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  Hey Sassy, let's make up for the other night!

  by WildHorses in

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  i'm sorry that i didn't see your post the other night, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a few laughs tonight.

  i could use a few laughs.

  how about the rest of you?

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  Dan-O

  Sorta.
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  Hey Sassy, let's make up for the other night!

  by WildHorses in

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  i'm sorry that i didn't see your post the other night, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a few laughs tonight.

  i could use a few laughs.

  how about the rest of you?

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  Dan-O

  Oh, so this is what that pet peeve was about?
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  JW kids...

  by neverthere in

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  for those of you that grew up in the "truth" what did you get to play with/watch on tv?

  i keep reading about what you couldn't have or watch so what did you do?

  enquiring non jw minds want to know!.

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  Dan-O

  I can remember only one show that was specifically being banned by my parents: Dark Shadows. So, we got to watch Bewitched & I Dream of Jeannie and whatever else was not conflicting with the meeting or service schedule ... although Dad always had to make comments about whatever show were were allowed to watch ... like when Jacque Cousteau talked about evolution or if a character on some sitcom was a homosexual, he just had to talk about how these things were in conflict with the Bible. Funny that he never said anything bad about Elizabeth Montgomery or Barbara Eden using magic. Maybe he had the hots for them or something.

  Toys ... I didn't have a lot of them in comparison to other kids at the time, but the ones I had were pretty good as far as I was concerned. There were 8 of us kids when I was little, and then after my parents divorced & I was growing up with Dad ... well, money was still a concern. I can look back & understand that now. The only thing I felt like I really missed out on was an Atari. One of the neighbors had one, so of course I wanted one, too. Pong was the coolest!

  The part that always sucked about toys was the inevitable questions from 'worldy' kids: What did you get for Christmas? When is your birthday party? And then having to explain (yet again!) why I never celebrated these things ...
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  If You Won $117 MILLION on a Lottery, What Would You Do With It?

  by minimus in

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  in lowell mass.

  a 67 year old former janitor won the mega millions jackpot.

  what would you do with all that money?

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  First, I'd obscure my identity, leave most of my junk behind, and never return to my house again. Lord knows how many long lost relatives & instant friends would pop out of the woodwork once news of the sudden fortune got around.

  Real estate. I would buy more real estate. A few thousand mountainous acres in the west. A small tropical island with good fishing & SCUBA diving. Maybe a secluded cabin in the arrowhead of Minnesota. And perhaps a beachfront getaway somewhere in Florida. I've always been partial to St. Augustine.

  Find a good tax lawyer & put him on retainer. Reward him for finding every last loophole in the tax code.

  Hire Eric Clapton, BB King, Aerosmith, and The Bloodhound Gang to perform at a Midwest Apostafest. I think I'll call it Morning Woodstock.

  Oh, and maybe I'd buy the new Jimmy Buffet CD.
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  Pet Peeves thread...

  by Brummie in

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  this kinda thread has probably been done before... someone phones me at work and when i say hello they say "hold on" and start talking to someone else, they dont tell me who they are and i'm hanging on hearing them chat to someone who is with them on the other end, 5 mins later they introduce themselves and tell me what they want.

  that is a pet peeve.. another, for example, go to the fridge and both tubs of butter are open and both blocks of cheese instead of finishing one off and then opening the other.

  thats just a small pet peeve but its one none the less.. miserable sod arnt i though?.

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  Dan-O

  We have to raise the lid to piss, why shouldn't you have to put it down to do the same???

  Do what I do: just leave it down & don't worry if you wizz on the seat a little.

  Hmmmm .. pet peeves, eh? How about ...

  People who can't bother to put something back in a cabinet directly above or below where the item was left on the kitchen counter. PUT IT AWAY, YA LAZY BUMS!
  
  Empty cups, pop cans, snack wrappers, etc. left in the living room. CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF, YA SLOB!
  
  Slow traffic. GET OUTTA THE WAY, POKEY! I HAVE PLACES TO GO!
  
  People who drive like idiots in winter weather solely because they think that their new SUV is God's gift to drivers on snow-covered roads. I'M GONNA MAKE LOTS OF OBSCENE GESTURES & LAUGH MANIACALLY AS I DRIVE PAST YOUR WRECKED EXPLORER IN THE DITCH!
  
  Capital One Credit Cards. I HAVEN"T RESPONDED TO YOUR PREVIOUS 200+ PIECES OF JUNK MAIL! LEAVE ME THE F*** ALONE!
  
  Spam. CAN I CLICK THE DELETE BUTTON ANY FASTER?
  
  The 'cannonball splash' when 'dropping the kids off at the pool'. GUESS I'M GONNA NEED MORE TOILET PAPER.
  
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  Are women more beautiful than men?

  by Vita Nuova in

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  all things being being equal, is the feminine gender endowed with more trancendent beauty than the masculine?

  before sending any stock replies like, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," let me just say that i acknowledge some degree of relative beauty insofar as man and woman bear their own distinctive perfections.

  but consider specifically which sex seems to bear more inherent grace to the end that it inspires our sense of harmony and desire to be more perfect ourselves.

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  Dan-O

  Women are more beautiful than men. But us guys can pee while standing without getting our shoes wet. I'm comfortable with this arrangement.
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  Pipe Smokers

  by El Kabong in

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  any pipe smokers in here?

  i started smoking a pipe (yes, tobacco.

  it's just so nice to sit back and relax in the evening with a good pipe.

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  Dan-O

  I used to smoke a pipe. But sometimes it would get knocked over & all the water would run out & make a mess ...
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  Post pics of.....your desk!

  by Xander in

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  yup, we all know you have one.

  it's what you are sitting at right now reading this thread.

  desk your computer sits on.

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  Dan-O

  Pretty cool, Xander. I try to not look at Mrs. O's desk. It's a scary place.
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  Tell us about your avitar.

  by carefully faded in

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  i loved the recent topic asking what each of our screen names means.

  great question as i have always wondered about quite a few of our screen names.

  as i was reading the responses, i looked at holey cheeses - king of the juice's avitar and thought about how i have been wondering for the past three years, what the hell that is a picture of.

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  Dan-O

  Mine is a pic of some fat, bald guy with a lot of body hair. I found a bunch of photos of him stored in our digital camera. I'm much younger & better looking than he is.
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  Things Learned Along the Way

  by blondie in

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  i have collected sayings, homilies, whatever along the way that crystallize something bigger i learned.

  i will post a few every day.

  if you have one, please share it.. if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.. to belittle is to be little.. somewhere, i got the idea if i just took care of others, i would be taken care of.. blondie

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  Dan-O

  LOL! I have ears, Blondie. They just don't stick out there like my brother's ears do.