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  Name Game....Yeah it's Fluff

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i just read our newest member's, borghater, post.

  i love the word he used, borganisation, and i wonder if we can come with some more "borg" names and words.. have at it.

  it's all in fun.. josie.

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  Borgbag
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  $175 Tax on Every Cow ("Fart Tax")

  by skeeter1 in

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  the news stories are reporting that the epa has proposed a tax on cows and other farm animals.

  the tax is $175/cow (amounts for other animals are lower).

  the reason is methane gas, a greenhouse gs.. the price of beef and dairy is expected to rise dramatically.

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  Give them a few more years and they'll attach gas meters to our assholes and send us monthly bills for our personal emissions.

  I'd go broke!!!
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  Mommie Dearest

  by compound complex in

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  isn't it an ironic twist and so very, very hollywood that i was named joan.

  not so unusual a name, i admit.

  but that a cute little blonde girl should have as mother dearest a gorgeous, raven-haired madwoman named christina.

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  I went through the hanger incident was when I was about 12 or 13. My closet had to be kept with pants on one side, and shirts completely on the hanger and hung neatly on the other. One night at about 2:30 in the morning, I was awakened by my mother yelling at me to get up. I had a shirt that was not hung properly, and she told me to get up and hang it up right. I was half asleep, and I asked if I could do it in the morning. WRONG suggestion. She proceeded to get a wire hanger and started beating me with it while yelling at me. I had welts all over my back.

  Growing up, my Mother had OCD. I was the one who had to clean the house. I was made to run the vaccuum in a straight line, and the carpet could not show any lines from the vaccuum. When I was done, if there were any lines showing, or the pattern didn't look right to her, I would have to vaccuum all over again. Same went for dusting...I wouldn't dare argue unless I wanted to get beaten. I did not get spankings, it was more of an uncontrollable rage inside her when she went off on me, and I would end up with welts a lot. Even the times she beat me and then found out that I really hadn't done anything to warrant it, she would never apologize, but tell me it was for a time when I should have gotten it, but didn't. I wish that I could say that this is some type of exaggeration, but it was not. I have even tried telling myself that maybe it wasn't so bad, but truth is, it was. I was petrified of my Mother.
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  What is your best example of Witnesses REPHRASING something to change its meaning?

  by BonaFide in

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  jw's redefine words.

  they change lives as a result, with people actually thinking they are in control, when they are not.. here are some that really have caused me anxiety, arguments, and just complete frustration.

  even when i was a "believer" some of these bothered me.. provision (rule).

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  Rephrasing what the definition of a lie is-aka "Theocratic Warfare".
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  Geochelone sulcata might make our home his home!

  by AK - Jeff in

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  he/she is currently about 6 inches long - but this species is the largest continental tortoise on the planet!

  they can get 3 feet in length and weigh up to 200 pounds.. this one was orphaned somehow in our northern city - wandering down the roads, inviting disaster.

  we have not been able to determine an owner and are busy learning how to keep it alive.

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  By the way, prickly pear cactus and prickly pear fruit is in season now, so if you can find a Mexican Market near where you live, you should have no problem finding it. The pads are really popular around here, people cook and eat them and they taste kinda like green beans. If you can't find any anywhere, let me know and I could mail you up some of the pads. They keep well in the fridge, and you can even plant a few and start your own little cactus garden for him.
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  For those who eat meat , Do you prefer beef, pork, poultry or seafood?

  by StoneWall in

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  just trying to see what the majority on here prefer and why.. going to be having some friends over in a few weeks and trying to decide what to go with this time.. i'm more of a seafood type myself.. i'm glad there's not a red lobster restaurant next door to me or i'd go broke from eating there all the time.. .

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  I am very picky with meat. When preparing, I have to cut every piece of fat, gristle, veiny looking thingies and other oddities that by the time I am done with it, a chicken breast or steak becomes the size of an Hors' Duerves! Not to mention that it has to be cooked very well. Any signs of pink meat, red juices and I will literally want to gag.

  It makes my Dog very happy though, She's not near as picky, and gets lots of good meat scraps
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  Geochelone sulcata might make our home his home!

  by AK - Jeff in

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  he/she is currently about 6 inches long - but this species is the largest continental tortoise on the planet!

  they can get 3 feet in length and weigh up to 200 pounds.. this one was orphaned somehow in our northern city - wandering down the roads, inviting disaster.

  we have not been able to determine an owner and are busy learning how to keep it alive.

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  Your Tortoise is a cutie! I hope you decide to keep him and build him a nice living space!

  He reminds me of this story I saw about a month ago...

  http://gizmodo.com/5271988/tonka-the-bionic-tortoise-gets-wheels-upgrade-kicks-hares-ass-in-a-race

  Tonka the tortoise.

  Tonka got in a tussle with a local dog, who bit off one of her legs. Unable to walk around properly, rescuers had the idea to strap the wheels from a Tonka truck to her underside, turning her into the fastest tortoise around.

  Local resident John O'Dea, 35, has now adopted Tonka and said she loved nothing better than roaming in the vegetable patch and going for ‘walks'.

  Surfer John said: ‘She is doing really well and loves roaming around the vegetable garden on her shiny new wheels.

  ‘She has a particular fondness for tomatoes.

  ‘I take her for ‘walks' regularly around my neighbourhood, I think she likes the speed but I do get a few funny looks.
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  Prayers for Aubrey requested

  by coffee_black in

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  i am sitting in the family lounge at the university of va medical center.

  my grandson has paused his walk after 2 days because his 10 year old sister, aubrey, has had a terrible accident.

  she fell off of a bike, slamming into a tree going downhill.

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  I'm glad things are looking up for your Granddaughter today. I hope she heals very quickly. Sending positive thoughts your way!
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  Things that Annoy Me in Grocery Stores - How About You ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i do a lot of the grocery shopping for my wife and myself as we live out in the mountains and i stop on the way home from working early morning hours.

  there are some things that just drive me bat-$hit crazy sometimes .

  i'll name a few- you carry it from there !

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  Yep, no exaggeration. We have seen several examples of those kinds of things, and has happened several times we have been in there. Some of the things look so good too, but I won't buy any unless they are pre packaged by the workers. With the diaper changing lady, I couldn't believe my eyes, and I called Dave over to see it too, and she just threw the dirty diaper in the bottom of the cart. We were both pretty grossed out by it. I came very close to saying something, but didn't. When I see such stuff going on, I usually just grit my teeth. It seems especially nowadays with flues and such going around that people would be more apt to practice good manners in stores.

  We go there because the produce is dirt cheap and is of good quality. We just make sure to wash it well when we get it home.
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  Things that Annoy Me in Grocery Stores - How About You ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i do a lot of the grocery shopping for my wife and myself as we live out in the mountains and i stop on the way home from working early morning hours.

  there are some things that just drive me bat-$hit crazy sometimes .

  i'll name a few- you carry it from there !

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  Last time I went into Kroger, I was picking out cherries, and a guy came up and put 1 in his mouth. Then another, then another. I was thinking what he was going to do about the pits, and as I watched him, he spit the 3 pits onto the floor.

  Also, there is a supermarket near our house, and I have seen people dig through the help-youself pastries without using tongs or napkins, just their bare hands, and have even seen adults lick the frosting off of their fingers, then reach back in and start digging through again. The worst was seeing an adult taking a bite of a donut, and then putting it back in the case. Not counting all the kids with their dirty hands digging through grabbing donuts and eating them without paying. Another thing about this large supermarket is that nobody speaks English, so if I need to know where something is or how much it is, I have to find out myself which is hard because all the signs are in Spanish too. I won't even mention the Mothers who change their baby's diapers in the aisles, and then leave the dirty diaper in the cart, not bothering to find a trash can! I wish I was kidding, but am not!