night, and didn't seem to leave anything that would cause irritation. Better pop that little anitibiotic pill while I'm @ it.

[Brainstorm]

Yep i believe its 8:30 a.m. Eastern. I will pop in after i watch the crab infested,oozing carbuncle,crotch rot Liar shuffle in for her big day out-me bad

Nite all :seeya: it was good to see ya hang here tonight Brain :beer:

B I know what you mean. ;)OH MY!!!! The biotch went in there looking like "a school-marm"!!!!! Does she,does Bozo, not know, OF COURSE we are all talking,laughing AND DISSING them?NG needs to put up a side by side of her,dressed in court today and her at Fusion,(when she thought she had gotten away with killing her baby!!!!) Even had a "BUN", OMG.

Speaking of dentists... why do they ask if you are you "experiencing any pain?" If was their kid in that chair, they'd say, "Does it hurt?"


How's Amy today? Does it hurt?
I have a dentist that does it so(I swear) it's a piece of cake.SHE is so gentle and is telling you "to expect a little twinge" now and then OR "here we go with the bumpy,noisy thing" OR "heres the stinky stuff"(some glaze,after the filling)
I did ask,yrs ago,when I began going to her,WHERE DID SHE GO TO SCHOOL?
I mean,I was IMPRESSED...........OF COURSE,it was in Athens!!!(go dawgs)
They cant teach this in any school, tho,imo.
I am serious.I dont know if she accepts new patients, BUT I willbe glad to share...

I told her,the other day,about my recent colonoscopy AND that, like my Doc that did THAT, I think it takes a special person to do these kind of procedures.AND they deserve every penny!!!! (She said that was a sweet thing to say.) I am dead serious tho,imagine having to go into either orifice,top OR bottom!!!!
Hope you all have a pain free day.
imo

[shadydaisy]

Gator said - I've been awake through the test because if I'm with my doctor, I don't want to spend too much time sleeping.

That must be some doctor you have! Might be worth scheduling a visit with him just to get a look! I know what you mean. I personally don't have a doctor worth staying awake for but my daughter had a lot of surgery on her ears when she was young and THAT doctor was alarmingly handsome.

Who brought up jello shots? This back and forth thing is difficult when I'm sneaking a peak while working. Anyway, I have not had them in years - send some my way!

I hope you are all feeling better and recovering nicely.

[applesandorange]

I was in the dentist chair Tuesday. The tooth the dentist has been undecided about filling had an abcess. So, he is probing and drilling (after numbing, of course) and he asks for suture. SUTURE????? WHAT????? He removes his hands and instruments enough for me to ask SUTURE? He says, I'll explain it later. Well, what am I going to do? Get up and walk out when something obviously needs sewn up. Later, (I was there for 1 1/2 hours) he asks for a syringe. A SYRINGE? And the aide hands him a 6 cc syringe with a bent needle on it. It is RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES as she holds it, waiting for him to take it. Now, I have seen and worked with bigger needles, and this was fairly thin, and only a couple of inches long. BUT IT WAS GOING IN MY MOUTH!!!! Seems he had to cut the gum down some, and the needle was so he could put antibiotic into the tooth itself (or the root.) Which was all logical when he explained it, but it would have prevented some anxiety on my part if he had told me all that BEFORE.

I HATE the dentist. The last time I was there I got 2 fillings. I said I didn't want any needles going into my mouth and no gas. I used to do it all the time as a kid. Well let me tell you what!! About half way through my first filling I was about ready to tell him I wanted the needles. NEVER again will I do a filling without anything.

[Amy]

I HATE the dentist. The last time I was there I got 2 fillings. I said I didn't want any needles going into my mouth and no gas. I used to do it all the time as a kid. Well let me tell you what!! About half way through my first filling I was about ready to tell him I wanted the needles. NEVER again will I do a filling without anything.

NOTHING????? OMG!!!!! The little swab has a nasty tang, but the needle isn't so much noticable--usually. When the numbness wears off before he can get finished, I'm dying!!!!

Growing up, all I ever had at the dentist was checks--well, once he pulled a tooth barely hanging on, and another that wasn't quite as loose as I tried to tell (was still losing baby teeth) My sisters, now THEY had cavities all the time. My first cavity was when I was 27--not too bad. But, several years later my mouth went to heck in a hand basket and I spent LOTS of time @ the dentist.

[Gatordog]

I posted this in the thread regarding the woman who gave birth to eight babies. Just wondering your opinions on the matter.


From what I saw on the news yesterday, the mother is a single parent, living with her parents in a small home. She does already have six children. I question the ethics of the doctor who implanted the eggs. I also question how they are going to feed these children, send them to school, clothe them etc. It makes me wonder if she wanted all those children just to get a television show like that family in Arkansas or Jon and Kate makes eight. :shrug:

Gator

[Amy]

Way out west here. All my life except 3 year in Hutch going to school!!!!

The "big one" here was in '68, a couple of years before I moved here. I do remember the Andover tornado.

We get to "the big city" maybe once a year or so. My sister and I used to take our kids there for a couple of days for Spring break. We have an aunt in Kingman, so usually stay there instead of springing for a motel.

[Justice Denied?]

Gator said - I've been awake through the test because if I'm with my doctor, I don't want to spend too much time sleeping.

That must be some doctor you have! Might be worth scheduling a visit with him just to get a look! I know what you mean. I personally don't have a doctor worth staying awake for but my daughter had a lot of surgery on her ears when she was young and THAT doctor was alarmingly handsome.

Who brought up jello shots? This back and forth thing is difficult when I'm sneaking a peak while working. Anyway, I have not had them in years - send some my way!

I hope you are all feeling better and recovering nicely.

I must definitely be out of the loop. I had never even heard of a jello- shot until the Natalie Hollway case and then my GRANDDAUGHTER had to tell me what it was.

[Gatordog]

I must definitely be out of the loop. I had never even heard of a jello- shot until the Natalie Hollway case and then my GRANDDAUGHTER had to tell me what it was.

JD, you and me both - I just heard of it last year.

Gator

[Gatordog]

This is so funny!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2-fPYYRtRs

I laughed so hard - very true.

[Gatordog]

Wha?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsvPa94wybo

:tongue:

I love this one - it's true - who died and left you boss? That's a favorite. The best is, I can't complain.

[Gatordog]

Dani, a secretary in Houston has been driving me crazy -changing the rules of our uniform program, which she can't do. I sent her a note today and told her that "as we Italians would say - you are giving me agada."

Gator

[Gatordog]

Dani, are you watching NG? I think she's going wacky today. She keeps asking her guests if they would go to court and be there to support their daughter if she was on trial. Well maybe I wouldn't if she was on trial for killing my beloved grandbaby. Plus this was just a short hearing.

[Gatordog]

You're in my loop JD. Me either!
LOL!

They do these jello shots off of someone's body too. It will be a cold day in hell before I go to a club and drink a shot off of some guys bellybutton. :no:

Gator

[Amy]

I posted this in the thread regarding the woman who gave birth to eight babies. Just wondering your opinions on the matter.


From what I saw on the news yesterday, the mother is a single parent, living with her parents in a small home. She does already have six children. I question the ethics of the doctor who implanted the eggs. I also question how they are going to feed these children, send them to school, clothe them etc. It makes me wonder if she wanted all those children just to get a television show like that family in Arkansas or Jon and Kate makes eight. :shrug:

Gator

First, I think it is absolutely irresponsible for a single mom of six to decide to have even ONE more, unless she is and can continue to be the person to provide financial support of her family. Second, the doctor is a quack to do this. One of the medical experts on a show says the standard practice in the US and most countries TODAY is to implant ONE embryo @ a time, not two or three, but ONE, and certainly not eight.

Neighbors say she is on worker's comp or disability. Her psych tech license expired in 2002. You know, when there are 5, 6, and 7 babies born @ a time, the family gets a huge house, funished, of course. That includes several washers and dryers, restaurant size stoves and fridges and freezers. Oh, and don't forget the van. In this case, a couple, what with there now being 14 kids. And, free formula and diapers and swings and on and on and on. Heck, the parent(s) don't even have to work all that hard, lots of folks to come in and take care of the babies. Not to say she planned on eight, but the possibility was there as that was the number implanted. Maybe they figured maybe only 6 or 7 would survive.

I am sure that eventually she will be looking @ our tax dollars for the financial support of these kids. According to reports, the sperm donor (and that IS how it is said) is an acquaintance, they have had a relationship, but not a romantic/intimate one. He provided the sperm, but will not be looked to for financial support. EXCUSE ME!!!! I sure hope authorities (before they hand out the food stamps) look him up and make sure he is providing some support of these kids. Even dads who DID NOT WANT to have kids have to pay up (depending on the state, the area you live in.)

One of the TH's on one of the programs says, well, this could be a RELIGIOUS issue. They didn't want selective removal of any. Maybe she just feels she is a really good mom. PUKE!!!! First of all, I'm betting any religious group who many have a stance against birth control or abortion does not look upon in vitro as an absolute must in order to have more babies. And, a REALLY GOOD mom doesn't have more and more kids when those kids aren't going to have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. A really good mom would want to stop @ the 6 (if not before) so they can all have nice clothes, adequate food to eat, etc etc etc.

Oh, and the kicker? Seems the 6 other kids (the oldest who is 7, the youngest 2 y/o twins) were conceived in the same fashion, compliments of the same sperm donor.

Don't have the link, but I was watching HLN (Mike somebody?) and Shepard Smith on Fox for the most part on this.

[Amy]

I must definitely be out of the loop. I had never even heard of a jello- shot until the Natalie Hollway case and then my GRANDDAUGHTER had to tell me what it was.

I wasn't for sure, so had to ask my DD and her bf tonight.

[Amy]

Wha?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsvPa94wybo

:tongue:

Love it!!! (I'd say it in Italian, but I'm Irish!!! :D)

[Amy]

Dani, are you watching NG? I think she's going wacky today. She keeps asking her guests if they would go to court and be there to support their daughter if she was on trial. Well maybe I wouldn't if she was on trial for killing my beloved grandbaby. Plus this was just a short hearing.

She didn't even give anyone a chance to answer. Once they started with WHY they think Cindy would not be in court today "THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION" then bark out the name of the next hapless guest. I wanted to scream "MAYBE SHE THO'T SHE SHOULD BE WITH GEORGE TODAY, GIVING EACH OTHER SUPPORT DURING THE HEARING."

Or, to say, you know, there are things I have seen other people do (or not do) and I would say, "WELL, if it were ME, I'd be doing this or that or the other." And, lo and behold sometimes I have found myself in some of those same positons and, you know what? I did (or didn't do) some of the very same people I judged. So, I DON'T KNOW if I would have been there. Of course, I would not have gotten past "you know" before she would have been screaming @ me!!!! lol

I tho't well, CASEY is the one who hasn't wanted to see them, maybe she (or thru Jose) has indicated to them NOT to come. And, wouldn't it be heartbreaking and agonizing to see her a few feet away, knowing you couldn't talk to her or hug her? And, to know that, she probably would not make eye contact with you for you to even blow a kiss?

[shadydaisy]

I must definitely be out of the loop. I had never even heard of a jello- shot until the Natalie Hollway case and then my GRANDDAUGHTER had to tell me what it was.

Gee, I was doing jello shots back in college in NJ some 30 plus years ago! I didn't know I was ahead of the times! I've been thinking I'm so tame.

[lighthousedazy]

Talking dogs. Hope this link works.
http://www.reflectionsofsouthbreeze.com/Pages/RealTalkingDogs.htm
Scroll down and click the play button. :)

[Justice Denied?]

They do these jello shots off of someone's body too. It will be a cold day in hell before I go to a club and drink a shot off of some guys bellybutton. :no:

Gator

That's how I heard about it. Yuran Said he drank a jello shot off Natalie's belly. At the time I didn't know what that was.

[lorettalockhorn]

They do these jello shots off of someone's body too. It will be a cold day in hell before I go to a club and drink a shot off of some guys bellybutton. :no:

Gator

Ewwww

I didn't know what a Jello shot was until a couple of years ago. (I should get out more often!)

[Justice Denied?]

First, I think it is absolutely irresponsible for a single mom of six to decide to have even ONE more, unless she is and can continue to be the person to provide financial support of her family. Second, the doctor is a quack to do this. One of the medical experts on a show says the standard practice in the US and most countries TODAY is to implant ONE embryo @ a time, not two or three, but ONE, and certainly not eight.

Neighbors say she is on worker's comp or disability. Her psych tech license expired in 2002. You know, when there are 5, 6, and 7 babies born @ a time, the family gets a huge house, funished, of course. That includes several washers and dryers, restaurant size stoves and fridges and freezers. Oh, and don't forget the van. In this case, a couple, what with there now being 14 kids. And, free formula and diapers and swings and on and on and on. Heck, the parent(s) don't even have to work all that hard, lots of folks to come in and take care of the babies. Not to say she planned on eight, but the possibility was there as that was the number implanted. Maybe they figured maybe only 6 or 7 would survive.

I am sure that eventually she will be looking @ our tax dollars for the financial support of these kids. According to reports, the sperm donor (and that IS how it is said) is an acquaintance, they have had a relationship, but not a romantic/intimate one. He provided the sperm, but will not be looked to for financial support. EXCUSE ME!!!! I sure hope authorities (before they hand out the food stamps) look him up and make sure he is providing some support of these kids. Even dads who DID NOT WANT to have kids have to pay up (depending on the state, the area you live in.)

One of the TH's on one of the programs says, well, this could be a RELIGIOUS issue. They didn't want selective removal of any. Maybe she just feels she is a really good mom. PUKE!!!! First of all, I'm betting any religious group who many have a stance against birth control or abortion does not look upon in vitro as an absolute must in order to have more babies. And, a REALLY GOOD mom doesn't have more and more kids when those kids aren't going to have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. A really good mom would want to stop @ the 6 (if not before) so they can all have nice clothes, adequate food to eat, etc etc etc.

Oh, and the kicker? Seems the 6 other kids (the oldest who is 7, the youngest 2 y/o twins) were conceived in the same fashion, compliments of the same sperm donor.

Don't have the link, but I was watching HLN (Mike somebody?) and Shepard Smith on Fox for the most part on this.

Great rant! Couldn't havesaid it better myself. ITA with everything you said. I heard on one of the shows tonite the donor is a former Iraqi soldier and plans to go back to Iraq.

I had to laugh because it made me think of mt granddaughter. She has one daughter, age 4. She and her husband agreed they would just have the one and devote what resourses they had to giving her the advantages. Recently, she went back to college. Her husband has a much better job and they are saving for the down payment on a house.

Well, both her sisters had a baby this spring and now she has decided she wants another baby. Heer husband told her she's crazy and he's beginning to think she is one of those people who always want something different from what they have. He also said it was one or the other, house or baby. Knowing her she will end up with both. He spoils her.

[lighthousedazy]

Ewwww

I didn't know what a Jello shot was until a couple of years ago. (I should get out more often!)
I agree. I have seen them little shooter things at the liquor store that you get a dozen or 24 in a pack and they are different fruity flavors and come in little test tube looking things. :)

[Brainstorm]

It's 11:30am. Do you know where your laundry is???

I did half of it yesterday and I have to go down to the basement and do the rest. I don't want to. I hate laundry. I've been doing laundry since I was ten years old. Nobody cares.

I'm going now.
Bye
I'm hungry.
I have a head ache
My foot hurts
I need ice cream
I have editing to do, so maybe I'll do that now.
Poppa's working till 5 today. He doesn't care if its Saturday.

The eggplant, I should slice that up first because it has to be packed in the bowl and salted, then I'll do laundry.

:rolleyes: I hate myself today.
hahahaha I am so very sorry. Its 55/sunshine here,in Irwin Co, and I dont have to do a dam thing. I love doing the laundry,JUST HATE putting it away.Its to far to walk,imo, to do that!!! So, I will just sit in the swing, in the garden and THANK GOD that its Sat.,the sun is shining,the dogs are fed,so what can I say...........life is good.
I wouldnt mind having some plain ole fried eggplant...if you send some cyber-space, I'll pump you in some sunshine and a garden swing,promise.

[shadydaisy]

Check this out: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486248,00.html

The granddad is going back to Iraq, and the grandma is not going to be there when the mom and babies are back from the hospital. Those kids don't have a chance. The mom sounds like a real nut, based on what the grandma says...

I thou8ght the Anthony's were going to win Loony Family of the Year until this woman came along. Who does fertility treatments on a woman who has 6 kids, no husband, and uses a sperm donor? Why? I'm banging my head here. I hate this whole story.

[SaraSidle]

There is no way that I know anything that he doesn't!! You know, I took a computer course not that awfully long ago, and used it quite a bit for work, but when I retired from The Real World and was mostly self-employed, I barely used the computer at all. Now that I'm mostly full-time retired I've had to relearn a lot, but am mostly self taught. And that would be the reason that I know nothink! http://i37.tinypic.com/ibdpmr.jpg

You may actually have to purchase software to uninstall operating systems, or use the bios menu.

Easter Egg. That sounds like a cute name for a dire situation!

At least you have more message board experience than most of us and that I respect and hope you can help when possible as you always do........sara

[SaraSidle]

I thou8ght the Anthony's were going to win Loony Family of the Year until this woman came along. Who does fertility treatments on a woman who has 6 kids, no husband, and uses a sperm donor? Why? I'm banging my head here. I hate this whole story.

what the heck is with this woman??????????/ or her doctor???????? that is all America needs right now is to foot the bill for 14 kids from one family while I am about to lose my house. what the heckkkkkkkkkk IMO sara sorry ot

[Gatordog]

It's 11:30am. Do you know where your laundry is???

I did half of it yesterday and I have to go down to the basement and do the rest. I don't want to. I hate laundry. I've been doing laundry since I was ten years old. Nobody cares.

I'm going now.
Bye
I'm hungry.
I have a head ache
My foot hurts
I need ice cream
I have editing to do, so maybe I'll do that now.
Poppa's working till 5 today. He doesn't care if its Saturday.

The eggplant, I should slice that up first because it has to be packed in the bowl and salted, then I'll do laundry.

:rolleyes: I hate myself today.

You have a headache. A wine bottle fell on my mother's head today in The Olive Garden. She's fine, I almost had a stroke.

Gator

[Gatordog]

what the heck is with this woman??????????/ or her doctor???????? that is all America needs right now is to foot the bill for 14 kids from one family while I am about to lose my house. what the heckkkkkkkkkk IMO sara sorry ot

Sara, we have no topics here. You can talk about anything and we'll listen or try to cheer you up.

Gator

[Gatordog]

LOL!! You are right jav. Obama had better odds. I have to believe the doctors didn't delete some of those embryos for reasons I can never know. It would be good if she let them be adopted by people who cannot have children. Unless she is a millionare, how is going to support, take care of, educate and give proper nurturing to all of those children? It can't happen! I suppose that's been said before. I need to read about that case more.

She's a nut yes, it sounds like it.

I cannot imagine any doctor in the US giving this woman fertility drugs. I bet she went into Mexico and got the injections and artificial insemintion.

Gator

[Gatordog]

Here we go..........I'm the jello shot gal, ok. http://i41.tinypic.com/a2buhj.jpg

These are lined up on my table..........Pineapple, Black cherry, lemon, fruitpunch, lime and strawberry. Take One!

I have used those little thingees from the 99cent store, because they have lids and they're squeezable!

My trick is to use 3/4 cup of good vodka in place of 1 cup of cold water when ya make your jello, ok. (vodka doesn't freeze remember).

Lids off, cups in hand, now squeeze it out and plop it in your mouth. Tastes like......JELLO! Nothing else! THAT'S WHY they kick A**! About 5 each, gals. http://i44.tinypic.com/mi1dnr.jpg

Ready for another one? My fav is pineapple! If you have never had one...You Must TRY IT.

No bellybuttons, stomachs, or otherwise questionable areas, unless you are with you SO, ok?!

Enjoy!!!

I'm in as long as I don't have to drink them off any body parts. :tongue: I'll try strawberry first. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink018.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

gator

[Gatordog]

[QUOTE=Gatordog;9159850]You have a headache. A wine bottle fell on my mother's head today in The Olive Garden. She's fine, I almost had a stroke.

Gator

OMG! Are you serious?!! Gator, those bottle are on a ledge up high......How did..............OH!

(I'm NOT askin)

Is she ok? Come on, for real? :eek:

Are you OK? Quick, take a shot!

For real. We were seated at a booth that was a little secluded and we were very happy cause it was nice and we didn't have to hear other conversations. Behind my mother was a cubbyhole type of wine rack. We finished eating and were ready to leave when I see this full bottle of wine "jump" out of the rack, hit my mother on the head and then her shoulder. I'm panicking thinking the rack is breaking and they're all going to hit her. What happened was on the other side of the rack were four guys sitting in a booth. One guy picked up his arms to put them behind his head and one hand pushed through the rack and knocked a bottle right off and onto my mom. Luckily the neck of the bottle hit her head and the base hit her shoulder. Not even a free dessert out of it, but mom's okay. She said she was looking at me and saw me looking shocked and didn't know why until she got hit on the head and then the bottle landed in her lap.

Gator

[Gatordog]

Gator coffee just came out of my nose.. I'm sorry that's not funny, but I couldn't help it. It was your ending..

Is your mom alright?? Poor thing. :(

Actually it was pretty funny. We laughed all the way home. She said that she saw me in slow motion eyes opening, mouth wide :eek: sort of like that!

Gator

[lorettalockhorn]

For real. We were seated at a booth that was a little secluded and we were very happy cause it was nice and we didn't have to hear other conversations. Behind my mother was a cubbyhole type of wine rack. We finished eating and were ready to leave when I see this full bottle of wine "jump" out of the rack, hit my mother on the head and then her shoulder. I'm panicking thinking the rack is breaking and they're all going to hit her. What happened was on the other side of the rack were four guys sitting in a booth. One guy picked up his arms to put them behind his head and one hand pushed through the rack and knocked a bottle right off and onto my mom. Luckily the neck of the bottle hit her head and the base hit her shoulder. Not even a free dessert out of it, but mom's okay. She said she was looking at me and saw me looking shocked and didn't know why until she got hit on the head and then the bottle landed in her lap.

Gator

Dayum! They should have comped your meal and given you a gift certificate! Glad she's A-OK.

[lorettalockhorn]

[QUOTE=Gatordog;9159885]


Write to the cooperate office, or call them. There sould be compensation for that. The bottles and the cubby shelving are a hazard and they should do something about it. Your poor mother! That is awful! The inconvinience and the stress of it should be compensated for.

Now I'm a lawyer. :read:

LMAO

The local manager is probably getting reamed this minute for not getting Mom to sign a release.

[Amy]

I cannot imagine any doctor in the US giving this woman fertility drugs. I bet she went into Mexico and got the injections and artificial insemintion.

Gator

That's what they were saying on I think the Shepard Smith show. She probably had this done in Mexico.

I absolutely go off when I hear a mom saying, well, I don't want the dad to have anything to do w/the kids, so I didn't go after him for child support (in this case, sounds like that was part of the deal. You give me the sperm, you don't have to ever put out a cent for support.)

Like Judge Judy and Judge Miles Lane say---you don't want the OTHER PARENT of these kids to provide support, but you don't have a problem MAKING ME and other STRANGERS support you and your kids? The dumb bozo broads they are talking to usually don't see what the ruckus is about. HEY, IF YA DON'T LIKE THE GUY, WHY GET UNDER THE FREAKIN' SHEETS W/HIM? NOT JUST ONCE, BUT 3 AND 4 AND.......TIMES!!!! :flamemad:

You know, I really don't care how many kids you (that is not any of you, you on the board, just a general world wide you, lol) want and have AS LONG AS YOU PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEM.

I remember a column by Molly Irvin (don't know who she is, a syndicated columnist, @ least some years ago.) She saw a young woman w/a couple of kids and was talking to her. Somehow the conversation got around to jobs--and the girl says she is a stay at home mom. She was asked about her husband--and she says, she doesn't have a husband. She was asked about who paid her bills, and she said the government does, as they should. She has the kids, the goverment is responsible for paying for everything because she wanted to stay home with her kids.

Now, I believe that conversation went down. We have teenage girls having babies (some dads are school mates, some are older guys.) They don't worry about getting married, or whether she and the dad can pay the bills, because they know that, because they have these babies, the government is not going to turn their backs on them. And, heck, as long as all the prenatal care is free, no cost for labor and delivery, it's not a big deal @ all. Heck, they don't even have to come up with the co-pay that people w/insurance has to. And, of course, there is WIC, and food stamps, and the kids have medical cards, and they don't have to pay for lunches @ school. And if the kids are on free lunch, they don't have to pay for the books and activity fees. The first time I saw that notice, I was LIVID. I am a single mom of two kids, and pay FULL price for school, insurance, co-pays, medicine etc etc etc.

Then, I have to listen to Tom Brokaw (boy, this still rankles after all this time--he's been retired for a while now, lol!!!) Anyway, he is giving one of his solemn reports about poverty, and how many house holds of how many children live under this amount of money. Really, the way he said it, it was like--it was MY fault. I'm screaming @ the tv--these women do NOT have to have half a dozen kids by half a dozen men!!!! These women need to be responsible to QUIT HAVING MORE KIDS WHEN THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE ONES THEY HAVE!!!!! Kind of like the rest of us do.

Anyway, once we started giving a free ride without any responsibilities, this mess really got started.

P.S. Someday I'll tell you how I really feel, lol.

[Amy]

[QUOTE=old_soul;9159875]

For real. We were seated at a booth that was a little secluded and we were very happy cause it was nice and we didn't have to hear other conversations. Behind my mother was a cubbyhole type of wine rack. We finished eating and were ready to leave when I see this full bottle of wine "jump" out of the rack, hit my mother on the head and then her shoulder. I'm panicking thinking the rack is breaking and they're all going to hit her. What happened was on the other side of the rack were four guys sitting in a booth. One guy picked up his arms to put them behind his head and one hand pushed through the rack and knocked a bottle right off and onto my mom. Luckily the neck of the bottle hit her head and the base hit her shoulder. Not even a free dessert out of it, but mom's okay. She said she was looking at me and saw me looking shocked and didn't know why until she got hit on the head and then the bottle landed in her lap.

Gator

Well, surely they gave her the bottle of wine? That's the least they could do. After all, it was delivered to her lap!!!

[Amy]

We were a dry town where I grew up. Stogy ol' Methodists (that was the only church in town, had to go to other towns to be Baptist, Penecostal, etc.) Anyway, the only person in town who drank that I know of was my uncle--guess he could sock away those beers.

So, when I get to college, I don't have much experience with anything liquor. One time a girl and I went w/her bf and another guy. We're @ a football field. Don't know what the guys were drinking, but the gal and I got 7-up and sloe gin. It had a nice little taste, kind of a sugary 7-up, really. Don't know how much we consumed, and I tho't we were plumb up sober!!! Until we walked into the dorm. Don't know how they do it now, but back then, you had to sign in. Well, I figured I wasn't quite as sober as I tho't when my name was written rather large. We had a good ol' dorm mom. She didn't blink an eye when the pen went off the paper!!!! The guys were good ol' guys, too. Didn't even try to take advantage of us, but then, I don't suppose slobbering drunk sex was what they had in mind!!!!

[lighthousedazy]

We were a dry town where I grew up. Stogy ol' Methodists (that was the only church in town, had to go to other towns to be Baptist, Penecostal, etc.) Anyway, the only person in town who drank that I know of was my uncle--guess he could sock away those beers.

So, when I get to college, I don't have much experience with anything liquor. One time a girl and I went w/her bf and another guy. We're @ a football field. Don't know what the guys were drinking, but the gal and I got 7-up and sloe gin. It had a nice little taste, kind of a sugary 7-up, really. Don't know how much we consumed, and I tho't we were plumb up sober!!! Until we walked into the dorm. Don't know how they do it now, but back then, you had to sign in. Well, I figured I wasn't quite as sober as I tho't when my name was written rather large. We had a good ol' dorm mom. She didn't blink an eye when the pen went off the paper!!!! The guys were good ol' guys, too. Didn't even try to take advantage of us, but then, I don't suppose slobbering drunk sex was what they had in mind!!!!
Sounds like we grew up in the same place Amy. I was in Georgia though. The first drink I tried in college was cherry vodka and coke. My middle daughter graduated from college in 2005. I don't even think they had a dorm mother. :)

[lorettalockhorn]

I lived in the legendary Caraway Hall at Arkansas Tech (ATU), where our dorm mother was frequently smashed. God love her, the place was full of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhists. It was probably all the incense and 4am chanting that drove her to drink. *nom myoho renge kyo*

http://i42.tinypic.com/2vae8eq.jpg

[Justice Denied?]

[QUOTE=Gatordog;9159885]


Write to the cooperate office, or call them. There sould be compensation for that. The bottles and the cubby shelving are a hazard and they should do something about it. Your poor mother! That is awful! The inconvinience and the stress of it should be compensated for.

Now I'm a lawyer. :read:

:hat::hat::hat::hat::hat::hat::hat: Since you have so many hats for your many avocations.:beer:

[shadydaisy]

I'm in as long as I don't have to drink them off any body parts. :tongue: I'll try strawberry first. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink018.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

gator

Back in my day we never did jello shots from someone's body. I'm glad I missed that part.

If that woman went to Mexico for her fertility treatments, I think she should go back there now to raise the lot of them!

[Gatordog]

That's what they were saying on I think the Shepard Smith show. She probably had this done in Mexico.

I absolutely go off when I hear a mom saying, well, I don't want the dad to have anything to do w/the kids, so I didn't go after him for child support (in this case, sounds like that was part of the deal. You give me the sperm, you don't have to ever put out a cent for support.)

Like Judge Judy and Judge Miles Lane say---you don't want the OTHER PARENT of these kids to provide support, but you don't have a problem MAKING ME and other STRANGERS support you and your kids? The dumb bozo broads they are talking to usually don't see what the ruckus is about. HEY, IF YA DON'T LIKE THE GUY, WHY GET UNDER THE FREAKIN' SHEETS W/HIM? NOT JUST ONCE, BUT 3 AND 4 AND.......TIMES!!!! :flamemad:

You know, I really don't care how many kids you (that is not any of you, you on the board, just a general world wide you, lol) want and have AS LONG AS YOU PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEM.

I remember a column by Molly Irvin (don't know who she is, a syndicated columnist, @ least some years ago.) She saw a young woman w/a couple of kids and was talking to her. Somehow the conversation got around to jobs--and the girl says she is a stay at home mom. She was asked about her husband--and she says, she doesn't have a husband. She was asked about who paid her bills, and she said the government does, as they should. She has the kids, the goverment is responsible for paying for everything because she wanted to stay home with her kids.

Now, I believe that conversation went down. We have teenage girls having babies (some dads are school mates, some are older guys.) They don't worry about getting married, or whether she and the dad can pay the bills, because they know that, because they have these babies, the government is not going to turn their backs on them. And, heck, as long as all the prenatal care is free, no cost for labor and delivery, it's not a big deal @ all. Heck, they don't even have to come up with the co-pay that people w/insurance has to. And, of course, there is WIC, and food stamps, and the kids have medical cards, and they don't have to pay for lunches @ school. And if the kids are on free lunch, they don't have to pay for the books and activity fees. The first time I saw that notice, I was LIVID. I am a single mom of two kids, and pay FULL price for school, insurance, co-pays, medicine etc etc etc.

Then, I have to listen to Tom Brokaw (boy, this still rankles after all this time--he's been retired for a while now, lol!!!) Anyway, he is giving one of his solemn reports about poverty, and how many house holds of how many children live under this amount of money. Really, the way he said it, it was like--it was MY fault. I'm screaming @ the tv--these women do NOT have to have half a dozen kids by half a dozen men!!!! These women need to be responsible to QUIT HAVING MORE KIDS WHEN THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE ONES THEY HAVE!!!!! Kind of like the rest of us do.

Anyway, once we started giving a free ride without any responsibilities, this mess really got started.

P.S. Someday I'll tell you how I really feel, lol.

Amy, I couln't agree more with what you siad. In this day and age, no one needs to become pregnant who doesn't want to have a child. You shouldn't have more children than you can afford to support without government assistance. I don't have any children but I am assuming that I'm supporting at least two. It's one thing to get into financial hardship through the loss of a job or illness, but to start a family knowing you'll just get more assistance is disgusting. I guess having children is their job. Infuriates me because my nephew, who is the light of my life, is an only child. How wonderful it would have been for him to have at least one brother or sister, but his parents were being responsible.

Gator

[Gatordog]

Well looks like everyone is sleeping in this morning after all those jello shots last night. :D guess I'll go out for breafast. I feel like pancakes and can't make one to save my life.

Talk to you later when you're all back from church. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-angelic002.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[lorettalockhorn]

Well looks like everyone is sleeping in this morning after all those jello shots last night. :D guess I'll go out for breafast. I feel like pancakes and can't make one to save my life.

Talk to you later when you're all back from church. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-angelic002.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Gatordog, pancakes are something that I don't even try to make. We like waffles better anyway! Just wanted to say how neat it is that you took your Mom out for dinner (even if she did get conked).

[lorettalockhorn]

I know Caraway hall Loretta but know Wilson even better. Nice small campus and beautiful library. Ever get across the road for the famous burgers? Cant remember the name-family owned. First time down came in thru the mountain-it was so pretty. Nice little town Russellville. :beer:

Ah, Feltner's Whattaburger. Too oniony! Anyone who goes in the place reeks forever, even if they don't eat!

Loretta: Wasn't Caraway Hall the one with the ghost? :chicken:

I never saw the ghost, but people claimed they did, and things would get moved around in the dorm. But with all those aforementioned Buddhists and the Sisters of Sappho living there, maybe the ghost was put off!

[lorettalockhorn]

Aww, that was neat it's true. I betcha she won't go to Olive Garden anymore!

BTW, did you get Good Housekeeping mag this month? Did you see all those Valentine's day recipes. Good Lord in the heavens!! I was droooooling! I am not a good pastry cook at all! I have to buy it already made. I try, but I can't do it. I think that's inborn talent. I just can't wear that hat. :hat:

I love Valentine's day!

Hey Danagher! I don't read Good HK, but I love recipes with chocolate, and I bet they had some good ones. I actually like the precision required with baking that cooking doesn't require. I usually bake Leroy the Hershey's chocolate layer cake with chocolate ganache and chocolate curls for VDay. If he's lucky I'll make him something special for dinner too!

[Gatordog]

Gatordog, pancakes are something that I don't even try to make. We like waffles better anyway! Just wanted to say how neat it is that you took your Mom out for dinner (even if she did get conked).

We go out every Saturday, at least when she's up to it, and I take her out for a nice lunch. My father's idea of a nice place is going to Arby's instead of Burger King. :tongue:

Gator

[lighthousedazy]

I just googled ganache... lord help me!



:( I can't take it!!!!!
OMG... Did you do the image search? :)

[lorettalockhorn]

I just googled ganache... lord help me!



:( I can't take it!!!!!

LMAO As much as I like chocolate, it's a good thing that I don't particularly care for sweets. Now, chocolate covered potato chips (or Fritos or Cheetos); there's an idea!!!

[lorettalockhorn]

We go out every Saturday, at least when she's up to it, and I take her out for a nice lunch. My father's idea of a nice place is going to Arby's instead of Burger King. :tongue:

Gator

At least you live somewhere where there are choices. Unlike us here in BFE. We don't even have an Olive Garden. But I have a rule when eating out that I only choose food that they can make better than I do. So that makes Popeye's okay with me since I never fry chicken. If I can get Leroy to bring it home, we can have a beer to go with!

[lorettalockhorn]

LOL! Yes! Then I made chocolate puddling and just ate it. My calorie counter has lorettalockhorn's name on it. :)

hehehe

http://i43.tinypic.com/16jlhfb.jpg

[Justice Denied?]

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You forgot a few hats. :) I am also a hairdresser, an artist, a nawny, a momma, a cook, a politician, a judge, a contractor, a jerk, a diet pro, a child, a prosecutor, a writer,a bi*ch, a bad example for good Christians, and a member of this wonderful haterade addicts club.

Bless your heart J. :hat:

In other words you're a modern, American woman. You go girl.

:hat::hat::hat::hat::hat::hat::hat::hat:

[applesandorange]

Did any of you watch the super bowl? What a helluva game! Go Steelers!!

[Justice Denied?]

LMAO As much as I like chocolate, it's a good thing that I don't particularly care for sweets. Now, chocolate covered potato chips (or Fritos or Cheetos); there's an idea!!!

You left out chocolate-covered pork rinds! :D

[lorettalockhorn]

You left out chocolate-covered pork rinds! :D

Oh gosh, so glad that I don't eat those! So addicted to chips. http://i5.tinypic.com/6kyfdj7.jpg

Are these? Could it be?? For real??? Where do I get these????

http://i13.tinypic.com/4v6ssnt.jpg

[lorettalockhorn]

Did any of you watch the super bowl? What a helluva game! Go Steelers!!

Just ran in and checked it out every once in a while, but that was kinda scary when the Cardinals were ahead for a few minutes.

Did watch (and boo hoo) Jennifer Hudson sing The Star Spangled Banner. What a brave girl she is!

[One2Snoop]

Just ran in and checked it out every once in a while, but that was kinda scary when the Cardinals were ahead for a few minutes.

Did watch (and boo hoo) Jennifer Hudson sing The Star Spangled Banner. What a brave girl she is!

She was awesome - I even saw some of the players tearing up while she was singing. :beer:

Sucks that AZ lost though.

[One2Snoop]

Was someone looking for chocolate covered pork rinds? Sugar Free!

http://i43.tinypic.com/xxdtf.jpg

[lorettalockhorn]

Omigosh O2S, I had to look those up. They actually look yummy!

http://www.abountifulharvest.com/xcart/search.php?mode=search&page=1

[lighthousedazy]

Girls, ya'll are not breaking me down. :D I picked up a box of Ghirardelli Ultimate Fudge Brownie mix at Target last week. http://www.continentalmills.com/brands/ghirardelli/brownie_mixes/Ultimate_Fudge_Brownie_Mix/

No, I am not going in the kitchen and bake brownies at 12:35 in the morning. no, no, no, :o

[applesandorange]

Just ran in and checked it out every once in a while, but that was kinda scary when the Cardinals were ahead for a few minutes.

Did watch (and boo hoo) Jennifer Hudson sing The Star Spangled Banner. What a brave girl she is!


Omigosh! I was freaking out! If Steelers woulda lost it woulda been their own fault for getting those darn penalties.

I didn't get to watch the half time show or the very begining. In the begining I was busy deep frying hot wings and during half time I did dishes, folded laundry and changed the cat box.

[eatcupcakes]

We had lots of fun and way too much food and I won 200.00 in the pool (not mine but a NJ pool) and Papa won 400.00 in the same pool. Yeah, I never win anything so it was a big surprise. Since I live in AZ very close to the Cards new stadium I was pulling for them but even though they did not win the played a SUPER game. Go Cards.

[eatcupcakes]

Haaaa!!! Well my friend you've put me into "rationalize" why I can eat it, mode.

It's quality of life, ya see? I am tired of diets. I've been on a hundred of um! I've worked very hard all of my life. Since I was a little girl I've worked. My family was in the jewelry manufacturing business. (RI is well know for jewelry manufacturing, until China came and took it away, that is.)

I remember the foot presses that I kicked when I could hardly reach the peddle. By the time I was a teen I was producing massive amounts of things such as, sweater guards, earrings, and other products that came to my father's factory for steps in production.

I never liked gluing rhinestones into prototypes but I liked the foot press. There would be pieces of metal that were put on to a space on the press and when you pushed the peddle with your foot the upper part came down, slammed into it and it would transform into a small cup. Grosses of them would go to a table where other workers glued pretty stones in them. Many other products were manufactured the long way then.

Today there are machines and computers that accomplish the same thing. I learned more than jewelry manufacturing, I learned work ethics and took them with me throughout my life. Work was my middle name. I'm almost ashamed to be retired. I'm doing what I always wanted to do now however, and enjoying it.

So I figure I earned the right to eat chocolate.

I am now a chocoholic. :hat:

I love this pic of Chocolate, it looks sooo good. My Dad is a big Chocoholic, he is 92 and says he loved it since he was a little boy, he would get 5 cent and go buy 5 Tootie Rolls and he felt like he was in heaven. Even now he must eat a few pounds of it a week. At his age he really dosen't want much in the way of gift so we all buy him Chocolate. I just had his Sugar levels checked ant they are fine so he can eat it as much as he wants.

Moral to the story, You are never to old to EAT CHOCOLATE.:D

[applesandorange]

Our head wrestling coach was killed in a car accident last night. Please keep his wife and children in your prayers. My husband and son are just devastated.:rose:

[eatcupcakes]

Awww chocolate-our best friend. One flavor u just never get sick of. I try not to keep too much of it in the house. Once in awhile i will get a bad craving and roam the house looking for a piece leftover from something. One night it hit me late-too late to drive to the store. I found a brownie mix and sat and hoovered it out of the box. :biggrin:

I am like you and try to eat it only a few times a week but when the desire hits and I don't have any stash I know where to go, Papa's room. He is never without Chocolate. LOL

[applesandorange]

I am so sorry to hear of this apples. That is just terrible. My heart goes out to your family and coaches. Prayers for all :rose:


Thank you Beem. I probably won't be here very much today. I'm trying to be a comfort to my 2 guys. I can't even imagine how his wife and children feel. I am so sad.

[eatcupcakes]

I wanted to make Chili for the Super Bowl Party but I wanted it to be a little different so I found a recipe that had Dark Bittersweet Chocolate in it along with Cinnamon andf lots of hot spices and it was a big hit. Who would have thunk it.

[eatcupcakes]

Our head wrestling coach was killed in a car accident last night. Please keep his wife and children in your prayers. My husband and son are just devastated.:rose:

So sorry for your loss, do you know what happened.

[applesandorange]

So sorry for your loss, do you know what happened.


I haven't heard what happened. I'm sure there will be an article in the newspaper probably tomorrow. Once I know I will let you know. I can scan the article into the computer tomorrow. I looked in today's paper and there wasn't anything in it. They probably want to make sure all of the wrestler's know before announcing it. I can't imagine some of the kids who will find this out at school today through an announcement over the loud speaker. I hope they don't do it that way but knowing this school, they will. Am I rambling? I can't really get my thoughts together. I talked to my mom and told her. She started crying. She feels so sorry for his family. I do too.

[One2Snoop]

I wanted to make Chili for the Super Bowl Party but I wanted it to be a little different so I found a recipe that had Dark Bittersweet Chocolate in it along with Cinnamon andf lots of hot spices and it was a big hit. Who would have thunk it.

That sounds a bit like the recipe for mole. My hubby loves that stuff. Never thought about trying it in chili. Sounds good.

http://mexican-food.suite101.com/article.cfm/mole_sauce

[lorettalockhorn]

Girls, ya'll are not breaking me down. :D I picked up a box of Ghirardelli Ultimate Fudge Brownie mix at Target last week. http://www.continentalmills.com/brands/ghirardelli/brownie_mixes/Ultimate_Fudge_Brownie_Mix/

No, I am not going in the kitchen and bake brownies at 12:35 in the morning. no, no, no, :o

I've been known to bake in the middle of the night! Which is okay, but the eating, not so much. I'm thinking about brownies right this minute.

[One2Snoop]

I haven't heard what happened. I'm sure there will be an article in the newspaper probably tomorrow. Once I know I will let you know. I can scan the article into the computer tomorrow. I looked in today's paper and there wasn't anything in it. They probably want to make sure all of the wrestler's know before announcing it. I can't imagine some of the kids who will find this out at school today through an announcement over the loud speaker. I hope they don't do it that way but knowing this school, they will. Am I rambling? I can't really get my thoughts together. I talked to my mom and told her. She started crying. She feels so sorry for his family. I do too.

I am so sorry to hear this A&O. Keeping the family in my thoughts and prayers.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haaaa!!! Well my friend you've put me into "rationalize" why I can eat it, mode.

It's quality of life, ya see? I am tired of diets. I've been on a hundred of um! I've worked very hard all of my life. Since I was a little girl I've worked. My family was in the jewelry manufacturing business. (RI is well know for jewelry manufacturing, until China came and took it away, that is.)

I remember the foot presses that I kicked when I could hardly reach the peddle. By the time I was a teen I was producing massive amounts of things such as, sweater guards, earrings, and other products that came to my father's factory for steps in production.

I never liked gluing rhinestones into prototypes but I liked the foot press. There would be pieces of metal that were put on to a space on the press and when you pushed the peddle with your foot the upper part came down, slammed into it and it would transform into a small cup. Grosses of them would go to a table where other workers glued pretty stones in them. Many other products were manufactured the long way then.

Today there are machines and computers that accomplish the same thing. I learned more than jewelry manufacturing, I learned work ethics and took them with me throughout my life. Work was my middle name. I'm almost ashamed to be retired. I'm doing what I always wanted to do now however, and enjoying it.

So I figure I earned the right to eat chocolate.

I am now a chocoholic. :hat:

Me too on the chocolate! Miss working too, and oddly enough it's the paperwork that I miss most. Go figure.

[lorettalockhorn]

We had lots of fun and way too much food and I won 200.00 in the pool (not mine but a NJ pool) and Papa won 400.00 in the same pool. Yeah, I never win anything so it was a big surprise. Since I live in AZ very close to the Cards new stadium I was pulling for them but even though they did not win the played a SUPER game. Go Cards.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! :beer:

[lorettalockhorn]

Our head wrestling coach was killed in a car accident last night. Please keep his wife and children in your prayers. My husband and son are just devastated.:rose:

So sorry to hear A&O. Condolences to y'all and the family.

[lorettalockhorn]

I wanted to make Chili for the Super Bowl Party but I wanted it to be a little different so I found a recipe that had Dark Bittersweet Chocolate in it along with Cinnamon andf lots of hot spices and it was a big hit. Who would have thunk it.

I recently made Cincinnati chili (which for some reason didn't try when I was actually in Cincy). It's full of many unusual flavors from a Suthnah's viewpoint, but good! It's served on spaghetti, with a layer of chopped onions, kidney beans, shredded cheddar, and oyster crackers. mmm mmm good!

[Justice Denied?]

Was someone looking for chocolate covered pork rinds? Sugar Free!

http://i43.tinypic.com/xxdtf.jpg

Well, if I gave a fig, I would definitely send some to Casey in jail. Let's make sure she doesn't find out about them.

[Justice Denied?]

Our head wrestling coach was killed in a car accident last night. Please keep his wife and children in your prayers. My husband and son are just devastated.:rose:

I am so sorry. Will definitely send up a prayer.

[One2Snoop]

Cake anyone? :biggrin:

Cake Wrecks...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4401631/Cake-Wrecks-when-professional-cakes-go-horribly-hilariously-wrong.html

Check these out LOL...

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

[Gatordog]

Well here's another good reason to keep both feet on the ground.

http://www.clickorlando.com/travelgetaways/18621068/detail.html

Gator :eek:

[applesandorange]

Dan has asked me to let you all know that she spilled coffee on her keyboard this morning and is unable to get on here right now. She's expecting a new computer tomorrow and should be back soon.

[applesandorange]

I am so sorry to hear this A&O. Keeping the family in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you. It means a lot. My husband coached with him and my son learned from him.

[applesandorange]

So sorry to hear A&O. Condolences to y'all and the family.


Thanks so much Lo. It's sad. I have a bad suspicion alcohol was involved since it was superbowl.