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  Please wish me luck....I need it!!!!!!

  by VioletAnai in

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  i've finally made my decision to go cold turkey and quit the vile weed habit!

  today is my first day....i've got aways to go, so i need all the luck in the world.. i'll let you know my progress and whether this is an easy thing to achieve.

  many of you will laugh at this comment i know!!!!!!!!!!!.

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  Violet,

  Wishing you success. You'll be much happier and healthier for the effort.

  Cheers!
  Rational
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  On My Way to Become a US Citizen! YAY!!!!!!

  by gilwarrior in

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  yesterday i got my letter from the ins that informed me that my appointment to answer citizenship questions will be on may 21 and that i should bring my resident card and selective service card.

  hopefully, i'll become a us citizen soon.. yay!.

  "i have so much love to give, but no one to give it to.".

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  Congrats, Gil. (hope this is not premature, of course ;^)

  Rational
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  Meet my Lil Man:)

  by mommy in

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  hey all.

  i just got home from the hospital earlier this evening, but i wanted to post a few pics of my lil man for you.

  i can't believe he is finally here!

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  Awww, he's gorgeous, Wendy. What a perfect head.

  Take care,
  RW
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  Don't read if you're under 30......:)

  by Tatiana in

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  hi guys.

  been gone a few days and i'm glad to be back.

  i missed you all.

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  Larc,

  Your list is a bit harder, but I'll try ...

  1. Where did Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchi Valens die?
  Iowa (or had they entered Kansas by the time the plane hit?)

  2. Who sang the following "A wop, bop, a lew bop, a wop, bam, boom."?
  Little Richard

  3. What was the name of the song in #2?
  Tutti Frutti

  3. Who sang "Blue Suede Shoes" before Elvis.
  Can't recall. Pretty sure it wasn't Ernest Tubb. Carl Perkins, maybe?

  4. Who is Jimmy Swargart's famous rock and roll cousin singer.
  Jerry Lee Lewis?

  5. Which singer married his 12 year old cousin.
  Definitely Jerry Lee Lewis

  6. Who is credited with coming up with the term, "rock and roll"?
  Hmmm, Dick Clark? (nah) A DJ in Philadelphia?

  7. What song is considered to be the first rock and roll song?
  Rock Around the Clock (from the movie "The Blackboard Jungle"), performed by Bill Haley and the Comets (yeah, baby, a One, Two, Three O'Clock Rock. Four, Five, Six O'Clock Rock. Seven, Eight, Nine O'Clock Rock. Ten, Eleven, Twelve O'Clock Rock. We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock around the clock...tonight.)

  8. Which blues singer, sang a very different version of Houndog, before Elvis?
  I dunno, but I'm gonna guess, Carl Perkins?

  9. On tv, who often said, "To the moon, Alice."?
  Ralph Kramer ("The Honeymooners". I was in love with Alice.)

  10. What was the college major of all the members of the group Boston?
  No idea. I was at Bethel when Boston hit the charts, and was too busy to follow music.

  So, Larc, what are the answers?

  Rational
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  What - if any - Religon are you now practicing?

  by lydia in

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  i know this seems like a dumb subject.. but i often wonder if many of us still believe and feel the need to worship - and not the borg either .

  so here is a poll.... what religious orginization - if any - are you affiliated ( this does not mean you had to join it)?.

  or - do you feel that everything is wrong due to the borg..and will you ever consider going to an organized religon again??.

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  Lydia,

  I am now "practicing" Christianity, and hope to eventually get it right. It's tough because 95% of what people commonly call "Christianity" is actually medieval in origin and has less to do with Christ than with the myth of redemptive violence (aka mimetic violence) that has driven many people away from Christ.

  Cheers,
  Rational
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  Don't read if you're under 30......:)

  by Tatiana in

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  hi guys.

  been gone a few days and i'm glad to be back.

  i missed you all.

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  Tatiana,

  Thanks so much. This was great fun!

  1. Kookie ... lend me your COMB.
  2. Turn on, tune in, DROP OUT.
  3. A silver bullet. (may be wrong about this)
  4. Can't remember. (Darn, and I LUVED Peter, Paul and Mary.)
  5. Chicago 7.
  6. Ed Sullivan.
  7. Draft cards.
  8. Spot ("Look, Dick, look! See Spot run!)
  9. Bug, Beetle
  10. The Sharks and the Jets from West Side Story
  11. Beatniks ("It sounds too much like wwwwww....."--Maynard G. Krebs)
  12. "What a revoltin' development THIS is!"
  13. "Get your KICKS on ROUTE 66" (I did, btw)
  14. "... to protect the innocent." (Dragnet, "Badge 714")
  15. shaken, not stirred
  16. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (by the Tokens)
  17. Tropic of Cancer (or was it "Lolita"? Didn't read either one, lol)
  18. a slide rule (I had several)
  19. supposedly Buddie Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens
  20. "... put YOU in the driver's seat."
  21. the limbo
  22. CHOCOLATE (drawn waaaay out, like chooooocccccollllaaaattte)
  23. Twiggy
  24. Louis Armstrong
  25. "Crazy" Guggenheim
  26. Sputnik
  27. Timex watches
  28. Hula Hoop
  29. Hair (I remember feeling guilty in service, cause I enjoyed hearing the music playing at doors.)
  30. can't recall the character's name, but Red always closed his show with "... God bless!"

  Cheers,
  Rational

  edited to add, "How many do I have to get correct to win?"
  reedited cause I forgot to answer numbers 11 and 15 (hey, I'm getting old and careless)
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  Missing In Action?

  by hillary_step in

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  after a bloody battle the roll call begins....lol.

  posters i have missed, where are they?.

  the redoubtable larc,, the ever wise and always reasoned ginny tosken and the interesting and unintimidated d. wiltshire.. hs

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  The redoubtable yet urbane Ms. Tosken has relocated geographically. I infer from recent correspondence that she may not be returning to the board anytime soon. (That is only my inference, mind.) Her insight, wit, style, poise, and tenacity, will be missed, imho.

  As for Larc and D. Wiltshire, I have no information.

  Rational
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  Religiously inclined are Mentally Ill

  by gravedancer in

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  i raised this briefly in chat earlier today and i expect a similar response to this thread.. my opinion is that if you are religious/spiritual then you are mentally ill.

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  Gravedancer,

  I was looking forward to your promised reply to Perry and Five Gospels, so just thought I'd bring this back to the surface for you. (Of course, I realize you've been busy posting obscene references to Christ's "second coming"...)

  Cheers,
  Rational
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  FAULT FINDING and the such of me.etc

  by QUEENIE in

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  i get it all the time of very picky things --- but now i am going to use the woman who hit the homeless man and left him to die on the hood of her car..as a great example of what i am not well u guys you fill in the blanks---shit i do not have a car i use public bus and live in a trailer -- have diabetic with a bum leg and the more i get to know people the better i like my kat!!!

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  Queenie (Lisa),

  Ignore the seemingly uncompassionate responses to your post. I understand exactly what you are saying, and it's true that at times the lack of love among humans is downright depressing. This board can at times reflect that same reality. Please don't give up hope on others, and feel free to email me anytime. Hugs to you and Mamie.

  Take care,
  Rational
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  Paper ,scissors,stone.

  by sleepy in

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  scissors.

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  Five-pound hammer! (Whoohooo)

  Rational