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dobbyiscool - Jul 17, 2004 11:13 am (#851 of 2955)

Glass bottled soda is the absolute best. You can still find IBC rootbeer in the grocery store in glass bottles. We get them on occasion. When they released COS in theatres, you could buy Coca-Cola in glass bottles with a CoS logo on it. I still have the bottle from one in my room.

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Courtney22 - Jul 17, 2004 11:44 am (#852 of 2955)

Mike--- Exactly insurance doesn't cover water skiing and tanning time! that made me laugh Smile So thanks! I also love sunkist thats all I'm drinking right now.

As for the mixed soda thing When you mix coke and sprite it always tasted like ginger ale to me so thats what I'd call it. If I wanted ginger ale and there was none I'd mix some sprite and coke.

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haymoni - Jul 17, 2004 11:53 am (#853 of 2955)

Sticky - when I read "fizzy drinks" all I could think of was "Fizzy Lifting Drinks" from Willy Wonka.

I could do without the burping though! Gross!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 17, 2004 11:54 am (#854 of 2955)

Giant Squid, I did indeed enjoy I,Robot. I think they did a pretty good job of combining the stories. I like the way they updated it but I have one complaint. It is going to be more than 35 years for our world to become that advanced technologically. The ending, however, was left ambiguous. The book is darker and is more of a warning to humanity about being dependent on technology......... ha ha ha....... too late. We cyber geeks are sooooo addicted. I am going to see it again, today, with my godson. I need to see it alone first. I definitely intend to buy it when it comes out on DVD. I thought Will Smith was superb...... so natural and cool.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Doei

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 17, 2004 1:03 pm (#855 of 2955)

Even though I'm only 35, I also remember when it was normal to buy Coca-cola in glass bottles.-- Gina R. Snape

Ditto for me, Gina. (Literally, every word of that sentence is a ditto for me.) I sooo miss glass bottles. Even back in my home town the only glass bottles I see anymore are the little 6 1/2 ounce cokes (we call them "baby Cokes") or bottles of Sun Drop.

To drop back to something DJ Evans said, I do remember people putting salty peanuts in their Cokes. I believe it is a Southern thing. There again, I don't see many doing it anymore when I visit home. Perhaps its not the same experience in a plastic bottle.

I don't know Flame. 35 years is *cough* a lifetime to some people. Think about where technology was in 1969 and where it is today. I haven't seen "I, Robot" or read the Asimov stories, so I don't know exactly how advanced things are portrayed there. But, who knows?

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The giant squid - Jul 17, 2004 1:18 pm (#856 of 2955)

Madame Poppy--my heart (and CPU clock) goes out to you. Come to think, there seem to have been an awful lot of computer meltdowns lately... :\

dobbyiscool, I managed to get a whole six-pack of those CoS Cokes. They actually sat in our office for over a year because I thought someone else wanted them. When I realized I was the only Potty around the mysteriously vanished... Smile

Flame: I'm glad you liked it. You're right about the advanced tech, though. Actually, the sad thing is we're not to far from that level of tech right now, but there's no way it'd become commercially available on that scale in the next 31 years. They'd have to be introducing the prototypes now, and as far as I know, no one's offering cars that roll sideways yet. Smile

Loopy & Gina: "only 35"--how old do you think I am, anyway? Wink

--Mike

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mike miller - Jul 17, 2004 1:40 pm (#857 of 2955)

Poppy - Sorry to hear about your computer and work schedule difficulties. No fun!

Courtney - I hope the reconstruction of the cabin goes well. I know several people who have had difficulties with cabins when no one is there for extended periods of time.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 17, 2004 1:48 pm (#858 of 2955)

Loopy & Gina: "only 35"--how old do you think I am, anyway? Wink -- The Giant Squid

Well, as you're a giant squid, I don't know how long those things live. If you are, in fact, DD, then you're about 150. :-D

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The giant squid - Jul 17, 2004 1:51 pm (#859 of 2955)

Touché, Loopy. Smile

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timrew - Jul 17, 2004 2:44 pm (#860 of 2955)

Hello, you guys,

We had the funeral service for my Dad yesterday morning. For music we had the German carols, 'O, Tannenbaum' and 'Stille Nacht', sung by The Vienna Boy's Choir - not in person, you understand, on a CD!

Dad loved Christmas, and always made sure we had a good one, so Christmas Carols at a funeral were very appropriate in this case.

All your messages pertaining to my Dad, Hans were copied by my son, Matthew, right down to last one from Ticker on post 717. He then had them laminated, and displayed them at the reception afterwards.

You would all blush at the compliments you wonderful Forum people received. Your comments and messages of condolence were read by a lot of people, and everyone said how compassionate and kind-hearted you all were.

Matthew is now going to make a book out of your messages to give to my mother, and I know it will be something she'll treasure.

Once again, thank you all!

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Catherine - Jul 17, 2004 3:06 pm (#861 of 2955)

Tim,

Welcome back to the Forum. You've been in our thoughts, and we've missed you.

See you around the Forum, I hope!

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haymoni - Jul 17, 2004 3:55 pm (#862 of 2955)

Tim - I'm tearing up reading YOUR post. I wonder if any of your relatives will come and visit us here!

You have been missed and I'm sorry you haven't seen POA yet!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 17, 2004 4:03 pm (#863 of 2955)

Wow, go on vacation for a week and come back to 247 posts on the chat thread alone! I've done my best to read them all but must admit to skimming a few--but whose they were I'll never tell

Let me just say there is no cottage big enough to accommodate a rainy week at the beach plus 3 small children. Also, it was brought home quite forcibly to me that I can no longer tolerate the mildest of amusement park rides. I actually had to hold my seven year old's hand on the ferris wheel, not because he was scared, but because I was! I still hold out hope for my old favorite, the Tilt-o-Whirl, but I suspect it too, will leave me nauseous. So sad.

I've missed so much this past week, but I need to address the following:

Tim, I was so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I am glad that everyone's kind words were such a source of comfort for you and your family.

Ozymandias, I am sure you were able to see from all the posts that you are by no means the odd man out. So many people feel disenfranchised at some point in their lives. I believe Gina gave some very good advice and was it Loony Lupin who said, this shall pass? Because it will.

Hem Hem, I was so happy to see that someone here had read Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue! I spent many hours this winter curled up in my favorite chair at Starbucks reading that book and garnering very strange looks from the patrons whenever I burst out laughing. Bill Bryson affects me like strong wine.

Lastly, I have to get in on the Coke/Pop debate. I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned and I can only assume Rebecca would have beat me to it if she wasn't at camp--but here in Massachusetts, all soft drinks are referred to as tonic. As in, "Would you like some tonic?" I have seen Moxie and even tried it on one occasion and if there is a more foul tasting drink I have not met it. I too, remember Coke in glass bottles--you could buy them at the local gas station when I was a kid. It was one of those old fashioned vending machines where you opened the door and took out the bottle. Ahh, the memories.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 17, 2004 4:17 pm (#864 of 2955)

I'm so sorry for your loss Tim. I too am glad all the messages from people here were a source of comfort for your family.

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Chris. - Jul 17, 2004 4:32 pm (#865 of 2955)

It's sad to hear of your loss, Tim. My thoughts are with you and your family. It's good to see you back on the Forum.

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Kowalla - Jul 17, 2004 8:32 pm (#866 of 2955)

Wow. I didn't think I would ever get through all these posts! So many things I wanted to comment on, now I can't even remember half of it!

Tim, I am so sorry about the loss of your dad. I do think that is such a wonderful idea to make a book out of all those posts. I'm sure that's something your mother will treasure forever.

Now, I couldn't help but join the soda discussion. I love hearing all about how different areas have different words for the same stuff. So interesting. For everyone that has been looking for RC Cola, all you have to do is head to your nearest Wal*Mart. I sell tons of it everyday. For everyone that likes experimenting with "suicides" (that's what I've always known it as too) you can now get special flavoring to add to your soda! So if you ever wanted to try a vanilla Dr. Pepper, now you can! Wow, did that just sound like an awful commercial or what! I did think it was a great idea though! The raspberry went REALLY well in lemonade too.

I wish we had an A&W drive in to get a gallon of root beer! That would be heaven! We do have an A&W restaurant though, with great hamburgers, & of course, the old fashioned root beer float!

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DJ Evans - Jul 17, 2004 8:53 pm (#867 of 2955)

Tim, so glad to see you are back with us, you've been missed by all. It's not been the same without you!!! Glad to know that our posts gave some comfort to you and your family at this hard time.

I hope I'm not out of line here, but this forum was started, I believe, with the purpose of bringing together HP fans. Fans who wanted to discussed and theorized on all of the ins/outs of HP. What came out of that one simple thought as an extra plus, is a family. I feel we've all become one big huge family on here. And as a family we stick together, give comfort when needed, offer advice when asked for, etc... When one of us is hurting, the rest of us feels that hurt or when something good has happen--the joy is felt by all. I don't think there is another Forum around that can even touch what we have here and I'm proud to be a very small part of it. We've got a great leader, some wonderful Mod's that keep us all on our toes, and the most amazing members to be found!! Gosh, I didn't mean to run on there, like that--but I just wanted everybody to know how "this" member feels about you lot. You're all wonderful and I wouldn't trade a one of you for anything!!!

Courtney22, I can't even imagine what all you & your Dad went through when you walked through the door and discovered your cabin in that shape. I just hope everything can be replaced that was lost.

Loopy Lupin, yes I believe the salty peanuts in a Coke is definitely a Southern thing. I can remember doing it mostly back in the days of when we had the "original" Coke. But I am glad to see that somebody else remembers the combination. I was beginning to wonder if it was only in our area that we did it.

So Mike & Flame--so you recommend seeing "I, Robot" then, I take it? I'm a huge Will Smith fan along with Sci-Fi, so really how could you go wrong in that, right? Will was on the "Regis/Kelly Live Show" this morning and he was saying that most of the movie is done by CGI. From the clips that I've seen it looks like it would be pretty good.

OK, everybody have a fabulous weekend!!!!

Later, Deb

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Mrs. Sirius - Jul 17, 2004 8:54 pm (#868 of 2955)

Penny I'd forgotten that you read Spanish. Off the top of my head I can recommend anything by Isabel Allende, she writes in Spanish and many of her works are translated to English. Gabriel Garcia Marques is wonderful, I've read his short stories in Spanish. His full novels I read in English though. When I read in Spanish I often like to like have the English text handy as a reference. Oh and Mario Vargas Llosa, I actually have not finished anything by him in Spanish, halfway through I've had to switch to English, but he is great writer.

I will give your question some more thought, my husband is actually the great reader in Spanish, I'll ask him for more author. He is currently reading Por Favor Rebobinar by Alberto Fuguet which several days ago he recommended to me.

Oh Tim welcome back.

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JK Powers - Jul 17, 2004 11:03 pm (#869 of 2955)

I'm writing to introduce myself, this is my third post. I had to post a Neville theory first, and then I felt inclined to comment somewhere else (2am, I should be in bed, I already forgot where I wrote). I've been reading for weeks, I finally realized that I wouldn't get approved to post until I e-mailed the Lexicon.

Anyway, my name is JK, I live in Delaware (US) and finally saw the PA movie last night.

Just saying hello.

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Leprechaun Jack - Jul 18, 2004 12:02 am (#870 of 2955)

Tim,

Welcome back you were missed. I'm glad that your mother was able to get some comfort from our comments. The book sounds great. If you ever need a shoulder etc... don't hesitate to e-mail.

Jack

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The giant squid - Jul 18, 2004 12:15 am (#871 of 2955)

Tim, welcome back. I, too, am glad that what little we could offer (condolences are good, but they can't beat a good hug) helped to ease your and your family's pain.

JK, welcome to the forum. We have a "tell about yourself" thread that is usually reserved for introductions, but I suppose this one will work as well. Smile See you 'round the threads!

--Mike

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draco all the way - Jul 18, 2004 1:53 am (#872 of 2955)

WOW! Almost 280 posts!

Tomorrow's my maths test and yet here I am. So, if I fail, I BLAME YOU, yes YOU!

When I was in Virginia we called them soda and in Nebraska it was pop, but I prefer soda. Pepsi is my favourite, though I admit I see no difference between it and Coke! Here, in India we call them cool drinks and its still very common to get them in glass bottles.

Tim, I am sorry. Your father seems to have lived an action-packed life and I hope he's doing well where ever he is.

Yesterday, a horrible tragedy took place in my state. 90 schoolchildreen were burned to death when their school building caught fire. The pictures were horrific and the entire country is in shock. But nothing we can do can bring back the children. The most disgraceful thing in all of this is the fact that the teachers RAN AWAY! Not one teacher died and it was the general public who risked their lives to save the children.

Me and the other kids at school talked about it and first it was shock that was expressed but in the end it was anger! How could the adults who were responsible for these primary children just run away!

Of course, as always there are some moments of beauty in times of trouble. The entire town- Muslims, christian, Hindus- are all pulling together in mourning. Despite the fact that it was the country's negligence that caused this tragedy, it is times like these when I am proud of being an Indian - a true secular nation.

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boop - Jul 18, 2004 3:20 am (#873 of 2955)

Tim, welcome back you have been missed. I am glad to hear that our posts help easy some of the pain for you and your family. I think that is a great idea making a book for your mom. Here is a hug for you and one more to pass on to your mom.

Deb, I couldn't agree with you more. This is a special group!!! I do feel like everyone here is part of my family. I have been going through some personal issues and I have found help here among family members. I am very proud to be a small part of this wonderful group of people.

Jk welcome to the best forum out there. Enjoy yourself here and can't wait to read your ideas.

draco all the way, That is so awful to think of what those poor children must have gone through. What were the teachers thinking of? Leaving the children behind, its just so sad. Well those teachers have to live with the thought of watching the children burn, while they saved themselves. I wouldn't want to have that on my shoulders.

As for soda which is what I call it, diet coke and diet sprite are my favorites. I remember mixing different sodas when I was a kid. Some of them tasted pretty awful, hehehe.

Everyone have a great day!!!!

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azi - Jul 18, 2004 3:47 am (#874 of 2955)

Draco - I heard about the tragedy on the news and thought it was awful, I felt so sorry for the parents of the children. I think it was mentioned that the headmaster and kitchen cooks may be brought to justice wasn't it?

In my area of England we say fizzy pop. Coke can count as either coca cola, pepsi or cheap alternatives. I myself prefer coca cola as pepsi and other brands tend to make me sick. The only fizzy pop I call soda is cream soda but its hard to find. Unfortunately, we don't have glass bottles of coke in England. However, in France they do (at least in the Alsace region) and every time I went into a cafe there I'd get a coke in a groovy glass bottle. There isn't much better than sitting in an outside cafe in Strasbourg watching the world go by while drinking a coke. Smile Coke also tastes better in France and Germany than in Britain, even if its in a plastic bottle.

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Flame Alligator - Jul 18, 2004 4:39 am (#875 of 2955)

Hey D.J.Evans it is good to see yet another SciFi fan. I do indeed recommend I,Robot. It was even better the second time around. I am also looking forward to viewing Alien vs. Predator.

Loopy Lupin, as far as technological advances go..... When I was a baby girl, they told us we all would have flying cars by now. Need I say more? Robots that can evolve to become sentient....... in 35 years?......... I don't think so. It is true we have had a lot of technological quantum leaps since 1969, but this is after centuries of knowledge accumulated.

Tim, Welcome back. I missed you. Ditto on the condolences being a comfort.

Draco All The Way, What a horrible, tragic story! As for those teachers who ran.......... COWARDS!!

I am up early today. Mainly, because I DO NOT have to sub this week. *jumping for joy* I am catching up on my house elf duties and then I am going to the "Stepford Tanning Salon" for a quick tan and a bit of rockin' music.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

Goedemorgen

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Marè - Jul 18, 2004 5:39 am (#876 of 2955)

So many posts, pfff, where to begin?

First of all, welcome back Tim! What a lovely idea to use christmas carols to remember your dad. So many times with a funeral people choose sad and "appropriate" music, which doesn't resemble the deceased in any way...

second, Courtney, the story of your strange teacher made me remember something. A few years ago, I was in a youth hostel in south Brittain and my friend and me met these two canadian girls. We decided to go to the pub with the four of us.
Apparently our accents draw the attention of the local drunk, who saw his chance to join our table and loudly tell us how great our countries were, how stupid his own was, how stupid the English people, etc. etc.
There was no stopping him and he was talking so loud that the entire pub was looking at our table at some point. And they weren't too happy.
Luckily for us the bar owner told him to leave at some point, which he did (yelling more insults to the people around us).
I guess you have rude people all around the world. Luckily this man didn't look like he was a teacher.

And third: Draco, I read about that school, front page news in our paper too. But it said that there were some teachers who tried to save the children. I guess they were wrong, how horrible that is!

And I have to agree with Flame on the technological debate. During the industrial revolution, there was time and money for just tinkering around. Leading to some amazing discoveries. Nowadays people need to know what they want to create, slowing the process of finding new things down. (Am I making sense ?) Technical advance isn't going so fast anymore, it seems to have centered around improving things that we already have.

PS for all you soda interested people, how do they call diet coke in Brittain?
Because over here they call it Cola Light (Or Pepsi light or Fanta or whatever) which is a bit odd, seeing how they adopted an english word, that isn't used in that same context in the english speaking world...

And now I'm off. Love and groetjes (for Flame, new word.)

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Chemyst - Jul 18, 2004 6:00 am (#877 of 2955)

Deb (DJEvans from post #867) was commenting on how much this forum feels like a family. Since we've had so many "babies" adopted this month, I would like, first of all to say welcome, and then to encourage those who have not done so, to go back to your change preferences page (the link is in the top right teal bar just beneath the "you are logged in as ---") and add a line or two about yourself. Just a teeny clue as to who you are and what you're about will strengthen the "family ties." The "Tell us About Yourself" thread Mike mentioned (#871) is a good start too, but for those of us with less than perfect memories, appending your preference page is better.

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draco all the way - Jul 18, 2004 6:51 am (#878 of 2955)

Yes, the headmaster has been jailed and now all the schools with thatched roofs are being inspected. You might of all seen the story in the papers but I don't think any of you have seen the pictures or the videos from t.v that I've seen. Indian television has hardly any censorship when it comes to news. The things I've seen on t.v especially after 9\11 are things I wish I had never had the misfortune of seeing.

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Flame Alligator - Jul 18, 2004 7:16 am (#879 of 2955)

Mare, Thanks for the new word. van hetzelfde (correct?)

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Marè - Jul 18, 2004 7:27 am (#880 of 2955)

Very good!

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septentrion - Jul 18, 2004 8:21 am (#881 of 2955)

Elanor, glad to see you found your way to this thread ! I'm like you, reading the HP series in english now, but lately I had to put my nose back into the french version to translate some pages of the Lexicon. I'm even reading OoTP in french, and I must say, even if a translation isn't like the original version, we don't have a bad translation here. I haven't read LOTR in english yet but they're waiting for me on my shelf !

Tim, I'm glad with the others to see you back and to know our few words helped your family.

Draco ATW, I haven't heard of that tragedy (no time for the news these last 2 days), and it seems to be horrible. 90 young dead people ! That shouldn't have happened !

About the soda discussion, well, in France, we call them "soda", but we don't have such a choice as you seem to have in the US. And people don't make the difference between coca-cola or pepsi, they're both called "coca". Marè, we also say "coca light" for diet coca.

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VeronikaG - Jul 18, 2004 9:21 am (#882 of 2955)

Draco ATW, I thought about you when I heard the news, hoping it wasn't your school. Luckily it wasn't. You say you have been to school in many countries, which ones have you lived in? Are you in a military or diplomat family?

Courtney, I had a teacher who resembled yours. In each class he'd rant on about everything that was wrong in the world. If we were happy when we walked into his classroom, we were depressed walking out. And this is what he managed to tell a Korean girl who had been bullied and nearly killed herself when she was younger: "If I had been 10 cm taller, I'd have been the nazi ideal! You, on the other hand, "Anne"...." (I'm not typing her real name here).

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mollis - Jul 18, 2004 9:24 am (#883 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 18, 2004 9:24 am

I would like to second haymoni's post Tim. Your post brought tears to my eyes, and that's not easy. I am so happy that our posts brought comfort to both you and your family. Welcome back!

draco - That is awful what happened to those children! I admit, I haven't watched much news this weekend, so I hadn't heard about that. If those teachers truly left the children to fend for themselves, I hope they are brought to justice.

As to the technology advancement slow down - in my opinion, it is primarily do to the almighty dollar. Inventions don't get the time of day anymore unless companies are sure they can make a profit.

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Detail Seeker - Jul 18, 2004 10:28 am (#884 of 2955)

Picking up the soft drink sub-thread again: While the information, that the whole set of carbonated, sparkling soft drinks is calles Brause in german might be useless here, it might be more interesting, though as useless trivia as the former, that we still do have glass bottles here for those - sometimes at least. The german soft drink industry agreed long ago on a common type of return bottle, so that they are interchangeable between the different brands of soft drinks. That reduces the logistical effort needed to redistribute them to the fillers. For the PET-bottles, it seems, the have just done the same. Only CocaCola and Pepsi want their own bottle form...

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 18, 2004 10:50 am (#885 of 2955)

Sounds pretty efficient, Detail Seeker. Very Happy

Coke and Pepsi having their own bottles made me wonder if you've ever seen "Good Bye, Lenin!" Not exactly "on topic" here, but I was reminded of that movie for some reason.

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The giant squid - Jul 18, 2004 1:24 pm (#886 of 2955)

mollis, that was what I was trying to say, re: technology. Back in the day, folks were able to invent for invention's sake; it was simply a matter of, "Look what I've discovered!" These days, it not only has to be innovative, it has to be lucrative...and most investors will take old and profitable over new & exciting. Sad

I want my flying car!!

--Mike

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Flame Alligator - Jul 18, 2004 2:18 pm (#887 of 2955)

Laughing out loud Mike (Giant Squid). Awwwww sorry. I want my flying car too.

Thanks marè.

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DJ Evans - Jul 18, 2004 4:37 pm (#888 of 2955)

Draco, I too saw on the news about that school burning and all of those sweet innocent lives being lost. I instantly thought of you & prayed it wasn't your school. Still, it saddens me to think of what those kids must have gone through. I can't even begin to think what those teachers should get as punishment for leaving them like that. Thankfully you are OK!!!!!!! I am sorry that you had to see it all on the TV--I think sometimes they go overboard on just what all they do show sometimes on the news.

Betty, I'm so sorry to hear that you've been going through some things, I hope it's nothing too bad/serious and that everything will work out for you. I'll be sure and keep you in my thoughts and prayers!!! Remember, we're here if you need us!!!

Chemyst, that's a wonderful suggestion that you made to the new members that haven't given us a bit of information on themselves, to do so on the "Change Your Preference" page. It would even be a good idea for us older members to check up our own and see if anything needs to be updated on our own profile!!! Thanks for thinking of it & making the suggestion!!!

As far as the technology that we have today? Hey, I'm still remembering how I just knew they would have the machines out by now that fixed all of our meals, dressed us, cars that folded up to the size of a briefcase, etc.... I can remember being a kid and watching the cartoon "The Jetsons" and couldn't wait till I was older & would be able to enjoy all of that stuff!!! hee hee Don't we wish?!?!?!?!? I just wonder what someone from the 18th century would think of all of the technology that we have today? It would blow their minds for sure, I would think!!!

Later, Deb

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Susurro Notities - Jul 18, 2004 5:25 pm (#889 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 18, 2004 5:35 pm

Thanks for the Hello Sarah. Needed a break but think I will be back for a while now. Missed you all.


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S.E. Jones - Jul 18, 2004 6:07 pm (#890 of 2955)

Well, it's great to have you back Susurro!!! I can't wait to start hearing more from you on the threads, I've really missed your quick mind and eloquent way of phrasing things. And I know I'm speaking for others when I say that..! Welcome back!!!

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Kowalla - Jul 18, 2004 6:34 pm (#891 of 2955)

You know, I have often thought of the same thing, DJ. It's really quite amazing if you stop & look at everything around you, through the eyes of someone from the past. Just look at the clothes people wear, the vehicles they drive. Can you imagine their reaction to a washing machine & dryer? or a dishwasher? Think about television, or cell phones. They had to wait forever to send a letter to a family member, now we can talk to people half-way around the world!

Draco, I am so sorry to hear about those poor children! I saw a headline in our newspaper about it, but didn't get the chance to read it. I feel so sorry for all the families that have lost their children in such a horrible way. They will all be in my prayers.

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Hem Hem - Jul 18, 2004 8:50 pm (#892 of 2955)

Hooray! Good to see you again, Susurro! (You see, Sarah was not only speaking for herself! )

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Ticker - Jul 18, 2004 9:21 pm (#893 of 2955)

My life of "leisure" is over - Aria crawled for the first time a few minutes ago!

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 18, 2004 9:24 pm (#894 of 2955)

Yikes. Crawling is definitely no good. Mine is five and EVERYWHERE!! Anyways. Congrats on the milestone. Get lots of pics. Sending Hugs and Tylenol for the(re)newly busy parents.

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boop - Jul 18, 2004 9:53 pm (#895 of 2955)

I want to wish Brandon and Chemyst(Laurel) both I hope you both have a wonderful day!!!!!

Ticker, aaawww that is so cute have lots of fun. Now she can follow you all around,hehehe

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Julia. - Jul 18, 2004 10:14 pm (#896 of 2955)

HAPPY BRITHDAY BRANDON AND CHEMYST!!!!!!!*insert cool smilie here* Hope you both have a great day and a great year! *pulls out butterbeer and passes it to Brandon and Chemyst* Have a good day everyone, especially you two!

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Hem Hem - Jul 18, 2004 10:23 pm (#897 of 2955)

Wow, Ticker, it's so crazy that Aria's gotten so big. It seems like she was only born a couple of months ago (when was she born actually -- November?)

Happy birthday to the birthday boy and girl! If I'm a few hours early, then please allow my good wishes to extend into tomorrow! Have a great day!

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draco all the way - Jul 18, 2004 10:34 pm (#898 of 2955)

School's closed in respect for those lost in the fire today. I KNOW I shouldn't feel happy, but no school, no maths test, no homework...what can I say?

Did I ever say I lived in alot of countries? No, I've only ever lived in the U.S and India, but I've moved between the 2 countries quite alot. An let me tell you it's hard on a teenager to move around so much, especially between 2 countries which are SO different. You never fit in. Remember Jess from Bend it Like Beckham- that's me!

Also, thank you for thinking of me when you read the news, but really my school is not like the school in the news. Those are rural schools with thatched roofs and mud floors. I live in Chennai, an urban city where the schools have a much better infrastructure.

Ticker, my cousin just started to crawl and let's just say I'm not so fond of babysitting her anymore. HAVE FUN!

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst!

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Ozymandias - Jul 19, 2004 1:05 am (#899 of 2955)

Happy birthday to Brandon and Chemyst!!!

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The giant squid - Jul 19, 2004 1:07 am (#900 of 2955)

Ticker, my congratulations to Aria and my condolences to you. Wink Time to really child-proof the house, if you haven't already. I can always tell the home of someone with young children--there's nothing grab-able below 3' that isn't made by Fisher Price. Very Happy

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The giant squid - Jul 19, 2004 1:07 am (#900 of 2955)

Ticker, my congratulations to Aria and my condolences to you. Wink Time to really child-proof the house, if you haven't already. I can always tell the home of someone with young children--there's nothing grab-able below 3' that isn't made by Fisher Price. Very Happy

--Mike

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boop - Jul 19, 2004 3:10 am (#901 of 2955)

Mike, LOL like that never thought of it that way. Thanks for the laugh!!

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Devika - Jul 19, 2004 4:00 am (#902 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst!

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 19, 2004 4:21 am (#903 of 2955)

Happy Belated Birthdays Brandon & Chemyst

Tim, welcome back... your input has been missed on this forum. Again I am touched to hear that the condolences from your forum family were a source of comfort to you & your family. Makes me even more proud to be a part of this family. The idea of a book for your Mum is really lovely... again, my thoughts & prayers are with you & your family.... give your Mum a great big hug from me!

Anbigin, thanks for the info on the grade system... sorry if I came across as being a bit thick... I just never knew how the grade system worked.... thanks for filling me in ... It makes so much more sense now

Ticker... Aria is crawling.... look out world.... I can't believe she is crawling already.... well as they say Tempus fugit when you're having fun eh!

Draco ATW, I also thought of you when I heard the news over the weekend. Glad to know you are ok.

Welcome back Susurro... you too Devika

Flame & Mike, about the flying car... too bad we can't ask Arthur for a loan

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VeronikaG - Jul 19, 2004 4:28 am (#904 of 2955)

I want a flying car too! The problem is I don't even have the license to drive a rolling one, so I bet they'll not let me drive one that flies!

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst.

Congratulations on having a mobile baby, Ticker. This means that in a few months she'll walk, and then she'll run, and you'll need to grow eyes in the back of your head. ;-)

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Doris Crockford - Jul 19, 2004 5:16 am (#905 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst! Only 2 more days til mine (July 21)! I got the POA soundtrrack, and so far, it's great! I'll have more time to listen tonight after my first day at Driver's Ed. I'm really nervous, and I have to leave soon. See you all later!

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Leprechaun Jack - Jul 19, 2004 5:23 am (#906 of 2955)

Happy birthday Brandon and Chemyst. Happy birthday to anyone else I missed so far this month. And a very Happy Early birhtday to you Doris Crockford.

Jack

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B]tracie1976[/B] - Jul 19, 2004 5:26 am (#907 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst!!!

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Catherine - Jul 19, 2004 5:28 am (#908 of 2955)

Happy Birthday to Laurel (Chemyst) and Brandon!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 19, 2004 5:56 am (#909 of 2955)

Aria crawled for the first time a few minutes ago! – Ticker

Congratulations, I suppose. Hehe. Get used to the phrase: "Where's the baby?"

Happy birthday to Chemyst and Brandon!

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mike miller - Jul 19, 2004 6:18 am (#910 of 2955)

Tim - Welcome back. Know that you were missed and that you and your family were in our thoughts and prayers.

I have been so impressed with the quality of people on this forum. The support and caring seen here has bolstered my belief in humanity. Normally, you can look around and find many examples where it seems somebody's "peed in the gene pool". I am honored to be a proud member of this family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON & CHEMYST!!!

Ticker - You've just hit a major milestone. Look out, the ride is just beginning!

Betty - Stay positive, everything goes in cycles.

Draco - The news of the fire and deaths saddens us all. Let's hope that this tragedy will result in some changes that will prevent this from ever happening again.

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icthestrals - Jul 19, 2004 6:37 am (#911 of 2955)

Hey DJ, sorry it took me so long to respond to you. I wasn't on the computer all weekend. I would have been a Star Trek: Voyager fan, but my local station carrying the show had its tower struck by lightning during the first season. They didn't repair it until the last season!! (I couldn't get the station in from where I live.)

I asked for Enterprise recordings, but Voyager would be welcomed as well. I live in the country, so no cable and I don't have a satellite because I can't afford it. So...I'm at the mercy of generous folk. Beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for thinking of me!!

Hello to everyone else and have a great Monday!

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boop - Jul 19, 2004 6:43 am (#912 of 2955)

Deb and Mike thank you, things are starting to improve for me. I still a ways to go, but one day at a time.

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scully jones - Jul 19, 2004 7:37 am (#913 of 2955)

Surprise Happy Birthday Brandon and Laurel!

Gosh, there sure are a lot of posts I've missed. I went to Cedar Point yesterday, rode a couple rides. Wicked Twister wasn't as scary as it's made out to be, really.

I got a cool pic drawn of me! Like it?

I've got some pictures I'm putting up on my site, none from the park though.

I shudder to think of what those children went through, and I hope someone is duly punished. These things should not happen. I can't imagine what the parents are going through.

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Marè - Jul 19, 2004 7:52 am (#914 of 2955)

Icthestrals, I wished you lived in my country. I have most (missing maybe five) Voyagers on tape. (Somewhere, okay, so I still need to sort them out.)
I don't know what kind of internetconnection you have, but you can also find all them hanging around the web somewhere. The enterprise series as well I guess.

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icthestrals - Jul 19, 2004 8:18 am (#915 of 2955)

Thanks Marè. I use my wonderful, up-to-date computer at work (he he) to read the forum and surf the net. My computer at home is a dinosaur and I have let my internet subscription expire because I could almost clean my entire house before a site would load!! Oh well, perhaps when they come out on DVD, as DJ suggested, I could buy them as a box set.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 19, 2004 9:04 am (#916 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Brandon and Chemyst!

Have lots of fun and butterbeer.

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anbigin - Jul 19, 2004 9:16 am (#917 of 2955)

Hey ischestrals, I'm in Greece for the summer but when I get back I would be more than happy to record them and send them your way as I too watch them when I can:) Just let me know what you want me to do - I should be getting back and settled in the middle of August.

Oh, and Fawkes, I didn't think your inquiry was anything other than "cultural differences" realted. Actually I completely understand where you're confusion lays as I have no idea how the system works in your neck of the world.

Happy B-day to all that deserve it Wink *insertion of evil grin here*

Baby on the move - hahaha - that's pretty hillarious, but yea, any ways, congratulations Ticker on the moving life form:) should make life more interesting for the next say 20 years (muahahahhahahaha)

To all those with horrid misfortunes (i.e. death of a parent:(, death of wee ones): AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I scream a hundred horrors and hurt a thousand times over for you and those involved. Death always hurts, probably because it tends to be so random. Just know that my thoughts are with you and what have you. Peace - Kat

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icthestrals - Jul 19, 2004 9:21 am (#918 of 2955)

anbigin, Hey thanks. You can email me and we can set up the details when you get back. Click on my avatar and you will see my email address. Put Star Trek in the subject line or that you are from the HP forum, otherwise I will delete it.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 19, 2004 9:25 am (#919 of 2955)

I am actually really tired today. On Friday my daughter had an appointment with the Allergist and we found out she has a 3+ allergy to DUST. Yikes. She can barely sleep at night cause she keeps coughing herself awake, thus I cannot sleep either. Help. What do you do aside from the "wash the sheets in hot water" I know what the Doc's say, but I would like some TRIED and True suggestions. It is eating into my Potter time(Just kidding) Seriously, I want her to be able to sleep at night. Any suggestions?

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icthestrals - Jul 19, 2004 9:59 am (#920 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty, I too have been diagnosed as allergic to dust mites. I am also allergic to cats, dogs and horses. My allergies are not very severe, but I do make sure that my bed linens are washed in hot water every other week. If my clothes hang in the closet for longer that a week, I wash them before I wear them.

I am not the cleanest person, meaning I don't dust and vacuum as often as I should because the dust makes my sinuses go crazy! I have someone else clean my house, but when I do have to do it, I jump in the shower as soon as I'm finished.

I feel for you and your daughter. I tried plastic on my bed and pillow, but that just doesn't work. I refused to get rid of my cats, dogs and stay away from horses. I just suffer through. I tried allergy medications also, but they didn't do much for me. Hope some of this information helps.

EDIT: If your daughter sleeps with a stuffed animal (don't know how old she is) you might want to find one that can be washed and dried.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 19, 2004 10:22 am (#921 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty, I don't mean to presume that you haven't searched the web already, but here's a link that seems like it might be helpful:

http://www.remedyfind.com/hc-Allergies.asp

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haymoni - Jul 19, 2004 10:37 am (#922 of 2955)

I am allergic to dust and my mom removed the stuffed animals from my room. I wasn't emotionally attached to any of them so it wasn't a big deal.

I had hardwood floors with rugs so that the carpet wasn't holding a bunch of dust. My mom vacuumed a lot though.

I still sneeze like crazy when I clean, but fortunately none of my children seem to have my allergy problems.

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D.W. - Jul 19, 2004 10:40 am (#923 of 2955)

Sleeping beauty, you can buy covers for mattresses and pillows in most stores that sell bedding (at varying prices). Now-a-days these are made of fabric, not plastic and can help a lot with night time dust allergies (we have them on all our mattresses)you can also buy pillows made with some type of man made filler which is better for allergy sufferers than down or any type of feathers. (you may already have these) Washable night time toy companions are usefull and I've also heard/read somewhere that if you freeze these it will help (though I've not done that myself). Good luck. Donna.

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Catherine - Jul 19, 2004 11:15 am (#924 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty,

I will ditto the fine posts that preceded mine, and tell you that I have emailed you something. I decided to do that because the post was so long that I didn't think anyone else would even bother to read it!

I've been in your daughter's situation, and I hope you can find ways to manage her condition.

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septentrion - Jul 19, 2004 11:22 am (#925 of 2955)

happy birthday Chemyst and Brandon !

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DJ Evans - Jul 19, 2004 11:29 am (#926 of 2955)

Ticker, oh how great that the little one is crawling!!!! Gosh, before you know it, it will be prom night!!! They just seem to grow up so fast. All I can say, is to enjoy each and every minute/second of her at this stage--cause it won't last for long!!!!

Hey, Brandon and Chemyst?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


Hope it's the best birthday that you've had so far!!!

Mike---"....and find many examples where it seems somebody's "peed in the gene pool" Thanks for the chuckle of the day there!!!

Betty, oh I'm so glad that things are getting better for you. Hope each day is a little bit better and to keep good thoughts coming your way. Here's a great BIG ol' HUG for you!!! armsBETTYarms!!!!

Icthestrals, oh I'm so sorry that I misunderstood you. I guess I'm such a :Star Trek: Voyager" fan, that whenever I see Star Trek, that is where my poor ol' little brain goes. I don't ever watch the series "Enterprise" myself. I don't know, but it just doesn't seem to have the flair of the other Star Treks or something to me. Maybe because it is going backwards in the series? Anyway, I do see where anbigin can copy them for you! Fantastic!!!!

Later, Deb

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 19, 2004 11:30 am (#927 of 2955)

Just wanted to pop on here and say hello to everyone. I've been away from the forum for over a month and am completely apalled at myself for it. The amount of posts I have to catch up on is disgusting. I guess its a good thing I don't have anything to do at work today.

Hope everyone is having a lovely afternoon!!!!

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Padfoot - Jul 19, 2004 1:40 pm (#928 of 2955)
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Happy birthday Brandon and Chemyst! Birthday Balloons

DracoATW, I heard about those kids and immediately thought of you. You are older of course, but I wondered if it was near you. Those poor parents, having to go through all that grief. Those teachers who ran away should be ashamed of themselves.

Welcome back Tim! We have missed you and your funny comments. You always make me smile.

Sleeping Beauty, I too suffer from allergies. Well I try not to let them get the best of me. I am allergic to dust, grasses, molds, trees and anything cute and fuzzy. For a while I was taking allergy shots (6 years or so). Now I have built up a tolerance so I don't feel the symptoms as much. At least in Colorado that is. I figure that whenever I move to another state, I will need to resume allergy shots once again. I also take medication everyday and have for 20 years. My first allergist recommended we get rid of the family dog! Can you believe that? I laughed in his face at that stupid suggestion. I am allergic to horses the most, followed by cats. Growing up my best friend had two cats and a horse. LOL.

Betty, I hope you feel better soon. *Hugs* You were one of the first people to welcome me to this forum family. So I always think of you as one of the moms of this forum.

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boop - Jul 19, 2004 1:50 pm (#929 of 2955)

aaawww Padfoot that brought tears to my eyes, that was so sweet. Thank you so much you have no idea what this means to me. I am feeling better just going to take time.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 19, 2004 2:06 pm (#930 of 2955)

Didn't know you were feeling poorly. Hope you get better too. Smile

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timrew - Jul 19, 2004 4:01 pm (#931 of 2955)

Happy birthday Brandon and Chemyst! And get well soon, boop!

Thank you all once again for all your kind messages. The members of this Forum have helped me (and other people, too) through a hard time.

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Ticker - Jul 19, 2004 5:37 pm (#932 of 2955)

Thanks all for the words of encouragement & sympathy about my new crawler. My hair is permanently windblown from the speed of the last 8 months. (Well, maybe it looks that way for other reasons as well...)

Tomoe, you shared something about yourself a while back about your daily challenges that I would never have known you faced. You mentioned it while encouraging someone else. It's so far back, I can't find it. I meant to thank you for spending some of your wonderful creative energy with us. It means even more to me now.

Betty, you truly are like a mom to us here. I always picture you with a platter of sandwiches in one hand & a box of butterbeer in the other. (I secretly think Julia has access to your stache.) Thank you for always making us feel so welcome & loved. Glad you're feeling better.

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Susurro Notities - Jul 19, 2004 6:16 pm (#933 of 2955)
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Happy birthday Brandon and Chemyst

Oh Ticker - can she really be that big already?

Thank you for your welcome back Hem Hem and Fawkes Forever. Amazing how one can make wonderful friends through a love of books and a bit of electronics!



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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 19, 2004 6:22 pm (#934 of 2955)

Well, we're in! Whew! I think these last four days have been the longest of my life, though they've been some of the most exciting/frustrating too. On Saturday night, we discovered we had no cold water feeding the washer. The "pumblers" finally came out today and had to tear out parts of my walls to get to a kinked line. My beautiful walls! While they were here, the cable/phone/internet guy, along with the tile layer, foreman, and my father all came out to do repairs. We had a full house, to say the least. But we're all settled in and I can now enjoy my cable and internet! As soon as my car gets fixed *grumble grumble*, things will be pretty darn good.

I'm glad you're back, Tim. Your father's service sounded beautiful. It warms my heart to know that your forum family could bring comfort to you and your family.

Welcome back, Susurro and Virgoddess! How nice to see you both! It's hard enough for me to catch up here after only being gone a few days, I can't imagine how many posts you two have to go through!

Betty, I agree with everyone else. You are a wonderful mom for us all! I can always count on you to offer kind words when I'm in need of them. I'm so happy things are looking up.

Birthday Balloons, Brandon and Chemyst!

Wow, Ticker, what a milestone your daughter has reached! Congratulations to you both! Even though you'll probably be even more exhausted from now on, seeing her little personality really shine through will be totally worth it.

Perhaps it wasn't the Middle Ages then, Tomoe. Perhaps it was during the Renaissance. I read it in some useless fact book, anyway I think. Who knows how accurate their information is?

My husband had a job interview today. It's between him and another person. The job would mean a big raise, though quite a bit more work and a great deal of traveling. However, we wouldn't have to struggle nearly as much as we do now and I could finally go to school full time without having to work as much. So, if I haven't permanently crippled your fingers, cross them again for me!

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 19, 2004 6:33 pm (#935 of 2955)

Sherbie, give your hubby loads of four leaf clovers for me. Crossing my whole being. Thank you to everyone who gave me such wonderful and reassuring advice. You make me feel not alone in this.

Boop, get well, please.

Tim, good to hear from you again and am glad that the Forum has been a comfort to you.

Thank you everyone on this forum for being wonderful to everyone else on the forum.

Ticker, don't worry she'll be walking and running soon enough and, scariest of all, talking. It sure will put the crawling in perspective. Babies are the best.

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Susurro Notities - Jul 19, 2004 6:52 pm (#936 of 2955)

Oh please. Cross fingers, pray, cast a spell or whatever it is you do for luck do for me. My husband is running in a local election. Would really like to see him win.

Will pray for your husband Sherbie and thanks for the welcome back.

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Ticker - Jul 19, 2004 7:18 pm (#937 of 2955)

Su - I forgot to say Howdy! (& thanks for the nifty crawling baby - I guess it's a smilie. It sure made me smile.) It is nice to see you again.

(Crosses fingers & says a prayer for both Su & Sherbie)

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Julia. - Jul 19, 2004 7:35 pm (#938 of 2955)

*runs in breathing heavily* Long day today, very happy to be on my beloved Forum Sherbie, I'm crossing every part of my body that it's possible to cross. Would you like me to Imperio the guy who decides between your husband and the other person?

Betty, get better soon! We need our Mommy to feel good.

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boop - Jul 19, 2004 7:43 pm (#939 of 2955)

Lindsey,Ticker,Tim,Loop Lupin,Julia and Sleeping Beauty, thank you so much don't know what it means to me.

Lindsey, and Sussurron Notities I will keep my body parts that can be crossed for you.

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Susurro Notities - Jul 19, 2004 7:44 pm (#940 of 2955)
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Gina. Thanks. No haven't been around in a bit. So nice to see you, Ticker, and boop again. Thanks boop. You too Ladybug.

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Ladybug220 - Jul 19, 2004 7:47 pm (#941 of 2955)

It's nice to see you back Susurro!

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Chemyst - Jul 19, 2004 8:07 pm (#942 of 2955)

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. I've had a nice one. ('Special thanks to Boop for keeping track of those sorts of things)
Nice to hear you are settled in, Sherbie. All that moving and no house elf to help!
Tim, nice to see you back on boards.

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Kowalla - Jul 19, 2004 8:21 pm (#943 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty, I feel for your poor little girl with her allergies. I have to deal with that as well. I haven't been tested to see what all I'm allergic to, though. (I'm rather scared to) I know the list will more than likely be VERY long.

Boop, I hope you get feeling better soon.

Sherbie & Susurro, just thought you might want to know that it is VERY difficult to type with your eyes crossed, let alone fingers, toes, legs,.... Good luck to the both of you (& your spouses)

Doris Crockford, your birthday is the same as my sisters! Mine is one week from today. (Starting to get excited)

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Chris. - Jul 19, 2004 8:28 pm (#944 of 2955)

Hi everyone. I get up after not being able to sleep, and what do I do? Gte on the Forum, of course!

Boop, hope you are feeling better soon.

Sherbie and Sussuro, my fingers are crossed for the both of you, but like Kowalla said, it's very hard to type. 

Happy Birthday to people I've missed! Which brings me round to the question: do any of the Forum members share a birthday? Mine's 24th September, anyone?...

Bye y'all!

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 19, 2004 8:41 pm (#945 of 2955)

I do share mine with my Gramps, but he don't know Potter . It is August 13, and falls on a FRIDaY this year. :yikes: Leila

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 19, 2004 8:44 pm (#946 of 2955)

Prongs... you almost share a birthday with me.. 6 days difference though. My boyfriend Will's is on the 24th. I'll be sure to remember yours now as well .

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Ozymandias - Jul 19, 2004 8:49 pm (#947 of 2955)

Wow, 50 posts since yesterday night...let's see if I can remember everything.

Draco all the way, I'm so sorry to hear about the fire. Those teachers should be ashamed of themselves. Glad to hear you're in safer conditions, though. (But it'd be better if everyone was...)

Betty, sorry to hear you're not feeling well and hope you are better soon.

Sherbie, congrats on the successful move and good luck to your husband. (Good luck to yours, too, Susurro, what's he running for?)

Ticker, congratulations to you and your daughter!

My birthday is Feb. 16, and it's the same as...um...Levar Burton (Geordi from Star Trek).

Did I miss anything? Sorry if I did.

~Ozy

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Susurro Notities - Jul 19, 2004 9:08 pm (#948 of 2955)

Oh - mine too - Feb. 16! Hi birthday mate Ozy.

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Julia. - Jul 19, 2004 9:13 pm (#949 of 2955)

Mine's September 8th, same day as Gil Meche, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. On the Jewish calander it's the 26th of Elul, i have but no idea who else was born on that date.

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boop - Jul 19, 2004 9:17 pm (#950 of 2955)

AAAWWW GEEE Guys I feel so special. Kowalla, Prongs thank you for the get well wishes. I don't know what to say, so just say thank you so much.

Prongs I will put you on my list I am making of forum members birthdays. As I get a date and name I will add them. I know I miss lots because I don't have the dates. I try and post in the morning of the members birthday so all members know its your birthday and can share in the birthday wishes too.

Sinister Kittens(Jules), this is just for you and a great big hug from me. Surprised)
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Celestina W. - Jul 19, 2004 9:32 pm (#951 of 2955)
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Wow, you guys post too much. I was gone for a weekend and I had over a hundred posts to read on just this thread! Now I might be gone for most of the week (got company coming) so I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I get back.

Birthday wishes to all! Mine is April 2 -- same day as Sir Alec Guinness! I've always thought that was cool. It's also Hans Christian Andersen's birthday and International Children's Book Day, which is just perfect for me.

Those of you who've seen I, Robot, would you recommend it? I might go and see it this week. I thought the previews looked really good.

One more thing to add to the pop discussion; has anybody ever had 1919 root beer? It's the best stuff ever, but I think you can only get it by the keg. People have it at parties sometimes, and a few restaurants around here sell it.

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The giant squid - Jul 19, 2004 10:40 pm (#952 of 2955)

I just realized I completely forgot to send get well wishes to Boop and birthday wishes to Chemyst and Brandon (and anyone else who had one in the last few days). I was thinking of you all ,I swear...I just forgot to write it down. Neutral

Sherbie, one of my projectors broke down today, so things may bode well for your husband's new job. Wink

Fawkes Forever: You know, in all the talk about a flying car I can't believe I didn't make the Weasley connection. Excuse me while I club my head against a wardrobe... *repetitive thudding sound*

Celestina, I'd recommend I,Robot, as long as you aren't expecting anything more than a summer popcorn movie. Get a jumbo Coke ('cause they don't sell Dr. Pepper), a big tub o' popcorn and enjoy! Smile

--Mike

For the record, my birthday is January 31st--Harry's half-birthday. Wink

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Neldoreth - Jul 20, 2004 12:50 am (#953 of 2955)

Hello everyone! Coming back from a great weekend holiday in Switzerland (even got a sunburn : coup de soleil... that hurts...), this being the first time since I joined the Forum a few weeks ago, what the surprise when I notice the 1500 new messages on the Forum... Well, I suppose I'll have to use the "Mark as read"-button...

Elanor and Septentrion, as a french, I agree with reading Harry Potter and Tolkien in english: its quite a different experience! As Septentrion, I go back to the french version currently to come forward in the lexicon-translation and its quite enjoyable actually! But my heart will always go first to the original version

Happy belated Birthday to the concerned people (Chemyst, Brandon, any others perhaps?) and Boop, mine is on March 27th

I wish to all of you a wonderful day (hem, here its raining after a beautiful monday) and all the best for the week!

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Marè - Jul 20, 2004 1:40 am (#954 of 2955)

Sunburn! (Looks outside to the rain..)

And I recently reread Lord of the rings in english. O it's just so much better that way! But the difference between Harry Potter and LotR is that Harry Potter has far more jokes, and some are a bit hard to understand for a not-native-english speaker. So I'm glad I started with Harry in dutch. (Wish I had started with the trilogy in english though..) Do not read old-english translated into old dutch! (think Jane Austen: The translations are pure horror.)
When I came on the forum however, I had a hard time because all the names are different. Now, I have a hard time discussing Harry with all the people here who read it, because I can't remember what the people were called in the translations.

It's just never right...

My birthday is July 15. At least I can say I was born in the same month as Harry!

PS, Now I still forget. I second Fawkes: Hugs and well wishes to Boop!

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 20, 2004 1:42 am (#955 of 2955)

Boop... I didn't know you were poorly (sick) ... so sorry that I didn't wish you all the best before now... after all, you've been one of the forum members who has consistently been there for me when I'm down.... HUGE HUGS to help you feel all better. I also think of you as one of my Forum Mums.... I hope you don't mind *another squishy hug for Betty*

Happy Birthday Jules.... haven't seen you in a bit.. I suppose you're busy with the new shop.... and Happy Birthday Doris

Talking of birthdays, Mare.... happy belated for the 15th.... you should have let us know... we could have had a party in St Mungos *sneaks off to grab butterbeers from Boop & Julias secret stash*

Sherbie.... fingers are still crossed..... Susurro... might have to cross my toes... if thats ok... *makes mental note to ask Flame if crossing your toes is (a) possible, (b) perhaps could be a nifty new yoga posture or (c) Perhaps I'm just a bit nuts*

Mike.... I have a bit of a soft spot for the 'ol flying ford anglia as it reminds me of my parents.... their first car when they got married was a blue ford anglia... alas it didn't fly.... unless they know something I don't

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Tomoé - Jul 20, 2004 1:49 am (#956 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Brandon, Chemyst and Doris!

Draco - I didn't watched the news over week-end, 90 students burned alive and the teachers ran away, leaving the poor kids all by themselves! That's so awful!

Courtney - Talk about bad luck! I hope you and your family didn't lost anything un-replaceable.

haymoni - I had caused disaster with lousy capped milk bottle too. ^_~

Sherbie - I thought it was likely a trivial fact from the Renaissance instead of Middle Ages, but couldn't knew for sure. As Gina said, it took centuries after that for the water to be "politically correct".

Poppy -> I'm sorry for the stuff you lost with your computer (that make me think I should do a back-up copy of my stuff).

Ditto to everything everyone said about this forum being like a family.
So, JK Powers - Welcome home! ^_^
And Susurro - Welcome back! ^_^

Ticker -> Life of "leisure" is over, but the best is yet to come.^_~
I meant to thank you for spending some of your wonderful creative energy with us.
  *blushing* er .. thanks. Chat & Greetings 2004 - Page 5 1437562208

Sleeping Beauty- I'm so sorry about your daughter, I hope you'll manage.

I didn't do much this week-end, I read Song of Susannah by Stephen King (Miréimé let me borrow her copy). I can hardly wait until September 21 for the seventh and last book of the series! I also went to my Uncle summer house, that was nice. ^_^

I'll have a medieval wedding this wedding this week-end, I must finish my new robe before Saturday, I'm not sure I'll manage though. There's also a march Thursday for my favorite radio station, the Canadian governmental broadcasting bureau decided to close the station because they received 48 complaints in 8 years about one of the talk man. The station did take some measure to correct those thing! and some of the complaints come from anonymous e-mails (almost half of them if I remember well)! I didn't thought I had to march for freedom of press in Canada in the 21th century!

Edit : I hope you'll get better soon Betty, let me give you a cyber hug.

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Devika - Jul 20, 2004 2:20 am (#957 of 2955)

Hi everyone!

Boop and Betty, hope you get ok soon...

Sleeping beauty, I'm really feeling bad for your daughter. I hope she develops resistence soon...

Happy Birthday in advance Doris!

This weekend I spent mostly cleaning up the home with my mum, since we returned after a long holiday... lots of laundry, and washing up and cleaning up to do! But I joined my University again on Monday, which was lovely. I had really been missing my friends a lot and it felt good to get back to the normal routine.

For the record, my birthday is October 28th. That's the same as Julia Roberts... makes me happy since I quite like her!

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boop - Jul 20, 2004 4:10 am (#958 of 2955)

Mike, Maire, Fawkes, Tomoe, Devika, and everyone else for the well wishes. I know this is going to seem hard to believe but true, I am dealing with depression. I have been put on medicine so my bad days are becoming fewer. Everything just caught up with me. The Love I am feeling from everyone is overwhelming. This brings tears, but not sad tears. I have felt every single hug that I have received. I'm proud to be called the Forum Mom, what an honor that is.

Fawkes thanks for the Laugh

Marie I am so sorry we missed your birthday, so here is a late

Thanks for the birthday dates I have added them to my list.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 20, 2004 5:32 am (#959 of 2955)

So Mike, your birthday is January 31st? That makes you a yin to Harry's yang (or vice versa) which, if you've been reading the Long Theory on Harry's Family thread could make you Lord Voldemort. I wonder if Jim's aware of this.

Sleeping Beauty, love the quote! I'm not a big Monty Python fan but my husband is and that's my favorite skit. It's a De-Parrot!

Happy Birthdays all around. Good Luck to those who've asked for it. And Betty, we've already talked, so you know I'm thinking about you.

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mike miller - Jul 20, 2004 5:34 am (#960 of 2955)

Sherbie - Hooray!!! I'm sure you'll find getting settled takes some time, but I'm sure you're enjoying your new home. Fingers crossed for your husband.

Sleeping Beauty - If you haven't checked out the work of Dr. Andrew Weil, I highly recommend checking out his website and his books are great. He advocates integrative medicine which recognizes the full breadth of treatment options (diet, accupuncture, meditation, etc.) depending on the ailment. I seem to remember something from one of his newsletters about removing dairy from the diet for children with allergy problems. It may be worth checking into. (dodges flying cheese from Wisconsin)

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 20, 2004 6:23 am (#961 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty, thanks for the four leaf clovers! I'm sure my Irish husband will appreciate them!Clover

Susurro, I'll definitely pray for you and your husband. I hope he wins! When is election day? Thanks for praying for mine.

Julia, oh please, please, Imperio the supervisor for me! That would solve it all!

Unfortunately, I was the house-elf, Chemyst! Although, I actually kinda enjoyed cleaning the house. It made it mine, somehow. I'm sure that will be the last time I like doing it, though! Glad your birthday went well.

Thanks, Betty, Ticker, and Ozy! Sorry, Kowalla and Prongs if it's hard to write! Just keep em crossed until Friday! Perhaps after that, you can keep your toes/legs crossed for Susurro. Although, Fawkes seems to be having a difficult time doing that! By the way, thanks Fawkes!

Mike - Sherbie, one of my projectors broke down today, so things may bode well for your husband's new job. Wink
Yippee!!! Sorry about that, Mike, but if you could just, I don't know, get it repaired tomorrow and then have it break again on Friday, that would be terrific! After that, you can send me a bit of it back, I promise!

Mike M., I have Dr. Weil's cookbook. I'm quite fond of the holistic way of practicing medicine; in fact, I get accupucture every month. It's terrific.

OK, maybe one of you can help me. Today I woke up to find tiny (about the size of a pin head) little beads on my sheets as well as stuck to my body. Are these eggs of some kind?!!! I just cleaned the house Sunday! I immediately washed the sheets in hot water and vacuumed the carpet in the bedroom, but what else should I do? What are these things?! I am so disgusted right now.

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haymoni - Jul 20, 2004 7:15 am (#962 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty - I'm August the 13th too! We Leos need to stick together - especially since it will be Friday the 13th this year!

Boop - I'm thinking about you. It looks like you are headed in the right direction. No easy roads on this one.

Happy Birthday to everyone!

Sherbie - Best wishes with the house and hope things go well with hubby. Sorry - I don't know what the little white things are.

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mollis - Jul 20, 2004 7:20 am (#963 of 2955)

Okay - way too much to catch up on!!! First and foremost - Welcome back Susurro!!! I am so happy to see you posting again! I was just thinking about you the other day and wondering if you were gone forever, and then surprise for me, you had posted by the time I get back on. Good luck to your husband in the election! I'll cross one set of fingers for you and the other for Sherbie.

Not sure about those dots Sherbie - did you try to break one open? To be the voice of logic and reason here - is it possible that in the midst of unpacking you (or your hubby) got something stuck to you (like little styrafoam beads or wax beads) that may have just rubbed off in bed? If its eggs of some kind (ewww!) they would probably have been squishy.

Happy birthday to all that I missed! Today is my twin brother and sister's birthday (must remember to call them!).

I know there was more I wanted to say, but I've completely forgotten. A lack of sleep can do that I guess. Well, how about a round Congratulations, best wishes, I hope you feel well soon, and its bound to get better to all who need it!

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Leviosa - Jul 20, 2004 8:32 am (#964 of 2955)

Thanks for all the support everyone! It seems like I get some decent teachers, at least I hope they will turn out to be ok.

Courtney, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope things will get better for you.

A very happy belated birthday to everyone who had one! I know, I'm always late with such things but better late than never, right?

Sherbie, great you have been moving in!!! As for the dots, I have no idea, sorry.

I finally have my pictures of Budapest! But most of them are quite bad unfortunately, not sharp enough or too dark or the persons are too small. Luckily I can get a lot of good pictures from my best friend.

Have a nice day everyone!

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Tomoé - Jul 20, 2004 9:02 am (#965 of 2955)

Happy belated birthday Marie!

Good luck for your husband Susurro!

Merde for yours husband as well!

Edit: You'll get a decent teacher in the end Leviosa? Cool!

Depression Betty? Ouch, I really you'll get better soon.

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anbigin - Jul 20, 2004 10:25 am (#966 of 2955)

WOW! I feel really dense now - I didn't catch the whole Aug. 13th being a FRIDAY THE 13th until it was blatently spelled out for me as such:) even though Sleeping Beauty said her b-day was on a Friday this year and that it was Aug. the 13 ... I still didn't connect the two dots! This laying around on the beach all day doing nothing but reading and sleeping is not good for keeping the higher brain functions alive and kicking Razz

Sherbie - I hate to be the one that brings this up but what color are these little beads and how small are they exactly, cause they could be *cringe* cockroach pooh (le sigh) if they're really small, hard, round, brown/black, circles.

EEK, any ways, I just have to say to mollis that I always love reading your posts because the color you use is so soothing and relaxing for me:) And just to say publicly how exciting it is to have the same b-day as someone - Sept. 8th. I wrote Julia an email the other day saying something along those lines and she of course was very nice and tolerant to me - the weirdo who got all jumpy and stuff over something as little as a similar bday hehehehehehe:) So, thanks, Julia for the kind words:)

Ok, time for some gushing from me: I can't believe how many posts there are everyday on this forum! It's completely amazing how much this forum has changed since January of '03 when I first signed on. I soon got addicted to reading but not posting much and then lost my way for about a 7 month period where I didn't even come and read posts:( (just a few brief sign ins to keep my account) and now I'm back and I can't believe at how much Kip and the other mods have done. This place is SOOOO organized and beautiful and (not that it wasn't before - it's just that there are so many more people than there were before) friendly! Ok, now that I'm finished with the tears and such I will leave you all to read more interesting and delightful (non-run-on) posts:) Thanks for it all guys and of course: peace and stuff -Kat

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timrew - Jul 20, 2004 10:30 am (#967 of 2955)

We share the same birthday, Prongs, 24th September; but whereas you'll be 15 this year, I'll be 55!

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VeronikaG - Jul 20, 2004 10:38 am (#968 of 2955)

Welcome back to Susurro and Virgodess. Get better-wishes to Betty, and fingers and toes crossed for Sherbie's hubby.

I called my ISP today, and it seems my subscription order had not been registered. So now I have made a new order, and should get the modem in two to three weeks. Until then, I'll try to be on-line as little as possible, to avoid the last bill from my recent subscription from skyrocketing. I doubt I'll be able to stay away from the forum, though.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 20, 2004 10:54 am (#969 of 2955)

I just about spit out my lunch when I read that, Anbigin! Sickened If there's any bug I hate, it's roaches. Compared to them, spiders are downright cute! Thankfully, they were white, almost translucent in fact.

Mollis, I hope that I'm just freaking out for no reason. I've been racking my brain today trying to figure out what else they could be. The beads weren't squishy, really, but they did give when I pressed on them. EWWW!!! Happy birthday to your twin siblings! Do you have any other brothers and sisters, or were you the odd man out around them? I expect it'd be hard to have twin siblings, but maybe since they are different sexes growing up with them wasn't bad.

Thanks Haymoni and Tomoe!

Susi, I've got my fingers crossed that your new teachers turn out to be better than you anticipate. For me, expecting the worst and hoping for the best usually makes me feel better.

Veronika, bad luck with your ISP. I know how frustrating that must be. Yesterday, when I was doing the self-installation for my cable internet, I had to call the company 5 times because they did not give me the correct information. Each time I called, they gave me a different master user name and password.Bang Your Head Finally, I made a girl stay on the phone with me until we both corrected the problem.

Well, after 5 days and dozens of phone calls, I got my car situation straightened out. Luckily, the guy that hit me has been nothing but helpful in trying to force his insurance to take some responsiblity and pay up!! I haven't been able to drive my car for 5 days now, as the trunk won't close and duct tape is not really a good barrier against auto theives. So tomorrow, I will be take it to the body shop after getting it inspected by his insurance. Whew, one hurdle down!

Mechanic

Edit: Yay, Mollis! I'm sorry you’re having the same font problem I am. It's weird, isn't it? Hopefully, our eyes will adjust soon without doing damage to them. Ah well, the forum's worth it, right?

Edit II: Looks like we did it again, Mollis! Glad to hear you came out of your childhood with little scarring! I feel sorry for your sister though!

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mollis - Jul 20, 2004 10:58 am (#970 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 20, 2004 11:03 am

Thanks, anbigin! A patented dancing sunflower for you:

Oh and Sherbie - I am having the same text size issues as you. I got a new monitor (actually a whole new laptop and docking station setup at work - mobile Harry Potter Lexicon access! No more missing out on everything when I'm sent to the field for 2 weeks! Yeah for me! Okay, tangent there - sorry. I got a little excited. Its been a long time that I've been trying to get the dementors to give me a laptop! Back on topic...). And the text is either too big or too little. I am in the process of trying to train my eyes to read the smaller print. I just hope it doesn't end up hurting my eyes. On the bright side, I can see a lot more on the screen now.

Okay...back to work for me. Well, maybe just one thread before I go...

Edit - Looks like we cross-posted Sherbie. I did have an older sister - so that kindof made me the middle child. The twins were a handful - but it was mostly my brother’s fault. When they were still in cribs, my mom had to put nets over the top of their beds to keep my brother from crawling out and roaming the house. But still, one night, he climbed out and gathered a glass of iced tea and a potted plant and dumped both into my sister's crib. Talk about a mess!

I had about 18 months on him, so I had a pretty good fighting chance. My sister has several scars she can attribute to her loving twin. 

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Padfoot - Jul 20, 2004 11:08 am (#971 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 20, 2004 11:09 am

Happy Birthday Sinister Kittens! And to anyone else I may have missed! Birthday

So Sherbie, despite the mysterious white thingies, the cold showers and all the other hassles of moving into a new home, are you happy with your house? I hope so. House

Betty, I know what you are going through as I have been there and done that. It's a rotten feeling. You have gotten a million hugs from the forum, including one from me. But when you feel that way, there can never be too many hugs. So here's another hug from me! Hug

Last night the video place had a rent one, get another free deal going on. So I watched (for the first time) Love Actually in which Snape is married to Trelawney. And Timeline with evil scientist Lupin minus the mustache. So many movies have been mentioned here that I need to catch up.

Edit: My birthday is May 4th

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septentrion - Jul 20, 2004 11:30 am (#972 of 2955)

Happy birthday to Jules, Marè, Doris and the others who may be concerned (do it in a whole, won't have time to log much the next few days)

Boop, I completely understand what you're living for my husband has been through the same demented illness for a long time. Just take one day after the other and be sure I have many thoughts and hugs for you.

It seems some of forumers need fingers crossed, so I cross my body again for those who need luck. Well, I'm trained now after having been crossed in every part of my body for Sherbie (and it worked !)

Susi, I hope you'll have a great year at school.

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Courtney22 - Jul 20, 2004 11:44 am (#973 of 2955)

I would like to thank everyone for their warm thoughts it was nice to see how many people genuinely cared. I have only been on the forum for a short period of time and you guys treated me like an old friend and that makes my heart happy Smile

I would also like to say happy birthday, congratulations, good luck, and my deepest sympathies to all of you with joys and sorrows, you know what phrase best applies to you Smile

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James T. Kirk - Jul 20, 2004 2:46 pm (#974 of 2955)

Hello folks, This is my first time at these boards since becoming a full fledged member. I hope to have many happy times here talking about Harry Potter in the novels as well as the movies.

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Ticker - Jul 20, 2004 3:33 pm (#975 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 20, 2004 3:33 pm

Well, welcome! I hope you do too.

Since you all have such fantastic imaginations here is my Happy July Birthday! smilie

:pretend it's inserted here:

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Julia. - Jul 20, 2004 4:09 pm (#976 of 2955)

Wow, lots to say here, first off, welcome back Susurro, I missed your pretty brown font.

Sherbie, I would be more than happy to Imperio the guy who makes the decision about your husband, so long as the MoM doesn't find out.

A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO DORIS AND MARE! Hope you had great days, and here's some butterbeer on me. *pulls out butterbeer and passes it to Doris and Mare*

Betty, I talk to you all the time, so you know my feelings on the sujbect. I think I speak for everyone here when I say we're thrilled to hear that you're doing better, and we hope you are entirely better soon.

Siobhan, why are you sneaking into my private stash of butterbeer? I would have given you some had you asked.

Well, must be off, I have a lot of catching up to do! Have a good evening everyone!

EDIT: I almost forgot, I'm writing to Becca (Accaber)who's still at camp. If anyone has anything they'd like me to pass on, either post it on this thread or email me!

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Catherine - Jul 20, 2004 4:19 pm (#977 of 2955)

Boop,

I only just met you "personally," so when I found out that you were dealing with tough stuff I wanted to gather my thoughts.

Thank you so much for my warm welcome on the chat thread--I'll never forget it.

I come from a family that is TOO prone to depression, and I cannot tell you how brave you are for seeking help, and taking your medicine, and telling us about it.

We're all here, and you will be in our thoughts, and I'm sending you my very sincere prediction from gazing in my orb: You are very loved and you will be well.

Just ask anyone who knows me...I'm an insufferable know-it-all, so of course I'm right!

I'm blowing you a kiss from North Carolina, and both my Shih-Tzus send you a long lap cuddle.

Many, many cheers! Catherine

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Marè - Jul 20, 2004 4:28 pm (#978 of 2955)

Weeew, thanks everybody for the birthday wishes. You almost helped me over my childhood trauma of everybody forgetting it: vacationtime is no fun birthdaytime.

And Boop, feel free to come here everytime you feel not so well. We will bury you under hugs so you remember your worth in this world!

Meanwhile I'll cross everything I can find for all the people in need of good luck.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 20, 2004 5:14 pm (#979 of 2955)

Happy Belated Birthday to all whom I've missed. Boop, I also have a family that has similar afflictions with that nasty little beastie, depression. Just know, and I feel comfortable speaking for all here, that we care about you and are always here for you. You are so brave to even talk about and for that you have my admiration and respect. :Big, Huge Hug to Boop:

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Kowalla - Jul 20, 2004 6:02 pm (#980 of 2955)

Lots of hugs to Boop. Do you need some extra chocolate sent your way? We have proof that it really does help! I know this is something very difficult to deal with, but just so you know, we love you very much. Hope you feel better soon, but still keep popping in here, I always enjoy seeing you in here.

Mare, I am going to have to disagree with you on the vacationtime birthday. I think this is the perfect time of year for a birthday! Just think, the weather's perfect for a picnic, or a pool party (well, at least here it is) and best of all, it's nowhere near a holiday, so you don't end up getting a birthday/Christmas present, or something like that! You also don't end up sitting in some boring class waiting for school to get out so you can enjoy your birthday.

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Julia. - Jul 20, 2004 9:14 pm (#981 of 2955)

My birthday is right in the beginning of the school year. Unfortunately, I don't see my friends nearly as often as I'd like to during the summer, so I don't have time to subtley build and give hints, which I really need to do because my friends are all horrible with things like brithdays. One year I actually sent out a mass email about two weeks before my birthday saying 'Hey! My birthday's in two weeks! Don't forget!' I've decided that really the best time to have a birthday is at the end of the school year, just as all the work and classes are winding down. All the classes are review, there's no homework to worry about, weather's nice, perfect time to have a birthday.

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scully jones - Jul 20, 2004 10:20 pm (#982 of 2955)

You're right Julia, June 8th is the perfect time to have a birthday. I'm sure if I had more friends, more people would have come to my parties as well.

You know I'm here for you boop, just a call away.

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The giant squid - Jul 20, 2004 11:42 pm (#983 of 2955)

Sherbie, I should have known you had some good news today (the car, not the weird spheres)...one of my projectionists just put in his two-week notice. Naturally, his last day falls right when I'm off in another state for training, another guy is transferring to a different theater and the third is on vacation (booked months ago). My next couple weeks are going to be a flurry of training newbies how to not break the movies. Smile I did manage to fix the problem from the weekend, though, so at least there's something. :\

Kim, re: my possible Voldie-ness...are you starting a new theory? I don't think we've seen the VIGS theory yet... Wink

Betty, Here's another hug for you. And watch out, there's a lot more where that one came from. I'll keep throwin' 'em at ya as long as you need one. I mean it..I ain't scared! Very Happy

--Mike

EDIT: S.E. Jones, sorry about dragging the "Questions For The Hosts thread into chattiness. Who knew a simple "&" would cause so much trouble? Smile

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Ozymandias - Jul 21, 2004 2:12 am (#984 of 2955)

More hugs for Betty, just because I can! (And you helped me out when I was feeling down, so it's nice to be able to return the favor.)

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boop - Jul 21, 2004 3:19 am (#985 of 2955)

This is meant for Everyone: I just don't know what to say. I feel lots of love, and I can't began to express what this means to me. So I guess I will just follow what Julia says, here everyone have a butterbeer!!!!

Doris Crockford, Today is your special day Have a wonderful day!!!!

Hugs for everyone

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Elanor - Jul 21, 2004 3:32 am (#986 of 2955)

Hi Julia ! I wanted you to know you're not alone : my birthday is also on september the 8th, though I will be 32 to soon now (booh hoo !). I know it isn't easy sometimes to go back to school (or work now) on your birthday (and it happened to me a lot of times too !), but it is one of my favourite times in the year : sun still hot, but milder, and a very special light in the air as to say the summer's not finished yet but falls coming soon. And, to cheer you up, don't forget all the famous people who were born in september, especially the literary ones, beginning with Hermione and Bilbo and Frodo Baggins of course ! Not bad, isn't it?

My best wishes and strengthening thoughts to all people who need them. It is good to have such a comforting place to tell what's on our mind !

Elanor

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mike miller - Jul 21, 2004 4:35 am (#987 of 2955)

Good Morning to all!!! Another wonderful day in the neighborhood. Happy birthday to Doris and anyone else celebrating life today. Being 45 years young, I've past a couple of those birthdays that people often dread. Come on in, the water's fine! I really like some of the thoughts shared here (Mike - growing up is definitely optional!). I'll be in meetings most of today, so it may be difficult to check on the "goings on" here on the forum.

Betty, know that you are very special to all of us. There are hugs a plenty here. My wife has been dealing with depression ever since our daughter was born. It can be a challenge, stay strong and let us know when you need those extra hugs. There is an infinite supply from your Forum family.

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tracie1976 - Jul 21, 2004 4:51 am (#988 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Doris!!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 21, 2004 5:13 am (#989 of 2955)

Doris, Happy Birthday.

Belated Happy Birthday to anybody I have forgotten.

Giant Squid, Didn't you like I, Robot? The movie did lack the darkness of the book but I would not call it a "popcorn movie". Perhaps I misunderstood the term. Explain please. I found it to be a scarey movie but of course, the book had the same effect on me. Perhaps, it is the underlying message that disturbs me. I would love a sentient robot. But maybe a house elf would be better.

Celestina, I definitely recommend I, Robot if you like sci-fi action that is other worldly.

*doing good fortune mudra for all who need it*

Fawkes, goedemiddag. Yes, you can cross your toes if they are long enough but you will have to use your hands to do it. I, however, can not cross my toes. They are too little. But I do have yoga feet.

Virgoddess - This is late. Glad to see you back. Still love seeing you love birds.

Boop, May your problems be resolved swiftly. *hug*

Veronika G, Girlfriend, I am so sorry about your DSL being "lost in bureacracy and ineptitude. I loved our chat, btw.

On Allergies: I ditto Mike Miller........... if possible find a natural way to fight allergies. I use to have terrible allergies as a child and I am, for the most part, allergy free. I am very careful about what I eat and what I use on my skin. Once you find what works for you, the natural way is a good way to go.

I am recovering this week from all the Pilates classes I taught last week. Yesterday, my yoga class fell asleep again and I zoned out. We were 15 minutes late ending class. We did work very hard and then a lot of very relaxing flexibility postures. How could they not fall asleep? And I just enjoyed the music and lost track of time........ silly me.

Have a great day everybody!!!!

Goedemorgen.

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Leprechaun Jack - Jul 21, 2004 5:31 am (#990 of 2955)

Betty,

Hi I just wanted to let you know I understand some of what you’re going through. I also suffer from depression. It’s taken a while and several different medications to find the right one that worked for me. But it does get better. I’ve gone through some very difficult times over the past 4-5 years trying to deal with my depression.

Just to give you a little background I’ve always been a bit somber compared to my friends and family. I just thought it was my personality, then in March of 2000 my 22 y/o brother was killed in a car crash. That following January I severely hurt my back at work I was an EMT. I can no longer lift, so I can’t go out on the road anymore. That’s when I started to spiral out of control. I spent days staring at blank walls and not taking care of myself, when I would go to work I would be “on” so that no one would think anything was wrong. Then get home and just sit and cry.

After seeing my Dr. about my back pain, he asked me how long had I been suffering from depression. I started to laugh and said I’m not depressed that’s just me. Well, he sat me down for a nice long talk and started me on medication. Several different prescriptions and doses later I have found the right meds.

Things aren’t HAPPY, HAPPY,JOY,JOY. But now, at least I have a choice of having a bad day or not.

Just thought I’d add my two knuts.

Jack

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icthestrals - Jul 21, 2004 5:36 am (#991 of 2955)

Wow, we forum folk have so much more in common than just HP. I have dealt with depression off and on for the last 20-odd years. I know what y'all are going through and my heart goes out to you. Hang in there and share with those who understand.

Have a great day everyone!

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boop - Jul 21, 2004 5:51 am (#992 of 2955)

Mike and Jack thank you so much for sharing. Thank you for the encouraging words as well. I am very thankful that I belong to such a great forum family. I know if I need help that I have lots of friends waiting to be there for me. I didn't have the best day yesterday, but today I am going to the Cleveland Zoo with Tracie and her family. This will be lots of fun. My bad days are fewer than before at least I can go day("s) without crying. I am taking one day at a time, and this seems to work best. Going on vacation has also helped leaving issues home to deal with later. Just want to say again many thanks to everyone, you all mean so much to me!!!

Have a great day everyone!

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Padfoot - Jul 21, 2004 8:10 am (#993 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Doris Crockford! Happy Birthday

Wow, we forum folk have so much more in common than just HP. -icthestrals  Yes we really do! The longer I am here, the more I realize we all go through similar ups and downs. It sure is nice to be able to share with each other and feel not so alone with our issues.

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 21, 2004 8:20 am (#994 of 2955)

Coming with a big supply of hugs... so I've even more hugs for Betty and hugs for all of you that need them....

Delighted you feel honoured to be one of the Forum Mums Betty... 'cus thats how most of us view you... You're always there for us when we are down... so I want to say likewise.... we're here for you.... with plenty of hugs & a comfy shoulder if required.. May supply some cyber tea if you like... or a nice cup of coffee (decaf if preferred)

Happy Birthday Doris....

Sorry so brief (first for me).. bit busy at work *grumble grumble*

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mike miller - Jul 21, 2004 9:21 am (#995 of 2955)

Flame - I wish you were closer, I would love to take yoga classes with you. An extra 15 minutes of relaxation at the end would be a bonus. The athletic club I belong to changed the night they offer the yoga class. The new night works better for me, unfortunately, not for the yoga instructor (he also teaches ballroom dancing). I've been very disappointed in his replacement. Can you recommend any good yoga tapes?

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Flame Alligator - Jul 21, 2004 9:39 am (#996 of 2955)

Mike, Give me a day to research what is out there and I will recommend some tapes. What kind of yoga class do you like? Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Asthanga, you get the idea. Or just tell me what kind of practice you like.

I send my strength to all who are depressed. *a loving hug to all of you*

*waving at Fawkes*

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 21, 2004 10:08 am (#997 of 2955)

A big hello and a huge hug to my forum mom (because I promised I would!) . Hope you're having a wonderful day!! And everyone else of course.

Thanks for the "welcome back"s as well, from everyone who has said it. It is very good to be back into things. I forgot how much I enjoyed it here while I wasn't posting. It's about more than just the books, it's about the family too. I'd better stop before I get too mushy at you guys.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 21, 2004 10:49 am (#998 of 2955)

*Pulls out wand and yells Expecto Patronum to chase away all the nasty dementors that are harassing some of my forum friends.*   By the way, it is in the form of a lovely Disney animated princess.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 21, 2004 1:25 pm (#999 of 2955)

Hooray! No eggs (or whatever the heck they were) on my sheets or my body *shudder* today! I was up late last night on my hands and knees scrubbing madly, muttering quietly "I hate bugs...I hate bugs" over and over. My husband was seriously considering having me committed, but as he wasn't the one with bug eggs on him, I don't think he can understand my fervor.

Birthday Balloons Doris!!

Mike, I'm sorry to hear about your employee (kind of )! No, really I am. Perhaps today was good for you though, because I seem to have had a bit of my old luck back. Today when I got into my car to drive it to the insurance inspector, I found that it wouldn't turn over! Wonderful! So I had to call the adjuster and see if she could get me in at a later time. Luckily, she could and luckily, my car problem turned out to be the battery, which my father (Dads are great) bought for me. The estimate from the insurance was too low, but now it's the body shops problem. They hooked me up with a cute little rental though, some kind of new Chevy I'd never heard of before. After that, my father continued to be in a giving spirit, so he purchased some really nice computer speakers for me and paid for my lunch to boot! I think he misses me a bit. So I guess my entire day wasn't bad, I just had a pretty rotten morning. Which leads me to believe that your day started off well and is getting worse by the second. We've got to find some "nobody" out there in the desert to whom we can channel all these bad luck vibes.

Mike M., as a big yoga fan and an occasional instructor, I reccommend Brian Kest's Power Yoga three box set. He teaches Asthanga yoga, which is power yoga, so you really work up a sweat. He's fluid, supportive, encouraging and challenging. In fact, I never take classes myself, I just do his tapes. Plus, he's not bad to look at either. You can order them from Amazon.com. I typically use the "Support the Lexicon" link when I order from Amazon.

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Ticker - Jul 21, 2004 5:01 pm (#1000 of 2955)
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Post 1000! Woo-hoo!

Ok - I know that was childish, but...
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Pinky - Jul 21, 2004 5:41 pm (#1001 of 2955)


Yes Ticker, that was very childish, but we can attribute that to the creepy-crawlies that are going on in your house right now. *grins at Aria* I would never indulge in such foolishness....

Post 1001! Look - I can even write it backwards: 1001!

~*snort*

~*chuckle*

~*howls of laughter*

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 21, 2004 6:22 pm (#1002 of 2955)

Welcome back Prefect Marcus. I've missed you and your posts. Leila

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 21, 2004 7:53 pm (#1003 of 2955)

Thanks, Leila. It's good to be back.

Marcus

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The giant squid - Jul 21, 2004 8:12 pm (#1004 of 2955)

Flame Alligator, I don't consider "popcorn movie" to be a bad thing. I use it to differentiate from the "touchy-feely, slice-of-real-life,über-dramatic" stuff I'm seeing so much of these days. Sometimes, you just want to go to a movie to enjoy yourself, not look for some deeper meaning or make discoveries about yourself... Was I, Robot a cinematic masterpiece that will sweep the Oscars and change people's lives? No. Is it a good movie? Yes.

--Mike

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DJ Evans - Jul 21, 2004 8:24 pm (#1005 of 2955)

Betty, hope you had a good day today!!! Just know that we've all got you in our thoughts & prayers. You are a vital member of this family & we all care about you. Take as many "hugs" as you need and then have a couple of more!!! As far as I'm concern--a person can never have too many hugs!!!!!

virgoddess1313--A big WELCOME back from me too. It's been lonely without any of your postings and I have to admit that I've missed seeing the pic of you & your beau!!! Hope he is doing well too?

Marcus--Glad to see you are back too!!!

Matter of fact, WELCOME back to everyone that has been gone for a while for one reason or another. Good to have you back!! Also, wanted to wish all of our new members a warm hearted WELCOME too!!! Hope you enjoy the family atmosphere that we have on here!

Jules & Doris---HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Sherbie--So no more eggy thing-a-ma-gigs? Great!!!! I know you must have slept better last night after doing a good scrub down. Hey, I know I would have or that would be the only thing on my mind the entire night--therefore "no" sleep, which would also mean no sleep for hubby either!!!!

Later, Deb

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 21, 2004 8:50 pm (#1006 of 2955)

Deb, he is lovely.. and thanks for the welcome. He's going into surgery for his knee on Wednesday and is quite nervous. But so am I, so I can forgive him that. This will be the third surgery he's had since we've been dating, which is about 2 years. The boy is falling apart. Boys and they're sports... sigh. Oh well.

I'm in a good mood tonight, for no reason at all really. Hugs for everyone, just because I feel like it.

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Sticky Glue - Jul 21, 2004 9:20 pm (#1007 of 2955)

Hi Prefect Marcus, I thought I had better move the chat over here from the new members, before we get told off for being in the wrong thread. I'm glad that I'm not the only one with know it all teenagers.

Hey, you've changed your picture! not bad

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Safia - Jul 22, 2004 2:22 am (#1008 of 2955)

* jumps into the 'NEW' wagon*

How is everyone?

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boop - Jul 22, 2004 4:47 am (#1009 of 2955)

Welcome Safia, I am having a good morning thanks for asking.

sticky glue, I went through that with my girls, but they all turned out just fine. They learn from their mistakes, and there still are times they don't listen and my kids are 26,25,23. Now I have 3 grandchildren ages 6 going on 16, 5 going 15 and 3 months old. They are fun. It is funny to see the faces they make at you like rolling their eyes and putting their hands on the hips,hehehehe. I tell my daughters they are just seeing themselves through their kids. They both act just the way their mothers did growing up, hehehe.

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icthestrals - Jul 22, 2004 5:27 am (#1010 of 2955)

Hello, everyone. Have a great Thursday!

Pinky, thanks for the laugh!! Great way to start the day!

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mike miller - Jul 22, 2004 7:07 am (#1011 of 2955)

Sherbie - Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check into it.

Flame - My old instructor used to combine elements from several styles but the basis was Iyengar. I grew rapidly as an early teen (6'2" by age 13) so I need to work on flexibility/stretching in my legs and hips. I enjoy all of it though. As an aging athelete I need to do anything and everything to keep myself capable of playing at the level I expect from myself.

I'm about to take a week’s vacation, and this time I'm going to try to check in with the forum so I don't get so far behind. My mother-in-law lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina so we try to get there a couple of times each year. Not a bad place to "have" to go to. We get a chance to see 2 of my wife's brothers and their families, so it's lots of fun.

Have a great day everyone!! Remember we all get to choose what kind of day we're going to have. Why some people choose lousy is beyond me.

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Flame Alligator - Jul 22, 2004 7:15 am (#1012 of 2955)

Giant Squid, Oh..... now I get it. I agree with you. I, Robot is a good "popcorn movie". There is a deeper meaning but maybe I am projecting the book into the movie. I, personally, don't care for touchy, feely bring kleenex movies.

Ticker, Childish yes....... but aren't we all? Hey, I never get a land mark post. *pouting*

Virgoddess, I am so sorry your sweetie is having surgery......again. Can't you do anything to stop him before he cripples himself? Not that I would ever come between a guy and his chosen sport. *eyes rolling* May it all go well. I hope he has a swift and smooth recovery. *healing mudra for your guy*

Sherbie, I am glad you got rid of the thingees. My flesh was starting to crawl reading the posts about them. Sending good fortune your way. That was a great tape you recommended for Mike Miller.

Mike Miller, do you do asthanga? For variety, I recommend you go to www.yogazone.com. Their tapes, dvd's are great. Detailed instructions and very good relaxation tapes you can use after your basic practice.

Fawkes, *waving a belated Top of the mornin* :silly grin:

It is pouring down rain today. I got soaking wet mailing a letter today and I used an umbrella. I just hope it stops by the time I have to go to work.

Goedemorgen

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Padfoot - Jul 22, 2004 7:58 am (#1013 of 2955)

Morning everyone! I am in a good mood and hope you all are too.

I think I am the last person in the world who has yet to try yoga. Maybe one of these days I will.

Have fun Mike on your vacation!

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Julia. - Jul 22, 2004 9:01 am (#1014 of 2955)

No you're not Padfoot, I haven't tried yoga either. Have a good time on your vacation Mike, and get me a keychain! (actually, you don't have to get me a keychain, but I tell that to all my friends when they go on vacation) Have whatever kind of a day you all feel like having! (I myself will have a good day, weather's nice and I get out of class early. )

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Flame Alligator - Jul 22, 2004 9:05 am (#1015 of 2955)

Mike Miller, Yoga Zone combines 15 different kinds of yoga. Perfect for the older athlete. Have a great vacation. Didn't you just have a vacation?........ I'm jealous.

Padfoot and Julia, I hope you don't feel any pressure about yoga but I would just like to say, "come on in, the water is fine." There are so many kinds of yoga, there might I said might be one you like.

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 22, 2004 9:23 am (#1016 of 2955)

Oh I'd recommend Yoga to everyone... I just love it... I just talked my big sister (who's expecting another baby ) into going to some yoga classes that caters for the mums to be. (btw, not the same sis who had a baby a few months back ) She loves it!

I've been talked into another 'work social event' after work today... hopefully dementor free.... this time it's an inflatable sports day, (I know I know ) that is Inflatable Human Table Football (foosball), Inflatable Obstacle Course & Giant Inflatable Twister, & it looks like rain. I'm a bit apprehensive... inflatable twister.... hmm, adults & twister shouldn't go together... should they .... I'm hoping my 'ol yoga postures will help me out there....

Hee hee, why do I get myself roped into these things.. Oh well... should be a laugh... it's a great way to meet some new people .... and it's all in the name of charity... for the Childrens hospital... so.. it’s all good karma

Hey Flame... *huge grin & wave*

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 22, 2004 10:00 am (#1017 of 2955)

Interesting pic there Marcus. Pugs are quite cute, IMHO.

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Padfoot - Jul 22, 2004 10:04 am (#1018 of 2955)

There was a show on last night (PBS I think) all about Pugs!

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Catherine - Jul 22, 2004 10:09 am (#1019 of 2955)

Hey, Padfoot! Was the show called SPUG?

I will agree with Loopy Lupin and say that I like your new avatar, Marcus. It might harm your "big softie" image, though. Or perhaps you are lulling us into a false sense of security.

Hello to everyone!

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VeronikaG - Jul 22, 2004 10:17 am (#1020 of 2955)

Yay, I can post!

Somehow I had deleted my e-mail from my profile, resulting in getting my membership status changed. Luckily I was notified, so I could put it back. I thought it was to read only, but I can still post. My posts needs to be accepted first, it seems.

About the current topic, Yoga sounds way to tough for me. I can touch my toes, but that's on a good day.

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Padfoot - Jul 22, 2004 10:20 am (#1021 of 2955)

I do not remember what the name of the Pug show was. Parts of it did not interest me, so I changed the channel. However the part where they showed the puppies made me squeal like the girl I am. Well who doesn't love to see a puppy?

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mike miller - Jul 22, 2004 10:36 am (#1022 of 2955)

Flame - Thanks for the insight. I'm familiar with YogaZone having purchased a mat and block from them before, just no tapes yet. I'll have to change that!

As far as the vacation goes, you're right. I took a week in mid-June and the original plan was for the second week to be in August. We re-arranged our schedule to be able to see more family. In Charolette, South Carolina, the schools start up again on August 9th. I think it's rather ironic, they end schhol at the end of May because it's too hot for the kids to sit in school in June and then make them come back in August. One advantage of having tenure with the company, I get 5 weeks’ vacation.

Julia - I'll see what I can do about the key chain! Maybe one of those little viewfinders with Viggo Mortensen in it.

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mollis - Jul 22, 2004 10:44 am (#1023 of 2955)

Okay, I'm jealous Mike - I want vacation! Too much time and money being spent on moving and home repairs/remodeling to afford one though, I'm afraid. And way too busy to justify taking off. Oh well, leaves more time off for Christmas.

I wish I had time and energy for yoga! I did it once - not such a great class, but I think with a proper teacher, I'd love it. Flame - will you move to KC so I can take yoga classes with you??

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DJ Evans - Jul 22, 2004 11:10 am (#1024 of 2955)

Mike Miller, you better be careful there!!! Cause if you get Julia a key chain with cutie Viggo in it--then you'll be having us all want one!!! He is quite popular--I know he is in my crowd!! They start school classes on Aug. 9th? My stars, I can remember when I was in school (too many years to count!) we didn't start till the week after Labor Day and it seems like we got out for the year toward the last of May sometime!!!! Sure made for a nice long summer vacation though! Anyway, Mike have a very nice vacation. And if you should run into any of the NASCAR guys--tell them I said "HI!!!!!"--especially if you should see Dale, Jr!!!. (There are NASCAR drivers/teams all throughout NC. SC, TN, etc...)

virgoddess1313---His 3rd surgery? Wow!! I can't imagine having to go into the hospital that many times within 2 years!! Though times I've been in for surgery for either myself or someone in my family, I've only had good experiences, it's just that there is nothing like home and your own bed!! We'll keep y'all in our thoughts and prayers that everything will go as smoothly as possible. Just remember to take several things to keep busy while you are in the waiting room. I've been known to take a couple of books, something crafty to work on, hand held games, etc...--I never know what might keep my mind busy while I'm sitting there waiting. Oh, and plenty of quarters for the snack/soda machines!!!

Safia--Welcome!!! Love your avatar of the cutie pie there!!! Is he yours? Just love his (or her) expression!!! Reminds me of "You looking at me? What?" hee hee

Sure wished we had some of your rain Flame!!!! It is so "you-know-what" HOT here, that a cool rain would help so much!! I'm not a fan of hot weather to begin with, so I think that just makes it all that much more worse on me.

Everybody have a FABULOUS day today--just remember the weekend is "just" around the corner!!!!

Later, Deb

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Courtney22 - Jul 22, 2004 11:27 am (#1025 of 2955)

I'm going on vacation soon as well...going from hot but rainy Virginia beach to just plain hot Mexico...Cancun actually. I love that I'm old enough to sit on the beach and drink frozen concoctions that take me away (to quote Jimmy Buffet) but still young enough for my parents to pay to take me along on their vacations. Life is good :)I'll make sure I say a cheers to all you forum members with my little umbrella drinks Smile

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Ladybug220 - Jul 22, 2004 11:30 am (#1026 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 22, 2004 11:35 am

Virgiogoddess,

I can sympathize with your honey as I have had 3 knee surgeries myself (I used to play soccer). What kind of surgery does your he have to have?

edit: Courtney - love your new avatar and phrase!

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Catherine - Jul 22, 2004 11:33 am (#1027 of 2955)

Mike,

I'm feeling your school start pain. We start August 9th also in Greenville, NC. My youngest child doesn't start preschool until after Labor Day, so that's almost a month of having one child home all day alone. My husband is a college professor, and even HE doesn't start until August 23. Our NC legislature is trying to pass a bill that prohibit’s school starting until after Labor Day. I'm hoping it passes. Our school system has over 20 workdays in the current calendar. Unbelievable!

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 22, 2004 12:42 pm (#1028 of 2955)

Ladybug-

He's having orthoscopic (I'm not sure how that's spelled) surgery to repair the torn cartilage in his knee. No one has figured out yet how he hurt it. He's a pitcher, so his shoulder needing surgery made sense, but that was just confusing!! Especially since he was benched this season.

Wish I got to go on vacation this year... I'll just imagine, though. I have the forum to live vicariously through.

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scully jones - Jul 22, 2004 1:58 pm (#1029 of 2955)

I am typing oddly today because I sliced my index finger open while cleaning blinds today. Blood everywhere, very scary. I squealed like a girl! Wait... I am one...

I cannot WAIT until my two week vacation in August! Only 23 days away! I'm going to see my friends Sarah G. and Colleen, and I'm going to my brother's wedding. Bridesmaid! She's going really casual though, she's wearing a blue dress. I'm wearing a very beautiful cream colored one, knee length. It was a gift, very pretty!

In the meantime, on the 27th we're switching apartments. We have to move everything in ONE day. We still haven't called Comcast to get the cable internet switched... Oops... It's going to be so hectic around here, but after that's all done I can sigh in relief and look forward to my vacation. May it never end!

Good typing on here again, missing talking to you peoples!

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megfox - Jul 22, 2004 2:01 pm (#1030 of 2955)

virgoddess -

being a softball catcher for eight years and horseback rider for fifteen (when I was in HS) I needed orthoscopic surgery in both my knees for the same thing (torn cartilage). It’s actually a pretty common sports-related surgery - my freshman college roommate played soccer at the University and she had to have it at the end of her first season. It’s one of those injuries that is exacerbated by even just walking - In fact, I was told if I wanted to walk when I was forty, I needed to have the surgery when I was 18 (although I thinking jokingly)! He should recover fast though. I am wishing you and him) good luck!

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 22, 2004 3:34 pm (#1031 of 2955)

Well, Mike, you didn't say if you had a good night last night. I'm betting you did, as I set fire to my new kitchen. Fire

I've always had electric stoves and ovens. My new house has gas. On an electric range, the little drawer underneath the oven door is used for storing cookie sheets and such. I always put my trivets there too. But for those of you who do not have gas - NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN THERE! It turns out that little drawer is a broiler.

As the oven was preheating, my husband asked, "Do you smell hickory?" A few seconds later, smoke was billowing out, blackening my stove and over-the-range microwave. I opened up the oven to see flames shooting up the sides. My husband called the fire department while I attempted to stop the blaze with baking soda. That didn't work. So I opened the broiler to find my trivets ablaze. Just as the 911 operator was telling my husband, "No, don't pour water on it" I poured a bunch of water on it. Thankfully, it went out. The fire truck came and removed the black trivets. I hid in the bathroom, totally embarrassed. We were up all night cleaning the kitchen and stove. There is no visible damage, but our kitchen still smells like smoke. Lesson learned.

I would love to know, however, if you are ever supposed to see flames coming from the broiler while baking. Apparently, that's where the heat comes from, as there are no coils (duh!). But is it normal to see flames, or is it just supposed to get hot in the oven? I'm too afraid to use the oven or stove right now, so it's cereal tonight. Any tips on how to operate and what to expect from a gas oven would be most appreciated!

Meg! Glad to see you back! How was your wedding and honeymoon? Do you have pics yet?

Sorry to hear about your boyfriend, Virgoddess. That sounds horribly painful. I wish him luck.

I have a Yoga Zone DVD too, Flame. I use it to relax, mostly. It's divine.

Not a trace of those little balls, Deb, thank God! I think I'd have to move out if they reappeared. My husband still thinks they were some kind of packing material, or my exfolliator beads, but he didn't see the eggs, nor did he wake up with them on him, so I don't know whether or not to believe him.

We should hear something about the job my husband interviewed for tomorrow. Please keep us in your thoughts and keep those fingers crossed!

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Catherine - Jul 22, 2004 3:42 pm (#1032 of 2955)

Sherbie,

I really don't know what to say! I am so sorry that you um, set fire to your new kitchen. Since excess alcohol would NOT be healthy or useful, I will send you an "Obliviate" charm to erase this moment from your memory and Mr. Sherbie's. Then, I will send you a butterbeer and a cheering charm and a good "Scourgify" for your kitchen!

My best friend from high school (Lisa F.) would say that your current bad luck would definitely increase the chance of Mr. Sherbie getting this new job. My legs, hair, fingers, eyelashes, knees, and toes are crossed.

I having a hard time moving, but wishing you the best.

Cheers! And "Obliviate!"

(Lisa F. would also say that Fate owes you a really good hair day for all for all of the Dragon Dung you've recently been through!)

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Padfoot - Jul 22, 2004 3:43 pm (#1033 of 2955)

Oh Sherbie, LOL. I don't mean to laugh at you except that I just did. The mental picture of the flames shooting out of the broiler is just too much for me.

Seriously, I am glad you were home and didn't run out for an errand while the oven was on. At least your kitchen was not ruined. Hey, at least you have learned something new about your kitchen! I just have a simple electric glass top stove (with storage underneath). But I have seen those broilers or warming ovens underneath the regular oven. You can get that option on an electric stove too, not just gas.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 22, 2004 3:44 pm (#1034 of 2955)

Sherbie, I just read you oven mishap to my husband as he drove home from work. It had him LOL. I'm glad to see you survived this mishap. I guess the perfect housewarming gift for you would be new trivets.

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Courtney22 - Jul 22, 2004 4:07 pm (#1035 of 2955)

Sherbie, my experiences tell me that bad things happen in three's so I hope three bad things have happened so your luck can turn around:)I am usually a lucky person so I'll try to send a little of my luck your way Smile

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Marè - Jul 22, 2004 4:13 pm (#1036 of 2955)

Sherbie, I'm not getting all off the details of your story. (trivets is not something my dictionary recognises for example) but we have a gas oven here, and if we don't see flames, than our food remains very cold and gas pours into the kitchen.
Are you smelling something too? "Must be the neighbours..."
Yeah right, lucky we have a big kitchen and a 24 hour a day ventilation system...

But anyway, yes, you see the flames.

PS If it helps you a bit, some time ago I managed to set fire to a tea towel and a wooden spoon, after putting them both, maybe ten minutes apart, on the same gas ring I accidently let burning.
Now about that donkey and the stone...

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Ozymandias - Jul 22, 2004 5:32 pm (#1037 of 2955)

Oh no, Sherbie! Those poor trivets!

But don't be embarrassed, you're not alone. I've actually managed to set a potholder on fire. Yes, a potholder, the things you use to pick up hot things that would normally set you on fire. Don't know how I did it. Guess I'm just talented.

Glad there's no permanent damage (except maybe to your ego.) Lucky thing you were home when it started.

Hello to everyone else, too, and sorry you just get the one sentence Wink.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 22, 2004 8:35 pm (#1038 of 2955)

Thanks for the charm and butterbeer, Catherine. I hope Lisa's belief about luck will prove to be true for us! I'll be looking forward to my good hair day too, as today it appears that a damp wig has affixed it’self to my skull. Perhaps this is the third bad thing? Thanks for keeping everything crossed as well. As soon as we hear something, I'll let you know so you can disentangle yourself.

I'm glad you were tickled by my catastrophe, Padfoot! And I'm pleased that I gave your husband a laugh, Kim! But honestly, reading both your posts actually made me see the humor in the situation and have a good chuckle at myself. Thank you Kim and Padfoot, I really did need that!

Courtney, how's this for three bad things:
1. My car gets smashed
2. On our first night here, we found that our washing machine wouldn't work and the plumbers had to come out on Monday and remedied the problem by smashing open my walls
- or -
2. I woke up with eggs (?) on me
- or -
2. When we took our vacuum out to clean the floors, it exploded and died and we had to buy a new one.
3. I set fire to my oven.
So yes, Courtney, I think I'm covered with the bad luck! Where's The Giant Squid when you need him?!

Mare, trivets are basically blocks of tile or stone or (in my case) wood that you set hot dishes on to protect your countertops. Thank you for telling me about the flames! I would have freaked out and called the fire department at the first sign of a flame had I not read your post! You made me feel less stupid with your story. Thanks!

Ozy, thanks for sharing your embarrassing story with me too. At least I'm not the only one who's set something on fire! Though I did set my entire oven ablaze. Perhaps I'm a bit more, what did you call it? Ah, yes, talented. That's my new word for it!

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Tomoé - Jul 22, 2004 10:05 pm (#1039 of 2955)

Welcome Safia!

Bon voyage Mike and Courtney!

You set fire to your brand new kitchen Sherbie? The bad luck is sticking then.

As for myself, I did today what was right instead of what was easy. I'm back from the march to change the decision of the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) to close a radio station in Quebec City. It was hot, we walked for more than two hours, we were 50,000 according to the police's estimation and I'm exhausted, but we hope we'll find some support from the gouvernment. I mean, they close the station because they don't like the way to morningmen talk! Canada is not a banana republic! Or at least I thought so ...

Here a article about the event.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 22, 2004 10:26 pm (#1040 of 2955)

Tim, remember what I said was the worst thing about parenting in the Chat Room. Wish Granted. Trina Bean just vomited all over me, the couch, and pillows after getting out of bed with a upset tummy. Yeesh, it was as if she read my mind. Kidding. I hope she feels better soon. It is terrible to such a troubled tummy. Leila

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boop - Jul 23, 2004 12:03 am (#1041 of 2955)

Lindsey, Glad to hear that your fire was only to you oven. I also had a little laugh reading Kim and Padfoot's post. I will keep everything crossed until I hear different. Makes it a little hard typing and need to stretch out, hehehe

Leila, Aaawww hope Trina is feeling better real soon.

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The giant squid - Jul 23, 2004 4:33 am (#1042 of 2955)

Sorry, Sherbie...I should have remembered it was my turn for the bad luck. Guess I was hoping the guy in Albuquerque was fielding it this week. Yesterday (Wed.) was good in that I started training a couple replacements for the projectionsists who decided now would be a really good time to leave, and one of them was practically a savant. She looks poised to break my record of 6 weeks from New Hire to Manager/Projectionist...

On the other hand, I had to screen Catwoman tonight. It wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but anyone who's thinking about seeing it should catch the matinee--it's not worth full price. :b

--Mike

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boop - Jul 23, 2004 4:43 am (#1043 of 2955)

Good Morning Everyone, it’s Friday, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Today Jim and I are going to the Natural History Museum and the Art Museum. Should be a fun day.

Mike good lucky in the training area. BTW where is your sister anyway, I miss her.

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The giant squid - Jul 23, 2004 4:46 am (#1044 of 2955)

   BTW where is your sister anyway, I miss her.



Your guess is as good as mine. I haven't heard from her since before she left on vacation. According to our mother, she's been home for over a week... I might have to call her this weekend & let her know we're all looking for her. Smile

--Mike

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boop - Jul 23, 2004 4:52 am (#1045 of 2955)

Thanks Mike, I haven't even seen her on line to IM her. Marie must be pretty busy with the girls.

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The giant squid - Jul 23, 2004 5:10 am (#1046 of 2955)

Random HP pun:

If Tonks, Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt are sitting around telling jokes, would that be a Comedy of Aurors?

Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week. Wink

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icthestrals - Jul 23, 2004 5:21 am (#1047 of 2955)

Thanks Mike!! You made me LOL at work. Good one!!

Have a great Friday everyone!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 23, 2004 6:05 am (#1048 of 2955)

On the other hand, I had to screen Catwoman tonight. It wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but anyone who's thinking about seeing it should catch the matinee--it's not worth full price. :b--The giant squid

Well, Mike, judging from my husband's reaction to Halle Berry's costume every time he sees the previews on tv, I don't think many people (read men) are worried about the plot.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 23, 2004 6:07 am (#1049 of 2955)

On the other hand, I had to screen Catwoman tonight. It wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but anyone who's thinking about seeing it should catch the matinee--it's not worth full price.-- The giant squid

The key phrase there is bad as I'd expected. I'm expecting it to be pretty bad and will, therefore, wait for someone else to buy or rent the DVD and watch it at their house, maybe.

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anbigin - Jul 23, 2004 6:13 am (#1050 of 2955)

AHHHH!!!! gotta love the ...uh .... what's it called... oh yea that's it - humor, Mike:) Well, I did hear that "they" were once going to just let the Catwoman film go straight to video but since they had spent so much money on it they had to put it in the theaters! I personally don't care how bad it is as I am still going to love it because it has so many KITTIES in it:) Though I might just wait for it to go to the dollar theater to see it.

Boop- I love museums, especially the natural history ones! I'm so excited for you. I volunteer at the Tallahassee Museum of Natural Histroy and Science (aka the Junior Museum) and it is the best place EVER. It's kinda like a natural habitat zoo/ art exhibiting place/ park/ farm. Here's the site for it: Fantastic Place

Sherbie - Sorry to, uh, have "scared" you over the cockroach stuff, it's just that it's happened to me before. I spent the next 72 hours, at least 50 gallons of water, 20 bottles of cleaner, 2 gallons of sweat, and 1 bottle of bleech cleaning that place *ick* Oh, and don't feel too bad about the oven as I know how easy it is - I "almost" burned down my grandma's house - luckily it ended up being just a small part of her kitchen. I had left a pan on the stove to dry it off, but didn't realize that it hadn't been cleaned yet so it still had all this olive oil on it - talk about a blaze -> 55 hundred dollars later we sorta had the place looking back to it’s usual self. You know ... bad luck tends to come in doublets of threes for me ... but they tend to only show up in a span of one year and your's has happened in a span of a month or so - so I'd say that you of all people are bound to get some good news comin' your way fast:so Here's to your hubby - may he get that beautiful job! and Here's to everyone - Peace to you all -Kat
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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 23, 2004 6:33 am (#1051 of 2955)

Just confirmed my husband's reaction to the Catwoman movie. His exact quote: "There's a plot?"

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megfox - Jul 23, 2004 6:55 am (#1052 of 2955)

LOL, Kim. I bet that would be Andy's reaction, too.

I've been back for a while, Sherbie, but not posting so much... I've been on the phone with three different insurance companies, two dealerships, and a lawyer every day for the past week. Turns out that my car was worth far more to me than the $1800 the insurance company wanted to give me in real dollars for it. It’s amazing that I can be in an accident that was completely not my fault, have my car totalled, spend a day in the emergency room, a day on the couch with ice packs and painkillers, get married two days later, return form my honeymoon to find out I hnc anymore :p), sales tax and registration in Maine (almost $1000 by it’self! *gasp*) So, when I get my head on straight - sorry, my neck still hurts - I will most definitely be fighting with my computer to get those pictures up for you guys!

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 7:56 am (#1053 of 2955)

Meg, I'm sorry to hear about your car issues. I feel like sending a major hex to the insurance company--is an Entrail-expelling curse too harsh? :-D

I've been laughing at the Catwoman comments, especially Kim's husband's question, "There's a plot?" I just got back from a meeting this morning in which one of the attendees (who has an amazing figure and favors outfit’s not unlike Catwoman's) got a cell phone call in which, instead of ringing,meowed very loudly. Turns out her husband changed the ringer unbeknownst to her, and was the one calling her at the meeting in order to make a Catwoman joke. We were all ROFL. (Boy, I lead such a wild life--NOT!)

Have a good Friday. My own has improved dramatically since I woke up this morning. I was thinking I was going to have to drive a couple of hours to get a Shih-Tzu puppy out of an Animal Control facility, or it was due to be euthanized today, but someone adopted it at the last minute. Woo-hoo! (Although, let me get on my soapbox and say that this dog was dumped at the shelter because the owner was moving. He didn't even attempt to find a breed rescue person, or a no-kill shelter. I felt like sending major hexes out when I heard this.)

But things are fine, and I wish everyone a good weekend!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 23, 2004 8:08 am (#1054 of 2955)

Sherbie, LOL LOL I am sorry to laugh, like the others here but, OMG. You remind me of a roommate of mine, who wanted to reheat a pizza and put box and pizza in the broiler and set our kitchen on fire. I was flabbergasted. LOL The landlord threw us out. LOL I am glad you and your hubby are alright. Yes, you see flames when you turn the gas oven on. You also hear it light so don't let that hissing sound scare you. You are better than I love Lucy. Hubby is definitely going to get that job.

Btw, Yoga Zone has good power yoga tapes, too.

Sarah (Scully) Ouch! Venetian blinds are so dangerous, some just like razor blades. Hope your fingers heal soon. I miss your posts. I was glad to see you today. And thanks for the enjoyable chat the other day. I love your wit. I am absolutely done with Pierce Brosnan.

Giant Squid, Glad to get your opinion on Catwoman. I want to see it during matinee. Did you like the catfights? I want that outfit. Let me know about Alien vs. Predator, OK?

Veronika G, Girlfriend, yoga is fun. You take yoga so you become more flexible. You don't have to be able to touch your toes to start yoga class.

Speaking of yoga class, I am so proud of my students. We flow and do Asthanga postures to all kinds of music. If I put on easy yoga music, my students say, "Flame, that is way too mellow for us....... let's rock!"........ and we do. My newbies are now into yoga for a year and I have them at intermediate level. I am particularly proud of the over 40 students. They are so tough. I wish I could have all my forum buddies in my class. It would be so much fun. Then I could make HP references. Plus, I could get everybody in shape. The best thing about yoga........ you don't have to do the postures perfectly for them to work. My students do complain about one thing........ I make them laugh too much. They always tell me to cool it when they are balancing and I sort of trick them into postures they think they can't do. They are so busy listening to my detailed instructions; they are in the posture before they realize it.

Fawkes, *big wave* a special good weekend for you. Twister for adults...... hmmmmmm....... sounds like fun. Don't hurt anything. no wait........ you won't, your yoga will protect you from injury. Have fun!!

It is Friday........ YAY!!!!

Goedemorgen everybody!!

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Padfoot - Jul 23, 2004 8:59 am (#1055 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 23, 2004 9:00 am

Morning everyone, it's finally Friday! Cool

If Tonks, Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt are sitting around telling jokes, would that be a Comedy of Aurors? Hey Mike, are you channeling Tim now? I hope Marie is ok, maybe she got bored with us? Nah.

Meg, wow you have had some exciting times there. I hope things get better for you. How did your dress turn out? Oh and congratulations on getting married!

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Chris. - Jul 23, 2004 10:13 am (#1056 of 2955)

Hello everyone! Waving As padfoot said, it's finally Friday! Woo Hoo!

I've been of the internet for a few days, due to sore eyes. Too much time on the Forum! But my mum thinks it's hayfever. Achooo!

Bye everyone!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 23, 2004 10:41 am (#1057 of 2955)

but someone adopted it at the last minute.-- Catherine Allen

That's good, but I bet having a puppy around would've been fun.

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 11:02 am (#1058 of 2955)

I know, Loopy, and shih-tzu puppies are truly the cutest things in the world! Cuter than pugs, IMHO! *waves to Marcus*

It probably would have been fun, except that these rescue dogs can be like a box of chocolates--(lots of little brown things to pick up)--it's hard to know what you're going to get. This particular one was matted and looked pitiful, and I wonder if the previous owner ever bother to do any house-training!

BUT, he got adopted, yeah, which is great for him, and saved me a day's drive to bring him here!

*Catherine does a happy dance and waves to the unknown person who adopted dog number 2087*

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Ladybug220 - Jul 23, 2004 11:30 am (#1059 of 2955)

Catherine - great news for the poor dog!

Sherbie - I have to admit that I laughed too but I did set a dish towel on fire once when I was babysitting. I couldn't find an oven mitt so I used the towel instead and it caught on fire. Thankfully the kids were watching a movie and never noticed.

Good news!! I have a job interview in North Carolina! It will be in about a month and I am already nervous as I have managed to walk into the jobs that I have had without a real interview.

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Padfoot - Jul 23, 2004 11:37 am (#1060 of 2955)
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I never set anything on fire while baby sitting, but I did do something very stupid. This was years ago. I was going to run the dishwasher but could not find the detergent. So I used dish washing liquid (the kind you use in the sink). NEVER do this unless it it made for the dishwasher. Needless to say I was shocked to see bubbles everywhere! They did not stop coming, so it was a mess to clean up.

Congrats Ladybug on your upcoming interview. I am sure you will do fine.

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 11:38 am (#1061 of 2955)

Ladybug, best of luck for your interview! Look for my new Harry Potter license plate while you're here in NC!

I've done bad things in the kitchen, too, but mostly they've been cooking disasters! Only one injury, and that was the dog (some caramel exploded out of the pan ,over the stove, and a little bit splattered on the dog, and gave her a little burn about 1/2" diameter where her fur didn't protect her. I felt so terrible that I've never attempted that recipe again!

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Ladybug220 - Jul 23, 2004 11:44 am (#1062 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 23, 2004 11:45 am

Thanks! Where in NC do you live, Catherine?

Well, in a different babysitting incident, I also burned microwave popcorn because they had a rather powerful microwave. It cooked it much faster than I thought it would and I was distracted because I was playing with one of the kids. Well, smoke poured out of the microwave. We had to open the windows to let the house air out some but the house still smelled of the burned popcorn. There were also 2 light brown spots left in the microwave after I spent about 20 minutes scrubbing the heck out of it. The kids still like to remind me of that.

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 11:54 am (#1063 of 2955)

Ladybug, I live in Eastern NC, in Greenville, about 1 1/2 hours east of Raleigh.

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Ladybug220 - Jul 23, 2004 12:20 pm (#1064 of 2955)

I'll be in Durham/RTP for my interview, but I will look out for you in case you are in town that weekend - I would love to see that license plate!

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Gina R Snape - Jul 23, 2004 12:45 pm (#1065 of 2955)

Hey, everyone. I think I'm the first to say... Happy Birthday Dan Radcliffe!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 23, 2004 12:51 pm (#1066 of 2955)

Gina, I think you are the first one. But I still don't think he's gonna let you and Alan Rickman stand in for Cho and him. And for those who don't know what I'm referring to, you would if you'd been reading the Vote thread.

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Aisha Ahsia - Jul 23, 2004 1:26 pm (#1067 of 2955)

Hi, I'm Aisha. I've only been posting at this forum for a week or two, and I'm VERY relieved to see that the people here are a nice gang! I was worried at first for comments such as: what the H do you know?, shut up, that's the dumbest thing I've heard in my life, etc... But none has come yet.Smile So, anyway, I think it's fun to see how many of you people are adults. I'm only 16 myself, and have always thought it's sad that grown ups don't read the Harry Potter books because they think it's for children, bla bla bla. Even people my own age here in Norway are reluctant to read them. But I was pleasently surpised when I saw this forum.Smile I did try to make my mother read them. She read the first one, but now claims that she hasn't got time (yeah right, she is a house wife with insomnia, she can read at night!). But the first book is probably very much like children's books, more than the rest anyway. At least I got my older brother (18) who has NEVER read a book in his life, not even cartoons read to all of them and love them *proud:)*

Anyway(let me know if I overuse that word), sorry for the long and pretty much meaningless post... I tend to go on and on and on, unless someone stops me:(

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 23, 2004 1:39 pm (#1068 of 2955)

Aisha - I tend to go on and on and on, unless someone stops me:(

Why should we stop you?

:-)

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Chemyst - Jul 23, 2004 1:39 pm (#1069 of 2955)

Well, if Daniel does let Gina & Alan stand in for him & Cho, I'd like to change my vote to A.

Welcome Aisha.

...some caramel exploded out of the pan - Catherine   ...which is why I recommend chocolate, the safer choice, straight from the package for instant gratification, no cooking required.

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Padfoot - Jul 23, 2004 2:01 pm (#1070 of 2955)

Aisha, I got my mom to read the first book and gave her the second one (which I hope she is reading now). She is not too interested as she thinks it is a children's series. But I am not giving up. One day she will realize her book obsessed daughter knows a good book when she sees one.

One of the nice aspects of this forum is the friendly atmosphere with people of all ages. We are all children at heart, no matter what the age.

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 2:02 pm (#1071 of 2955)

Chemyst,

About the chocolate, that is very good advice indeed. You just can't go wrong there! I've been looking for a boulder sized piece of chocolate like Madame Pomfrey uses to treat the kids in PoA!

I'm sure with a name like "Chemyst" that you've never had kitchen explosions or cooking disasters! Maybe some broken glassware, but that's probably it!

Sherbie, don't feel bad about your kitchen. I just remembered that my husband and his graduate student set their laboratory afire 5 years ago, the fire department was there for hours, and the entire building had to be evacuated for two days! *Catherine debates hiding from her husband after this confession--will probably have to go live in a cave*

And Aisha Ahsia, welcome, and I don't think that you will find a nicer bunch of people who could talk about Harry Potter all day :-) You certainly won't find ugly language or cruel comments here. There might be some cheeky sorts, but we kind of encourage them them in their cheek, as they give us a good laugh when we need one *waves to Loopy and Tim*!

Have a good weekend!

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timrew - Jul 23, 2004 2:49 pm (#1072 of 2955)

Catherine: *waves to Loopy and Tim*!

Tim waves back!

Mike (Giant Squid). Comedy of Aurors! LOL. Nice one! That has to fall into the category of, 'I wish I'd said that!'

Which reminds me of a true story. A group of gentlemen of the Victorian era were sat in conversation when James Whistler (yes, the guy who painted his mother) came out with something extremely amusing. Oscar Wilde, who was present at the time said, 'I wish I'd said that, Whistler'.

To which Whistler replied, 'You will, Oscar, you will'.

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Liz - Jul 23, 2004 3:12 pm (#1073 of 2955)

Oh no... I broke my piccolo... I was playing it and then the pinky key got lose, and then I tried to re-screw it in but i striped the hole the screw goes into...

Well I called the company I bought it from today and if I write a letter saying what happened and what's wrong with it... and they look at it... then they "might" send me a new piccolo... I hope.

In any case, I was so sad when i found out what happened to it and that it was broken... that I practiced my harp a lot.

*Note I practice my harp really hard non-stop when I'm sad, and practicing really hard causes blisters on your finger tips*

Also... I'm going to play my harp at a party of my mothers friend... and out of that I get a cell phone from my mother, and a cell phone card w/ minutes on it that I can use... instead of paying money each month you just pay for the card and use the minutes that are on it.[Tis cheaper for me Wink ]

Well that's all my hassle at the moment... see you all around.

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DJ Evans - Jul 23, 2004 3:49 pm (#1074 of 2955)

We made it----it's here, ":FRIDAY!!!" Hurray!!!!

Betty--How was your trip to the Natural History Museum and the Art Museum? Sounds like it would be a very interesting trip. Hope you are doing well? And didn't you say that you were going to the zoo? (or did I dream that?--as I've been known to do) I love and hate zoos. I love seeing all of the animals that otherwise I would have never gotten the chance to see, yet it breaks my heart to see them caged/penned up. It's been years since I was last at our zoo.

Ladybug220----Good Luck on your job interview!!!! Hope all goes well and you get it.

And may I be the 2nd or is it the 3rd to wish Dan a very "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!"

Sherbie---From the all of the stories that we've heard on here today, it sure seems like we've all an accident or two at one time or another. I know I've had my share (and I won't go into them here ), so it just goes to prove it must run in the family--as we all "are" a family on here!!!! hee hee

Good Weekend To All!!! Deb

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Gina R Snape - Jul 23, 2004 3:58 pm (#1075 of 2955)

Thanks Chemyst!

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ShelterGirl - Jul 23, 2004 4:10 pm (#1076 of 2955)

Catherine- I work for the SPCA in Wake County. We are in the midst of a plan that will have the entire county "no kill" by 2010. We almost NEVER get small dogs. A puppy like 2087? would have been snapped up in a heartbeat.

To everyone else: You're a great bunch of people. No one has been mean to me yet. Smile There's such a diverse group here, and it's a joy to read. So thanks.

ShelterGirl aka Julie (who wishes today was her "Friday...")

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 4:32 pm (#1077 of 2955)

Hi Julie,

This will probably bore everyone else, so I will ask that all you HP fans who are not obsessed with animals "talk amongst yourselves!" Pretend we're not here!

Shelter girl, let's talk business! The muggles (anyone NOT reading further) are gone.

We in Pitt County face some interesting challenges. We have no animal control laws, per se, so even if the NC Pet Food Tax bill goes into effect---according to the President of our local Humane Society, we will get no funds from it. We have a lot of rural land that is used for hunting, and we've been in the papers lately about private landowners trying, in vain, to have a law passed that prohibit’s people running dogs on private land. We had a local ordinance that got overthrown (thankfully) because it contradicted state law--the law was trying to excuse those people who run their animals on private land for their own purpose.

We have hunters who lose dogs only to show up at shelters to claim the GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) collars, but not the poor hounds who were wearing them. Many of these individuals resist laws to restrict breeding and running of animals.

The reason I care is... there are lots of funds that WE, in Pitt Co., could be getting, that Wake County IS getting. You are lucky to live in a relatively progressive county that really is trying! And I commend this SO much!

I hope that we, in Pitt County, get where you are!

Cheers to everyone!

Catherine

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ShelterGirl - Jul 23, 2004 4:52 pm (#1078 of 2955)

Once again-- Boredom Alert for everyone else...

Catherine: The real issue is that the SPCA of Wake County is a non-profit organization that relies entirely on donations from the public in order to operate. Where are all of the rich people in the state? Raleigh and Charlotte. Who, besides students, generally lives in Pitt County? You get the picture.

If you'd like to discuss the vagaries of our Great State further, or even just talk dogs, let me know. I'll open up my email address for you.

Julie

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Catherine - Jul 23, 2004 5:01 pm (#1079 of 2955)

*anti-Muggle charm*

Shelter girl,

Click on my name, and my email address is shamefully available! I would like very much to hear someone else's perspective!

Also, there is no Eastern NC Shih-Tzu rescue, so I'm available.

*lifts anti-muggle charm*

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Eponine - Jul 23, 2004 8:40 pm (#1080 of 2955)

Hello all, I've never been on this thread before, but I thought I'd just wander on over and see what's being chatted about. Ladybug, you will be very near me when you go for your job interview; we regularly go into Durham to shop (because there is nothing where I live) or to the movies. Good luck on your interview! I don't really have too much to say, so just hello to everyone.

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Ladybug220 - Jul 23, 2004 8:51 pm (#1081 of 2955)
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Thanks Eponine! I hope I get the job there because I have an uncle in Hillsborough and some friends in Durham. I like Birmingham but the only thing keeping me here is my current job and I would do much better jobwise in Durham.

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Eponine - Jul 23, 2004 9:29 pm (#1082 of 2955)

I'm currently working in Hillsborough, but not for long, the people I work for are moving away.

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boop - Jul 23, 2004 9:55 pm (#1083 of 2955)

I had a great time at the zoo, and both the Natural History Museum and Art Museum. I have had a wonderful vacation and hate for it to end Sunday. I have met up with forum members and enjoyed spending time with each of them.

LadyBug220, I will keep my fingers crossed for you with the job interview.

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The giant squid - Jul 23, 2004 11:29 pm (#1084 of 2955)

   Hey Mike, are you channeling Tim now?



No offense to Tim, but I've been a punster much longer than I've been a Potter fan. It's just that most of the time I'm the one in the "I wish I'd said that" seat behind Tim. Smile He types faster, is all...

Betty, it's good to hear you had fun this weekend. Just hang on to the happy thoughts for those days when things seem bleak.

Ladybug220, good luck on the job search. Likewise for "Mr. Sherbie", for that matter. Wink

--Mike

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Marie E. - Jul 24, 2004 2:20 am (#1085 of 2955)

I'm back, I'm back, I'm back!!!!

Sorry, but I've been without internet for over a month now. I have had serious withdrawal symptoms. We had to switch to cable internet from DSL since the line in our new house didn't qualify. It's been agonizing! I read through all 700+ posts to this thread and feel somewhat caught up.

Viola, sorry we missed each other and had to play phone tag. Hopefully we'll get to meet in person sometime.

And for my brother's information, I do not still have my North Dakota accent. Or at least it's not as bad as it used to be.

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Marè - Jul 24, 2004 2:46 am (#1086 of 2955)

Padfoot!! My housemates and I went on a weekend trip last fall and the house we rented had a washing machine. And we did the exact same thing as you did. It was a bubble disaster.

You know I like these stories, it's nice to know I'm not the only klutz around here.

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boop - Jul 24, 2004 3:33 am (#1087 of 2955)

Thanks Mike I will remember what you said.

Marie, *runs over to Marie and gives her a great big hug* Welcome back I have missed you!!!! I hope everything has been going good in the new home. I will try and catch up with you on line. I can't get into the chat room here won't let me.

I hope everyone has a great day. I get to go have lunch with Michelle(Viola) today!!!!!

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 5:13 am (#1088 of 2955)

I don't own a dog. I have never owned a dog. Truth be told, I am a cat person. (Don't tell Catherine. She'll never speak to me again.) –Marcus

Hi, Marcus! *waves to Marcus*

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 24, 2004 7:48 am (#1089 of 2955)

Anyway (let me know if I overuse that word), sorry for the long and pretty much meaningless post... I tend to go on and on and on, unless someone stops me:( -- Aisha

Don't worry; as long as you're nice (and on topic) no one will stop you. Post away!

Truth be told, I am a cat person.—Marcus

Not to start a cat v. dog debate here (I'm still reeling from Pepsi v. Coke), but surely you people realize that dogs rule! (Especially Basset Hounds!)

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B]Catherine[/B] - Jul 24, 2004 7:58 am (#1090 of 2955)

Not to start a cat v. dog debate here (I'm still reeling from Pepsi v. Coke), but surely you people realize that dogs rule! (Especially Basset Hounds!)--Loopy Lupin

Dogs do indeed rule, Loopy! Even JKR has a dog! I don't hate cats, but I'm so terribly allergic that I can't really get to know one. My neighbor, who has always been a "cat person," decided that my Shih-Tzus are "cat dogs" and adopted one from the Humane Society. We named her "Lily" (after Lily Potter, of course, and to continue the "flower theme" with my Daisy).

I hate to say this, but does this mean that I'm a closet cat person? Egads!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 24, 2004 8:13 am (#1091 of 2955)

I must confess that I, too, don't hate cats per se in the strictest sense of the word. However, I am friends with a couple who are cat people and I am very fond of their two cats. I think that would make me closer to being a "closet cat" person than you Catherine. Whereas you participated in the naming of a "cat dog," I actually, on occasion interact with "cats." Smile

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boop - Jul 24, 2004 8:17 am (#1092 of 2955)

I like both cats and dogs just don't care to have one. This way if I want to pick up and go I don't have to worry about a pet.

Loopy Lupin, Basset Hounds, hehehe cute dogs

Catherine, hehehe closet cat person could be

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 24, 2004 8:20 am (#1093 of 2955)

I like cats because of their independence. You have to earn a cat's respect. It isn't given automatically.

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Eponine - Jul 24, 2004 8:21 am (#1094 of 2955)

I agree with boop, I like animals, I just like them much better when they belong to someone else.

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 8:36 am (#1095 of 2955)

Maybe I could take a leaf from Eponine and Boop and say that I'm ok with cats--as long as they belong to Marcus or someone else. Anybody else besides me!

The irony of this is that cats seem to love me. I can't decide if cats are passive aggressive or just don't know or care that I don't want to be around them. I seem to attract them at other people's houses. They're probably laughing to themselves to see how quickly I have to leave in order to keep my throat from closing up.

I'm sure that Marcus knows more about cats than I do, so I'll stipulate to the independence and respect that he wrote about. With dogs, they might love or like you unconditionally, but they certainly don't bestow respect unconditionally. That's why I make sure I'm always 'Top Dog" in my house!

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 24, 2004 9:03 am (#1096 of 2955)

LOL, Catherine.

Actually, that is a well-known phenomenon. People who dislike or are uncomfortable around cats enter a room where a cat is. The cat will then proceed to single out that person for special attention.

It has been explained by pointing out that the person avoids looking at the cat. The cat is then not intimidated by the person staring at them, so they feel comfortable in rubbing up against them and even crawling into their laps. It is a funny process to watch. :-)

Actually, I am allergic to cats now. I didn't use to be. Whenever I pet a cat, I have to wash my hands soon afterwards. :-(

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VeronikaG - Jul 24, 2004 9:11 am (#1097 of 2955)

Catherine, if you want cats to stay away from you when you are at friends' houses, try looking them straight into the eyes. That is a sign they interpret as "stay away". Narrows eyes and the head turned away signalizes to the cat "Come on! Jump up in my lap!" when it's done by a stranger.

And here comes a little rant. In my town we had an animal shelter, which was closed down. Then it got new owners, but they didn't want to accept animals that weren't neutered, spayed and had had all vaccines. The people who brought them in, had to take them to the vets themselves to have that done, which is very expensive in Norway. So you couldn't just bring in that poor little kitten that had been hanging around your house for three weeks. As a result, nobody brought in any more animals, and the shelter was closed again. Then some other animal lovers, (was it the previous owners, I can't remember) broke in to it and started up again. They ran it for over a year, taking in any cat or dog there was, and getting them new homes. Then the present owners realized that they were losing money, and had the new (possibly old) managers thrown out. The shelter was empty for two years, the owners didn't start it up again, and it got in a bad state. In the end the district vet claimed it was unfit for having animals in, and most of it had to be torn down and rebuilt. Then the case disappeared from the local news papers, and the last thing we heard is that somebody is running it at present, but I'm not sure who it is. They say that people who love animals will never fight with each other, so obviously there were somebody here who didn't really love animals.

I'm a cat person, but you can say I'm also a closet dog lover. Unfortunately my favorite breeds are Siberian Husky and Border Collie, and it will probably never be possible for me to own a dog of those breeds. They are working dogs, and need to work, or exercise a LOT, else they become cranky.

Edit: Marcus knew about the "look" as well.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 24, 2004 9:31 am (#1098 of 2955)

The irony of this is that cats seem to love me.-- Catherine.

Edit: Marcus knew about the "look" as well. – VeronikaG


Well, you learn something new every day. I was going to remark to Catherine how funny it was that cats run to her because I've seen that too. My friends with the cats have had other friends with allergies and, sure enough, the cats make a bee line for those people. Sort of interesting: If you look at a dog and act interested, he'll generally come to you, ready to lick face. If you look at a cat and act interested, they want nothing to do with you. I'm not sure cats are smart so much as obnoxious. Razz

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 9:49 am (#1099 of 2955)

Thanks, Marcus and Veronika! Like Loopy, I have learned something. I'll make sure that I look really hopeful and interested as part of my "cat repellant" plant!

I don't want to offend cat lovers, but cats are coming across as fairly contrary!

Veronika, I wish people were like you and actually understood the needs of the various breeds. We've had some really neat Border Collies and Border Collie mixes end up at the shelter because the people got them because they are such intelligent dogs, but many people don't understand them and think that the dog is trying to drive them crazy, when really, it’s needs for herding, exercise, and problem solving have not been met. (Actually, dogs need owners at least as smart as they are!) We used to live next door to people who had Huskies, and those dogs were VERY funny to watch. They used to jump on the kids' trampoline, and pull the kids on skateboards around the neighborhood.

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Liz Mann - Jul 24, 2004 10:03 am (#1100 of 2955)

I need a place to rant.

Don't you just hate official websites?? Nobody keeps an eye on them, nobody notices if there is an error, and they don't give you a proper place to notify them to any errors. I've just had that problem with the Petz Central (the official site for the PC game Dogz 5) website. I had to send an email to the technical support address in the end, which was probably the wrong place. Sigh! Quite frankly, fansites are better run, especially when it comes to forums (i.e. this one is loads better than the one over on harrypotter.com).

Has anyone else had problems with official websites or is it just me?
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Chemyst - Jul 24, 2004 10:15 am (#1101 of 2955)

Well Liz, I've have some pretty favorable experiences with official websites that wanted me to continue as a customer. But I have noticed the “How-to-contact-us” in often tucked in a margin in very small print.

Hm, I have an iguana, and I suppose you could say it is independent. But it is probably more accurate to call it lazy and self-absorbed. She just moves between her heat rock and log to take naps. Actually she is more of an interior design element than a real pet because her terrarium home is more interesting than she is. I also have a half-day beagle. (Note the use of the hyphen. - cf. HP6: the Half Blood Prince thread)) The dog technically belongs to my son, but since no one else around here gets up early in the summer, she's mine until mid-morning.

Cats never bothered me. I always thought it was because they are good at Legilimency and could read my mind to stay away. Because that requires eye contact, maybe it's real!

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haymoni - Jul 24, 2004 11:03 am (#1102 of 2955)

Wow - 91 posts - we are a chat & greet kinda bunch, aren't we?

boop - did you go into the Knight Room at the Art Museum? My favorite painting in the museum is "Cupid & Psyche".

Mike - liked the Auror joke and the Knight's Tale reference - that has become one of my favorite quotes.

Gas stoves are scary - it looks like a big blow torch under there, doesn't it? I purchased a new gas stove and it has the broiler inside the oven just like the electric ones do. My cookie sheets are where they belong - in the drawer on the bottom of the oven.

I took Friday off - went to the water park - it was wonderful to sit in the wave pool and pretend I was somewhere more exotic than Northeastern Ohio. I'm thinkin' Corona commercial!! Courtney?? Where are you??

Have a great weekend everybody!

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Brandon Christopher - Jul 24, 2004 11:39 am (#1103 of 2955)

OK it's been like... um... well a very long time everyone!

First off I'd like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a great day and got an awesome present also. After four weeks I finally got a call back from the school and I got the job!!! My dad laughed at me because I literally jumped for joy. Needless to say that was a great birthday present. And to see all those birthday wishes from all of my forum family (whom I have been neglecting) was a wonderful thing.

So now I have that job to look forward to, only two more weeks of school, and a much anticipated vacation in three weeks. My august is packed: I've got that long vacation, going white water rafting for a few days, climbing Mt. Whitney, and going to two weddings! Don't think I've ever had an august like this one - it's gonna be lots of fun!

Happy birthday to everyone I missed. And just to put in my two knuts - dogs rule cats drool!!!

Tim, I realize that I haven't been around, but I wanted to wish you my condolences. I think everyone stated it very well, you are a great guy and I'm sure your father was very proud of you. I'm glad that everyone on the forum was here for you, you are a central part of our forum family. I'm sorry that this is so incredibly behind but had to say what an asset to this forum I - and many others obviously - think you are.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 24, 2004 12:02 pm (#1104 of 2955)

Congratulations Brandon!
Welcome back Marie!

Catherine, I have seen this phenomenon as well, with allergic friends. It is an odd thing, I concede. Nothing will get a suspicious cat running faster than trying to attract their attention. And vice versa...

Now, just to bother you cat-loathers out there... here is a recent picture of my precious 15 1/2 year old cat Fabergé.




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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 12:10 pm (#1105 of 2955)

Gina,

Faberge is a lovely cat, and just the way I like to see cats--in a picture, not causing me to have hives! Really, I don't loathe them, I just hate going to the doctor because of them :-)

It's very interesting to hear about the cat eye-contact. Chemyst, I burst out laughing with your Legilimency speculation! I guess the cats don't like what they hear in YOUR mind!

Are people just fundamentally "cat people" or "dog people?"

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Flame Alligator - Jul 24, 2004 12:46 pm (#1106 of 2955)

Thanks for the kitty pictures Gina and Prongs. They look so sweet. I love the look on Faberge's face. I am still grieving over Sami. No new kitty yet. Your pet's pictures cheered me up. Thanks

Leprechaun Jack, I e-mailed you.

Have a good weekend everyone.

goedemiddag

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Marie E. - Jul 24, 2004 1:00 pm (#1107 of 2955)

I spent the morning being somewhat productive; hanging pictures on the wall, straightening up, ect. But the siren song of the Forum called to me so here I am. We still have piles of stuff in the garage to go through but all the big stuff is put away. It feels like home now. As a surprise, we're getting the girls a trampoline next week. (Uncle Squid, be on the alert for nieces with broken bones.)

I went out to Walmart last night and bought school supplies for the girls. It seems early (Our district starts school on August 19th) but I remembe last year some items ran out quickly. I got Lexie her coveted My Littly Pony backpack and I'm pricing the wheeled backpacks for Shayla. Both my girls will be in school this year. Sniff, sniff.

As padfoot will confirm, it is still raining cat and dogs here in Colorado. We actually have mushrooms in our front yard. And the front yard is rocks, no grass! That is a persistant little fungus. Hopefully it will dry out soon so we can take the girls out on a weekend.

Have a great day, everyone!

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Dr Filibuster - Jul 24, 2004 1:19 pm (#1108 of 2955)

A..A A...Atishooo!!!

Who let all these cats in here? I only discovered the eye contact thing a couple of years ago

I had no internet access for a few days, so sorry that I missed loads of birthdays etc. Glad you had a good one Brandon.

Betty...I'm a reserved Brit and don't get "touchy-feely" too often, but I want to give you my first ever internet hug....HUG Betty HUG. Hope you had a lovely lunch today.

Lindsey...what a bloody awful week you've had! As Flame said, you're worse than "I Love Lucy"

Can I be the first to say congratulations Jo Rowling. Jo's third child is due next year.

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Accio Sirius - Jul 24, 2004 2:10 pm (#1109 of 2955)

I hate to admit it, but when I read about JKR expecting again, I thought two things in rapid succession: "Good for her. Good God, we won't see book seven for ages!! Especially if that means two kids still in diapers! She is in for it! Happy belated birthday to everyone, including Virigoddesses' boyfriend! All those posts! You all are so prolific! I was gone for a week and wow! Had a really nice time on vacation--there was a wonderful lake full of large, inflatable toys--a floating trampoline with a sort of slip and slide attached which was a gold mine for Funniest home video shots. I drank half the lake laughing so much. And in the dog versus cat debate, I like both, but prefer to live with cats! Sirius of course would be the exception!

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Gina R Snape - Jul 24, 2004 2:32 pm (#1110 of 2955)

Accio, I had the same guilty thought. PLEEEEEAAAAAASE JRK, think of your fans. BOOK creation...not procreation please!!!!

But of course we don't really mean it.

Anyway, she's got enough money now for loads of assistance with nappies and such. She can write and bond with her children and still have time for other things...

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timrew - Jul 24, 2004 3:09 pm (#1111 of 2955)

Brandon, Sorry to be late replying to you. This thread seems to get triple the posts of all the others! Thanks for your sympathy on the death of my Dad. It's much appreciated. You and the rest of the Forum members have been a great comfort to me and my family.

On a lighter note, I finally got round to seeing POA the movie today. My son, Matthew, works part-time in a cinema over here, and he gets four free tickets a day (!) to go to the movies.

So today, my wife (Jane), my mother-in-law (Margaret, who's well into Harry Potter!), myself and Matthew went along to see it.

I know a lot had to be left out, but I thought the film was brilliant, although Matthew and myself are divided on Michael Gambon's performance as Dumbledore - I thought he did very well, Matthew didn't.

Also, to continue the dog/cat debate that's been going on recently, can I add that it's my birthday in September, and I want a hippogriff!

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Gina R Snape - Jul 24, 2004 3:18 pm (#1112 of 2955)

Hmmmm. I dunno Tim. I suppose those of us in the States could chip in and send one via air mail. Should we crate it or just tag it and have it follow the owl post?

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timrew - Jul 24, 2004 4:42 pm (#1113 of 2955)

I don't care, Gina, as long as I get one!

BTW, did you think that the bit where Harry is riding Buckbeak, and raises his arms in the air and yells "Woohoooooo!" was ripped off from 'Titanic'? I was expecting Harry to shout as an afterthought, "I'm the king of the world!"

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 4:49 pm (#1114 of 2955)

Tim,

The Harry riding Buckbeak scene might be just a teensy bit like Titantic

So, hope you have a good supply of Pettigrews *ahem* dead rats to feed that Hippogriff we're sending you! Look up on the roof if you haven't seen it yet!

Oh, and before I forget, I must BOW, not to a Hippogriff, but before the King of SPEW!

We love you, the king of SPEW!

Cheers, Tim!

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timrew - Jul 24, 2004 5:03 pm (#1115 of 2955)

Thank you, Catherine. I have to go. There's something dislodging slates from the roof!

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 5:15 pm (#1116 of 2955)

Dear me.

What could be bothering Tim :-)

Hope the Hippogriff didn't get there too early!

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Marye Lupin - Jul 24, 2004 5:53 pm (#1117 of 2955)

My birthday is on Monday and I'm freaking out! I'm scheduled to take my driving test on that day and I'm scared to death of failing. I'll be 18 so needless to say I am a little bit behind the rest of my friends... If I fail I have to take driver's ed over again because there's apparently this rule in Maryland that you have to take the test within a year of your first day of driver's ed (which was August 4th of last year for me). To top it off we have to schedule the test like three weeks in advance because it's summer and everybody's taking their tests now so I can't just retest the next day if I fail! I've been practicing parallel parking all day but I'm still only getting it about 3 times out of 4.

I really don't want to have to worry about driver's ed and everything next year at college.

...18 is way too young to be dreading your birthday ;-)

Sorry about this but I needed to vent. Everybody seems to automatically assume I'll pass which just makes it worse because it will be more embarrassing when-- if-- I fail.

Aaaahh! You ever have that feeling where you just want to skip a day? Like if I could wake up tomorrow and it will suddenly be Tuesday and I will have already passed or failed and I don't have to keep worrying about it?

On a side note: That scene with the Hippogriff in PoA made me almost choke on my soda :-) I got some really strange looks from the people around me as I tried to recover.

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 6:09 pm (#1118 of 2955)

Dear Marye, I am a terrible parallel parker myself, so I am sending you a humongous "Quite Excellent Parking" Charm. Best to you, and every part of my body that is not necessary for typing is crossed for you!

Me, I prefer broomsticks or Apparating, don't you? Smile Muggle driving is SO frought with problems and regulations!

I had a really good "Atta boy" today, and I thought I would share. I wrote our local Humane Society's usual plea for funds for Mother's Day. Normally, this is a fund drive for spay/neuter.

In the past, the mailing nets about $300. This year, I wrote the letter and we've so far exceeded that, it's unbelievable!

One check alone was for more than $1000. I'm getting all these kudos, which is wrong, because really, it's people seeing that they help so many animals by paying for their surgeries!

Thanks for letting me share this....

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Penny Lane. - Jul 24, 2004 6:13 pm (#1119 of 2955)

Marye Lupin - Good Luck on your drivers test. I can understand why you feel nervous.

I'm 22 and technically, I don't have a valid license yet. To top it off, I live in Michigan, land of cars - so not having a car is a really big deal, as Henry(?) Ford and other "entrapreneuers"(sp?) have hindered our public transit systems as to sell more cars.

Also, I failed my Drivers test twice. The first time I knocked over all of the cones when I was parallel parking, the second time I was caught going 26 in a 25 school zone, even though everyone around me was going about 40. That tester was kind of an idiot.

Does anyone else here ever watch Clean Sweep? I just watched them make this woman get rid of all of her books except for one shelf, and I just wanted to cry. If they ever came to my house, I would throw a fit if they told me to narrow my books down to 10. Plus they would probably ask me the all important question of "why do you have 2 hardcover set of the Harry Potter books, and a set of Harry Potter paperbacks?"

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ShelterGirl - Jul 24, 2004 6:18 pm (#1120 of 2955)

Penny- I used to be addicted to Clean Sweep. Then I slapped myself. My main trouble was that very thing. If some unfeeling person told me I had to get rid of most of my books I would end up shoving them back into the Clean Sweep Mobile and sending them off with their brakes cut.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 24, 2004 6:24 pm (#1121 of 2955)

That's because the standard for the world of interior design has become a still-life. We've elevated our homes into museums and forgotten that they're there to serve us rather than us serving them.

Hey, I'm as big a fan of Vern Yip as the next person, but if the design is going to be ruined by the Sunday paper strewn across the coffee table, then it's not good design.

***looks around*** Someone took a grumpy pill, didn't they?

EDIT: For the record, I hate coffee tables. I'm always walking into them.

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Julia. - Jul 24, 2004 6:52 pm (#1122 of 2955)

PHEW!! I go offline for one day and come back with all these posts! First off, Marye Lupin, good luck on your driving test! After you pass you can have a butterbeer on me, so long as you don't drive until it wears off!

*runs over and hugs Marie* MARIE!!! Welcome back, I missed your pretty avatar!

Just for the record, if I may quote the movie "Homeward Bound" I believe it was Sassy the cat who said "Cats rule and dogs drool, cats rule and dogs drool!" I am totally a cat person. When I am a big girl and don't live in my parents house or a dorm room, I want to have 2 cats, Andromedia and Remus

Also, JKR, I know you're reading this, so Mazel Tov on expecting your thrid child! I know you said it won't effect the writing of book 6, but what about book 7!? I'm happy for you and all, but come on! As Gina said, book creation, not procreation please!

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Catherine - Jul 24, 2004 7:05 pm (#1123 of 2955)

Kim,

No, you didn't take a grumpy pill because reading material doesn't count! My husband has to ask, "Why do you need ALL the HP books at your side?"

I just say, "Well, BECAUSE I DO!"

The point is, if I can have 5 books stacked up (and neatly, in order) beside me, then you are allowed to have the current day's paper strewn somewhere.

To anyone who questions this, I say, "Ah, you great Prune! Dry up, why don't you?"

--From Catherine, the anti-neat freak!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 24, 2004 7:12 pm (#1124 of 2955)

Thank you Catherine. **breathes easier**

you are allowed to have the current day's paper strewn somewhere.

Excuse me while I run around and collect the papers from the previous 3 days. Ah, I see, there's the comics under the ottoman and the Living section next to the bed. Oh dear, is that Thursday's front page hanging over the towel rack in the bathroom. Must remind hubby to stop doing that.

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Eponine - Jul 24, 2004 7:12 pm (#1125 of 2955)

Marye, good luck on your driver's test! When I took mine, I was making a left turn and turned way too wide into the wrong lane, then I over corrected and went up on the shoulder. I still passed though. I think she passed me out of pity, because I started crying, plus I had to get my license as my mother had just had brain surgery and couldn't drive for 3 months. I'm a much better driver now, though.

Penny and ShelterGirl, I watch Clean Sweep every now and then, but it always makes me mad when the organizational "experts" make them get rid of childhood things. Once, they took this woman's Pound Puppy, and I wanted to cry for her. I could never have them come to my house though, I have far too many books. They would ask me about the multiple Harry Potter books, but they would definitely be appalled at my collection of The Secret Garden. It was my favorite book growing up, and I have quite a large number of different copies of it. I do realize that I'm a crazy book person.

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Celestina W. - Jul 24, 2004 8:04 pm (#1126 of 2955)

Hi, everybody!

First of all, Betty (and everyone else who is dealing with depression or other problems), you have my best wishes, prayers, and lots of hugs.

Sherbie, sorry to hear about your kitchen mishap, although I admit I did have to laugh. You're not alone; my grandma has burnt potholders before, and I myself have scorched microwave popcorn.

I went to I, Robot on Thursday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely a "popcorn movie", but I love those. Now I'm looking forward to seeing The Village. I just watched a preview for it; looks scary, but in a really cool-scary kind of way (if that makes sense...).

I'm a cat and dog person. I have one dog, one house cat, and several barn cats, and I love them all. I think each species has it’s pros and cons: cats are smarter, less smelly, less slobbery, and a better size for lap sitting (my dog is about 100 pounds), while the dog is friendlier, plays more, and is less cranky.

Marye Lupin, I feel your pain. I'm 17 and haven't taken my drivers test yet, because I have a rather bad case of driving-phobia, and I can't park. My uncle, who's a driver's ed teacher, was here this week and gave me a parallel-parking lesson, so I think maybe I've got that down now. It's just a matter of me biting the bullet and actually scheduling my test, before my learner's permit expires and I have to renew it (again).

Penny, they threw away her BOOKS?! That's just horrible. My books are among my most precious possessions. I just got a new bookshelf in my room, so now they have a nice new home.

Wow, long post -- sorry! Think I'm done now.

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Marie E. - Jul 24, 2004 9:37 pm (#1127 of 2955)

First off, hello Julia!!!

I can't believe they would make someone throw out their books. I've known people who have weeded out their book collections but I could never narrow my books down to 10. I have a set of HP hardback, a set in paperback, a set of Jane Austen, all of Nick Hornby's books, all of Helen Fieldings books, all of Terri McMillian's books, the entire set of Maud Hart Lovelace books, ...and this is just one bookshelf! The sweetest thing my husband has ever done for me is build me three oak bookshelves. When he said we'd build bookshelves over the fireplace of our new house, I got all quivery.

This is not to say I don't have other clutter that should go, but honestly!

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 24, 2004 9:47 pm (#1128 of 2955)

Marye, I'm sure you'll do wonderfully on your test. When I took mine I was driving an itty bitty little VW Beetle and still couldn't quite make the parallel parking. Bit sad really, but I passed all the same, much to my mom's chagrin.

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Ozymandias - Jul 24, 2004 10:18 pm (#1129 of 2955)

Hi Brandon! *waves and grins* I was starting to wonder where you were!

Marye, good luck on your drivers' test. I had the same problem with nerves as you did, because I stupidly agreed to go out to dinner with a friend who was taking her test the same day, and was terrified that I'd fail and have to ask her for a ride. Luckily, we don't have to parallel park here in California, because that would have failed me for sure. 3 out of 4 times sounds pretty good to me, so I'm sure you'll do fine.

Those decorator people would be appalled at my house. My dad and I just went through our book collection to weed some out, and between the two of us we filled the entire living room floor. But I love my books, so decorators, stay away!

I shudder to think of the state of the forum when I get to it next. I'm going to the beach for a week on Monday. I'll be thinking of all of you as I reread GoF.

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boop - Jul 24, 2004 10:28 pm (#1130 of 2955)

Sus and Celestina, thank you so much.

haymoni(Monica) Yes we did see the whole museum. I had a great day yesterday and today. I met Viola and her husband for lunch and then they took me to the visitor center of Nasa. Then I got a visit from Jimmie and Sarah. This has been just what I needed. I got to see alot of forum family and enjoyed spending time with each of them. I pack up today and head home.

Marye Lupin good luck on passing your driving test. I will cross my fingers for you.

Well it’s almost 1:30am so I am off to bed, have a good Sunday everyone!!!!

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The giant squid - Jul 25, 2004 12:36 am (#1131 of 2955)

I could never weed myself down to 10 books. Besides the Harry Potters, my Heinlein collection is more than quadruple that! (Only 2 more to go & I've got them all! They're like Pokemon for sci-fi geeks Wink ) I've watched Clean Sweep a few times, and I've come to the conclusion that they're pure evil. Some people have a reason for keeping all that stuff. To quote Chris Knight in Real Genius: "All my filth is in alphabetical order. For instance, this was under 'H' for 'toy'."

   Mike - liked the Auror joke and the Knight's Tale reference



I made a Knight's Tale reference? Yeesh, I'm getting so bad at this movie reference thing I don't even know I'm doing it!

Marye, good luck! Just relax and you'll be fine. Three out of four is better than most of us licensed folks can manage. Smile

For the record, I am a cat person as well. Cats & I seem to agree with each other--they don't bother me and I don't bother them. My lack of interest in dogs comes from two things: I hate being slobbered on (and don't tell me your dog doesn't slobber; it's like the eye contact thing, they know I hate it...) and I'm horribly allergic. I once managed to survive almost two hours at a friend's house without an antihistimine, but it was a near thing...

Marie: "Uncle Squid"? Very Happy

--Mike

pricing Hippogriff Chow for Tim

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boop - Jul 25, 2004 4:13 am (#1132 of 2955)

Sue and Celestina thank you so much.

Haymoni, yes we saw the whole museum. It was really nice enjoyed the court yard so beautiful. I could have just stayed there all day. The history museum was nice as well.

I have had a great vacation. The people here in Ohio were very friendly to me. The hotel was very nice. I got to meet up with alot of my forum family members. I enjoyed meeting everyone. I want to say thank you everyone I met for making this visit special to me. I didn't have a day where there wasn't something or someone around. I am leaving today, but not until I go to the Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame. It’s going to be lots of fun.

Marye Lupin, good luck with the driving test, I will keep my fingers and toes crossed for you.

Hey Marie *waves* nice to see you back have missed you. Here is a hug for you too.

Have a great day everyone!!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 25, 2004 5:33 am (#1133 of 2955)

Accio Sirius, Welcome back.

Marye Lupin, To ditto what others have said....... just relax and take your time parking. You'll pass the driver's test.

For the record, I am a cat person. I like dogs but I LOVE/ADORE CATS!! They are genuine in their affections for you since they are not usually pack animals. And I have been amazed at how intelligent the cats I have had have been. They are trainable if you take the time but be warned, they have to love you to allow you to train them. My cats always came when I called and showered me with kitty affection when I come home. Plus, they don't slobber/drool. And I love the purring. There is nothing more soothing to me on a stressful day then a purring kitty sitting close to me or in my lap. Being a dancer, I love to watch cats move. They are poetry in motion. As a yoga teacher, I know that a lot of our postures (asans) come from animal movements. Two of my cats use to do yoga with me everyday once they recognized what I was doing. I am not kidding, they did. They would do all the sitting and reclining postures. The best part was during relaxation....... a kitty purring next to me. Am I right cat lovers?

I am in a very good mood today, giddy even. I send joy to all my forum buddies.

Happy Birthday to all who's birthday it is.

Sherbie, I am doing good fortune mudras and mantras for you today.

Goedemorgen y'all!

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megfox - Jul 25, 2004 7:07 am (#1134 of 2955)

Marye, I was in your shoes when I was 18, and it wasn't fun! I was the last person in my grade at school to get their driver's license. EVERYONE else in my class of over 300 had their's by then end of Junior year - I however, got mine the Moday after I graduated! I was so sure I was going to fail, too, because I had to parallel park, and I never practiced it...but I did okay. You will too. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. With all of this good luck being wished upon you, how could you fail?

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Mrs. Sirius - Jul 25, 2004 7:35 am (#1135 of 2955)

Oh, oh so many post!

Sherbie, according to my mother everything that happened to you means that from here on you'll have good luck in your new house. How much more damage can you do right? Don't feel too bad about your learning experiences, I grew up with gas stoves yet as a teenager when trying to light the oven, I went in search of a match because the self-starter wasn't working, when I found the match I went back to the oven stuck it in and a huge fireball flew out at me. I lost my eyebrows and was a bit wiser. Moral-Never turn the gas on and then come back with the match to ignite the oven, not a good combination.

As for setting the house on fire, last fall when my children started school and I was establishing my industrious routine, I cleaned my house, took 2 mile long walk and prepared dinner all in time to go out to lunch with friends. While at lunch I was happily explaining my new routine my other moms whose children were also newly off to school, but I suddenly couldn't remember if I had turned off the oven. I got home and didn't see smoke so I though everything was fine. However when I opened the kitchen door, it was filled with smoke. Unfortunately I was making beans. Burnt beans reek!!! It took oven a week of washing all the clothes in the house, the walls, the floors and boiling herbs in the stove to finally get the smell out. We nearly had to call the insurance company to have everything professionally cleaned.

Countney enjoy having your parents pay for your vacation, we are on vacation with our 4 now, they are a little too young to really appreciate it.

Tomoe, good for you I'm all for freedom of the press. I prefer to know what other people think, what ever that might be really. I arrived in Montreal on Thursday and boy was that hot! I was 1000 degrees in our apartment and the restaurant we found was un-airconditioned. But thanks for you help it's been wonderful here.

Julia thanks for your help.

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SarcasticGinny - Jul 25, 2004 7:45 am (#1136 of 2955)

Hello to all!

I'm still waiting for my father to network the computers in our home so I can see you all a bit more often. Right now, I share a computer in a very cold basement with four other people, so I can't "lexicon" much. I miss all the theories!

Not too much new on my plate...the middle school opens at the beginning of August and I will (eek) start getting my classroom kid-ready. I've started horseback riding lessons, and I love those. Anyone here ride? Also, an upcoming trip to Montana for my cousin's wedding, so for anyone in the western US, I'll wave from the plane.

Hope everyone here is doing fantastically!!

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 25, 2004 8:00 am (#1137 of 2955)

Thanks for all your stories about setting things on fire, guys. That does make me feel better! I'm still avoiding cooking anything near that thing until I get an electrician or someone from the gas company to examine the lines. On Friday, I used my crock pot for the first time and despite everyone I know telling me I could safely leave the house with it on low, I sat there for 8 hours, staring at it warily Waiting

My bad luck string hasn't seemed to slow, unfortunately. My husband didn't get the job and my mom has found a suspicious lump on her back. Sometimes I feel like jumping in my horrid little rental car and driving as far and as fast as I can. Let's just hope this is one of those times when things have reached their worst point and are going to start getting better from now on.Please

Welcome back, Marie! It's nice to see you.

You'll do fine, Marye! I remember being horribly nervous during my driving test. However, my anxiety was greatly increased by something that happened in the parking lot while my mom and I were waiting in her car for the driving inspector. About 5 minutes before my practical test was to begin, we were hit by another car. Caused quite a bit of damage and I was horribly shaken up. Nevertheless, I drove that car and despite floating a stop sign and forgetting to signal when I parallel parked, I passed without a problem. So if I can pass, so can you.

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Catherine - Jul 25, 2004 8:47 am (#1138 of 2955)

Sherbie, I'm sorry about your round of bad luck recently. I know it's terrible to wonder if something might be wrong with your Mom, and I'm hoping for good news. Tell Mr. Sherbie that his time is coming, I just know it.

I've been very amused to read about the cat vs. dog debate, and it's been informative. I have concluded from reading the cat lovers' posts that my shih-tzus are probably "cat dogs," and that my brother, who has always jokingly called them that, may be right. Shih-Tzus were bred in China to look like lions, and they do have a very feline look with their short muzzles. My shih-tzus don't slobber at all, they love to cuddle like cats do, and they like to lounge on top of the sofa and snooze in the sun. They also don't bark, except when their food or water bowl is empty. My dogs also will bark if their water is not perfectly crystal clear, which is understandable, but I've never seen other breeds be this picky.

Hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday!

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Marie E. - Jul 25, 2004 9:39 am (#1139 of 2955)

It is still raining here in Colorado. As I type, we are developing plans for an ark in the backyard.

I have a stove story, Sherbie, which may make you feel better. Our first night in this house was so hectic, with still moving things from the old house and all, that I thought we'd just grab a "take and bake" pizza for dinner. I rushed in after work, preheated the oven, and started running around the house unpacking. When I smelled a terrible odor, I remembered that we hadn't used the brand new oven yet and the instruction manuel, wrapped in plastic, was still inside. There are still bit’s of burned plastic on the bottom of the oven that we can't get off.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

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Julia. - Jul 25, 2004 9:50 am (#1140 of 2955)

Sherbie, I'm so sorry to hear about Mr. Sherbie not getting the job and the bump on your mum's back. Wish I could tell you everything will be ok, but really I can't, as no one knows. I can however tell you that worrying about it will not do anyone any good, least of all you. I know it'll be hard, but try to not worry about it so much. In the meantime, have some butterbeer and chocolate. *hands Sherbie butterbeer and chocolate* As always, if there's anything we can do, let us know. *huggy huggy*

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Acceber - Jul 25, 2004 10:38 am (#1141 of 2955)

I'M BACK!!!!! Well, technically, I got back yesterday a bit before dinner time, but I didn't have any Internet time mostly because my little sister was hanging onto my leg (literally) the whole night. Then, after dinner, I conked out on the couch because I was so exhausted-my cold had drained me. I woke up a few hours later, watched part of a James Bond movie with my parents, then took a very relaxing shower before getting into a bed with a mattress (!!!) and falling asleep. This morning has been devoted to unpacking and reading this thread. 1000+ posts---not too fun, but I did, like the obsessed geek I am, read all of them.

First off, I would like to say Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Welcome Back, or Happy Anniversary to anyone who is worthy of praise. There have been too many to name you all, it's nothing personal.

Now for special notes to people who don't fall into those categories:

Mike-we share the same birthday (January 31), yeah Aquarius! We're birthday buddies with Jackie Robinson, Nolan Ryan and Ernie Banks (all baseball players).

Ozy-I can kind of feel your pain. I'm in your same boat, but I'm 6 years younger, so it probably isn't as unremarkable. Your and many other Forumers' stories, however, have made me realize I'm not that much of a late bloomer. So thanks everyone.

Tim, I must express my deepest sympathies to your and yours, even if they are belated. Your father seems like he was a wonderful man and if he has passed some of those trait’s onto you, you will leave a mark on your family as well.

Kim mentioned I would probably call soda "tonic," which I DON'T. It's just plain soda here. Sorry to disappoint you, my friend.

Lastly, I'm a cat person myself, which is probably evident by my avatar and past ones. Speaking of avatars, I plan to change mine into a picture of me at camp, if I can get it working. We got a slideshow on a CD-RW disk of pictures from camp and if my slim knowledge fo computers holds forth, I will be able to transfer one I love to my avatar.

I'm going to switch my avatar now, then have a late lunch. Wish me luck.

EDIT: Avatar's up...it's a bit blurry, but you can still see it.

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Julia. - Jul 25, 2004 10:42 am (#1142 of 2955)

WELCOME BACK BECCA! We missed you while you were gone! I think this calls for a good party. *pulls out butterbeer and passes it around* Good luck catching up on posts, but at least you weren't completly HP deprived at camp Good luck on changing your avatar, and have a good lunch!

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Pinky - Jul 25, 2004 11:36 am (#1143 of 2955)

Welcome back!!! I had to laugh when I saw your picture for two reasons - 1) I remember how much fun camp was, although we didn't do pie-eating contests. We did occasionally eat spaghetti with no hands though. 2) Er - you look so young!!! Ok, I know you're one of our younger members, but everytime I read what you have posted, it comes across as sounding much older and "adultey." So congratulations on your writing and interaction skills.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 25, 2004 11:44 am (#1144 of 2955)

Welcome back Becca! What do you mean you don't say tonic? **looks shocked** Everyone says tonic.

It's so nice to have you back. So, how was camp?

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Aisha Ahsia - Jul 25, 2004 1:01 pm (#1145 of 2955)

Phew! I've just spent an hour(!) reading through the posts form July 23 till the most recent one. I'm exhausted.

Marye- I'll follow the lead of so many before me and wish you good luck og your driving test.

Eponine- Secret Garden was my favourite book growing up too! Haven't read them for years though. Feeling a bit nostalgic...

VeronicaG- good to see that I'm not the only one from Norway here.

Have also enjoyed the cat and dog discussion that's been going on here. LOL! I like both myself, but I really want a dog, a golden retriever. I just want to be loved:)

It's so much fun to read through these post and the ... shall I say Interesting discussions and comments you can't find anywhere else but here. I've also read through many of you profiles, and it made me realize that mine was just a tad too dull and Percy-ish... Ah well, I can always change it.

Anyway, still working on getting my mother to read Chamber of Secrets. She still won't budge... Any ideas anyone? A friend of mine has promised to read the first two books after months of endless nagging:) I'm happy. I guess they're right: Once you set your mind to something, you can do anything you want. (Word of wisdom for the day, I've got a calender full of them...)

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anbigin - Jul 25, 2004 1:38 pm (#1146 of 2955)

Kitties - most definitly kitties!!!! Goodness, I can not express how much these furry, little, persnickety creatures mean to me... For example, I am willing to "suffer" through Catwoman just to see them, and I will be moving to a new residence just so I can get a kitty.

Ok, Clean Sweep makes me nervous cause every time I see them weed the books down to say 10 or "one crate" it makes me sick to my stomach! I mean what if they showed up to my place and made me weed my books down *cringe* Whoever said they'd send those TLC people a-packin' - you guys rock;) Welcome back Rebecca - Pinky's right though cause there's something missing between how young you look and how mature you're posts sound - It's fantastic.

Boop- I'm really glad you enjoyed the museum/zoo so much. I was just wondering if it was a natural habitat zoo or was it just a regular cage with really neat looking animals in it zoo?

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Kowalla - Jul 25, 2004 2:31 pm (#1147 of 2955)

Marye your birthday is the same as mine! Are you counting down yet? less than 8 hours to go!!! Good luck on your drivers test. I'm sure you'll do fine. I just hope your instructor is a little bit nicer than mine was. I remember it vividly. I was informed that in order to take the test, I had to call & make my appointment the same day, at exactly 7:00am, not one minute earlier. I called at 6:59, & got a busy signal. I set the phone for auto redial, to let me know when the line is available, & waited 23 minutes! When I showed up there, I met a very stern looking woman (whom I really doubt knew how to smile). We went on our little drive, with her saying nothing except "turn left at the next corner, pull over & park at that house, turn right at the next corner" no expression in her voice. Then, after it was over, she immediately informed me that I came "THIS CLOSE" to failing because I made too wide of a right turn, ONCE! *shivers* I'm was never so glad to get away from there.

Honestly, I think you'll do fine. So, go take your test, then go drive all your friends out for a great birthday celebration! Well, maybe it would be better to offer to drive your mom to the hospital. Hope she comes out ok.

Sherbie, I just wanted to add a note in here, that I would be MORE than happy to trade ovens with you! I have an electric stove & I HATE it! I have always used gas, so I can't seem to figure this thing out! Everything I try to bake burns! I haven't managed to make one batch of cookies turn out right yet, & I've lived here for almost 2 months! *sniffles* I miss my gas stove.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 25, 2004 2:51 pm (#1148 of 2955)

For example, I am willing to "suffer" through Catwoman just to see them, and I will be moving to a new residence just so I can get a kitty—anbigin

Ok, packing up and moving to a place that allows cats is perfectly understandable, but Catwoman ? Sheesh!

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Lisaren - Jul 25, 2004 3:15 pm (#1149 of 2955)

I have been missing for about 5 months, but it feels so good to check back in. I couldn't read 5 months worth (my family would kill me), but I have read the last month.

Tim, very belated, but still heartfelt condolences about your father. Your synopsis of his life showed a good man.

Betty, even though I didn't post a lot, I read everything before my drop out and I felt as if I knew everyone who posted regularly and you are the momma of the Forum.

For all the birthdays I missed HAPPY BIRTHDAY (happy shout).

I myself am a cat person who loves someone else's dog.

On the soda/pop issue -- here they are just called drinks. As a matter of fact when we went to visit my family in Wisconsin, my husband mentioned he wanted a drink at 10:00 am and the family began to wonder what I had gotten myself into until the soda/pop/coke/drink issue was resolved. According to them, the rest of the USA uses drink to mean alcohol.

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Marè - Jul 25, 2004 3:21 pm (#1150 of 2955)

Marye good luck on your drivers test, and Penny, don't worry too much about it.
I only got mine last year and I'm 24. And although I'm a good enough driver to not crash into things, I never park my car in a parking space. My parents car (the only one I ever take) is quite big and I don't really feel comfortable enough coming near other persons cars...
So I'll just wait till I found a job and find myself a nice mini cooper or something in that size area.
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timrew - Jul 25, 2004 3:52 pm (#1151 of 2955)

Becca, Lisaren, thank you for your messages. Although belated, they are still read by myself and my mother, and we appreciate the warmth and compassion of our Forum family.

And I'm still waiting for my hippogriff!

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Eponine - Jul 25, 2004 4:06 pm (#1152 of 2955)

Okay, I just had to mention this. I was watching a thing on ice cream on the food channel and they were talking about an ice cream place in Venezuela that sells over 700 flavors including tuna fish, shrimp and beer. Tuna fish ice cream? Does anyone else find this as disturbing as I do?

Tomorrow is my first wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe it's been a year already. I finally got my husband to read the books about 3 or 4 months ago, but it took him a long time to get through them as he is a very slow reader and dyslexic. He really enjoyed them, but he thinks I'm a bit nuts about them.

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anbigin - Jul 25, 2004 4:55 pm (#1153 of 2955)

HEHEHEHE! Lopin - I know, it's really quite SAD but ... I mean - they're KITTIES!!!! I love them so *tear* Smile

But seriously, I must have gotten REALLY lucky with living in Florida cause since I took the Driver's ED class one summer I didn't have to take the practical test just the written one. *phew* Although, we did have to parallel park and all that - it being FL and having all those old small villages;) I think the only thing I had problems with was staying "two car lengths" away from the car in front of me while driving! OH well, it was a fun summer actually. All though learning stick shift from the father unit in his old '76 BMW that had a problem with the second gear not engaging was the most nerve racking experience of my life.

Oh, one last thing - Eponine, I've heard of HORSE flesh flavored ice cream, talk about shudder enducing. But yea I know what you mean about the Tuna being odd - and I love Tuna but *eek* and Congrats on the Anniversary:) VERY cool.

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Eponine - Jul 25, 2004 5:02 pm (#1154 of 2955)

HORSE??!! How do you flavor such a thing? Wait, never mind. I definitely do not want to know.

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timrew - Jul 25, 2004 5:03 pm (#1155 of 2955)

Okay, the ice-cream man comes by, and asks you what flavour you want, tuna, shrimp, beer or horse.

And you tell him to bend over and.......

Or you ask for vanilla.

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Caput Draconis - Jul 25, 2004 5:31 pm (#1156 of 2955)

ROFL, Tim. I'm reminded of the sardine flavoured Bertie Botts bean, *shudder*. Fish doesn't belong in anything that's not...fish. Especially nothing to do with milk.

Just to clarify; I'm a cat person, my kitten is currently running in circles around my house, being adorable. Coke wins over Pepsi, and in descending order tastes better out of glass bottle, can, plastic bottle. And it's soft or fizzy drink for us here, too.

Marye, good luck! I'm 20, I only got my licence 6 months or so ago. Waiting in that little room for the RTA (or DMV, I know that from the Simpsons, heh) lady was the worst part, the it’self was pretty uneventful. I didn't indicate on my curb stop, that's all. Oh, and I got bonus points for not hitting a stork type thing that was standing in the middle of the road. Yay. And Mare, I'm the worst parker in the history of the world, I feel your pain.

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Marye Lupin - Jul 25, 2004 6:00 pm (#1157 of 2955)

Thanks to everyone who wished me luck! I'll let you know what happens. It's actually a little strange because the test is set on a course instead of on actual roads which in some ways is better but in some ways it is also harder because they give you a lot less leeway. The list of stuff I've heard "automatically fails you" is neverending (although I've never actually seen this list so a lot of it's probably just exaggeration but still...). I'm driving stick shift so my biggest fear is that I'll cut the engine-- I know that that fails you. I still do it when I'm under stress sometimes (like at traffic lights when I have to start suddenly) and I can't think of a more stressful scenario than my driving test. It's not really fair-- the kids that drive automatic don't have to worry about this... *pouts*

The funny thing is that in Maryland the curfew for driving is lifted as soon as you turn 18 regardless of how long you've had your license so my friends who have had their licenses for almost two years can't drive past midnight yet but if I pass my test I could. It's actually a pretty scary thought. I'm a lousy enough driver in the daylight.

Kowalla, I am excited about my birthday (whenever I can get myself to forget about the test anyway). Only three hours and five minutes to go here in Maryland...

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anbigin - Jul 25, 2004 6:53 pm (#1158 of 2955)

my kitten is currently running in circles around my house, being adorable - Caput Draconis

*CRY* You guys are my people! You see how cute kitties are? Oh and Eponine that is EXACTLY what I said about it! I actually read about in an article - something about a convention like thing in Japan - I saved the link on a different computer so I'll have to post it later. But until then I think it's safe to say that, as Tim says "ask for vanilla" Wink

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Kowalla - Jul 25, 2004 7:14 pm (#1159 of 2955)

Well, as far as the cats vs. dogs issue, I would have to say that I am a cute fuzzy animal person. I had a dog growing up, loved her very much. I wish I could have got another dog, but at the time I didn't have a fenced in back yard, & my husband & I both work all day. So, I got a kitty cat. Now I have 2! I think they are quite adorable. I always loved sweet little kitty cats. I also like dogs too. And rabbit’s, & hamsters, & mice, & ferrets.....

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scully jones - Jul 25, 2004 8:31 pm (#1160 of 2955)

So many posts to catch up with. I'm a cat person who would love a big dog if I had one. I had one when I was a small child, and he was my protector. I miss him very much.

Gee Brandon, I've missed your rootbeer avatar so much!

Sympathies and Congratulations where required... And as to the driving test... I'm 21, and I'm currently trying to probably study to take the test to get my permit so that maybe I could take the road skills test to possibly get my license as well.

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Julia. - Jul 25, 2004 8:36 pm (#1161 of 2955)

YES! I am not alone! I am not a strange deranged freak! My mother will be so happy (sort of)! I'm 18 and I don't have a driver's licence either, although I really do need to get cracking on that, or my mum won't drive me anywhere

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 25, 2004 8:53 pm (#1162 of 2955)

I am almost 23 and no license. Between Katrina and college I never have time with someone over 21 to practice with. No one seems to be awake at 2am. I am happy to report that Trina Bean is well now. No more pukey. I love dogs, but own a little kitty named Abraham Delacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, O'Malley the Alley Cat or you can just call him Tommy. He is worse than a child - eventually even Katrina stopped opening the door when I was going to the bathroom. I love him anyway. As for the ongoing, and humorous, soft drink debate. I call it soda or soft drink. I am addicted to Coca Cola. I am so happy to see all the new and old people on the forum. Yeah us. I also wanted to state how very happy I am for Jo. No worries about the progression of the books here.

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The giant squid - Jul 26, 2004 2:00 am (#1163 of 2955)

Ambigin, Loopy is right: The kitties aren't in Catwoman nearly enough to justify paying for a ticket. And some of them are CGI, to boot. I mean really...why would you want to CG a cat? O.o

Catherine, I probably would love your shih-tzus, if it weren't for that pesky allergy thing. Long hairs are the worst, whether cat, dog, ferret or moose. Smile

--Mike

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 26, 2004 3:07 am (#1164 of 2955)

Argh, so many posts! Hope you all had a nice weekend... I finally got round to seeing Spider Man 2... pretty cool actually!

Happy Birthday Kowalla, & Marye Lupin happy 18th, oh & good luck on your drivers test.... I didn't learn until I was 21.. & I failed first time.. so don't worry. I also have my moods with parallel parking... hey, don't we all!

Eponine - Happy Anniversary

Virogoddess, Marie, Brandon & Lisaren - welcome back

Morning Flame *big waves*

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Flame Alligator - Jul 26, 2004 4:29 am (#1165 of 2955)

Becca, WELCOME BACK!!!!!! E-mail coming. :silly grin:

Fawkes, Top of the mornin to ya! It's noon or so where you are, right? Goedemiddag.

Eponine, Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday to all who's birthday is today.

Sherbie, I am so sorry to read about the "bump" on you Mom's back. And I feel bad that your hubby didn't get the job. Perhaps something better is just around the corner.

I am in a good mood today even though I have some boring errands to run. I would rather stay on my computer until time for me to go teach yoga. It looks like it is going to storm today. We have had a storm everyday for 3 weeks now. Uh!

Goedemorgen everybody!

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 5:20 am (#1166 of 2955)

Hi everyone!

Great Monday, already JKR's updated her site! Woo-hoo!

Catherine, I probably would love your shih-tzus, if it weren't for that pesky allergy thing. Long hairs are the worst, whether cat, dog, ferret or moose. Smile --Mike

Mike, I hear you, but I'm going to write the following anyway, in case it helps someone else! I myself am desperately allergic to horses and cats, so I know how it feels. But, Shih-Tzus, along with a couple of other breeds, are in the "relatively" non-allergenic class. No animal, including humans, are non-shedding, but these breeds "shed" like people--which is to say small amounts per day, and when the hair is long. They don't shed seasonally, and constantly. I myself am very allergic to some breeds, but not to Shih-Tzus. A friend of mine desperately wants to get her daughter a dog, but my friend has horrible skin reactions around dogs. She came over and rubbed her hands on both my dogs and no reaction. She came over another day for 2 hours, and had no ill effects. She has since tried the same thing on my other friend's shih-Tzu, and really has stayed well. She's not running out and getting one this minute, but she has told her daughter that a dog may yet be possible!

Cheers everyone!

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mike miller - Jul 26, 2004 5:57 am (#1167 of 2955)

Well, I'm trying to learn from my last vacation and trying to keep up with the Forum, only two days and over 100 posts. I'm using my mother-in-laws PC while everyone else is asleep. So here goes..

Good Luck Ladybug!! Sorry to hear about the "Mr. Sherbie's" job possibilities. I'm sure something better is coming.

Catherine and ShelterGirl - It pains me to hear stories about people who don't respsect their animals. I'm particularly sensitive to the "hunters" who mistreat their dog. We hunters have enough unfounded, misinformed "bad press" to deal with without having "true stories" adding fuel to the fire.

Let's see, we need to develop anit-flame and anti-soap bubble charms. I'll get right on it!

I'm a cat person by the way, our newest little girl (Jasmine) is recovering from spay and declawing. Doing very well, if she could just get Tigger to stop hissing at her.

Chemyst - LOL on the legilimency comment. Maybe those wizards in the Dept. of Mysteries who are studying Muggles come disguised as cats.

Brandon and Marie - Glad to have you back, we missed you! (dodges streams of root beer from the West Coast) Also, congrats to Brandon on the job front.

So Tim wants a Hippogriff... better check with Catherine to see if anyone's turned one in to the shelter. I tend to follow the books on the Hippogriff question. I think Harry's right in preferring his broomstick. I want a Firebolt!!!!

Marye Lupin and Kowalla - Happy Birthday!! Marye, good luck on the driving test. By the way, where in Maryland do you live? I'm just outside of Bel Air.

Boop - I'm jealous, I'd love to spend a day or two in the RNR Hall of Fame. I still have to wait a couple of year before Stevie Ray Vaughan be inducted. You have to wait 25 years from your first record lease before you are eligable.

Eponine - Congrats and Happy Anniversary!!! My wife and I celebrated our 16th in June. LOL on the whole ice cream thing. I can't image any kind of seafood ice cream. I still remember the first time I saw the words "fish taco". My mind immediately flashed to a little trout laying belly up in the bottom of a hard taco shell, covered in shredded lettuce and cheese. I don't like any kind of seafood (I love to fish though), so the image in my mind was too much.

Well off to try to keep up with a couple other threads, it only took 2 hours to catch up with this one!!!

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boop - Jul 26, 2004 6:08 am (#1168 of 2955)

Kowalla and Marye, Hope you both have a great day!!!!

Lindsey, aaawww sorry your husband didn't get the job. I will keep your mom in my prayers, and she just had a birthday right?

Becca welcome back,* runs over and gives Becca a great big hug* I can't wait to hear all about camp.

Anbigin, thank you and the Zoo is set up like they are kept in their natural habitat. It’s a really nice Zoo.

Lisaren, Thank you so much. I have missed you welcome back big hugs to you.

Tim, LOL thanks for the laugh needed some stress relief. Now I will think of beer, tuna flavored ice cream, hehehe and BTW where do you want the Hippogriff delivered when I locate one?

Eponine, Happy 1st Anniversary!!!!

Well I am back home safe at least. I didn't have a very good ride home. I was just only about 20 miles inside the PA line when a trucker that was passing me decided to come over to my side. I got off the road as far as I could without hitting the barriers that were on the other side. We were on a bridge when this happened. I was so so scared thought for sure he was going to hit me on the side of the van. To tell you how close he was to the van, he broke my drivers door mirror. I could have reached out and touched the side of his truck. Now all I keep seeing is this truck coming over and over. I didn't stop because if I did I wouldn't have wanted to drive the rest of the way home. So when I got home I cried and cried. I was dealing with anxiety yesterday anyway, but that just made it worse. I feel a lot of anxiety today too, and I have to awful headache to deal with. I am sure it is just from stress. When I close my eyes all I see is this truck coming over and over. I have no idea how I kept from getting killed. Someone was looking out for me thats all I can think of.

I hope everyone has a nice day!!

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 26, 2004 6:11 am (#1169 of 2955)

Argh!! I am a nervous wreck this morning. Not only did I spend a lot of time last night trying to convince Will that he would live to see the end of the day on Wednesday, but I got a job offer last night. One of my friend's mother offerred me a job at the bank she works at. It's a little less money, but it’s closer to home and the work is easier. So, I guess I am going to quit today. Bit nerve wracking... I've never had to quit before.

Of course... if I can get the ever so cheap attorney's to give me a raise, they might conviunce me to stay. We'll see.

Hope everyone has a great day!!!

EDIT: Posted at the same time as you Betty... here's a big hug just for you *HUG*. I hit a guy on a motorcycle the other day, so I sort of know how you feel. It was terrifying.

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Eponine - Jul 26, 2004 6:15 am (#1170 of 2955)

Oh Boop, I am so terrified of truckers. Well, not the truckers, just the trucks. I can't imagine what that must have been like. I am glad that you are okay and did not run off the road.

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 26, 2004 6:16 am (#1171 of 2955)

Aww Betty, that sounds so scarey.... I'm just glad you're ok... and thats the way to look at it... so long as you're ok.... heres a *BIG HUG* for ya

Ladybug forgot to say in my last post.. good luck with the job, & Rebecca WELCOME BACK!

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megfox - Jul 26, 2004 6:21 am (#1172 of 2955)

When I was younger, we used to breed and show Siamese cats. I ahd my very own (his name was Astro, because his ears were so big he looked like the dog from the Jetsons). Then, we discovered that my asthma was induced by my allergies to kitties, so we had to sell most of our cats, except for the stray that decided to stay at our house, but really lived outside.

Then, my parents started in with dogs. When I was really little, we had a German Shepherd, but when I turned 12, we got a Golden Retriever, and then a miniature Daschund, and then my sister got a Beagle, then another stray (a beagle mix she rescued fro the shelter at the animal hospital she works at) then my mom just bought a Corgi. Last week, we bought a beagle puppy to live with us at our condo. Her name is Jetta Bug (Andy's family is obsessed with VWs), and she is the cutest puppy I have ever seen. And I am not one bit biased. Of course, all of these dogs and cats live amongst birds, hamsters, rabbit’s, mice, horses, and the occassional lizard. It’s like a menagerie at my parent's house, and my condo is becoming a little crowded.

Needless to say, with a sister who is (almost) a vet, and a mother who has never meet a four legged animal she didn't love, we never have to have the dogs versus cats discussion. We love them all!

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icthestrals - Jul 26, 2004 6:28 am (#1173 of 2955)

Boop, that's just great. Just what you needed, right? My partner has to deal with anxiety all the time. She is trying deep breathing to relax. Perhaps that could help you some. Flame and some other yoga folks out there could give you better information than me, I'm sure.

Marye Lupin: I'm driving stick shift so my biggest fear is that I'll cut the engine-- I know that that fails you. I still do it when I'm under stress sometimes (like at traffic lights when I have to start suddenly) and I can't think of a more stressful scenario than my driving test. It's not really fair-- the kids that drive automatic don't have to worry about this... *pouts*

I must disagree. I drove a Mercury Zephyr for my driving test and if you turned the steering wheel too sharply, the car would stall. Well, I had to do a 3 point turn around on a street and, you guessed it, I stalled the car out! I also bumped the back cone when I was parallel parking. My sister told me that they didn't test for parallel parking any more, so I didn't practice very much. I got my driver's license anyway much to my surprise. I couldn't wait to take the test when I turned 15. I was ready to hit the road!!

SarcasticGinny asked if anyone here rides. I did and would if I had the opportunity. Now I only get to announce at a local hunter/jumper horse show a few months out of the year.

About kitties vs dogs, my avatar says it for me I think.

Have a great Monday, everyone!

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septentrion - Jul 26, 2004 6:38 am (#1174 of 2955)

I'm back from a week-end in Lorraine in eastern France and, well, I just skimmed through the 136 posts I found here. I'm a cat person too but unfortunately I'm allergic to them. Gina, I used to have a cat like Fabergé 12 years ago, I mean exactly the same. She was so sweet, so lovely but she died of poison in the farm in front of my parents' house. The poison was for rats but the cat ate it, my father found her corpse.

I think I'm gonna keep my body crossed because there's always someone here who need luck and encouragements especially in this moment (sorry if I have forgotten somebody) Ladybug, Sherbie, Betty, Virgoddess...

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mollis - Jul 26, 2004 6:44 am (#1175 of 2955)
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Betty - That is awful! I am so glad to hear that you are okay. I was almost run off the road by a truck myself once - no fun at all! I hope that you are able to relax today.

I too love riding horses. (Not eating horse-flavored ice cream though. Eeeewwww!) I am able to ride a friends horse from time to time, but usually not more than once or twice a year. Just too busy.

Happy Birthday to everybody who's birthday is today!

I really hope this is a good week. I have tons of work to get done, and I decided to start re-finishing the wainscotting (SP?) in my living room yesterday - so I'll be sanding wood every night this week. Hopefully I'll be able to stain the wood before the weekend, because I'd like to paint the upper walls over the weekend. So I'll be working day and night all week.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 26, 2004 6:58 am (#1176 of 2955)

How sweet of you to remember my mom's birthday, Betty! Yes, she turned 45 on Saturday. My father turned 53 four days before her. I'm so sorry to hear about your ordeal on the road. I know how scary that kind of thing can be. My mom and I are driving up to Cleveland in a couple weeks (it'll be about 2400 miles there and back) and I sincerely hope to avoid any situation like yours!

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 7:06 am (#1177 of 2955)

Oh, Betty! I am so sorry that happened to you! I know just how you feel, as the same thing happened to me last Wednesday, and I thought I was going to throw up and pass out! You handled it well. You didn't panic too much, and you got home safely. Take 100 points!

I was driving on a rural back road in our county with nothing around but tobacco fields and big drainage ditches. This 18 wheeler comes barreling at me from around a curve in MY lane! I kept easing over and over as far as I could without toppling into a drainage ditch (I have an Expedition, so I was afraid I could overturn). This guy in the truck would not get back in his own lane, and went WHOOSH beside me.

The reason I'm telling you this, Betty, is that I actually sat there and cried in my truck and was shaking all over and couldn't remember how to get where I was going for nearly fifteen minutes. You have definitely handled a crisis under pressure VERY well, much better than I did!

So I'll send out a "safe-driving charm" to all Forum members, and a headache cure to Betty.

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tracie1976 - Jul 26, 2004 7:07 am (#1178 of 2955)

boop I'm so glad you weren't hurt from that ordeal yesterday *hugs*

On a brighter note I now can call my computer mine. My husband has a lap top now (which I'm using right now so I can have it in the room where I'm cleaning) I'm so happy I can now go chat in the chat room in the evenings which I miss so much when hubby's on the computer.

Have a good day and hopefully I'll see you in chat tonight

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Padfoot - Jul 26, 2004 9:02 am (#1179 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 26, 2004 9:04 am

Betty, I am glad you are safe.

Welcome back from camp Acceber!

Sherbie, Sorry to hear about your husband not getting that job. And your mom finding a suspicious lump does not sound too good either. When it rains it pours! I don't believe in good/bad luck, but I am starting to wonder about all your mishaps. Things have got to turn around sooner or later. Hopefully sooner. At least you have the forum to vent. We are all here for you.

Marye Lupin Happy Birthday! Birthday I hope you do well on your driving test! I got mine after my friends all did, when I was 17.

As Padfoot will confirm, it is still raining cat and dogs here in Colorado. -Marie It's now sunny! Yea! Welcome back Marie. Sun 3

That's because the standard for the world of interior design has become a still-life. We've elevated our homes into museums and forgotten that they're there to serve us rather than us serving them. -Lupin is Lupin HEAR HEAR!!! As an Interior Designer I heartily concur. And I would never throw out anyone's books. A bookcase was the first piece of furniture I ever bought. If anyone touched my books I would kick them out of my home.

In the cat vs. dog debate, DOGS of course! Cats are Ok, they just do not do anything for me. Except I do attract every cat in the vicinity when I enter a cat person's house. Yes I have noticed some good cats (they act like dogs). I just do not want to worry about washing my hands all the time because I am allergic. I plan to have a dog one day when I have a house with a back yard. For now in my condo, I have two ferrets which I love. They are great condo/ apartment size pets that are a nice cross between cats and dogs. Only I am not allergic to them!

And in the dog versus cat debate, I like both, but prefer to live with cats! Sirius of course would be the exception! -Accio Sirius Well I should hope so!

Unfortunately my favorite breeds are Siberian Husky and Border Collie, and it will probably never be possible for me to own a dog of those breeds. They are working dogs, and need to work, or exercise a LOT, else they become cranky. -VeronikaG Our family dog (who lives out of state with my parents) is a Husky. She is a wonderful dog who needs exercise, especially when she was a puppy. She sheds like crazy and is very affectionate. She is spoiled rotten (as all pets should be), you can tell that by her name: Czarina. And she is treated as such by my mom.

Edit: Sorry this post is so long.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 26, 2004 9:39 am (#1180 of 2955)

Oh, Sleeping Beauty I love Red Dwarf! Nice avatar.

Septentrion, what a sad story. Your poor baby died by accident. It could happen to anyone. I of course live in a city flat, not on a farm. But I do not allow the exterminators into my home. On the rare occasion a critter enters (usually an errant roach or fly), Nymphadora squeaks and squeals and hunts it down.

As for cats acting like dogs...well, both Fabergé in her youth and now Nymphadora are avid fetchers.

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 9:43 am (#1181 of 2955)

As for cats acting like dogs...well, both Fabergé in her youth and now Nymphadora are avid fetchers. –Gina

Good for you, Gina. My dogs will rarely play fetch, unless they, of course, initiate the game. That's why my brother calls them "cat dogs."

I'll have to tell him about your cats!

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Ladybug220 - Jul 26, 2004 10:00 am (#1182 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 26, 2004 10:01 am

My cat Lizzie also fetches and she usually instigates the game but she will definitely play if you start it. When I give the cats those fake mice to play with, Lizzie (and Firenze too) will growl at the others when she has one and they get too close.

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Acceber - Jul 26, 2004 11:57 am (#1183 of 2955)

Thanks for the welcome backs from all y'all who gave them. I feel so very loved. Kim-you said so naively "How was camp?" This can be done in one of two ways: A few words or a twenty page paper. The first one: Awesome, amamzing, getting better every year, the best five weeks of my life, funny, tiring, side splitting from laughing so hard. If anyone really wants to see the second-well-you won't be able to because I'm not taking the time to do it .

Boop-I'm really sorry to hear what happened. I'm just glad you're OK, I (and I think a few more people who are reading this) would definitely not like to lose you.

Happy Birthday to Marye and Kowalla!

Happy Anniversary to Eponine!

And a very Happy Monday to all!

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Round Pink Spider - Jul 26, 2004 12:07 pm (#1184 of 2955)

Hi, I've never posted to the Chat thread before, so I don't really know people very well. Happy birthdays and Mondays!

I've had cats, and love them. My husband told me his father put a curse on him that he would marry an English major who had cats, and it happened. However, a lot of my family have allergies, too. And I promised my husband after my last cat passed away, we would get a dog. We now have a standard poodle, a girl, named "Stitch." (This is what you get for letting the kids name the dog.) A lot of times we call her "Snitch." Standard poodles are wonderful with kids, but they're REALLY PROTECTIVE!!! Anybody that ever tried to hurt me while I was out for a walk with her would be sooooo sorry!

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 12:14 pm (#1185 of 2955)

RPS, Hi! Nice to see you here.

I think it's a "Stitch" that your dog is named "Stitch." My kids love that movie, so I'm sure that if they had the opportunity, that's what they would've done! I didn't know Standard Poodles were so protective. I've learned a lot about animals the last few days on this chat thread! I've heard that poodles can be a good choice for allergy sufferers.

I'm sure that your hubby is not "cursed" with an English major who had cats! Sounds like a blessing to me...well, about the English major thing, anyway!

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VeronikaG - Jul 26, 2004 12:22 pm (#1186 of 2955)

Welcome back from camp, Becca. Good to see you had a great time.

Boop, I'm sorry to hear how you feel. Being nervous and depressed is horrible. It usually only happens to me when something's up, but it's bad all the same. And having a near accident doesn't make it any better. Sending a feel better charm.

Hi Aisha! Finally someone from Norway here!

I'll be 24 this Saturday (yes, I'm born on July 31th, 1980) and I don't have a drivers license yet either. I really want to drive so badly I dream about it at night. Dream that I find a car and try to drive it, and keep bumping into everything because I don't have the license. I have had about 25 driving lessons, but my teacher was not of the best, so I didn't get anywhere. I would never have gotten a driver's license before my money ran out, I'm sure. Biggest problem is that my family doesn't have a car, we're bus people, so I can't practice. I have to pester a friend of mine to take me out driving. I hope he doesn't buy a nice car for a while.

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Round Pink Spider - Jul 26, 2004 12:23 pm (#1187 of 2955)

I just met a Shih-Tzu the other day (really nice little cuddly dog, liked him a lot). Believe me, Stitch was a very appropriate name, especially at first. Now that my baby is 1 1/2, he loves to try to play with the dog. He especially loves her little stubby tail-puff! The other day, he was trying to stick his face into the puff as it was going back and forth in front of him, because it tickled.

More about Standard Poodles: Miniatures were bred down from them...they were originally bred as hunting dogs (Poodle is a corruption of the German word for puddle, because they were water dogs)...they were used in circuses, because they're one of the smartest of all dog breeds...and yes, like Shih-Tzus they have hair, so they're good for allergies, also.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 12:31 pm (#1188 of 2955)

Sounds like a blessing to me...well, about the English major thing, anyway! -- Catherine Allen

HEY! Let me just say that "I dont' agree." Razz  Chat & Greetings 2004 - Page 5 2775603007

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shepherdess - Jul 26, 2004 2:23 pm (#1189 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Kowalla!! Sorry you had to work on your day.

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The giant squid - Jul 26, 2004 2:29 pm (#1190 of 2955)

  As for cats acting like dogs...well, both Fabergé in her youth and now Nymphadora are avid fetchers.



As Marie E. can attest, her cat Samantha was quite a fetcher in her day, though only with plastic soda bottle caps. Alas, age and dealing with two rambunctious children have slowed Sam down a bit...

Betty, that's awful about your trucker experience! I get anxious whenever I pass or am passed by a semi, or if I'm next to a concrete barrier. Being stuck between the two definitely gives me the heebie-jeebies...and I'm usually a pretty calm guy.

Speaking of driving, I finally got my travel itinerary for training session I have to undergo for my promotion. They're flying me to Knoxville, TN, and I get a rental car to get from the hotel to the corporate office, and around town if I feel the need. The only thing is, I hate driving in a strange town, especially if there's a deadline involved (i.e. "Be at the office by 9 AM"). The topper is I get to chauffer another guy, simply because his plane lands later than mine.

Add to that the fact that I'll be three time zones ahead, which means their 9 AM is my 6 AM, and it'll be a very interesting week. They'd better give me a really big raise for this! Smile

--Mike

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 3:39 pm (#1191 of 2955)

Sounds like a blessing to me...well, about the English major thing, anyway! -- Catherine Allen HEY! Let me just say that "I dont' agree." Razz pcpb --Loopy Lupin

Hmm. I guess I'm prejudiced because I was an English major and I think anyone would be lucky to be married to an English major! Smile What was your major, Loopy? Did I say something wrong? Keep in mind that I married a chemistry major, so I can't talk. The joke I was making was about the cats!

Tim, no luck finding you a Hippogriff just yet, but you keep practicing your Disillusionment Charm just to be ready for when it comes!

Hi to everyone!

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Eponine - Jul 26, 2004 3:47 pm (#1192 of 2955)

Well, I was also an English major as is my best friend; so I would have to agree with Catherine Allen about how lucky our spouses are. My husband was a history/political science major.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 3:50 pm (#1193 of 2955)

Kim-you said so naively "How was camp?" –Acceber

Naive, huh? Well, I can't remember that word ever being used to describe me, Becca. But, since I've never been to camp, I'll cede the point.

Hmm. I guess I'm prejudiced because I was an English major and I think anyone would be lucky to be married to an English major!--Catherine Allen

As an English major, I heartily agree. Except for his wife's obsession with this website, I consider my husband extremely lucky. ***quick looks around for typos***

Sherbie, if I sound out of breath, it's because I've spent the day trying to blow away that big, black cloud that's been hanging over your head.

Betty, sorry about the BST (big, scary truck). I have a friend who finds them terrifying and certainly your experience was. But it sounds like you handled it beautifully. Give yourself credit.

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 26, 2004 3:54 pm (#1194 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 26, 2004 3:58 pm

Well, my wife thinks that Engineering majors make the best spouses.

(That's her stand when I am within hearing distance, that is.)

:-D

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 3:57 pm (#1195 of 2955)

Well, my wife thinks that Engineering majors make the best spouses. --Prefect Marcus

Oh, Marcus. That's a whole other thread.

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 4:03 pm (#1196 of 2955)

Well, my wife thinks that Engineering majors make the best spouses. (That's her stand when I am within hearing distance, that is.)

Yes, that pesky hearing distance thing! :-)

My husband maintains, in my hearing distance, that he thinks it's good that we come from different academic disciplines. He shows me how to look at the world in a more scientific manner, and I help him proofread his grants and papers (I must love him; BIG YAWN!!). He also respects an English major's rhetorical skills, and says that I've showed him how to be a better lecturer and writer. He also doesn't tease me TOO much about spending time on the Forum, even though he thinks that is a BIG YAWN! Oh, well, somehow it works out.

We both agree about our children and our Shih-Tzus!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 4:10 pm (#1197 of 2955)

Did I say something wrong? Keep in mind that I married a chemistry major, so I can't talk. The joke I was making was about the cats! -- Catherine Allen

D'oh. Well, I was an English major and, fittingly enough, I completely misread your post. LOL. Sorry 'bout that. *goes off to iron hands*

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 4:22 pm (#1198 of 2955)

Well, Loopy, fairly enough, it might have been a lame joke anyway. I forbid you to hurt yourself!

By the way, I always kind of assumed you WERE an English major, although I'm not sure why. It must have been the rapier-like wit! Yep, we English majors are pretty darn awesome!

*Looks around for tomatoes before darting behind cover*

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Marye Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 4:57 pm (#1199 of 2955)

I passed! It was close though-- I missed quite a few points on the parallel parking. Thanks to everyone who wished me luck. It's reassuring to know that there are others out there who didn't immediately run out to get their licenses when they were sixteen. :-)

The girl in front of me in line to take the test had the worst luck. She pulled out, got to the stop sign and failed immediately because she forgot to put her seatbelt on! I felt so sorry for her she must have been more nervous than I was (my leg was shaking so hard on the clutch during the parallel parking that I was afraid the woman testing me was going to think I was having a seizure or something... I couldn't even bring myself to talk properly for at least five minutes after she told me I had passed).

Well now I'm 18 and I have a license-- funny I don't feel any different. Maybe if I had a car... ;-)

As to the cat/dog debate: I am a dog person who pretends to be a cat person. I love cats but dogs just have this certain something they makes them so wonderful...

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 4:58 pm (#1200 of 2955)

It must have been the rapier-like wit! Yep, we English majors are pretty darn awesome!-- Catherine Allen

Yes, yes, the wit is a dead give-away. Yes, yes, we are, indeed, great, and it’s about time some of these engineering types around here started worshipping us.

* looks around to duck flying tomato from Marcus*

EDIT-- congrats on the license. Yay. I must say, that your test sounded harder than mine, nearly 20 years ago. (Ergh!) You didn't have to parallel park and you didn't have to test on a standard transmission.
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ShelterGirl - Jul 26, 2004 5:07 pm (#1201 of 2955)

Marye- Congratulations. Although I have been following your saga, I have not posted about it because I didn't want to jinx you. For some reason when I wish people luck they do miserably, so I stayed out of it.

Having your license without a car is handy. You can now drive in an emergency, but no one will be bugging you for a ride. Smile

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Marye Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 5:12 pm (#1202 of 2955)

I appreciate that then ShelterGirl!

Loopy Lupin- actually most people don't have test on a standard transmission but my dad is very much against automatic transmission (don't ask why- he's just like that) and would never ever buy an automatic car so I only had a standard transmission available to take the test in.

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 5:12 pm (#1203 of 2955)

Yes, yes, the wit is a dead give-away. Yes, yes, we are, indeed, great, and it’s about time some of these engineering types around here started worshipping us.

Tee hee! I guess little piglets will fly over Hogwarts before THAT happens!

Marye, CONGRATS! You passed! It's done! Woo-hoo!

I will tell you what I didn't tell you before, which is that I was such a Hermione-perfectionist that I refused to try to get a license until 2 months after my 16th birthday. My father drove up to school while I was playing on the tennis team, and "kidnapped" me. So I had my picture taken after playing tennis for 2 hours, and I had the meanest woman in the world as my examiner.

She wore a black trench coat, never smiled, and took me to all the local roads that had work being done on them, so that I had to "wing it." The good part was one of the roads was by the local library, and I practically lived there, so I already knew about the road work, so I was able to ask the Hag/examiner, "Should I go around, or do a three-point turn here?" She made me do the three-point turn, but HA! I felt like I had a one-up on her.

I swear that she looked very sour at this, but I did pass. She also didn't laugh at any of my jokes, wouldn't shake hands, and never told me her name. Sad

I wonder if The Simpsons had it right about DMV?

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Celestina W. - Jul 26, 2004 5:14 pm (#1204 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 26, 2004 5:21 pm

Hmm...well, I should hope there's nothing wrong with marrying English majors, as I plan to major in English and I also hope to get married someday. And now this discussion has somehow gotten the song "An English Teacher" from Bye, Bye Birdie stuck in my hand. Thanks a lot, guys.

Sherbie, I hope you get good news about your mom, and soon. I know how awful it is waiting to find out what's wrong. You'll be in my prayers.

Betty, that sounds SO scary! I hate having trucks follow or pass me. I'm really glad you're OK.

EDIT: Congratulations on passing, Marye. And Happy Birthday to you and Kowalla!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 26, 2004 5:26 pm (#1205 of 2955)

She wore a black trench coat, never smiled, -- Catherine Allen

Perhaps she was mad that she didn't get to call you "the weakest link" and say "good bye!"

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 5:47 pm (#1206 of 2955)

Perhaps she was mad that she didn't get to call you "the weakest link" and say "good bye!"

Ooh, Loopy, that is hitting WAY below that black belted trench coat.

For your information, I had the quite lovely Meredith Vieria as my host for my game, and all the guys, rightfully so, panted after her! She is quite superior to the "Weakest Link" chick. Who made me worry about things even through the TV!

Maybe we on the HP websites should be clamoring for a game of our own? Or clamoring for a charity-based game featuring us?

I have to say that "Millionaire" was fun enough to do without a check. What if we could actually raise money? JKR is sincere in her desire to raise money for worthy charities. By the way, I also support people causes, not just pet causes. I just feel more comfortable, privacy-wise, talking about the pet causes.

I'm in that mind frame right now. I found out that the newsletter I wrote for the Humane Society raised quite a bit of money, way much more than usual. In fact, so far, at least five times as much as usual. So I am feeling powerful at the moment, and I'd love to extend that for other causes!

Kip, Steve, I don't want to overstep any bounds here, so apologies if I'm out of bounds.

EDIT: Erm, I really am an annoying Hermione after reading the above post!

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Chemyst - Jul 26, 2004 6:17 pm (#1207 of 2955)

'Glad you're OK Betty. My bad-semi story seems mild by comparison. It blew a tire while passing me. Very loud.   And earlier someone asked about the zoo - did that question get answered? Was I reading too fast and missed it? When I moved from there about 16 years ago, they were doing major renovations. They had finished the conversion of the African Savannah habitat, but there was a Rain Forest habitat that was still under construction. That looked like it would be really cool. Was it?

Congratulations Marye. (And how do you pronounce Marye?)

Catherine, I will let you hold on to the honor of having the meanest woman examiner, but I had the meanest male. After filling out a very lengthy form, it required a signature at the bottom. My normal handwriting is a cursive italic style (looks a lot like manuscript printing but most of the letters connect). The officer tore up the form and told me I had to do it again and use a proper signature -- which, of course, looked nothing like my normal writing. Then I took the road rest and parallel parked. I did everything well and he had already marked me down for passing with 98 out of 100 points. He then gets out of the car (it is still in the parking space) and motions for me to pull out up and to the right. (To pull out of a real parking space one would have to back up a little first and then turn to the left to drive out, but this was made of cones in the middle of a lot). I didn't really know what to do but decided to obey his signal, which of course, knocked over a cone. So he changed my grade to fail. An English major is too good for his kind, I hope he was married to a High Inquisitioner.
By the way, the next year, a state law passed that said if you usually print, then that counts as a valid signature.

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 6:20 pm (#1208 of 2955)

Chemyst,

I so totally agree. I am thinking that Hermione's bluebell flame is WAY too mild for such a man!

See, Marye, we all have driving trauma. Good thing that Harry can just "Apparate!"

Edit: Chemyst, upon even further reflection, I have the horrible impulse to torture this man. Maybe he should repot Mandrakes for a year!

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Kowalla - Jul 26, 2004 6:26 pm (#1209 of 2955)

Thanks to everyone that wished me a happy birthday. Marye: CONGRATS!!! I knew you'd do it! By the way, I'm jealous, your birthday started one hour earlier than mine! :p So far, it's been a pretty nice day, even if I did have to work today. My husband did come up to work & bring me some lovely roses, & some of my co-workers got me a bunch of balloons & sang at the top of their lungs to me. Yeah, that's always great right in the middle of Wal Mart. lol

Betty, I am so sorry to hear about your awful experience with the truck! My sister had a similar thing happen with a school bus trying to switch to her lane & ran her out of there right as she was going through a tunnel, she had her video camera in the car & taped the whole thing, including where the bus hit her, & where it shoved her into the curb, & the scuff marks from the tires all the way down the curb. It actually dragged her car down the road for a while! I am so glad that didn't happen to you.

Good luck to everyone that needs it, & I hope everyone has a great Monday!

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SarcasticGinny - Jul 26, 2004 6:29 pm (#1210 of 2955)

Big congrats Marye!

Betty - what a near miss! I'm so glad you're okay.

As for the cat and dog issue, let me put in another vote for dogs. Cats are okay, but the whole allergic-sneezing-itchy crying eyes thing keeps me more of a dog person. Oddly, though, my schnauzer-poodle mix named Molly is a bit cat-like. She is prissy, aloof, plays favorites with people, curls up in warm places, and hates the water..hmm...

I had no idea there were this many past, present, or future English majors here! (Me too.) I find in coupling that a "wordy brained" person like myself fit’s well with a "techie brained" person like an engineer, a scientist, or at least someone who is more analytical than myself. It's a nice balance.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 26, 2004 7:01 pm (#1211 of 2955)

Congratulations Marye! I think for anyone who has ever taken a road test, it is one of those things you never forget...

And now, just because I feel like it,

Nymphadora guarding a toy

and Faberge snoozing on my windowsill.

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Catherine - Jul 26, 2004 7:05 pm (#1212 of 2955)

Gina,

You already know that your ladies are very beautiful, but may I offer my compliments just the same?

And I do like how you do not extoll their virtues. You let their pictures do their meowing....

Quite nice, even if I as an extreme dog person have to say so....

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Gina R Snape - Jul 26, 2004 7:19 pm (#1213 of 2955)

Thank you, Catherine. I believe all animals are only as beautiful as you treat them. I love my kitties as though I had birthed them myself. I take my 'parenthood' seriously with what I feed them and making sure they get proper medical treatment.

But I do think I have two particularly attractive animals though

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 7:27 pm (#1214 of 2955)

Well, Gina. I have to say, that has to be the sexiest (can I use that word here?) picture of Alan Rickman I've ever seen. **must resume breathing**

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Ladybug220 - Jul 26, 2004 7:33 pm (#1215 of 2955)

Gina great pict of Alan and your Nymphadora looks eeerily like my Firenze. Too bad I don't have any digital picts of my cats.

good job Marye!

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timrew - Jul 26, 2004 7:38 pm (#1216 of 2955)

Thank you, Rebecca, for your comments.

And Kim, are you saying that Alan Rickman is Hot-t-t-t-t!?

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 7:39 pm (#1217 of 2955)

Why yes, Tim, I am.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 26, 2004 7:51 pm (#1218 of 2955)

I know, Kim. I know... You can see the beginnings of that fretful vertical crease between his eyebrows. But it's the curl of the bottom lip that screams 'Severus Snape', no?

I believe he's about 30 in that photo. Email me if you'd like the larger version, or just go to the RADA site here and click on 'Faces and Anecdotes.' The photo was taken for their Centenary celebration.

*Forgiveness beseeched from all for my obvious shameful fangirlishness and momentary lapse of composure.*

EDIT: Kenneth Branagh, Fiona Shaw and Timothy Spall are featured there too, for all interested.

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Marie E. - Jul 26, 2004 7:55 pm (#1219 of 2955)

Gina, I can't believe how big Nymphadora is getting! She's not a little kitty anymore.

Mike, when someone mentioned cats that act like dogs, didn't you think of Tyler? When my brother and I lived together in Georgia I had a cat named Tyler who thought he was a dog, I think. He greeted me at the door, followed me around the house, slept at the foot of my bed, just weird things like that. Samantha was more of a Garfield type, looking at Ty and shaking her head. Ty also loved the fact that Mike worked in a barbeque restaurant. He was always licking Mike's work pants that has sauce spattered on them.

It was sunny today. I am cautiously optimistic.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 8:06 pm (#1220 of 2955)

Thanks Gina. I don't think I need a larger version. **laughs at the thought of my husband's face if Rickman's came up as my screen saver**

But I do like him very much as your avatar and would put in a request that you don't change it any time soon.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 26, 2004 8:09 pm (#1221 of 2955)

I shall take it under consideration.

But I do think you need to at least see the larger version...

BTW, Acceber, when I was 13 I went to sleep away camp and I loved it. Thanks for reminding me how much fun it was!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 8:11 pm (#1222 of 2955)

Oh, alright. Twist my arm.

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McSnurp - Jul 26, 2004 8:48 pm (#1223 of 2955)

Hey everyone! Just got back from vacation... I should really start to read the posts on here... hee. Umm... for anyone that wanted to see me dive card here it is! I think I'm getting a cold, so I'll have time to read some posts!

Luv,

Meriwether

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 26, 2004 9:01 pm (#1224 of 2955)

Gina-- I went, I saw, I admired.

What a hottie!

*waves to Tim*

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Caput Draconis - Jul 26, 2004 9:43 pm (#1225 of 2955)

Gah. GAH. Gina, your cats are lovely, but your avatar...I...I mean...the eyes...the eyes...

You know I came on today planning to change mine to the black and white pic of him on stage as Antony, twas over on LJ a couple of days ago (I lurk, hehe). All swarthy and bearded and whatnot, but I fear I wouldn't be able to concentrate on the posts with his RADA pic added to the mix. I actually wanted to put the Private Lives program one up, but...well, waaaaay to distracting.

ANYWAY, moving quietly on, congrats Marye! Don't let scary road stories freak you out, just remember what you learnt and you'll be fine. GL, I just sounded like my mother...

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Madam Pince - Jul 26, 2004 10:42 pm (#1226 of 2955)

Well, I've been gone for about ten days and just now finished the 500+ posts in this thread that I hadn't read. Whew!

We spent the past week trying to make a dent in cleaning out my late aunt's house, which is about an hour and a half from my house. We just stayed over there rather than going back and forth. Made a little bit of progress but there is soooo much junk in there yet to go. I am trying to use the "Clean Sweep" team's method (three piles - Keep, Sell, Toss) but somehow it's not working quite so well as they do. However, I agree with the other comments here about that show -- I get so mad with those people when they 'force' the homeowners to throw away things which have sentimental value. I'd tell them where to put their little "Toss" sign if they tried that on me! And I have another pet peeve about those type of shows -- too often the designers just design a "pretty" room that they (the designer) likes. For example, that guy Doug is always copping a big old attitude about "I'm the designer -- their wishes don't count." Whereas to me, a good designer recognizes that the room ought to fit the needs and tastes of the homeowner who is actually going to use the room. If he was such a talented designer, he could figure out a way to do that and yet still utilize his own creativity.

I didn't get as much done last week as I'd hoped, in part because I've had some sort of stomach flu / virus since last Tuesday. I feel like I'm starving, but every time I eat anything, I pay a steep price! The Ask-A-Nurse hotline told me not to bother going to a doctor because it just has to run it’s course. Bleah. I feel like I got hit by that truck that almost sideswiped Betty. (Glad you're safe, Boop! And here's a big hug and best wishes that you'll feel better soon! {{{Betty}}}

Meg, congratulations on your wedding! I was so sorry to hear about your car wreck right before, however. Like you really needed that extra hassle right before your wedding day! Hope you're better.

Brandon, congratulations on the new job! I knew you could do it! Have a fun August!

Caput, I love your AR avatar! Quite distinguished looking! And Gina, yours looks almost exactly like some fan art I've seen of Sirius -- I'm sure Prof. Snape would NOT appreciate that! What a great shot of AR, though! Very Severus.

Marye, congratulations on getting your driver's license! Yay! Don't worry about parallel parking so much -- I've been driving for almost a quarter of a century and I still only get it right about 3 out of 4 times.... (well, on the first try anyway.) I'd venture to say that's probably true of most people.

Accio Sirius, sounds like you had a great time at Wintergreen. I lived very near there for about 15 years, and we often went up there for a nice dinner or a business meeting or just to get away. One of my best friends and her husband got engaged up there at the fancy restaurant (is it called the Copper Kettle or something?)

Sorry to drag out the Great Coke Debate again, but I'm so bummed I missed out on that discussion! I agree with Loopy Lupin that calling everything "Coke" is more of a Southern thing, or maybe a "country" thing. I grew up in rural Virginia, and no matter what brand of soft drink you were discussing, it was called "Coke" or "Co-cola." Or sometimes, as Lisaren noted, "drinks." (My two-year-old refers to them as CO-colas; he has the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble, but he's getting there.) My family has always liked the "baby Cokes" in the small glass bottles -- in fact, I am right now sporting a lovely deep gash in my shin as a result of said son shattering one of those glass bottles down on the concrete garage floor when I told him he couldn't have it. Thankfully he wasn't cut, but there was nasty glass everywhere.

Leprechaun Jack, I remember reading about Moxie in the 'Trixie Belden' books I read as a teenager -- I knew it was some type of soft drink but had never seen it or heard of it anywhere other than in those books.

DJ Evans, you aren't the only one who remembers "an RC and a Moon Pie" -- and also peanuts in a coke -- yummmm! Padfoot, I know it might sound yucky, but don't knock it 'til you've tried it! My grandfather used to run a small country store (you know the kind if you've ever lived in a rural area -- it's a post office / gas station / grocery store / TV repair shop / local hangout all in one.) He sold Planters peanuts in those long skinny cellophane bags, and it was practically a requirement to tear the top off the bag, sipping a little Coke out of the bottle first to make room, and then stuffing the bag top into the bottle to dump the peanuts into the drink. Quite often that served as lunch! (We were such healthy eaters! ) And it requires a great deal of skill to drink out juuussst the right amount of Coke so that it doesn't fizz over when you dump the nuts in, yet still giving you at least one peanut per sip of Coke until the bottle is empty. As I said, don't knock it 'til you've tried it!

VeronikaG, I can't believe you've never had a Coke float -- you don't know what you're missing, girl! I personally prefer mine with chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla, but then I also put two teaspoons of sugar in my tea and coffee, too. (I can see Flame cringing right now....)

Sherbie, I swear to pete, you've had the worst luck of anybody I've ever seen. I don't mean to laugh, but your incident with the gas stove just cracked me up. I know if I ever feel like I've been having a bad day, I can just read one of your posts and it makes me feel like my day wasn't so bad after all -- so thanks! So sorry about your car; that is just too ironic that it would happen right before you were going to put it in your new garage. Sigh. If it makes you feel any better, I'd bet lots of galleons that those "bug eggs" were just some sort of packing material detritus. The first time my son's disposable diaper got a tear in it, he was covered with these sort-of gel-like granular beads, which freaked me out because I didn't know the diaper had torn. What's more, I never really thought about the stuff that's inside those diapers anyway, which is basically padding that's absorbent. Thankfully I figured out what it was before I totally embarrassed myself by calling the pediatrician screaming "What IS that on his behind???" Anyway, here's hoping you have much better luck upcoming.

Well, this post is quite long enough, I think. Congratulations and Best Wishes to all those celebrating things; condolences and commiserations to all those bummed out about things; and good luck to all those facing upcoming nerve-wracking events!

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Madam Pince - Jul 26, 2004 10:57 pm (#1227 of 2955)

Oh, I forgot one other thing. Catherine, you asked whether people are just fundamentally a cat-person or a dog-person -- I tend to think so, and it seems generally to follow the personality of introvert vs. extrovert. Has anyone ever heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? It was big in the "corporate-world-feel-good-about-yourself-human-resources" field about a decade ago. Basically you answer a bunch of questions and your personality gets categorized along four lines, one of which is introvert vs. extrovert. Seemed like most of the introverts preferred cats, and extroverts preferred dogs. My Type Indicator (ESTJ, if anyone cares) was just barely over into the Extrovert line, and that is consistent, because I pretty much like both cats and dogs equally. They each have their good and bad points, I think. There's nothing to beat the feeling of a cat purring on your lap as you read a book and drink a cup of hot tea -- but then there are the hairballs, too, to be stepped in during the bare-footed early morning stumble to the bathroom. Dogs are just so dang loyal and friendly, but they cannot be left on their own for a day or two if you have to go on a short trip. My kitty Indy, rest his soul, was so great. I had one of those "time-release" food and water stations, and he was so independent that he was perfectly ok for up to two nights away from home. Our Annie, a yellow lab, is adorable, but much more high-maintenance and kind of big and rowdy. I love them both.

Gina, your Nymphadora and Faberge remind me of the cats my babysitter had when I was little. A little tiny black female kitty showed up one day, and a few months later she had four kittens, all Toms. We named them Number One, Number Two, Number Three, and Number Four -- because they had perfectly round white spots at their throats in descending sizes. It was really pretty remarkable how exactly in proportion each succeeding spot was, and they were solid black otherwise. All four of them would pile up together in the same cardboard box to sleep, even when they became huge big-boy cats, making the box rounded also and looking like it was full of a bear-skin rug. They were so great.

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The giant squid - Jul 27, 2004 1:30 am (#1228 of 2955)

   Well now I'm 18 and I have a license-- funny I don't feel any different. Maybe if I had a car... ;-)



Heh, I know what you mean, Marye. I got my license at 16 (on the third try...) but didn't get my first car until I was in my 20's. I spent a lot of time being nice to the guy with the car...

If Shih-Tzus are "cat-dogs", then Marie's cat Tyler was definitely a "dog-cat". Not only would he follow us around, every time someone stood up he'd dash to his food bowl, assuming we were going to feed him. Never mind that the bowl was quite full already & he'd just done the same thing only moments before...

Madame Pince: I think that may be the first time I've seen anyone make a View From The Top reference. Kudos! Smile

--Mike

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Chemyst - Jul 27, 2004 5:22 am (#1229 of 2955)

Oh, Madam Pince, you are so right -- a good designer recognizes that the room ought to fit the needs and tastes of their client. A much more rational approach to getting organized is found at flylady.net . They have a fourth bin in their keep/toss/sell system -- Give Away -- to benefit others as well. They emphasize keeping the things you love. And they do it in "babysteps." I hope you are feeling better.

Thanks Gina & Caput for all your research into avatars. I'm sure it is tedious *work* It is really nice to have forum folk who can give me my daily fix in a thumbnail so I don't have to spend time surfing movie sites and embarass myself by coming off like a girlie fan.

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ShelterGirl - Jul 27, 2004 5:29 am (#1230 of 2955)

Madam Pince- I missed the Great Softdrink Debate of 2004, but in reading your post I got the giggles. I live in NC, and the Peanuts in Coke thing was something I just HAD to try. Wow. Yum. And it really only works in the glass bottle...

And Gina- Thank you for making my morning. That's all I'm gonna say, as I don't want to come off as a girlie fan either. Smile

*goes to pop Galaxy Quest into the player...*

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Marè - Jul 27, 2004 5:56 am (#1231 of 2955)
Edited Jul 27, 2004 6:59 am

Heh, I know what you mean, Marye. I got my license at 16 (on the third try...)

I already had this discussion a while ago with some pottie-people (Hi Caput!) who were in the middle of getting their driver’s license. but it is funny to see how much differences there are between countries.
For instance, even if I would have liked to, I wouldn't be allowed to learn to drive till my 18th birthday. And over here you don't learn to drive with your father/mother/other person with a car. You learn to drive with an instructor, in his car. (Expensive...)
And when you have your test, you drive in your instructors car too, with your examiner. The lessons and the test are on the streets (no cones, just the real thing) preferably in the city. There is no such thing as a learners permit. You either have a license or you don't... allthough they did start a debate about trying out something like that. I failed the first time by the way, I started of with a traffic sign after ten meters and forgot to stop for the red light... You can guess I was nervous didn't get much better after that.

And on the interior design discussion; They broadcast some of these american shows over here, and Oprah sometimes has these theme shows too. I'm always in shock, because I have so far never thought any of the endresults an improvement. The things these people put in other people’s houses... yuk!
I'm wondering if it is a cultural difference in taste, or a total loathing of interior "design" in general. (these people are often sooo fond of themselves).
I should check out a local "rebuild some-one elses house" show to check if I like those houses better.

PS Peanuts and cola????? Might have to try that one.

Edit: congrats Marye!

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Penny Lane. - Jul 27, 2004 6:23 am (#1232 of 2955)

Are you saying to put the peanuts in the Coke? Why does that not sound even halfway appealing to me? BTW, we still have Coca-Cola in glass bottles here, and not just at Christmas - but it's expensive. I actually like the cans better, because it seems like it’s the only way that soda is cold enough for me to drink.

Congratulations Marye - I felt the same when I turned 18. It was the whole "am I supposed to feel special, because I really don't?"

I hate to admit it, but I cried during "Trading Spaces" on Friday. They were doing Habitat houses, so the show gave each designer $12,500 instead of the usual $1,000. Well, both designers were WAY under budget, so one of the family's got a trip to Ireland, and the other ones got more than one room fixed up, plus a bunch of stuff for their baby. See, while my hatred for these design shows may have sparked this discussion (Clean Sweep throwing out books) I can't seem to stop watching.

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Catherine - Jul 27, 2004 6:34 am (#1233 of 2955)

When my youngest was born I got hooked on those home-remodeling shows on HGTV.

Now that we totally remodeled an older home (it took 15 months, was brutally expensive, and I almost went mental), I CANNOT watch those shows. The people always looks so healthy and normal in the beginning. I start yelling at them through the TV set, "Don't! Don't do it! It'll be like The Amityville Horror meets The Money Pit. Trust me! Get out now while you can!" Then, during filming, you see these people gradually become beaten down and frustrated and frantic. I'm left shaking my head at them, throught the television screen, murmuring, "I'm so sorry, so sorry, but I DID tell you so!"

I love what we did to our house, and we did get the house of our dreams, but it was a nightmare to get to the end. So I just flip right on past those shows on HGTV and say, "I don't need to watch; I've lived it!"

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Accio Sirius - Jul 27, 2004 7:09 am (#1234 of 2955)

Wow. I swear I read this thread before I went to bed and yet so many new posts and Gina's new avatar---WOW! Just a thought--what if Alan Rickman played Sirius?

I too was an English major--with a minor in photo journalism. I still work the trade so to speak.

Catherine, funny you should mention those reality shows. I just watched extreme home make over, fantasizing that someone would come and fix my house problems--most of which are cosmetic and junk related. We had some work done last summer and even a few small jobs were enough to make me insane. The toilet in the hallway for a week; the washer-dryer in the dining room. I am by no means a perfectionist, but some of the things the workman did were just asinine, so on top of waiting for it to be done, it had to be done over again correctly. I thought choosing paint colors would be fun, but it was a nightmare. I wanted sort of a creamy, refreshing citrus orange (very light) in our main bathroom and went through South Beach and Creamsicle and Aspergum before concocting a mellow peachier blend that I'm sure I will never again be able to duplicate. Good luck to anyone doing any home repair and remodeling. You can come and camp out at my house and drink Margaritas. That's what got me through it!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 27, 2004 7:19 am (#1235 of 2955)

Marye, Congrats on getting your license. I too took my first driver's test on a stick shift. I also learned on a stick shift. In this country, not too many "girls" drive a stick. I use to love shocking guys when they saw that my firebird was a stick.

Madamn Pince, LOL I won't cringe if you use raw sugar which is delicious, btw. I am so glad you are back. I missed you.

Fawkes, *waving at you*

On remodeling and decorating shows I have one comment: *SCREAMING REALLY LOUDLY*

Birthday Greetings to all who were born today. Enjoy you are only getting better.

Have a great day everyone.

Goedemorgen

Edit: Am I the only health nut on this forum? I feel so alone.

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Marye Lupin - Jul 27, 2004 7:44 am (#1236 of 2955)

Congratulations Marye. (And how do you pronounce Marye?) – Chemyst

My name is actually just Mary. I added the 'e' as a joke because when I went to the french school everybody kept spelling my name Marie. E is also my middle initial.

It's funny 18 is supposed to be such a big birthday so I feel like there should be something I can do now that I couldn't do two days ago but I can't think of anything (other than driving and there's still that pesky car problem...). When I turned 17 I immediately wanted to go see a rated R movie in theaters. Unfortunately the theater near my house never cards anybody. I almost felt like demanding that they check my ID :-)

Ah well... maybe when I'm 21...

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haymoni - Jul 27, 2004 7:50 am (#1237 of 2955)

Mary - a friend of mine was in the same boat - 18 means nothing anymore - so she went to her local Catholic church and played Bingo!

My husband does home improvement - painting, tile, etc. - and he believes that all of those shows are fake. He refuses to believe that "Trading Spaces" can make those kinds of transformations in 2 days. "That color will take at least 3 coats to cover, it won't dry in time, when will they have time to install the shelving/cabinets/built-in couches...blah, blah, blah."

Has Harry Potter taught him nothing??? It's MAGIC!!!

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Padfoot - Jul 27, 2004 8:32 am (#1238 of 2955)
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Congratulations Marye!

I remember reading those 'Trixie Belden' too. I had forgotten all about them until you reminded me Madam Pince.

Gina, thank you for that picture of Alan!!!!! He looks so young there. That is probably the best picture I have seen of him. He does look rather Siriusy there.

You are right haymoni, there is a lot of off air time that those remodeling shows do not air on tv. It looks really cool to see a remodeling show that makes a fantastic transformation in days. In reality, there are permit’s, design time, lead time on furniture and always unexpected mishaps. But it's much more view able to see it condensed in only a few days.

Since Gina posted pictures of her kitties, I want to post pictures of my ferrets. Here are George and Emma, my fur babies.



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Lisaren - Jul 27, 2004 8:44 am (#1239 of 2955)

In two days, good grief 100 posts. Betty, thank goodness you came through the ordeal with the truck OK. Me, I would have pulled over, shook uncontrollably, and maybe been able to finish the drive after 30 minutes of sitting trying to calm down. Mary - Congratulations on passing the drivers test. I should have failed mine at 16 (a long time ago), but I got a fill in examiner and he gave me a break because I told him everything I had done wrong during the test after the test was over. Actually, he said I was harder on myself and reported some things he missed. Gina, absolutely adorable kitties. I currently have no digital pictures of my two kitties, but I love them just the same. Padfoot, I have always loved ferrets and yours are just the cutest.

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Catherine - Jul 27, 2004 8:45 am (#1240 of 2955)

Oh, George and Emma are so cute, Padfoot! I'm a little upset right now with JKR for turning Draco into a "bouncing ferret!" Your little furbabies deserve better.

Haymoni, yeah, the guys who worked on my house would get so annoyed with those remodeling shows. You could tell that they watched them just so they could sit back and criticize! I guess it was a sort of sport with them! :-) I also think they hated them because it gives a false impression of just how long even simple remodel jobs can take. (Are remodel jobs ever "simple?")

I could probably use the organizing help. I've been cleaning out my pantry this morning because, unbeknownst to me, my daughter spilled goldfish crackers in there. I went into the pantry and -loud gasp- I have icky ants everywhere. Let's just say that I am NOT happy at the moment! ACK! How can so many ants come from nowhere!

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Julia. - Jul 27, 2004 8:53 am (#1241 of 2955)

Beats me Catherine. My parents always warned me to use plates but did I listen? Of course not. You can imagine the shock when I felt a gigantic ant crawling up my leg while I was reading the forum.

Marye, lets see, 18. On my 18th birthday my dad took me and two friends to see the Yankees play (we won by the way, over Boston! ) Now that you're legal, you can buy cigarettes, er, inappropriate things, lottery tickets, and probably the most important, you can register to vote. Actually, the latter was the only one of those things I did when I turned 18. It's a really great year, so enjoy it!

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Padfoot - Jul 27, 2004 8:58 am (#1242 of 2955)

Julia, I was excited about voting when I turned 18 too. Most of my friends thought that was funny as they didn't care about voting at all.

Thanks Lisaren and Catherine! I think my ferrets are cute too, but I may be biased.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 27, 2004 8:58 am (#1243 of 2955)

In another life, my husband used to work construction. The words he most hated to hear a homeowner say were, "Well, I was watching on This Old House...".

Catherine, I couldn't sympathize more about the ants. I absolutely despise them. I've been battling them these past few springs and, with hopes I don't jinx myself, I think the tide may be turning. However, when ant season arrives I'm like a madwoman with the vacuum and my children know to steer clear until I'm done sucking the little buggers up.

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anbigin - Jul 27, 2004 9:47 am (#1244 of 2955)

Ok, to set the whole Catwoman thing straight: I will only be spending ONE whole dollar on the whole event as by the time I get back state side it will have moved into the dollar theater in Tallie. HEHEHE! So I don't feel too guilty going to see it:) (Heck, that's even cheaper than waiting to rent the movie)

As promised here is the Horse ice cream article: Neigh!

And just a comment to the whole turning 18 discussion: I too felt almost nothing while turning 18 except that I was now able to vote. I was extremely excited because I was still able to register in time (2 months before actually) to vote in THE 2000 Presidential Election. Although I was lucky enough to be in a county in Florida that had competent voters and a good voting system, I still felt very disappoint and ashamed of my whole state when everything went so badly:( I wish I could post pics of my kitties! Peace- Kat

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 27, 2004 9:51 am (#1245 of 2955)

I didn't feel particularly excited about my 18th birthday either. In fact, it was more a pain than anything. My friends go me a bunch of rude gifts and my ex-boyfriend spent a great deal of time begging me to buy him some cigars, and didn't understand why I would not. It had a few perks, viting for one, but overall, I didn't find it was such a big change.

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timrew - Jul 27, 2004 10:32 am (#1246 of 2955)

Sue (Doc Filibuster), you asked me to e-mail you a copy of the panto, but your e-mail address is private!

If you want to send it to me, click on my pic and you'll find my e-mail address.

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Marye Lupin - Jul 27, 2004 11:07 am (#1247 of 2955)

Well I live in the DC area and almost everyone at my school is fairly politically active so I've actually been registered to vote for over a year. (you can register whenever as long as your 18 by november)

I am excited about this year because I'm going to college though! I'm practically counting the days until I leave.

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boop - Jul 27, 2004 11:53 am (#1248 of 2955)

Gina, your kitties are so cute.

Padfoot your ferrets are so cute too.

Thank you everyone, I am glad to be safe. I got my mirror replaced today and it only cost 21 dollars so that wasn't to bad. I am just spending the rest of my vacation at home, relaxing not up for a trip to my sisters in NJ. I just not ready to get back on the highway with all the trucks and deal with them for 5 hours.

Have a nice day everyone.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 27, 2004 12:33 pm (#1249 of 2955)

I am just spending the rest of my vacation at home, relaxing not up for a trip to my sisters in NJ. I just not ready to get back on the highway with all the trucks and deal with them for 5 hours. -- boop

I don't blame you. Let me also extend my belated emphathies for your bad experience. I say "empathies" because although I've never been in your exact situation, I find myself travelling long distances quite often and big trucks are just the absolute worst. You just rest and take it easy. :-)

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Caput Draconis - Jul 27, 2004 2:50 pm (#1250 of 2955)
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I never realised the driving type differences between countries either (hi Mare!), so yay forum. A guy from California in my class was quite confused at the concept of having 'P' plates on the front and back of your car, red for the first year, green for the next two-ish. They just kind of restrict you, ie I can only go 90 (k's) on a freeway, so aforementioned scary giant trucks are constantly overtaking me at alarming speeds. Zero b/a limit too, which is a good thing, me thinks. Except if you need to take cough medicine, or something.

18 for me means you get to do stuff; you can get your license when you're 17 or so, but 18 you can vote, drink, smoke, get into R movies (that's like NC17 for me...erm, but 18) and stuff - it's pretty much the 'legal' birthday. 21 (fast approaching for me, I'm nearly with Tim & co, Sep 23) is ridiculously sentimental, giant keys and random relatives and stuff. So there we go.

MP and Chemyst, hehe, I spend half my life coming off as an embarrassingly girly fan. Tis hard work, but someone's gotta do it...
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Eponine - Jul 27, 2004 2:56 pm (#1251 of 2955)

Madam Pince, I also remember Trixie Belden. My dad would take us to the book store at the flea market and buy us copies almost every weekend. I loved those books.

My 18th birthday was in August of 96, so I got to vote in that election. As for the rest of my birthday, I was able to take control of some money I had inherited from my dad, so I bought a car. Not a nice car, mind you, but a car that I ended up spending more to repair over the years than the darn thing cost in the first place, but at the time I was thrilled just to have a car.

My husband and I are getting ready to move in a couple of weeks into a bigger place. Of course just about anything is bigger than our tiny one bedroom that we are in now. Decorating shows are interesting, but I agree that most designers just do whatever they feel like. Whenever I see the end results, I always wonder what it's going to look like after the cameras leave.

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Madam Poppy - Jul 27, 2004 4:31 pm (#1252 of 2955)
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Congratulations Marye! The only thing worse than anticipating your driver's test is waiting to have surgery!
Unfortunately you all may still have to take your driver's license more than once or twice! I've had to take the test 4 times over the years. I failed my very 1st test because the examiner said I didn't yield to some left turners. (I think he just sensed I was terrified.) I had the same guy the second time I took the test. He showed no signs he recognized me and passed me with few complaints. I didn't renew my license before we moved (to save the $$) and found out I had to do the driving test again in the new state. (dumb..dumb) Then again just after moving to another new state, my car was broken into while we were at the beach and someone stole my wallet from the glove compartment. Since I didn't have a current license from my last residence to turn in ....you guessed it, I had to take the driving test all over again. You'd think that the test would get easier to take, right? No! I do not ever parallel park and can not understand why it is a requirement.

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ShelterGirl - Jul 27, 2004 5:43 pm (#1253 of 2955)

Gosh. 18th birthdays... It's good to see that so many people were excited to be able to vote. I registered immediately, even though my first presidential election wasn't going to be for another year. On my 18th birthday, many years ago, my mom took me to a Phillies game so that I could have my first legal beer at the Stadium watching my team. It was a nice day.

And regarding home improvement shows, if anyone ever comes near my sofa with an electric carving knife, well...I won't be held responsible for my actions.

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Catherine - Jul 27, 2004 5:45 pm (#1254 of 2955)

I should hope not, Shelter Girl!

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Pinky - Jul 27, 2004 6:48 pm (#1255 of 2955)

Just a note to those posting pictures - as fun as they are, some people still use *cough* dial-up and it may slow down their surfing. I luckily just got DSL, so it's not a problem at all. If you have a link to a personal website, that might work, or just do one picture at a time, so that someone with a slow modem can manage to see the picture within a reasonable length of time.

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Brandon Christopher - Jul 27, 2004 7:13 pm (#1256 of 2955)

Although I didn't register to vote right away I really wanted to. I was afraid that if I registered to vote I would have to register for the draft at the same time. And seeing as how I did NOT want to go off to Iraq if the draft got reinstated I stalled as long as possible. I waited until I got my six month warning from the military before I registered (if you fail to register after receiving one of those you can get up to seven years in prison.) I had registered to vote by then though because I had found out that registering to vote and registering for the draft are two completely different things. I have voted in every state and local election I could since I turned 18. So even though I waited to register I didn't miss anything. My family has always been very politically active and I wasn't going to miss my first chance to vote.

So um yeah... this was sort of a pointless post...

*runs away from the topic again cackling madly*

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 27, 2004 7:27 pm (#1257 of 2955)

I registered to vote immediately. I couldn't wait. It is funny because my mother and I are at the opposite of the political spectrum. I favor the right(not Right) party and she favors the wrong party. It pains me that I missed the Clinton/Dole election that was too much fun.

Julia, sorry to hear about your 18th birthday. It must have been terrible watching the Sox lose.

Congrats Marye it is good to get capable drivers out there.

I think waiting for grades is the worst thing. I had such a panic over one class, Writing History, it was a 4000 level and so hard. I earned a 4.0 in it and overall, but the wait nearly killed. My family threatened to cancel my internet service if I logged on again merely 5 hours after I handed in my final.

Leila

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Julia. - Jul 27, 2004 8:36 pm (#1258 of 2955)

Actually Leila, it was great! That game was Mike Mussina/David Cone round 2. The week before Mussina pitched a near perfect game in Boston. That day they went at it again. Cone only lasted four innings and gave up 5 runs to Tino Martinez on 2 run and 3 run homers. He left to a standing ovation from us Yankee fans.

Hope everyone has a pleasant evening!

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Tomoé - Jul 27, 2004 9:15 pm (#1259 of 2955)

I left for the week-end, I come back and I'm 150 posts behind!!!

Congratulation Marye!

I got my license at 16 on the third try too Mike (I suppose that make us partner in failure ^_^)

Por, por Madame Poppy, driver license four times!

I'm glad your vacation went all right Mrs Sirius!

And for the record, I like cats, I like dogs, as long as they don't belong to me. Lack of attention I think.

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The giant squid - Jul 27, 2004 11:20 pm (#1260 of 2955)

   You can come and camp out at my house and drink Margaritas.



Careful AS, I may just take you up on that offer! Wink

As for the infamous 18th birthday...I too registered to vote right away, and have regretted it ever since. Is it me, or are the choices getting less and less appealing every election year?

   I got my license at 16 on the third try too Mike (I suppose that make us partner in failure ^_^)



Works for me, Tomoe. Very Happy

--Mike

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Solitaire - Jul 28, 2004 12:16 am (#1261 of 2955)

Greetings, everyone. I just joined the HP Forum the other day and this is my first post on this thread. I believe it is the one Boop suggested to me. Thank you, Boop.

I have already posted on the Remus Lupin, McGonagall, Wormtail, and Umbridge threads. In fact, I think the Giant Squid reminded me that just because Umbridge was evil didn't mean she was a DE, a point I'm willing to concede. Oh, and for the record ... no, it isn't just you. The choices really are getting less and less appealing with each election. Or maybe we are just getting more perceptive and less gullible ...

About my posts ... I know Sherbie Lemon rebuked me soundly for suggesting that Willy Widdershins squealed to Umbridge about the DA instead of Dung. Oh, well ... I guess that's part of the game, right? I believe a couple of my other ideas were believed to contain some miniscule shred of merit, so I guess it evens out. heeeeeee

Oh! I meant to ask ... are there no threads on Gilderoy Lockhart and Mrs. Arabella Figg? I couldn't find any. I find a lot of comments about them mixed in other threads, and it would seem they each need their own. Just an observation ...

I love being able to obsess about Harry Potter & Co. without being ridiculed and teased. Since I was a child, I've always had my nose stuck in one book or another whenever I have free time. For me, books represent the ultimate escape ... to the inside of my head! No one can be admitted without an invitation. Smile

I'm not always sure my students understand this passion, although I never stop trying to communicate it. I honestly think that it just takes one great read to snag someone for life. It's just a matter of finding the right book to make the connection. Over the past year, I've come to think that Harry Potter may be the series that captures a generation of nonreaders. I've seen several kids who hate to read get hooked on the series in free reading time ... much to my delight.

Perhaps this is why I enjoy the fact that there seem to be so many young posters on this forum. Yes, I read the stuff linked to your names. Anyway, thank you so much to those who make all the fun possible.

Solitaire

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The giant squid - Jul 28, 2004 12:35 am (#1262 of 2955)

Solitaire, welcome to the chat thread. things get a little looser here; in fact, the last 500 or so posts have had nothing whatsoever to do with HP--that's what all the other threads are for. Wink

As for the Lockhart & Figg threads, there used to be threads for both, but they have gotten "mulched"--threads that receive no new posts for more than 30 days are auto-deleted. If you have some particularly poignant thoughts, feel free to start a new thread, otherwise there's the ever-useful "Not Covered In Other Threads" thread, found here: Liz Mann "Not Covered in Other Threads" 7/27/04 4:02pm

Oh, and don't feel bad about Sherbie's rebuke. She's just been having a bad day...for a couple months now, it seems. Wink I'm getting worried--it's definitely my turn for the bad luck, and I have a long plane flight coming up this weekend... o.O

--Mike

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Solitaire - Jul 28, 2004 12:52 am (#1263 of 2955)

Oh, dear, Mike. "Long plane flight" and "bad luck" are not phrases that should be used in the same sentence. Let's just hope Sherbie and the airlines aren't in "cahoots" to put a damper on your weekend. ;-)

I'll check out the thread you mention. After reading "the rules," I was a wee bit hesitant to talk about inappropriate characters on the wrong threads. I'd hate to be banned at this stage of the game.

By the way ... where are these margaritas you mentioned? I could use one ... with a Midori sidecar! In fact, if I were you, I'd have one on that long flight. Smile

Solitaire

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Marè - Jul 28, 2004 3:44 am (#1264 of 2955)

Don't worry too much Solitaire. when you make a post that would fit better in another thread, it gets moved. And the longer you hang around here, the more you get to know the forum and where to discuss all the things you are interested in.
To get really banned takes a little bit more than just making one off-topic post.

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septentrion - Jul 28, 2004 4:23 am (#1265 of 2955)

My 18th birthday was great : registration for voting, bank account and credit card ! 1st step outside the parents' home. As for the driver license, it took me 4 essays before to pass it at the age of 21. in France too you're not allowed to learn driving before you're 18, except for 16/17 teenagers who learn with their parents, but they cannot drive alone until they pass their exam.

For those who like the french accent, I'd recommand to see Vincente Minelli's "Gigi". I was amazed to see Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron...speak and sing in english with a such obvious accent ! The movie is a little old (50's) so I don't know if it's easy to find but I really had a good time watching it.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 28, 2004 5:58 am (#1266 of 2955)

About my posts ... I know Sherbie Lemon rebuked me soundly for suggesting that Willy Widdershins squealed to Umbridge about the DA instead of Dung. Oh, well ... I guess that's part of the game, right? I believe a couple of my other ideas were believed to contain some miniscule shred of merit, so I guess it evens out. heeeeeee Solitaire
I'm sorry if you took my post the wrong way, Solitaire. In all honesty, I was simply defending my theory in what I thought to be a light-hearted manner. Believe me, I have been rebuked far more "soundly" than that over my months here. Unfortunately, the thread that was home to my rebuking has been mulched, but Prefect Marcus may remember a bit from the Voldemort/Dumbledore's Mistakes discussion. So yes, tearing down theories, supporting theories, shooting theories full of holes, and finding bit’s of information to add to a theory, is typically how it's done here.

She's just been having a bad day...for a couple months now, it seems. Wink I'm getting worried--it's definitely my turn for the bad luck, and I have a long plane flight coming up this weekend... o.O Mike

Lol, yes my bad day has lasted a couple months, I'm afraid. Don't worry about your flight, Mike. I'll gladly handle more bad luck if your plane makes it alright. I'm pretty terrified of flying (though I do it somewhat regularly) and wouldn't wish plane trouble on my worst enemy. I think it's the knowledge that I'm totally out-of-control; that my life is in another person's hands completely.



Madame Pince, welcome back! Your story about your son's diaper made me feel better, as did your belief that my eggs(!) were simply packing material of some sort. I have to laugh at myself sometimes too. But this recent spurt of bad luck is quite trivial when compared to the winter of 2001. Now that was some freakishly bad luck! In fact, my entire family seems to have worse than normal luck. We call it The Brown Curse" (Brown was my maiden name). However, my family has recently concluded that it sticks with the cursee through marraige too. I was hoping to shake it when I took my vows, but unfortunately it appears that my husband is afflicted by my luck now too.

Congratulations, Marye! I knew you'd do fine! Though after reading some of these stories about the instructors from hell, I was beginning to get a little concerned.

Thanks, Celestina, for your prayers. My mom went to the family doctor Monday (who is a quack, but hey, he has the Cursed Browns for patients, so what could you expect?) and was told that she was fine and that he had three of those lumps and offered her ammoxicillian (penicillian). That's his response everytime you go to see him: "Dr. Quack, what is this deep, bloody gash in my head? Do I need stiches?" "No, you're fine, I've got three of those myself. But just to be safe, here's some ammoxicillian."

I appreciate your efforts, Kim! I think it may be lifting, slightly. I'm going to Abbey Road on the River in a week and I finally got my car back, which looks absolutely beautiful, good as new! Though to add a bit of bad luck to the mix, when I changed my battery, my stereo went all funny and is now saying "CODE" to me. I can't turn on the radio or put in a CD. I suppose I will have to call Mit’subishi and find out what the heck my car means.

OK, I need the help of a gas oven pro. I am still so afraid of this thing that I have trouble leaving the house. I am not comfortable with an appliance that has the power to kill me or explode. All we've eaten is cereal for almost a week now. So here's my question: Where exactly are you supposed to see flames when you turn on the oven? I'm seeing them when I open the broiler drawer (not STORAGE drawer) from a long, pipe-like tube under the oven floor. The flames don't continue all the way down the pipe, just from the front of the oven to about the middle. Also, I smell gas when I use the oven or burners, is this normal? I freak out every time I turn either on and turn them right back off again. And one more; when I turn one burner to "lite", the others pop too. I called the Whirlpool service people and the impatient-sounding woman on the other end said, "That's normal, ma'am." But is it?

Edit: Oh! Birthday Balloons to all I've missed!

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 28, 2004 6:08 am (#1267 of 2955)

Hello everyone!!

My nerves are quite on edge today. Will's knee surgery is taking place right this very moment AND I have another job interview this afternoon. Rather stressful. And I didn't get a great nights sleep because Will called me at 5:30 this morning. I appreciate the fact that he called before he went in, but I'm still awfully tired.

Well, I guess I'm going to go do my best to make it through the day with my sanity intact.

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mollis - Jul 28, 2004 6:21 am (#1268 of 2955)
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Oh Sherbie, I sure hope things turn around for you soon! I am certainly no gas oven expert - but I know a few things. The small flame in the broiler drawer is your pilot light. That should always be on. The pilot light is what your oven uses to light the burners (so you don't need matches like the old days). Smelling a little gas is probably normal. As long as the burner is lit - it is burning the gas and thee will be no explosion. If there is a strong smell of gas check your pilot light - if it is out, then you may need to shut off the gas for awhile to let it air out before re-lighting it. Did you get a manual with the stove? It should explain most of this. At least you didn't burn yours up like the other unfortunate soul (sorry, don't remember who it was).

Mike- Good luck with the plane ride. Hopefully this bad luck will exhaust it’self son and neither of you will have these problems any more.

Solitaire - Welcome! This is an absolutely wonderful group of people, so you should have no troubles at all. Any questions there are usually 5 or 6 people around ready and willing to answer.

As for my day, I woke with a splitting headache that still hasn't gone away. I think I'll just curl up under my desk for a nap if anyone needs me...

EDIT: V-I hope Will's surgery goes smoothly. You're welcome to join me under the desk for a nap. Plenty of room. I'll just shove all these maps out of the way!

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boop - Jul 28, 2004 6:24 am (#1269 of 2955)

Good Morning Everyone, hope everyone has a great day!!

Lindsey, I am glad to hear that your mom is going to be fine. Sorry I can't help out with the gas stove those. I don't have gas, so I don't know what would be normal and not. I know someone here will be able to put your mind at ease. I am still wish good luck to start coming your way.

Mike, Have a safe flight. You are going for training right? I hope you can have some fun too not all work.

Sara, I have your honey in my prayers. Here is a hug for you hope it helps while you wait. Keep us posted on how he is doing. I will keep my fingers crossed for you with the job interview today.

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Doris Crockford - Jul 28, 2004 6:44 am (#1270 of 2955)

I got woken up nice and early (actually, it was only 8:30, so not that early, but still..) by the window repairman, who was here for a total of 2 minutes. Grrrr. (My brother's window has about 5 huge cracks in it, so we need to replace it)

Mike, I'm always terrified while flying, so I hope your flight goes well.

Virgogoddess, I'm sure that Will's surgery will be fine . I know several people who have had knee surgery, and there were no complications for any of them. Good luck on the interview!

Sherbie, I'm glad your mom is OK. I was really nervous about it when you told us, and it's a relief to know she's fine.

Solitaire, don't worry about your ideas being proven wrong. I've been here for about a year now, and I love this place, even though people disagree with about half of the silly ideas I've had.

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Flame Alligator - Jul 28, 2004 7:01 am (#1271 of 2955)

Welcome Solitaire!!

Virgoddess, Will's surgery will go well and he will be back at his favorite sport in no time. Good luck on your job interview.

Fawkes, *big friendly wave*

Mike, Have a good flight. I hope you have some time to enjoy yourself on your "work weekend".

Happy Birthday to all born today. Enjoy and don't party too hard.

Goedemorgen everybody!!

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Catherine - Jul 28, 2004 7:04 am (#1272 of 2955)

Hi everyone.

Does anyone remember what happened with Sweepstakes from TLC? How many of us entered it? Has someone won it yet?

Just wondering...

Best wishes to everyone for safe, healthy, happy day.

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Marè - Jul 28, 2004 7:29 am (#1273 of 2955)

Sherbie, I'm sorry I can't help you with your oven problems, our oven needs matches like the old days.
I think looking in the manual is a good idea, or maybe you could google gas oven.
I think the best you can do is decide to cook a very challenging meal in your oven. Anf if you're not 100% comfortable, just put the window open and the fire extinguisher next to you. I'm sure that once you started using your oven more, you'll get less scared.

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haymoni - Jul 28, 2004 7:51 am (#1274 of 2955)

Sherbie - when I turn on my burners there is a brief smell of gas, I hear a clicking noise, (that's the burner lighting) and then the burner lights.

On my stove there is a spot when you first turn the knob which is where the burner is lit. The next spot is "High" so watch it! You don't want to be looking too closely at the burner. You may lose an eyebrow or two like Seamus!

You might want to ask around to see if there is anyone who would be willing to come over and show you how to light it. Once you see them do it, you'll get the hang of it. I know it is scary, but I'm sure you'll be OK.

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Accio Sirius - Jul 28, 2004 8:05 am (#1275 of 2955)
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Sherbie, You should get a carbon monoxide detector--that will at least make you feel better until you get a handle on things. I wish I had a gas stove--mine is an electric circa 1970 avocado green horrible thing. I burn everything. It's the stove, not me, yeah, that's the ticket! LoL.

And Mike, as for the Margaritas., I would hope that if any of my pals from the Lexicon were in the DC area, they would look me up!! Have a safe trip! Personal DVD players are the only way to travel.

As for registering to vote--I think it's a very important duty, if only to have the right to complain about who is in office. If you don't vote, I don't want to hear it. For a while, my mantra was vote, volunteer and give blood. I was trying to come up with some catchy phrase like the three v's (vote, volunteer and vampirism, but it doesn't quite work! Kudos to all those involved in the political process!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 28, 2004 8:21 am (#1276 of 2955)

Sherbie, I have used the old gas stoves where we had to light the oven and the top burners with matches. Now THAT was really scarey. My stomach would turn over every time I had to light the stove. Cause if you took too long to light it........ say your match went out......... flames billowed up in your face when it finally did light because of all the gas in the air. My sister set her hair a fire once. The new ones are much better. They self light. The clicking noise and the swosh of the stove lighting means all is well. Don't worry you will get the hang of it.

Once you do get it, it is the only way to cook, in my opinion, because you can control the flame. You can get it just right. Where as, with electric stoves *sigh* you are stuck with a few settings.

Oh yeah, I hope I did not heighten your "stove anxiety" with my comment about my sister catching her hair on fire. Her face was not burned. She just needed a hair cut to balance things out. I told this to say that today's stoves are much safer.

And for those who know that I only prepare raw foods now. Mainly using really good knives, blender, juicer and my trusty food processor. I was quite the conventional gourmet cook before I went raw.

Oh yeah I love those cute little ferrets. I forgot whose they are..... sorry. Anyway, they are so cute. How do you keep from kissing and loving them to death?

Doei

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Padfoot - Jul 28, 2004 8:24 am (#1277 of 2955)
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virgoddess1313, I hope Will's surgery goes well. I had a college roommate who had both knees done within a month. Her surgeries went well and everything is Ok now. I hope your job interview goes well today!

Is it just my imagination or is there a lot of bad luck going around here on the forum? If so, Sherbie gets to wear the crown as the Queen of bad luck. As far as the gas oven, I have never used one. I have used a gas range before. There is always some gas smell and the pilot light is always on. We had this stove years ago. My mom would light the pilot light (when it went out) with those long fireplace matches. Then she didn't have to get too close and kept her eyebrows.

I hope everybody's day picks up and all stress and anxiety flies out the window!

Edit: Thanks Flame and Boop! Those are my ferrets. I chase them all over my home kissing them and hugging them. They must suffer through it.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 28, 2004 8:29 am (#1278 of 2955)

Flame, you asked earlier about others who are 'health nuts' (or something to that effect).

I am not a health nut, but I did start the South Beach diet a few weeks ago. As a Type 1 diabetic and a vegetarian, it's offered some very good options for me. The biggest is an emphasis on really fresh foods. I am eating more vegetables these days and pre-processed foods have all but disappeared from my diet. I've lost 5lbs so far. And my blood sugar levels have been impressively good.

Unfortunately, I have to do things the 'hard' way (though I'm not finding the diet very hard per se) as a certain someone is refusing me a simple diet potion 'for my own good...'

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Penny Lane. - Jul 28, 2004 9:03 am (#1279 of 2955)

Sherbie - maybe we can trade ranges and ovens- I grew up with gas, and now I'm faced with my first electric range, and I really hate it. It takes longer to cook, and I'm always afraid that I'm going to burn something afterwards. It's one of those EZ-Clean types where you are supposed to wipe it off. Well, the first time I used it, I turned on the wrong knob, and couldn't figure out why nothing was cooking. Also, it has this weird smell. Anyway, once you get the hang of gas, you will like it SO much better - and the broiler - oh, I loved it. Great for just warming things up and so forth.

I have been really wary of these diet crazes, such as Atkins. It doens't seem very healthy to me. Granted, I pretty much live on pastas and rice, so asking me to give up that and eat meat? EW!

Oh, I noticed a few posts back that someone mentioned the Trixie Beldon series. Well, I've been collecting those since I was 7, and I have all the originals series, but the newer ones that were released in the 70's are REALLY hard to come by. I saw one on Amazon.com auctions that I wanted, but I didn't want to pay $250 for it. So... if anyone has some laying around... *hint*

Flame, are you saying that you eat raw meat? Or just raw fruit’s and vegetables?

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Julia. - Jul 28, 2004 9:05 am (#1280 of 2955)

Sherbie, I'm so glad to hear that your mum's going to be fine, although her doctor reminds me a lot of the nurses at my camp. 'Have a cough drop, put some ice on it, and come back after dinner.' I have a humongus gas stove in my kitchen, and IMHO, it rocks. That little flame in the brioler is the pilot, and as Mollis said, it should always be on. If it's not on, that's when there's trouble.

Sara, I'm sure Will's surgery will be fine, doctors know what they're doing. Have some butterbeer while you're waiting for news. *pulls out butterbeer and passes it to Sara* Good luck on your interview, I'm sure you'll do fine!

Grr, my parents are comming back from vacation tonight, so I won't have the house to myself anymore. No more wild parties and loud music at 2 in the morning. *tear* (OK, I was kidding about the wild parties, the closest I came was being in a chat and saying '*pulls out butterbeer and drinks a lot*') Have a good day everyone!

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Padfoot - Jul 28, 2004 9:08 am (#1281 of 2955)

Oh, I noticed a few posts back that someone mentioned the Trixie Beldon series. Well, I've been collecting those since I was 7, and I have all the originals series, but the newer ones that were released in the 70's are REALLY hard to come by. I saw one on Amazon.com auctions that I wanted, but I didn't want to pay $250 for it. -Penny

No way! They are worth that much? Now I wish I owned copies of them. Unfortunately I just borrowed them from the library back then.

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anbigin - Jul 28, 2004 9:52 am (#1282 of 2955)

Sherbie - I'm really afraid of your family doctor - being allergic to penicillin and amoxicillin isn't fun especially when you have strep throat as often as I do *argh* But I'm glad to hear that your mum is doing better:) Always a good thing to have happy, healthy parentals.

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Eponine - Jul 28, 2004 10:41 am (#1283 of 2955)

Penny, did you know that they are starting to re-issue the Trixie Belden series? If I want any of the books, I am going to have to buy those, because my older sister is getting all of our old ones. Which ones were worth that much? We have quite a few old ones, plus I see them in used book stores from time to time. I love used book stores. That's one of the things I miss the most about Chattanooga, the great book stores we had there. Oh well, I'm going home in a couple of weeks, and I'll visit them then. I always stock up whenever I go home.

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VeronikaG - Jul 28, 2004 10:46 am (#1284 of 2955)

Hi everybody. It seems some good luck wishes are in order. *spreading little green lucky clovers* To Sherbie, Sherbie's Mum, Sara, Will, Boop, and Mike. Hope I haven't forgotten anybody.

Speaking of healthy food, no, I'm not a health freak. I eat burgers, drink soda/pop, drink alcohol (not to excess, may I add), eat chips, eat candy that has lots of ingredients named E-... and I eat bread, which is the newest poison. But I have a strange fear of eating food other people have prepared. I just don't know if any of it has been on the floor before being cooked, if the cook sneezed while cooking, forgot to wash her/his hands after the last toilet visit, and other horrible ideas. I know where they come from, though, these ideas. It's my mother who has fun telling cooking horror stories.

How is it with Americans and potatoes, by the way? Are they still considered healthy, or are they pure poison that you can't avoid being fat if you eat, no matter how much you work out? In Norway potatoes have been the basis of all dinners for the last 200 years, and have status as almost sacred, so when doc Lindberg comes and tells us that we are fat because we eat potatoes, it get's reactions. Actually, Norwegians are among the slimmest people in the Western world. Before Lindberg, that was a matter of concern for the Norwegian health department, because they couldn't understand why we weren't as chubby as all other Western people. It was almost a spoken fact that 70% of the women and girls between 15 and 40 were anorectic. There were campaigns (by women's groups) where folders showing smiling, chubby teens were handed out, telling that being slim was not happiness, and that more Norwegian girls girls died from dieting than from all other causes. (Not a statistical fact, I believe) This was only 5 years ago, and now we have a health dept. who wants us all to be slim, and has suggested that you have to be 18 to be allowed to buy candy. We are a bit crazy, aren't we?

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Eponine - Jul 28, 2004 11:07 am (#1285 of 2955)

They want you to be 18 to buy candy? Why? Is chocolate a controlled substance in Norway?  duh????

I don't know about the rest of America, but I love potatoes. I could never go on the Atkins diet, because they won't let you eat potatoes, rice, pasta, bread...basically everything my diet consists of. Actually, I'm not good with any diet at all. I just like food too much. I like to bake, but I usually end up giving most of it away, because if it is in the house, I will eat it. I'm not a total junk food addict though. I do eat fruit’s and vegetables, plus I go to the gym almost every day. I guess, as long as I keep everything balanced, I'll be okay. Although, I have gained a bit of weight since I got out of college, but that's what the gym if for, right? Anyway, I'm not a health nut either.

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Padfoot - Jul 28, 2004 11:19 am (#1286 of 2955)

Potatoes are good, as are all carbos. I am not into dieting. Basically because I have no willpower and love food. I am very thankful I have good genetics and a good metabolism that keeps me slim.

You might have a law that restricts a person to be 18 to buy candy? That is where most of my baby-sitting money went when I was a teenager. Chocolate and books were what my money was spent on. Um, Ok I still spend money on both.

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Tomoé - Jul 28, 2004 11:20 am (#1287 of 2955)

No candy before 18! Now that's a bad idea, I mean ... you know ... it's just ... it's kinda ... okay, I'm a bit out of argument, but it doesn't feel right! ^_^ I mean, what's next?

I forgot Betty yesterday, I'm happy you got out of it physically all right and I think you managed the situation like a pro! Trucks somethimes ... ¬_¬

I hope your flight will be all right Mike.

By the way, the medieval wedding went all right last week-end, I was helping in the kitchen so I washed a lot of dishes (there were muggles among us who are not used to use only one bowl for the whole dinner, and we don't have enough bowls for 44 persons x 5 serving, so we had to wash while the other were eating. Hopefully, it's always fun to wash dishes when wearing costumes! ^_^)

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Penny Lane. - Jul 28, 2004 11:34 am (#1288 of 2955)

Oh my. No candy before age 18? Wow. Well, I never touched fast food or potato chips until I was 20 - I just never liked it much until then - now I can't get enough. Also, I gained a few pounds since I found out how nice vending machines are - I mean, you put a small amount of money in, and it gives you an instant treat!

Eponine - The Trixie Beldon books that were first published in the 1980's - numbers 35- 39 I believe - are the ones that are REALLY hard to find. I heard that Random House was re-releasing the first 4 or 7 or something, but nothing further. The first 7 are the easiest to find, as they were originally published in the 1940's and re-released at least once per decade after that.

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DJ Evans - Jul 28, 2004 11:36 am (#1289 of 2955)

Sherbie--Hmmmm, wonder what you'd give for an electric stove right now? hee hee Seriously, as everyone has been telling you, if you aren't getting a "strong" gas smell when you first turn your burners on, then everything should be all right. Most times you won't even smell anything really. Just read your manual and if after using it a couple of times, if you still aren't comfortable with it, by all means call in a service man and have him check it out. I would much rather you feel safe using it, than to take a chance that there "is" something wrong with it. Just because it is brand new, doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with it. And I'm so glad about your Mom doing OK. But if you don't feel secure in your doctor, I would definitely get a 2nd opinion. Or at the very least, keep a close eye on it for sure.

Virgoddess1313===Hope Wil is doing great!!! I've been thinking about y'all today. And don't drink "too" many Butterbeers before your job interview!!!! (which I hope goes perfect for you!!)

Trixie Belden==Oh, yes!!! I thought her series of stories were so good. As far as I was concern, they beat the heck out of the Nancy Drew series. I've got about 6 or 7 of them that my older sister handed down to me & a few that I bought back in my day. Hmmm, I guess I need to pull them out and see when they were published. I think the ones that I bought would fit right in the 70's era--my sisters would been in the 50's I believe. But I don't know if I would really want to get rid of them. Hmmmm, decisions?!?!?!?!

And as far as one of those Makeover shows coming in and even "thinking" about touching one of my books, well all I can say is they would get a boot in their rear ends quicker than you could blink!!!!! Hmmmm, I think it would only be fair to let the homeowner go into the decorator's own home and just see what they could "chunk" out and see how they liked it. All that tells me when they do that is they aren't a reader themselves--which is sad really.

Mike, I hope your flight goes well too!!! I will keep you (& whoever else just might be flying) in my prayers for a safe trip. Hope you have a wonderful time while you're out there. Remember: All work and no play makes Mike a dull boy!!!!!

LOVE THE CAT & FERRET PICS!!! I've never had a ferrett but I've always just thought they were the cutest little things there were. They remind me so much of Meer Cats, which I think are the ultimate in cutness!!!!! Cats? Gosh, up until 3 years ago, I've always had a cat & when I still lived at my parents we always had both when I was growing up. My last cat, though, I had to put down--which just tore me apart, I still feel SO bad about having to do it. But he was 13, just shy of being 14 years old and his health had gotten bad. I just couldn't see him suffering when there was nothing to be done. Like I said, I still have problems with having to put him down. He was my best bud!!! As far as the Cat/Dog debate? Hey, there is no way I could say either way. I love them both--heck, I'm just a BIG ol' animal person---never met one that I haven't liked.

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!!

Later, Deb

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Professor V - Jul 28, 2004 11:49 am (#1290 of 2955)

Good morning everyone. This is my first post on this thread, but I have a strange feeling it will soon become my favorite.

I'm a nearly 30 now, and I have to tell you I have no idea how I feel about that. My life is a little like a circus/zoo, in that it is full of a variety of animals. I have always considered myself a dog person, I have two beagles, Saren and Makenzie, though I have often thought of renaming them Who and Dini (combined to sound like Houdini) simply because they are great escape artists. You name it and they have escaped from it. I have had Saren since she was a baby and I started teaching when I was 21. She was the first to have the an escape artist hobby. Makenzie, started her life with me with an escape from the pound, I was supposed to be her 'foster mom' until another home could be found, that was almost 6 years ago. I don't think she is going anywhere.

Like I said I've always considered myself a dog person and then 2 years ago I found this little scrap of mud and fur under my front porch and meowing so loudly I could hear her in the house. Turns out I don't mind cats at all, Emma Jane (previously known as the scrap of mud and fur) introduced me to the world of cats. Emma once clean was an absolutely beautiful little thing and so polite, you couldn't help but love her, even my dad likes her - a minor miracle. A year later I discovered another little scrap of dirt and fur this time under my car. Once she was cleaned up she was anything but pretty, she was absolutely a mess, you name it and she had it wrong with her, she even sounded like a duck. I gave her what I thought was a pretty name, Chloe, because I thought she needed something pretty in life. Thankfully she is like the ugly duckling and grew into a beautiful swan

You might wonder if there are absolute wars in my house between the cats and dogs, but they get along great. It helps that the dogs are scared of Emma and that Chloe loves everything and everybody. What is truly an adventure is when they all travel with me, which we do alot in the summer.

I love to read a wide variety of books, everything from romance to thrillers and so much in between. When I'm not teaching, I spend my time doing lots of different creative things. I also like to volunteer and sponsor a group of kids from my school, called Helping Hands, that do community service projects during the school year. I also love to follow politics and racing. (By the way, I seriously recommend volunteering to be a judge of elections to anyone who is interested in how voting works.)

If something can go wrong, in my world it does, not horribly mind you but it usually leads to funny things happening. Like the time this summer I was packing for a trip and literally tripped dumping a big glass of milk into my packed suitcase, needless to say the suitcase and everything in it needed to be cleaned. That wouldn't have been a problem except that I was supposed to leave within the hour. Or the time I tried to make beef stew for a friend who was recovering from some burns. You should know that I had never made beef stew before and was trying to follow my mother's recipe. I did an excellent job with only one small mistake. My mom had said that if I wanted the stew to be thicker I could add tapioca. Now I have to tell you when I asked her what that was, she told me, "You know the stuff you can make tapioca pudding with." Well so when I went to the store to get all the ingredients I bought tapioca pudding. As it turns out tapioca pudding does absolutely nothing to thicken beef stew, but it does make it awful sweet. Well I think you all get the idea.

I can't wait to get to know all of you better. Ruby

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Eponine - Jul 28, 2004 11:50 am (#1291 of 2955)

Hmm...I'll definitely have to check the Trixie Belden books when I get home. I agree with DJ Evans about Trixie vs. Nancy. Nancy was always too perfect with her perfect hair, perfect car, perfect boyfriend, blah blah blah. I liked Trixie because she wasn't perfect.

Speaking of books being worth money, my husband and I were having a conversation regarding this the other day. As I think that people here are most likely crazy book people (just an impression I've gotten), I would like to know what you would do if you found out one of your books was worth ridiculous amounts of wealth. Would you sell it or keep it? My husband said we should sell it; I said we should keep it. Hypothetically of course, I don't think any of our books are worth that much. I told him that if it was his book, we would sell, but if it was my book, we would keep it. Of course most of my books come from used book stores anyway. I prefer to rescue abandoned books that are in need of a good loving home instead of buying new books. So, if you found out one of your books was priceless, or just worth a lot more than you thought, what would you do with it?

Edit: posted same time as Professor V, is your name really Ruby? That's my baby nieces name! Also, I think some of the people here would get a real kick out of this website http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/ Nancy Drew is what made me think of it. They have very short, very humorous summaries of books. They have PS/SS too. It would be under bedtime stories. Anyway, when I told my best friend about it, she was reading them in the computer lab at school laughing hysterically. Someone asked her what she was laughing at, and she said, "book summaries". Of course, the questioner was not an English major, so did not see the humor, but no one's perfect!

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Catherine - Jul 28, 2004 11:56 am (#1292 of 2955)

Hi Tomoe,

A couple of us were wondering where you were yesterday when a certain 'Ship Uniting the Houses thread was heating up!

Glad to see that you are out of the kitchen, and not having to be a house-elf anymore!

On another note, I am having a "D'oh" kind of day. I was weeding a flower bed and was carrying the pulled weeds to the curb for the city to pick up when I noticed that the "weeds" smelled much more aromatic and yummy than usual. Grrr! I had pulled up over half of my sage!

Am off to sulk about this!

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Professor V - Jul 28, 2004 12:01 pm (#1293 of 2955)

Eponine, Ruby is my nickname, well at least the only one I'll respond to. My real name is Robin.

Catherine, sorry about your sage.

I gotta run, I think Emma is about wreck vengeance on her one and only enemies - the turtles.

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Padfoot - Jul 28, 2004 12:22 pm (#1294 of 2955)

Deb, I have a picture of Meer Cat lounging on a rock as my computer wallpaper! He is in a yoga type position. My favorite animals at aquariums and zoos were the otters. Perhaps that is why I got interested in ferrets. I have never had them before I got the two I have now. Always grew up around dogs and guinea pigs.

Professor V, I could not help but laugh at your beef stew recipe. Sounds like something I would do.

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DJ Evans - Jul 28, 2004 12:46 pm (#1295 of 2955)

Padfoot--Seriously? A Meer Cat as your wallpaper? How cool is that? Anytime I see one of the nature shows highlighting the Meer Cats--well, let's just say I will be watching it. Doesn't matter if I've seen it several times already!! I just think they are the cutest things around. And I have to admit, Otters aren't far behind them in the cutness department.

Ruby, I see in your post that you mentioned that you follow racing. May I ask what kind of racing? I know I couldn't be so lucky to have someone besides myself (I think) who is a big NASCAR fan, could I?

Hmmmm, would I sell one of my books if it turns out that it is worth a bit of money? I'd have to say it would "greatly" depend on which book it is and most important the value!!! Hee hee Big help there, wasn't I? I mean, if it was a book that I wasn't that attached to, to begin with, and the money being offered is up there in price--then heck, yes I would sale it. But if it was like one of JKR's 1st edition of HP that "she" had signed or something----hmmm, that baby would stay with me, most definitely!!!! (Now, if I only had one of HP's 1st edition with her autograph!!!!!)

Oh no, Catherine!!!! I know you could have kicked yourself!!!! I didn't know you were a gardener too!! I am also, so I know how much work and effort goes into growing your own things. If you got them up by the roots, is it too late to try and replant them, do you think? I've done that at times--by mistake too, but thinking what the heck, it's worth a try at least and most of the time, they just keep on growing. Oh, they might look worse for wear for a couple of days, but then they perk right back up and it's like nothing ever happen!!! Like I said, it might be worth a try.

Later, Deb

P.S. And YES --- Trixie Belden "rocks"!!!!! hee hee

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Solitaire - Jul 28, 2004 1:17 pm (#1296 of 2955)

Thank you to all who have made me feel so welcome on this board.

To Sherbie ... I was just teasing about having been rebuked, and I knew you were, as well. As to the remark about being "in cahoots," it was a goofy nod to a comment the Giant Squid made about my suggestion that Umbridge was possibly in cahoots with Uncle Algie (he liked the word "cahoots"). I was just being silly. I guess I should be more careful until I know people and they know me better. Then I can let my lunacy run rampant. Weeeeeeeeeeee!

At the moment, I am worried about this chocolate law. I hope nothing like that is ever passed here. I am not only a woman, I am a junior high teacher! Chocolate is essential to my continued existence!!

I can just see myself, after a terrible day of supervising detentions, doing recess duty in the broiling hot sun, attending a long and boring staff meeting after school--and facing 180 literary response journals that MUST be graded before I go to bed. There I'll be, lights out, cowering in the glow of the refrigerator door, resorting to squeezing the contents of the Hershey's syrup bottle into my mouth--and fearing the knock of the Chocolate Police on my door any moment. Oh, the shame! On that note ...

Solitaire

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Celestina W. - Jul 28, 2004 1:21 pm (#1297 of 2955)

Sherbie, glad to hear that the doctor says your mom is OK. And virgogoddess, I hope your boyfriend's surgery goes/went all right. My cousin had knee surgery a couple of years ago -- it took her a while to recover, but now she is back playing sports like before.

I am very disappointed that I won't be able to vote in this election. My 18th birthday isn't till next April. Only five stinkin' months too young...

I'm not what you'd call a health nut; I love junk food as much as the next person. But my family's farm is certified organic (we raise beef, chicken, and eggs), and we try to support local producers and buy organic or naturally raised foods as much as possible. We do a lot of our shoppping at our local food co-op and farmer's market, where we also sell our products. My mom is currently on a diet called the Fat Flush Plan and she's done very well on it. I tried it in the spring; couldn't keep it up over the summer, though. My cousin has been on Atkins and done well on it, but I think it's a little too extreme for me.

I could never sell a book that had sentimental value to me, no matter how much money it turned out to be worth. For example, my HP books, Tolkien books, Chronicles of Narnia, and Anne of Green Gables series are mine forever. I love to shop at used bookstores. I always feel like I'm giving poor, unwanted books a good, loving home, almost like I'm adopting a pet. I know, I'm nuts. But I'm saving money, too; it seems like new books have gotten so expensive these days.

Wow, gas ovens sound terrifying. We have an electric, and I've never had any problems with it. Although I never cook much besides macaroni and cheese, so maybe I shouldn't talk.

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boop - Jul 28, 2004 1:32 pm (#1298 of 2955)

Norbert(Leah), I almost forgot it’s your special day.

Today had not been one of the best days for me. I have had alot of anxiety and have felt sad most of the day.

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icthestrals - Jul 28, 2004 1:40 pm (#1299 of 2955)

Boop, you've come to the right place. Stick around and we will cheer you up or die trying! Just kidding!

Hang in there.

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Madam Poppy - Jul 28, 2004 1:57 pm (#1300 of 2955)
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One of my favorite childhood books was Shadow Castle by Marian Cockrell. It was one of those paperback Scholastic books you could order through school. I found one copy at a used book store 2 years ago for a dollar. I was recently looking for a second copy on Ebay and found one going for $25.00 dollars! It originally cost 60 cents! I wouldn't part with my copy for less than $100.00!

P.S. I was a Nancy Drew fan because I loved the mysteries she solved. She was so brave and smart. A real role model for me. I tried to read one of my old books last year and it was very difficult to get through. So much of the language and activities are out of date.
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Tomoé - Jul 28, 2004 2:24 pm (#1301 of 2955)

Celestia, you'll see you'll have brand new ideas about politic next April, it will be a epiphanie on your 18th birthday morning. ^_~

What! 110 next posts in Harry's 'ship uniting the houses. thread! I really should leave the chat thread and read the real stuff!

Welcome aboard all new members!

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Eponine - Jul 28, 2004 3:24 pm (#1302 of 2955)

As far as selling books go, I would also never sell any books that had sentimental value to me either. I collect the book The Secret Garden, and I seriously doubt that I would ever sell any of those. I do have a couple that I have two copies of that particular edition, so I might sell one of those.

Madame Poppy, speaking of out of date books, I found one of my old Bobbsey Twins books a couple of months ago. They were trying to build a volcano and were going to use a mountain from their model train set. I quote "'Good for you, Freddie,' Bert agreed. 'They're asbestos and won't burn.'" I don't think I've laughed that hard in quite a while.

Boop, I hope that you have a better day tomorrow. Sends a hug to Boop. Have some chocolate, it'll help!

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Padfoot - Jul 28, 2004 3:27 pm (#1303 of 2955)

I could never part with any of my books either. I would love them to be valuable, to me they already are. Actually I have a few books that I think are probably worth quite a lot. But I have had nothing appraised as I have no intention to sell or give away any of my books.

Boop, I hope you have a better afternoon than morning. I sent you an e-mail.

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Liz - Jul 28, 2004 3:39 pm (#1304 of 2955)

I thought I'd write about my uneventful life in a fashion easy to read.

1. I have gotten a harp gig, and I will play for filthy rich snobs, make 50 bucks for 20 min. (that's 150 an hour). This is at a 4500 square foot home (It's HUGE!)And these rich snobs have a fashion show and free food etc.

2. (Need to make business cards for this event)

3. Bought a beautiful dark red dress for harp occasion and 9th grade formal... if she gets a date to that formal by April...

4. (Hopes a new guy is gonna go to her school so she can go w/ him to the formal)

5. Fed-Xed her broken piccolo to IN to have the flute company look at it and HOPEFULLY SEND ME A NEW ONE!!!

6. Watched sis' get her ears pierced yesterday... everyone watched her hysterics...

7. I offered to make everyone look away and the moment I said that everyone looked in every other direction... hee And sis' had the people doing the piercing at Clare's Accessories do both ears at one time.

8. (Wishes she didn't squirm and get sickly after 1 ear was pierced and then have the other done, and wishes she just would have had both done at once like sister did... I'm so jealous)

Tis all... Happy Birthday to all... sorry about any loses...

Liz *The red lady*

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Catherine - Jul 28, 2004 3:46 pm (#1305 of 2955)

Liz, your life was way more eventful in the last 24 hours than mine was. Congrats on your gig; I'm sure you are feeling proud. Not to mention the new dress, which all of us ladies like every once in while. I myself favor red...

Deb, thanks for the "sage" advice. Looks like it was too late (we were in the mid to upper 90s, and the plants were already stressed.) I am not really a gardener; more like, "Plant-a-mort." But I try! I do have a question about an unnamed clematis, and pruning. If a forum member knows what I'm talking about, then I would be happy for advice.

Sherbie, I'm thinking that eventually you or Mr. Sherbie will get really hungry, and decide to try the oven. You got good advice here. Just keep your eyebrows out of harm's way! :-)

Boop, one day at a time. I'm thinking about you and rooting for you.

Cheers!

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Celestina W. - Jul 28, 2004 4:05 pm (#1306 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 28, 2004 4:28 pm

Boop, here's an e-hug, and here's hoping for many better days in the future.

Liz, congratulations on the harp gig. I've always wanted to learn how to play the harp. But since I've never found an instrument that I actually like playing, it's probably best if I just stick to singing. Good luck getting a date to the formal, but just remember if you don't, it's not the end of the world. You can always go with friends, can't you? I didn't get a date to prom this year and ended up just not going. I don't feel like I really missed much, though.

Catherine, LOL! "Plant-a-mort", I love it. I'm sure you're not that bad.

On a completely un-related note, the Twins just swept the White Sox and now have a 3 and a half game lead in the AL Central! Excuse me while I do my Happy-Twins-Baseball-Victory-Dance. *dances* OK, done now...

EDIT: The Alan Rickman pictures are all well and good, but the forum seems to have a lack of avatars for my generation. Here's one to start with.

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Liz - Jul 28, 2004 4:30 pm (#1307 of 2955)

Yes!!! Worst case scenario... I go with a friend of mine... I have a few friends that are guys so... no big if I just go with a friend.

I am going though Wink

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Professor V - Jul 28, 2004 4:48 pm (#1308 of 2955)

Deb - Yes I'm a NASCAR fan, big time. Do you have a favorite driver? If so, who? Personally I've decided that I'll support an entire team rather than a single driver.

Boop - I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad day. Your in my thoughts and prayers this evening.

Liz - Congrats on the harp gig and that great red dress. I play the flute and piano (neither very well). Do you play any instruments other than the piccolo and the harp?

Solitaire - The thought of a ban on chocolate, well lets just say yikes!!! You said that you teach junior high, what subject(s) do you teach? I teach junior high science and some very basic computer applications.

As far as the collecting of books, I have none that are worth anything, except to me. The books that I will always keep are the ones that introduced to new worlds or genres. There are some books that I get multiple copies of just so that I have one to lend out and one to keep for myself.

Later, Ruby

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DJ Evans - Jul 28, 2004 4:50 pm (#1309 of 2955)

Catherine, I'm fairly new to gardening myself---I'm the type of gardener that is basically the sort that if it looks like it needs watering, I water it. Or if it looks like it needs a little plant food, then I feed it. In other words, I tend to stay away from all of the gardening books and such -- just do what feels natural. I will check something on the Internet once & awhile to see how/when to plant something. I think I get this "natural feeling" of gardening from my Grandmother, she was such a nature when it comes to gardening & so far I've had good luck in doing just that. Anyway, as I've had no experience with Clematis, & most likely couldn't help you that way, I did a web search on them and here is one site that had a bit on pruning them. Pruning , also here is a Google search on pruning Clematis' that might give you more options: Search Results . I hope this helps you some? If not, feel free to ask me--you never know.

Later, Deb

EDIT: Ruby, you were posting at the same time as I was. Oh, I'm so tickled to hear of another NASCAR fan on here!!! Let's see --- favorite driver? In mine book there is no other driver than Dale, Jr. At 1st he was just a carry over favorite from his Dad's day (& I have to admit Dale, Sr. will always be my all time favorite!!!) but Jr. has grown to be his own man/driver & I'm behind him all of the way. As I said, he is my "favorite", but there are several who I back/root for all of the time. If you are like me, you have 2 or 3 different lists of favorites. 1= your top favorites, 2= you like them & then there is the #3 group=well, let's just say they aren't quite your favorites but you don't want anything bad to happen to them if you catch my drift? hee hee A NASCAR fan, all right!!!! What about you? Who are your favorites?

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Caput Draconis - Jul 28, 2004 4:51 pm (#1310 of 2955)

LOL Celestina, I'm pretty sure I'd be of your generation...just weird.

Hee, I never heard of the double piercing thing, tis a good idea for the squeamish. I have my ear pierced through the...um, middle inside bit, it has a name that escapes me, anyway it's a constant source of cringing for members of my family who are alarmed that I'd inflict such horrors on myself.

It's weird seeing people excited about voting, it's compulsory here. You get fined if you don't participate, democratic obligations, not rights. Thus election days are half people who care, half people who've had to get up early on a Saturday and are less than impressed, hehe.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 28, 2004 4:55 pm (#1311 of 2955)

I used the oven and am pleased to announce that nothing blew up or caught fire, phew! I also used 3 of the 4 burners, and that went smoothly too. I glared at the range the entire time and finally made my husband stand in the kitchen with me and stare. Everytime I'd hear a "whoosh" from the gas reigniting in the oven I'd shout, "What was that?!" My husband had to explain to me over and over that the oven will turn off and on to maintain the correct temperature, but I still wrung my hands and hopped from foot to foot while that thing was cooking. I continue smell gas quite strongly when I preheat the oven, but the operator's manual says that an "odor" is common during the first few uses. Also, the tunnel of flame is actually the ignitor, which is supposed to flame. The pilot light, I discovered today, is also on the ignitor tube but in a different location. Despite my new knowledge and success tonight, I'm still cautious. I have a headache right now which makes me think that the beast is now emitting carbon monoxide and I will die typing on the forum. Oh well, I could think of worse ways to go.

An interesting thing happened to me today. I'm not sure if you would consider it bad luck, good luck for the foreman, or just plain weirdness. After getting my hair cut today, I ran home to let the dog out and eat something. I also decided to wash my hair as the stylist always uses too much product. So I raced in the door, threw an english muffin in the toaster, tore off my clothes (all my clothes) and ran back into the kitchen to grab my muffin while it was still warm. I was at the point of spreading peanut butter on my toast when the doorbell rang. I should tell you that my house has a very open floorplan and my front door has a large, decorative glass near the top. It's too high up for me to see out, but it's exactly eye-level for a man of Dumbledore's stature to see in. I looked at the front door to see my foreman cupping his hands around his eyes to see into the house. We made eye contact. I sprinted to the table and threw on my robe and walked very slowly to the front door where I found young DD standing far, far away from the porch and looking quite red. When I told my husband this, he laughed hysterically and made me stand in the kitchen while he went to peer through the glass. You can see in perfectly.

Thanks to everyone who is trying to send me good luck. Keep doing it! Yet I cannot say I'm totally surprised by everything that's happened; I knew I'd have to suffer through some bad luck after we closed on the house.

On the great cat vs. dog debate, I'm afraid I will have to choose dogs only slightly above cats. I have both, but I like that my shepard/lab/boxer mix alerts me when strangers are near the house and scares the living daylights out of people who try to come as close as the porch. I also love her undying loyalty and constant affection. My cat, while affectionate, is lovable on his time, when it suit’s him. He is wonderful to nap with and gripe to, as he always answers back with a sympathetic "mew," but he is a companion only. My dog, on the other hand, is a companion as well as a protector and exercise buddy.

Am I a health nut? Not a complete health nut, no. I eat 5 pieces of Dove chocolate every night, drink Diet Dr. Pepper like it's going out of style, eat the occasional waffle fry from Chick fil'a, have never met a cookie I didn't like, and eat an entire french silk pie from Tippin's by myself, without sharing so much as a crumb, every year on my birthday. But the bread products I buy are always whole wheat; I consume organic produce and meat whenever possible; I eat only eggs from free-range, grain-fed, hormone-free hens; and I monitor my calorie and fat intake. I also exercise.

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drippan - Jul 28, 2004 5:22 pm (#1312 of 2955)

Way dogs and cats differ:

Dog’s way of thought. You feed them, water them, play with them. They think "you" are a God!

Cat’s way of thought. You feed them, water them, play with them. They think "they" are a God!

I too also own both. Four dogs and three cats. It is just my wife and me so the pecking order is like this:

1. Wife

2. Dogs and Cats

3. Me

Well, at least I'm number 9 on the list!!

DripPan

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Liz - Jul 28, 2004 5:57 pm (#1313 of 2955)

I play the flute, harp, and piccolo... and I'm in the top choir at my school too... hopefully I'll make regionals this year.

*Regionals is this state choir/band/orchestra that is put together by the districts holding auditions for high school students.*

I'm going to be a freshman... and there are hundreds of flutes auditioning... and I really am a lot better at choir... not that I'm not good at flute... but truly... I have a lot better chance with sight reading music voccaly than with an instrument... even though there are hundreds or choir people auditioning to.

Singing is what has helped my sight reading the base clef. By using intervals instead of finding what the note name is and painstakingly transpose it to the strings on the harp and put the right fingers on the right strings.... so I made my own method of just finding one note and seeing how far apart they are on the staff lol.

*I cheated lol*

And so... *Hem Hem* I'm better at sight reading music vocally, and music for flute that I'd have to play is too hard... I'm more advanced choir wise I guess...

That's not stopping me from getting experience auditioning on the flute though Wink

Liz *The Red Lady*

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Catherine - Jul 28, 2004 6:10 pm (#1314 of 2955)

DripPan,

Your post made me laugh. My dad and brother are constantly evaluating their own rank.

According to THEM, the rank is as follows:

1. My two girls, Hayley and Claire

2. My Shih-Tzu Phoebe

3. Me

4. Daisy, the "new" Shih-Tzu (but only b/c she hasn't had a real chance to show that she deserves to be equal with Phoebe. Never mind me, in between Sad

5. My father. This was a matter of debate, but Dad wins since he retired recently, and took over the grocery shopping. This leaves...

6. My brother. He's a smart, funny guy, but really aggravated my parents and me, and since WE're the ones doing the rankings....

Well, you get the point. I am below the oldest Shih-Tzu. I pretty much accept this....

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 28, 2004 6:21 pm (#1315 of 2955)

Sherbie Oh my. I couldn't stop laughing. Poor foreman, or lucky, poor you.

Liz congrats. I am so proud. how is your piccolo?

Boop BIG HUG and even Bigger PINT O BEN AND JERRY'S

My computer will go into the shop tomorrow. Ah me Hopefully I will find another computer to use or I will face 1 million posts upon my return.

Leila

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Professor V - Jul 28, 2004 6:26 pm (#1316 of 2955)

Liz, Good luck with the auditions, when are they? Are you nervous?

When I was in high school, I was never that nervous for my flute auditions. But then again, I knew I wasn't very good. I was always surprised when I did ok. Now my choir auditions were another story altogether, I was so nervous, of course it meant more to me. My choir director always told me I should wear a long dress for auditions because my knees would literally being shaking.

All this talk of rankings in the household reminds me of my dad's opinion that he was always at the bottom of the list. Poor man, he was the only man for miles, well actually acres, even our pets were all girls.

Sherbie, that sounds so like something that would happen to me.

Later, Ruby

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Celestina W. - Jul 28, 2004 6:45 pm (#1317 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 28, 2004 6:47 pm

Liz, I've auditioned for All-State Choir (probably similar to your regionals) the last two years, but unfortunately haven't gotten in. I put it down to the fact that there are way too many first sopranos out there, and that I'm a miserable sight-reader. I've always thought I would be a better sight-reader if I played an instrument, so it surprises me that you think it's easier vocally. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, I don't usually get too nervous for singing in front of people anymore. But sometimes after I'm done and go sit down, my knees will start shaking uncontrollably. Good luck when you have your audition!

Caput, sorry, didn't mean to call you old or anything, but you know what I mean, right? I didn't know you guys had compulsory voting there. That sounds like a good idea. I think it's just awful how many people in the U.S. don't vote.

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Liz - Jul 28, 2004 6:47 pm (#1318 of 2955)

I was playing me piccolo and then all of a sudden the pinky key got loose... I tried re-screwing the screws in it and i striped the hole the screw goes into... so i'm hopefully going to get a new piccolo when i get that package in the mail... the other alternative is that they sent it back saying that they can't help me :'(

I'm not nervous for choir auditions... flute is another story... I'm not that great at sharp key signatures and I don't think i'm at the same level as Seniors in band you know... however I think I'm a force to be reckoned with when it comes to sight singing, and I think I have the necessary stuff to be in Regionals.

*We do have a regional and All state thing here... Regionals is the district one, and then if you made it in the regional choir you can audition for all state.

I do hope i make the choir one though.

Liz *The Red Lady*

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Caput Draconis - Jul 28, 2004 6:56 pm (#1319 of 2955)

Celestina, I do, hehe. I'm constantly getting mocked for my...mature tastes. Alan's only 37 years older...never mind.

The thing with our voting is that we replace your people who don't vote with ours who couldn't be bothered, and just write 1,2,3,4 down the ballot. Watching candidates fight for the top square on the paper is highly amusing.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 28, 2004 6:58 pm (#1320 of 2955)

I personally Love Anthony Hopkins, hence my email address, and he is 5o some-odd years older than me. so don't feel bad for taste in older men.

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Celestina W. - Jul 28, 2004 7:05 pm (#1321 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty, do you like the movie Shadowlands? I absolutely adore it. Definitely a pass-the-Kleenex kind of movie.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 28, 2004 7:07 pm (#1322 of 2955)

Own it, love it. Titus is my favorite. I own 20+ movies of his. Love him Love him

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Ladybug220 - Jul 28, 2004 7:22 pm (#1323 of 2955)

Oh Sherbie - I laughed very hard! Thankfully, I had swallowed my Dr Pepper just before reading your post otherwise I would have spewed it all over my monitor and keyboard.

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Caput Draconis - Jul 28, 2004 7:25 pm (#1324 of 2955)

OH Good Heavens Sleeping Beauty!! Sir Tony had my heart even before Alan...I've met him too! Erm, apologies to those who've heard this but he was here for the Red Dragon premiere, I waited for a copious amount of time, called him from the media to me. He said 'hi', I said something that could have been hi but was probably aagghghghg, he signed my 'The Edge' poster, I asked for a photo, he said 'yar' in that Welshness of his, twas VERY exciting. I was on the news with him too...ah, good stalking times. Oh, and I touched his shoulder. Heee.

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 28, 2004 7:28 pm (#1325 of 2955)

I could just DIE with envy. Accio your Tony memories and/or experiences.

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The giant squid - Jul 28, 2004 7:36 pm (#1326 of 2955)

ACK! Poor Sherbie...but lucky foreman. Glad you've at least got your oven woes mostly sorted out. Solve one thing, move on to the next. My suggestion: change the glass in the door to stained or marbles glass--still lets light through, but it's really hard to make out shapes... Wink

Betty, consider yourself utterly hugged by me. You'll make it through, I promise. Smile

Let's see, what else was covered in the 50+ posts since yesterday... Oh, the potato debate. I don't think potatoes are the problem, so much as the oil we fry them in or the crud we glop on top of them. Then again, I'm 5'7" and weigh about 105 lbs., so I don't pay too much attention to diets anyway. Wink

As for my flight, I think I'll be fine. The bad luck comes with the fact that I'll be away for a week with no internet access. Durn no-star hotels... I mean sure, the company's paying for it, not me, but still--depriving a man of the internet should fall under the category of "cruel and unusual punishment". As if dealing with being three time-zones ahead won't be bad enough. I'll be getting up when my body wants to go to sleep...

Enjoy your good week next week, Sherbie! Wink

--Mike

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Leila 2X4B - Jul 28, 2004 7:38 pm (#1327 of 2955)

No Net Mike? *sends butterbeer to ease the pain*

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Solitaire - Jul 28, 2004 7:38 pm (#1328 of 2955)

Ruby, I have a degree in English and a minor in history. I currently teach 7th grade language arts, but I've taught 6th & 8th, as well as all four grades of high school English. In addition, I've taught 6th grade social studies for the past three years. I have my first two levels of CTAP certification, so I have also taught a computer tech class and a few workshops for the teachers.

Sherbie, I do not know the saga of your stove, but I have a funny one of my own. Two years ago, at about 3 a.m. one morning, my glass stovetop mysteriously began cracking into a bazillion pieces. The noise woke me up! It was as though it was possessed! Pieces of glass were popping all over the place. It had been off for hours, so I don't know what caused it. Neither do the manufacturers ... but it had happened before, and that model is no longer made.

Hey, I got my hair cut today, too. It's kinda short and spikey ... which helps disguise the cowlicks all over my head! LOL Even my dogs went to the beauty parlor ... and boy, do they look and smell great!

Solitaire

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The giant squid - Jul 28, 2004 7:40 pm (#1329 of 2955)

It's not too bad, SB...I was just getting ready to reread OotP anyway.

I'm not sure what I'll do for the other 4 days, though. Smile

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boop - Jul 28, 2004 8:04 pm (#1330 of 2955)

Drip Pan, thanks for the laugh I needed it.

Lindsey, LOL you poor girl. It’s just one thing after another. At least you can sit back and laugh at this one. I agree with what Mike said about changing the glass. Thanks for the laugh as well.

Thank you everyone for the support, hope for a better day tomorrow.

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Julia. - Jul 28, 2004 8:28 pm (#1331 of 2955)

*huggy huggy Betty!* Don't worry, things'll get better soon!

Liz, what's wrong with going to a formal with a friend? I went to my prom with a really good friend, and I had an absolutely awesome time there. Woo. The rest of the forum calls, see you all later!

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Marie E. - Jul 28, 2004 9:38 pm (#1332 of 2955)

The next you all see my brother bragging about how skinny he is, feel free to smack him!

All this talk about voting has reminded me that I need to call the county clerk's office about my new address. Wouldn't it be awful if I forgot and they wouldn't let me vote?

Today I took my seven year old daughter in for yet another dental visit. This summer has been has been filled with weekly visit’s, poor thing. Today the receptionist called out cheerfully as I paid my co-pay, "Only three more appointments left!". See, she has always been afraid of getting x-rays because the thing they put in your mouth cuts her gums. Now she has like four major cavities, one which actually broke apart the tooth and one which caused a massive abscess on her gum. Now she has a shiny silver crown and will get another crown next week. Poor baby.

# Huggles to Betty*
 
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Liz - Jul 28, 2004 11:43 pm (#1333 of 2955)

Nothin's wrong with going to the Formal with a friend... but there's nothing wrong with having someone as a date either.

And quite frankly I think I would have a good time either way, don't you? Wink

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icthestrals - Jul 29, 2004 5:40 am (#1334 of 2955)

Sherbie, thanks for the laugh!! I laughed so hard at work, some folks came to see if I was alright. I thought your dog was supposed to alert you of people coming near the house. Ha!

Have a great Thursday everyone.

Boop, one day at a time Mom.

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Chemyst - Jul 29, 2004 6:02 am (#1335 of 2955)

Corny joke to cheer up Boop:

What goes Ha ha ha, thump?

Highlight for answer -   A man laughing his head off.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 29, 2004 6:36 am (#1336 of 2955)

I never mind sharing a story that gives people a laugh at my expense! Certainly, I give myself and my husband plenty to chuckle about. My dog did alert me, ICThestrals. I left out the colorful details of me wrestling her into a bedroom before I grabbed my robe.

Enjoy your good week next week, Sherbie! Wink Mike

I hope so! Next Wednesday we leave for Abbey Road on the River, and I hope I don't have any experiences like Betty recently had on the journey there or back! Unfortunatley, I don't know when/if I'll be able to be online either. The hotel has high-speed internet access but alas, I do not have a laptop.

Good luck, Liz!

Your story does make me feel a bit better, Solitaire. However, you didn't make your stove top crack. I, on the other hand, set fire to my oven 3 days after I moved in. At least you can blame yours on a freakish manufacturers defect. The trivet mishap unfortunately falls on me, and me alone. Yet I could possibly blame my wedding guests.Ponder The trivets were a gift from someone and that someone chose to purchase wood trivets, rather than iron or stone. So...

Sorry to hear about your daughter, Marie. I'm sure her recent experience won't make her any keener to visit the dentist!

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[haymoni - Jul 29, 2004 7:36 am (#1337 of 2955)

Chemyst - I liked your joke.

Boop - you know we're all here for you.

Sherbie - too funny! My husband would have laughed at me too. He also would insist on coming in through the front door from now on!

It's a boring Thursday here at work.

Hubby goes out tonight to divide our Cleveland Browns tickets up - we have Dog Pound seats that we share with 3 other people. That means I only have to freeze my butt off 2 times a season, but it really is a lot of fun. No - I don't paint my face or wear a dog mask. I do scream my head off though and I really do enjoy the tailgating!

Have a good one. Friday is almost here!
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Solitaire - Jul 29, 2004 7:55 am (#1338 of 2955)

Well, Sherbie ... I think we all go through times like that, when we seem to be touched by the bad fairy. I didn't tell you that the same week my stove went pffft! I had to buy a new air conditioner coil ... to the tune of about $1,000 (expensive week). I live in a very HOT area of California, and it had already reached temps of 100 (which is how I found out in May that my a/c was not working). The a/c man was checking for leaks in the system and found one ... in the coil (expensive part).

Before that, however, he knocked a hole in the east side of my house looking for a leak. It's still there, because they refuse to fix it. That came after I refused to pay for a second call to my house for the repairman to fix something he'd installed backwards the first time out. The error was causing coolant or something blue to leak out and stain the WEST side of my house. They tried to charge me $100 for that house call to repair THEIR error, and I refused to pay. They have refused to fix the big hole. So ... I guess one of these days, I am going to have to fix it.

I also found out yesterday that my dogs need to have their teeth cleaned. That costs a few hundred $, because they must be anesthetized. While the male is out, I am supposed to have him "fixed," since testicular cancer runs in his litter. *sigh* It never rains ... it only pours! I'm just glad I can handle it at the moment. However, my digital camera will have to wait a bit.

Okay, time to go to the dentist and have my braces adjusted. Ugh!

Solitaire

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B]megfox[/B] - Jul 29, 2004 8:07 am (#1339 of 2955)

Professor V, I just wanted to say that I love the picture of your beagles! My sister has two, and we just got a puppy two weeks ago, and she is the most devilishly tricky little blighter ever! But she is so cute, and is currently licking my toes because she wants attention. She does manage to get into everything, and loves to snooze in the laundry. Beagles are so much fun!

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septentrion - Jul 29, 2004 8:10 am (#1340 of 2955)

I'm very busy these last days so I don't have time to read this thread properly *sigh* Just say hello everyone, have a good day !

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Padfoot - Jul 29, 2004 8:19 am (#1341 of 2955)

Wow Sherbie, you lead an exciting life! I couldn't help laughing at your story too.

Well my work e-mail did not working all day yesterday and not working today. Yet everyone in the office has properly working e-mail. Since we are all on the same set up, it is particularly weird. So I need to figure that out today.

Everyone have a good day today! Sunshine

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mollis - Jul 29, 2004 8:55 am (#1342 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 29, 2004 8:55 am

Sherbie - I just don't think my day would be complete without hearing one of your amusing stories! You lead a very exciting life, and now, so does your 'dumbledore'!

Mike- Find a local library when you get where you're going. They are great for internet access on the go without a laptop! And please try to have a lousy time so that our poor Sherbie can relax for a week.

Catherine - If you have further clematis questions that couldn't be answered on the net - feel free to e-mail me (it's public) and I can hopefully help you out.

As for the dogs versus cats debate - I am definitely a cat person. Hubby, however, really wants a dog. We will soon be having many long discussions about this. I just don't want the hassle of a dog or to torment my poor kittie. She is finally calmed down after the move, I hate to think of what would happen if we brought a dog into her home!

And thanks padfoot, I think I will!

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Professor V - Jul 29, 2004 9:23 am (#1343 of 2955)

Meg, What is the new puppies name? Beagles are definitely alot of fun. Saren loves fresh laundry. Once when she was still a baby and already and accomplished escape artist, I couldn't find her anywhere in my apartment. I was really racking my brains trying to figure out how she got out of my 2nd story apartment when all doors and windows were closed. Just as I was reaching the point of true panic, she stuck her head out of the open dryer door. I had been in the process of folding towels when the phone rang, by the time I got off the phone she had climbed into the dryer and went to sleep.

Speaking of sleep I didn't sleep well last night, thanks to some of my less than successful students. Starting at about midnight they prank called me like 4 times. The truly sad thing is that I'm sure they thought that they were being clever. Unfortunately for them, I have caller I.D. and they were "bright" enough to use their names in the messages they left on my machine. This is not a good omen for the upcoming school year.

Have a great day all, Ruby

Edit: Loopy Lupin, I love the names. I'd love to see pics.

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 29, 2004 9:38 am (#1344 of 2955)

Ruby, I love that picture of the beagle babies. When I get my parents a digital camera, I'll have to post some pics of my "siblings" (my parents have grown tired of waiting for grandkids I guess) who are three basset hounds (Flash, Roscoe, and Lulu) and one beagle (Cooter). (Yes, they are all named after characters from the "Dukes of Hazzard.")

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 9:53 am (#1345 of 2955)

Loopy, I had a small spew at the names of your canine siblings. I was already thinking "The Dukes of Hazzard" before I got to the end of your post, so woo-hoo! I guessed correctly.

I grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard when I was *ahem* much younger. It's frightening what you remember. I got all nostalgic and everything. I am growing quite sentimental...

Mollis, I did email you a question, so thanks for offering.

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Madam Poppy - Jul 29, 2004 10:47 am (#1346 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 29, 2004 10:50 am

Poor Sherbie, at least it wasn't your regular mail carrier or UPS person! Then you'd have to hide out any time they came to your house.
We have panels of clear glass on either side of our front door. Several years ago, I used a frosted glass spray paint to cover them up. We live in a split level house and you have to walk by the door to go downstairs. I didn't like be "on display" day or night. The spray paint isn't the greatest product. It can run and can be scratched off.
They now make large window coverings that look like stained glass or frosted glass. Older versions were like stickers--more permanent. Newer versions are like a huge vinyl decal. They are easier to apply or remove because there is no glue.(*end of commercial)
Which reminds me, when I was in our Ross store on Monday buying a new purse, a woman asked the gal ringing up my purchase if the store carried any little white Christmas lights? She said no. I spoke up and said that I worked at Fred Meyer and we didn't have them either. I then asked if she was interested in lights for a wedding? (I'd had this request before) The woman replied yes. So I went on to tell her about some pretty butterfly lights we had at Fred Meyer. The woman left and the Ross sales clerk smiled at me and said, "You're good". I had a laugh last night when I got back in to work. The seven boxes of expensive ($30.00 ea) outdoor butterfly lights were gone! They'd been there in the patio department for weeks.

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Padfoot - Jul 29, 2004 10:59 am (#1347 of 2955)

Poppy, what a saleswoman!

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 29, 2004 11:06 am (#1348 of 2955)

Hey everyone!! Thanks to everyone for the good wishes!! I really appreciated them, and I'm sure Will does as well. Hard to tell though. He's pretty medicated right now.

The surgery went well. They got in there and there was as much damage as they were expecting, so it was fixed pretty quick. He's been awake and moving around. I went over to visit for a few minutes yesterday but ended up staying the whole evening so I could take care of him while his parents had a wel deserved rest.

As for the interview *rolls eyes*. The manager of this place told me to come in and talk to him yesterday afternoon. I went, with my application filled out, looking (I thought) rather nice... and he wasn't even there. I was a little upset, but my brother is going to give him my cell phone number and see if we can work things out. I hope so. I'm so ready to leave the law firm. It's drving me mad.

Have a great day everyone!!!

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Flame Alligator - Jul 29, 2004 11:07 am (#1349 of 2955)

Penny, *choking, gagging, retching* NO, I do not eat raw meat. I eat raw fruit’s and starch-less vegetables. (meaning no potatoes, rice, legumes or grain foods (bread, pasta, cakes, cookies etc.)

Gina, Good luck on the South Beach Diet. Sounds like you are doing fine. I am always happy when someone eats healthy. Quitting processed foods........ excellent. If you need support........ just chat me up and I will be your cheerleader.

Veronika G, No candy til 18. That sounds good to me. Because all the candy I ate as a child costs me "killer" dental bills. My dentist would hate the idea of "no candy till 18".

Sherbie, I am delighted your Mom is alright but your family doctor with the antibiotics........ shame shame shame. Antibiotics are for emergencies only. He is irresponsibly prescribing them. This is the reason bacteria are becoming resistant. They mutate and then the antibiotics don't work anymore. We already have some "super bacteria" that no antibiotic can stop.

As for health eating........ it does work. Once your taste buds are clear, you taste every delicious nuance of healthy foods. I weigh the same as I did when I was 14. I have lots of energy. I just wish I had started eating the way I do now back when I was in my 20's.

Oh yeah, for the record, the hardest food for me too kick was chocolate. I finally broke that addiction last year. Now when I eat it......... it makes me sick.

OK.... now everybody hates me.

I have been having computer trouble........ again. It may be my Internet connection. I hope I don't have another virus. My computer guy is taking pity on me and working me in his schedule Saturday afternoon.

In spite of the above, I am in a very good mood and send joy to you all.

Goedemiddag!

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boop - Jul 29, 2004 11:11 am (#1350 of 2955)

thanks for the well wishes. I wish I could say this day has turned out better, but it has not. I am feeling more down today, and I hate the feeling of only sadness. It’s an awful feeling. The worst part about it, I can't even tell you why I feel this way.
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Denise P. - Jul 29, 2004 11:16 am (#1351 of 2955)

Wow, I just made it through almost 700 new posts on this thread alone. I didn't take notes but..

1. dogs rule, hands down. I like cats well enough but given a choice, a dog will win out. Catherine, it also irks me when people don't research a breed before getting it. For heaven's sake, don't get a Border Collie and expect a couch dog...or get a Basset and expect to make it to the Agility finals for the US.

2. didn't get a drivers license until after I was married. I lived overseas in my teens, no need to drive. I also much prefer a standard but my van only is made with an automatic.

3. don't plan to see Catwoman, never did

4. I have melted a huge tupperware bowl in my oven, after I put it in there and forgot, turned on the stove. Horrible mess and smell but no firemen were involved

I am sure there were other important things I didn't comment on but as I said, I didn't take notes.

Our trip was dandy, we went out to Utah and back to visit family. My kiddies are good travelers so it makes things go much more smoothly. We still stop every 200 miles or so for a break and they run around the grass for a bit. We left Salt Lake City on Monday morning and were back in our house on Tuesday night...power driving!

Now, I am off to read the other 4,000 unread messages on the Forum.


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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 11:17 am (#1352 of 2955)

I'm trying to break the habit of eating junk food. I don't really like candy anymore, but am still stuck to the chocolates. It's gotten so if I eat too much junk my taste buds get irritated for several days. Sad Thank goodness I no longer eat like I used to...

Flame- Sorry about your computer! I was having all sorts of problems with mine and finally had to delete the hard drive and start from scratch. It's worked beautifully ever since.

Betty- I hope you get to feeling better soon! You know where to find me if you ever need me. Smile

Denise- Glad your trip was good; it's nice to have you back!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 29, 2004 11:40 am (#1353 of 2955)

or get a Basset and expect to make it to the Agility finals for the US.—Denise

Hey! My "siblings" can waddle with the best of them. Smile I would agree that it’s very upsetting to me when people get a dog based on what they think is "cute." For example, beagles and bassets are darn cute, but they are hounds. This means they bark and yowl at things that you're quite sure aren't even there. This also means they do this barking and yowling at 2:00 a.m. or whenever the mood strikes them.

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Padfoot - Jul 29, 2004 11:44 am (#1354 of 2955)

Antibiotics are for emergencies only. He is irresponsibly prescribing them. This is the reason bacteria are becoming resistant. They mutate and then the antibiotics don't work anymore. We already have some "super bacteria" that no antibiotic can stop. –Flame

I have wondered about this. A few years ago there was all this talk on the news that bacteria was getting stronger. Now I hardly hear anything at all about this. I try not to buy antibacterial soap. For a while I had a dermatologist prescribe amoxocilian for me to take for years. (This was before I heard all the hoopla over not using it.) Anyway, I am not on that anymore. My question is, are bacteria getting stronger or is this a myth? If so, why is practically everything antibacterial now days?

Welcome back Denise!

Sorry to hear Boop that you aren't feeling any better. Have some chocolate! Chocolate

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Flame Alligator - Jul 29, 2004 11:47 am (#1355 of 2955)

Wormse (Lindsay), Thanks for the computer info. I will do just do just as you say when I get home from teaching yoga class.

Sherbie, LOL, A treat for the foreman, eh? I have had a similar experience lately. My godson came bursting in with his friends while I was uh........ au naturel in the kitchen, just put my robe in the washer, and was finishing a smoothie. Then he said, Isn't she cool? And she's 53. I just love little boys, don't you? lol

Time for me to start getting ready to teach yoga to the Feds. I am in a good mood which means I work my students EXTRA hard. *evil cackle*

doei

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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 11:56 am (#1356 of 2955)

Flame- I also bought Norton Internet Security. I downloaded it, as well as got a disk in the mail... granted it was about $80, but I will say it's worth it. The download caused my computer to have even more problems, probably because it was over run with viruses to begin with, but I just re-installed it with the disk from the mail after the hard drive was deleted. Now I'm problem free, and have been for over a month. Just thought I should throw that in before you deleted everything. Smile After all, I am far from being a computer pro, lol.

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 11:58 am (#1357 of 2955)

Hey! My "siblings" can waddle with the best of them. Smile --Loopy Lupin

Of course they can! While we're talking Agility trials, Shih-Tzus are not well represented among champions. They're just not the speediest dogs, and they have personality "issues" with agility. I've heard stories where the dog will stop dead still because people are applauding another event because they think the people are clapping for them, and they want to enjoy it. Or they will stop what they're doing and go over and beg for a tummy rub from the judge. Or they'll decide suddenly that they are hot, or too tired, and will bolt away to go lie underneath a chair in the shade. :-)

After we saw the movie Babe (cute film about border colllies and a pig who thinks he is one of them), my husband started joking about our dog Phoebe, saying to her (as the mother dog says to the piglet Babe), "Your job is to stay here and eat your food." This line has eventually become, "Your job is to took cute and eat your food!"

Looking cute and eating food are two things that Shih-tzus do well.

Hi, Denise! Welcome back!

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Prefect Marcus - Jul 29, 2004 12:12 pm (#1358 of 2955)

Welcome back, Denise.

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Solitaire - Jul 29, 2004 12:13 pm (#1359 of 2955)

Flame Alligator is right about antibiotics and resistant bacteria. My doc told me many years ago that this was why it was so important to finish a course of antibiotics instead of stopping as soon as we feel better. When we stop before the infection is completely wiped out, it tends to strengthen and flare up again. Then the same antibiotic won't work against it and something else (stronger) needs to be used. Just imagine this process over a period of years.

I hate taking antibiotics for any reason and will always ask for an alternative treatment, if it is available. When I DO have to take them, my doc always requires a follow-up to make sure the infection is completely gone before stopping the antibiotic ... just for that reason.

Padfoot, I think all of the antibacterial stuff has probably contributed to the problem of resistant bacteria. I think people are fearful, and that creates the big market for the stuff.

Honestly, I have found that being diligent to wash my hands with good old soap and water frequently during the day--and keeping my hands away from my face--can help me avoid colds and flu. From what I understand, doctors and researchers say the same thing.

Solitaire

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haymoni - Jul 29, 2004 12:21 pm (#1360 of 2955)

Yes - I'm a bit worried about all this Purell stuff.

We played outside in the dirt all day long - drank out of the same cup - put our mouths on the garden hose - you get the picture!

Kids are sanitized now. I'm all for covering your mouth and washing your hands, but it seems as though we are taking things a bit too far.

One good bug and we'll all be wiped out!

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Accio Sirius - Jul 29, 2004 12:31 pm (#1361 of 2955)

Denise--welcome back. You've had my admiration for mothering such a large brood and working the forum, but taking them all on a road trip and keeping your sanity--you rule!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 29, 2004 12:38 pm (#1362 of 2955)

Denise--welcome back. You've had my admiration for mothering such a large brood and working the forum, but taking them all on a road trip and keeping your sanity--you rule! -- Accio Sirius

Indeed and hear, hear.

Denise, I'm curious as to the ages of the "near baseball team." (I know Ryan is 10, right?)

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Dr Filibuster - Jul 29, 2004 1:41 pm (#1363 of 2955)

TIM...message for TIM

I've tried to contact you for a few days but all messages are returned "mail not allowed" "service unavailable" etc.

Just wanted to say thanks for sending me the panto stuff....but I couldn't read any of it. As you may know, I don't have a computer, just one of those Argos Bush tv box thingies. It lets me participate on the Forum and I can even do little smiles (although they only look like coloured dots). Unfortunately I cannot access any attachments sent with e-mails. Maybe you have some kind of security on your PC that won't let dodgy non-computers through?

I shall just have to imagine the script with loads of Tim-isms in. Don't forget to tell us when the new one is ready and when/where it will be performed. Have you finished your 1st draft, like JKR? Will HBP be finished before it?

Welcome back Denise, glad you had a good holiday. Are you really going to read every single post? I have to admit defeat these days and press the "Mark as Read" a lot.

Lyndsey, Lol is there a blush smiley? Oh and you reminded me that I still haven't bought my first Beatles music.

Must go out tommorrow for computer and whole Beatles back catalogue. OK, that's me done, just one more thing...big happy hug for Boop, (( Hug Betty Hug )). See, I'm losing my reserve.

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Padfoot - Jul 29, 2004 2:02 pm (#1364 of 2955)

Sue, does this mean you do not own any Beatles records (cds)?

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Denise P. - Jul 29, 2004 2:06 pm (#1365 of 2955)

Okay, the ages of the team are, from left to right, starting in the back:

Alex (21), Nicholas (11) and Kristen(22)
Devin (Cool, Iain (3), Kaitlyn (7), Kierynn (17 mos) and Ryan (10)


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Loopy Lupin - Jul 29, 2004 2:12 pm (#1366 of 2955)

Thanks Denise. My "nieces and nephews" who are 15, 12, 11, 6, and 20 months, and their mother isn't exactly sure that she's through. EEK!

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 2:32 pm (#1367 of 2955)

Denise, you have a beautiful crew. Thanks for sharing their ages with us.

Loopy, if you have all those nieces and nephews, what they heck do your parents need your beagle and basset siblilngs? :-) You should send the mother of your nieces and nephews flowers, because she has so totally gotten you off the hook!

Guys, I just want to tell you that while I don't want her to be inundated with email containing plant questions, our own Mollis is one smart flower and boy does she know plants. Woo-hoo for Mollis!

EDIT: Thanks for keeping the Simpsons, Loopy. VERY amusing...

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mollis - Jul 29, 2004 2:35 pm (#1368 of 2955)

Catherine - Aren't you sweet!?! I'm glad you got my e-mail. I hope it helps. And I'd be happy to help out anyone who needs it!

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Loopy Lupin - Jul 29, 2004 2:58 pm (#1369 of 2955)

Oh, I should explain. I say "nieces and nephews" in quotes because I have not brothers or sisters, but I have friends with kids. That particular brood above I have known since all of their births and I am called "Uncle." There's actually a picture of them all on my desk at work. I introduce them as nieces and nephews and they introduce me as uncle. We're not blood relatives but at this point, we don't bother to explain most of the time.

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 3:15 pm (#1370 of 2955)

Ah, alas, earwax.

NOW I get it. Thanks for explaining, Loopy. I didn't mean to be thick.

Yes, well maybe you should be buying the dogs flowers, then, since they are getting you off the hook.... ;-) Hmmm, no bad idea. Perhaps liver treats for the pups??

Where do you rank in the dog scenario? My brother complains that since he is unmarried, he ranks below me and my children and my husband and my dogs. We're all kind of insulted, though, because I think my mom ranks my shih-tzu Phoebe first after the "human" grandchildren....oh well.

No wonder I need more chocolate.

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Padfoot - Jul 29, 2004 3:19 pm (#1371 of 2955)

My brother and I have long known that both of us rank below the family dog (Husky). Of course my brother and I live in different states than my parents and the dog. Still, we feel we should rank higher than her. My mom told me once that when I greet her in the same way that Czarina (the Husky) greets her, she will consider ranking me higher. As there are no grandchildren yet, they have to be content with grandferrets.

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timrew - Jul 29, 2004 3:51 pm (#1372 of 2955)

Sue, (Doc Filibuster)

I haven't sent you my panto, so what you are trying to access is beyond me!

Send me another e-mail, and put in the subject box, 'Panto', or 'Sue' or 'Doc Filibuster', or somesuch. I delete any mails I don't recognise!

Tim

P.S. I will send you last year's panto (Jack & The Beanstalk) embedded in the e-mail, and not as an attached file, if that's what it takes!

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 4:13 pm (#1373 of 2955)

Ok.

I have serious trauma. No, not life or limb, or even serious illness, or Dementors.

But trauma just the same. I picked up the "puppies" from the new groomer. Keep in mind that I usually get my shih-tzu groomed in my hometown, not where I live. But trips to the Chesapeake Bay and beach necessitated an early visit. And, I groom our dogs fairly well.

I went to pick them up, and thought, "Why the heck did they put THAT dog next to Phoebe? Who the heck is that dog?"

Awful realization: this was my beautiful puppy. This was my sister to champion show dog. This is my dog who was supposed to get a haircut, not a SHAVE. What the double-heck???

Groomer's answer: She looked hot with all of that fur. The groomer was actually PROUD that she made my dog look like a chihuahua.

I really can't think of an appropriate thing to do to this woman. It's not like I can sue her for "wrongful fur shaving."

Daisy is shaking, hiding behind chairs, and has refused food and water. I've tried cheering charms, but so far, no luck. And I need one too.

Boop, if you need something to laugh at, maybe I'll send you a picture of the new Daisy. I need a laugh myself!

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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 4:36 pm (#1374 of 2955)

Ohhh, Catherine! That's awful! "She looked hot with all that fur.." That is a pathetic excuse! I feel deeply for you and your dog! I send hugs your way.

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ShelterGirl - Jul 29, 2004 4:51 pm (#1375 of 2955)

Oh NO Catherine. I am so sorry.

What...

an...

Idiot...

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 4:54 pm (#1376 of 2955)

Lindsay, LOVE your avatar. Yes, he IS rather adorable, isn't he!

OK, I'm still hyperventilating, as is Daisy. She won't even take a treat; when she sees us looking at her shaved bottom, she sit’s down and looks sad. Poor puppy. This person, contrary to instruction, shaved her face and eliminated her cute facial puffs. No wonder Daisy is hiding.

My neighbor, who upon my advice adopted a cute shaved shih-tzu, was almost in tears when she saw my poor girl. We can't believe it. This dog is now "Bald-a-mort" or "Shitz-a-mort." Flat faced and bald.

Keep in mind, this was the dog, except for her personality, was almost the dog chosen by the breeder for show purposes. Her sister looks (well, LOOKED) exactly like her. Except that the breeder thought that Daisy was too naughty for the show ring. And she is :-)

I know it is ridiculous to mourn fur. But I am still amazed at the sheer awfulness, and sheer gall, of it all.

With major Sighs...

---Catherine

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ShelterGirl - Jul 29, 2004 4:57 pm (#1377 of 2955)

Catherine- You didn't pay them for that shave, did you? Or at least they gave you a discount?

Please tell me they at least offered a discount...

By the way... we just got a shih-tzu in at the adoption center...
* dangling the carrot...*

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Chemyst - Jul 29, 2004 4:58 pm (#1378 of 2955)

Oh, no! The poor puppy doesn't look so hot now...
and chocolate isn't good for dogs so I guess you'll have to eat Phoebe's for her, Catherine.

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 5:19 pm (#1379 of 2955)

Shelter Girl, and Chemyst,

I was so outraged that I was awful myself; I paid quietly, while still crying in their presence. It's not like me really, but I did have children waiting in the car in 95 plus degree heat, plus I know you can't hot-glue fur back onto your poor little girl.

Chemyst, I warned hubby b/f he got home, and we stopped by the grocery store for chocolate. Phoebe. as the "elder Tzu," just looks satisfied at poor Daisy's ugly turn. And ugly it is. Multiple breed, and dog lovers, have looked at this, and are frightened.

Shelter Girl, despite my deep sadness, I am intrigued. You would warn me, if someone was in imminent danger, would you not? I will drive to go get said Shih-tzu or mix.

Now that my letter got such good results, I have a teensy, small "in" with the Humane Director. Also, for rescue purposes, you should know that she herself has a huge weakness for German Shepherds, and English Setters!

Cheers! We are not cheerful, but contemplating our own baldness. And feeling tragic....

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ShelterGirl - Jul 29, 2004 5:31 pm (#1380 of 2955)

No one is in danger Catherine. Once they come to the adoption center they live there until they find a home. Smile

I just wanted to let you know there was a pitiful little girl who will be going up for adoption at some point. She's quite sad, really. In all honesty, we most likely have someone on the wish list for her. However, as she's terrified of men, it might be difficult to find a match.

And I would have been crying too, if I were you. That's awful. "Looked hot" indeed... I'd show them hot.

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 5:43 pm (#1381 of 2955)

Indeed.

She's been groomed there before. I had our "requirements" on file, or so I thought...

Note: take NOTHING for granted. SPECIFY everything. Growl at everyone...

Shelter Girl, I'm not surprised. Most of the Shih-Tzu females I know, except for my Daisy, VASTLY, and I am not exaggerating, prefer human females. My dad complains that he doesn't have a chance. The dogs I've fostered were also really prejudiced in the favor of females! Zeke, the foster-tzu, barked at my husband every night when he came home, and acted really anxious until I kissed my hubby and let Zeke know that the hubby was ok!

I'm not really certain that it's really a gender thing, but maybe a body-language thing. These dogs are super smart at reading people, and women, I think, are more "open" with their body language. In general, I think the dogs "feel" smarter and more in control because they know what to expect.

Edit: Read Shelter Girl, and let her know AGAIN that for fostering, if need be, I am here. Smile For adoption purposes, let your heart be your guide. Shiht-tzus are all heart.

And I'm here, and love these dogs. :-D

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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 6:37 pm (#1382 of 2955)

Catherine- Yes, indeed... the most adorable thing I've ever seen. I'm going through another one of my Orlando Obsessive phases due to the fact that he was filming the movie "Elizabethtown" right outside of my county. And still, I didn't get to at least catch a glimpse of him... *sighs* I assure you, I pitched quite a little fit over that one... It's just not fair! And, I think I'll stop right about here, or else I'll go on and on about him, my future plans, and how my dreams were crushed. LoL... rather boring. Smile Unless that kind of thing really intrigues you, hehehe.

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Marie E. - Jul 29, 2004 6:43 pm (#1383 of 2955)

Lindsay, I was going to tell you that we passed through your lovely state on our way to Viriginia. I thought of you and our joke of the birdcalls. We had a scary "blankie moment" in Kentucky where we thought Lexie had left her blankie in a gas station 30 miles behind us. My husband was all "we're not turning around" and Lexie is sobbing then I checked under the driver's seat and there she was! (yes, blankie is a girl) Shayla denies all knowledge of the whereabouts of blankie.

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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 6:45 pm (#1384 of 2955)

Was that you!?! I thought I awoke to an odd noise outside of my window... Smile

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Solitaire - Jul 29, 2004 6:48 pm (#1385 of 2955)

Catherine,

I am so sorry about your poor doggy. I have Shelties (also fur-balls), and I know what happens to dogs like this when they are shaved.

First of all, it was inappropriate of the groomer to shave your dog without your permission. Second, a groomer should be aware that some dogs NEED that thick coat to keep cool; undercoats on certain dogs do serve that function. I'm not a groomer, and even I know this! Third, certain dogs really are humiliated when their "crowning glory" is removed, just like some people freak out over a very short haircut.

My first Sheltie, Sadie, had an infected bite at the base of her tail. In order to treat it, the doc had to shave part of her tail. She stood in the corner and hid until she realized she still had tail hair. She was embarrassed. When she did finally begin to mingle again, she kept her tail "swung" to one side to cover up the bald spot. She did this for months, until the tail hair grew in. Don't tell me SHE didn't know what was going on!

Your groomer owes you a full refund ... or a free grooming, assuming you ever darken her door again. I'm not sure I would. *sending a hug for your traumatized baby*

Solitaire

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Celestina W. - Jul 29, 2004 7:03 pm (#1386 of 2955)

Oh, Catherine, your poor puppy! How could the groomer not know any better?! Well, on the bright side, at least it's not permanent. How long will it take for a Shih-Tzu's fur to grow back?

Lindsay, love your avatar.

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wormsé - Jul 29, 2004 7:23 pm (#1387 of 2955)

Love your avatar, too, Celestina! Smile

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Catherine - Jul 29, 2004 7:24 pm (#1388 of 2955)

I agree that I am due a "refund" or credit. I will never darken her doorstep again. I usually pay a lot more to get my dogs groomed in Richmond, where we have NEVER been treated this way. Part of the problem was that I, who usually am quite a "know it all," was deprived of speech at the travesty.

Daisy is traumatized. Her fur is a huge part of her self-image. She finally shook herself to sleep (Note to men: we ladies take our haircuts VERY seriously), and I hope the dementors don't torment her in her dreams. Her fur will grow, I hope.....

My husband came home and was so upset himself that he cooked dinner almost by himself, so that I could love Daisy and pout with her. He keeps asking, "Well she is SORT OF cute even now, isn't she?" My four year-old asked, "Is Daisy a poodle or chiahuahua now?"

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jul 29, 2004 7:56 pm (#1389 of 2955)

Sherbie, I know this is a little late, but that story was hilarious.

Catherine, I'm so angry for you. I react the exact same way when those things happen. I get so angry I can't speak because I know if I do I am totally going to lose it.

Regarding (Note to men: we ladies take our haircuts VERY seriously): Years ago, when my husband and I were first married, I went to have my hair cut and I told the stylist, "Trim the bangs and leave the length in back." Well, of course, she never touched the bangs and chopped all the rest of my hair off. I was speechless. Until I got home. And then I just went on and on and on about it to my husband. "How could she do that? I spent a year growing that out!" Finally, my husband, in a misguided attempt to comfort me suggested I go back to have it fixed. I stared at him and said (actually, I was probably yelling at this point), "What are they going to do, glue it back on!"

You would have thought said husband would have learned his lesson. But a short time later, a classmate, with lovely, long hair, got a permanent. She hated it. My husband (innocently) asked, "Can't you just go home and wash it out?" She replied, "No Richard, that's why they call it a 'permanent.".

Since that time, he avoids the whole female/hair thing entirely.

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DJ Evans - Jul 29, 2004 8:31 pm (#1390 of 2955)

First off, Denise --- WELCOME BACK!!! Glad the trip was as smooth sailing as it sounded & fun was had by all!! You've really been missed around here. Here lately it seems like so many of us have been away on one vacation or another.

Virgoddess --- So happy to hear that Wil's surgery went so well. Now, may his recovery go just as great AND be a "speedy" one at that!! Just tell him to definitely lay off doing any tap dancing that he might have to urge to do!!! hee hee OK, maybe a slow (very slow) dance with you will be all right in a few, but "no" fancy steps yet!!

Sherbie --- What stories you will have someday to tell your grandkids about all of your adventures!!! Plus, just think of the ones that poor ol' DD will have to tell now!!! Your posts are a joy to read and just reminds us all how much we can relate to each other. I've yet to see one of your tales go by where at least one person hasn't come back with a story of their own like your's

I'm in the camp with the majority of you on this antibacterial, antibiotic, preservatives, etc... in many ways they are going a bit too far in some areas I think. I mean if you think back to our parents, grandparents days they didn't have most of the "new & improved" stuff that we've got now. And in some/many ways they were in better health. I'm not saying they don't have any value by any means, but nowadays our systems just don't have the resistance that we should have that they had back then to a lot of things.

Catherine, I'm so sorry to hear of what happen to your cute little fella. Surely the groomer wasn't the owner? To me that would make the whole situation even worse to know that an owner would just take it upon themselves to shave a dog like that. It's bad enough that an employee did it, but hopefully the owner would have had more sense!!! I can't even begin to imagine what I would have done when I walked in and saw my poor little guys hair all gone!!!! I'm sure you handled it much better than what I would have. And I'm so glad that Mollis was able to help you with your gardening question!!! I knew I had no experiences with Clematis', that's why I put those 2 gardening links in my post --- hoping at least that would help you if you couldn't find any other help. Plus, I'm so happy to hear that we've got someone on here that is an experienced gardener!!! Yeah, Mollis!!!!

Celestina & Lindsay --- Hmmmm, that guy looks familiar? Very nice looking - oh - wait a moment ---that's the guy that has wandered in a couple of my dreams!!! hee hee Great avatars!!!! Though he isn't Viggo, I have to admit Orlando is definitely right up there!!! Yep, right next to him in the looks department!!

Kim --- At least your husband was trying to be comforting!! As a lot of the guys that I know couldn't have cared less. Looks at me like "What"? Must be that Mars/Venus thing? But I have to admit, I'm the same way when one of them gets on a bit about their hunting/sports/etc... mishaps.

Later, Deb

NOTE: Ruby, you never did say who your favorite driver/drivers in NASCAR are. I hope you saw my post where I said Dale, Jr was mine. I had posted at the same time that you had, so I went back and edited my post to include my answer to yours.

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Professor V - Jul 29, 2004 8:34 pm (#1391 of 2955)

Catherine - the horror of it, that groomer needs to go and iron her own hands. Poor Daisy!!!

Edit: Deb - Sorry I missed the edit. Also sorry about Jr's burns, did you know that he won't be driving the whole race again this weekend. One of my sister's, Jamie (aka - Pete) is also a big fan of Jr's. I am a Hendrick's motorsport fan. So I'm quite happy that as far as the championship goes my guys are in first and second.

2nd Edit: Forgot to say this the first time around - Celestia and Linsay, love the avatars. Is he not the stuff dreams are made of.

Earlier this summer, I had a similar hair cut experience. I have really thick hair and in June it way to short to pull up in any way but long enough to be really, really hot. I should also mention that for years I've been having my hair highlighted or colored, so much so that no one, not even my hair dresser knows what color it is. I went in to have it highlighted and cut for the summer. I wanted it to be a shorter version of the same style, so that it would grow out with ease. About half-way through the hair cut I knew there was a problem. You see, all of a sudden I could tell how short she was cutting the back, but at that point it was too late. By the time she was done I didn't have a hair longer than 2 inches on my head and unfortunately the highlights which were meant to blend in with what was supposed to be the ends of my hair, now stood out in stark contrast to the rest of my hair. It was all I could do not to run out crying, especially when she tried to tell me that she had only cut off an inch or so. I wouldn't leave the house for days and now more than 6 weeks, I still do my shopping at midnight to avoid the possiblity of being seen. To be fair, the haircut it’self wasn't that bad, I just felt scalped.

I'm sending out a request for good thoughts tomorrow, as my new short haircut needs to be trimmed up and tomorrow is the big day. Ruby

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 29, 2004 8:35 pm (#1392 of 2955)

Oh Catherine, it sounds like you're getting some of my freakish luck! I'm sure her fur will grow back. Maybe it would make you feel better to hear my hair horror story? I know I felt better after the Great Trivet Disaster of 04 when I read other people's oven related accidents.

Last year, I went to my "stylist" for a simple trim. I brought with me pictures of the hairstyle I wanted. She seemed to understand the look I was after and even pointed out a few similar styles in a hairstyle magazine. Well after about an hour, when she turned me to the mirror so I could view her "work," I was shocked to see Adolph Hitler staring back at me! I paid as quickly as I could and got the heck out. I spent the following four hours crying my eyes out and downing tequilla shots. When I called her to ask for my money back, she refused. So I stopped payment on the check. After a year, she is still trying to get that money out of me! Eventually, my hair grew back and my likeness to Hitler vanished. So I feel confident in saying that your furbaby's hair will also grow back and her likeness to a chiahuahua will vanish too. Watch out for stopping the check or demanding your money back, though. I believe you should, but be prepared for possible future problems with the groomer. I got my hair mutilated last August and didn't hear anything from the butcher until late November.

Sue! Go out and get a Beatle album! Any album will do, they're all incredible!

I'm glad you're enjoying my crazy stories, Mollis! I have 23 years worth, so if ever I have a dull day, I'll just post one of my past "adventures" for you! Today was actually pretty normal, well, as close to "normal" as my life gets. I was pulled over for speeding but I didn't get a ticket.
What else... I've become OCD about my house. Every day I check the burners and the oven about 5 times before I leave. Then after making sure the stove is completely off and the oven bears not the faintest gas odor, I sit with my elbows on the bar, staring at my range for an entire minute. Then I check all the doors 3 or 4 times and leave. After getting half-way to my destination, I turn around to make sure my garage door is shut. Tonight, I'm making a list of things to check before I leave. That way, I can just X out the "closing duties" and check the list later if I start feeling anxious. Embrace your quirks! Today was pretty dull; I suppose there's always tomorrow!

Betty, I'm so sorry to hear that you've had another bad day. I hope you start feeling better very soon. Depression runs in my family as well. I would reccomend not taking Efexor (sp?). When my mom tried to go off the medication (gradually, as you're supposed to), she hallucinated and had withdrawls similar to those that a heroine user experiences. I wonder if exercise would help. When you work your body, your brain releases endorphins that make you feel happy, hence the term "runner's high." I know working out has certainly done wonders for me and has made my stress much easier to deal with. I remember reading a study not long ago that found regular exercise to be as effective, if not slightly more effective, than Prozac for depression sufferers. Plus there are no side effects with exercise, unless you count weight loss and a healthier heart? Perhaps it is worth a try?

Love both your avatars, Celestina and Lindsay!

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Denise P. - Jul 29, 2004 9:25 pm (#1393 of 2955)

What a twit groomer, Catherine! Any dog person knows that all the fur keeps the dog cooler. Now poor Daisy is prone to sunburn and heatstroke without her protective fur. It really irks me that around here, groomers advertise for the yearly shaving. Brush the poor dog out regularly and you don't need to shave out the matting. My two are blowing coat right now but at least they do it at the same time....it looks like another dog is on the ground when they stand up. Yay! They seem to blow coat about twice a year.

I have been fighting with a remote this evening. I am following the directions and the darn device light will NOT stay lit for me to put in the remote code.

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anbigin - Jul 29, 2004 9:53 pm (#1394 of 2955)

WOW! There really are quite a few posts on here today, which is always fantastic:) Just wanted to comment on a few things:

First of all, Boop I really hope that things start looking brighter for you soon - life is definitely a fun place to be even on the worst days because it means you can read more books;) Just know that there's a lot of support here on the Lexicon for you!

Also, the whole Bacteria debate has been making me very angry with the world all over again. I say that the most advanced system that people take for granted ALL the time is the Human Immune System. I mean seriously, this genius system has been keeping people alive for thousands of years. Unfortunately, these days, even though our immune systems have so much extra help, there now exist some problems that can't be so easily solved as things once were like Alzheimer's Disease (something I dream of curing), AIDs, and over population problems (there are almost 7 billion people now). This isn't to say that help when needed is such a bad thing and PLEASE don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to say that older people shouldn't exist (I wish to become a geriatric doctor) or start a huge nasty debate on that subject, but all this was just to say that trusting your body to get you through the worst is usually the best way to go. In fact, the way alot of drugs work is based off immune responses (i.e. they feed the immune system a dead memory of a certain cold tricking your body into thinking it's already had this cold and that it knows how to respond and kill the invading baddies.) Sorry if this sounds too much like a bad rant or what have you:(

On a happier note, I must tell Chemyst that I love your new avatar - very neat!
I, also, love the thrift stores when I'm looking for new books because they allow me to find really good books cheap, like once I found Catch 22 for a whooping 10 cents.
I love hearing about the instruments that other people play - it's fantastic that we have such talented people here on the forum. I, personally, play the Bassoon and the drums.
PEACE -Kat

Edit: I've edited this post so many times trying to make the middle paragraph sound a little less harsh because I really didn't mean for it to sound so snooty - so I'm sorry if it does:( But I think if people are reading with open hearts they'll understand where I was trying to go, but if it's still horribly offensive to some one then please by all means delet the paragraph/post - Thanks everyone:)

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Julia. - Jul 29, 2004 11:00 pm (#1395 of 2955)

Oh my mother! Catherine, I'm so sorry about your dog! That groomer is such a git! Let me know if you'd like me to crucio him/her/it. Her fur will grow back eventually, I hope.

Kim, your husband is right to stay out of the hair thing. WE women are very attached to our hair. When I was 13 I was yutzing around with a comb, and it got stuck in my hair. I tried everything I could to get it out, I even woke up my mum and my dad at midnight go try to get it out, but nothing worked. I had to cut my precious hair. It went from the middle of my back to just below my shoulders. I cried for hours. Needless to say my dad certianly wasn't helping, and my mum just couldn't find anything to make me feel better. Thank Merlin, it's all back now, and I've learned my lesson about playing with combs!

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Fawkes Forever - Jul 30, 2004 1:48 am (#1396 of 2955)

Denise good to see ya back... you too Madame Pince.

Wow... so many posts.. have been a bit busy at work this last few weeks & have just popped into a few theads & the number of unread posts are piling up. I fear that I'm going to have to do something I promised myself I'd never do... hit the 'mark as read' button for the forum I know it's silly... but it feels like I'm cheating

Betty.. sending more cyber hugs your way & a few 'virtual' chocolate frogs. Just know that we're all thinking about you & sending happy vibes your way.

Hey Flame *big big waves* And... Top of the Morning to ya... hee hee... haven't said that in a bit

Sherbie... don't know if you sorted your car radio yet.. but that happened my dad a few years when he replaced the car battery. It's looking for the security code for the car stereo, so if someone stole it, they couldn't use it. The code should be in your stereo manual (I think) at least, thats where it is for my car! *sending more good luck your way*

It's a bank holiday weekend here this weekend & I'm in holiday mode... the sun is shining & the forecast looks good. Alas I've a million & one things to do before I leave work today... but no doubt due to my holiday mood I'll be sneaking back unto the lex before the day is through

Happy Friday everyone.

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The giant squid - Jul 30, 2004 4:09 am (#1397 of 2955)

As everyone else said, Welcome Back, Denise! After a "vacation" with that brood, I'm sure you could use some downtime with this one. Wink

Catherine, I may not be a dog person, but even I know better than to shave a dog like that. If the butcher--er, groomer in question was just n employee, I'd contact the owner and make sure they know what incompetence they have working for them. If that was the owner, call the Better Business Bureau and basically say the same thing.I mean, come on...a groomer not knowing the proper way to groom a dog is like a chef not knowing how to cook. It's her freakin' job!

Marie: I'm glad the "blankie moment" passed without any permanent emotional damage. As for Shay's teeth, I guess she inherited them from her Uncle Squid. I think I have more filling than enamel at this point...

Finally (yay!), regarding haircuts on people--no one ever got my hair right. Which is why I haven't gotten a haircut since '94. Yup, this September will be my ponytail's 10th birthday. There will be cake.

hrm...I just realized the picture I've given y'all of me...short, skinny, bad teeth, long hair...quite the prize, huh? Wink

--Mike

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Catherine - Jul 30, 2004 5:02 am (#1398 of 2955)

Thanks for the support, everyone. I have been replaying the whole "instructions" thing in my mind, and I never agreed to have her shaved. Ladies, thanks for the hair support. You know how important hair is!

Crucios sent to "B" are appreciated. She is such a git.

Deb, thanks for the clematis advice and gardening links. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier Smile

Mike, I'm sure you are a prize squid, and happy 10th to the ponytail. And many more.

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Kerstin - Jul 30, 2004 5:36 am (#1399 of 2955)

Hello to you all.

I'm not posting very often on this thread, but I want to let you know that I'm going on vacation. I'll leave Germany in about 12 hours and spend the next two weeks in the US!! (And I'm soooooooo excited about it!!!)

We're going to have a round trip, starting in New York, passing New England, Canada, Niagara Falls, Washington and back to NYC. "WE" actually means me, my partner, two aunts and a cousin. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it!!!

But unfortunately I can't take my laptop with me, so I'm afraid there will be so many posts for me to read when I'm back *sigh*. But it's worth it!

Bye Kerstin

EDIT: OH NOOOOO! I just realized that I'm going to miss whatever will happen on JKR's site on July 31! Hopeful that someone will discribe it with every single detail on her thread.

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boop - Jul 30, 2004 5:41 am (#1400 of 2955)

Today is Friday, hope everyone has a great weekend.

Catherine, That is awful, your puppy must have gone through. I would make sure the owner knows what happened. I think that they owe you big time. I don't know that I would take my animal back there. I would differently tell anyone who asked who shaved the puppy. Maybe if they lose some business they will take more pride in the work they do. The hair will grow back but, that is not the point. I still can't believe that someone would take it upon themselves to do that with someone else pet.

Mike, My brother is very tall and has a very long ponytail. His ponytail goes pass is butt. I can't remember the last time his hair was short. He does DJ jobs on the side so I guess it kind of fit’s the image. Happy Ten years to your ponytail!!

I feel a little better today. I am going to see a movie and hopefully make me laugh, that is something I could sure use.

Edit: Kerstin, enjoy your visit to the USA. So you have something to look forward too when you get back, hehe catching up on the forum. Have lots of fun.
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Loopy Lupin - Jul 30, 2004 5:47 am (#1401 of 2955)

Oh no, Catherine. I'm so sorry. My parents’ dogs are all short haired so the most they do is take them to get baths; I can't imagine the wrath if they did need trims and got shaved. And, no, I don't think there is a "wrongful shaving" lawsuit anywhere, but you'd definitely be within your rights to give this groomer a piece of your mind and tell everyone you know what happened.

* crucio* groomer

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Penny Lane. - Jul 30, 2004 6:27 am (#1402 of 2955)

Julia - I couldn't help but laugh, as the SAME thing happened to me when I was 12... Except I happened to get the comb stuck in the front/middle, right before Cheerleading camp - and it was SO embarrassing, because it made my bangs all uneven and part of them start from the middle of my head. I have a picture somewhere from the camp. It was the first year I didn't win a spirit award :-(

A word on the bacteria thing: Not all bacteria is bad, some is good and helps fight disease, but somewhere along the line people got this idea that all baceria is this microscope stuff that crawls on your skin and infects people. While some of it is bad, the antibacterial soaps, lotions, bug sprays and creams do not differentiate between the "bad" bacteria and the "good" bacteria. Plus, to make matters worth, they only kill the surface bacteria which allows the bacteria that might be underneath or elsewhere on your body to build up a tolorence to the chemical. The best way to avoid cold and flu season is to wash your hands several times a day, drink lots and lots of water and eat healthy. Also, wash your hands before eating and after using the washroom. I can't believe how many people don't wash their hands in public washrooms.

Oh, hey, Why don't my similies work like everyone elses?

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megfox - Jul 30, 2004 6:48 am (#1403 of 2955)

Professor V, didn't mean to ignore your question, there were just so many new posts on here today! We are such a chatty group!

The baby's name is Jetta Bug. Our last name is Fox, so she is named after three VW models. Andy (my husband) and his family (he has three brothers) are obsessed with Volkswagen. We are the only "branch" of the family that doesn't own one although I was hoping when I had to buy a new car because of the accident I could get one, but they were all too expensive. Anyway, she is constantly getting into things that she shouldn't be, or shouldn't be able to. I came upstairs today, and she has ripped apart two books - they were on my computer disk, and the chair was pushed in all the way, and there is very little room for her to wiggle her way onto the desk from the chair, never mind pull down two books onto the floor directly above the room I was in, but she managed. Fortunately, they were only paperbacks, and old ones at that.

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Denise P. - Jul 30, 2004 7:02 am (#1404 of 2955)

I never got a comb stuck but I did get gum stuck in my bangs (fringe for those in the UK) I was about..6 or so...and my grandmother was watching us. I was amusing myself by sticking gum in my hair and then taking it back out again. The inevitable happened...it got stuck. I tried in vain to get it out but didn't dare go to my Gran for help. Being a resourceful 6 year old, I got the BIG scissors (and I do mean BIG...these were HUGE shears) and calmly chopped the wad of gum out, quite certain no one would notice a bit of missing hair. My mother was horrified when she saw my hair and didn't take my assurances that "Grandma cut my hair" (Hey, it should have worked...my Gram DID cut my bangs on a regular basis). Looking back, I am sure that I had a gaping hole right in the middle of my bangs that looked as if I had been partially scalped Now, if my kids were to ever attempt this, I would try the peanut butter method before resorting to scissors.

Yuck, I tried 5 babysitters and all of them are not available today so I am dragging 6 kids with me on the trip down to see the pediatric opthomologist and oncologist. We are going to be meeting a billionaire who has wanted to meet Devin but it is still going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong day!

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Catherine - Jul 30, 2004 7:15 am (#1405 of 2955)

Ok, you all are making me laugh out loud with the hair stories. I actually did lose sleep last night because I was stewing about Daisy, but it was nice to read the sympathy posts and get a few laughs about other people's hair trauma. Denise, your story cracked me up!

At our house, we call a scalping or terrible haircut a "Nadine" or call the person sporting the haircut "Nadine." This comes from my college days and my lovely friends. I returned from a visit home with the world's WORST haircut (at least it was the worst until Daisy's yesterday). I was so depressed that I didn't want to leave my dorm room, especially after my boyfriend commented, "It doesn't look that bad."

My friends got me an evil sympathy card that showed a woman named Nadine, with awful hair who was in a hormonal rage strangling a man who didn't understand why his comment about her hair sparked such an emotional response. My poor boyfriend at the time, who has since become my poor husband, learned the hard way not to tell me that my haircut didn't look "that bad."

Now he knows that "Silence is Golden." Especially if you've been "Nadined."

Edit: Good luck today, Denise :-)

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boop - Jul 30, 2004 7:25 am (#1406 of 2955)

Denise, hehehe thanks for the laugh. So did you tell your mom the truth what happened? Sorry to hear you couldn't find a sitter, if I was there I would help you out. Good Luck, I will be thinking of you.

Catherine, glad you didn't lose sleep last night. How is Daisy this morning, hope she is feeling better today. Please give her a hug for me.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 30, 2004 7:46 am (#1407 of 2955)

Oh, Catherine. That is dreadful! I chime in with everyone else that a refund and harsh complaint are in order!

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Kerstin - Jul 30, 2004 7:58 am (#1408 of 2955)

Catherine, what about borrowing Umbridge's pen and let your (ex-)groomer write: I will never nadine anyone's pet again.

Boop, thanks for the wishes, I know, that I will enjoy it.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 30, 2004 8:28 am (#1409 of 2955)

Oooooh, Kerstin that is a fine idea!

BTW, Denise, I hadn't realised quite how busy you were when I e-mailed you. Should I email someone else about my fanfic queries? Sarah perhaps?

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Catherine - Jul 30, 2004 8:47 am (#1410 of 2955)

Kerstin, I love the way you think. I've decided that Daisy is not hiding in the house. Oh, no, we are going to be seen everywhere, and we'll be sure to mention who gave us the 'do.

I'm attempting to post an "after." You can see her in my avatar as before. Now, here's the new Daisy:



Her skin is showing through. She no longer has her beautiful eyelashes or her beard and mustache.

Arggg! Must send the Butcher *ahem* groomer a huge curse as soon as I find a big enough envelope. First, I must give Daisy a treat for posing for this shot, and then I need some chocolate.

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Kerstin - Jul 30, 2004 9:00 am (#1411 of 2955)

Catherine, what a poor little thing. But she is not running away from the camera, that's a good sign. She looks like she wanted to say: Look at me, here I am, unbroken, such cannot bring me down for long.

For the groomer I furthermore recommend bobotuber pus, then we will see what to do next...

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Julia. - Jul 30, 2004 9:00 am (#1412 of 2955)

OH, Poor doggie! Catherine, I agree with Kerstin, Umbridge's pen would not be out of place for this. In the meantime, I suggest undiluted bobtrutter puss, and the post office usually has huge boxes that should be big enough to send a curse in. *sends Catherine hugs and chocolate*

Denise, that story made me laugh quite a bit, good thing I'm not drinking anything at the moment. I used to get gum stuck in my hair all the time. I couldn't stop chewing it and I couldn't stop blowing really big bubbles. I learned the peanut butter method very early on in life, right along with those important lessons like 'you gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone.'

Have a great day eveyone!

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Eponine - Jul 30, 2004 9:12 am (#1413 of 2955)

I did the same thing with gum in my hair when I was younger. I believe I cut a huge chunk out of my hair as well. I had a teacher whose daughter cut her bangs with pinking shears right next to her scalp. So, she had zig-zag bangs that were about half an inch long standing straight up.

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Padfoot - Jul 30, 2004 9:13 am (#1414 of 2955)

Catherine, I can hardly believe any groomer would be that stupid! I'm all upset just thinking about it, and she isn't even my dog. She is still cute, but looks completely different. Poor baby. I would never go back to that groomer if I were you, except to complain to the owner. Show before and after pictures and demand a refund. What that groomer did was inexcusable. She had no right to do that. Grrrr.... If I were there I would give that groomer a piece of my mind. I would be so tempted to grab those clippers out of the groomers hand and give her a haircut and see how she liked it. Give Daisy a hug from me.

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Catherine - Jul 30, 2004 9:23 am (#1415 of 2955)

Eponine's story about the pinking shears has really got me thinking...

And the bubotuber pus idea is right on. Excuse me, I am off to find my dragon skin gloves!

EDIT: Thanks, Padfoot! I would love to demand a refund, but I feel physically ill at the thought of going back there. I might need to get my courage up.

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Eponine - Jul 30, 2004 9:48 am (#1416 of 2955)

Catherine, are you going to hold the groomer down and pinking shear off her hair because "she looked hot"? If you need any help, just let us know!

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Acceber - Jul 30, 2004 10:03 am (#1417 of 2955)

Catherine, that is so awful about your baby dog. You need more than a refund, you need a written apology that is sincere from the person who Nadined Daisy.

Speaking of hair stories, here's mine. It's not embarrassing, but I think you'll enjoy it. As some of you probably know (actually all of you, just look at my avatar) my hair is currently in the middle of my back and still growing. But, for all of my elementary school years (I'm currently going into eighth grade, American system) it was down to my waist. Of course, you didn't exactly know this, as it was usually up as to not be a burden to me. So, the year I was due to go to camp, my mom told me I had to cut it, as I couldn't take care of it by without her helping me. I knew deep in my heart I would have to cut it, but I didn't want to. My hair was part of who I was, in a way. But the adult always wins with things like that, so the end result was my single braid, parted from my head for the first time in my life. I sulked afterwards, not letting anyone I knew look at me (I was due at camp in two days). Like all hair does, however, it grew back out and I learned to take care of it as it grew again. So now I have hair that I love, is manageable, and will be donated to Locks for Love, a foundation that makes hairpieces for kids with cancer. But for now, I'm happy with the messy ponytail down my back.

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Catherine - Jul 30, 2004 10:05 am (#1418 of 2955)

You guys are the best!

I know that there are much worse problems in the world than reckless dog shaving, but I really can't help being upset by it all the same. I appreciate the support!

Boop, maybe seeing Daisy's picture gave you a giggle. She looks so naked in it that maybe I should draw a bathing suit on the picture!

EDIT: Acceber, after reading your post, I am again reminded that there are more important things than hair. You deserve major kudos for donating your hair. I am proud to know you. You are a true Gryffindor at heart. Smile

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boop - Jul 30, 2004 11:18 am (#1419 of 2955)

aaww Catherine, Daisy does look naked, but she still is so cute. It put a smile on my face. Even know Daisy had a bad day yesterday, looks like she is proud sitting there with her head held high. I totally agree letting everyone know who gave the do.

Becca, that is great you did that with your hair for kids with cancer. I am proud of you.

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Safia - Jul 30, 2004 11:23 am (#1420 of 2955)

I'm currently trying to grow my hair, but I keep getting it cut shorter. :\ Your dog looks really cute Catherine, I saw one just like that on the bus today, lovely thing but I'm allergic to dog fur (and my own) so I sneezed all the way home.

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Marie E. - Jul 30, 2004 12:10 pm (#1421 of 2955)

I cut my hair with pinking shears when I was six. I had hair down to my waist and it was very hot in the summers in St. Louis. I had been begging my mom to cut my hair and she wouldn't. I waited until she took a nap. She must have put a curse on me because Shayla has cut her hair twice and Lexie cut Shayla's hair once.

The only time I'm in favor of the hand sanitizers is when my kids are playing in a fast food restaurant play area. I don't even want to think of all the germs in those places. I make them use it before they can eat again. At the girls' school, there is hand sanitizer on the supply list of the second and third graders. I found that pretty interesting.

Mike: She also inheirited your teeny jaw. They will be pulling some teeth later this year to avoid braces. Sound familiar?

I feel the need to post a picture of Giant Squid. He really didn't paint a flattering picture of himself. And he has had the ponytail trimmed. It's not infested with split ends and such. He has nicer hair than me. And prettier eyelashes. I hate him.

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septentrion - Jul 30, 2004 12:16 pm (#1422 of 2955)

I say : "poor Daisy" with the others ! I prefer dogs with fur than without and well, I understand why you were upset catherine.

About hair : I just have my hair cut this afternoon (must be a coincidence you've been speaking of hair-cutting in this thread) and, well, the result isn't to bad but not what I wanted. Some of it has been too much cut, and the color isn't exactly what I wanted. And with that, hairdressers are so expensive !

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virgoddess1313 - Jul 30, 2004 2:04 pm (#1423 of 2955)

Good for you, Becca, donating to Locks of Love!!! I did the same thing a few years ago when I cut over a foot off my hair. I was broken hearted after I'd done it, but happy that at least my hair would help someone else be happier. Besides... it's all grown back now anyway and is on it’s way to being longer than ever.

Hope everyone is having a great day!! Mine has been stressful and I'm completely worn out from taking care of Will and working. At least I have all next week off though. I'll be taking care of Will all on my own so his mom can go back to work. Hopefully I'll also be able to catch up on some posts, as this is the only thread I've been able to really keep up with.

Hugs for everyone!!!

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Denise P. - Jul 30, 2004 2:57 pm (#1424 of 2955)

Gina, you are fine to email me stuff about fiction. I should have a response for you later this evening.

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The giant squid - Jul 30, 2004 3:27 pm (#1425 of 2955)

   She looks so naked in it that maybe I should draw a bathing suit on the picture!



Congratulations, Catherine...I nearly SPEWed all over my computer! Very Happy

Becca, I like that Locks of Love idea. If (yes, IF) I cut mine I'll probably do something similar. If I'm not using it anymore, may as well let someone else get something from it.

   He has nicer hair than me. And prettier eyelashes. I hate him



Razz

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Denise P. - Jul 30, 2004 3:42 pm (#1426 of 2955)

Kaity has hair down to her waist, it has never really been cut, just trimmed. When the day comes where it does get cut, we plan to donate to Locks of Love.

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McSnurp - Jul 30, 2004 5:52 pm (#1427 of 2955)

Congrats Becca! My sister was going to do that but I don't know what happened with that idea. I know someone else when her hair gets a bit longer that she will do that too. Judging by how short my hair is (see picture) hee... see?

My fish died today *sniff*

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haymoni - Jul 30, 2004 6:06 pm (#1428 of 2955)

Catherine - I think you should send your before and after pictures to the Butcher's boss.

We've never cut my daughter's hair - she'll be four on the 20th of August. I can't bring myself to cut off the baby curls that are still at the ends. Everyone says I am crazy for leaving her hair so long - it is a lot of work, but it is so pretty.

I was carpooling with a girl who got a round brush stuck in her hair right before I came to pick her up. The whole way to work, when we were at stop lights, I tried to get it out of her hair. It was hopeless. Her mother had to come and get her - it was awful - she was in the fast-tracked internship program and the whole company ended up hearing about it. Hee-hee!

Yes - I am EEEVILLL!

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Chemyst - Jul 30, 2004 6:10 pm (#1429 of 2955)

Not everyone says you're crazy, Haymoni. Not me. Sometimes the enjoyment is worth a little work.

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wormsé - Jul 30, 2004 6:26 pm (#1430 of 2955)

To all who complimented my avatar- Thank you. Smile And Catherine- As awful as it was for them to cut Daisy's hair... I must say she is still quite adorable now. By the way- I have a golden retriever named Daisy.

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haymoni - Jul 30, 2004 6:27 pm (#1431 of 2955)

Chemyst! Is it time for the Meteor shower? Has it started? Things are pretty cloudy here tonight so I doubt that I'll be able to see anything.

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Gina R Snape - Jul 30, 2004 6:51 pm (#1432 of 2955)

Oh, I've been meaning to ask! What is with that? Can it be seen only in certain parts of the world at a certain time?

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Sir Tornado - Jul 30, 2004 7:45 pm (#1433 of 2955)

It is already 31st July in UK. So, I'd like to be the first from this Forum to wish Harry a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Harry, you just turned 24, 3 hours ago.(Assuming you're still alive that is)

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Gina R Snape - Jul 30, 2004 7:58 pm (#1434 of 2955)

Aaawwwww. Happy birthday Harry and Jo Rowling!!!!!!

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Chemyst - Jul 30, 2004 7:59 pm (#1435 of 2955)

You haven't missed it, Haymoni. Earth entered the meteor shower zone a week ago and will be passing through until about August 23. But peak viewing will be around August 12. Click on my avatar and there is a paragraph of explanation.

...and Happy Birthday, Harry. Gee, I don't think I've ever wished a fictional character Happy Birthday before1

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McSnurp - Jul 30, 2004 8:30 pm (#1436 of 2955)

Huzzah! Happy birthday to my two favorite people in the world! hee.

Is everyone ignoring me?

*throws confetti around everyone*

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Sir Tornado - Jul 30, 2004 9:03 pm (#1437 of 2955)

I forgot to wish JKR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jo.

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Mrs. Sirius - Jul 30, 2004 10:51 pm (#1438 of 2955)

Nearly 200 post just read, boy do you guys make me laugh! With some of these I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. Catherine while I understand your distress, she really doesn't look that bad especially if you hadn't seen how cute she looked with all her hair before.

Sherbie your story reminds me of when my triplets were born. In the mornings I nursed them in the kitchen at the kitchen table. To save time I nursed two at a time. The kitchen door has a glass window in which you could get full view, I was never actually seen by the anyone, but boy you should have seen me trying to scurry with two babies attached when I heard someone walking onto the deck. Eventually I did stick curtains on the window even though I hate curtains.

When I turned 18 it felt really special, I'm not sure why because I didn't smoke or drink, and as a non-citizen I wasn't eligible to vote, and as a New Yorker, driving was not even on my radar of things in life that mattered. I guess it was just the knowledge that if I 'd had the desire to smoke or drink or go into a bar, I could.

The voting thing was important and the moment that I was able to rectify it I did. I now vote in every state, local and national election. I also worked for campaigns before my children were born and I had the time to do so. I'll go back to that when the kids are older.

Denise you have all my sympathies, I know what it's like to have to take all the kids when it would be so much more convenient not to.

Yes Happy Birthday JKR and Harry.Birthday Gifts

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Solitaire - Jul 30, 2004 11:09 pm (#1439 of 2955)

Excuse me ... I need some assistance. I'm reading the Lucius Malfoy thread, and there is a post that references the House elf thread, but it has no link. I've looked in the list of threads, but I can't find it. Has it disappeared? Thanks for any help!

Solitaire

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Dr Filibuster - Jul 31, 2004 12:15 am (#1440 of 2955)

Sorry Solitaire, I don’t know what happened.

TIM...a couple of days (about ten thousand posts) ago you said you hadn't sent me an e-mail about your pantomime.

I can only assume you were lining up a gag. What else can I say but; "Oh yes you did!" You may have forgotten and moved on with your day to day life. In other words...it's behind you!

I can't e-mail you. It gets instantly rejected and things like "message not allowed" pop up. I deleted your post because I couldn't access the attachments. Perhaps I should have pressed "reply to sender" first Ah well, it was probably too big to receive anyway.

Poor puppy Daisy. You should ask Hermione to knit a few dog-coats Catherine.

Happy (39th?) Birthday JKR.

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Madam Poppy - Jul 31, 2004 12:19 am (#1441 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 31, 2004 12:21 am

Regarding the removal of gum from hair and fabric? I used peanut butter till I had to remove my son's gum from his uncle's borrowed down sleeping bag. I thought "What's in peanut butter?" Ground peanuts and oil, right? It is the oil that breaks down the gum so you can remove it easily. My brother never realized my son's mistake. I'm sure it was due in part to only having to remove the oil and not the smell of peanuts too.

Catherine, you might consider writing a letter to the shop explaining why you will no longer use their services. A letter to the editor of your local paper, might warn other dog owners. How about you and your naked pooch going back and picketing the shop? I'm sure the Forum Members could come up with some clever sign ideas?

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The giant squid - Jul 31, 2004 1:05 am (#1442 of 2955)

Solitaire, I think the House Elf thread in question got auto-deleted (received no new posts in 30 days). Lately all the house-elf-related stuff has ended up in the S.P.E.W. thread, I believe.

--Mike

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boop - Jul 31, 2004 5:21 am (#1443 of 2955)

Veronika, Hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Saturday Everyone.

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 31, 2004 5:38 am (#1444 of 2955)

LOL, Mrs. Sirius! I don't care much for curtains either, yet I may have to do something about that little window.

Birthday Balloons Veronika!

And, a very happy birthday to JKR and Harry, of course!Star 18

Oh, Catherine! Poor Daisy! She doesn't look too happy in that picture, does she? Well, who would be happy after having all their hair shaved off? As I said before, It'll grow back. I remember my girlfriend and I using something called "Tail and Mane" shampoo (yes, I believe it was for horses) to get our hair to grow quickly. It worked too. Maybe you could try that when it's time for Daisy's bath?

Speaking of dogs, I think mine has fleas. I've never really seen fleas before, but I did discover a tiny, jumping dot in the garage that I couldn't succeed in squashing. I'm going to get Maggie some Advantage today, is it neccessary for me to bomb the house too?

Second time using the gas oven! Well, third actually, but let's not count the first time, alright? I was supposed to broil the salmon, but I'm waaayyy too scared of that broiler so I baked it at 475 instead. It took longer than normal, but it worked.

Have a good weekend, all!

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Catherine - Jul 31, 2004 5:41 am (#1445 of 2955)

Hi Rebecca,

Hi everyone! Daisy says thanks for the excellent advice, and so do I Smile We're realizing that life goes on. Although Daisy still balks at going outside (formerly her favorite thing to do besides eat and sleep) and sit’s down if she thinks anyone is looking at her rear end.

We're celebrating both family and friend birthdays today and along with JKR's and Harry's! Happy Birthday to all the birthday boys and girls in the Forum!

--Catherine

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septentrion - Jul 31, 2004 7:26 am (#1446 of 2955)

Happy birthday Harry, Jo, Veronika and all the others !

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tracie1976 - Jul 31, 2004 7:47 am (#1447 of 2955)

Harry, Jo, and Veronika.

Have a great Saturday everyone!!

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Solitaire - Jul 31, 2004 7:50 am (#1448 of 2955)

Thanks, Mike. I will check S.P.E.W. Happy Birthday to Harry, JKR, and anyone else celebrating the day. I hope Harry really DOES get to live long enough to celebrate his 24th!

Solitaire

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Emily - Jul 31, 2004 8:11 am (#1449 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Harry, Jo, and Veronika (and anyone else lucky enough to have their birthday today)!

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azi - Jul 31, 2004 8:17 am (#1450 of 2955)

Happy birthdays to everybody who has one! I'm recovering from a party last night (I suppose it could have been to celebrate Nevile's birthday) in which I only got two hours sleep. Bleugh! Then two stupid 14 year olds drank too much and were sick everywhere, including on peoples shoes and my trainers. Fortunately my trainers were not soaked in the stuff. I could go into a rant on how 14 year olds are irresponible and immature but I can't be bothered. Needless to say, my friend has banned them from all her future parties because of their irresponsible behaviour. I can only hope they have horrible hangovers today which will teach them not to abuse alcohol like they did last night.

Catherine, I feel so sorry for you and your dog. I admit I'm scared of dogs and most animals and are also allergic to fur but there was no need to shave all the fur off! I do prefer cats to dogs as I've never been chased by a cat, snapped at or jumped on by cats as with dogs.

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Denise P. - Jul 31, 2004 8:19 am (#1451 of 2955)

If your animal has fleas, you have to treat their bedding and the house in order to prevent a reinfestation. If you are leery of chemicals, I would suggest Borax 20 Mule Team laundry supplement. We used it for years and it worked like a charm. You sprinkle it in your carpet and the pet bedding like carpet freshener. Leave it sit overnight and vaccuum as you normally would. It is not toxic to the pets and has no odor. It kills the flea eggs though. You may have to do it more than once. Here is another remedy that I have never tried.

Mix equal parts of table salt and baking soda together and sprinkle over the carpets. Instruct several children (or volunteers) to run all around on the carpets until the soda and salt is no longer visable. Let set overnight. Vacuum carpets carefully, going over it more than once. All adult fleas should be dead or too thirsty to breed. Fleas go through at least one life cycle in which they are impervious to nuclear devices, so you will need to salt and soda your carpets two more times to kill all the fleas and potential fleas. Dusting your dog with baking soda several hours before a bath will kill a lot of fleas and a lot of odor. But be sure to wash or rinse the baking soda off the dog or the dog could be at some risk of skin trouble. Caution! Do not try this on a rainy day! You will wake up to wet carpets as the salt pulls the moisture out of the air. If you live in a damp climate, sprinkle soda and salt in the morning. Vacuum 3 - 5 hours later.

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Jim the Potty - Jul 31, 2004 9:08 am (#1452 of 2955)

Hi,

I'm back (again). Going back a few million posts, cats are better than dogs - as Marcus (I think it was) said, you have to earn their respect. Catherine, I feel so sorry for your poor dog! It looked so cool with all the fluff around it’s face before the incident. Have a look on eBay, see if anybody's selling bubotuber pus...or maybe something a little stronger...

Whoever it was that mentioned bacteria getting stronger a couple of days ago, in Britain we have almost daily reports of 'superbug' MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) which is resistant to many antibiotics. Sorry if somebody else mentioned this, I didn't read every post.

Happy birthday Harry!!! and JKR!!!! and anybody else!!!!!!

Happy Saturday!

Jim the Potty. :^)

Proud to be Potty about Potter!

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boop - Jul 31, 2004 9:31 am (#1453 of 2955)

Welcome Back Jim the Potty, we have missed you!!!

Harry and Jo hope you have a great day!!!

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VeronikaG - Jul 31, 2004 11:48 am (#1454 of 2955)

Happy Birthday to Jo and Harry!! And thanks to all of you who remembered mine. I guess I have the most easily remembered birthday on the forum. And I do believe Harry is alive and partying today in the Wizarding world.

Poor little Daisy. Actually, she's still very cute, but she must feel so not herself. Argh! It's funny that dogs can feel ashamed over a bad haircut. I'm not sure how it is with cats. Rufus had his fur get full of ice lumps after spending a winter's night outdoors, some years ago. By morning, the ice had melted, leaving his fur all cluttered, impossible to comb. He'd scream and bite every time we tried, and the fur getting messier and messier. When the weather got warmer, we had him shaved down to his skin on both sides of the body. He only had a mohawk, so to speak, down his back. It didn't seem to bother him too much. Sandra, who's a little bit Persian would probably feel worse about such an offense.

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icthestrals - Jul 31, 2004 12:16 pm (#1455 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Harry, Jo and Veronica!! Have a great weekend everyone.

And Catherine, poor puppy.

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Aisha Ahsia - Jul 31, 2004 1:50 pm (#1456 of 2955)

Happy birthday Harry Potter!!!!!! I've been busy all day, and I worried I wouldn't get time to come here and congratulate him, but I finally did!!!!!!!!!

And happy birthday to Veronica, who (if I remember correctly) was also born on this day in 1980. (I'm in a hurry, so I didn't have time to the hundreds of posts that have appeared since I last visited this forum)

Many of you have congratulated J.K.R. Is this her birthday too, or are you congratulating her because of Harry??

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Sherbie Lemon - Jul 31, 2004 2:23 pm (#1457 of 2955)

Yes, Aisha, it's JKR's birthday today too.

Denise, you're a lifesaver! As a matter of fact, I am leery of chemicals so your advice was perfect. I will definitely try the Borax tomorrow. Thanks again!

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Chemyst - Jul 31, 2004 2:42 pm (#1458 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Veronica!

..and for those of you who have had the misfortune to have a comb stuck in your hair, instead of cutting your hair, it is better to try to cut the spine and the teeth of the comb with a toenail clipper or wire cutters. Clip parallel with the tangled strands and you may get lucky and lose only a dozen or so hairs instead of a large chunk. Trust me, I know these things.

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ShelterGirl - Jul 31, 2004 3:27 pm (#1459 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Harry, Jo, and Veronika! And to anyone interested in such things, tonight is a Blue Moon. It's the second full moon in one month.

I'm only alerting you all, because if there's something that you only do "once in a blue moon," today you can. Smile

My mom just called me from NJ to tell me that I can take a bubble bath today, as when I was small I was very allergic to them and she told me I could only have one...well...you know.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Mine starts tonight.

And Catherine...the shih-tzu, whose name is Bella, is MUCH better. She is a love muffin. She is the sweetest thing ever, and she is opening up to the men on staff now. I'm certain they'll decide she's "adoptable" soon. Unfortunately, due to the condition of her fur, she will need to be shaved. She and Daisy can commiserate.

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timrew - Jul 31, 2004 4:31 pm (#1460 of 2955)

Sue (Doc Filibuster), I was not making you the butt of one of my jokes.....no way!!!

If I sent you the panto script, I have forgotten. I delete these e-mails as soon as I send them, to save memory.

If you want to send me your e-mail address again, I will try to send you the panto again.

You can get my e-mail address by clicking on my avatar - it's freely available for anyone.

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haymoni - Jul 31, 2004 4:53 pm (#1461 of 2955)

Chemyst - thanks for the meteor shower update! My birthday is the 13th so I know to look for them around then.

It's like having your own personal fireworks show!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Did anyone actually throw a B-day party for The Boy Who Lived?

I think I may have a Harry Potter Film Festival tonight to celebrate.

I'm sure I've got some Bertie Botts floating around the house somewhere!

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Acceber - Jul 31, 2004 5:13 pm (#1462 of 2955)

Happy Birthdays to Harry, Jo, and Ronniekins!

To all who commented on my hair: I think I wasn't clear enough in my too-long post before; I cut my hair two years ago but I kept the braid and when I do cut it again, I'll donate the remains to Locks for Love. So thanks for the congratulations in advance .

PS If anyone wants to see the braid, I'll gladly take a picture for you and email it to you, but I highly doubt anyone actually wants to.

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wormsé - Jul 31, 2004 6:08 pm (#1463 of 2955)

Happy Birthday to Harry, Jo, and Veronika! Smile

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Julia. - Jul 31, 2004 7:27 pm (#1464 of 2955)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERONIKA, JO AND HARRY!

To answer your question, I did not have a birthday party for Harry, although I did wear my T-shirt from the Forum gathering As soon as the clock chimed midnight I started singing 'happy birthday' and my friend Margaret said "BOOM, Where's the cannon?". I was happy

I too am recovering from a party last night, although no 14 year olds got sick on my shoes. That's probally because there were ono 14 year olds or alcohol there. Me and my best friends in the whole wide world got together for dinner and movies last night. I had the best time, my friends are awesome! We watched 'Clerks' 'Repo Man' (that opening scene was so cool!) and 'Fame.' Yeah, I know, bit of an 80s thing, but by the time we got around to 'Fame' it was 1:45 in the morning and we needed a mindless movie Contrary to most sleep overs, we did sleep a lot (we went to bed around 3:45 and woke up when Heather said 'er, guys, it's quarter to one'), but we slept on the floor, which is never good for sleeping on. My back is killing me. I should probally go ice it and read the rest of the forum...

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Celestina W. - Jul 31, 2004 8:22 pm (#1465 of 2955)
Edited by Jul 31, 2004 8:23 pm

Hello, everybody!

Happy Birthday to Veronika, Jo Rowling, Harry and (yesterday) Neville!

I'm afraid I haven't got any haircut horror stories to share. I rarely get my hair cut, and when I do it's usually nothing more interesting than a couple of inches taken off -- partly to avoid ending up with any horror stories! But I am planning to grow it out longer again and maybe next time I'll have enough cut off to donate it.

Azi, that really makes me mad about those 14-year-olds. I hope they learned a lesson. Underage drinking is a huge problem in my community and school and there are few things that bother me more.

Thank you to everyone who liked my avatar.

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I Am Used Vlad - Jul 31, 2004 8:28 pm (#1466 of 2955)

I just want to say hi to everybody. I've been missing for the last two weeks, and have several thousand posts to catch up on, so I think I'll say bye as well.

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Ozymandias - Jul 31, 2004 10:56 pm (#1467 of 2955)

Same here. I just got back from a lovely week at the beach (Sherlock Holmes and seagulls...quite relaxing) but now I have a million posts. So hello everyone!
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Sir Tornado - Aug 1, 2004 4:03 am (#1468 of 2955)

Hey Catherine... why don't you get Daisy into a doggie-jumper? Might cheer her up. My Dad's friend is nutty about Dogs. (personally I'm afraid of them. Been bitten twice and stay yards away from them) He gets some cute sweaters and jerkins knit for his Dogs and gets them to wear it in winter. I should say they seem to like it.

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Catherine - Aug 1, 2004 7:02 am (#1469 of 2955)

Tornedo, I think Daisy definitely needs clothes, like a house elf! She has started to take matters into her own hands. I have high hopes that she is slowly returning to "herself."

Here's a picture of her wrapped up in my daughter's dress-up feather boa! Maybe other clothes should follow!



We've enjoyed our birthday celebrations here, but I think we're getting a massive storm, so I'm heading out in a little while to stock up on essentials in case our area floods per usual. We were in the area about five years ago with Hurricane Floyd that devastated our area so much that the public schools didn't have class for 3 weeks. We take our storms much more seriously now.

Have a good Sunday, everyone!

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VeronikaG - Aug 1, 2004 8:39 am (#1470 of 2955)

I just have to say thanks again for all the birthday greetings.

About the "no candy before 18" law, it's just a suggestion that our former minister of health made before retiring from his post. It has yet to be seriously concidered. And judging by the physical shape of the majority of our ministers, we don't need to be afraid yet. A few chocolate addicts there I bet. They spend all their time in meetings, and never have time to exercise.

As Aisha probably can confirm, this has been a cold summer up here. But today it is so hot I'm melting wether I'm inside or outside. Two more weeks to build a tan before we go back to school. Hiding the fact that I became addicted to the Sims (and I don't even have the expansions) and spent a little to much time in front of my computer instead of in the little sun there has been.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 1, 2004 9:22 am (#1471 of 2955)

Aaawwww, Catherine. She looks positively radiant. You know, the fur over her eyes, in that angle, makes it look like she's wearing incredibly long eyelashes! What a diva.

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megfox - Aug 1, 2004 10:11 am (#1472 of 2955)

Rebecca - I did that too. My hair was down past my bottom my freshman year of college, and I cut it to my chin. I kept the braid (I think my mom still has it in a plastic bag at their house). As my hair grows as fast as most weeds, it was again halfway down my back by Senior year, and I again cut it, this time donating enough hair to Locks of Love to make three (yes, 3!) wigs. My hair is so thick, it can barely be held in one of those super extra large industrial strength elastics, so even ten inches is a lot of hair from my head! If any of you ladies ever decide to cut your hair really short, and you have enough to make a decent size braid, I suggest that you donate it. It’s a really great program.

As usual, I am slow on the uptake, so, Happy Birthday, Harry, Jo, and anyone else celebrating this weekend!

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Penny Lane. - Aug 1, 2004 12:18 pm (#1473 of 2955)

I have hair that is halfway down my back, and I've been thinking about cutting it - but I was told that Lock of Love doesn't take hair thats been chemically treated. My hair doesnt' have split ends, nor it’s it frizzy or damaged by all of the highlighting and coloring (I have a hard time with decisions) but it has been treated. So, does any one know the rules on that?

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azi - Aug 1, 2004 12:27 pm (#1474 of 2955)

My hair has now finally (after the last fiasco at the hairdressers in which they lopped 7 inches off when I said a trim) back to waist length and I am most definitely not getting it cut! For some reason I cringe when anyone cuts my hair and get close to freaking out.

I've never heard about Locks of Love before. For the posts I gather you give hair to make wigs. Is that it, or is there more?

Hope everyones having a brilliant day!

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Chemyst - Aug 1, 2004 1:11 pm (#1475 of 2955)

azi -- just google locksoflove.org   The photos say it all.

Here are the rules:

We accept 10" minimum hair length (tip to tip), not wigs, falls, or synthetic hair  
Please bundle hair in ponytail or braid.  
Hair needs to be clean, dry, placed in a plastic bag, then padded envelope.  
We need hair from men and women, young and old, all colors and races.  
Hair may be colored or permed, but not bleached or chemically damaged (if unsure, ask your stylist).  
Hair swept off the floor is not usable.  
Hair cut years ago is usable if it has been stored in a ponytail.  
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McSnurp - Aug 1, 2004 8:33 pm (#1476 of 2955)

Hey everyone! Here's a pic I drew of Ginny Weasley, just wanted to share it. Wink

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Marie E. - Aug 1, 2004 8:35 pm (#1477 of 2955)

Cool picture, spiders. I can never draw people who actually resemble humans. More like stick people really.

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Ozymandias - Aug 1, 2004 8:36 pm (#1478 of 2955)

Very nice, spiders! Do you have a larger version? It's tiny on my computer, and I'd like to see more. (I've been drawing fan art lately too. Maybe I'll post my Ginny.)

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Celestina W. - Aug 1, 2004 9:06 pm (#1479 of 2955)

Spiders, that's really good. I wish I could draw, but alas, I can't manage much more than stick people, either. (You should see me playing Pictionary...)

Catherine, I think the boa is an excellent look for Daisy. And here's hoping the storm misses you this time.

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Sir Tornado - Aug 2, 2004 2:43 am (#1480 of 2955)

Spiders; that's a very good picture. I'm hopeless at drawing. Catherine, don't be disheartened; Daisy still looks cute; better than my neighbour's dog anyway.

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septentrion - Aug 2, 2004 2:55 am (#1481 of 2955)

I spent my yesterday evening consolating my old neighbour who has lost her dog. He has been hurt by a car and nothing can have been done. My neighbour lives alone and was accustomed to have her dog on her heels wherever she went, she'll have a hard time to try and get accustomed to this loss. At least, I hope her hard time won't last too much. She's really a sweetie and I hate to see her crying.

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Sir Tornado - Aug 2, 2004 3:47 am (#1482 of 2955)

I'm really sorry for your neighbour septentrion. Give her my condolences.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 2, 2004 4:53 am (#1483 of 2955)

Hey, wow! Another spider! I like your name. Does this mean you're secretly dangerous?

Chemyst, my oldest daughter donated her black, waist-length hair to Locks of Love. She was so happy she could do it!

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megfox - Aug 2, 2004 5:06 am (#1484 of 2955)

Penny, my hair was highlighted when I donate it. As long as it isn't damaged because of the treatment, you should be fine. Your stylist can also cut out dead or split ends for you before you donate the hair.

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Pinky - Aug 2, 2004 6:12 am (#1485 of 2955)

A big "thank you" to all the pet owners on the forum. I have a friend who just moved to a new home this weekend. One of her kitties disappeared and couldn't be found. I am not a pet owner, but despite that, I was able to sympathize with her over her loss, and then be happy with her when the kitty finally showed back up again. I relied a lot on the words of comfort and encouragement that I had read here when some of you went through the same thing. My friend seemed so surprised that I "knew" what it was like and how nice I was being. Hee, hee - it was only because I had learned from all of you! Thanks for teaching me to be a better friend!

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icthestrals - Aug 2, 2004 6:54 am (#1486 of 2955)

Awww, Pinky. That's great!! And I'm glad the kittie showed up.

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Padfoot - Aug 2, 2004 9:01 am (#1487 of 2955)

Happy belated birthday Veronika! Birthday

Catherine, Daisy looks very cute dressed up. Definitely a feminine girly girl.

I hope everybody had a good weekend. I took my 95 year old Grandma on a drive to the top of Trail Ridge Road (the highest paved road in the US). It really feels like the top of the world up there. I do not remember the elevation, but it's at least 2 miles high above sea level. It was so pretty up there, very green with lots of wild flowers. Flower Flower Flower

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Sir Tornado - Aug 2, 2004 9:24 am (#1488 of 2955)

Hey, wow! Another spider! I like your name. Does this mean you're secretly dangerous? -- Round Pink Spider.

RPS; are YOU secretly dangerous?

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 2, 2004 9:49 am (#1489 of 2955)

My computer is finally out of the shop. I am glad to be back. So much to catch up on.

Leila

I am so sad. They are cutting back hours at my job so in the fall I wont be able to tutor as much

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Essidji - Aug 2, 2004 10:11 am (#1490 of 2955)

Just wanted to say hi to everyone. Hope you haven't forgotten me, co's I've been missing you all. Not a single hour since June to sneak in here, and what do I see? More than 1500 unread messages, just on the chat thread!

I'm really glad to work now, though all is not as idyllic as I had imagined first... Especially concerning the relationship with my boss : sometimes I feel he is a horrible dementor! He does everything he can to give me as little information as possible and loves humiliating me when he sees I have done a mistake... that kind of things. He loves cars and money, likes criticizing the appearance of persons (women in particular), and he believes he is a sort of Don Giovanni. Just to portay him shortly... Fortunately all my colleagues are nice and it matters a lot.

So, the main news is : who on earth could the Half-Blood prince be, uh? Not a clue, my dears... but I might get an idea tonight.

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Good Evans - Aug 2, 2004 11:14 am (#1491 of 2955)

I used to work for a dementor too. Clearly all bosses turn in to dementors at some point !!! I hope I dont though!!!

my first post on the chat thread. Anyone there to chat?

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Padfoot - Aug 2, 2004 12:34 pm (#1492 of 2955)

Essidji, sorry to hear you are working for Dementors. Keep lots of chocolate around just in case.

Good Evans, welcome!

Well I just had some excitement at lunch today. I went to my bank drive through area and got backed into by a large Range Rover. My poor car is smushed in the front passenger side. I was able to drive it away, so it looks mostly like body damage. I got the insurance information from the man driving the SUV. I hope everything goes smoothly as I have not filed a claim against anyone before. It's amazing how much body damage a car can have when someone back into it. My poor Lexus looks so sad and pitiful. Oh well, it could have been much worse, and he does have insurance.

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Good Evans - Aug 2, 2004 12:40 pm (#1493 of 2955)

OOH dear padfoot - sorry to hear that - I had someone run in to me in january - that wasn't much fun either, but it all comes out in the wash - so long as you are ok - machines are replaceable - harry potter fans aren't!

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septentrion - Aug 2, 2004 1:10 pm (#1494 of 2955)

Padfoot, I had once such a kind of trouble. No harm to anybody, that's the most important, but a loooooooooot of "tedious papers". I hope it'll be simplier for you. BTW, do you know how we call the front passenger side here ? (maybe you have the same expression ?) : "la place du mort" (the place of the dead). I should consider driving Voldemort on the front passenger side and provoke and accident ?

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Padfoot - Aug 2, 2004 1:48 pm (#1495 of 2955)

La place du mort, how sinister and creepy! Well I have talked to his insurance company and mine and to him as well. See this man who hit me owns his insurance company. So things may get sticky. So far he is acting nice, we will see how long that lasts. I am waiting until tomorrow to have his insurance claim adjuster call me. Then I find out what to do next. This is such a hassle. Argh!

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Ozymandias - Aug 2, 2004 3:31 pm (#1496 of 2955)

Septrention, I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor. It's so hard to try and help someone who has lost a loved one. Your neighbor is lucky to have you there to help her.

Padfoot, that's awful! He owns the company? I hope he doesn't try to pull a fast one on you. Good luck.

And to add to the bad news list, I found out today that my family's mail was stolen on Thursday. The credit card bill was in there, and someone charged $15,000 on it! Luckily, we don't have to pay anything, but it's still a hassle. Plus, I'm pretty sure that my housing packet with all the information about moving into my dormitory was mailed to me on thursday too, so now I have to call the school. Grr. Ah well, no lasting harm at least.

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Flame Alligator - Aug 2, 2004 7:43 pm (#1497 of 2955)

Veronika, Belated Happy Birthday, girlfriend. I wrote you an e-mail.

I got my queue cut and the rest of hair cut too, today. My friend, also salon owner and stylist, cut off 2 feet of hair...... eek! But it looks very cute if I do say so. Now I look like I Dream of Jeanie with a tattoo. I will donate my braid to Locks for Love. The great thing is she pulled it straight and cut all the split ends out before she cut it off. I had not read the posts about Locks for Love yet.

To all who have a birthday today: Happy Birthday, have a good one.

I did a marathon shopping trip today. The worst part is I tried on a lot of dresses found nothing I liked. *sigh*

Goedeavond

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Julia. - Aug 2, 2004 7:51 pm (#1498 of 2955)

Awww, poor Flame. All those dresses and noting. Keep at it girlie, you'll find something! Also, yay for you for donating your hair to Locks of Love

Woo-Hoo, only six more days until I go to Yankee Stadium!

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Sir Tornado - Aug 2, 2004 8:33 pm (#1499 of 2955)

Padfoot; I'm really sad about your poor car. I hope your insurance claim goes well. They do usually. My uncle also has had an accident recently. His van had crashed into a pickup and had upturned. The entire left side of the Van was completely smashed. Thankfully, we have the driver's seat on the right side in our country so he wasn't hurt. Just a few broken bones in his hand; nothing serious.

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Celestina W. - Aug 2, 2004 8:36 pm (#1500 of 2955)

Padfoot, sorry about your accident, but I'm glad nobody was hurt. Hope the insurance works out all right.

Yankee Stadium, Julia? Now why on earth would you want to go there? Just kidding. I'm sorry to have to tell you I'm a dedicated Yankees anti-fan -- I root against them at all times, except when they're playing a Central Division team that's close to the Twins in the standings (like the White Sox). I went to the Twins game yesterday, and they beat the Red Sox, which I suppose made you happy. Anyway, have fun when you go.
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Caput Draconis - Aug 3, 2004 2:55 am (#1501 of 2955)

Gah, la place du mort, seriously? That is creepy...

Yankee Stadium...too cool. It's like some mystical place of far away excitement, the prospect of actually physically going there is...surreal. Have fun!

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Elanor - Aug 3, 2004 5:28 am (#1502 of 2955)

Hi Septentrion ! I was glad to read you're an historian too, what was your favourite subject in Contemporary History ? You're right, being a student was really great and that is true, we forget what we learnt easily : I think I have forgotten the Merovingian genealogy we had to know by hart for an exam the day after it ! But I don't know why, some other things remains : I'm still able to recite the roman emperor's list till Marcus Aurelius (quite useless, I know, but funny !). And sometimes, things you thought you had forgotten come back suddenly, like when you ear a question in a TV game and the answer comes all alone. But, the most important thing is certainly that, even if we have forgotten details, we still know where to find them if we need them, don't we? By the way, what have you done after the University, are you a teacher?

About la place du mort : we are so used to this expression here in France that we don't think much about it. It's more like a joke sometimes, as when you say "Ok, if you're not afraid, we take my car. Who wants "la place du mort"? Come on, I'm not that bad a driver..."

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Chemyst - Aug 3, 2004 5:36 am (#1503 of 2955)

That is so true about what we forget and what we remember! Sometimes I surprise myself and wonder 'How did I know that?'

About la place du mort : Where I grew up, everyone called that the "suicide seat." I haven't heard the expression in awhile.

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Accio Sirius - Aug 3, 2004 5:50 am (#1504 of 2955)

Julia, from your avatar, you look like a little Natalie Portman!! How cute! I'm enjoying the series, BTW!

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H4RR7P0773R  - Aug 3, 2004 5:58 am (#1505 of 2955)
Edited by Kip Carter Aug 3, 2004 6:00 am

Hi all , Just a note to let you all know that I am back in town. Missed alot of stuff on the fourum when I was away. Looking forward to HBP chat soon.

bye

luv Neil

I edited this post. - Kip

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Catherine - Aug 3, 2004 5:58 am (#1506 of 2955)

Padfoot,

I am so sorry about your car. I'm sending a cheering charm and best wishes for an easy insurance settlement. Let us know if this guy balks; we'll send him lots of hexes if he tries anything! Maybe you can drive a loaner turquoise Ford Anglia in the meantime! ;-)

Kudos to those who have donated their hair to Locks of Love. Daisy is happy that if her story about a bad haircut prompted discussion about this wonderful charity, then it was all worth it. Even if Daisy does look like a house elf.

We've been inundated with rain here, and I'm getting a little tense. Alex hasn't hit us yet, but in our area, we worry less about the winds than the flooding. Our area was the one in the news for weeks about 5 years ago. We were without power for days until finally we found a road that the water had receded from and went to stay in Virginia. I was pregnant, and the utilities people were saying that you had to boil the water before drinking from the tap but that infants and pregnant women shouldn't drink the water at all. I had friends whose toilets wouldn't flush for weeks. UURGGHH! I really don't want to be trapped in the house with my husband two children, two dogs, and no electricity or running water. If you want an amusing picture, imagine me standing outside during the eye of the hurricane trying to get my dog to use the bathroom before the winds start up again.

I'm a right ray of sunshine today! :-)

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ShelterGirl - Aug 3, 2004 6:10 am (#1507 of 2955)

Major excitement over here! I have some form of respiratory cooties, and I'm home from work today! I'll get to wade through all of the posts!

Padfoot- I'm sorry to hear about your accident. I think of my car as my baby, and the slightest hurt to it, even though it is fixable, makes me sad.

Catherine- I was in Greenville during Fran. We didn't get hit too hard then. During Floyd I was in Angier. Dodged a bullet there too. I keep thinking that sooner or later my luck is going to run out. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that the Tar River stays where it's supposed to be, and hope that all of you make it through today alright.

Oh, and our dog Bailey was a 16 week old puppy when Fran hit, and I had to take her outside to go right after the major part of the storm stopped. The poor thing was standing there bracing herself with her ears flapping in the wind. The puppy photos I have of her show giant X-es of duct tape on the windows in the background.

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septentrion - Aug 3, 2004 6:20 am (#1508 of 2955)

Hurricanes : glad we don't have any of them round here, even if older people remember to have seen a tornado once or twice.

Elanor, I work in the ANPE (job office), so I don't use any history knowledge for my job. I studied more particularly social contemporary history, and in history of arts, medieval churches. I still love churches, cathedrals...but now I spend more time in reading novels, being on the web, going to the cinema, translating the lexicon...What I remember is the greek alphabet, which I studied at the age of 13/15. Weird what's stuck in our heads !

If you want to see me, click here

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ShelterGirl - Aug 3, 2004 6:24 am (#1509 of 2955)

Septentrion- You've been to Karnak???? I humble myself before you...

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Neldoreth - Aug 3, 2004 6:28 am (#1510 of 2955)

wow Septentrion, you've been travelling around a lot you lucky girl! thanks for those pics, they are great!

I've been very busy lately so i missed a lot of news around here

Welcome to all the new members and I hope everyone is all right!

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 3, 2004 6:47 am (#1511 of 2955)

Catherine, I'm planning on sending you the strongest Drought Charm imaginable just as soon as I can find an envelope big enough! Poor Daisy, she's been throught enough without having to try and go during a severe storm. Though I hate having as many tornedoes as we do here, I think I'd rather them than hurricanes or earthquakes. At least tornadoes can be tracked and are over quickly.

Padfoot, it sounds like you're getting some of my bad luck!  Chat & Greetings 2004 - Page 5 793915934  I had that very same thing happen to me 2 weeks ago. The guy who hit me was apologetic and sincere, his insurance company, on the other hand, was a bit of a problem. But I got it all sorted out in the end, as I'm sure you will too. Now my car looks as good as it did before the accident. Don't worry about yours. Body shops can do amazing things. Just be persistent and keep calling his insurance; don't wait to hear from them. Also, as a precaution, you could find if any of the tellers happened to see the accident. That way if his insurance company does try to play dirty, you'll have a witness. And, as we know, "there's nothing like a good witness." Good luck!

Poor Ozy! I'm glad the damage isn't lasting and your parents don't have to pay that outrageous bill! I bet ol' Mike is having a pretty good time on his business trip.

My bad luck continues somewhat. For a few days now, I've been having severe allergy attacks, despite my use of OTC medicine. I get these sneezing fit’s in the shower where I have to sit down in the tub because I can't catch my breath. Yesterday (2 days before I leave for Ohio!) I began running a tempature, my throat began to hurt and I developed a bit of a cough.Sicky NOOOO!!! Luckily, I went to an after-hours care place, got loaded down with allergy medication and feel quite a bit better today. No sneezing yet! Allergies can make you feel so darn miserable.

We're leaving tomorrow morning for Abbey Road on the River, so I won't be able to read or post for an entire week! We all should plan our vacations at the same time, that way no one has to come home to mountains of posts!

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septentrion - Aug 3, 2004 7:20 am (#1512 of 2955)

I'm glad you liked my pictures. I love travelling and can't do it as much as i'd like to because of money. I'd still like to see Brittany, Morocco, Firenze (Florence), Roma, Andalousie (Spain), Iran, USA, Croatia, Canada...and see again Venezia, London, Auvergne...

Sherbie, your idea is good but I doubt we could all go on vacation at the same time.

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Padfoot - Aug 3, 2004 8:43 am (#1513 of 2955)

Thanks everyone for your concern over my car. I took it into a body shop this morning for an estimate. They are going to fax that information over to this guy's insurance. I will call them later today to be sure they got the information and find out about renting a car. If anything new develops I will keep you posted.

Other than that, everything is going well here. We have a full week of 90+ weather. Makes me appreciate air conditioning. Sun

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Elanor - Aug 3, 2004 9:02 am (#1514 of 2955)

I've really liked your pictures Septentrion! I love travelling too. Just like you, I visited Egypt, Turkey : I specially loved Egypt (2 marvelous weeks on a cruise on the Nile...). I also visited Canada (from Niagara Falls to Baie Ste Catherine), the USA (beautiful national parks in the west, Las Vegas, San Francisco - I felt in love with it ! - and Los Angeles).

There are so many other places I'd want to know, but for now a year and a half, I have to stay quiet because I have serious problems with my back (a sciatica that doesn't leave me, and since awful surgical corsets I had to wear for 4 months, muscles of my back are as hard as wood !).

Besides, I wanted to sincerely thank all of you on this forum because you really have made my life happier these last weeks. It was really hard for me to finish the school year, I was exhausted with the pain added to the work, and holidays were not to be encouraging for I can't walk or drive for a long time and have a lot of reeducation to do. But this forum has given me happier thoughts, a lot of interesting researches to do and really cheered me up ! Thanks again everybody, I am glad I have met you all ! And I am confident : I will climb the Grand Canyon again !

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azi - Aug 3, 2004 9:06 am (#1515 of 2955)

Wow, lucky you Padfoot! Hot weather! I have...errr rain. A friend living about 10 miles away commented that it was thundering every 15mins or so but I haven't heard any. It was muggy yesterday but not particuarly nice.

Elanor, I hope you get loads better quickly!

I've decided school holidays are boring but I still don't want to go back to college. College means I have to do homework and therefore my Harry Potter interests have to be temporarily abandoned and I get deprived. *sigh* I'm sure I will be worse off when I enter the world of work. Smile

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Julia. - Aug 3, 2004 9:31 am (#1516 of 2955)

Padfoot, I'm sorry to hear about your accident, I'm just glad you're ok and there's no major damage to your car. If the insurance people give you a hard time, I'll just Imperio them and tell them not to do that.

Catherine, booooooo for too much rain. I mean, rain is good, it helps flowers grow and if you get caught in it, it's like taking a shower outside while fully clothed and not getting clean. But I guess too much isn't good. I really hope you don't get flooded!

Sherbie, I'm so sorry you're sick! Two days before you leave, what horrible timing! *sends Sherbie lots of extra Pepper Up Potion and hugs*

Accio Sirius, you think I look like Natalie Portman! Now that's one I've never heard before. I assure you, I look nothing like Queen Amidala. I do actually have a pic of me now that will be my avatar at some point, but, alas, it's the last one in the series, which, by the way, I'm thrilled that you're enjoying.

Grrr, must get going, I have class in half an hour! (What? Class in the summer? Oh, the joys of college, at least it's over in three days.)

Have an awesome day everyone! *huggy huggy all around*

Do I seem like I'm in a good mood? I am, and I'll tell you why. A) only five days until I go to Yankee Stadium, and B) my friend Etai got into Rabinical school! Yay!

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Chris. - Aug 3, 2004 12:56 pm (#1517 of 2955)

Hello everyone!

Just celebrating my brother's eighteen birthday tonight. The candles were just blown out! Yay Hay! The cake looks good! Yummmmm!

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Jim the Potty - Aug 3, 2004 1:07 pm (#1518 of 2955)

There is cake to be eaten and you're posting on a Harry Potter forum? Thats one for the YKYAHPFW thread...

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 3, 2004 1:11 pm (#1519 of 2955)

Hi, just got back from my daughter's allergist. She doesn't need shots yet so She does need a pill thoough. I never thought they gave pills to 5 year olds so I hope she cooperates. The rugs must go apparently. I am too broke for that, so I need to get some overtime at work. Failing that, I could try to break into Gringotts. Well have a great day. Julia, don't worry Rain Delays happen.

Leila

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Catherine - Aug 3, 2004 1:25 pm (#1520 of 2955)

Leila,

My daughter has epilepsy and had to start taking pills at 5 also. At first they gave her chewables, but she hated them so much that she tried the "swallow" kind and she did great. Good luck. I know replacing carpet is expensive, so my best to you on that as well. Maybe Gringott's is an option after all!

I had to hit the bookstore and the video store to stock up in case Alex really socks it to us. It has already rained nonstop for the last week, so I start to get antsy.

Thanks Shelter Girl for the encouragement. I hope your luck with storms doesn't run out. Hope you kick the cooties! How's little Bella?

Today is my oldest daughter's ninth birthday, and she picked out a....Harry Potter cake! Yeah! I confess that I am as entranced with it as she is. Her favorite present was the Lego Knight Bus, which she had already assembled by 9 a.m. this morning! We're off to celebrate in a little while.

Hope the folks in the coastal Carolinas stay safe and dry, and best wishes to all on the Forum!

Cheers!

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Marè - Aug 3, 2004 1:28 pm (#1521 of 2955)

So, I just got back from London, and decided I would come in here and bore you all with a long post. after this I'll probably be quite for awhile because I have a lot of reading to do (over 200 posts on this thread alone.)

You will all be very proud of me when I tell you that the first official thing I did when I was in london was drag my mother to platform 9/3/4 to look and take a picture.
I tried to walk through, but alas, I didn't work for me...
It is funny to stand there and look at all the different people that just come there to take a picture. They come in all ages, which just proves again that it is not just a childrens' book.

The next day was July 31st (Happy birthday Harry!) and because it was Harry's birthday and I was missing all the potential fuss on jkrowling.com and the forum I celebrated by dragging my mom into King Cross again!
This time I went to the actual platforms 9 and 10, which are the ugliest platforms the station has. There is no wall between them and it is obvious Jo had another station in mind when she wrote the books.
We took a look at the wall where the movie was shot, I think I got it right, it is now decorated with a lovely bright orange (hurt my eyes!) security poster...
I took a picture of the bridge where I think Hagrid and Harry stood. It is covered with some plastic thingy from the inside. I think I got the right bridge on picture, but I can't remember, so I might have to go and look at the movie again. But it is going to take awhile before I will be able to do that.. Was there a clock somewhere?
BTW The first thing I did when I was on the forum again, was check the JKR site thread. So nothing happened, blast it! Thanks to Sarah for posting the pictures of Harry's and Nevilles birthday wishes. (And happy birthday to Neville too!)

I also took pictures of St Pancras, which outside is used in the movie. It is one big construction site now, so I hope there aren't too many metal pipes on it. (guess we won't be seeing it in the GoF movie).
Furthermore I tried to nick a yoghurt commercial which had the headliner: Potty! (didn't work) and had a nice discussion in the top of a dubbledecker with a little dutch boy about Harry Potter. "Had he seen 9/3/4 yet?" "No" Shame! We directed him to it and he was all excited (I'm not sure about his parents) My mother and he had a nice conversation about the movie (couldn't join in, still haven't seen it...) And I forgot to tell him it was Harry's birthday.
Silly me. Then again, I already think that the parents thought me a bit nuts.

As told I went to see "The mousetrap", and I took Madam Pince's advice and didn't reread the story before I went to see it.
So we were in the uppercircle, but I could see it very well and loved the decor!
But anway I was enjoying myself a lot, looking at the play trying to pick up clues, figuring out who did it, when one of the players had this little conversation which was supposed to "prove" it's innocence. It made me think "but hey, what if" (I have this nasty habit of guessing plots way before the end of a book of movie...)
And something from the story which I have read years ago came back to me. So I was stupid enough to nudge my mom (who had reread the story) and ask her if the murderer was said person, hoping she would say no and I could continue my guessing.
But it was. And allthough I still enjoyed the play a lot, for who-ever is going to see it, don't read the book beforehand. It's much more fun when you can still guess and have to be suspicious off all the persons on stage.

Anyway I had a lot off fun, got a great sunburn and will probably be reading posts for the rest of the summer.. (So many!)
A great day (or night) to all off you, see you around!

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True Love - Aug 3, 2004 3:14 pm (#1522 of 2955)

Greetings from Ottawa (Canada) Just got word that I can now post as well as read the messsages on this site. So cool! Of course now that I have the opportunity I haven't a clue what to say because, frankly I think a lot has already been said or speculated on these books but I am sure something will come to mind as I read through the threads again.

I am pleased to see that I am not the only "adult" HP fan. I am in my late 40's and have considered seeking professional help, only confessing to my nearest and dearest about my obsession with everything HP. My friends, are as true as Hr/R/H are - having lent me their books, their videos and gone to see the 3rd movie with me again and again. My husband (who also read the books) debates the stories with me as best he can bu I certainly can use another venue to hear me out. Glad to be on board.

Stay tuned - more to come from this capital city!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 3, 2004 3:29 pm (#1523 of 2955)

True Love, I thought of The Princess Bride when I saw your screen name and lo and behold, when I clicked on it, I saw it was part of your email address. Great movie!

Enjoy posting.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 3, 2004 6:16 pm (#1524 of 2955)

Azi! The woman in your avatar would make a perfect Bellatrix LeStrange.

Maré, how happy for you to visit London. I miss it so...

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Sir Tornado - Aug 3, 2004 11:52 pm (#1525 of 2955)

Catherie- how's Daisy doing? Found some new clothes for herself?

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septentrion - Aug 4, 2004 12:28 am (#1526 of 2955)

Marè, you lucky girl !

Elanor, back aches are terrible ! I'm glad we could help you to ease the pain.

I've seen my neighbour yesterday, she seems a lot better. She's so strong ! Thanks

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Leviosa - Aug 4, 2004 1:29 am (#1527 of 2955)

Hello everyone! It's quite a long time since I last posted but I hope you haven't forgotten me. My internet connection is a real pain these days and often breaks down every few minutes. I don't know what's wrong (besides that my whole computer is completely messed up) so I hope that one lovely day everything will work properly again...

I have vacation now, finally. YAY! I'm glad I have more time and can relax and the weather here is fantastic as well

Happy belated birthday to everyone who had one! I hope you had a great day.

Marè, your trip to London sounds like fun! I want to visit London, too, but I don’t know when I’ll have the money, so I don’t think it’ll be in the near future.

I hope you’re all having a great day!

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Crystal Moony - Aug 4, 2004 3:30 am (#1528 of 2955)

hi everyone.I am Crystal Moony.this is my first time out here and I have to say,this site is so cool.I would like to post a thought on CoS and many other things that are bothering me.i dont know whether someone had the same idea and have posted it already.so,sorry if you have seen it there,heard it before. I think JKR has said that book 2 has some clue that tells for the whole series.let's see. 1)Lucius helps to bring out his master. in GOF Wormtail aids his master for his second(or third,if you consider Lucius's ploy) rising. 2)Tom awakens the monster and goes muggle-borns hunting for a while.then he turns his attention to Harry. Voldie goes prophesy hunting in OOTP.since the series is near ending,I think he will now turn his attention to Harry in the next 2 books. 3)Tom calls the basilisk to fight Harry.Fawkes comes for help(not for rescue).when Harry is mortally hurt, Fawkes gives life to Harry. in GOF Fawkes' song gives Harry moral courage.in OOTP Voldie with his DE try to kill Harry,fawkes' owner,Dumbledore saves Harry from AK. 4)but in the end Harry has to rely on his own resourcefulness,and kills the memory with the basilisk's fang. in OOTP,Harry's own love fights off voldie. what I am trying to say is,Dumbledore will NOT give him the ultimate weapon,but an aid which (I feel) is so different to the point of ridiculous(like the sorting hat) ,will save Harry at some point,and then leave Harry to do his bit on his own. and that the ultimate weapon will be the weapon that Voldie uses.(see basilisk).it maybe a spell,even DE or even Wormtail. I dont think DD will die,anyhow.I dont want him to die. I think that however powerful he is, he is one yearning for a peaceful life (and death) like the life of the small village priest (like the villages in Agatha Christie's minus the murders) ,if the sherbet lemon & socks incident are held as insightful. I would like to post some questions too.if Voldie can read Harry's mind wont he learn about the prophesy anyway?and since he shares Harry's blood, he can attack Privet Drive now,cant he?wont he?since I am a non-english,I can't understand what DD means by "remember my last".last what?warning,letter,promise...what??? I read about the timeline on the Weasley family.well,Charlie can't be the youngest player as Harry is he one.my suggestion is that,Bill and Charlie are 2 years apart.but Percy maybe born a little later.can anyone fix this with JKR's,that the brothers are 2 years apart,each and the Weasley timeline?(I am a bit weak in maths) the DIGS thread by SP was scintillating,to say the least.can anyone tell me if there is any thread or essay for my questions?i am looking forward to see and hear from you cool guys and gals.

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Pinky - Aug 4, 2004 4:49 am (#1529 of 2955)

Whew! Welcome to the forum, Crystal! We can't even begin to answer all your questions on this thread -- this is actually the one thread where we rarely discuss Harry Potter! The best I can recommend for you to do is to read the titles of the many threads below here and see if any of them look like a good place to post your questions. The threads are sorted into categories to help make it a little easier to find the right place. By the way, you may recall from your registration process that we try to post with no netspeak, etc. I recommend that you 1) put a space after the period at the end of the sentence, 2) capitalize the first letter at the beginning of your sentences, and 3) capitalize the word "I". That will make it much easier to read your posts.

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Flame Alligator - Aug 4, 2004 5:57 am (#1530 of 2955)

Sherbie, I hope you are feeling better. If not, I hope a remedy is coming soon.

Padfoot, How are things going with the repair of your car?

Fawkes, Goedemiddag (Good Afternoon! Where are you? I miss you.

Happy Birthday to all having one.

I go on vacation soon and I can not find anyone to teach my yoga classes for me. My students moaned when I said I would be gone and hope to find a "sub". Not one yoga teacher here is available to teach flow. As Julia sometimes says, "Oh, bother!!" I may have to just cancel the class and add an extra one when I get back. I did work them extra hard yesterday and will do the same with my other classes.

There is one bright note. A number of my students travel a lot in the summer. Some "go in the field" as archaeologists, vacations and jobs that require international travel. They gave me the sweetest compliment. They said, "Flame, your class is the best. We do more in 20 minutes of your class than other yoga classes all over the world do in 2 hours." We are strong and fit yogis because of you." Isn't that sweet? I told them to remember that when I am kicking their butts during class. But I was so pleased that they appreciate me and best of all, that I get them in shape.

I have errands today. *boring* I still can't find a dress to go dancing in. This is getting frustrating. I hate having to try on clothes, ad nauseam, in stores anyway.

Have a great day!!

Goedemorgen everybody

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 4, 2004 6:14 am (#1531 of 2955)

True Love, I thought of The Princess Bride when I saw your screen name and lo and behold, when I clicked on it, I saw it was part of your email address.-- Lupin is Lupin

Wouldn't it be "Wuv, Trwue Wuv?" I wuv *cough*...love Princess Bride.

Anyway, I've been away for a few days’ vacation and, as expected, there is an astronomical number of posts everywhere. Looks like I won't get much done at work today! Smile

In parting, let me say that what I don't love (or wuv) is "The Village." Sheesh. IMHO, M. Night has shown himself to be a one trick pony and this horse is dead, dead, dead.

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Catherine - Aug 4, 2004 6:15 am (#1532 of 2955)

Hi to everyone!

Mare, I'm so jealous of your trip!

We had a nice little birthday celebration for my daughter, and her Harry Potter cake tasted as good as it looked. There was a little consternation over the candles, as one of them tipped over at the last minute, and looked like it was going to set Harry afire. I was thinking, "Oh no, not like Cedric with the dragon," but fortunately, Harry was not flammable. :-)

We stayed much drier than expected, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Hurricane Alex went back out to sea. It's good that everyone overprepared this time. Sometimes we get complacent, and then Mother Nature really socks it to us then.

Tornedo, thanks for asking about Daisy. She's still deciding if she wants to wear a jumper in the summertime. Did you see the picture of her in her boa several days ago? She likes that diva look the best!

I'm off to catch up on all of the posts I've missed over the last few days. Have a great day, everyone!

EDIT: Saw that Loopy Lupin posted while I did. *waves to Loopy* Was it a good vacation?

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 4, 2004 6:56 am (#1533 of 2955)

Yeah. Fishing (read: drinkin') with the boys. Fun.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 4, 2004 7:12 am (#1534 of 2955)

Wouldn't it be "Wuv, Trwue Wuv?" I wuv *cough*...love Princess Bride. --Loopy Lupin

As you wish, Loopy. As you wish.

Happy to hear you had a good vacation. I wondered where you were.

EDIT: My husband went to school down your way and did a bit of fishing--catfish, mostly.

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Padfoot - Aug 4, 2004 8:24 am (#1535 of 2955)

Welcome back Loopy!

Flame, I still am waiting to hear about my car. The auto body people were supposed to fax the estimate over to this guy's insurance company. I just called and they still have not done it yet. So I have to wait some more. Waiting

True Love, that is one of my favorite movies (and book) of all time.

Everyone have a great day!

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Kasse - Aug 4, 2004 8:41 am (#1536 of 2955)

In parting, let me say that what I don't love (or wuv) is "The Village." Sheesh. IMHO, M. Night has shown himself to be a one trick pony and this horse is dead, dead, dead. - Loopy Lupin

...I could not have said it better myself!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 4, 2004 8:49 am (#1537 of 2955)

...I could not have said it better myself! – Kasse

I must confess that what I said was a rough paraphrase of what Stephen Hunter (The Washinton Post critic) said. Did I listen? No, I had to see for myself. No wonder Ebert gave it 1 (yes, ONE!) star.

Sorry, for the venting but that was 2 hours of my life and 8 bucks of my money that I'll never get back. Ack!

EDIT-- Aw, thanks Lupin is Lupin. Smile

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wormsé - Aug 4, 2004 11:54 am (#1538 of 2955)

Hmmm... I myself liked The Village. Maybe I'm just weird that way... I just thought it was a bit different from most movies I see, and rather enjoyed watching it.

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Kasse - Aug 4, 2004 11:59 am (#1539 of 2955)

Wormsé we share a love for HP (of course) and Mr Orlando Bloom, but The Village is where we part ways......

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wormsé - Aug 4, 2004 12:10 pm (#1540 of 2955)

Hehe! Ah well, that's alright. I think the Orlando Bloom can make up for our differences. Wink Did anybody at least like Bryce Howard (the actress who played Ivy Walker)? I thought she was good, especially for a first movie.

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Kasse - Aug 4, 2004 12:16 pm (#1541 of 2955)

I liked her - she is very talented. Did you know that they guy who played August in "the Village" (Brendan Gleeson) will play Mad Eye?

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wormsé - Aug 4, 2004 12:24 pm (#1542 of 2955)

No, I didn't... At first I didn't know who you were talking about, so I looked him up. He's not exactly what I pictured... I think I should see another one of his movies before I decide if I think he's right for the part. I'm sure he'll be good, either way, though. Smile

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Kasse - Aug 4, 2004 12:36 pm (#1543 of 2955)

I suggest 28 days later, that was a good one

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 4, 2004 12:58 pm (#1544 of 2955)

I think Bryce Howard was great. Her look throws me a little though. She's the spitting image of her dad, but somehow still kind of pretty.

So, anyway, we must part ways on the Village. Let's let it be "The Bad Movie We Do Not Speak Of."

(P.S. Don't worry. That little joke didn't give away any of the movies secrets, but trust me that if I did give them away, you'd give them back.)

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Catherine - Aug 4, 2004 1:09 pm (#1545 of 2955)

Loopy Lupin,

You are making me spew with your comments about this movie. I almost want to see this movie so that I can decide if it is really that bad. You know, the movie that must not be named.

Tee hee!

Edit: Loopy, do your very best not to scream...actually I don't know what this means. I just nipped over to IMDB and it's the only memorable quote they have for this unnamed movie! Maybe it works...

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 4, 2004 2:02 pm (#1546 of 2955)

I haven't seen "The Village" yet, but loved "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable." Is it really that bad?

Edit: Loopy, since "The Significance of Halloween" thread is no more, I've switched my avatar back to Buster.

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Madam Pince - Aug 4, 2004 2:04 pm (#1547 of 2955)

Hi everyone! Back again....have been gone for a week (again) to attend yet another family reunion, etc. So many posts to catch up on!

Catherine, so sorry about poor Daisy's haircut. But if it's any consolation, I think she still looks darling. (Of course, this is coming from somebody who knows absolutely nothing about dog grooming, so....) Anyway, you asked a long time ago (I think) about pruning a clematis plant. Again, I'm no professional, but I've always just been fairly ruthless with pruning my clematises (is that the plural?) down to just about nothing every fall, and they come back like gangbusters every following year. Now maybe they are just extraordinarily hardy or something, I don't know. When I first got them I was too timid to prune much, then I read somewhere to really let 'em have it, so I did, and it turned out great. Hmmmmm... just occurred to me that maybe you could let Daisy's groomer work on your clematis plants.....

I'll have to go back and look at my Trixie Belden books, which are still at my Mom's house. Just off the top of my head, I'd guess I have maybe the first 25 or so in the series (naturally, just shy of the "rare" ones #35-39 -- that would be par for the course for my luck.) It is funny to go back and read those old books which are now somewhat "dated," isn't it? I found a non-fiction (?) one over at my aunt's house entitled "The Army Wife" which was written in the 1930's, I think, and I was in hysterics over the advice on how to be a docile, supportive, gracious-teaparty-hostess-type Army wife. I'm afraid I wouldn't have been very successful, unfortunately.

Boop, hope you're having a good day today. I know you're not necessarily looking for advice, but here's some anyway -- years ago when I was working and was totally stressed out and would feel the anxiety level going up, I would go and do some volunteer work at the local Ronald McDonald House (they provide housing near area hospitals for the families of children who are receiving various long-term health treatments at the hospital.) You might think that it would be depressing to be near sick children and to hear their stories, but for some reason it always worked the opposite way for me. I was always uplifted and inspired by their courage and their outlook on life. And if I felt like I was having a bad day, well... it was nothing much compared to what they were going through, I can tell you. So it always made me feel better to do what little I could to help. Maybe that would work for you, too! Just an idea.... Anyway, I am thinking of you and sending you big hugs!

Sherbie, your story about the see-through door just cracked me up! I wonder if that foreman went home and told his spouse about the incident? Tee-hee! Well, you have a good attitude about it!

That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was in college. We lived in a dorm that was divided into suites -- central living area with about 6 bedrooms coming off it, and the door from the outside hallway opened directly into the central area. Said door was sometimes locked, sometimes not. My suitemates and I had our ironing board and iron set up out in the central living room just for convenience sake. Well, one evening when we were getting ready to go dancing, I was out there in my bra and undies ironing my outfit for the evening (admittedly, not a great idea), when the outside door opened and in walked a very handsome (naturally) upperclassman (naturally, again) in a tuxedo (even more naturally), arriving to pick up our counselor for a formal. We both froze for a few seconds (me completely humiliated by being definitely the more "under-dressed" of the two of us, and contemplating whether I should scream and run for my room or just die of embarrassment right on the spot.) I finally decided that running would just be silly, and would make me feel more uncomfortable than him, (which of course is a state never to be wished for), so I decided the best course of action would be to just stand there and keep ironing and pretend that I was fully dressed. So I said "Hi there, Mike, how are you?" and he sat down in the corner of the room and became very engrossed in studying the pattern on the lampshade and stammered some sort of reply. So I finished ironing, my counselor came out of her room and gave me a very odd look, (probably thinking "Tramp!"), and they both left and I went to my room and collapsed.

Come to think of it, I don't think he ever asked my counselor out on another date again after that -- at least, I never saw him again. So, Cathy, wherever you are, I hereby apologize if I was in any way responsible for you not getting to marry Mike the handsome pre-med student. Sigh.....

Oooooooo....gives me an idea for a topic (not that we need one) -- what's everyone's most embarrassing moment? Um...I've already gone. Next?

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Celestina W. - Aug 4, 2004 2:25 pm (#1548 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 4, 2004 2:40 pm

Madam Pince, your ironing story just had me absolutely shaking with laughter! It sounds like you handled it in the best way possible, though. I feel sorry for poor Mike, he was probably just as embarrassed as you!

Well, I had been planning to go see The Village, but since I haven't really heard anything good about it, I'll probably just wait and rent the DVD. If it is a waste of money, I at least won't be wasting as much that way. That's what I did with Signs, which also turned out to be a disappointment, I thought.

EDIT: Missed the last part of your post. My most embarrassing moment? Wow, that's tough. I'll have to go with the "bubble incident". When I was (barely) five years old, my cousin and I were flower girls in our uncle's wedding. After the ceremony when the bride and groom were leaving the church, everyone got little bottles of bubble solution to blow bubbles at them. (This is done at some weddings instead of throwing rice or bird seed.) I wasn't very good at blowing bubbles and I got frustrated (again, I was barely five). So I had the brilliant idea to throw my bottle of bubble stuff right at the couple, and it hit the bride, my new aunt. As far as I know, her dress wasn't damaged, but my mom has never been so mad at me, before or ever since. She threatened to not let me go to the reception and just take me straight home, and I'm still not sure how I avoided that punishment. Anyway, the embarrassing part of this story is not the actual event (that was embarrassing to my parents, I suppose, but not really to me), but the fact that it gets brought up at just about every family gathering, even now, twelve years later. My cousin says that she threw her bottle, too, right after I did, but that doesn't help because everyone only remembers me. Fortunately, my aunt doesn't seem to hold it against me, but I still don't think I'll ever be able to live this down.

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Padfoot - Aug 4, 2004 2:28 pm (#1549 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 4, 2004 2:28 pm

Madam Pince, that was a great story. LOL. I would not have had the guts to stay in the room. As far as my most embarrassing moment, I will have to think about that. There are so many to choose from after all. There is nothing nearly as funny as your story though.

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Padfoot - Aug 4, 2004 3:08 pm (#1550 of 2955)

Off topic here, but I finally got the estimate for the body work on my car. It's $1,986.04 for a fender bender! Yikes. I sure am glad I do not have to pay that. It will be interesting to see what the other insurance company says. The estimate is broken down into great detail. Still, it's hard to believe that it costs that much to fix.
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Eponine - Aug 4, 2004 3:31 pm (#1551 of 2955)

When I was in first grade, I wore an unruly wrap-around skirt to school, and it fell down in the middle of the lunch room. Plus, I seem to remember that I had on day of the week panties on the wrong day.

That's the most embarrassing moment I can think of.

Edit: I thought of another horrible moment in my life. When I was about 13 or 14, my mother had two friends who would call our house who both had the last name. One of them was a much older lady while the other one was younger and rather overweight. The younger one called one day, and I answered the phone. I told my mom that Mrs. Smith was on the phone, and she asked which one. With the phone still in my hand, I yelled across the room, "The younger one; you know, the fat one." I still cringe when I think about saying that. I felt so bad! I did apologize a few days later, though. I was too embarrassed to say anything then.

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scully jones - Aug 4, 2004 3:44 pm (#1552 of 2955)

Going back quite a few posts, don't we call the suicide seat that you guys were talking about "shotgun" here in the U.S.? "I call shotgun!"

Let's see, embarrassing moment? Kindegarten, I was new at the school and was too embarassed to ask to go to the bathroom, seeing as how someone had just been told off for asking. Alas, being five years old, I could not hold it long. I was hoping no one would notice, but after a short time, my teacher came over and tapped me on the shoulder.

Sarah, do you need to use the restroom? asked Mrs. Shroeder.
No, why? said sarah meekly.
Teacher points silently at floor, drawing all the students' attentions to the long flowing puddle leading from my chair to the center of the room.

My friends still remind me of this. Oh the horror.

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Catherine - Aug 4, 2004 3:50 pm (#1553 of 2955)

Eponine, I'm so sorry, but that is a funny story, what with the "wrong day" of the week undies. At least Snape wasn't wearing day of the week underwear when HIS showed!

I have so many that it is difficult to choose. I once threw a pretty awful public tantrum when I was wacked out on hormones right before I got married. I believe it was over an orange-cranberry muffin. :-) It turns out I didn't react well to a certain medication and had decided that the cafe's lack of said muffin constituted betrayal and incompetence. What can I say? I really was looking forward to that muffin. I did apologize for this, and my medicine was changed immediately!

Then there was the skirt tucked into the pantyhose in a fraternity house bathroom which, fortunately, was spotted by someone before I emerged. :-)

Or, recently, when I was "going off" about a school board candidate and realized that the earnest young man to whom I was speaking was, most unfortunately, the candidate's son. Sad

Truly, the most embarrassing thing I can remember is my oldest daughter when we lived in Texas. She about 18 montths old, was sitting quietly in the grocery cart in the midst of a VERY long check-out line, when suddenly, out of nowhere, she says, "Look, Mommy!" On the end of her index finger was absolutely the hugest "bogey" anyone has ever seen (I think they grow them bigger in Texas). She said, "I got the big "boogy" out!" She was quite proud. Of course, I had no tissue, and was looking helplessly at this disgustingly huge and slimy artifact on my child's hand. She was quite proud and was waving it around, until a very nice old lady several people behind me handed me a tissue so that I could wipe it.

I really hoped that the floor would open up and swallow me, but it didn't. I have concluded from this that embarrassment is seldom fatal.

Cheers. Hope you didn't read this over dinner. Smile

EDIT: Mrs. Schroeder might need a teensy belated "Crucio!" Sorry that happened!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 4, 2004 4:04 pm (#1554 of 2955)

Is it really that bad? -- Nimrod 2000

As for the "Significance of Halloween" being no more, ah well, that's how it goes. Chaplin still rules though. Razz

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Denise P. - Aug 4, 2004 4:29 pm (#1555 of 2955)

My most embarrassing thing was when I was newly married. I was making mashed potatoes and put in too much milk...they were incredibly runny. Being a novice cook, I recalled what my dad did to thicken gravy. It certainly did the trick to those runny potatoes. Yes, I added a huge sum of FLOUR to the mashed potatoes. My gallant newly married husband choked down several bites without a murmur before I took a bite, spit it out and told him he didn't have to eat it LOL

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Catherine - Aug 4, 2004 4:53 pm (#1556 of 2955)

He sounds like an officer and a gentleman, Denise. Smile

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 4, 2004 5:49 pm (#1557 of 2955)

Denise, if that's your most embarrassing moment, I'm a nun.

***feels sure you are keeping the really good stuff to yourself***

I have a most embarrassing moment too, so embarrassing I refuse to share it with anyone.

Regarding The Village: I have every intention of seeing this movie (loved Signs and The Sixth Sense) and loving every minute of it. Not another bad word about it! ***looks menacingly at Loopy***

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Kasse - Aug 4, 2004 5:51 pm (#1558 of 2955)

Lupin I am not going to say another word I just wanted you to know that I too loved Signs and The Sixth Sense, all I will say is be warned......

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Madam Pince - Aug 4, 2004 5:58 pm (#1559 of 2955)

Come on, Kim, do tell!

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Catherine - Aug 4, 2004 6:04 pm (#1560 of 2955)

Obviously Denise and Kim are holding back on us.

Oh,well...

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ShelterGirl - Aug 4, 2004 6:12 pm (#1561 of 2955)

Mine is not suitable for mixed company.

And it isn't what you think. But I'm not telling anyway. Suffice it to say that I walked home from school one day in 9th grade with a huge piece of cloth wrapped around my waist.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 4, 2004 6:13 pm (#1562 of 2955)

Come on, Kim, do tell --Madam Pince

The Cruciatus Curse wouldn't be enough to get it out of me.

Nice try, though.

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Madam Pince - Aug 4, 2004 6:14 pm (#1563 of 2955)

Drat those pesky moths! Nibbling away at wool school uniforms has always been a problem, hasn't it, ShelterGirl?

And Kim, I was thinking more along the lines of "Imperio!" Tee-hee.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 4, 2004 6:22 pm (#1564 of 2955)

My most embarrassing moment is when I was breast-feeding. My daughter was nursing and I was talking to her father, in public. She had pulled away and squirted someone with my milk before I knew what happened. OR was it when Linda, Katrina's grandma, took pictures of the birth, including crowning and then showed my "entirety" to Katrina's grandfather.

Leila

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ShelterGirl - Aug 4, 2004 6:22 pm (#1565 of 2955)

If only we had HAD school uniforms. There might have been some extra ones in the building somewhere...

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Madam Pince - Aug 4, 2004 6:29 pm (#1566 of 2955)

Well, I was only posing an 'alternate theory' for you ... that's what we do best here, right?

Oh, and one other thing I forgot earlier -- Giant Squid Mike, (as opposed to Mike-the-pre-med-student) I think you gave me kudos for something which went completely over my poor tiny head. If I made a reference to something from "View From the Top," it was made unawares, I'm sorry to say. Do you mean the Zig Ziglar "View From the Top" (in which case you might be meaning the Myers-Briggs thing, which he may have referenced but I'm not sure because I never read it), or do you mean the Gwyneth Paltrow "View From the Top" (in which case I have no idea whatsoever!)

Anyway, thanks! It's always nice to get a compliment, even if totally undeserved!

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Ozymandias - Aug 4, 2004 6:31 pm (#1567 of 2955)

Aaaaah! Don't hold back! Then I will be all alone with my hugely embarrassing story! Nooooo!

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Pinky - Aug 4, 2004 6:35 pm (#1568 of 2955)

Er... folks... embarrassing stories are great fun and all... but let's be careful with the TMI (too much information), ok?

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Professor V - Aug 4, 2004 6:40 pm (#1569 of 2955)

I've been away for a few days, I had a mini-reunion with some of my friends from college. True to form - nothing in my life happens without incident. It all started last Friday, when I had yet another hair disaster, (the last time I went to get my hair cut I had asked for an inch or so to be cut off I ended up losing more than six inches, leaving me with the longest strands on my head only being two inches & that's being generous). This time I went in to get my highlights updated before the mini-reunion. I should tell you that I have always loved the way this stylist colors my hair. I wanted a combination of blonde and strawberry blonde highlights. What I got was patches of carrot red hair. And with that hair I had to go see my friends some of whom I hadn't seen in at least 6 years. Most of them were at least kind enough not to say anything about my hair, but it was hard to miss their looks of astonishment.

My life seems to be filled with embarrassing moments from carrot red patches of hair to not realizing I pulled my pants on inside out as I hurriedly got ready for school one morning (luckily, I noticed before anyone else). But near the top of the list is the reason I stopped quickly sketching illustrations for my class. A few years ago my eighth graders were discussing weather and air pressure, to go along with the discussion of air pressure we talked about the different types of barometers. Our book gave a great description of a very basic mercury barometer, but no picture. So I quickly sketched one on the board. This particular barometer was basically an inverted tube in a petri-like dish. When I looked back at the picture my first thought was that it looked like a crude drawing of a hand giving someone the finger. At which point I exclaimed something like, "Sugar-beans!" and made to erase it. But before I got the chance the co-teacher in the room and my class all gasped and then started laughing. I quickly erased the picture. I had no I idea why they were laughing, but in the end we were all laughing. It wasn't until later that I learned they had all thought that the picture resembled certain male anatomy. Needless to say the story lives in infamy.

I hope everyone is having a great week. Ruby

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ShelterGirl - Aug 4, 2004 6:40 pm (#1570 of 2955)

Ok Madame Pince. In that case, my new motto is...

Blame the Moths!

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Ozymandias - Aug 4, 2004 6:44 pm (#1571 of 2955)

Er... folks... embarrasing stories are great fun and all... but let's be careful with the TMI (too much information), ok? –Pinky

Sorry, I guess I just got so used to that being brought up ad nauseum in high school that I'm immune to it now.

Second most embarrassing moment: posting an embarrassing moment that's way too embarrasing. Now...to delete, or not to delete...

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Denise P. - Aug 4, 2004 6:44 pm (#1572 of 2955)

Let's keep in mind that we have all ages who read this thread, please be sure it is a family friendly embarrassing story you tell.

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Leprechaun Jack - Aug 4, 2004 7:00 pm (#1573 of 2955)



Ok I'll let you in on a very embarrassing. moment ( and I do believe I take the cake on this one)One time when I was in College I had become friends with this very lovely young lady, who sat next to me in one of my classes. As some time passed, she would pop up more and more often and stop to talk to me and I started to think that perhaps she might have a bit of a crush on me. Not knowing what to do about it (as I was in a relationship at the time)I decided to take her out to lunch and explain to her that although flattered, I was with someone and she would find a nice single guy soon.

Well she laughed so hard that tears ran down her face and she was holding her stomach from the pain. After calming herself down a bit, she explained that even though I was a nice guy I was not her type. She was a Lesbian and was actually interested in a friend of mine that I was usually with. As we were in the same class she could talk to me and find out if my friend was interested in her or not.

-BTW-

They have been together for 17 years now.

Top that

Jack

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Sir Tornado - Aug 4, 2004 8:26 pm (#1574 of 2955)

My most embarrassing moment... well, I just don't know what to say. I guess it was when I was 11 and scared to go to the Saloon to cut my hair. So; one fine Afternoon, I cut my hair myself without looking in a mirror. The result? My hair looked as though it was eaten in some places by mice. To top it all, no one told me this and were all laughing behind my back. I did not know about it until my english teacher pointed this out to me. The whole class exploded with laughter. Apparently, I had completely shaved my head down in the middle and had left it untouched near the edge.

Well; I'm really glad that some of the others have more embarrassing moments than me. BTW; I loved the Sixth Sense and Signs. I'm dying to see the Village, though my Dad probably won't let me see it on the big Screen; so, I'll have to wait for the DVD.

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Mrs. Sirius - Aug 4, 2004 10:52 pm (#1575 of 2955)

Most embarrassing moment, oh there are so many. Well, this is embarrassing only to me I think.

When I was about to graduate from college as a theatre major, it was tradition for the junior class to do a comedy parody roast of the graduating class. Well we sat through the whole skit and I knew we were approaching the end and I realized that not a single reference was made about me during the review. I was beginning to feel very hurt and left out. The final scene started the lights dimmed and the cast took their places on the stage. As the lights come up and the music started, (Canon by Pacabel,) I immediately recognized the character on center stage. She was in a navy and white leotard that I had favored, and lent to my roommate, although I was baffled why she wanted to borrow my leotard. Now the program at our school was heavily performance oriented and each morning was started with a balletic exercise called the "Checcetti Positions" which was set to Canon. This was supposed to help us improve our grace and balance and coordination.

(Now you need to picture what I look like: I am rather on the tall and thin side. I have very long arms and leg. Many people just assume that I am the very picture of grace and coordination and dance. But looks can be verrry deceiving, in my case they were.)

As the skit continues the central character does her Checcetti routine looking graceful enough, but, the other characters are slapped, kicked, stepped on, and eventually the entire class is knock out by the navy striped clad character, bowling style. The skit was a cross between, Swan Lake, the Three Stooges and boxing.

No words were spoken through out the skit, but no words were needed. In the audience everyone was on the floor laughing with tears in their eyes. It's still a bit embarrassing to know that anyone who knows me knows I'm are a klutz. But at least I hadn't been forgotten.

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septentrion - Aug 5, 2004 2:45 am (#1576 of 2955)

LOL, ROFL...well I've got embarrassing moments too. Once my skirt was stuck in my pantyhose and I crossed the entire school like that. By luck I had a long coat so the damage wasn't too bad and could be repaired before I took my coat off.

That's not the worse. For my job, I have to visit enterprises to know if they have job offers (I work in the job office). I saw the director of a store (Mrs XX), discussed with her, and then I went on vacation for 15 days. When I came back from vacation, the very 1st day I was back at work, I had schedule to visit that store again. I met the director's assistant and when leaving, I told her : "please give my salutations to Mrs XX". She suddenly shut the door and told me : "Mrs XX is dead, her daughter is in the next room". My mouth staid opened for at least a minute and I'm sure I had the palest skin of my life. Of course I didn't know what to say except "I'm sorry". I still feel horrible when I think of that moment.

On a lightier note, I have trouble to find the expression "to pull a crouch". I'm sure one of you could find at once and tell me in which book and which chapter I can find it. Thanks in advance for your help !

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Leprechaun Jack - Aug 5, 2004 3:44 am (#1577 of 2955)

Septentrion

It's from GOF. I don't have the book with me but... I believe It's Ron who says it sometime just after Crouch Sr. disappears and Krumm is attacked on the grounds by the Forbidden Forest.

Jack

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 5, 2004 4:33 am (#1578 of 2955)

Hey Everyone... still mental busy at work... so not getting much of a chance to login these days, plus I've been on training most of this week so even less time.. I'm just going to lunch ... thus I'm sneaking a quick hello in

Flame.. aww thanks for missing me.. so sweet! I'm missing you all too & not being able to post so often these days.... the unread posts are piling up & *shock horror*... I've had to skim read this thread (feel guilty). I'm barely getting to lift my head these days.... oh well it's nearly the weekend. Something to look forward to... hee hee. I'm actually meeting up with some friends for dinner tonight... one I haven't seen in ages & she just got engaged... but alas shes moving to Munich at the end of the month... so it's a 'congratualtions & sorry you're leaving' party...

Padfoot.. sorry to hear about your car... sending some goodluck vibes your way. Also sending goodluck & cheering vibes to all who need it (hee hee... I think I'm turning into a giant carebear...lol)

So my most embarrasing moment story.... hmmm, I really have too many to recall.... seriously! Hmmm, let me think about that & I'll get back to you guys on that one.... especially when I have time to post properly....

Happy belated birthday Veronika... hope it was a good one...

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septentrion - Aug 5, 2004 4:52 am (#1579 of 2955)

thanks Jack, it will narrow my research.

Speaking of embarrassing moment...I've just been having one. I went for lunch with my husband in a great commercial center, and after eating, we did some shopping. We got separate to win time but we missed our appointment : when I came to the coffee stand where we were to meet, he has already left and paid his purchase. I waited, searched for him in the whole store (which is enormous) three times when I meet one of his colleague who told me he was outside. I found him near the car and of course we were late to resume work. But the worse is all of our colleagues know what happened : I lost my husband in the store ! I think I won't go out of my office for the rest of the day !

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 5, 2004 6:00 am (#1580 of 2955)

Have fun at the movies Lupin is Lupin. ***cowers in the face of LisL's menacing glower power***

Now that I've had a couple days distance, I still hate "The Village," but I want to dispel any possibility that someone may think that I simply don't like M. Night, his style, or that a movie has to be well-reviewed for me to like it.

When I saw 6th Sense, it was, unfortunately, after a lot of buzz surrounding the ending had already developed. No one gave it away to me or even gave me a hint. However, knowing that there was a surprise ending, I couldn't help but try and figure it out. I did rather early on in the movie. BUT, I still loved it. It was rather the same for me with "Unbreakable" and "Signs." Those two movies had plenty of detractors and some bad reviews, but I thought both of them were great. So, I had an open mind going into "The Village." Alas! Earwax.

*deftly avoids the embarrassing story topic by ignoring it and continuing to speak of the movie we don't speak of****

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Catherine - Aug 5, 2004 6:17 am (#1581 of 2955)

While Loopy Lupin is deft in discussing the "movie that shall not be named" instead of confessing an embarrassing moment, SOME of us may have noticed this omission. *Hem hem*

Some of us have become more curious as a result. Hope we don't have to resort to peeking in a Pensieve to find out! :-)

*Catherine scurries around hoping that Loopy left the Pensieve out*

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 5, 2004 6:32 am (#1582 of 2955)

My most embarrassing moment. Mmmm. I guess it would have to be the moment I walked out of the theater realizing that I'd have to admit to the world that I paid money to see "The Village." Razz

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Catherine - Aug 5, 2004 6:42 am (#1583 of 2955)

SPEW!

Cute, Loopy. I'm still looking for that Pensieve....

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Elanor - Aug 5, 2004 7:14 am (#1584 of 2955)

Well! My most embarrassing moment was certainly when I was a student. As a summer job then, I was guiding visitors on the differents sites of my town (we have 3 abbeys, a silk and an hospital museums and an historical city center !). One of them is an old Cistercian Abbey, XII th century, beautiful but very austere and difficult to explain because you need to really tell the details of the strict cistercian rule to understand it properly. Anyway, not the most funniest visit of the area, most of the people who wanted the guided visit were in fact real cistecian art enthusiasts !

That day, I was waiting for group of visitors and the only thing I knew about them was that there were 30 people in it. So, I was there, on the church square, when I saw coming them, it was a huge group of bikers : there were not 30 but 70 of them, all wearing leather and studded jackets, tattoos... And me, all alone on the square, feeling suddenly extremely small, with a little voice, and lonely ! It was what we call here "un grand moment de solitude" (a time of great loneliness) ! I think it was the most difficult visit of my life, but yet interesting. One of the bikers was really well-informed on the cistercian art. He told me why after the visit : he was prison officer at the prison of Clairvaux which was once a cistercian abbey ! From that day I never forgot that one shouldn't judge by appearances ! (well, not for all of them, I can't tell you the details about the visit if children can read that, but trust me, I was glad when it was finished !).

By the way, I loved your stories !

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VeronikaG - Aug 5, 2004 11:32 am (#1585 of 2955)

My most embarrassing moment... There are two that stand out. They both took place in my middle year of high school, and both include the same Spanish teacher.

The first one resembles Sarah's, but I was 12 years older. It was the break before the last class of the day, and I really needed to go to the bathroom. Knowing that there was always a long line of girls waiting to get into the way too small bathroom by the cafeteria, I instead went to the other that was hardly used because few people knew about it. It was located on the opposite side of the school and was only accessible from the school yard, not from anywhere inside the building. I was a bit paranoid about sitting on the seats in there, so I decided to do what I had to do standing above the toilet. A little to late I realized the lid was still on. Oh the Horror... There was a cleaning assistant right outside the door. I quickly threw a bunch of toilet paper on the floor... and panicked! I ran out so fast I hope that cleaning assistant, who is the mother of my earlier classmate, only saw a shadow. I panicked even worse when i noticed I had accidentally gotten a wet spot on the leg of my jeans. I ran through a puddle in the school yard to get an alibi for that. My plan was to sit very still during the last class, hoping nobody asked about the wet spot on the back of my leg. So all the more terror when I came into the class, that I was already late for, and the teacher tells us we are going to do the Macarena. Eeeeeek! "Oh Señora Mikkelsen, I think I need to go home! I have a terrible headache!" I held my hands on my head, and tried to look like it hurt. Señora Mikkelsen, who is a very kind woman said that of course I could, and I got out of there fast. If Señora Mikkelsen reads this, she now knows what really happened.

That was in the autumn, the next blushy moment was in spring, when we were supposed to have a Spanish test. First we were told that the test was off, and then that it was back on. That last message escaped my ears. So on the morning we were supposed to have the test, I just went into the classroom, took up my books, and started doing the grammar exercises we had been working on the day before. And when I work with something involving letters, either reading or writing, I can't hear! After about 15 minutes I leaned over to the girl in front of me and asked about something. Señora Mikkelsen came over to me, looking a bit confused rather than angry, telling me I couldn't speak to Elisabeth in the middle of the test! TEST?! So it was on after all! I couldn't speak, just make some funny squeely noises. She had to take me outside and calm me down, get my head working again, before we decided that I would go through with the test, and she was sorry I had not heard the message. Despite of everything I passed the test, but I felt so stupid.

OK, you can delete the first bit if it's to bad.

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 5, 2004 11:53 am (#1586 of 2955)

I just found out a guy I know might be going to play for a football team in northern England, possibly called Carlisle United. I'm hoping someone from that area can answer a few questions.

Is there a team by that name?

Where exactly is Carlisle?

When is the football season?

Can I sleep on your sofa if I come over for a match?

I'd appreciate it if someone could answer these questions. Well, the first three at least.

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psipsina - Aug 5, 2004 3:34 pm (#1587 of 2955)

Hello people,

This is my first post here on the chat thread, and I have to say I have really enjoyed reading your posts for some time now.

As I live in the north part of England, maybe I can answer your questions nimrod:

1. Yes there is a football team called Carlisle United here in England, but I'm afraid I am not entirely sure in which division it plays.

2. Carlisle is a town in the north of the UK, near Newcastle, and on the way to Scotland, on the West coast of England.

3. As far as I'm aware, the football season runs more or less like the school term, starting around end July, beginning of August, and ending arounf April-May. For all the football fans out there, I apologise in advance if I am mistaken

As for your 4th question, if you decide to come to the UK, I am sure that as a fellow HP fan, we can always arrange something for accommodation

Kisses to all!!!

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Celestina W. - Aug 5, 2004 4:00 pm (#1588 of 2955)

Hi, everybody! I love all the embarrassing moment stories. But it seems like there are quite a few people who haven't shared anything yet...

Well, today I had my senior pictures taken. For those who might not know, it's common in the U.S. (or at least in my area) for students going into their last year of high school to get some nice photos taken to give to friends and relatives. Anyway, I just had outdoor pictures done today at my house, and I might get some in a studio later, I'm not sure. I got some nice poses with trees, flowers, etc, in the background. I think they went pretty well, and I didn't have a sudden acne outbreak or an extremely bad hair day or anything like that. But you wouldn't believe how exhausting it is to have your picture taken for an hour and a half. When I was having trouble smiling on command, I thought of the everyone's funny stories and that helped.

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 5, 2004 4:31 pm (#1589 of 2955)

Thanks for the help, psipsina. I couldn't find Carlisle on the map, but it turns out I wasn't looking far enough north.

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Accio Sirius - Aug 5, 2004 5:00 pm (#1590 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 5, 2004 5:00 pm

I don't get out to the movies much and when I do, it's usually with a seven-year old. So I snuck out last night to see The Village and rather enjoyed it. Can't say it was great because like everyone mentioned before, you're waiting for the big "tada," but I have disliked other movies much more. Low expectations. The bedfellow of desperate mother! lol!

Most embarrassing moment: My first job, a women called me at my sister's house where I was staying to arrange an interview. I was sure it was my cousin playing a joke on me. So when she formally asked me to come in for an interview, I said "liar, liar pants on fire." There was a very long pause and she explained nicely that she indeed was who she said she was. Believe it or not, I eventually got the job!

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Doris Crockford - Aug 5, 2004 5:44 pm (#1591 of 2955)

I had a really good day today. I went canoeing, and for dinner we had leftovers of Lebanese food (my dad's family is from Lebanon, and Dad's cousin was over on the weekend). It was sooooooo good. And yesterday, I saw The Bourne Supremacy. I was disappointed, I didn't feel like there was much of a plot, but the theater I went to was really nice. It was a house which the owners turned into a museum of movie history, with a ton of old projectors and posters.

My most embarrassing moment was probably in grade 5, when I went to this guy's birthday party. I didn't really like him, and my mom made me go. At the party, they decided to play Truth or Dare. As it turns out, he had a crush on me for about 3 years (which MY MOM knew, which is why she made me go), so his friends dared him to kiss me. Personally, I thought that kissing looked really gross (with all of the germs and stuff), so I kinda ran away shouting "No!". It took the others at the party about 5 minutes to calm me down. I still feel really bad about how I handled that (but at the time, I didn't know he liked me). Wow, I'm blushing now at the thought of that.

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Brandon Christopher - Aug 5, 2004 5:45 pm (#1592 of 2955)

My most embarrassing moment... Gotta be a tie between two baseball events actually.

The first happened when I was like 10 years old, give or take a year or two. Well I was playing little league and got a nice long pop fly. I ran and got under it waiting for it to come down. Well, my left fielder called out that he had it at the last second and I took my eyes off it to glance over. Well that wasn't the brightest move... The ball came down and nailed me right square between the eyes. Needless to say most of the guys on that team were ones that I played baseball with all through High School. They never tired of pointing that out if I ever missed a ball.

My second embarrassing moment as I stated before is also a baseball moment. I had gotten put in as a pinch runner late in the game because I had the most stolen bases on our team. We had two outs and I was on first base, my coach didn't want two force outs so he gave me the steal sign because the other teams catcher didn't have a good arm at all. I took off and got a great jump on the pitcher. BUT about halfway down to second base I happened to step in one of the strategically placed bumps on our field and fell flat on my face. I was already over halfway to second so I got up quickly and kept going. But sadly the ball got to second just before me (that's how bad the catcher was!) I had time to fall down, get up, and keep going and still almost made it. But to this day I still feel humiliated, getting thrown out as a pinch runner is a big no - no...

Those were kinda long embarrassing moments... Anyways, as you can see I'm still alive and kicking. Just poking my head in here to say hi everyone!

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Magika - Aug 5, 2004 6:00 pm (#1593 of 2955)

Well, here I am! I've been working for 16 hours today, from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.! I'm barely alive...

My most embarrassing moment will have to be when I was in Oslo to see the world premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The return of the king" (Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill and Viggo Mortensen was there, though not where I was, luckily...). I was standing beside a huge 3-dimentional cardboard Aragorn, when my friend accidentically tumbled into me. I had my head completely elsewhere, no balance at all, so I stumbled into the huge Aragorn-thing. It fell, straight into the mass of people, and made A LOT of noise, not to mention the chaos. Quite a nasty shock for the poor people standing there, waiting in turn, and then suddenly have Aragorn falling at them...

I blushed a LITTLE while trying to raise the darn thing...!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 5, 2004 9:41 pm (#1594 of 2955)

Everyone this is my baby, Trina, last X-mas



Leila

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Hem Hem - Aug 5, 2004 11:03 pm (#1595 of 2955)

What a cutie! How old is she?

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 5, 2004 11:05 pm (#1596 of 2955)

She is 5 now and 4.9 in the pic.

Leila

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mike miller - Aug 6, 2004 5:04 am (#1597 of 2955)

Good Morning all! IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY!!!!!!

It's been very difficult to keep up with everything that has been going on with evryone. One week of vacation followed by a difficult week back at work. We had about 50 people in from our field selling organization for training on next year's plans. I was one of the presenter/trainers.

Padfoot - Sorry about the car/insurance challenges. The quote was probably not that far out of line. My friend had almost no visibile damage but still cost over $2,000 due to "things unseen" Cars today are design to "crumple" on impact to absorb the energy and protect the occupants. Consequently, a small impact can cause significant damage.

Catherine - Daisy's boa look is great for now. I hope everything grows back before it starts to get cold.

Flame - Enjoy some well deserved time off. Speaking from the student perspective, you will be missed but we all need to be more self-sufficient.

Betty (Boop) - Hope all is well and you're feeling better. Know that you have hugs a plenty here. I was thinking of your travel experience as I was driving 10 hours back from Myrtle Beach.

Happy Birthday to all I've missed. Have a great weekend everyone!

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VeronikaG - Aug 6, 2004 5:22 am (#1598 of 2955)

So, I see my post made it through censorship.

Hello, Magika. Nice to see another Norwegian on the "Lex". I've been alone here for almost a year, and now we're up to three, if Aisha comes back. Where do you live? I'm from Arendal(Cough*Rudebilstasjonen*cough!) Which is why I am like I am. Environmental damage.

Happy Vacation, Flame.

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septentrion - Aug 6, 2004 5:34 am (#1599 of 2955)

does anyone have an idea about when the fanfiction forum will be available again ?

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 6, 2004 5:47 am (#1600 of 2955)

Happy Friday to all.

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Flame Alligator - Aug 6, 2004 7:54 am (#1601 of 2955)

Mike Miller, Welcome Back!!! I missed you.

Thanks for the Happy Vacations!!! I found some subs for my classes. Yay!!! My students can use a change of pace. I worked them extra hard this week.

Just dropped by to say Hi........ HI!

Goedemorgen everybody!!

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Padfoot - Aug 6, 2004 8:49 am (#1602 of 2955)

Finally it's Friday at last. This has been a loooong week. Besides dealing with insurance companies and car repair people I am trying to refinance my home. This week I have felt way too much like a grown up. At least I can come here and have fun.

Well this other guy's insurance has accepted the estimate and has agreed to pay for it. So I called the repair shop and they are ordering parts. They said that sometime next week they will call me to get my car fixed.

Oh, I saw the article on TLC interviewing top HP web masters. It was great to see Lexicon Steve being interviewed!

Have a great weekend everybody!

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Good Evans - Aug 6, 2004 11:15 am (#1603 of 2955)

I second the "it’s been a long week" it’s been hard work this week. Really glad it’s the weekend.

Am feeling a little sad though as lots of the new lexicon members are from Maryland and I used to live there too (Rockville - about 20 years ago) but I still miss it and so wish I was there now. Still England when it’s hot is nice too. Oh well hope to chat with some of you some time.

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Liz - Aug 6, 2004 12:19 pm (#1604 of 2955)

Yes... I have school next Thursday Sad but I am totally ok with that because now I get to see my band geek friends in the band room before school each morning Wink

I have an ok avatar now... I'm going to try to undestort it and make it so you can see me with my harp... in my red dress... 'before' I got my hair cut.

Yes I got my hair cut... twas too long and messy to try to untangle it all the time...

Well tis all.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Liz

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Accio Sirius - Aug 6, 2004 2:16 pm (#1605 of 2955)

Good Evans,

Don't go back to Rockville (in joke for R.E.M. fans). I'm in the DC area (Alexandria, VA) and have friends from Rockville. It's changed a lot. Jake's on the Pike is gone. But it's still a great place. Let me know if you need any back home updates!

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Magika - Aug 6, 2004 4:41 pm (#1606 of 2955)

Hi, VeronikaG! I'm from a little town 20 minutes drive outside Oslo. I joined the Forum in June. I know The One is Norwegian too, so I think our number's up to four! That's huge, about a 1/1.000.000 of the population of Norway is here!

I didn't know about Aisha.

Enviromental damage... LOL. I drove through Arendal on my way to Kristiansand earlier this summer... I don't think it did much harm to me, though...

But that might as well be because I'm not sane usually... Razz

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True Love - Aug 6, 2004 6:26 pm (#1607 of 2955)

Oh, OK. So first we come here and say we are going to go to the chat room then go to the chat room. I am abviously new to this. So here I am! Bye.

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Pinky - Aug 6, 2004 7:01 pm (#1608 of 2955)

Almost, True Love. You'll get it one of these times. *grin* This thread is actually for "chatting" -- for conversation. The thread below this one titled "Chat Room - Who is There Now " is actually the thread for posting to say that you'll be in the chatroom.

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Tomoé - Aug 6, 2004 7:12 pm (#1609 of 2955)

Hi everybody! I've been away for a week now (I don't know exactly why though), I was at my parents' with Miréimé and I don't know, time just flew away and I realise it was a week later ... I'm 300 post behind in this thread alone and I won't read it, I'm late enough on the regular threads.

Boop, are you getting any better (I give you an extra hug just in case)?

Happy Birthday to anyone I missed.

Welcome back Mike!

Nice avatar Elizabeth!

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Courtney22 - Aug 6, 2004 9:36 pm (#1610 of 2955)

Hello everybody I'm back from Cancun! I now have entirely too many posts to try and catch up on. I have just realized what busy little bees we all are:) I'll be spending my weekend back catching up. Well anyway I hope everyone is doing well!

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Sir Tornado - Aug 6, 2004 10:03 pm (#1611 of 2955)

I don't live in England but am a big fan of English Football.

Is there a team by that name? -- Nimrod 2000

Yes there is.

Where exactly is Carlisle? -- Nimrod 2000

Carlise is in North England.

When is the football season? -- Nimrod 2000

Football season starts tommorrow (Aug Cool-- Man U vs Arsenal (Comunity Shield match). However, the English leagues start a week later (Aug 14-15). Carlise Utd are in the 3rd division (at least they were there last season).

For more information about English football, visit www.4thegame.com.

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Denise P. - Aug 7, 2004 8:20 am (#1612 of 2955)

Today, I get the joy that every parent dreads...going shopping for new school clothes. It actually would not be too bad except for my daughter, Kaitlyn. Any parents of a 7 year old girl will tell you that clothes targets at that age range are just sooo inappropriate. I actually buy her pants in the boy section because I object to her wearing pants that ride low on her hips and it is impossible to find girl pants that don't. Let's not even discuss the shirts that someone feels a 7 year old should wear...maybe a 27 year old that is in a profession I would rather none of my daughters ever enter into but not a 7 year old. Ugh! Once they go back to school next week, I can scout other stores while they are not with me to try and find some shirts that Kaity can wear.

What happened to plain ole shirts, with stripes maybe or a shirt with a fuzzy kitten on it? Why should our little girls dress like they are 20 years older than they are?

Have a great day all and I will check back in later this afternoon.

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Kasse - Aug 7, 2004 8:23 am (#1613 of 2955)

Hey Denise, man I know what you are talking about I see how some of the kids out there dress today and I am constantly shocked. I guess it is lucky that I was (and still am) more of a tom boy so my mom never had to go through that.

Hope you find some decent stuff that is not too expensive.

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septentrion - Aug 7, 2004 10:53 am (#1614 of 2955)

Denise, it seems that problem has spread out in the entire world ! In France too little girls are dressed as if they were women.

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Denise P. - Aug 7, 2004 10:59 am (#1615 of 2955)

I was able to find her some shirts but I am still disturbed at the slim selection of shirts that I think were more age appropriate. Isn't it strange, in the women's section are shirts that would be okay for her to wear, if they were the correct size yet in the girls section are shirts that would be more appropriate in the womens section. She is happy with her shirts though, mainly stripes, a few solid colored ones.

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Magika - Aug 7, 2004 11:01 am (#1616 of 2955)

Here too... I worked at a summer school for diabetics earlier this summer, and half the girls (ages 8-12) were wearing things I wouldn't even have thought about wearing at that age. We're talking short skirts and shirts!!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 7, 2004 11:22 am (#1617 of 2955)

Denise, I can't remember if I've recommended this to you before, but have you tried Lands' End or LLBean? It's not exciting but it's decent. And, if memory serves, reasonably priced. Good Luck.

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Tomoé - Aug 7, 2004 11:24 am (#1618 of 2955)

It had been ages last time I scouted in 7 year old girl clothes section of any store, I didn't know it went that bad! O.o I mean, it's not like low hip pants are any good for 7 years old girls, that doesn't fit their usual activities (playing around, running, jumping, crawling, etc.) and 7 years old girls are not interested in boys in the same way 15 years old are. Hope you'll find something better Denise.

There's a party at one of my friends tonight, we'll plan a trip to Ottawa on Tuesday, to try to save what's left of freedom rights in Canada. I thought 50,000 people walking in protest in a city of 500,000 inhabitants would be enough, but the Prime Minister Paul Martin didn't get who elected him or what's the consequences to let a comity of 6 non-elected persons decided what's in good taste and what's not, what should be talked and what should not. Sadly enough, there's a lot in common between Harry's trial in OoP and the way the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) took the decision to close my radio station, so I'll try to plug Harry Potter around. ^_^

So how was Cancun Courtney? I heard there a lot of Mayan ruins around there, is that true? How was the weather? How were the people?

Edit : You succeed to find something Denise, good!

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Accio Sirius - Aug 7, 2004 11:43 am (#1619 of 2955)

Denise,

I hear you. I have the same problem with my daughter (who is also seven). Luckily, the public school she goes to has uniforms and it is great. She wears cute little navy jumpers and pleated skirts and such. It makes life a lot easier, but she tends to over-dress for all other occasions. My little guy wears lots of hand me downs from my cousin who adopted two boys from Russia. They have so many clothes that she sends me stuff that often still has the tag on them. When we are done with them, I pass them on to friends. Sometimes I get tired of just buying stuff all the time. I never understood the appeal of minimalism until I became a parent! : )

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Catherine - Aug 7, 2004 2:11 pm (#1620 of 2955)

I can relate to the girls' clothes problems, Denise. It can be very difficult to buy clothes for girls once they hit size 7. I remember my shock at how provocative some of the clothes seemed (and still seem) to me. I was surprised when I realized what other parents allowed their daughters to wear. It's a constant struggle to find something that doesn't label your child as too "different" or babyish while not allowing them to dress like Britney Spears.

We just got back from visiting my mom and taking the girls to Water Country, USA in Williamsburg, Va. I hadn't been there for 20 years. I hurt all over today, but we had fun.

Hope everyone is well.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 7, 2004 3:42 pm (#1621 of 2955)

Denise, I use Lands' End and LLBean, and also the second-hand clothes stores, which can sometimes provide less expensive appropriate clothes. I've got lots of kids, so I know exactly what you mean. Fortunately, most of my kids wear uniforms to school. I've had luck finding decent blue jeans at Sears, too.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 7, 2004 5:44 pm (#1622 of 2955)

I don't know if someone already stated this but our most beloved Harry Potter Lexicon was quoted in a Movie Magic edition of Life Story. The quote comments about certain Harry Potter characters like Percy Weasley. SO COOL.

Leila

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Marie E. - Aug 7, 2004 9:48 pm (#1623 of 2955)

My, my, we have a lot of members with seven year old daughters. I have had the same joy recently as Denise. I found some decent polo shirts and t-shirts at Target, which is always priced decently.

My big shock was discovering that over the summer my five year old skipped a shoe size. This means she needs all new shoes for school. I guess wearing flip flops all summer masked the massive growth spurt her feet were engaging in!

When is the start date for school in your area? Ours starts on August 19th, though one district near us started on August 5th.

Hi Ludicrous Patents Office! *waves*

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 8, 2004 4:40 am (#1624 of 2955)

Yeeeeccchhh! In AUGUST? Where do you live?

Of course, not every place is as miserable as Minnesota in August...some places are worse!

Ours starts August 30th this year, and there's plenty of griping about that. Usually it's the beginning of September.

My sympathies on the shoes! We only get one pair per kid (6 kids!), although sometimes we get a few pairs of sandals to replace worn-out ones at the beginning of the summer. But we make the kids wear hand-me-downs on sandals and boots whenever possible, until they wear out. Around here, we have to do snowpants from around November on, since the windchill during the winter gets to -60F quite regularly, and the kids have to wait for the bus in that. So all our snowpants are basic black, and the kids grow from one pair to the next.

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mike miller - Aug 8, 2004 5:58 am (#1625 of 2955)

Denise - I empathize with you on the clothes. As a father of a 9 1/2 year old I find myself becoming increasingly aware of young girl's fashions. It becomes even tougher when that's what they insist on wearing. It seems that some parents have given up the fight and let their children wear almost anything (inmates running the asylum). I guess if any of us need perspective/advice on children, between your family and RPS's, there's a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Accio - The hand-me-down thing is great. We have one child, so we are pleased to be on the giving side. Coincidently, we have a neighbor who has adopted 3 Russian children, 2 girls and a boy. The husband is Russian so there's a real strong connection. The children all have very Russian names, Natasha, Boris and Tatiana. We give them clothes for Tatiana, she's only 6 and very small for her age.

Everyone have a great day! I'm off to review a couple of threads quickly before going to church.

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True Love - Aug 8, 2004 6:33 am (#1626 of 2955)

When I read and hear about the difficulties people have dressing their kids today, I realize why my parents were so keen on school uniforms. Personally, I hated wearing them but they did level the playing field. Not much competition in school about who has and can afford the coolest clothes. The closest we came to that was the type of shoes we wore or blouse but since the standard fare was the jumper (as in the dress), white blouse, knee highs and sensible shoes. To this day, I have never bought a dress that even looks like a jumper. Not even a plaid skirt and vest (which was the high school uniform). Have any of you thought of taking up sewing? Children's clothes can be made easily and at a very low cost. They you can give them the colours of their choice and add any cute stuff (kittens, puppies, wizards) to them.

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VeronikaG - Aug 8, 2004 6:58 am (#1627 of 2955)

OK, I'm a little confused about this clothes thing. Not to try to seem thick here, but exactly HOW bad is the stuff kids wear in the US. Are we talking transparent? Glitter? I know many people, mostly children's grandparents, in Norway complain as well. And as Magika said, lots of little girls wear short skirts and shirts. My cousin has daughter aged 11 and 6, and she always buy fashion clothes for them. But it's no worse than what I wore as a kid, in the mid 80's. Back then nobody reacted if a kid was wearing very little clothes in summer, because there had been no big abuse cases yet. I used to wear shorts that hardly had legs at all, shirts that were only tied around my back with laces, or not wear a shirt. Back then girls who had not hit puberty didn't need shirts. My mother was probably one of the most conservative moms in our neighborhood, she wouldn't have let me wear it if it was concidered harmful or unethical. In fact she made me wear it to get some sun on my back and blend out the white markings after my bathing suit. Magika, who is 6 years younger than me, grew up after a huge child abuse scandal in Norway, which turned out to be all lies but that scared the life out of all parents. After that parents became more aware of what their kids wore. As usual, I hope I didn't offend anyone. It just keeps surprising me how something that one person thinks nothing of can totally shock others.

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Good Evans - Aug 8, 2004 7:01 am (#1628 of 2955)

RPS - I am really impressed that you do hand me downs on shoes. I have two boys 15 and 13, I have never been able to hand down shoes as the oldest is so heavy on them. mostly it is throw out rather than pass on (after about 3 months tops!) what is your secret!

Good E

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Denise P. - Aug 8, 2004 7:27 am (#1629 of 2955)

RPS, I hear you on shoes! I have 8 and my 3 middle boys are close enough that I can't do hand me downs on shoes. They currently wear sizes 1, 3 and 4. They do communal shirts but each has a few that are theirs alone. My two youngest have a load of hand-me-downs though. I just went through the older boys closets yesterday and got a huge bag of stuff to put away for a few years until the 3 yr old can wear the shirts (pants never last long enough to hold). I have been a big fan of school uniforms and wish our county would adopt them. Another schools system near us has it and it is khaki pants and polo shirts....I would love that!

How bad are we talking with clothes, Veronika? I don't mind glitter but I object to shirts that are designed to be a second skin, low cut shirts, bare midriff, sleeveless and shoulders exposed shirts. I object to shirts with sayings like "Available" on them. I don't like low cut pants or pants that have cute slogans written across the bum. I think our little girls should dress like little girls, not college students who are out looking for dates.

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Magika - Aug 8, 2004 7:51 am (#1630 of 2955)

Veronika - I, too, remember how it was to be little in Norway. I remember walking around the neighbourhood in my underwear... Children on the beach were bathing naked. But I agree with Denise too, small children should not have 'inviting' messages in their clothes. I don't mind bare shoulders, though.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 8, 2004 7:51 am (#1631 of 2955)

Great-looking family, Denise! Good Evans, don't misunderstand -- it's the sandals and boots that get handed down. Our kids usually wear their sneakers out. We don't get good shoes for them (except second-hand, sometimes) until their feet stop growing, so they use sneakers or sandals for everything.

True Love, our school uniforms are very simple, ordinary clothes: red, white or yellow polo shirts, navy blue or black pants (shorts when it's hot), and plaid shirts (or jumpers) for the girls in good weather. My oldest daughter was always glad to be able to wear a skirt or jumper when it was warm, and my youngest loves her jumper.

I do sew, but I'd spend all my time sewing, and right now I'd rather be writing!

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ShelterGirl - Aug 8, 2004 8:11 am (#1632 of 2955)

My mother works in a school here in the US and she's constantly mortified as to the clothes the girls wear. The school goes up to 8th grade, which means about 14 years old. As girls are developing physically earlier and earlier it seems the clothes they are wearing, even as young as 5th grade, keep getting more and more suggestive. Most schools here have dress codes, but it seems they have to be revised each year. My mother sees 12 year old girls wearing skin tight shirts with plunging necklines. I often think about how I dressed when I was 12, and remember that I actually looked like a little girl. I remember when Madonna first hit the scene, and one of my best friends started dressing like her, wearing see-through tops with only a bra underneath, and I was embarrassed by it. I do remember wanting to be a grown-up, and I'm sure that the girls today are no different. But it seems sad to me that kids today are hustled out of childhood as quickly as they are. What's wrong with being a kid?

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 8, 2004 9:08 am (#1633 of 2955)

The stores wouldn't sell it if no one would buy it. So I guess all we can do is speak with our $$$, and hope local stores take notice. Fortunately, catalogs and the Internet make it a lot easier to find other options...

I agree with you, ShelterGirl. But, if parents are willing to take a stand and put up with the irritation from their children, it doesn't have to happen. And I think our kids would rather know that their parents have a certain stand on subjects to which they will stick, no matter the arguing. It gives the kids something to hold on to when faced with peer pressure. "Well, I can't, you know, Mom and Dad'd go nuts if I ever got caught..." But you can sure get tired! Our son argued with us for hours about getting an X box, but we said no. We won in the end, but we came out of it a little grayer!

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Good Evans - Aug 8, 2004 10:21 am (#1634 of 2955)

It is absolutely sweltering today in SE england, Just under 30 C in the house with the fans on !!!! Oh for domestic air conditioning. Far too hot to go out again (6.20 pm). I went for a swim earlier today and now feel that I need another! Whats the weather like accross the globe? anyone got a decent 22C ?

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septentrion - Aug 8, 2004 10:25 am (#1635 of 2955)

not in Northern France, Good Evans. We seems to have here the same weather than you. Couldn't move even a toenail for the most part of the day.

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True Love - Aug 8, 2004 10:41 am (#1636 of 2955)

It is wonderful here in Ottawa, Ontario Canada - high of 21C - went for a nice long bike ride this morning. When ever we have cooler weather we scoff at the mention of global warming. But Canadians love to talk about the weather, that and hockey! Go Sens!

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Accio Sirius - Aug 8, 2004 10:47 am (#1637 of 2955)

Beautiful weather today in the DC area. I can't remember the last time we had the air conditioning off in August! It's usually like a swamp here! My daughter loves Hilary Duff and she loves the clothes her older cousin buy her, but they sometimes are way beyond her age. Still, she's always been a fashion maven. Before she could talk, she would pick out her socks and purposely pick two different but outfit-complementing colors. She doesn't mind the school uniform, which I agree, levels the playing field. But I have a heck of a time talking her out of outfit’s that aren't weather or age appropriate! As for my son, a woman commented on his outfit because it had a touch of pink in it, although the over all design was geared toward boys. I thought that was a little much! I wouldn't put him in a dress but I am not going to dress him in blue only.

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Hem Hem - Aug 8, 2004 11:03 am (#1638 of 2955)

It hasn't hit afternoon here yet, but in Seattle it's about 20C right now...high 60s Farenheit and absolutely gorgeous. Yesterday, the temperature didn't get above 72F, although today it should be a fair bit hotter.

Denise, I definitely hear what you mean about girls' clothing. I used to have terrible luck shopping when I was a girl--I never wore sleeveless or low-cut or anything that had writing on it-- and things have gotten far worse since then.

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VeronikaG - Aug 8, 2004 11:30 am (#1639 of 2955)

Oh, boy. Almost all of my T-shirts had some writing on them when I was a kid. I never thought that could be bad. Not like I was allowed to wear clothes that had anything dirty written on them. And I never thought of sleeveless shirts (as in tank tops) which I have always worn, as suggestive. Please understand, I'm no "Britney" and have never been. I've always been more of a tomboy. When I hit puberty I was furious, because I didn't want to grow a female figure. :-) Not that soon anyway. I always reckoned it wouldn't happen until I was 18.

Here it is 28 C, which is a decent temperature, But now it's half past eight in the evening, and during the day temperatures come up to 40 C!! HOT! It's almost impossible to sleep in a bedroom that has the sun all day.

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Celestina W. - Aug 8, 2004 12:53 pm (#1640 of 2955)

Round Pink Spider, I just have to say Hi -- it's great to see another Minnesotan on the board (as far as I know we're the only ones).

The weather's been very nice here lately, except for a little rain. Yesterday morning it was actually kind of chilly. I guess fall's coming. I can't imagine having to start school in August. I'm complaining enough because we start before Labor Day this year, on September 1st.

I don't know much about shopping for little girls' clothes, but I get pretty disgusted with the juniors' section sometimes. It's so hard to find anything that I consider decent and will actually wear. It seems like all they make these days are t-shirts with inappropriate (or just plain stupid) sayings, pants that are ridiculously low-riding and wide-legged, and tops that bare the midriff. My school has a dress code, but it doesn't seem to be enforced very well. I can't believe some of the things that people wear.

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Marè - Aug 8, 2004 3:14 pm (#1641 of 2955)

Okay, is it just me or did The Leaky Cauldron just vanished???

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 8, 2004 4:19 pm (#1642 of 2955)

Hi Celestina! What part of Minnesota are you in? We live in Rochester, just a couple of miles from the Mayo Clinic.

Our weather's been great. We had a few hot humid days last week, but since then it's been absolutely beautiful, one of the nicest Augusts I can remember! (So sorry for those in Europe with the heat, my sympathies.) We have a thunderstorm south of us right now, so it's a bit humid and very cloudy, but the temperature is in the low 70's (sorry, don't know the Celcius on that...) Just took our big puppy dog for a walk, it was nice to get out.

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Courtney22 - Aug 8, 2004 5:00 pm (#1643 of 2955)

Tomoe, Cancun was beautiful but the weather was SOOOOO HOT!! I live in Virginia Beach so I'm used to hot weather but the sun down there is just so much more intense. There are lots of Mayan ruins and I got to see some of them I went to one of the most famous ones in the area and climbed up a big castle pyramid thing it was really cool and I got some great pictures.

What is also funny, to add to the little girls dressing beyond their age discussion, while in Cancun I saw some girls at this restaurant slash bar with their parents. The oldest couldn't have been more than 11 but I don't even think she was that old, and the group of them were dancing as suggestively as I, a 23 year old woman, dance. I must say that I found it a bit shocking. I wanted to dress and act more mature when I was younger but I don't think I was as bad as some girls today are.

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Mrs. Sirius - Aug 8, 2004 7:21 pm (#1644 of 2955)

Oh good Maré, I glad it's not just me not finding The Leaky Calderon.

Denise, how you made me chuckle. Even in my own teens I used to buy men's clothing for myself. Clothes for girls seemed to be so absurd to me. I shopped in Amy/Navy stores to get pants long enough and comfortable enough.

In the town I live in now, everyone does hand me downs. Which is great because with triplets, I really can't do hand me downs. We get some really great hand me downs, many still with tags. After we get done using our hand me downs, I pass them on to another mother of three girls and she split’s with her neighbor. I am very selective though, no words on the clothes, certainly nothing written across the bum. No low or tight pants. Bathing suit’s are the other make you nuts faux pas. Lately, I've tended to give them the suit’s that either have little skirts on the bottom or are the short pants. Any yes, Lands End has wonderful stuff, not outrageously expensive and they even run great sales.

We lost our summer a few days ago, the weather here for the past several days has been mid-fall like. The kids went swimming at a neighbor's, went in for a minute and came out, too cold, too cold. I hope things warm up soon.

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Julia. - Aug 8, 2004 7:41 pm (#1645 of 2955)

Woo-Hoo! Today was an absolutely beautiful day in Connecticut, about 70 F, and perfect for baseball, and I should know, because I went to the Yankee game today. The Yanks beat the Blue Jays 8-2 and Bernie Williams hit a grand dlam home run in the first. It was goodtimes.

When I was a kid i wore short shorts and t-shirts with writing on them all the time. Never had anything written on the shorts, especially not across the bum. T-shirts usually had names of cities I'd been on them, or baseball teams, or other such innocent things. I never wore tight cloths, and even now I still don't.
Girls today do dress way too old for their ages, and that includes high school girls. Their cloths are way too tight and way too low cut, and way too suggestive.
Hand me downs are great, as the oldest I was always on the giving side. First my sister got them, and when she out grew them my cousins got them. It was always kinda cool going to visit and seeing them in my cloths.

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Gred-n-Forge - Aug 8, 2004 7:45 pm (#1646 of 2955)

Boy, I can thoroughly relate to the girls' clothing problem (my daughter is 6). I mean, really, what little girl needs to be wearing hot pants?? (Yes, I saw hot pants for little girls at Wal-Mart this summer!!)

I wind up getting the most conservative clothing I can find in a size larger for my daughter, so that she isn't wearing skin tight clothing (she has a lot of knit’s in her wardrobe). I also consider myself lucky that my daughter prefers to wear dresses and skirts; normally I can find decent lengths on clearance.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 8, 2004 8:30 pm (#1647 of 2955)

Gred, I can relate. Just took my 5 year old shopping and they have clothes for her age that my mom wouldn't let me wear at 15. Oy. I just stick with sponge-bob tee-shirts and close my eyes hoping it is just a bad dream.

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Gred-n-Forge - Aug 8, 2004 9:17 pm (#1648 of 2955)

Me, too, Sleeping Beauty...and I can't say that I'm very fond of the Mary-Kate and Ashely line at all.

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Ozymandias - Aug 9, 2004 12:18 am (#1649 of 2955)

I have to second what Celestina W said about the clothes problem extending to juniors as well. I just went shopping the other day, and couldn't find a thing that wasn't skintight or plastered with some idiotic saying. Who wants to wear a t-shirt that says "Available" or "I Kissed Justin"?

Something is definitely bad when I see "I Love..." shirts for people I've never heard of. I kept wanting to say "kids these days"...and I'm 19.

For the little girls, you might want to try craft store t-shirts. They are conservative without being overly large or mannish, and they're cheap. Plus, it's always fun to decorate your own shirts. I made myself a Hogwarts t-shirt over a year ago and it's held up really well, especially considering it cost me $3.

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azi - Aug 9, 2004 5:07 am (#1650 of 2955)

I agree with everyone on the fashion thing. I see these kids of no more than seven walking around in skimpy clothes, looking pretty stupid in my opinion. But thats the 'tweenager' business for you. When I was younger I was a tomboy (in fact I still refuse to wear skirts and dresses) and never wore anything trendy and skimpy. I got teased for it yes, but didn't really care. I've never been fashionable.

Ozymandias, you got a Hogwarts t-shirt for $3? My grandma bought me one a few years ago and it must've cost her aound £15! Warner Bros really rip you off.
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Chemyst - Aug 9, 2004 5:18 am (#1651 of 2955)

A Mini-Pep Talk For Any Parent Frustrated With Provocative School Clothes Choices.  

Bravo! Honor has its own beauty. Bravo to you who have chosen to train your children's character and have not abdicated your parenting crowns to the merchants, ad men, and bankers! In this current great adventure, you know moral relativism will fail you. Dressing to entice is participating in idolatry, following after false or hollow values. Teaching your children to dress honorably will benefit their self-image far more than allowing them to learn to conform to vacuous fads ever could. I commend you all for rising to the challenge of being responsible parents.
... and for the teens & young adults who are making their own anti-skank choices: good for you, too!

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 9, 2004 5:30 am (#1652 of 2955)

Weather has been nice over here too.. except yesterday when we got the reminants of Hurricane Alex... ok, so it wasn't a hurricane anymore... but it was very stormy. The sun is back today.. just in time for me to be in work. Still very busy.. but sneaking this in (well it is nearly lunch).

I completely agree about the range of clothes available for little girls these days... I tried to buy my niece an outfit for her 2nd birthday, shes quite tall, so I had to look in the 3-4 years section & I was shocked to find all the cropped tshirts & singlets for kids, as you said Ozy, some with rather inappropriate messages!

Thats one positive side to having to wear a uniform to school.. at least everyone was in the same boat & it was less pressure on my poor mum. Even if I did grumble at the time. Now I look back at my old uniform & think... hmmm, looks just like a Hogwarts Uniform

Ok my most embarrassing moment... there are a few... in fact I probably have a top 10... seeing as I manage to make a fool out of myself at least once a day. Take for example last thursday, whilst walking down a crowded O'Connell Street in Dublin... the strap of my sandal broke & I tumbled into a group of unsuspecting Italian Tourists However the one that sticks out in my head happened in my 6th year at school & still makes me cringe.

The school Formal (Prom) was rapidly approaching & as usual, the entire 6th & 7th year classes were obsessed with, who was going with whom & so on. One day at home time, a few weeks before the formal, I was walking out the front doors of the school, when I heard someone call my name. When I turned round I saw that it was a lad in my class (whom I'd been informed had a crush on me & was considering asking me to the dance). With this in mind & the fact that I didn't fancy him, (indeed I found him a little bit intense so he scared me slighly ), I panicked & did the only 'mature' thing I thought of ... yup that's right, I turned & tried to run away (very mature for a 16 year old). Of course in my haste I bumped into a litter bin & fell to the ground in a heap.. my school books everywhere.

This grabbed the attention of the entire school yard as they looked to see what was going on.. my friends were creasing up laughing at this point. The lad caught up with me & helped me up. At this point I was mortified & thought it couldn't possibly get any worse. It did. Now with the entire school yards' eyes upon us, people where begining to 'cop on' to what was happening. I thought into myself... 'please don't ask me... please don't', but he did, in front of the entire school, he asked me if I 'would like to go to the formal with him'? I froze on the spot... all I could hear were giggles & wolf whistles emanating from our audience. I honestly couldn't answer him I was so embarrassed, so I just mumbled "Ummmm, thanks, can I think about it"?, picked up the remainder of my books & sprinted as fast as I could out of the school gates to an applause from said audience. When my mates caught up with me, they couldn't speak for laughing... mainly at my reaction.

Of course being such a mature individual, my embarrassmentturned into anger the following day, when I was being teased by my class mates. So much so, I told the guy that I couldn't go with him & made up a completely lame excuse. (I'm a bad person what can I say). When my anger abated... I felt so bad about what I'd done... (still do actually). I felt so bad about the whole thing & how nasty I was, that I ended up not going to the school formal at all. Instead I sat at home...

However, the good news is the next girl he asked... they ended up dating for several years & where very happy together. Thankfully he got over his crush, so he wasn't as intensely scarey in my presence & we ended up being really good mates. He did bring up the subject again a few years back, & said it was one of the most embarrassing moment of his life... which I agreed with. I apologised for being so horrible & for my behavior. He said it was ok.. I was forgiven.... however I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for being so horrid. I still cringe at the thought of my reaction to it all... now that truly was embarrassing.

Well... you probably all think I'm a right nasty cow... so I'll slink off to go read some posts... I mean do some work! Just thought I'd share one on my most embarrassing moments, seeing as some of you where brave enough. Please don't think I'm a bad person

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septentrion - Aug 9, 2004 5:37 am (#1653 of 2955)

As Sirius said, we all do stupid things when we are 15 (or 16) that doesn't make you a bad person

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ShelterGirl - Aug 9, 2004 5:38 am (#1654 of 2955)

You know, it just occurred to me...

I'm 33, and I still find myself occasionally putting a shirt on for work and getting ready to go out the door and then thinking, "Nope," and using a safety pin on the inside of the shirt to give me more modesty.

Chemyst-maybe we could all get some bumperstickers that say, "Anti-Skank..."

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boop - Aug 9, 2004 5:55 am (#1655 of 2955)

Fawkes, Those stories made me laugh. I can't say I blame you for doing what you did. I think if the whole school yard was watching I would have done the same thing as you. That is great the two of you have become friends and now you can even laugh at how it all came apart with you falling over that bin.

I agree about the little girls clothes. It is hard to find clothes that are suitable for their age. I also find it hard buying clothes for Taysha because they make everything for skinny kids and not all kids are skinny. We usually end up buying clothes two or three sizes bigger just to get them to fit, and then the pants are way to long. I don't buy many clothes now since my daughter's are grown but when they were teens the clothes weren't much better then today.

Everybody have a nice day!!!!

Edit: I just wanted to Thank everyone for all the support you have shown me. I can't began to express what it has meant to me. I am doing better. They increased my medicine so things are improving. Also want to say thank you so much for all the hugs I have felt each and everyone of them.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 9, 2004 5:56 am (#1656 of 2955)

Hey Betty, glad to know I made you laugh with my embarrassing story... theres plenty more where that came from... maybe later Until then... have another *hug* & I'm delighted to hear that you're feeling so much better

EDIT : SJY.. hee hee, sounds so familar.. glad to know I'm not the only person that reacted in such a 'mature' fashion

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Susanne - Aug 9, 2004 5:57 am (#1657 of 2955)

Fawkes, I had such a laugh at your embarrassing moment! Not because I was laughing at you but because something really similar happened to me.

I was 17 and was outside doing playground duty (supervising the younger kids) with this guy whom I knew had a slight crush on me. When he asked me out I didn't know what to say so I mumbled that I was already seeing someone, which I wasn't. He started asking me questions about my 'boyfriend' and before I knew it, I had made up some details. Unknown to me my classmates and so called friends had been listening from an open window in the common room, soon everyone knew about my imaginary boyfriend, including the poor guy who had just asked me out!

I haven't thought about that in ages but I am cringing writing about it. I am not all bad, honest!!

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 9, 2004 6:09 am (#1658 of 2955)

Ooooh, most embarrassing moment...I've got one!

I think I was 19 or 20, in college at any rate. I had taken an elective science class in astronomy the year before, and had become quite good friends with an older woman (40-50 yrs. old) who was taking the class also. I had really enjoyed the class, so I decided to take another, this time what my mother would call "Physics for Morons," that is, a class that covered physics without getting deeply into the math. My older friend wasn't in that class.

Our teacher was obviously very very knowledgeable but...well, let's say Prof. Binns didn't have a lot on him. His voice was very monotonous, and although I was interested in the topic, I found it a strain sometimes to stay awake (a problem I'd never had in school before, that's how bad it was).

I happened to see my friend in the library, and she asked me how I was doing, and if I was taking another science class. I told her about Prof. So-and-so, and how boring he was. She protested that he couldn't really be that bad. I assured her that, although he knew his stuff, he really was sleep-inducing. Just then, I saw Prof. So-and-so. My friend went over to him, took him by the arm, brought him over, and said, with a big smile, "By the way, I'd like you to meet my husband."

I really would have liked to sink through the floor at that moment and never reemerge. I had a chance later to apologize, and she took it with quite good humor, but it was one of those "I'll never live it down" moments. Even now, more than 20 years later, I feel a little queasy when I think of it. But it taught me never to talk other people down again!

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Kasse - Aug 9, 2004 6:47 am (#1659 of 2955)

RPS - oh my goodness I think I would have died!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 9, 2004 7:04 am (#1660 of 2955)

Happy Monday Everyone.

I agree that clothes made for little girls are absolutely appalling. Unless they are the type of girl who likes to wear a dress all the time, there's very little that's age appropriate. Don't even get me started on teen/tween attire.

Reaching back to some past movie themes: I saw "I, Robot" and was actually entertained. I generally hate action movies for no other reason than the characters feel the need to be witty in the middle of very dangerous situations. The one-liners were somewhat kept to a minimum here and Will Smith was pretty good. Of course, I have not read the Asimov story, so I don't know whether I should actually be outraged or not.

Pulling out the whip to beat a very dead horse: 100 points to the first person who can answer this trivia question: "What new movie by a possibly overrated director suffered a 67%(!) drop at the box office this weekend?" *cough* word of mouth *cough*

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septentrion - Aug 9, 2004 7:18 am (#1661 of 2955)

RPS, that's just the kind of things I could do !

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Kasse - Aug 9, 2004 7:22 am (#1662 of 2955)

Loopy Lupin - What is The Village ?

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 9, 2004 7:29 am (#1663 of 2955)

Yes! *ding, *ding, *ding! 100 points Kasse!!!

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 9, 2004 7:37 am (#1664 of 2955)

Kasse, yes, I just about died on the spot. (Ultimate humiliation.) I can only talk about it because it taught me a lot (and also because it was 20 years ago, that helps too...)

Loopy Lupin, I have read "I, Robot," and I was not outraged. There wasn't really much connection, aside from the existence of Dr. Calvin (who was quite similar to the character in the movie), the three laws, and the idea of robots evolving. But I found the movie quite entertaining. Right now, mostly I'm looking forward to "Princess Diaries II," since I really loved the first one, and I know they have the same actors and director. Hey, lightning could strike twice!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 9, 2004 7:42 am (#1665 of 2955)

There wasn't really much connection, aside from the existence of Dr. Calvin (who was quite similar to the character in the movie), the three laws, and the idea of robots evolving.-- Round Pink Spider

I see. Your comments brought something to mind. Could you imagine if one of the HP films could be described as not having "really much connection" with the books except that Harry's a wizard, goes to a school, and there's magic involved? Some of our members would have conniptions.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 9, 2004 9:05 am (#1666 of 2955)

Yeah, but "I, Robot" was a collection of short stories, so about the most they could have done was taken one short story and added a whole lot of detail to it (a challenge at the best of times...). And I did sort of have conniptions about the liberties they took with LOTR The Two Towers, although I got used to them eventually...so yeah, I know what you mean, but I just can't see Isaac Asimov's short stories generating the same kind of devotion as Harry Potter.

Since we're on books and movies, I thought the recent movie version of The Time Machine was better than the book (but then, I believe it was directed by Wells' great-grandson or something). That's probably the best safeguard for quality: have the author or a representative involved. Disney's Holes was the best adaptation I've ever seen of a book, and I believe the author wrote the screenplay.

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Padfoot - Aug 9, 2004 9:11 am (#1667 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 9, 2004 9:13 am

Morning (or afternoon) everyone! I hope everyone had a good weekend.

I had to laugh at the conversations about little girl's clothing. Since I do not have any kids, I have not paid particular interest in what they are wearing. But every now and again I will see "little Brittney Spears" in the malls. When I was that age I would have died if I had to wear low cut or tight shirts. Not that my parents would have let me. I was not a tom boy, I have always liked dressing up for church in dresses even when I was little. But some of my favorite outfit’s in 4th, 5th grade had penguins or dogs on them. Haha, not very grown up at all. I remember the Madonna fashions too. I was allowed to wear those jelly bracelets, nothing else of Madonna's style.

As far as embarrassing stories, I can't tell you how many times I have put my foot in my mouth or been klutzy enough to knock over people. More times than I would care to admit to. Heck, just yesterday I managed to spill communion wine down the front of me.

RPS- I really enjoyed the movie Time Machine too.

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boop - Aug 9, 2004 9:29 am (#1668 of 2955)

Puja- Welcome to the forum and and Have a great day!!!

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Mynn - Aug 9, 2004 9:30 am (#1669 of 2955)

Hey Everyone,

Most embarrassing Moment? Pick a moment in my life, and that's about it. I never have learned when to shut my mouth. Maybe Someday. *sigh*

I too am appalled at some of the clothes 'little girls' wear and/or what's available to them. No wonder morality is such a problem any more. (another sigh)

Now, movies/books... I could talk all day about. I Saw the Village and I'm partly to blame in the 67% decline. It was slow moving and toward the end laughable. I Robot, was great, I thought. You can't ever go to action/adventure movies expecting to much depth and this one was surprisingly thoughtful. At least in my opinion. I really didn't like the time machine though...but you can't win them all and my favorite book(s) to movie(s) are Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is one instance where the movie, though leaving out a few details, really added to the story rather then took away. The second set that tied is Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Well, I guess I said a mouthful. Later.

Mynn

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Kasse - Aug 9, 2004 9:47 am (#1670 of 2955)

Hey Mynn I love anything and everything Roald Dahl's!!

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Penny Lane. - Aug 9, 2004 11:17 am (#1671 of 2955)

As I am not a parent, I probably can't add much to the "girls fashion" debate, other than to say that I went to a private high school through my junior year, and a group of us tried to get them to give us uniforms, as the dress code was so difficult to deal with. Every August they would send us a booklet with the do's and don'ts of what we were allowed to wear. They wanted everyone to have a collar on their shirts, shirts needed to be tucked in, dresses needed to have sleeves, etc. No Jeans, or cargo pockets. Pants needed to be one solid colour. Shoes much not be open toed or open heeled. Anyway, all the restrictions left us with not much choice, and it was really difficult to find clothing that would fit the restrictions, and still leave us with money to buy clothes to wear after school. So a group of us asked for uniforms, and basically all the rich kids got their parents to tell us we were stupid.

As for movies vs. books. I really liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a lot better then the movie.. but the movie was still good. I don't want to see I, Robot. It looks like every other summer released Will Smith movie, but combined.

I loved the Time Machine, the new one and the 1969 version. Both have really good things to them and I think the older one is more faithful to the book.

I think the worst adaptation to the silver screen was Jurassic Park 2, "The Lost World" I really enjoyed the book, but the film was NOTHING even similar to it. The only thing they had in common was the main character and the dinosaurs. The film did have One redeaming quality, and that was Vince Vaughn. :-)

Oh! Most embarrassing moment. I have a lot, you know. Two or three that I absolutely can not tell on this forum... But I will tell you about this time I went out to lunch with my english professor. It was just me and him, and we walked across the street to eat at this little pizzaria across from campus. I was interviewing him for a couple of newsstories I was writing for our student newspaper... Interview is going okay, I guess. I didn't know what to say to him, as I was no longer in his class, he invited me to lunch, and I was suddenly not myself. Yes, I thought he was the most attractive married professor I'd ever had. So, he's talking, and I'm trying to eat and write stuff down and ask intelligent questions, when I realized I was trying to write with my eyeliner. I fluster a bit, and dig into my purse and find a pen. Thats when I knock over my soda. After all that, we start the real interview. It was about "Rate-my-professors.com" (It was assigned to me) I asked him if he ever looked at it, etc. His response was no, what it about. Which led to a discussion of how he had a little chili pepper next to his name. (That means that most student who rate him, think he's hot) And thats when the Dean of the English Department walked by and decided to join us - apparently it appeared that we had an improper relationship. So I then had to explain to him what we were doing, and while i was doing so, I managed to spill yet another drink.

And that is why I no longer have beverages while giving interviews.

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Good Evans - Aug 9, 2004 11:21 am (#1672 of 2955)

Excellent embarrassing story Penny L - absolutely loved it!

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Dr Filibuster - Aug 9, 2004 12:06 pm (#1673 of 2955)

One of my most forum friendly embarrassing moments happened last year;

My best mate (who emigrated to the USA) rang and told me that her cousin had suffered a heart attack at work. He'd been rushed to Casualty (ER) where he had another cardiac arrest. "He actually died in hospital", she said.

The call was then immediately cut short because of a minor emergency with one of her kids. Due to the 5 hour time difference between them and here in the UK, and the fact that they were out all the time because they had 6 family members over on holiday, it was impossible speak again for a few days.

Although I was only on nodding terms with the cousin, I know some of my friend's family very well indeed. This includes the cousin's sister and elderly parents. They all live in the same house.

I tried to ring them a few times to express my sympathies but there was never a reply.

I sent a bereavement card. This is not an easy thing for me. I agonised over choosing the right card and writing a heartfelt message.

I got a phonecall 2 days later; "Hi Sue.....er....we got your card. (Big pause) You do know Rick's not dead don't you?"

ARGH!!! I was mortified. I'd sent a sick man and his elderly parents a card about him being dead.

He had "technically died" in hospital, but the medical staff had revived him after a couple of minutes. He's doing fine now. Mercifully, neither he nor his parents ever got to know about the card.

His sister, my friend and her husband still tease me about it...mostly because they know how embarrassed I was. Sometimes it's a good job your best friend lives several thousand miles away. I could have throttled her!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 9, 2004 12:44 pm (#1674 of 2955)

It looks like every other summer released Will Smith movie, but combined.-- Penny L.

Well, at no time, does Will Smith appear in drag doing a belly dance routine as he did in Wild Wild West. Aliens are also nowhere to be found. So, it at least has that going for it.

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Celestina W. - Aug 9, 2004 12:59 pm (#1675 of 2955)

RPS, that's so cool! I live near Lewiston, not far from Rochester at all! I went to see PoA for the first time at the Chateau theater, and I go shopping in Rochester pretty often. Just think, we could have seen each other in Barnes and Noble or something once and not even know it.

Padfoot, your post reminded me of another embarrassing moment. I don't know why I didn't think of it before -- probably because I try to blot these things from my mind as soon as they happen. Sorry if this borders on too much religious talk for the Forum (go ahead and delete it if it does). I was in church one Sunday, shortly after we had transferred there from a different church. It was time for communion, and at the new church, they do what's called intinction. You take the wafer and dip it into the cup of wine before you put it in your mouth. But at all the churches I had ever been to before, you put the wafer in your mouth first and then drink the wine from either the common cup or an individual cup. So I went up for communion, took my wafer, swallowed it, took the cup, took a drink -- not thinking there was anything wrong with all this. Except one of the people helping serve communion was giving me a very odd look. Then my mom whispered to me, something like "That's not how they do it here." I felt so completely stupid, because I knew what I was supposed to do, I just hadn't been thinking about it. I don't think many people noticed, but it was still horribly embarrassing.

I have to disagree with anyone who likes The Time Machine. (The recent version, that is, I've never seen the 1969 one.) I thought it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and a classic example of a book-to-movie adaptation gone horribly wrong. I was so disappointed, because I loved the book, and they could have made such a good movie out of it if they hadn't messed with the story so much. But oh well, you're entitled to your opinions, too.

Mynn, have you heard about the new adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that's being made? Johnny Depp is in it and I believe Tim Burton is directing. Should be good stuff. I think it comes out either next year or 2006.

I'm going to be visiting my grandparents this week, so I won't be able to keep up with the Forum for a few days. Is it too much to ask for you all not to post very much so I don't have a lot of catching up to do when I get back?

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Mynn - Aug 9, 2004 1:06 pm (#1676 of 2955)

Celestina W. Says: Mynn, have you heard about the new adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that's being made? Johnny Depp is in it and I believe Tim Burton is directing. Should be good stuff. I think it comes out either next year or 2006.

Oh yeah, Baby! I am so stoked! I was doing dances when I heard about that. I think it will be very unique, with both Tim Burton, who has a unique outlook on most things anyhow and personal touches from Johnny Depp. He's a very very good actor.

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wormsé - Aug 9, 2004 1:09 pm (#1677 of 2955)

Ohhh, Celestina... I heard about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I think that Johnny Depp will be wonderful for that movie! He's my favorite actor... Smile

I'd contribute to the embarrassing stories, but honestly I don't really have one. Or at least that I can remember. This doesn't make me too terribly happy, though, because I know my day is coming... hehe.

Betty- Glad to hear that you are feeling better!

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Madam Pince - Aug 9, 2004 1:28 pm (#1678 of 2955)

Round Pink Spider, your story was hilarious! How mortifying! Good thing your friend had a sense of humor! But then again, if her husband really was that boring, she probably knew it already -- ha ha! I wonder if she ever told him what you said?

I thought of two more that I was reminded of by some of the above:

1. In college (again) -- rainy day -- wearing those horribly-ugly-but-very-utilitarian-rubber LL Bean bootees we called "duck shoes" -- leaving after class with nice looking young man from class who had finally noticed me -- began walking down marble stairs crammed with students changing classes -- slip on wet marble -- shoes no good -- aaargh -- grab desperately onto hand railing -- aaaargh -- desperate grab only serves to make me fall awkwardly in sloooowwww motion down the entire staircase, clinging to rail the entire time, in front of about a hundred people. Entire fall probably took at least a full minute. Didn't even get injured so could garner sympathy. Nice-looking young man never looks at me again, naturally.

2. This one is actually on someone else. I grew up in a very small town where everybody knows all the "local happenings." It was about a month or so after my grandmother had died, and I was at a softball game. A friend/acquaintance of mine was chatting with me, and very sympathetically said "I was so sorry to hear about your grandmother. How is your grandfather taking it?" I couldn't resist -- I paused a minute, then said "Actually, he's thrilled." After a shocked silence from my friend, I continued "Because he died a few years ago, so he's glad to be getting to see her again." I think my friend almost died too, he was so mortified that he'd forgotten about my grandfather. I just laughed at him -- we still laugh about it today.

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Marè - Aug 9, 2004 1:39 pm (#1679 of 2955)

Okay, embarrassing moments that are suited for this forum. Well I have enough of those moments of all sorts, because I can be quite the klutz.

When I was 5 or 6, I was dragged along with my parents to visit some friends of them. They were the kind of far away living friends that you visit once a year. So for me they were more like strangers. It was an evening visit and I was suppossed to sleep in the guestroom while the adults chatted away the evening and part of the night.
When we arrived at their house it was dark but not entirely night yet.
The first thing the company did was take sort of a look to the garden (isn't very handy without sunlight..). But all I saw was a rather large grassfield, which was perfect to run on for little girls who just sat several hours in a car...
So I ran around a bit and before anybody could say a word, managed to ran into the duckweed covered pond...

I didn't even fall in it, I just never saw the difference between the green grass and the green waterplants and I simply ran into the water.
I was wet from the tip of my head to the end my toes and had weed on top of me, in my clothes, in my ears... you get the picture.
After the initial scare everybody thought it quite funny except me, and the fact that everybody was laughing about it didn't make me feel better.

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Madam Pince - Aug 9, 2004 1:54 pm (#1680 of 2955)

Mare, I can still remember the laughter of the group of adults from when I was a little girl and I hugged the legs of someone I thought was my Dad standing in the group, but it wasn't. I couldn't have been more than three, but I can still hear that laughter and remember how embarrassed I was. Isn't it funny how things like that stick with you, even from a young age?

Kind of makes you understand Harry's remembering what he does of that night in Godric's Hollow, doesn't it? I mean, it's quite a bit more emotional than just an embarrassment, but still, it's along the same lines...

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Penny Lane. - Aug 9, 2004 2:36 pm (#1681 of 2955)

Madam Pince, you don't know how many times I've found myself in a similar situation. I've never worn rain boots, but I used to wear sliders (sandles that you just sort of slip on, kind of like flip flops, but not) all the time. Even when it was raining, i'd be wearing those, run inside, slip on the tile and land on my bum, back.. my shoes have flown off. Anyway, I laughed, cause I know how embarrassing that is... even if I've never fell in front of a hundred people, it’s been close.

Oh, how many of us have been talking to our mothers in a supermarket, turn around and find that we are in fact talking to some strange person?

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Catherine - Aug 9, 2004 3:16 pm (#1682 of 2955)

Or have been pushing a cart in the grocery store to realize, suddenly, "Oh my goodness, this isn't MY cart!" I do this rather frequently, and it gets less embarrassing all the time. Smile It's awful, though, when a little old lady has to say, "Excuse me, but that's MINE!"

I sometimes think that I live to be embarrassed. Smile

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Marè - Aug 9, 2004 3:16 pm (#1683 of 2955)

Mare, I can still remember the laughter of the group of adults from when I was a little girl and I hugged the legs of someone I thought was my Dad standing in the group, but it wasn't. I couldn't have been more than three, but I can still hear that laughter and remember how embarrassed I was. Isn't it funny how things like that stick with you, even from a young age?

How about standing in a store holding hands with and chatting merrily to your father, only to see that same father walking into the store suprised as why you didn't follow him out.
O, I remember the laughter of my dad, the stranger I was holding onto and the rest of the people in the store... Yes I do!

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Denise P. - Aug 9, 2004 5:49 pm (#1684 of 2955)

Okay, I can recall an embarrassing moment, I just happened to think of it. My friend, Shelly, has long, waist length blonde hair. I was in the store one day and I saw Shelly with her back to me. I snuck up behind her, grabbed a handful of hair and gave a playful tug, saying "Boo! Gotcha!"

Imagine my horror when Shelly turned around and it was not Shelly! I stammered out an apology and got away quick. It did cure me of doing things like that unless I was 100% certain it was the person I think it is.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 9, 2004 6:22 pm (#1685 of 2955)

RPS, that's so cool! I live near Lewiston, not far from Rochester at all! I went to see PoA for the first time at the Chateau theater, and I go shopping in Rochester pretty often. Just think, we could have seen each other in Barnes and Noble or something once and not even know it.

Well, Celestina, it's not like most of Minnesota is a raging hotbed of population! But I am surprised you're not from the Twin Cities; that's what I was expecting. Yeah, I go to the Barnes and Noble at Apache Mall for books, it's a great store. :-D

I have to disagree with anyone who likes The Time Machine...I was so disappointed, because I loved the book...

Well, that explains your disappointment! I never cared for the book; I thought it was depressing. I've always preferred stories in which people learn and change, and I felt that the book The Time Machine ended on a very hopeless note.

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True Love - Aug 9, 2004 6:35 pm (#1686 of 2955)

Has any of you read the fan fiction about HP? I've been reading a few - some of the writers as quite good but most are pretty lame and I totally avoid the same sex stuff - yech! If you can recommend any half decent stories to read, please let me know. I print them out and read them on the bus on the way to or from work. Some of the ones I've read a pretty lame or far fetched and I find myself getting mixed up with the real stories. This is somewhat embarrassing when discussing HP with family and friends. It is like, "no, I don't recall reading that..."

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Penny Lane. - Aug 9, 2004 6:45 pm (#1687 of 2955)

True Love: we have our very own Fan Fiction forum! You will want to check it out, none of them are same sex relationships, and it’s very friendly.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 9, 2004 6:45 pm (#1688 of 2955)

YEAH. Just posted me first thread. It is HP Related Trivia. I hope people will enjoy it.

Leila

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Gina R Snape - Aug 9, 2004 7:30 pm (#1689 of 2955)

WOW, you guys sure got chatty the past few days!!!!

Denise, I don't have children to dress. But when I ran a homeless shelter for families a few years ago we received some donations for Christmas presents. And there were dolls (I think of a girl band--Destiny's Child maybe). Anyway, the dolls were dressed so provocatively, I wouldn't give them out to the girls for presents.

It amazes me that some people think it's ok for their children and their children's toys to look like hookers.

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Celestina W. - Aug 9, 2004 7:43 pm (#1690 of 2955)

Oh man, don't even get me started about dolls. They make some now that are called Bratz (what a name). Why would anybody want such a skankily dressed doll? I mean, what kind of example does that set for little girls? What ever happened to decently clothed Barbies, I ask you...

By the way, Gina, what do the words say on your avatar? I can't quite read them.

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Denise P. - Aug 9, 2004 7:54 pm (#1691 of 2955)

Bwahahaha, before my girls get Barbies, we buy them clothes and get them dressed since even Barbie shows too much bare midriff LOL

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Gina R Snape - Aug 9, 2004 8:14 pm (#1692 of 2955)

My avatar says "And to think, all he needed was a little Breck shampoo!"

Is it that hard to read? I suppose I could rework the graphic.

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Celestina W. - Aug 9, 2004 8:20 pm (#1693 of 2955)

Thanks, Gina. That's cute.

No, it's probably just my computer, all the pictures look a little fuzzy to me (for that matter, maybe it's my glasses...).

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Gina R Snape - Aug 9, 2004 8:23 pm (#1694 of 2955)

Thanks, Celestina.

I don't know if you remember the old Breck commercials from the '70's. But the hair toss made me think of it, when I saw this pic today. I tend to enjoy amusing myself. Sometimes others join in...

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Celestina W. - Aug 9, 2004 8:33 pm (#1695 of 2955)

Nah, I tend not to remember much from the '70's, seeing as I was born in '87... Anyway, I have heard of Breck shampoo, though, (just another one of those odd bit’s of knowledge bouncing around in my brain), so I got the joke. I guess Severus took Wormtail's advice from the Marauder's Map to heart.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 9, 2004 8:41 pm (#1696 of 2955)

'87, eh? Heh, heh. Well, I would bet one of those commercials will show up on a VH-1 "I love the 70's" show sometime...

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Julia. - Aug 9, 2004 9:00 pm (#1697 of 2955)

Well everyone, the clock's just chimed midnight here on the east coast, which means that I get to be the first person to say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY!!!!

Hope you have a great day and an awesome year! Love you lots!

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McSnurp - Aug 9, 2004 9:01 pm (#1698 of 2955)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY!!! YAY!!! *Confetti falls* WHOO HOO!!!

Have a brilliant and lovely birthday my dear dear Betty, my second mum! Blessings to you on your birthday!

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

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septentrion - Aug 9, 2004 9:05 pm (#1699 of 2955)

Happy Birthday

Present

happy birthday Betty ! Have a great day, forget your woes at least for 24 hours ! It is YOUR day !

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 9, 2004 9:10 pm (#1700 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Betty!!!! Accio Butterbeer. Accio Ben and Jerry's. Accio friends. Let's celebrate.

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Julia. - Aug 9, 2004 9:16 pm (#1701 of 2955)

Yes, party in the entrance hall! Everyone can have a butterbeer on me. *pulls out butterbeer and passes it around to everyone* Has anyone seen Abby lately? We need some abbyfetti!

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McSnurp - Aug 9, 2004 9:34 pm (#1702 of 2955)

Remember Betty, a chocolate frog a day keeps the witch doctor away Wink

Eat lots of them today! *gives Betty a handful* aren't they good!

HUGS KISSES AND LOADS OF LOVE TO MY FORUM MUM!

YAY! PAAAAAAAAARTY!

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Ozymandias - Aug 9, 2004 10:10 pm (#1703 of 2955)

Oh, Happy Birthday, Betty! I hope you have a wonderful, worry-free day that is filled with friends, family and Harry Potter goodness. You deserve it!

*BIG HUG*

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Mrs. Sirius - Aug 9, 2004 10:15 pm (#1704 of 2955)

Birthday Cheer Betty! Chat & Greetings 2004 - Page 5 1609556105

Barbie, sheesh! Barbie is not welcome in our house. I have been accused of prudedishness and jealousy of Barbie, but whatever the reason, I won't let my children have Barbie. My sister once bought one Barbie for each of the girls, but some how the dolls just disappeared.... "I don't know where it is sweetie"Angelic

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Liz - Aug 9, 2004 11:20 pm (#1705 of 2955)

wow I would be the person on the west coast to say happy birthday Betty on midnight but i don't think I can stay up another hour.... however it must be 20 min. after midnight somewhere right?

***!!!Happy Birthday Betty!!!***

*gives Betty a virtual online gift, and when she opens it there is a Harry Potter riding a broom card saying happy birthday and then inside is a cyber Harry Potter cell phone since I have my mind hooked on getting a cell phone me self* Wink

Hope you have a wonderful Birthday Betty

liz

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Marè - Aug 9, 2004 11:44 pm (#1706 of 2955)

Happy birthday Betty! Hope you have a wonderful day!!! Now I would love to add the discoball for you, or any other festive picture, but my picture holding server is a bit down....
So it's just going to be words and virtual hugs for you!

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The giant squid - Aug 10, 2004 1:24 am (#1707 of 2955)

*drags himself panting and heaving from the depths of Tennessee...*

I'm back! Finally! What's more, I'm surprised that y'all only posted 270 times since I left. The whole week prior to my trip this thread was getting around 75 posts a day...I was almost dreading coming back to it. Wink

Sherbie, sorry for your blah-ness earlier last week, but I have a feeling that you had a pretty good Saturday. Neutral I can't go into details, but let's just say that I got to review dinner...which kinda segues into the "embarrassing moments" topic nicely, I think.

   I tend to enjoy amusing myself. Sometimes others join in...



Gina, this is pretty much my motto. I learned a long time ago that most people just don't "get" me, and I'm okay with that. Smile

And, last but most certainly not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETTY!!!!! Consider yourself not just hugged but über-hugged! Very Happy

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 10, 2004 1:39 am (#1708 of 2955)

Mike : "I learned a long time ago that most people just don't "get" me, and I'm okay with that"

Hee hee Mike, you have no idea how many times I say that (about myself that is )...

Thanks to all who shared their.. 'Most Embarrassing' stories... made me laugh... & thank my stars that I'm not the only one on the planet who managed to be so clumsy, awkward & downright goofy on occasion... well I tend to make that a way of life

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY

Sorry I'm late.... BIG HUGS & loads of butterbeer, chocolate frogs & pumpkin pasties & loads more sweets. I couldn't find Mare's disco ball for you I'm afraid.... it was last seen lurking around the corridors of St Mungos... yes lurking.. Methinks it has taken on a life of it's own since a lime jello related incident during one of the several May birthdays over in St Mungos... so is this a party in the entrance hall or what... come on people... lets boogie

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The giant squid - Aug 10, 2004 1:44 am (#1709 of 2955)

Y'know, most people would be confused about a discoball being involved in a lime Jell-O incident...but to me it's just another day in the looney factory. Wink

--Mike

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Marè - Aug 10, 2004 1:47 am (#1710 of 2955)

Over here we start worry-ing when unsuspicious items like discoballs don't get involved in lime flavoured accidents... Who are you calling looney factory???

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Flame Alligator - Aug 10, 2004 4:27 am (#1711 of 2955)

Belated Happy Birthday Boop.

I have so many embarrassing moments I don't even care any more but I will share one that still sticks out in my mind. I was at a rock concert, when I was in my 20's. It was an outdoor concert. Kiss was the featured act. I was a radio jockette at the time and I had a stage pass, which means you get to stand on stage, to the side, during the concert. The stage was very high. I made it to the top of the stairs and my platform shoes got caught on the top step. I fell down the steps and during the loooong fall......... my top came untied and fell off. The fall was bad enough. To add to it, the opening act singer said, "Thanks sweetheart, we love the view." I wanted to just crawl away but I didn't because, I really wanted to see Kiss.

I am possessed by a house elf this week. *I must clean and get things in order* I am on vacation but have to teach one class this week on Thursday to the Feds. *sigh* I think I will work them extra, extra hard. :silly grin:

Fawkes, Goedemiddag (good afternoon) I missed you.

I hope everyone has a good morning. I know I am.

Goedemorgen everybody!

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 4:38 am (#1712 of 2955)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOOP! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOP! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Well, you get the point! Hope it's a great day for you.

Gina, I spewed here at 7:30 in the morning when I saw your new avatar. As a child of the '70s, I definitely remember Breck shampoo! Thanks for the laugh.

We survived the first day of school yesterday. Only 179 more days to go.

On the skanky clothes front, our morning newspaper featured some 11 year-olds in a feature about back to school. My husband, who is blissfully unaware of what we discuss on the Forum, was indignant when he realized that one of the girls had a tight t-shirt on that said, "Available." He was sputtering and gesturing at the paper, and I was thinking, "Denise would so NOT have bought that shirt!" :-)

I may have to post that on the "You know you're a fan" thread."

Cheers!

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOP! one more time for good measure.

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Leviosa - Aug 10, 2004 4:49 am (#1713 of 2955)

A very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Betty!!!

Big hug, have a great day!

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mike miller - Aug 10, 2004 4:50 am (#1714 of 2955)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTY!!!! Cheering Charms your way along with virtual hugs!!

Flame - It's just not right to use your vacation for cleaning. Wait, I've taken vacation to paint rooms in our house. I guess it's better to devote the time and get it done than letting it drag out.

Catherine - Don't worry too much about the shopping cart. When my wife and I first moved to the Baltimore area, the grocery stores had barricades to prevent you from pushing your cart out to your car. You would have to drive back up to the front of the store and transfer your groceries. There has been more than one occasion where my wife got in the car and drove home without the groceries. Thankfully, the stores have changed and you can now push your cart out to your car.

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tracie1976 - Aug 10, 2004 4:52 am (#1715 of 2955)

Betty!!!! Chat & Greetings 2004 - Page 5 2942856553

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Leprechaun Jack - Aug 10, 2004 5:12 am (#1716 of 2955)

(Sung ala Marilyn Monroe)

Hap-py Birth-day to -you...

Ha-ppy birth--day --to --you...

Happy Birth-day MR.(no that's wrong) BETTY --BO--OOP !!!

HAP-PY BIRTH-DAY TO YOU ! ! ! ! ! ! !


There is a tradition in my family that not only do you get a wish when you blow out the candles. But you also get a wish when you cut the first slice of cake. So please have an extra wish on me.

Jack

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 5:21 am (#1717 of 2955)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOOOP! :-D (Smiley substitute!)

You know, all you people talking about being born in the 70s and 80s are making me feel really old, and me with a sick one-year-old this morning (*whimper of self-pity*). I was born in 1962. Celestina, I was MARRIED the year after you were born!...I used Breck shampoo for years (I was much annoyed when they stopped selling it, best shampoo I ever used).

Barbies! None for my kids, thanks. They were bad enough when I was a kid, which as you noticed was a LONG time ago...Now I feel like they're just a vehicle for getting parents to spend as much money as possible.

I'm sorry, little blue today... :-(

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 5:32 am (#1718 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Betty!! Another Leo yay! I hope that you have a great birthday.

Gina - love the new avatar.

RPS - No need to feel old. Age is a matter of mind, and if you do not mind then it does not matter!

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 5:43 am (#1719 of 2955)

Oh, Kasse, most days I feel as young as Celestina. My kids keep me young. Maybe that's why I have so many! I love kids! YEA, KIDS!

I can't believe my oldest is 16 1/2. And my 13-year-old boy is going to be TALLER than me in just a couple of years (and I'm 5'11")! He's grown so much in the last year. He's getting HUGE! What a shock. I knew boys grew fast, but it's kind of different, seeing it happen.

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ShelterGirl - Aug 10, 2004 5:44 am (#1720 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Betty!! And mannny morrre...

Hope you have a very peaceful day. Smile

Oh-RPS...Breck Shampoo is back on the market. I saw it at Target the other day. I did a happy nostalgia dance in the aisle, and I got looked at funny, but oh well.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 5:48 am (#1721 of 2955)

Alas, ShelterGirl, I can't use it anymore, I developed an itchy condition on my scalp, and I need special shampoo. But I'll watch for it...maybe I'll switch my kids to it, if it's as good as the old stuff. Thanks for letting me know.

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Doris Crockford - Aug 10, 2004 6:26 am (#1722 of 2955)

Betty, have a very, very happy birthday! You deserve it.

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Accio Sirius - Aug 10, 2004 6:35 am (#1723 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Betty!

Gina, nice avatar! Snape with hair product is a good thing. He'll tell two friends, and they'll two friends, and so and so on....

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The Artful Dodger - Aug 10, 2004 6:57 am (#1724 of 2955)

Perhaps he'll found a company for hair care products with Gilderoy Lockhart (if Gilderoy is yet finished with getting the world rid of evil, of course).

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 7:17 am (#1725 of 2955)

Accio Sirius,

Please forgive me for not complimenting your new avatar. It's wonderful!

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Denise P. - Aug 10, 2004 7:19 am (#1726 of 2955)

Catherine, you are absolutely right...I would not buy my daughter a shirt that says "Available" on it Bwahahahahaha.....I am famous now! Speaking of said daughter, school started today!! She wore a shirt with butterflies on it

Happy Birthday Betty!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 10, 2004 7:27 am (#1727 of 2955)

Yes, happy birthday Boop!!!!

Please forgive me for not complimenting your new avatar. It's wonderful!-- Catherine Allen to Accio Sirius.

*ahem!*

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scully jones - Aug 10, 2004 7:28 am (#1728 of 2955)

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Betty!!! Yay!

Chompy

Happy Birthday

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 7:50 am (#1729 of 2955)

I realize that I neglected to tell a certain someone *cough Loopy Lupin cough* that I just LOVE his new avatar and would he pretty please forgive me for not mentioning it before now?

*waves to Loopy while blushing at her insensitivity*

I'm so glad that you're still sticking with the Simpsons for now. Very Happy

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 10, 2004 7:53 am (#1730 of 2955)

Hey Flame *big waves* I had a dream last night that you were teaching my yoga class... hee hee!

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Gina R Snape - Aug 10, 2004 7:55 am (#1731 of 2955)

Happy birthday, Boop!

Julia, did you know who get you know what yet?

Love the avatar, Accio. I wish I had someone to make cool kiddy drawings for me!

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Chemyst - Aug 10, 2004 7:59 am (#1732 of 2955)

Birthday Hugs to Betty!


Gina, your avatar dates me! But it also reminded me of a competitor's commercial. Prell is a beautiful Slytherin-green, fairly viscous shampoo, (half-way between a liquid and a gel,) somewhat transparent, like most dishwashing detergent. To "prove" it was luxurious, they dropped a pearl into a bottle of the stuff to show how it floated through "luxury." I have a very clear memory of standing in front of the TV as a pre-schooler and thinking, 'Boy, that's dumb. Pearls don't sink fast in mud either.' (BTW, I had to click on the avatar to read what it says, but I get a very legible display on your bio page.)

Accio - I believe your daughter invented a Hippogrim.

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 10, 2004 8:08 am (#1733 of 2955)

That's quite alright Catherine. Smile

Yes, the Simpsons it is for the foreseeable future.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 10, 2004 8:12 am (#1734 of 2955)

Well, I'm old enough to remember Breck shampoo and although I'm glad to hear it's back on the market I would never pick up a bottle for fear that it would act as some sort of Portkey and transport me back to the 70's and I'd find myself bedecked in a pair of gauchos. *shudder*

Happy Birthday Betty!

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 10, 2004 8:29 am (#1735 of 2955)

Happy birthday, Boop. Have a great day.

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wormsé - Aug 10, 2004 8:32 am (#1736 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Betty!! I hope it's a good one! Smile

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azi - Aug 10, 2004 8:35 am (#1737 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Boop!!!!! (although was it yesterday? Timezones get me confuzzled) *insert b'day smilie here*

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Padfoot - Aug 10, 2004 8:37 am (#1738 of 2955)
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Happy Birthday Betty!!!!  queen

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 8:43 am (#1739 of 2955)

Oooh, Padfoot,

I had a girlie fan moment when I saw YOUR new avatar. Sigh...

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Padfoot - Aug 10, 2004 8:49 am (#1740 of 2955)

I saw that picture the other day and knew I had to use it.

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 8:54 am (#1741 of 2955)

Catherine Allen I am glad to see it was not only me drooling over Padfoot's new avatar - I do not think I have drooled as much since Gina's previous Alan avatar.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 10, 2004 8:54 am (#1742 of 2955)

***admit’s to girlie moment too***

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Denise P. - Aug 10, 2004 9:50 am (#1743 of 2955)

My 8 yr old was chasing a frog, it made a sudden movement change and leapt onto my bare foot, startling me and causing an involuntary shriek. There was my girlie moment for the day Smile

Woo hoo! Picked up two copies of Order of the Phoenix today. One for me, one to send to my husband, who was not allowed to take my hardback with him.

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Ladybug220 - Aug 10, 2004 9:58 am (#1744 of 2955)

I have to add a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! for Betty. May you have many more to come.

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Accio Sirius - Aug 10, 2004 9:59 am (#1745 of 2955)

Padfoot: Lovely, lovely avatar!

Gina, I'm sure my daughter would be happy to do a Snape picture for you!

Chemyst--You're right, it does look more like a Hippogrim than Padfoot!

Denise, For a minute I thought you were going to say you stepped on the frog. Glad it was just a girlie moment.

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VeronikaG - Aug 10, 2004 10:00 am (#1746 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Betty! I hope your bad days are over soon!

I'm ignorant. Who is that guy in Padfoot's avatar? I don't recognize him from anywhere.

Ah, the shirts with penguins on them. I have some faint memories of one that had Bugs Bunny, and a pink sweater with pandas on it. So I had cute, decent clothes as well, though I do remember hotpants. We called them tights (bicycle shorts if they were short), but I guess it's the same thing. I promise I won't talk about my clothes any more, so I'll move on to talk about someone else's.

In my town (haven't seen so much of it elsewhere) there has been a strange kind of fashion for girls for a few years. It consists of making sure your thong shows above your pants. Usually that would be embarrassing, so girls with low cut jeans would be sure to wear really small thongs, but it is a strange town. A few years ago my friend and I were at Mac Donald's (I can hear Flame shiver in disgust). At the table opposite ours there were two girls about 17. The one that had her back to us was wearing a VERY low cut pair of Anastacia style leather pants, with a green thong coming up of them. My friend was staring murderously at her bottom (which was almost completely visible), and I could see what was coming. "I'm losing my appetite here! How can I eat when her whole ... is showing? I'm going over there to pull her pants up! I mean it!" Fortunately, she didn't do that, because "Anastacia" was leaving. Perhaps she heard the threats my friend was whispering.

Still really hot here. I better go water the garden. Have a nice day, everybody.

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virgoddess1313 - Aug 10, 2004 10:05 am (#1747 of 2955)

Happy birthday Betty!! I hope you have an absolutely wonderful day!!!

Next week is my last week at my job!!! I have mixed feelings... on one hand I'm happy I'll never have to come back here again and on the other I'm worried becasue I still don't have a new job yet. They just sort of decided that I would have one by then and told me next Friday is my last day.

I decided to be interesting and cook dinner for Will and myself tomorrow night. Unfortunately, I've only gotten so far as the dessert, creme brulee (I'm not smart enought to putin the accents and such that belong there). It looked good and sounded much easier than my original plan of chocolate souffle. Now all I need is a main course. Sigh. I think Will is a little nervous. In two years he has managed to avoid my cooking every time. I'm actually a rather good cook.

Ok, I'll be quiet now. Have a greaat day everyone!!

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 10:10 am (#1748 of 2955)

VeronikaG, that is Ralph Finnes, he was recently cast to play the role of Voldemort.

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 10:11 am (#1749 of 2955)

Veronika,

Padfoot's avatar is Ralph Fiennes and he has been cast as Voldemort in GoF.

Your story made me laugh. Way back when I taught high school, I always wanted to yank up the boys' sagging pants and say, "What ARE you thinking?" Although I was fascinated that the pants mostly stayed on. We had one incident where this thug kid was fighting with security and his pants came down in the process (I mean, they were below the equator anyway; it didn't take much). But the kid was handcuffed with his pants down while waiting for the police, and he later tried to claim he was owed money for humiliation. How outrageous is that?

I always feel like I should avert my eyes when I see people wearing their pants too low.

Kasse posted about Ralph while I was posting.

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Padfoot - Aug 10, 2004 10:11 am (#1750 of 2955)
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Veronika, my avatar is Ralph Fiennes who was just recently cast as Voldemort for GoF. He's been in many movies. He was really despicable in Schindler's List.

Virgoddess1313, congratulations? I can't tell if changing jobs is a good thing or bad thing for you. I hope you find some place wonderful soon!

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VeronikaG - Aug 10, 2004 10:18 am (#1751 of 2955)

Wow! It would take a BIT of make up to make that guy look like Voldemort! But then again I guess they couldn't persuade Michael Jackson to take the part.

Sagging pants, urgh!

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 10:20 am (#1752 of 2955)

But then again I guess they couldn't persuade Michael Jackson to take the part. – VeronikaG

Oh my goodness I laughed so hard! You are too funny!

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McSnurp - Aug 10, 2004 10:29 am (#1753 of 2955)

It would take a BIT of make up to make that guy look like Voldemort! But then again I guess they couldn't persuade Michael Jackson to take the part

HEE!!! The hardest I have laughed in a bit!!!! That's hilarious! I think I'd have nightmares... Michael Jackson dressed up to be even scarier! *shrieks!*

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 10, 2004 10:34 am (#1754 of 2955)

But then again I guess they couldn't persuade Michael Jackson to take the part. --Veronika G.

Michael would have had to scale back some of the make up or risk being too scary. We are going for a PG rating here after all.

I always wanted to yank up the boys' sagging pants and say, "What ARE you thinking?" -- Catherine Allen

For those of you who are old enough to remember "Bloom County," Berke Breathed has a new comic, "Opus" that only runs on Sundays. (Obviously, Opus is there and, recently, Bill the Cat, but it’s a lot of new characters.) Anyway, one of the recent storylines was Opus began working for the Mayor of the town on a top-secret mission which turned out to be attacking teen age boys with suspenders. The battle cry was "We hike their pants at dawn!!!"

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 10:51 am (#1755 of 2955)

Well, it took a little bit of Dark magic to make good-looking Tom Riddle look like Voldemort. A little Hollywood magic fit’s right in, eh?

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 10:53 am (#1756 of 2955)

Michael would have had to scale back some of the make up or risk being too scary. We are going for a PG rating here after all.

The battle cry was "We hike their pants at dawn!!!" ---Loopy Lupin


DOUBLE SPEW! Really, Loopy, I must protest. At this rate I won't be able to read anything on my computer.

This reminds me. Doesn't Comic Book Guy have prescription pants? Maybe people who wear their pants too low need corrective pants to teach them a lesson Smile

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VeronikaG - Aug 10, 2004 11:04 am (#1757 of 2955)

Hee hee, I'm glad to see you liked my joke.

I have a blog up now. After wanting one for ever, and seeing how easy it was to make one, I did it.

http://veronikag.blogspot.com/ Here you go.

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 11:10 am (#1758 of 2955)

My stars, I left the Forum last night at around 11'ish and just got on and there were SIXTY-TWO new posts on the Chat thread here!!! My first thought was something had happened BIG time and everybody is talking about it. And I was right!!! It's our beloved Betty's birthday!!!! So, Miss Betty here is a great big ---



HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


Hope you have just a fabulous day today and may each day be a little better for you. We all think the world of you and only want the best for our friend!!

Later, Deb

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 10, 2004 11:23 am (#1759 of 2955)

Doesn't Comic Book Guy have prescription pants? -- Catherine Allen

Now that made me SPEW. Yes, I seem to recall a prescription pants joke somewhere in the Simpsons. Smile Perhaps a prescription is what’s in order here. Smile

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Gina R Snape - Aug 10, 2004 11:37 am (#1760 of 2955)

Y'know, Michael Jackson wouldn't actually need any make-up for the part. Just a pair of red contact lenses.

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 11:40 am (#1761 of 2955)

He (Michael Jackson) would have to detach what little nose he has left wouldn't he? I thought Voldemort had slit’s for a nose - like a reptile.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 10, 2004 11:43 am (#1762 of 2955)

To quote my man . . . .”I see no difference.”

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 11:47 am (#1763 of 2955)

Oh, you have become Snape, Gina! Your quote was SO apt...

I chuckled evilly to myself.

EDIT:

I have to make a "clothes correction." I finally read the article myself, and it turns out the 11 year-old was wearing "Naughty," not "Available." I guess I heard hubby wrong b/c of Forum contamination!

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 11:48 am (#1764 of 2955)

lol Gina - good one!

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 10, 2004 11:58 am (#1765 of 2955)

Gina, thanks to Padfoot's new avatar, your Detention with Snape Club may soon have some competition. I just thought I'd warn you.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 10, 2004 12:22 pm (#1766 of 2955)

Heh, heh. That's ok. We, much like the Dark Lord, only want true devotees.

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Padfoot - Aug 10, 2004 12:32 pm (#1767 of 2955)

Oh but I am devoted to more characters/actors than just only Snape. I still love Gina's previous avatar. *sigh*

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 12:38 pm (#1768 of 2955)

I love both Padfoot's current and Gina's previous atavars. *Double Sigh..*

I'm not sure I can handle both of them at the same time. I might overwhelm the Forum with my girlish adoration.

Am.. paralyzed...with... girlish... adoration...too much at one time....

*Catherine swoons and will have to return later*

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Aug 10, 2004 12:42 pm (#1769 of 2955)

*Kim rushes to Catherine's side with smelling salts but alas! Catherine is too far gone*

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Kasse - Aug 10, 2004 12:48 pm (#1770 of 2955)

I love both Padfoot's current and Gina's previous atavars. *Double Sigh..* I'm not sure I can handle both of them at the same time. - Catherine Allen

lol, I have to agree with you there!

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 12:54 pm (#1771 of 2955)

*Catherine looks around groggily and wonders "What happended?"*

Oh, thank you, Kim. I was quite overcome! I'll go dab my hanky at my forehead and try to pull myself together.

Really, ladies, you need to warn me ahead of time! ;-)

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Julia. - Aug 10, 2004 1:33 pm (#1772 of 2955)

*runs in panting* Mare's disco ball was last seen lurking about the coridors of St. Mungos? *gasp* I might have to head over there and look for it...

Julia, did you know who get you know what yet?-Gina

I don't think you know who was you know where to get the you know what. *continues partying and ignoring the conversation having no idea what Breck shampoo is/was* Ah, to be a child of the 80s.

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mike miller - Aug 10, 2004 4:04 pm (#1773 of 2955)

As far as avatars go, I'm still partial to "Pull my Finger"; but then again I'm easily amused.

Regarding the sagging pants, I was recently watching a comedy show (Larry the Cable the Guy - Git R Done) and he commented on seeing kids with the sagging pants. He thought some rapper had been shot and they were wearing their pants at half mast.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 10, 2004 4:13 pm (#1774 of 2955)

Thanks, Mike! I think that was Kip's favourite too.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 4:33 pm (#1775 of 2955)

LOL, Mike! I and all my kids are just dying here!!!

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Accio Sirius - Aug 10, 2004 5:01 pm (#1776 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 10, 2004 5:03 pm

Catherine, Please forgive me for not thanking you for noticing my new avatar! And Loony Lupin for me not acknowledging yours as fine as it is. I'm a big Simpsons fan and actually know someone quite like Comic Book Guy!

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McSnurp - Aug 10, 2004 5:10 pm (#1777 of 2955)

Pants at half mast? Very nice

Like my new name? It's McGonnagal in Norweigen!

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Madam Pince - Aug 10, 2004 5:23 pm (#1778 of 2955)

First and most importantly: Happy Birthday, Betty! Hope you had a wonderful, wonderful day!

I haven't actually seen Breck shampoo in a store yet, but I know I read somewhere that they were going to re-introduce it. Gina, your avatar is just too perfect. It's exactly like those commercials. And Chemyst, I remember the Prell Pearl too. It must've made a big impression or something if we can remember it after all this time.

Regarding the clothes -- I don't have a daughter near those ages, but I know I've been appalled just looking in the Sunday paper sale flyers -- I mean really! T-shirts for 11-year-olds that say "Available" and "Bad Girl" and stuff like that??? Sheesh. And Mike, the thing about the pants at half-mast is just too funny -- how perfect. When I see that on somebody I just want to point and laugh. I think how different it was when I was that age -- we'd be just absolutely mortified if any part of any strap of any type of undergarment showed through / out of our clothes. In fact, I wouldn't wear white shirts when I was a kid because I was so afraid that someone could "see through." Now they want to wear sheer lace blouses for the precise PURPOSE of seeing through. Ack.

Speaking of "ack" and Sunday papers, I am so bummed my paper doesn't carry the "Opus" strip. I loved Bloom County! (Bill the Cat always said "ack" as he coughed up a hairball, for those un-initiates.) Hopefully he'll do another book collection soon, maybe!

Well, I'm off for a quick two-day trip to the beach to visit some friends of mine who are coming in from Wisconsin for a wedding and to spend a day or two at the beach. Wish me no sunburn, no jellyfish, no no-see-ums, and no rain, please! I have enough gear packed in my car to actually live on the beach for a week, I think. See y'all in about 200 posts, probably!

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 5:24 pm (#1779 of 2955)

So, if I were having a Hermione moment, we as HP fans on this Forum would pledge in Fellowship (or Gals-ship) the following, but recognizing the list may need to be updated by other members...:

1. To NOT dress our children in skanky clothes (those HP fans who buy their own skanky clothes--well, you're on your own! And we love you as HP fans, but give us a break Smile ) We're the boss, are we not?

2. Pull those pants UP. The equator should ONLY be seen on the globe. The full moon, or even half-moon should ONLY be seen in the night sky. Let's let Remus and other werewolves worry about the "full moon." Guys and girls--this means YOU.

3. The word "no" is not a bad word. McGonagall uses it often when being wheedled. I tell my children that it's the only "one word sentence." Smile They look at me like I'm nuts, but hubby thinks this is funny, and uses it himself.

4. Be respectful and kind even when you don't like someone. Dumbledore is the epitome of this, and I am still striving and coming up short. Darn that snarky sense of humor which offends people. But really I am a marshmallow and a tenderheart . Really. REALLY!

5. Remember to appreciate the little things and say thank you.

Umm, Kip and Steve, if I haven't said it lately, Thank you for this site.

Thanks, all who post.

And once more today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOP!

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 5:28 pm (#1780 of 2955)

Catherine, I so solemnly swear! (And thanks!)

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 5:30 pm (#1781 of 2955)

Right back at ya RPS!

Oh, and Happy Birthday Ginny Weasley.

I think I was channeling Hermione. You all can disdain the previous posts if you like, but I was having a rare sentimental moment. Smile

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Denise P. - Aug 10, 2004 5:51 pm (#1782 of 2955)

Catherine, my kids just hate it when I say to them "We seem to be having a problem with English today. Which part of "no" was not clear the first time?" I get the big disgusted sigh in return and they admit defeat.

You know I solemnly swear!

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Madam Pince - Aug 10, 2004 5:54 pm (#1783 of 2955)

Funny....my son's favorite word now is "No!"

Doesn't matter what I ask him, he replies "No!" Sometimes followed by "No, not!"

Sigh... The Twos pass soon, right? Har-de-har-har.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 5:57 pm (#1784 of 2955)

Gee, Denise, are none of your kids teenagers yet, or are my kids just not as well-trained? I've always expected respect and I don't put up with rudeness, but my teenagers just won't back down in an argument (mmmrrow!!! Hisss! ffffffttt! *claww*).

Yes, Madame Pince, they pass. Then they turn 4.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 6:07 pm (#1785 of 2955)

RPS, 4 is soon followed by 5.

I solemnly swear.

Leila

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Pinky - Aug 10, 2004 6:10 pm (#1786 of 2955)

Cool blog, Veronika. Just a note to you, and to others that may not realize this. While we are certainly not secretive about the forums at all, the preferred method for people to arrive at this forum is through the link on the Lexicon index page. So when putting a link on your homepage, site, or whatever, please use: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ instead of a link bringing them directly to the forum it’self. So any of you that may have a link to the forums on any sites of yours, please change them to link to the Harry Potter Lexicon instead. And yes,.... this is an official request!

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Catherine - Aug 10, 2004 6:11 pm (#1787 of 2955)

Woo-hoo!

*Catherine does happy anti-skanky clothes dance*

In the interest of full disclosure, Leila, 5 turns into 6, and my doctor told me she is not surprised that my daughter got "moody" at age 6.

I taught high-school, so I was on my knees pleading, "No..no...please no...I know where this goes!"

I, of course, swear eternally. Smile

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 10, 2004 6:17 pm (#1788 of 2955)

Don't I know it! I have kids at 16, 13, 10, 8, 6, and 1 1/2. (Shudders at the thought of going through the 4s one more time *whimper*)

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Penny Lane. - Aug 10, 2004 6:18 pm (#1789 of 2955)

Pinky - Did you want us to change our bookmarks as well?

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wormsé - Aug 10, 2004 6:21 pm (#1790 of 2955)

Just thought I'd let people know that I'm leaving early tomorrow to go to Gatlinburg with my grandparents, (And I'm still wondering why exactly I agreed to this on my own free will... I mean I love them, but I'm 15, not 5.... ) and won't be back until Friday night sometime. I'm sure I'll be greeted by some hundred odd messages awaiting my return. Farewell!

Edit: Look! Lindsay's first ever smiley!

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Denise P. - Aug 10, 2004 6:27 pm (#1791 of 2955)

Your own bookmark, that YOU as a member use to get here is fine. Any external links on web pages, emails etc should be to the Lexicon's page about the Forum rather than a direct link to here.

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Ozymandias - Aug 10, 2004 7:19 pm (#1792 of 2955)

I solemnly swear...

Love the new avatar, McSnurp...Meriweather...whatever your name is now. You're confusing me! What do I call you? Anyway, 'tis lovely.

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Julia. - Aug 10, 2004 7:34 pm (#1793 of 2955)

I solemnly swear...

*continues partying*

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boop - Aug 10, 2004 8:01 pm (#1794 of 2955)

I don't know how to say what I am feeling right now. I can't believe how many birthday wishes I got. I am so overwhelmed with emotions. Everyone made me feel so special today, and I look at my birthday as just another day. I will not ever forget this, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I had a great day!!! I came home to find a box of flowers waiting on me. Thank you all for the flowers, they are beautiful. I love each and every one of you. Again I can't tell you all enough what this all has meant to me. Thank you thank you. Everyone of you have a place in my heart and are very special to me. Big Hugs to you all.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 8:04 pm (#1795 of 2955)

****Just gushes at Betty's post**** My girlish moment of the day.

HUGS ALL AROUND.

Leila

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Julia. - Aug 10, 2004 8:20 pm (#1796 of 2955)

*gushes too* I'm so glad you liked the flowers Betty, 'twas our pleasure to send them to you. Glad you had a great day, and I hope you figured out that your birthday is not just another day of the year. Love you lots!

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Mynn - Aug 10, 2004 8:56 pm (#1797 of 2955)

#VALUE!

I too solemnly Swear to abide by the list mentioned in the above mentioned post.

And I haven't yet wished Betty a Happy Birthday (sorry, I'm a little slow) *blushes* But HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 9:04 pm (#1798 of 2955)

No Betty -- THANK YOU, for being the person you are. You are always there with a cheerful welcome to all of the new members, you are always there for us for whatever problem "we" might have, you always go that extra mile to help out in any way that you can, well to be blunt "you've got a heart the size of Texas"!! This is a family and family means sticking together, taking care of each other & appreciating one another.

Oh Madam Pince -- Here's a tidbit that you will appreciate. We get a monthly magazine (Reminisce) that looks back on the "olden" days. In this month's issue was an article about Coke & peanuts!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. So we're not the only ones who remembers putting peanuts in our Cokes!!!

And are you ready for this girls? I saw in our state's newspaper that Orlando Bloom was in our state filming a new film the last few days of July and the beginning of August! And what got me to seeing RED is the filming site was only about 75-80 miles away from where I live!!!!!!!! Usually our newspaper is pretty good about announcing when a film is shooting here and who the stars are, but not this time.

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!

Later, Deb

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 9:06 pm (#1799 of 2955)

Deb, I am all a tither with your new avatar. *mops up the drool* I love him.

Leila

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 9:12 pm (#1800 of 2955)

Thanks Leila, I figured since we were seeing Orlando here and there, wellllll, Viggo deserved a bit in the spot light too!!! hee hee I can just see several keyboards going on the fritz now from all of the drooling -- what with Ralph, Orlando, Alan, Viggo, etc.... being spotlighted in the avatars!!!

Later, Deb
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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 9:13 pm (#1801 of 2955)

Certainly no one is going to be drooling over mine. Chris Barrie is not too cute as Rimmer with the Holovirus.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Aug 10, 2004 9:13 pm (#1802 of 2955)

I too solemnly Swear...

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 9:21 pm (#1803 of 2955)

Oh I don't know, Leila, not many could wear such a hat/cap as that AND pull it off as well as he appears to!!!!

Later, Deb

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 9:22 pm (#1804 of 2955)

What about the gingham dress?

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 9:33 pm (#1805 of 2955)

Welllll, Lelia -- what can I say? He's no Milton Bearle? How's that? hee hee

Later, Deb

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 9:38 pm (#1806 of 2955)

ROFL, Deb. I can always count on you all to make me laugh on a daily basis. Mr. Flibble or no(he is the penguin).

Leila

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DJ Evans - Aug 10, 2004 9:51 pm (#1807 of 2955)

We aim to please!!!

I've got a question to pose to everyone. I'm the type that if I hear before hand how a movie &/or book comes out, it doesn't ruin it for me. I can still see/read said movie/book and still get the same pleasure out of it. So in saying that, how many of you, once book 7 comes out, will flip to the ending to see if Harry lives? Come on now, be honest!!! I will most likely try my best not to, but just out of curiosity & knowing myself I will probably at some time in the reading flip to the ending. Any others?

Later, Deb

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 10, 2004 9:54 pm (#1808 of 2955)

I solemnly swear not to cheat and peak. See my halo *point up*

Leila

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The giant squid - Aug 11, 2004 12:14 am (#1809 of 2955)

Betty, your response to our "Happy Birthdays" made me have a girlie moment! It makes me glad to be a teeny part of your day. I think the posts of the last couple months have proven that we really are a family here on the Lex Forum. I get the feeling that we'll still be here long after book 7 comes out (and I refuse to skip ahead...although my will is weak sometimes) just because we can't bear to be away from each other for too long. Wink

Speaking of recent recipients of Forumistic outpourings...

   Julia, did you know who get you know what yet?



You mean that someone finally found Timrew a hippogriff?! Very Happy

--Mike

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 12:15 am (#1810 of 2955)

During the last few days I have started to worry that I'm the most indecent dresser on the forum. And me, who's always the most decently dressed when I go out with my friends. I'd like to join in on the swear on good behaviour. But I have always been raised to believe that swearing in a religious promise, one that you give to God. And I wouldn't swear if I knew there was any chance at all I might break the vow by accident or misunderstanding. And I'm very good at misunderstanding. So instead I give my promise that I won't dress any children like Britney Spears, I will say thank you, I won't sag, and I'll cherish the little things in life. And I always intend to keep my promises, if I know it will be impossible for me I use the magic word NO instead.

Pinky, the link is now corrected. Glad to see someone popped in there.

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The giant squid - Aug 11, 2004 12:25 am (#1811 of 2955)

Hey, Liz...thanks for posting the smilie rules on the "How Do You..." thread. I hadn't gotten around to tracking them down, and now I can do this:



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Ozymandias - Aug 11, 2004 12:30 am (#1812 of 2955)

I think I'll be able to resist skipping ahead. I managed not to peek at either GoF or OoP, even though I knew someone would die in each of them.

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Marè - Aug 11, 2004 12:32 am (#1813 of 2955)
Edited Aug 11, 2004 1:17 am

Veronika, I'm with you on the clothes thing. I dress decent (no "naughty" for me ) but when I was reading all those post I was sitting behind my computer grinning and thinking wether I was supposed to dress like a nun to fit in.
I actually even had my thong showing out of my pants once. I was wearing pants that get wider once you had them on for a day (stupid things, you know the problem), they were white (that's why the thong) and when I sit down on something, my habit is to lift my pants, so nothing shows. But unfortunately one time, while busy talking, I grabbed my underwear instead. So allthough the pants were still at a "decent" hight, my underwear was just a tad higher...
After a while a friend told me (he was male, he was grinning and when asked when he didn't tell me sooner he just grinned more... )
Oh and on the girlie clothing thing, I do think short skirts can be cute, if they have these all coloured striped maillot-thingy's under it.
And hey, I'm sometimes jealous at little girls clothing! They got my favourite childhood book and tv heroes on their shirts and socks, and they don't come in my size. (What makes those people think, grown ups don't want to wear Winnie the Pooh??? Iejoor all the way!)

PS Veronika, I wanted to make a comment in your blog, but you have to be a user and get a username and password, and I rarely do that (Sites all have diferent rules for names and passwords, so you always end up having several. Which always means I end up forgetting the important ones, like my bank accounts...) But anyway, lovely looking blog.

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Elanor - Aug 11, 2004 12:38 am (#1814 of 2955)

Hi everyboby ! And happy birthday Boop (I hope it's not too late!).

I loved your list Catherine : I solemnly swear too ! I'm a teacher and you won't believe what I sometimes see little girls wear ! BTW, it is often revealing about who has the last word at home : the kid or the parents...

I also wanted to ask Gina : what is exactly the "detention with Snape club"? I'm a Snape fan too !

Last thing, I loved your new avatars (especially Viggo...)!

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Madam Pince - Aug 11, 2004 12:53 am (#1815 of 2955)

Marè, we have stores here in the U.S. called "The Disney Store" -- don't know if other countries have them as well but I suspect they might. They are ridiculously expensive, but they have both kids and adults clothing with all sorts of Disney characters. And even some non-Disney like the "classic" Pooh (which I prefer.) I don't know if there's a website or not but you could try.

Also I've gotten Pooh clothes for adults at a place called "Cracker Barrel" -- they are a chain of restaurants here with country-style cooking and they have a sort of "olde-tyme" country store also, where they sell clothes and toys and candy and useless home decorations, etc. They might have a website, too, I don't know.

Now if your childhood hero was Blue's Clues or Strawberry Shortcake or something, I think you might be out of luck....

Betty, so glad you had a wonderful birthday. Many, many, more.

DJ Evans, I get some of the other magazines in the "Reminisce" family, but not that one. Glad to hear about the coke/peanuts thing! I read something recently too about coke/peanuts and thought at the time that I should go post about it, but now I've forgotten where I read it or what it was. Oh well. Guess I truly am getting old -- I forget everything, things of interest to me are featured in a magazine called "Reminisce" instead of "Cosmo," and I'm reverting to childhood by wearing Winnie-the-Pooh pajamas. Sigh.... next thing I'll be in the 'Old-Timers' ward at St. Mungo's along with Nicholas Flamel...

**"Hey there sonny! Come back here with my teeth! I can't slurp the lime jello through and make that squishy noise if I don't have my teeth! ***

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Marè - Aug 11, 2004 1:02 am (#1816 of 2955)

Hey Madam Pince, yes I know about these Disney stores. They are expensive.
I was more thinking about some bookcharacters, but some of them are dutch, so I used the everywhere known Winny as an example.
Allthough I believe you might know Nijntje. I think the english call her Miffy (poor thing).

And I still have to try coke and peanuts. Does it have to be cola in a bottle or can I just throw the peanuts in a glass?

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The giant squid - Aug 11, 2004 1:11 am (#1817 of 2955)

Okay, now I feel like a true member of the forum...I just had to bite the bullet and mark the entire forum as "Read". After a week away, there was just too much to catch up with (especially since I was falling behind before I left anyway ).

--Mike

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Madam Pince - Aug 11, 2004 1:19 am (#1818 of 2955)

Miffy is one of my son's favorite TV shows! He even sings along with the song. I noticed that all the names in the credit’s looked to be Dutch, and I wondered what Miffy's origin was. Now I know -- thanks!

I think you really need to put the peanuts into a Coke bottle. And it has to be a glass bottle as opposed to the plastic ones, if at all possible. It just tastes different in the glass bottles, somehow.

Mike, did you ever see my note about what were you referring to with "A View From the Top?" I'm still curious...

Edit: Why am I not in bed? I have a four hour drive tomorrow and I still have some last-minute packing to do in the morning.... OK, now I'm really going to log off...

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septentrion - Aug 11, 2004 1:53 am (#1819 of 2955)

I'm glad you liked the flowers, Betty ! I was in the secret, but with the Atlantic ocean between us, all I could do was to wish you a very happy birthday.

I join the swearing club too. Well, I don't have any child but just in case...At least the rule applies to me !

I also swear not to flip to end of book seven before I read the whole book. I managed to do it with every book of the series so I can do it again. And as I read so many detective novels, I'm well trained at that too.

Elanor, the "in detention with Snape" club comes from a joke on the first Snape thread (see below among the archived threads). Some of us have gained detentions with Snape and even asked for them. Gina is the president, I'm myself a member (my detention day is on fridays)

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 11, 2004 2:02 am (#1820 of 2955)

You guys are really sweet sending Betty those birthday flowers... take 50 points apiece for all those involved

Glad to hear you had a nice birthday Betty.

Mare, I have a Miffy T-shirt ... can't remember where I bought it though... it might have been TopShop (UK store).

There was a Disney Store near where I lived when I was at university & I used to love going in & looking at all the teddies... especially the huge pyramid of teddies at the back of the store I just wanted to dive into it (girlie moment)

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Marè - Aug 11, 2004 2:14 am (#1821 of 2955)

Oh, I just remember, they have the greatest sesamestreet shirts. With Oscar or cookiemonster... I might have to try to hunt one of these down!
And Fawkes, I just got back from the UK and I don't seem to be coming anywhere near it soon, so I'll just have to keep looking at this side of the sea.

And Betty, did you have a Harry Potter birthday cake?

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boop - Aug 11, 2004 2:35 am (#1822 of 2955)

Mare, I didn't have a real cake, but I had two cyber cakes. They had two cyber birthday parties for me, and there were two cakes. The cakes were Harry Potter Cakes and boy were they good. The parties were great lots of fun. I still have lots more Butterbeer to go around. So everyone help your self to a piece of birthday cake and a Butterbeer!!!!!

Have a Great Day Everyone!!!!

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septentrion - Aug 11, 2004 3:04 am (#1823 of 2955)

Veronika, I forgot to tell that I liked your blog !

Betty, thanks for the butterbeer and the cake. Great cyber party here !

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 3:24 am (#1824 of 2955)

You don't have to be a member to comment in my blog, you know. Just click "post anonymously", and just write your name under the comment, so I know who said what. Glad you liked it!

Aww, school starts tomorrow! I'll meet all my classmates again! Well, all the remaining ones now that ten of them has left as exchange students. Four of them were in my crowd, so we'll be a bit fewer for a few months. That's a bit sad, because we were starting to get a good social environment. The opening ceremony is tomorrow. I don't really need to be there, because it's only required for first years, but it has been so much fun the previous two years, I want to go. And I promised my friend who signed up for big sister duty that I'd come and support her.

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mike miller - Aug 11, 2004 5:54 am (#1825 of 2955)

Giant Squid Mike - I feel your pain on trying to keep up with the postings. So far I've been able to resist the "Mark as Read" option; however, I have been clicking on "Recent" and maybe backing up a page or two if there are over 100 posts on a thread. At least my post will be current with the discussion.

Betty - I'm glad we could bring a little ray of sunshine into your day. You're one of the very special people on this forum.

Veronika - Don't worry about the clothing. I think the frustration many parents feel is related to those significantly younger than you. Also, as has been mentioned, the other parents that let their kids wear "questionable clothes" make it harder for us that don't.

Everyone - Have a Great Day! Remember, it's your choice as to what kind of day you're going to have. Some people seem to enjoy picking lousy. Once you understand that rotten things can happen on great days, you're home free!

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Acceber - Aug 11, 2004 6:00 am (#1826 of 2955)

Whew! Too many posts for one week of vacation my friends. But I read through all faithfully, like the obsessed weirdo I am, so here are some random comments:

Most embarrassing moment *shudders*. Well, here's this one, I'm not sure if it's my most embarrassing, but it comes close-My grandfather, who died a few months before I was born, had a whole repertoire of songs he sang on long car rides and such. My mum's whole family (4 kids, 5 grandkids and spouses) knows them and sings them all the time. So we were in my grandmother's living room a few years back, singing one that went like this:

I Had a Hat

I had a hat when I came in,
I hung it on the rack
And I'll have a hat when I go out
To break somebody's back
It's a decent man I am, I am
And I don't want to shout
But I had a hat when I came in
And I'll have a hat when I go out.


OK, right? But for my entire life leading up to that point, I'd thought the fourth line was, instead of To break somebody's back, To bring some buddies back. For about 11 years, mind you. So I sang it wrong, they finally caught me, and I was so annoyed with myself. I ran into another room and refused to come out until I had proper apologies (or maybe my mum dragged me out, can't remember).

The girlie clothing-I prefer baggy T-shirts to unbaggy ones and jeans to designer pants and sweatshirts to cardigans, but when I dress up, I look more like a girl. I wouldn't call myself a tomboy, although I used to, but I don't really care all that much about style.

I will faithfully read page by page of Book 7, although I do cover up the second page on the two showing so I don't read ahead.

Hehe-my school starts the Thursday after Labor Day (September 9 this year) and for all you starting in August, two things: 1) I pity you and 2) Bwahahahahaha....

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BOOP!!!!! My second mom!

I'm done, sorry that was so long.

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Eponine - Aug 11, 2004 6:02 am (#1827 of 2955)

Wow, you leave town for a few days, and come back to over a hundred posts on so many threads! I feel like Percy, "I shudder to think of the state of my in-box" or whatever it was he said. That's the only time I've ever felt like Percy though.

I got to go home this weekend to visit my best friend who was in town for a wedding, but now I probably won't see her again until next summer, so I'm kind of sad now.

I had my birthday on Sunday, and I am now more than half way to 50. I had a good birthday, except my best friend accidently spilled HOT gravy on me at lunch. It was not a pleasant experience.

I don't have any children, but I do have a niece, and I promise not to buy her any skanky clothes. My husband and I are constantly appalled at the things they make for little girls now. We saw a thing on TV where they referred to the children who dress that way as "prosti-tots".

As far as buying children's character clothes go, I have tiny feet and can wear kid's shoes if I want to, so if I was inclined, I could buy Disney Princess or Barbie shoes.

Well, I hope everyone is having a wonderful time wherever they are.

Edit: I promise that I will do my very very best not to flip ahead when book 7 comes out. The only time I've ever done that was when I got extremely bored with a book, and didn't want to bother reading the rest, but still wanted to know how it ended.

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virgoddess1313 - Aug 11, 2004 6:04 am (#1828 of 2955)

It wouldn't ruin it for me, however I don't think I'll be reading the end of the 7th book first. I enjoy the surprise too much!!!

Hope everyone has a great day... mine's looking to be rather nice. It's my day to leave work at 1 so I have my whole afternoon to have fun.

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Kasse - Aug 11, 2004 6:14 am (#1829 of 2955)

Would I skip to the end of book seven.....I would be seriously tempted to especially if there was an epilogue that was taking place a few years after it had all ended. I would be seriously tempted to start with the epilogue and find out who made it.

However I will resist the urge and not read the end first of HBP or of book seven it will be tough though....

PS: I too solemnly swear.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 11, 2004 6:34 am (#1830 of 2955)

Acceber, when I was little (around 5 or so I think) I used to sing lyrics incorrectly all the time. There was one song in particular where the chorus was "Rock me baby" and I used to walk around singing "Shock the baby."

Elanor, the Detention Club is just something amusing that came up on the Snape thread. Some of us confessed such adoration for the beloved Potions Master that we would voluntarily take, and hence enjoy, detention with him. That grew into the Detention with Snape! club, of which I was made President. This was followed with an avatar I may use again at some point.

Oh! That reminds me. I made a t-shirt out of that avatar and every time I wear it I get huge grins from strangers and once in a rare while someone 'recognises' me as my fandom name is on the shirt.

I was in Staples on the weekend buying a shredder and the girl behind the counter was gushing over my shirt. When I told her I'd made it she got very excited until I pointed out that the special t-shirt paper is actually *sold* in Staples and she could make one herself. Then I think she just got embarrassed.

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Marè - Aug 11, 2004 6:37 am (#1831 of 2955)

No I wouldn't ruin it by reading the end first. I unfortunately knew Sirius was the dead in book five before I got to that part. so when Mr Weasley and Mc gonnagall were attacked I wasn't in the least worried. I think it might have been more fun if I wouldn't have known. So no way I'm going to read the epilogue or come here or read a paper or watch tv, or read my mail, or surf the net till I read the book letter by letter. (Okay so maybe I might skip Grawp parts... )

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Elanor - Aug 11, 2004 7:20 am (#1832 of 2955)

Thanks Gina ! I would love to see that avatar ! (and by the way I think I would like to try a detention with Snape too ! If the club reopens, include me in, I'm a fan !).

And I too solemnly swear I won't try to read the end of the book 7 : I will bury myself in it and I really pity the one who will try to get me out of it...

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Denise P. - Aug 11, 2004 7:24 am (#1833 of 2955)

Veronika, I would echo Mike. I don't have a problem with girls wearing age appropriate clothing at all, even if it is something I would not buy for my girls. It is just frustrating to try to find clothes for a little girl when the trend has become to dress them older. I have no doubt that you dress just fine with nothing wrong with it. As my daughter gets older, I know I will be forced to revise my standards a bit to reach a compromise of what I would LIKE her to wear and what she will WANT to wear. I am a jeans and t-shirt person, not everyone is and I can already tell you that my 7 yr old is a dress kind of girl...she wants dresses all the time.

I will be the lone voice of dissent here...when books 7 comes out, I most certainly will turn to the last page and read it first. I will do the same thing with HBP too. I already knew Sirius was dead but I still read the last page of OoP first. I do that with any book I get.

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 11, 2004 7:55 am (#1834 of 2955)

This may be something that everyone has seen before, but I came across this link and thought it was hysterical.

http://koti.phnet.fi/~ikes/emma_rupert_mtv.jpg

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Kip Carter - Aug 11, 2004 7:58 am (#1835 of 2955)

Veronika, I support both Denise's and Mike's comments. I do not have problems with girls wearing age appropriate clothing, even if it were something I would not buy for my granddaughter. I have often hear many who say they really missed their childhood because they jumped into adulthood too soon. Many have faulted their parents for not holding the line tighter when they as the child was trying to grow up too soon. With today's fashions being what they are, I wonder what the future generation will say about their immediate jump from kid to adult before it was necessary or warranted. Maybe that is just an old Southern gentleman talking with too many ties to the past, but it is something to think about if you are now the parent.

Changing the subject to links to this Forum, I read the portion in Veronika's blog and I have posted it below for all:

   I have one big addiction, and that is reading and discussing Harry Potter. I have tried again and again to make my real-life friends interested, but alas ear wax. So I joined a forum where I found people like myself. http://www.hp-lexicon.org if you are interested. I guess that's where most of you come from anyway.

The only thing that I would add is that the link is the Harry Potter Lexicon and the link to the Forum is within the Lexicon at http://www.hp-lexicon.org/forum.html so that those reading would know that the Forum is a part of the Harry Potter Lexicon.

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Doris Crockford - Aug 11, 2004 8:37 am (#1836 of 2955)

Loopy, those were great pictures. So funny.

Rebecca, I'm just like you with the clothes (and singing the wrong lyrics). I couldn't care less about fashion, except to be disgusted at what some people think is appropriate to wear at school. Give me jeans and a t-shirt anyday. My only problem is that, when shopping, I sometimes get funny looks for going into the guys section.

Boop, I'm glad you had a good day.

When I get book 7, I'm definitely NOT going to read the ending. Part of the fun I get reading HP is trying to figure out the ending while I'm reading it (although I must say, my record's not very good with the HP books, but I'm getting better at others).

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Padfoot - Aug 11, 2004 8:50 am (#1837 of 2955)
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Betty I am glad you had a good birthday yesterday!

Loopy, those pictures are very funny.

Catherine, I solemnly swear. Since I do not have any children yet it's not such a big worry. But for now, I swear I will not dress up my ferrets in skanky clothing! Like they would let me. Ha!

Deb, love the new avatar for obvious reasons. I also like Marè's new avatar. While in elementary school, our mascot was the Orca whale. Very cool.

(and by the way I think I would like to try a detention with Snape too ! If the club reopens, include me in, I'm a fan !). -Elanor As if that club would ever close down! No, we are keeping Snape very busy with so many detentions to monitor.

Edit: I will try my best not to skip to the last page of either HbP or book 7. It will be hard, but I will resist the temptation. I hope.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 11, 2004 8:59 am (#1838 of 2955)

I'll lock myself in a room until I finish book 6 & book 7... & hum loudly if anyone tries to talk to me... nope I couldn't skip to the last page.. I'd feel like I was cheating!

As for getting lyrics to songs wrong.... there was one song I remember as a kid it went.. "why did you have to be a heartbreaker" or something like that... I was convinced it was "why did you have to be a Darth Vader" & it was supposed to be Luke singing about his dad... did I mention I was very young & completely nuts about Star Wars... I still get teased about that... hee hee!

Loopy, those photos are very funny.... I didn't know what to expect when I clicked on them... then started giggling away to myself... & my co-workers already think I'm completely nuts as it is Nearly as nutty as Rupert & Emma by the looks of those photos

Padfoot liking the 'ol avatar.... *slobber*

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Padfoot - Aug 11, 2004 9:07 am (#1839 of 2955)

Thanks Fawkes, me too.

Remember the song Secret Agent Man? Yep, I used to think it was Secret Asian Man. I always wondered how secret that could be.

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 9:10 am (#1840 of 2955)

My pony is over at Olsen's. My pony is over to ski. My pony is over at Olsen's. Oh bring back my pony to me.

Our English wasn't too strong at age 6.

Kip, the original link was directly to the forum, but I changed it to a link to the lexicon instead, when Pinky told me that was the preferred way. I can edit the post to say look for a link to the forum, so they'll know where to go.

I'm going to have a hard time when HBP comes out *this November* (crossing fingers that the rumor is true). But no way I'm reading the ending first. This time I want to enjoy all the surprises Jo has in store for Harry and us.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 11, 2004 9:18 am (#1841 of 2955)

Oh dear, I'm wiping the tears from my eyes & singing to myself... Secret Asian Man & My pony is over at Olsens....

Hee hee... I'm getting funny looks from my colleages again.. ahh, who cares

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Penny Lane. - Aug 11, 2004 9:45 am (#1842 of 2955)

When I was a child, the songs that I remember singing incorrectly were as follows:

Billy Jean: The chair is not my son

Ticket to Ride: She's got a chicken to ride oh she's got a chicken to ride.

There were plenty of others, but I think those are the most memorable. Oh and singing songs like "Like a Virgin" and having no clue why everyone at your grandparents house is trying to get you to shut up...

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 9:58 am (#1843 of 2955)

Awww, is that Strawberry Cupcake? I seem to remember her being popular when I was tiny.

Chicken to ride! I love it! "Why do you have to be a Darth Vader?" as well. Luke was cute, wasn't he, Fawkes?

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Ladybug220 - Aug 11, 2004 9:59 am (#1844 of 2955)

Veronika it is Strawberry Shortcake - you were very close!

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Accio Sirius - Aug 11, 2004 10:00 am (#1845 of 2955)

At my old office we used to make ourselves cry tears of laughter recounting the botched lyrics we had come up with for popular songs. I actually witnessed an argument between two people about the song Big Old Jet Airliner. One person thought they were saying "Bingo, Tedd and Lighthouse." We all laughed and the other person said totally serious, "Stupid, it's Bingo, Don't Turn the Lights Out!" Now there is a book about the whole phenomenon(wish I had written it) called "'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy." The title is taken from the Jimmy Hendrix song of a different name. It's very funny.

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 10:04 am (#1846 of 2955)

Strawberry Shortcake was her name! She had a friend who was a blueberry, right? And a little dog?

The strangest school assignment I have ever seen in a book was a list of song titles people had spelled wrongly, could you please get the right ones. Among others there were requests for "Seasons in the send" and a nice record by Bukovens.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 11, 2004 10:08 am (#1847 of 2955)

Accio Sirius, I think there was a website about that too called kissthisguy.com or something... I didn't do a search as I was afraid of what the net might call up for that particular search..

Veronika.. Luke was cute, but I was more into Hans Solo

Oh & Strawberry Shortcake... hmm, I still remember the smell.... very sweet & not at all like strawberries.. I saw them back in the shops again.. which makes me feel old .. hee hee!

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Marè - Aug 11, 2004 10:28 am (#1848 of 2955)

why did you have to be a Darth Vader and my pony is over to ski???

Okay, those were my official SPEW moments for this day... good thing I'm home!

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Denise P. - Aug 11, 2004 10:32 am (#1849 of 2955)

Secret Asian Man...bwahahahaha...yeah, how secret would that be? Secret Agent Man is the ring tone when my husband calls my cell phone

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Ladybug220 - Aug 11, 2004 10:34 am (#1850 of 2955)
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I don't remember Strawberry's friends

Speaking of wrong song lyrics, one of the most common (besides the Jimi Hendrix reference) is for Creedence Clearwater Revival: There's a bathroom on the right (there's a bad moon on the rise). I still hear the "wrong" version and have to think of the right words.
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Padfoot - Aug 11, 2004 10:48 am (#1851 of 2955)

I can remember that plastic sweet smell of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls. I was so into them. Now I have not thought of them in years.

Veronika, now I have the Chicken to Ride song in my head.

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 11:06 am (#1852 of 2955)

Don't blame me for putting that chicken line in your head, Padfoot, it was Penny's song. I have a funny picture of a girl with a 60's hairdo riding around on a giant chicken in my head now. At least I'm not the only one who has funny ear activity now and then.

And the blog finally takes anonymous posts. Flame is testing now.

You have a cute niece, Ladybug. You have a little daughter too, if my mind serves me right?

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Kasse - Aug 11, 2004 11:36 am (#1853 of 2955)

I have a quick question for anyone out there willing to answer it. Since this is my first wait for a HP book I am just curious. How long is the wait between the day that the release date is announce and the actual date the book comes out usually? For example does she announce the release day six months early? Three months early?

I am asking because if the book does indeed come out next summer then when will we officially hear about it so the we can start a countdown to the exact release date. I am sure we do not hear about it a week before it actually comes out.

Sorry if I am not making much sense – blame it on the afternoon slump

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Good Evans - Aug 11, 2004 11:42 am (#1854 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 11, 2004 11:44 am

Having asked my brother who is in the trade - they dont have to give a release date at all. they can just release it. But with all the hype I suspect it is a cert it will be given. last time I think we waited about 6 -9 months from the release date being given to actual release. not much help sorry....

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Kasse - Aug 11, 2004 11:45 am (#1855 of 2955)

Thanks Good Evans - so if it is indeed going to be released next summer (fingers crossed) then hopefully we should be hearing something soon right? Now I am really excited about this Sunday!

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Flame Alligator - Aug 11, 2004 11:49 am (#1856 of 2955)

Would someone please help me? How do I edit or delete on blogspot? I am asking for my friend. She looked everywhere........ we can not find out what to do.

Btw, goedemiddag everyone.

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VeronikaG - Aug 11, 2004 11:53 am (#1857 of 2955)

Yes, it's me having trouble again. BLUSH! We had a little "test run" and it seems I can't delete comments. Didn't think that could be so tricky.

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Accio Sirius - Aug 11, 2004 12:09 pm (#1858 of 2955)

I mentioned this on the PoA movie thread, but I wanted more people to know that Target has PoA toys on the clearance racks for 50% off--at least that was at my Target this morning. It's not too early to shop for the holidays!

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Gina R Snape - Aug 11, 2004 1:09 pm (#1859 of 2955)

Holidays?! Who needs to wait for the holidays for PoA toys.

Oooooh, you mean for the children!

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Ladybug220 - Aug 11, 2004 1:42 pm (#1860 of 2955)

Thanks Veronika. Actually I don't have any children. All the pictures have been of my nieces. Megan is 21 months and Lianne is 10 months and I spoil them as much as possible. Soon it will be even easier for me to do when they move back here to the States next month.

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DJ Evans - Aug 11, 2004 2:50 pm (#1861 of 2955)

Hee hee I loved some of the "mis" heard lyrics that have been posted. And Fawkes? I did a very brave thing and did the Google search for "Kissthisguy" and it came right up to it. (whew!!!) Here is the link for the web page: MisHeard Lyrics Everybody ought to check it out, it's got some real loo-loo's on there!!! I believe you can even add your own misheard lyric on there if anybody is interested.

Loopy, thanks for the "pics" of the day!!!! I wonder how much Emma & Rupert would love to have those back and burned? hee hee

Thanks Padfoot on the compliment on my avatar!!! After seeing yours, the two of Orlando, Alan's and others, well I just couldn't NOT put up my cutie there. As I was telling Lelia, we all can "drool" over our avatars -- just not over our keyboards!!!! Yep, get on here -- talk and talk about HP and look at all of the great avatars. I can't decide which ones I like better the cartoon ones, the great art ones, the hand drawing ones, or the ones of real people from the forum. They are all so neat to look at!!!

Catherine -- count me on the "I solemly swear" too!!! It was so ironic the other day after Denise posted what she did on the little girls clothing (which I whole heartily agree with her and everyone) that I saw "2" different news articles about that very same thing. One was in our local paper and the other was in a magazine. So it seems to be a bigger issue than just us discussing it here on the forum. Maybe the clothing industry will take notice and more importantly PAY attention to what everyone is saying!!! Hey, there is a first time for everything, isn't there?

Mare`, if you do try the Coke/peanuts, as Madam Pince said it is better with the glass bottle. Also, you need to get just the regular ol' salted peanuts. What we always used was Planters salted peanuts that came in that clear package/bag. Those were the best to use.

Madam Pince, do you by any chance get the "Country" and "Country Extra" magazines? If so, aren't they just filled with breath taking pictures?!?!?! I think we take nearly all of the series but "Country" and "Country Extra" are my favorites. And how I wish all magazines would follow their practice of "NO" advertisements!!! That will never happen, I know, but it's a nice thought!!!

Take care everyone!!!!

Later, Deb

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SarcasticGinny - Aug 11, 2004 7:04 pm (#1862 of 2955)

Hello hello hello!

504 messages is a lot of messages, so forgive me for not catching up. I swear to check in more often and see how you all are doing (bad Emily, bad bad Emily!) Perhaps a Dobby-style lamp smacking will follow this...who knows.

My excuse is Montana, where I've been for a while. The mountains are gorgeous-kudos to any of you who live near them and drive on that kind of terrain daily though! I got a chance to drive going to the Sun Road in Glacier Park which was nice, and the best part of all was horseback riding in the mountains. SO pretty!

I start new teacher training in less than a week and boy am I ever nervous!!

Hope everyone is well, and I will check in more, I swear! (...wandering off to go find a lamp!)

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Gred-n-Forge - Aug 11, 2004 7:17 pm (#1863 of 2955)

Wow! Over 200 posts to catch up on in the Chat Thread alone!

Betty, I am glad to hear you had a wonderful birthday, and that you're doing better. Belated birthday greetings and hugs to you!

I have to admit, I've enjoyed seeing all the different avatars--Viggo, Ralph, Orlando, Ralph, etc. Luckily I have to sit back from my keyboard as I view these! (I have to admit, I distinctly remember seeing Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and thinking, "y'know, the Sheriff of Nottingham wouldn't be a bad choice, really..."

Breck shampoo is making a comeback? OK, I don't feel quite so young now. . .I remember using that as a kid. I also remember Strawberry Shortcake, and Blueberry Muffin, and Pupcake, and Ginger Snap (my sister, who is 10 years younger than me, really liked them). And now Strawberry Shortcake is making a comeback as well, just a little updated (thankfully, in nothing sleazy looking). Now my daughter enjoys them.

So a moody 6 year old girl is normal? Thank goodness! (Apparently this extends to boys as well, my son had the same problem)

As for not peeking at the end of HP7, I'm afraid I can't promise anything, but I will certainly try.

Embarrassing moments? I have quite a few, really...one that really takes the cake for me, though, is when I took a class in college. The classroom was set up auditorium style, with concrete steps going down the center. The entrance to the classroom was at the back. One day I was worried about running late for the class, so I was in a hurry. Sure enough, I was one of the last ones to get to class, and I had made the unfortunate mistake of wearing penny loafers with slick soles on them. And of course, when I slipped, I slid all the way to the bottom of the steps--in front of the entire class, including the teacher. Luckily, nobody said anything as I slunk to my seat in embarrassment, but it sure was quiet for a few moments.

Oh, yes, and I got quite a laugh out of all the mis-heard lyrics!

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ShelterGirl - Aug 11, 2004 7:30 pm (#1864 of 2955)

I waded through all of the posts. *whew*

I solemnly swear not to dress my imaginary daughters as skanks.

I also swear not to read the last chapter of book 7 first.

I also swear to attend every detention set for me by the Potions Master. That is if Gina will have me...

And I hugely, solemnly swear to keep up with this thread more often. Dang y'all...

North Carolina is about to get smacked by 2 hurricanes at once over the next few days. If I disappear, I'll take a page from Mike's book and Mark as Read. *sob* I can't do that. Oh bother...

Julie

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Liz - Aug 11, 2004 7:53 pm (#1865 of 2955)

Thought I'd get this out here.......

GO BRECK SHAMPOO!!!

Now the question is.... What harry potter character is most likely to use breck shampoo?

Any-who... I have school tomorrow *sigh* and I won’t be on as much or read that many posts... sad I know...

However... I met my teachers today at orientation and they seem really nice and I think it'll work out grade wise...

*I am so going to be a teacher’s pet* I had a really long and nice conversation with my English teacher and she is a very nice woman and I think I'm on especially good terms with her *grins broadly*

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Hem Hem - Aug 11, 2004 8:01 pm (#1866 of 2955)

I was out of town yesterday and missed my chance to post here, so HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BETTY!!!!! I'm so glad you had a nice day.

The first time I read every HP book, I jumped forward a couple hundred pages and read a random page--I don't have the self-control to avoid doing that. But I certainly am not planning to read the last page until I get to it.

I love all the misheard lyrics. A great place to find other misheard lyrics (and other wonderful childhood beliefs) is http://www.iusedtobelieve.com . I absolutely love this site, and the misheard lyrics, especially the five-star ones, are excellent.

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DJ Evans - Aug 11, 2004 8:23 pm (#1867 of 2955)

North Carolina is about to get smacked by 2 hurricanes at once over the next few days. If I disappear, I'll take a page from Mike's book and Mark as Read. *sob* I can't do that. Oh bother...: ShelterGirl

Let's all hope and pray that you "don't" disappear!!! We'll all keep everyone in that area in our prayers. Hopefully it will fizzle out and do no damage at all.

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Julia. - Aug 11, 2004 8:26 pm (#1868 of 2955)

Wow, lots of posts today! Just thought I'd throw my 2 knuts in and say that I promise not to skip to the end of book 7.

W00T! Only one more day until I leave for Seattle. We're flying out of Laguardia at something like 7:30 in the morning, and we have to leave my house around 4 am! I'm never going to get to sleep tomorrow night! I'm so excited, it's a shx hour flight across the country, but I get to see an opera (not very excited about that bit) and two Yankees/Mariners games. Can't wait for that, I love to go into a ballpark and root for the visitors.

Julia, did you know who get you know what yet?
You mean that someone finally found Timrew a hippogriff?! Very Happy --Gina/Mike

Well, I meant to send Tim a hippogriff, but I ended up sending Betty flowers and I have no idea how that happened.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Aug 11, 2004 10:52 pm (#1869 of 2955)

She had a friend who was a blueberry, right? Blueberry Muffin, but I can't remember the dogs name. Will come to me, was my girls favorites when they were small.

Now the question is.... What harry potter character is most likely to use breck shampoo? NOT Snape, the greasy git!

:-)

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 11, 2004 11:00 pm (#1870 of 2955)

The dog was Pupcake.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 12, 2004 1:57 am (#1871 of 2955)

Julia... your avatars are so cute. You look so like my big sis when she was a kid in your recent one....

Debs... very Griffindor of you... I had a 'hufflepuff' moment. That website is very funny... I may post my 'Darth Vader' one... but they might think I'm a complete fruitcake.... it's ok for you guys to think (know) that.. but not sure about unleashing my madness further on the 'ol internet

Hope those in the States keep safe from nasty weather.... casting some keep you guys safe charms across the Atlantic

Happy thursday everyone & happy belated birthday to Ginny Weasley (Aug 11th according to JKs site).... lets hope Harry bought her a nice pressie

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The giant squid - Aug 12, 2004 2:19 am (#1872 of 2955)

I don't see how singing the wrong lyrics to a song could be embarrassing...I do that to pass the time. Then again, I also create funny movie quotes by replacing key words with "pants", but that's a totally separate issue...

I'm thinking good thoughts for all of you on the U.S. East coast. I remember living in Georgia during "hurricane season"--not pleasant. Of course, now, the only way I'll get hit by a hurricane is if California falls into the sea. Living in a desert has it’s bonuses sometimes.

Hey Betty: Happy Day-after-your-birthday! Who says you have to stop celebrating at midnight?

--Mike

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septentrion - Aug 12, 2004 2:29 am (#1873 of 2955)

It's raining rain today here , to misquote a song. I had some misheard songs too but they were in french. In english, I have mostly misunderstood songs for I'm dreadful at understanding spoken/sung english. Yet I can come with some misheard songs here : Michael Jackson's "billy" instead of "beat it", or "tarte aux pommes" (apple pie) instead of "funky town".

There was a tornado on an island in Brittany yesterday. It was awful for we're not prepared to that in France. The wind must have blown around 200 km/h while it usually hardly blows more than 100km/h. I have a thought for those who are suffering from hurricanes these days.

Have a great day everyone !

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The giant squid - Aug 12, 2004 2:34 am (#1874 of 2955)

Won't you take me to...tarte aux pomme! I like it!

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Marè - Aug 12, 2004 2:36 am (#1875 of 2955)

Well there are some cities with stranger names...

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Ozymandias - Aug 12, 2004 3:22 am (#1876 of 2955)

Oh, Mike! You do the pants thing too! That's too funny.

May the pants be with you.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 12, 2004 4:11 am (#1877 of 2955)

My husband's been up, wretchedly sick all night (I've never seen him sicker). Right now, he has a pain in his side which we're a little afraid might be appendicitis. But he ate some questionable grapes yesterday, so we're hoping that it's just food poisoning...Funny thing, to be HOPING for food poisoning. :-(

Julia, I'll be sending those back newsletters to you in a few minutes. It'll give you LOTS of reading material for your trip (have a nice trip). I'm told Seattle's a beautiful city (if you don't mind the clouds).

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septentrion - Aug 12, 2004 4:48 am (#1878 of 2955)

so the lyrics are : "won't you take me to funky town" ? I had them very, very wrong then because I've always understood : "oh two take me too tarte aux pommes". no wonder why they made no sense to me :laugh:

RPS, I hope for food poisoning too, to get the apendicits when you're adult is awful.

Have a nice trip Julia !

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icthestrals - Aug 12, 2004 5:23 am (#1879 of 2955)

Hello everyone. I'm in North Florida and we are getting drenched at the moment thanks to tropical storm Bonnie. We received about two inches of rain yesterday due to an unrelated storm system and are due to get 2-4 inches today! Then we might have more rain tomorrow thanks to hurricane Charly. Anyone out there have some gillyweed they can send me? I may need it before the weekend. Aaahhh, liquid sunshine...

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Marè - Aug 12, 2004 5:39 am (#1880 of 2955)

Liquid sunshine, I like that one!

ICthestrals, I wish I could send some sun your way, but alas earwax, it's pooring here too. Looking at the weathercharth I'd say the Mediteranean got all the sun today. I hope your doing fun stuff anyway!

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icthestrals - Aug 12, 2004 5:55 am (#1881 of 2955)

Mare, thanks for the wish. I drove the 25 miles from my house to work this morning, so I shall sit at work and hope that I won't need a boat to get home this afternoon!

I have lived in Florida all my life, so this type of weather is not much to get concerned about. I just hope the electricity doesn't go out--no forum! Yes I have my priorities straight! Hee hee

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Marè - Aug 12, 2004 6:03 am (#1882 of 2955)

Funny, when I picture Florida, I think of sun and palmtrees. Guess I have to adapt that image .

A few weeks ago, the university took all the students internet down (virus protection). I was practically walking up the walls. They hadn't said what or when, so I was checking every ten minutes wether I could check the forum again. I never yelled that much against my computer as that week (not that it helped...)

Maybe we should start the "Anonymous Potterfans" because I'm not so sure wether this is still healthy , Oh wait, wasn't that why I checked in at St. mungo's in the first place?

PS I got my London photo's today. St Pancras is barely recognizable (too dark). The picture in Kings Cross is funny, there are two people looking straight in the camera lens with an expression on their face: Why on earth would you make a picture of that?
And the pictures at 9/3/4 are nice. Hurray!

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septentrion - Aug 12, 2004 6:22 am (#1883 of 2955)

Marè, is there any way you post your photos, or a link to your photos ?

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Kasse - Aug 12, 2004 6:29 am (#1884 of 2955)

RPS - I hope that it is food poisoning too. We will be thinking of you and your husband. Please let us know how everything turns out.

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Marè - Aug 12, 2004 6:36 am (#1885 of 2955)

The server I normally store my photo's on is currently down, but I will try to find something else.
I have to scan them first and see if they look good enough on the computer I'll post it if I found a way!

And spider, I'm crossing my fingers for food poisining too (never thought I would ever say that...)

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Gina R Snape - Aug 12, 2004 6:59 am (#1886 of 2955)

Mare, try Photobucket. That's what I use.

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Padfoot - Aug 12, 2004 9:29 am (#1887 of 2955)
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RPS, I hope your husband gets better soon.

Julia have fun in Seattle. I lived near there (Redmond) for 6 years and only went to one Mariners game. My best friend's dad became an usher at the stadium after he retired from his regular job. He did it just so he could see all the games. What a nut.

I hope everyone who is in the path of those tropical storms/hurricanes stays safe!

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virgoddess1313 - Aug 12, 2004 10:15 am (#1888 of 2955)

We are haivng such unusual weather in my area!!! I'm used to skin melting heat this time of year (temperatures of 90f and higher with super high humidity) but today it’s almost fall like. I don't even think it's 70f yet!! I'm hoping the lovely temps stick around for my trip to the zoo Saturday!

Have a great day all!!

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 12, 2004 10:48 am (#1889 of 2955)

My husband is much better now. He was so sick still this morning! Then he got sick one last time and began to feel better. It appears he ate some really bad grapes and got a nasty case of food poisoning. He's actually gone to work for a while this afternoon (over my angry protests, I might add...).

Thanks for your good wishes, everyone! :-D

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Kasse - Aug 12, 2004 10:50 am (#1890 of 2955)

Good to know RPS - thanks for keeping us posted and glad to know he is on his way to a full recovery thank goodenss it was not something more serious! So I can un-cross my fingers now?

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azi - Aug 12, 2004 10:51 am (#1891 of 2955)

virgoddess - you have sort of nice weather. I just had 67mm of rain in half an hour meaning my train to town was cancelled due to flooding. Also, buses won't be running to time because of flooding. Therefore, I'm not going bowling with my friends any more. Oh well, I'll get over it, I'm not in the path of a hurricane, which I think is much worse! At least I'll have more money!

Hope your husband recovers soon RPS.

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Padfoot - Aug 12, 2004 11:12 am (#1892 of 2955)

When I left for work this morning I noticed how it felt like Fall. Funny you should bring that up Sarah. It's 70 degrees here too. I hope Summer is not over just yet!

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Dr Filibuster - Aug 12, 2004 12:29 pm (#1893 of 2955)

Happy birthday week Betty Boop

Icthestrals, I'll swap you some gillyweed for some flesh eating slug repellant (I'm too nervous to go into Knockturn Alley on my own).

It's been so hot and wet this summer (never seen so many thunderstorms in this country) that the gillyweed is thriving in my garden but the slug invasion has destroyed everything else. Even red hot chili peppers! We're used to an awful lot of slugs and snails here in the UK and know hundreds of tricks to get them but this year they seem invisible.

Good luck with the extreme weather to all who live on the east coast USA, but please don't send us the aftermath like you did with last week's Alex.

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Julia. - Aug 12, 2004 12:48 pm (#1894 of 2955)

Thanks for the good trip wishes and avatar compliments everyone. I will do my utmost to have a good trip and bring you all back key chains.

RPS, thanks, I got your emails, they'll give me lots of reading material for those late nights in the hotel room. Padfoot, I say yay to your best friend's dad for getting a job at the ball park so he could see all the games. I had thought about doing that at our local minor league team, but I'd never get to watch the games because I'd be working. You've been near Seattle for 6 years and only been to one mariners Game! You should go just for the ball yard. Safeco Field is beautiful, although it doesn't hold a candle to Yankee Stadium...

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Eponine - Aug 12, 2004 1:04 pm (#1895 of 2955)

It's raining here. I'm also in North Carolina, but farther in than Catherine, so we are getting less than she is. I'd hate to see what less than what we're getting looks like. It's coming down quite hard.

My husband and I just went to see Collateral, and it was great! I really like Michael Mann's work. Tom Cruise is quite evil in it. I would recommend it, but there is a bit of violence. Well, obviously as he plays a hit man. Anyway, great film!

I've recently started listening to the books on tape, and I'm a little disappointed. I suppose that if I hadn't seen the movies, I wouldn't hear Snape as Alan Rickman in my head, but I think that Jim Dale does the voices wrong. When I read the books, I hear things one way, and he reads things with a different expression or emphasizes something else. He does a good job, but it kind of bugs me. Does anyone else have that problem? I guess we all have our own idea of how different characters sound.

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Kasse - Aug 12, 2004 1:06 pm (#1896 of 2955)

RPS - Did you send the newsletter out? I have not recieved mine yet

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Accio Sirius - Aug 12, 2004 1:25 pm (#1897 of 2955)

Raining in DC--I guess it's the effects of the two storms systems, but it isn't bad enough to keep me off of the computer. Did anyone else find the HP stuff discounted at their local Target? Just curious.

Julia--In your latest avatar, you look a little like Mary Lou Retton! I met her once. A very nice woman. Her sister (also a gymnast) lived in the apartment above me in college. She practiced her routines at home! Every once in a while you would hear footstep, footstep and then THWUMP and the chandelier would shake. Try never to live below gymnasts. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to the Olympics. Anyone else? Anybody we should watch from anybody's home town, state or country?

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Kasse - Aug 12, 2004 1:37 pm (#1898 of 2955)

I am looking forward to the opening ceremony! Since I was a little girl that has always been one of my favourite parts of the Olympics!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 12, 2004 1:37 pm (#1899 of 2955)

On the topic of missheard song lyrics. I thought the song "Funk Soul Brother" was actually Funk So Rubber". I still sing it that way now.

Yesterday, I took my daughter to a local amusement park Canobie Lake Park. It was a blast. I spent a whole 7 and a half hours. We forgot our suit’s and went on the water rides anyway. We were soaked by the end of the day. Still, she was so fun to watch on the kiddie rides. The day before, Tuesday, we went to the Southwick Zoo and had fun there too. She rode a camel, a elephant, a pony, and other rides. Here is a picture of Katrina.

RPS hope your hubby makes a complete recovery.

Hope everyone has a great day.

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Marè - Aug 12, 2004 1:48 pm (#1900 of 2955)

YES! I'm all set for the olympics, bring it on! It's the one sporting event where I watch everything.
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DJ Evans - Aug 12, 2004 1:53 pm (#1901 of 2955)

Hey, Fawkes! I've got an idea, go ahead and put your own "Misheard" lyrics on the "KissThisGuy" web page and just sign your name as Luna!!! hee hee Just kidding!

Mike/Ozy = never heard of the famous quote/word pants game before. Sounds cool though & it does fit in nearly any famous quote!!!

icthestrals = It sounds like you and some others are getting the rain that we got yesterday. I checked our rain gauge and we had 3 & 3/10" of rain within an 8-10 hour period! For awhile there it was raining so fast/hard that the yard couldn't keep up with it and we had mini lakes all in the yard!!!! We also had some really bad lightening/thundering too! I'm sorry to say that it was heading in y'alls direction. Neither can I believe how "weird" our seasons have been this year. If you ask me it's kinda scary!!!! We've already got some of our leaves turning! You know it kinda makes you dread to think what this winter will be like!!

RPS = Oh I'm so glad to hear that hubby is doing much better. Though I'm so glad it wasn't anything more serious, I'm sure it was a fun 24 hour period for him or you. No more grapes for him for a while I bet!!!

Mare` = Oh definitely post your pics of your trip if you can -- would love to see them. As I doubt very seriously I will ever be able to make such a trip, it would be great to get to see it through others experiences!!! And do you by any chance have PhotoShop or some such program on your system? If so, you can sometimes "lighten" a too dark photo and have it come out pretty good. You might want to try that?

Again, I hope and pray that all turns out well for those in the East area! Please let us know how you all are doing during all of this. Out of tornado's (which my area is NOT a stranger to, by any means), hurricanes & earthquakes? I don't know which is worse. I think I'm more scared of earthquakes than any of them.

And may the weather be kind to us all!!!

Later, Deb

P.S. Julia? Have a blast girl & enjoy the heck out of the game!!! And we've all enjoyed your avatars -- we get to watch our own little Julia grow-up right before our eyes!!!!

P.S PART 2: Hey Mare`? Did you notice that you got to be post number 1900?!?!?!?! Cool!!!

P.S. PART 3: Sleeping Beauty = Just saw the pic that you posted of Katrina (lovely name by the way) and what a cutie she is!!! But you know, I have yet to see nothig BUT cuties on here. You've got to admit, we are one good looking bunch of folks around here!!!!!

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Padfoot - Aug 12, 2004 1:56 pm (#1902 of 2955)

Julia, I use to live near Seattle, not anymore. I live in Denver now and have been to one Rockies game. Ok so I'm not wild about baseball. I went with my dad because my boss gave me two free tickets (club level no less) and my dad is the baseball fan in the family.

I am looking forward to the Olympics too. I like the opening ceremonies and the scenic shots of Greece.

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Eponine - Aug 12, 2004 2:03 pm (#1903 of 2955)

I love the Olympics. They're so much fun to watch. We watched a thing on TLC (The Learning Channel, not the Leaky Cauldron) where people created machines to try and compete with Olympic athletes in events such as shot put, javelin throw, hammer toss, and some other things. The athletes won four and the machines won two. It was quite amusing when the machine they created for the long jump threw some unsuspecting guy face first into the sand. He was okay, though; he was a stuntman.

This is not my misheard lyrics, but now every time I hear the song Rocketman by Elton John, I hear them anyway. The line is "burning your fuse up here alone" or something similar, what I always hear is "burly dandruff shoes off hair real long". I can't ever hear the proper line.

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Chemyst - Aug 12, 2004 2:19 pm (#1904 of 2955)

Real life is happening and my forum time is short this week, but I'm making time for a few quick posts --
Deb, re: post 1807, I don't know. I flip to the back on about 1/3 of what I read, often to see it the book is worth finishing-- which should not be the case with Harry. (I'd never have finished The House of the Seven Gables if I hadn't peeked ahead & come back-- that was the slowest starting novel I've ever read!)
Dr. Sue, you say the slugs ate hot peppers! Eew! That is the first time I've ever felt sorry for a slug.
RPS, 'Glad to hear the Mr. R. Pink Spider is no longer green.
Eponine, I totally identify with your audio book experience; I still hear the Rex Harrison DD in my head when I read. And of course, only Alan Rickman can do Snape's voice justice.
...and after a sunny day the clouds are filtering in; we are on the outer rim of the tropical storm Bonnie so we may miss the meteor shower tonight...

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Catherine - Aug 12, 2004 2:54 pm (#1905 of 2955)

Well, hi y'all.

We're getting slammed with rain here (Oh, the basement! The horror that is the sump pump and shop vac!)!

It's great to still have power (after other NC storms, I do not take this for granted) and we are hoping that the tornadowarning does not actually result in a tornadoon top of the 2! yes 2 hurricanes we have now.

I wouldn't worry so much, but Floyd, 5 years ago, was so awful that I can never be blase about big storms ever again.

So, like Shelter Girl, if I disappear for a while, it's probably b/c a lack of power has caused my absence.

Wish us well! Good weekends to everyone if I don't speak to you before then.

Cheers!

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Dr Filibuster - Aug 12, 2004 3:19 pm (#1906 of 2955)

Catherine, just curious...do your local authorities give special advice for extreme weather conditions? Do school children learn what to do? Are your buildings positioned and designed to withstand more wind than the rest of the country?

Do they evacuate areas or are you supposed to listen to news reports and get the heck out/stay put as soon as they tell you? How can you keep informed if the electrickery goes?

Because you know you live in an area prone to this type of weather I suppose that everyone is well prepared and clued up. All the best anyway.

P.S. What's a "sump pump and shop vac"?

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Padfoot - Aug 12, 2004 3:28 pm (#1907 of 2955)

Sue, I am guessing that where Catherine lives there are more strict codes for buildings. Just as there are building codes that pertain to withstanding earthquakes in California.

A shop vac is a vacuum cleaner that sucks up liquid too. A sump pump is built into a basement to pump out water.

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ShelterGirl - Aug 12, 2004 3:54 pm (#1908 of 2955)

Sue- In NC we actually don't have stricter building codes. This is part of the reason why we worry so much when big storms come through. The main trouble for most of us is that we live in a state with a HUGE amount of shallow rooted pine trees. During some storms, regular storms mind you, it's common to see a pine tree bend all of the way over and then just pull out of the ground. During Fran, which happened in 1996, huge, ancient, hardwood trees were pulled out by the roots. You can still see some of them lying around when you walk through wooded areas. The other major trouble we have here is flooding. We have many large rivers that reach flood stage fairly quickly, and home-owner's insurance generally doesn't cover flood damage. Right now we're in a lull in Raleigh, but it's due to get worse tonight. We're under a tornado watch until 8pm that could possibly be extended until midnight. There are evacuation routes, but right now it looks like they're having everyone stay put. We'll see.

Hugs to all, stay dry, and stay safe.

Julie

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Dr Filibuster - Aug 12, 2004 3:55 pm (#1909 of 2955)

Ta Cynde.

I went on holiday to San Fransico once. The test broadcasts on the radio un-nerved me....so did the real earthquake we had!!!

All the locals were cool as cucumbers; only two houses fell down so it was no big deal to them.

The biggest thing we have to worry about in my town are the salt mines. Huge cavernous holes under the High Street. Eeek! If they collapse we might win next year's Restoration competition. (UK tv programme gives money to repair buildings, our saltworks recently lost).

Edit: Best wishes and cheering charms tonight for Julie, Catherine and all others in the area. Put the kettle on and settle in for the night.

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Catherine - Aug 12, 2004 3:57 pm (#1910 of 2955)

Thanks, Padfoot, take 50 points. You are correct on both points!

Sue, we are issued advice when severe weather threatens. The government can issue an evacuation order. In North Carolina, this usually only happens on the "Outer Banks" or beach property. There can be advisories to evacuate, which we heeded several years ago. =) I was pregnant and even if the water was boiled, I was not to drink it, due to the corpses in the water and the farm runoff. It took us four days of no running water or "ekeltricity" before we could find a way out, and even then, the route was so circuitous (and frought with State Police issuing unannounced roadblocks) that a 3 hour trip to Richmond took us 11 hours. Sigh.

I don't really think this will happen today, but I've learned not to take things for granted when two storms hit (that's what happened 5 years ago--two hurricanes stalled for days and flooded us for over a month).

Anyway, I will hope for the best, that we are safe and untouched and retain power, and that everyone else is as well.

Florida, you have my very best wishes!

Talk to you all soon,

Catherine

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Acceber - Aug 12, 2004 4:42 pm (#1911 of 2955)

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been talking much. I find that lurking is a lot more fun than I'd ever thought. Just saying this so you know I'm fine and I'm not dead **cough cough**Julia**cough cough**.

We're leaving tomorrow for our summer house in the Adirondacks, the beautiful mountains in the upper part of New York State. We (my family) go there every summer for two or three weeks; it's a nice tradition that was started oh so many years ago when my mum and her three siblings went to the same house with their parents. Currently, there aren't enough beds for all of us at once, so each sibling has an allotment of two or three weeks every summer. The lake where we spend half our time:



I have Internet access while I'm there, but less than usual, as there is only one computer for four eager people. So I won't be able to post every day. Hope you'll miss me.

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Penny Lane. - Aug 12, 2004 6:13 pm (#1912 of 2955)

   Currently, there aren't enough beds for all of us at once, so each sibling has an allotment of two or three weeks every summer.



Just be glad you don't have to share with 2-3 brothers and sisters :-)

I'm wondering if all the hurricanes are contributing to the cooler than normal summer I'm having hear in MI. Yesterday we actually turned the heat on. I can't ever remember doing that in the past.

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DJ Evans - Aug 12, 2004 6:58 pm (#1913 of 2955)

Penny -- I don't know what is causing all of the strange weather/temperatures! I'm here in the South (Arkansas) & if we get down in the mid 80's at this time of the year, we consider ourselves having a cold front coming through. Yet it is supposed to get down to 50 here tonight!!!! We don't ever put the words "August" and "down in the 50's at night" together!! I tell you, it's eerie really, isn't it?

Goodness, Rebecca, you're a very busy traveler here lately!! How neat to get to go everywhere that you've been!! Sure glad to hear that you'll have some access to a computer while you're gone though. We've really missed you around here. "...as there is only one computer for four eager people. You just tell those other folks that you've got important Harry Potter stuff to do & to move over!!! hee hee (we've got to get their priorities straight, right? )

Later, Deb

P.S. NC & Eastern's -- you guys/girls still with us? We're all thinking about you and will definitely have you all in our prayers & thoughts!!!

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Marie E. - Aug 12, 2004 7:23 pm (#1914 of 2955)

We've had some cool weather here, too. Very odd. It starts out warmish, then cools off to the 60's. Normal temps around here for August are at least in the 80's.

Thanks to my brother, the giant squid, there are several songs I can't to listen to without hearing the wrong words. Hootie and the Blowfish "Hold my Ham", The Cranberries "Do You Want To Pull My Finger", etc.

I have a mini-rant that I need to get out. As some of you know, I teach private kindergarten in a child care center. Our school year starts the same time as the local district, August 19th. The amazing people at the corporate office emailed my boss a packet of "supplemental materials" for the kindergarten curriculum. I got a look at the new lesson plans and discovered that they were changing everything, not "supplementing" it. They were using a school calender that began the day after Labor Day, so giving teachers a month to prepare seemed reasonable. I had two weeks.

If I seem a bit stressed, that is why. And the lovely people are only sending me a month's worth of lesson plans at a time. This doesn't work for OCD people like me who like to know what's happening two months from now.

# Sigh*

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Ozymandias - Aug 12, 2004 7:52 pm (#1915 of 2955)

Well, I wish we were getting some unseasonably cool weather here. Still 100+ every day. Bleh.

Hope everyone on the east coast isn't having the opposite problem. I'm sending an anti-hurricane charm your way.

Marie, sorry to hear that. I hope everything will work out for you. I don't suppose there's any chance of getting them to send you the whole thing early, is there?

Acceber, have fun at the lake! You shall be missed, but I'm not going to feel too sorry for you, because, well, you're at the lake.

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Julia. - Aug 12, 2004 9:35 pm (#1916 of 2955)

It's about half an hour after midnight here on the East coast, which means it's time to say...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEILA! (better known as Sleeping Beauty) Hope you have a great day and an amazing year!

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Mynn - Aug 13, 2004 12:32 am (#1917 of 2955)

Hey SB, (Leila) Just wanted to add my wish that you have a really Happy Birthday.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 13, 2004 1:58 am (#1918 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Leila ... by the way your pic of Katrina is so cute. Julia won't mind if I give you some of her stash of butterbeer! Will you Julia, oh & Julia, enjoy your trip.

Flame - yooohooo *big waves*

Deb - hmmm, Luna... hmmm, not a bad idea.... *cogs working in head*

RPS - hope your hubbie is feeling a lot better... poor guy..

Sue, it appears we've been getting the same stange weather... (well we are just across the Irish Sea from one another ) It's almost like someone has put a charm on it.

For the past week or so it's been, early morning.. very wet (but warm) raining bucket loads.... then the sun comes out & it heats up even more, then we have a thunderstorm (or heavy rain) about lunchtime, or there after & then the sun spilts the rocks for the remainder of the day. When I say hot temps I mean mid 20s C (mid 70s F). Ok that might not be that hot to most of the forum members... but thats hot enough for Ireland... believe me... 'cus it’s a very humid heat.

I can take the heat it’s the ruddy humidity that gets me... One of my colleagues at work is from Bangalore in India.. and he says he can't take the heat in Ireland... as it’s too humid! I'm melting here at my desk.... the dementors have forgotten to turn on the air conditioning (again) & my little desk fan is on over load... oh & just on schedule the sun has just broke through the storm cloud as I'm typing. I'm on the top floor of my building & we have a partial glass roof... perfect for sunny days (not)

Oh & as for the slugs... I've just bought some plants for my garden.. (nice roses) & the evil slugs are out to get them.. oh yes they are.. so I'm waging war on the slugs in my back garden.... must send an owl to Hagrid for the slug repellent... Sue, you want me to ask for you too?

Ok, ok, enough of my rants... it's friday... happy friday everyone

Anyone near those nasty hurricanes... stay safe

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septentrion - Aug 13, 2004 3:06 am (#1919 of 2955)

Fawkes, we had some hot weather here for the last two weeks (around 25/30° C, a lot for northern France too) but since wednesday, we have rain and temperatures are around 19/20° C. At least we can breathe !

Still have a thought for those who are under hurricanes, stay safe, we need you around here !

Happy birthday Leila !

everyone have a nice friday and week-end !

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 13, 2004 3:44 am (#1920 of 2955)

Just realised it's friday the 13th *cue scarey music* I wonder is Trelawny cowering under her desk today

Oh & happy international Left Handed day... to all the left handed buddies (heard something about that on the radio this morning).

Looking forward to the Olympics starting today....

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The giant squid - Aug 13, 2004 4:53 am (#1921 of 2955)

It's a shame they've run out of tough-sounding names for tropical storms & hurricanes...it's hard to get scared of "Bonnie" and "Charlie". Unless you're in the thick of them, anyway.

Marie, I can feel you climbing the walls from here. It's so funny--we both inherited trait’s from our father; she got the OCD & I got the ADD. Of course, we--ooh, something shiny!

   Mike/Ozy = never heard of the famous quote/word pants game before. Sounds cool though & it does fit in nearly any famous quote!!!



“She needs to sort out her pants.”

“Why would I go looking for someone who's trying to pants me?”

And the one that just might get me in trouble: "Ronald has lost his pants."

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mike miller - Aug 13, 2004 5:21 am (#1922 of 2955)

Mike - They should have named these two hurricanes Bonnie and Clyde! I can't believe they missed their golden opportunity.

Happy Birthday Leila!! I guess you can't be superstitious since your birthday occasionally falls on Friday the 13th.

Odd weather all around it seems. For those dealing with the direct effects of "Bonnie and Clyde" know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Stay low, unless of course the water is rising!

Everyone have a great weekend!

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Kasse - Aug 13, 2004 5:27 am (#1923 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Beauty (Leila) - another Leo, well I guess that there are quite a few of us. I hope you have a great day filled with love and happiness.

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icthestrals - Aug 13, 2004 5:28 am (#1924 of 2955)

LOL Mike! Hey everyone, well my area of Florida dodged Bonnie. It went to the east of us, so we just had rain most of yesterday morning, then it cleared some. This morning we are having rain again, but nothing too heavy. Still waiting to see where Charley is going.

Dr F, I won't need that gillyweed after all it seems and I'm fresh out of flesh-eating slug repellent. Sorry

When I built my house about 11 years ago (shortly after Andrew visited south Florida) the building codes were stricter than before Andrew. Hurricane clips had to be used on all the rafters, etc and high-wind rated windows had to be installed.

Have a great weekend everyone. Oh and Catherine and other east coasters, stay dry!

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tracie1976 - Aug 13, 2004 5:28 am (#1925 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty.

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Catherine - Aug 13, 2004 5:45 am (#1926 of 2955)

So far no nastiness from Friday the 13th.

We haven't gotten hit badly here. No major flooding. Woo-hoo! I'm sending drought charms to Florida, though. Hope you guys there are ok Sad

Happy Birthday Leila! Hope you and Katrina enjoy yourselves. She's SO cute, and it looks like she's feeling better these days.

Happy Friday the 13th to everyone on the Forum. I'm off to mop the basement. Looks like "Myrtle" aka Bonnie got us wet down in the "dungeons." Just call me Argus Filch today!

I want to see some punishment!.....

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ShelterGirl - Aug 13, 2004 5:53 am (#1927 of 2955)

You know, Catherine, since I grew up in NJ I always thought everyone had a sump pump. It never even occurred to me that some people didn't have basements.

Good luck with the mopping, I remember well those days.

(I also remember being scared witless everytime the sump pump kicked on when I was in the basement. I'd run as fast as I could back up the steps and try to play it off by saying I saw a waterbug.)

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

Leila- A very Happy Birthday to you.

Julie

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Accio Sirius - Aug 13, 2004 6:18 am (#1928 of 2955)

Leila--Happy Birthday. Hope Bonnie and Charlie aren't interfering with any planned festivities. Also, Happy International Left Handed day to all of the lefties out there! (Thanks for the heads-up Fawkes Forever, I can wish the same to my left-handed hubbie as if I knew it all along!) Friday the 13? Oh well. I'm going to side with Hermoine on this one. Hope everyone makes it through without any problems.

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Leviosa - Aug 13, 2004 6:59 am (#1929 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Leila! I hope you're having a great day.

Here in Germany we also had a very stormy night and a huge temperature drop (yesterday 34°Cesius, today not even 20°). But on the bright side, I'm off to Italy for two weeks with my parents. I'll be back in two weeks. I hope you're all having a good time and won't have troubles with hurricanes.

bye Susi

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mollis - Aug 13, 2004 7:01 am (#1930 of 2955)
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Hey Everyone. Miss me? Unfortunately no good excuses like the vacations most of you have. Work has just gone into overload. If I could clone myself twice, all three of me would be working 40-hour weeks. Unfortunately the dementors here won't hire anyone because of the risk that they might not be busy in 6 months!

But oh well, things just might be a little late. It's Friday morning, gorgeously cool outside, and I've got my first cup of coffee.

This weather lately has been crazy. It is not uncommon to have a string of 10 days with 100 degree (F) heat this time of the year. We've been in the 70's most of the week. It is wonderful! I only hope that this nice weather hold out when I'm working outside most of the next 3 weeks!

Fawkes - Sounds like you need a rainbow: My building has no windows whatsoever (converted bowling alley), so I would love to be having too much sunlight pouring through the windows!

Catherine & all on the east coast: I hope you don't get too wet. Keep checking on the sump pump! And let us know that you are all okay!

Happy Birthday to all I missed (especially Betty!).

I probably won't be posting a whole lot over the next month, due to this workload they have piled on me, but I'll be lurking as often as I can!

I am so glad it's Friday!!! (Even though it is Friday the 13th img src=http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/tiere/blackbat.gif> )And the start of the Olympics! Should be a great weekend. Have fun and enjoy your weekend!

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Marè - Aug 13, 2004 7:13 am (#1931 of 2955)

hi mollis, yes I wondered where your recognizable font colour went. I thought it was me missing some members because I couldn't keep up with all the threads.

Take a good rest this weekend! And enjoy your outside work.

And the weather over here equals yours Leviosa. Currently it is Raining with a capitel R.
Well at least the temperature on the squash court will be do-able, last week it resembled a sauna. One 9-point game and my friend and me were already tired!

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septentrion - Aug 13, 2004 7:28 am (#1932 of 2955)

Mollis, sorry for your overload work !

Susi, same weather here ! hope you'll enjoy Italy !

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 13, 2004 7:35 am (#1933 of 2955)

Well I'm back. We had a great time in Ohio, almost too great of a time, in fact. I actually got back on Tuesday evening and found my bad luck waiting for me! No sooner had I walked in the door than our house got hit by a bolt of lightening. It blew out my cable modem, my garage door opener, and killed off the answering machine I've had for 6 years. Ah, home sweet home.

I've got about a zillion posts to catch up on. Though I skimmed this one before I posted, I actually like to thoroughly read everyone's posts so that's what I'll be doing today.

We're having strange weather here too. In fact, we've had close to 4 inches of rain for this month alone! We NEVER have rain in August. Usually it looks like winter this time of year because all the trees and grass are dead. Like Mollis, it's not uncommon to have weeks of 100+ heat, but these past two months we've struggled to make it into the low 90's. I think it's 70 here currently. Weird...

To all those on the East coast, be safe! We had a sump pump in our pool, but I didn't know that they were common in basements. You'd think we'd have basements attached to every home, living in tornado alley as we do, but our red clay earth will not allow them.

Happy Birthday, Sleeping Beauty and everyone else I missed!Make A Wish

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Marè - Aug 13, 2004 7:38 am (#1934 of 2955)

Sherbie do tell me, after getting hit by lightning, you surely can't be afraid of the oven anymore can you? I mean, what could it possibly do that is worse than killing, the door, the modem and the answering machine...

Tossing some virtual Irish clovers your way!

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 13, 2004 7:54 am (#1935 of 2955)

LOL, Mare! I must admit, the oven is looking pretty harmless to me now.

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Flame Alligator - Aug 13, 2004 7:59 am (#1936 of 2955)

RPS, I hope your hubby's recovery is speedy. I have had food poisoning and they pumped my stomach........ OMG, never again. After that, I am extra careful. If I see any mold or rot on something...... out, out it goes.

Giant Squid........ LOL Thanks for the laugh.

Mike Miller, I thought the same thing about the "Bonnie and Clyde" storms. What is it? Don't weather people have a sense of humor? Or would that be a bit of wit?

Happy Birthday Leila! And the same to anyone else who made their debut on earth today.

Fawkes, *big wave back* *big toothy grin*

We have had unusually cool weather here in Nebraska, too. This is 100f time of the year. I was actually cold yesterday.

I am so psyched for the Olympics. I am with you Mare, I watch it all. Alas, I will be very busy on vacation and won't be watching. "Oh bother!!"

I am just 2 days away from my vacation. It is my first trip across the pond and I am "dead cool" about it. Last week, I was giddy, running around and screeching like a chimp but as my departure approaches I start to calm. My big dread....... airport security. We are on orange alert in this country and they are "nuts" at the airport. I just love getting dressed and then having to take my shoes off in the airport. *sigh*

While I am over there, I hope I will have time to stop at an Internet café and check the forum.

Ah yes........ Friday 13th......... enjoy. Is it correct to say Happy Friday 13th since it is a bad luck day? None for me so far. *crossing fingers*

Here's a good luck charm to everyone.

Goedemorgen!

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Penny Lane. - Aug 13, 2004 8:07 am (#1937 of 2955)

From what I recall about the process of naming hurricanes, there is a list at the National Weather service of names that are to be used. I think - and don't quote me on this - that there is one list of names for every ocean, and the names are alternated male/female, one name for each leter. Sometimes they retire names, like they replaced Humberto with Hugo after the storm in .. 96? Even though many of the weather people would have liked to name them Bonnie and Clyde, Alas, they could not.

You can download a current list of names from the NWS here http://www.weather.gov/om/brochures.shtml

Great. Thanks for reminding me it’s Friday the 13. I woke up in a bad mood, because trespassers were cutting down trees the the woods behind my house and woke me up, out of my nice happy dream where I married Vince Vaughn.

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Doris Crockford - Aug 13, 2004 8:26 am (#1938 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Leila! And Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! (Mare, maybe if we say happy Friday the 13th, it will become a happy, lucky day).

Mare, hope everything goes well at the airport. I haven't been on a plane in about 3 years, but my parents have, and they said the wait and security checks were awful.

The weather here is pretty cool, too. I woke up this morning, and put on jeans and a sweatshirt. It's usually about 30 C here, but this summer the normal temp is low 20s. Which I must admit makes it really nice to play soccer in, but not so nice for everything else. It's also really cloudy, but it doesn't rain too much (I hope all of you dealing with the hurricanes make it out safe and dry- they were talking about 'Bonnie and Clyde' on the local news this morning).

Talk to you all later!

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Flame Alligator - Aug 13, 2004 8:33 am (#1939 of 2955)

Awww Penny........ sorry the noise ruined your lovely "Vince dream". Oops, guess I am sorry for the Friday 13 reminder, too. *apologetic head bow*

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mollis - Aug 13, 2004 8:40 am (#1940 of 2955)

Oh Sherbie! I was wondering about you when I posted earlier, but just thought I had missed you. Funny thing is, I had thought about putting a lightning bolt in my first post relating to the hurricanes and all, but couldn't fit it in very well. But now, just for you, it fit’s real nice: (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) Hopefully, since Friday the 13th is notosious for bad luck, you'll have a fabulous day!

Thanks for the well wishes and for missing me Mare and septentrion. It's weird, but I kind of miss you guys when I'm forced to be away.

Flame - I hope you have a wonderful vacation. You certainly deserve it after all the hard work you have been doing lately. Especially after covering everybody else's classes. We'll miss you while you're gone!

And for everybody getting dumped on - a little sunshine from Kansas!

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Puja - Aug 13, 2004 8:43 am (#1941 of 2955)

I am visiting this forum for months, but it is only today that I found this thread. I've a bad habit of overlooking things, no wonder why I can't find a single clue in HP, untill somebody points it out Very Happy

Well, all those who believe that Friday 13th is an unlucky day, I want to tell them that I am one of those rarest species on earth for whom Fri 13 is lucky.

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 13, 2004 8:58 am (#1942 of 2955)

Hey welcome back Mollis & Sherbie... Sherbie... I'm with Mare on sending you good luck vibes... I think you need them, I take it Mike is having a good day then

Flame, you're going on holidays... lucky you. Wishing you a safe & happy trip.

Stay safe people & have a great weekend everyone

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Padfoot - Aug 13, 2004 9:16 am (#1943 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 13, 2004 9:17 am

Wow, everyone seems to be just coming back from vacation or heading out now. Welcome back everyone who was gone! Have a safe trip everyone who is going on holiday now!

Sherbie, the luck continues I see.

Happy Birthday Leila! Birthday

Happy "regular" Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!!!

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Eponine - Aug 13, 2004 10:14 am (#1944 of 2955)

I just got back from Tennessee a few days ago, and today we are leaving for DC for the weekend. Neither were really vacations though. I went home to see my best friend who was in town for a wedding, and we're going to DC because my husband's online gaming thing is having a get together up there. I am not going to that, though. I am just going to hang out at our friends house. Somehow, I don't find the idea of looking at servers all that exciting.

Sherbie- I hope your luck changes. I've been very close to objects being struck by lightning, but not actually in one. It sounds quite scary.

Happy Birthday, Leila! And to anyone else out there celebrating occasions. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Good Evans - Aug 13, 2004 10:44 am (#1945 of 2955)

My wedding anniversary is the 13th - so I think it is a very lucky day.

Happy friday 13th everyone!

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Dr Filibuster - Aug 13, 2004 12:03 pm (#1946 of 2955)

Happy birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, Friday 13th

I'm so glad that members have escaped the worst of the weather. Phew!

Sherbie...of all the homes to be struck by lightning!!! Hope everything was covered on your insurance and easily fixed. Glad your Beatles-fest was fun.

Did everyone see Ronan? I thought centaurs liked to keep out of the way, but there he was wandering across the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games

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Denise P. - Aug 13, 2004 1:23 pm (#1947 of 2955)

Here is my DUH moment for the day.

Back in June, I bought some hay in bulk for my guinea pigs. I remember when I got it thinking that 35lbs sure didn't look like much but just shrugged it off. I reordered 35lbs last week when I was getting low. I found another supplier after I had placed my order and was tempted to get some hay from them as well since my girls apparently ate through hay like it was going out of style.

Imagine my utter SHOCK today when the box of hay arrived and it was not a box but a HUGE BALE! I looked up details from my first order and what I thought was 35 lbs last time was really 15 lbs. Bwahahahaha.....here I was thinking this box I keep my hay in held 35 lbs and in reality, it was holding less than half of that.

So now, I have a huge bale of hay sitting on my front porch until I get a bigger storage container to keep it somewhere. On the positive side, it will be Christmas before I need more hay.



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Julia. - Aug 13, 2004 1:47 pm (#1948 of 2955)

Sure Fawkes, you're free to dig into my stash of butterbeer anytime.

Man I'm tired, I flew across the country today (not exactly my choice of Friday the 13th activities) We left the house around 4 in the morning to drive to New York. Being that I normally go to sleep around 3, I just stayed awake. I got some sleep in the car, but not much. Our flight left New York around 7:30 am Eastern time. I got some sleep, but again, not much. I was kept awake by the in flight movie, "Miracle" (great movie, by the way). We got into Seattle at around 12:30 Eastern time, ate lunch, and checked into the hotel. I am now going to take a nap before the ballgame tonight. See you all later!

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Ozymandias - Aug 13, 2004 2:20 pm (#1949 of 2955)

Hi everyone! Welcome to chat-land, Puja, it's good to see some new people here.

Happy Birthday Leila and Happy Friday the 13th everybody!

Sherbie: Oh my goodness. I can't believe the luck you've been having. I'll send you some of my Irish luck. At least now you've used up your bad luck for several centuries.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Pants, beware.

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DJ Evans - Aug 13, 2004 2:22 pm (#1950 of 2955)

So glad and happy to hear from our folks in the Eastern part of the US are doing OK!!! Hope it stays that way too!! You'd think with all of our good wishes, thoughts & prayers that we've been sending that way, the hurricanes would be nothing but a summer shower by now!!

Marie E = Can't believe (well, yes I can really) that the Corporate Office has done you and the others like that!! How rude! What charm/spell would you like us all to send to them? Oh brothers!!! I can just see yours doing that to you -- isn't that in their genes to do sisters like that? I know mine loves to pull stunts such as that (on the wrong lyrics) and loves every minute of whatever he is trying to pull over on me! But I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world as I know you wouldn't take nothing for your's either!!!

Leila ==HAPPY BIRTHDAY - SLEEPING BEAUTY!!!==Hope you have a fantastic day!!!!

Fawkes == A top floor office with a partial glass roof -- gosh no wonder it's HOT!!! Where is the "chilled" pumpkin juice when you need it!!!

Flame -- Hope you have a great vacation and hurry back to us!! Here's a bit of advice though. If you are going to have to take your shoes off at the airport? Make sure you've got on socks/hose/whatever that have NO HOLES in them!!! hee hee

Mike == Too cute!!! How does these sound?

All work & no "pants" makes Jack a dull boy!! (hmmm?)
Are you a "pants" or a mouse?
Gone With the "Pants”
hee hee

Sherbie, welcome back!!!! You've been missed for sure! OK, girl this bad luck that you & Mike seem to keep passing back and forth MUST stop!!!! Maybe the two of you could find some poor old weed or better yet-- get DELORES UMBRIDGE--to rub your bad luck onto? Something!!!!

Take care everyone, may we all have a safe Friday 13th & most importantly -- may we all meet back here soon!!!

Later, Deb

P.S. Oh and Julia? Heads UP & catch a home run ball!!! How cool would that be?
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True Love - Aug 13, 2004 3:06 pm (#1951 of 2955)

Fawkes - thanks for letting me know this is Left Handed Day. I too am a lefty. One of my colleagues noted that if you ever want to have a chuckle, just watch a lefty write. Cruel but sometimes true. I always end up with blue ink smears on the side of my hand. I have "white boards" where you use dry-erase markers. I end up erasing what I've written! My dad was ambidex... (I can't even say it let alone spell it) because as a child he was forced (with the whack of a ruler) to write with his right-hand, so he ended up learning to write with both hands. I thought that was cool. Something like the sword fight in Princess Bride.

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wormsé - Aug 13, 2004 3:40 pm (#1952 of 2955)

I'm back... now I can fully appreciate all the members who go on vacation and return only to diligently read all the posts they missed. Ya'll are a chatty bunch... As for the weather- In Kentucky it does indeed feel like autumn. I love it! It's happy weather. I didn't know we even had a Left-handed day. Interesting. I'm teaching myself to be ambidexterous- I've almost mastered the art of feeding myself with my left hand.

Happy Birthday to everyone who has had one!

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Leprechaun Jack - Aug 13, 2004 4:05 pm (#1953 of 2955)

What's that comment about my pants (or lack thereof) and being DULL !!! Well I never. (then again maybe if I did people wouldn't think I was dull)

Happy birthday to all I missed.

Flame Alligator- I'm going out on a limb here...but have you received my last 2 E-Mails ???

Jack

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Kasse - Aug 13, 2004 4:14 pm (#1954 of 2955)

True Love, I like your dad I am ambidextrous, some things I feel more comfortable doing with my right and others with my left. So Fawks do we get a special day too?

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timrew - Aug 13, 2004 4:20 pm (#1955 of 2955)

Gosh! I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

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mischa fan - Aug 13, 2004 4:24 pm (#1956 of 2955)

Tim, that was bad, even for you.

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DJ Evans - Aug 13, 2004 4:58 pm (#1957 of 2955)

What's that comment about my pants (or lack thereof) and being DULL !!! Well I never. (then again maybe if I did people wouldn't think I was dull) Jack

hee hee Well, Jack you never know -- it might be worth a try there. Just don't be surprised if the good folks at St. Mungo's come to take you away!! Which isn't necessary a bad thing, from what I hear they've got great Jell-O!!!! hee hee

Later, Deb

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boop - Aug 13, 2004 5:08 pm (#1958 of 2955)

Leila and Haymoni, I hope you are having a wonderful Birthday. I couldn't get on the forum this morning to post your birthdays. I am glad someone went ahead and did it for me.

Happy Anniversary Good Evans!!!!!

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Hem Hem - Aug 13, 2004 5:37 pm (#1959 of 2955)

I hope you're enjoying the game, Julia. And I bet you're not the only one rooting for the visiting team! With the way the Mariners have been this year, I even may family has gotten lessinterested in listening--and we're big fans who usually go to about four or five games a year. This year we haven't gone at all. But for the Yankee series, I've heard that the stadium is sold out for all three games. Go figure.

Also, enjoy the nice weather! RPS, I know we're known for having clouds in Seattle, but this time of year is gorgeous...although this year is hotter than most. I can't deal with temperatures above 80-- completely spoiled!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 13, 2004 6:02 pm (#1960 of 2955)

Hi, thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had fun. Just take a look at my cake!!!



If it isn't clear, it states "Have a Harry Birthday"

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 13, 2004 6:12 pm (#1961 of 2955)

Hem Hem, sorry I slandered your weather. I grew up in the SECOND cloudiest city in the US, Rochester, NY, right after Seattle. We never saw the sun in the winter.

Thanks for all the well-wishes for my husband. Kasse, did you get your newsletters? I'm afraid to ask by e-mail, in case the note goes south (and gets drowned in the rain). I'm afraid can't read through all of the posts to see if you said anything Kasse, I have to go pick up my husband and I'm really heads-down on the newsletter write now, I'll be lucky if this one comes in under 30 pages...I'll just check here now and then.

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haymoni - Aug 13, 2004 6:53 pm (#1962 of 2955)

Thanks for the Happy Birthday, boop!

It's nice to be remembered!

As I was born on Friday the 13th, it's an extra special day.

Hope everyone else has a great one.

Monica

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Leprechaun Jack - Aug 13, 2004 7:17 pm (#1963 of 2955)

I love their Jell-O it's the Bestest !!!!

Jack

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 13, 2004 7:37 pm (#1964 of 2955)

Thanks for all the well wishes and four leaf clovers, guys! Hopefully Umbridge (good plan, Deb!) will suffer some bad luck now!

And a big Happy Birthday Haymoni!

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Archangel - Aug 13, 2004 8:03 pm (#1965 of 2955)

Hello to all and Happy Birthday to Haymoni!

I seem to remember that there's quite a handful of Liverpool fans here in the forum so I thought of sharing this. Anyways, I was watching Sportscenter last night and I don't know if you already know this but it was mentioned there that Michael Owen is moving to Real Madrid. Well, the move was finalized this morning.

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Penny Lane. - Aug 13, 2004 8:24 pm (#1966 of 2955)

Okay, I may not be a mother, I'd like to share a lovely "cute" child story. I was babysitting for this 7 yr old boy that I've watched on a fairly regular basis for the last 7 years. Anyway, so we are putting together this Lego Harry vs. Giant Troll thing that I found in a closet. (I swear it was his idea :-)) And anyway, so after like 3 pieces he looks at me and says "Gee, I thought kids were supposed to be able to put this together - what were they thinking?" So, 45 minutes later, it was semi-finished, but we still had pieces left over... Has anyone else had problems with the HP Legos?

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Ozymandias - Aug 13, 2004 8:27 pm (#1967 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Haymoni! Sorry I missed you the first time I posted. I'll go iron my hands now...

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DJ Evans - Aug 13, 2004 8:31 pm (#1968 of 2955)

Haymoni, I hope I'm not too late here? But have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Sherbie -- Remember you need to get with Mike and both of you attack Umbridge with your bad luck!!! Hopefully that will wipe your's and Mike's out completely! With her, she won't know what "hit" her!!!! hee hee

Later, Deb

Jack? So we've had their Jell-O before, hmmm? We must have missed each other in the hallways then. hee hee Just stay away from their sandwiches -- I've heard tales about what "some" of them are made of!!!!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 13, 2004 9:46 pm (#1969 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Haymoni, I am sorry I forgot you. We share our b-day!!! Whooo-hoo.

Leila

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septentrion - Aug 14, 2004 2:45 am (#1970 of 2955)

happy belated birthday Haymoni !

Sherbie, your bad luck MUST go to Umbridge, she deserves it, really.

Denise, so you have much hay ? My grandparents were farmers and the had ppppppppplenty of hay in which my sister and I loved to play. What we preferred was to jump from a high place onto a bunch of hay and to tunnel from one side to the other. My parents didn't like when we did this, they were always afraid that we could suffocate, in which they were right of course.

Archangel, I've heard of Owen's move to real Madrid, in fact Patrick Vieira from Arsenal was supposed to make that move but it happens that Vieire stays with Arsenal and Owen moves.

Flame, have a good vacation, enjoy it !

Julia, will you still have voice after the match ?

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azi - Aug 14, 2004 4:18 am (#1971 of 2955)

Happy birthday to everyone I missed! Sherbie, you really need some good luck so my inch-high leprechaun Shamrock is sending you his. My brother was extremely happy when he heard Owen was moving to Real Madrid (he is a Liverpool fan also and doesn't like him).

Hope everybody in the path of hurricanes is safe and well.

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Kasse - Aug 14, 2004 5:05 am (#1972 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Haymoni I am so sorry that I missed you first time round. I must go and iorn my hands now

RPS: I still did not get the newsletter I do not know what happened.....

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The giant squid - Aug 14, 2004 7:00 am (#1973 of 2955)

Sherbie, I shudder to think what you'll get hit with next. Lightning, for Pete's sake!

   I take it Mike is having a good day then



Well, I did get a call from work about a problem my new guy was having, but I was able to fix it over the phone instead of having to go in, so I guess that's good. I guess that guy in Albuquerque figured out what was going on & sent the luck back to us.

I like the Umbridge idea...Catherine, do you have a good Bad Luck Banishing charm handy? If Sherbie & I synch it up right we might just be able get rid of it once and for all!

Happy Belated Birthday to Sleeping Beauty & haymoni. Hope y'all had a great day!

--Mike

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Flame Alligator - Aug 14, 2004 9:43 am (#1974 of 2955)

DJEvans, LOL I have no holes in the socks I am going to wear but they are made of hemp. Do you think the drug dogs and DEA will give me grief? Hemp socks are great... very soft.

Jack with no pants? Doesn't that make him an interesting boy? hee hee

Leprechaun Jack, *tackle hug* NO, I did not receive your last 2 e-mails. I was beginning to think you did not love me anymore. *pouting* In the future, if I don't respond to your e-mail within 48 hours..... I did not get it. I feel bad no contact with you before I leave. *hug and kiss*

Tim, LOL

Fawkes, *waving madly*

Sherbie, May I suggest surge protectors? Just in case lightening strikes twice your modem and other basics won't get fried again.

Thanks everyone for wishing me well on my holidays. I am going to Sin City/Amsterdam to be with someone I love and adore. We are going to do museums by day and ........ well, I guess party at night. I am excited today after being so "dead cool" the last few days. I was packed a week ago. One problem with packing early, I keep adding more stuff to my bag. My carry-on is packed with "beauty products". Mind you, I only wear lipstick. Do I really need 2 shampoos? Yes, cause they smell different. lol See! Please, somebody stop me!

Happy Birthday Sleepy Beauty and Haymoni! And Happy Birthday to anyone else who stepped out today.

I will miss you guys and I do so appreciate those who wish me well. It seems I have attracted some........ well, dementors to my life. I appreciate anyone who likes me and wishes me well. *kisses to you*

I definitely will do my best to get to an Internet café to read some posts and say "Hi".

Have a great weekend, y'all,

Goedemorgen

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Acceber - Aug 14, 2004 10:36 am (#1975 of 2955)

Happy Belated Birthdays to Leila and Haymoni! May you have many more to celebrate.

Have fun on your trip Flame. No, one shampoo will be legitimate. Hope you're having fun Julia.

I'm in the Adirondacks now (yay!). Tis beautiful here. If I can use my limited computer techie skills, I'll get a new avatar as a pic I took today.

Gonna go catch up on the threads. Have a great day everyone!

EDIT: Almost forgot, RPS, would you mind sending me a copy of your newsletter? My email is in my info; just click my avatar to get there.

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VeronikaG - Aug 14, 2004 10:44 am (#1976 of 2955)

Have a good trip, Flame!! Take good care of yourself, or else I beat you up! And remember; take pictures!!

Happy belated birthday to Leila and Haymoni.

I had bad luck on Friday 13th! My mom had ordered me a dentist's appointment, and turns out I need a filling. Grr... At least the new dentist was cuter than my old one.

I thought I'd just share a funny story from the start of term-ceremony on Thursday. My friend had signed up as "big sister", helping new students find their way around the school, and she wanted me to come with her. So I signed up, and put on the blue t-shirt they handed out. The first thing we managed was to loose most of the group we were guiding. A boy who was the third "big sibling" on our study took them all, and we found them by the end of the tour. Then our duty for the day was mostly over, and we went to buy some ice creams. I completely forgot that I was wearing a shirt pointing me out as oficial advice person. As my friend and I were finishing our ice creams outside the cafeteria, a group of three of four first year girls come over, and one of them ask me where to find "the big clock" where the bus leaves from. I had bit off a large chunk of the cracker, and in the same second I turned to answer her, I realized I still held it between my teeth. The girls started laughing, and so did I, pointing at my friend. Then i discovered that she had stuck the whole cone in her mouth, trying to get out the rest of the ice cream with her tongue. She looked like a funny bird. I laughed even harder, and managed to swallow the rest of the cracker, and point the girl in the right direction. So typically us.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 14, 2004 11:17 am (#1977 of 2955)

OK, Kasse, I think I know what happened. Is your e-mail samantha_kasse or samantha kasse? In your profile, it looks like a space (which might not even be possible in an e-mail address). I'm going to try the _ now. Let me know if they don't come this time. If they don't, please give me your current, up-to-date e-mail address in the post. We'll see if this works.

Acceber, I'll send you the back issues of the newsletter at the same time.

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Liz - Aug 14, 2004 11:22 am (#1978 of 2955)

*Humms* Happy Birthday to you *cha cha cha*

Happy Birthday to you *cha cha cha*

Happy Birthday dear all yall

Happy Birthday to you *cha cha cha*

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Doris Crockford - Aug 14, 2004 11:25 am (#1979 of 2955)

Round Pink Spider, could you pretty please send me the newsletter too? Thanks a bunch. My email is also in my info.

I had my first driver's ed class today. The good news is I didn't get into an accident. Although there was this one maniac going about 20km/h above the speed limit, and almost rear-ended me. And once, my driving instructor didn't tell me to turn, and I decided to turn left anyways.

Happy birthday haymoni! Sorry I missed it yesterday.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 14, 2004 11:30 am (#1980 of 2955)

Doris, this is the same problem I had with Kasse's address. Is that sarah_z_21 (with underbars)? The underbars blend in with the underline, so I'm not sure.

EDIT: Please post requests for the newsletter on "Long Theory", I might not be able to keep up with all the posts on this thread. And again, "Long Theory" and the literary discussions in the subsequent posts are very characteristic of the newsletter, so if you don't like "Long Theory," you probably won't like the newsletter.

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Doris Crockford - Aug 14, 2004 11:41 am (#1981 of 2955)

Yes, there are underscores, the way you wrote it in the post above.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 14, 2004 11:57 am (#1982 of 2955)

Okay, the back issues are on their way. Hopefully, a new issue next week, but there's a lot of sickness in the house right now, and that's really slowing me down (must have been a virus instead of food poisoning; even the baby's got it, but fortunately no one is as sick as my husband was).

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Marè - Aug 14, 2004 12:11 pm (#1983 of 2955)

Hey Flame have fun in Amsterdam. If you go do museum, try the vincent Van Gogh museum. Gina, Snape and I found a painting there that seems to be the prove that wizards exist!
(I have never been able to find a picture of it, but I think the title was something with a blue bird...) It was not a Van gogh painting though, was some-one else.

PS Only two shampoos?? You should see what I pack, for four days half of my bag is full off bottles, (sun)creams and other stuff you really don't need that much, but just can't leave behind.

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septentrion - Aug 14, 2004 12:15 pm (#1984 of 2955)

Marè, you're describing me seen by my husband when we go just for a week-end. He's always amazed at the quantity of things I take with me and that I consider being minimalist. Well, Flame, you're just a normal girl !

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Marè - Aug 14, 2004 12:17 pm (#1985 of 2955)

Well, I did managed to bring just one tiny bagsac for my weekend to Paris. But then again, when we went back I couldn't fit it all in so I had to "borrow" some space from my friends...

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Celestina W. - Aug 14, 2004 12:20 pm (#1986 of 2955)

Hi, everybody, I'm back. I had a nice trip, but I missed the Forum quite a bit. Guess I'm even more addicted than I thought.

Happy Belated Birthday to Betty, Leila, and Haymoni!

I had completely forgotten that the OotP paperback was coming out until I saw a display of them at Wal-Mart the other day. They looked so nice and pretty, I just had to stand and stare at them for a while. It was my nutty Potter-freak moment for the week. I almost bought one even though there's absolutely nothing wrong with my hardcover copy. (Unlike my PoA hardcover, which is falling apart from being read too much. ) Some other people were looking at OotP, and I really wanted to tell them, "Buy it, you'll love it, it's great, I promise", but I resisted. They might have thought I was weird (hee hee, imagine that ). The store also had some very nice HP notebooks with pictures from the PoA movie, but I already have all of my school stuff. And no, I don't think there's anything wrong with a senior in high school looking at Harry Potter school supplies, but unfortunately they were wide-ruled, so I couldn't have used them anyway.

Flame, I completely understand why you would want to take two shampoos. I'm a horrible over-packer, too. I take at least five days worth of clothes for a two-night trip. My philosophy is, "well, if I don't have it, then I'll wish I did, so I'd better take it", and as you can imagine that fills up a suitcase pretty fast. Have fun on your trip.

I hope all of our Florida members aren't being swept away by the hurricane. And RPS, hope your family gets better soon.

Oh, and here's the next in the "Avatars for My Generation" series.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 14, 2004 12:27 pm (#1987 of 2955)

Thanks, Celestina, and welcome home!

OotP is out in paperback? Yea, now I can FINALLY start marking up book 5 with a highlighter! I'll have to pick one up from Wal-Mart when we go shopping!

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timrew - Aug 14, 2004 3:09 pm (#1988 of 2955)

Happy Birthday to Betty, Leila, and Haymoni! Sorry I'm late!

Enjoy your trip, Flame!

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mike miller - Aug 14, 2004 3:37 pm (#1989 of 2955)

Well is seems the remains of Charlie are finally starting to arrive in the Baltimore area. Hope everyone in Florida has made it through all right. They weather gurus are calling for alot of rain between now and tomorrow morning and some tidal surges along the bay. The real problem could be the winds that will be coming over-night. There has been so much rain in the last few days there is a concern for trees falling over causing power outages. Nothing like the damage farther south.

We went to the Maryland Bar-B-Que Contest this afternoon. I have to say that pigs smell better when they're smoked! Lots of good food, live music, arts and craft and stuff for the kids (face painting, Moon Bounce, etc.). I love food! and dabble a bit in the BBQ arts. My daughter tells me I should enter my venison tenderloin next year. Alas, no catagory for venison, just Chicken, Ribs, Pulled Pork and Beef Brisket.

Flame - Enjoy your vacation

Tim - ROFL "I'd give my right arm..."

Mare' and Septentrion - With all due respect, you guys might be good, but I don't think anyone can touch my wife when it comes to packing. A full suitcase, cosmetics bag and large bag just for an over-night.

RPS - What's this I hear about a newsletter? If it's not too much effort, I love to have a peak at your next installment.

Well, that's all for now. I'll settle in for a night of Olympics watching (O.K. I might be checking a thread or two).

EDIT - Almost forgot - Happy Birthday Haymoni!!! sorry I'm late

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Flame Alligator - Aug 14, 2004 5:28 pm (#1990 of 2955)

OK Ladies, now I don't feel so bad. I just put in 2 more pairs of pants and extra sarong and some more lotion. lol Septentrion saying that she takes things just in case. Mind you I have 2 sarongs in there already but of course I need the red one, too. Now should I take another jacket and 2 more tank tops? Help! I will probably throw in one more thing right before I walk out the door.

Mare, I am definitely going to the Van Gogh museum. I love musseums and can spend hours and hours in them. I am so psyched up!! I will not be sleeping till I get on the plane.

Again, thanks for all the "well wishes". I am going to do some yoga to work off some of this excess energy and calm myself down.

Doei



Veronika, LOL Thanks for the funny story......... so you, girlfriend.

Doei for real this time.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 14, 2004 5:49 pm (#1991 of 2955)

Mike, it's OK with me if you want to read the newsletter, but, a word of warning, it's like the "Long Family" thread but PhD (piled higher and deeper). If you find that one hard to swallow, you might not care for it. I'll add you to the mailing list for the next one, and if you do like it, I can send you the back issues.

EDIT: OK, Kasse, NOW did you get the back issues?

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DJ Evans - Aug 14, 2004 7:26 pm (#1992 of 2955)

Celestina W -- Though I don't recognize who you've got in your avatar, but I must say very nice. He definitely fit’s in!!! Yep, definitely fit’s in!! And WELCOME BACK!!!!

Mike Miller == Hey, why not start your own competention? I don't know how it is where you live, but venison is very big in my state. Plus, I think every hunter has his own special "the best you've ever tasted" recipes for it -- so you wouldn't have trouble in getting people to enter it, I'm sure.

Flame, another jacket and 2 tank tops? Hmmm, I don't know about the jacket, but come on girl-- how much space can 2 little bitty tank tops take up? hee hee So go ahead and take them!!! What I've always done on the shampoos/lotion and such, is to save my "sample" bottles and use them. That way I can take several varieties of shampoos/lotions and with them in smaller bottles, they don't take up as much space, so you can take more!! Plus, put them all in plastic baggies for the unforeseen accidents -- like one spills?, it won't get all over everything else!!!! I've been there and done that!!! Believe me, no thrill to open up your luggage and see lotion all over your stuff &/or clothes!!!

Was watching the news tonight & I just can't believe the damage that they've suffered in the East. I just hope and pray all of our folks are OK. And my thoughts and prayers are with those that suffered the ultimate consequences and their families.

Later, Deb

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Celestina W. - Aug 14, 2004 7:44 pm (#1993 of 2955)

Deb, that's Heath Ledger. If you didn't recognize him, I guess you haven't seen A Knight's Tale, so go out and watch it now, OK? Great movie. Paul Bettany is also in it -- another avatar-worthy actor, IMO. I like your pic, too, by the way. Two of the Lord of the Rings posters in my room feature Aragorn. (The other two are the Argonath and one of Legolas, if anyone cared to know.)

I consider myself so fortunate right now that I don't live in a hurricane-prone area. It must be so scary to know that you have one of those bearing down on you. Around here we get severe storms, but they move through quickly and unless there's a tornado, the damage is usually not worse than some trees down and water in the basement. Reading the newspaper reports, I just can't imagine what those who've been hit by Charley are going through now. My thoughts and prayers are with them and especially any of our members who are in the storm's path. Stay safe!

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Kasse - Aug 14, 2004 7:55 pm (#1994 of 2955)

RPS: I got the newsletters!! Thank you so much

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SarcasticGinny - Aug 14, 2004 7:57 pm (#1995 of 2955)

Happy Happy Belated Birthdays to Betty, Leila, and Haymoni! Hope you had fun and maybe are enjoying some leftover birthday cake still.

Best wishes for anyone dealing with Charley's nasty temper right now...

Thanks for all the Friday the 13th wishes too, considering that was the day I bought my very first car! I've never purchased anything important in my life and sure enough I end up buying a car on Friday the 13th. Hopefully it will be okay, right?

Safe travels to anyone who's on the road. Hey virgogoddess, are you an Illinoisian? Your comment about the weather usually being really horribly hot and humid but being rather cold this summer struck a chord with how things are currently running in the Chicago 'burbs...

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haymoni - Aug 14, 2004 9:55 pm (#1996 of 2955)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, guys. 39 ain't so bad!

Celestina - A Knight's Tale is one of my favorite movies. Mostly 'cause it ends with AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long". "It's called a lance! Hello!!" "The Protector of Italian virginity..." "Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week."

Anyway, it is 12:42 am here in Northeast Ohio and my ungrateful, "I don't want a Harry Potter themed birthday party", 11-year-old and his 7 friends are downstairs playing PS-2 games until their eyes bleed.

The Gang arrived at 5:00 pm. We had pizza, mini eggrolls, cheese, crackers, chips, salsa, potato chips, and 6 kinds of pop. They played football in the back yard - Hubby was leading the pack.

Fortunately our 4-year-old passed out at 7:00 - no nap. She's still asleep, thank goodness. The boys had ice cream cake at 8:00 pm and opened presents - not one HP gift among them. What have I raised???

As it grew darker, the boys played "12:00 Midnight" - some sort of hide-n-seek game. We had a bonfire - (Bonfire for you AC/DC fans) and made the classic S'mores.

I bought some of those Glow Sticks and the boys had fun throwing them at one another - nobody lost an eye, but a few of the sticks are hanging in my tree.

I believe they are playing "ESPN Football" - we'll see who passes out first. Actually, Hubby wins the prize - he is asleep already!

Special thoughts to our Florida friends. I hope everyone is OK.

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virgoddess1313 - Aug 14, 2004 10:05 pm (#1997 of 2955)

Actually, SarcasticGinny, I'm from southwest Missouri, so not real close to Illinois, the states touch though!! Must say that I do really appreciate the weather though. It’s quite beautiful and Will and I have been able to go out and get some really amazing pictures.For some reason we've gotten quite a few in cemeteries. My mom and his think we are morbid, but my dad and Will's older sister Laura said they used to do the same thing.

I've decided Will and I need to make a book with all our photos in it because we have some really incredible scenery around here.

My aunt, uncle and cousins are down in Florida and I believe this is their first hurricaine there. They haven't been there long. I think my uncle is rather excited about it to be honest. But he always was a strange bird.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!!

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Julia. - Aug 14, 2004 10:26 pm (#1998 of 2955)

Phew, you guys talk like no one I've ever met! Flame, have a great time on your trip, take lots of pics, and bring me back a key chain. As for over packing, you should see my sister. The girl brings a huge (and I really mean huge, you could fit a few small children in that thin) suitcase, packed to the brim, and a bookbag for a weekend, and somehow manages to find room to pack all the stuff she picks up on the trip.

Thanks to everyone who told me to have a good time on the trip. The two games I went to were awesome, the Yankees won them both. I've decided that Mariano Rivera comming into the game is much cooler with 'Enter Sandman" by Metallica playing in the background. I've also decided that Derek Jeter looks better in the home pinstripes than he does in the road grays. And yes, I still have my voice, despite yelling myself silly in attempts to be louder than the Mariner fans. We're going to see the opera tomorrow, I hope I can stay awake.

Hope everyone on the Wast coast of the US is safe and well. Have a good evening everyone!

EDIT: Grrrrr! I misssed getting post 1985! Oh well, 1998 was a really great year too...

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The giant squid - Aug 15, 2004 12:17 am (#1999 of 2955)

Haymoni, my personal favorite Knight's Tale quote is, "I'm a writer--I give the truth scope!" Pretty much every word uttered by Paul Bettany in that film is gold.

As for packing, let me give you the (a) guy's perspective: for my recent week-long business trip, I was able to pack everything into one airline-approved carry-on suitcase. That included my portable CD player, a handful of CDs and 5 books (including the OotP hardcover). I think clothing took up maybe a third of the space.

Julia: Anyone entering a room/stadium/what have you to Metallica's "Enter Sandman" is by definition much cooler. Heck, that even beats out Charlie Sheen's "Wild Thing" entrance in Major League.

--Mike

Hmm...who gets to be #2000?

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Ozymandias - Aug 15, 2004 12:47 am (#2000 of 2955)

Me!

I just went on vacation for a week, and took a huge suitcase (I could probably fit in it) and a big tote bag full of books. I don't know how you guys pack so little. I need clothes for every contingency, and then there's extra of everything, and books and shoes, jackets if I'm going somewhere cold...yeah, I'm a pack rat. I need a magical trunk like Moody's.
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boop - Aug 15, 2004 2:31 am (#2001 of 2955)

Kasse and Maddest Dragon, This is your special day. Have a wonderful fun day!!!!!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Things are not going well for me. I am just tired of living this way.

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Kerstin - Aug 15, 2004 3:05 am (#2002 of 2955)

Hello to everyone.

I'm back from my 14-days-vacancy and find a few thousands new posts on the forum. You guys were really busy! I tried to read this thread with about 550 new, but there's no chance to take them all.

Happy Birthday to everyone who had or has.

Now I'm off to read.

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timrew - Aug 15, 2004 3:07 am (#2003 of 2955)

Flame, why are you taking sarongs? Amsterdam is a lo-o-ong walk from the beach! Unless, of course, the dyke gets a hole in it - then it'll be under the sea!

I was just looking at the schedule for the Olympic Games; and would you believe it? I can't find Quidditch anywhere! Hasn't it been accepted as an Olympic Sport yet? And if not, why not??

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Ozymandias - Aug 15, 2004 3:57 am (#2004 of 2955)

If curling is allowed to be an Olympic sport, then it's a travesty to exclude Quidditch. (Curling is the stupid one where they push the weights on the ice with the brooms, right?)

Happy Birthday, Kasse & Maddest Dragon! Have fun!

Betty, I'm so sad to hear you're not well. I hope you are better soon, and in the meantime you can count my support & that of the whole forum. (I think I'm pretty safe in speaking for everyone on that.) *BIG GIANT HUG*

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septentrion - Aug 15, 2004 4:56 am (#2005 of 2955)

yes Ozy you're safe in speaking for us, at least for me, to support Betty in het hard time. I hope too you're going better very soon Betty.

Happy birthday Kasse and Maddest dragon.

About the packing, I think it's all a question of education and of social pressure : women are taught and told to wear something different for any occasions, to use so many different cosmetics for as many supposed purposes...My husband's wardrobe is half mine and he never looks bad. I have to have clothes for summer, for winter, for going out, for...he just wears the same kind of things from January the 1st to December the 31st. He just put a jumper on in winter. And you wonder why women may need a big suitcase just for a week-end ! Vacation 2

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True Love - Aug 15, 2004 5:20 am (#2006 of 2955)

My carry-on luggage always consists of my camera gear (I am a serious amateur photographer) a book, and a few personal items in case the luggage in cargo ends up in a place more interesting than my destination. After my last trip I finally realized the convenience of digital photography. Oh, yeah, always bring binoculars to check out the action - um, the sail boats at the beach.

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True Love - Aug 15, 2004 5:35 am (#2007 of 2955)

To change the subject - I have been immersing myself in all things HP these past two months (yes, a late bloomer) and am always thrilled to chat with other people about it, hence my total appreciation of this site and all who post on it. I met up with family yesterday and was mortified to hear some "die-hard" fans (as if) still haven't read book 5 yet! And some think Harry and Cho are still an item, even after reading book 5 (have you read it - really read it? I asked). I shook my head in disbelief and sought out this site the minute I returned home. Mind you I was thrilled when one cousin asked me to go see PoA with her on Tuesday night. We are the same age and both admit to finding the young men in the film to be quite attractive. So this time round (my third time viewing it) I may just concentrate on their performances and set aside the need to look for more prophetic clues.

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septentrion - Aug 15, 2004 5:49 am (#2008 of 2955)

True Love, they can't be "die-hard" fans ! BTW I beat you with the number of viewings of PoA : it was my firth one yesterday...couldn't help it

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 15, 2004 6:23 am (#2009 of 2955)

How can any die-hard fan not have read OotP after all this time (scoff)? My TEN-YEAR-OLD has read it!

I beat you, Septentrion, I saw the movie six times (attended with a notebook and tiny flashlight to take notes the first three times). But then, those first three times were on official Round Pink Spider business, so maybe they don't count? :-D

I've got the creeping crud today. Yesterday three of my children were sick; my oldest son and my youngest daughter couldn't keep anything down all day. Hopefully I won't get that sick... :-P

Best wishes, Betty, hope you're feeling better...

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Acceber - Aug 15, 2004 6:57 am (#2010 of 2955)

Happy Birthdays to Kasse and Maddest Dragon!

Thanks for the newsletters RPS. I only read the first one, as I was shooed off the computer before I could read more .

Feel better Betty! *virtual hugs*

Julia-I watched parts of both Y*****/Mariner with my Y***** loving family and I thought, "Hey, Julia's there, isn't she?" I looked for you on the fancam and in the audience, but alas earwax, no one's that lucky.

Have a great day everyone!

PS For those who don't get what Y***** means, check Official Boston Red Sox Site and see the team that is 10.5 games ahead of us currently, but won't be come October.

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True Love - Aug 15, 2004 8:09 am (#2011 of 2955)

Pink Spider and Septentrion - thanks for the encouraging words about number of times you've seen the movie. The discussion with friends and family will now be "but I've only seen it twice!"

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Julia. - Aug 15, 2004 9:44 am (#2012 of 2955)

I didn't make fan cam, awwwww! I wore my Yankee shirt and sat next to my mum who wore her Sox jersey.

Betty, I'm so sorry you're feeling yucky, if you need to talk you know where to find me.

Hope everyone has a good day.

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DJ Evans - Aug 15, 2004 11:35 am (#2013 of 2955)

Kasse & Maddest Dragon == HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Here's wishing you both a FABULOUS day!

Welcome Back, Kerstin!!!!

Betty == And just as Ozy said, you've got our support for sure!! Hope you get to feeling better soon! Try this: close your eyes and wrap your arms around you. Now squeeze real hard -- that's all of us giving you the biggest hug that we can from here. Just remember that we are all thinking about you and care about how you are doing!!!

True Love? Did I read your post right? Those folks "haven't" read OotP yet? That ain't right!! Hmmm, wonder if you can consider them a fan even, much less a "die-hard" fan!! hee hee Sounds to me like they need to get their priorities straight!!!!

RPS == Oh no!!! Not the whole family down with the crud? My heart so goes out to you. Here's hoping all of you will be up and about "very" soon.

Later, Deb

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Marie E. - Aug 15, 2004 12:15 pm (#2014 of 2955)

I got to meet a forum member yesterday, padfoot herself! We chatted over cheesecake in Denver and probably bored my boss to tears. It's funny how you can meet someone for the first time and yet find yourself talking for almost three hours.

Betty, consider yourself hugged!!!

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tracie1976 - Aug 15, 2004 12:19 pm (#2015 of 2955)

Hello everyone! Just stopped by to wish who ever is having a birthday today . I've been really busy today...it is my son's 8th birthday today so I've been cleaning and baking.

Have a good day!

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Marè - Aug 15, 2004 12:47 pm (#2016 of 2955)

Happy birthday to Kasse and Maddest Dragon.

And Betty, there're going to be good days and bad days. Now will be bad days, just hang in there and keep coming back here till you're having good days again. It may not seem like this right now, but it'll pass. Hug for you!

And 11 hours and 10 minutes till my exam, please guys, cross your fingers. I so am going to need all sorts of good vibes!

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Catherine - Aug 15, 2004 12:50 pm (#2017 of 2955)

Happy Belated Birthday Haymoni! Mmm, S'more's are my favorite! Excellent choice!

We're pretty wet down here. Our basement is making our whole house smell like 10 dirty wet dogs live here. Pee-yew! It smells really musty! I'll need a bubblehead charm pretty soon.

Hope everyone is doing well. The highlight of my weekend was the update to Jo's site. This is the first time I've used the computer this weekend, so I look forward to catching up on everyone's posts.

Stay dry and safe, everyone!

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wormsé - Aug 15, 2004 1:02 pm (#2018 of 2955)

Happy belated birthday to Haymoni! And Happy Birthdays to Kasse and Maddest Dragon!! Hope they are good ones!

Betty- I'm really sorry your day hasn't been the greatest. I second what everyone else has already said- we're all here for you. You know where to find me if you wish to talk.

Maré- I'm crossing my fingers for you and the exam. Good luck!

Well, I'm off to take a look at JK's site. Hope everyone has a good day!

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septentrion - Aug 15, 2004 1:13 pm (#2019 of 2955)

Marè, I'm not only crossed but twisted for your exam

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True Love - Aug 15, 2004 4:25 pm (#2020 of 2955)

This is the official day of celebration for Acadians everwhere - and they are everywhere, from Louisiana all the way up to Newfoundland. My husband is Acadian so we have been playing Acadian music all day in celebration of his culture. A truly excellent group of people who love music, love to party and have a good time.

BTW - I no longer consider my cousins true HP fans. They are just people who have read the books and saw the movies. I guess I will continue to be a closet Potter fan for now. So glad to have found this site! I love ready all the older discussions too, such as recommended actors for the movies and the many twists and turns JKR has in her stories and what she lets drop during her interviews. Must read more..

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 15, 2004 5:12 pm (#2021 of 2955)

Happy Birthday Kasse and M. Dragon. Yeah for Leo's.

Julia I am sorry to here that the Yankee's did so well this past weekend I know that you are a closet Red Sox Fan.

I just got a a copy of PoA for GBA and Gamecube. I know have SS, CoS, and PoA on gamecube. YEAH. I now have Potter in multiple media.

Yeah for birthday gifts and men that spoil their little women.



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DJ Evans - Aug 15, 2004 5:41 pm (#2022 of 2955)

True Love, I know how you feel. All previous kidding aside, I've got a sister who has read the books ONCE, but most likely she will never pick them up again to re-read them. Sad, if you ask me. I just can't understand how she's not into it like I & the rest of us are. But I'll keep on trying to convert her over to being a HP fan -- maybe one of these days she'll see what we see in them?!?!

Later, Deb

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wormsé - Aug 15, 2004 5:54 pm (#2023 of 2955)

I've been trying to convince my Mother for years to read them. One time, she started the first book. I was so happy! Then she comes in and tells me she couldn't finish the first chapter because, of all things, it was boring!! She hasn't picked them up since. *sigh* Maybe one day...

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 15, 2004 6:09 pm (#2024 of 2955)

Catherine,

So good to see you post here. I've been wondering where the heck you've been and then it would dawn on me *smacks forehead* that you've been a little pre-occupied lately. You've been missed though.

I posted this in the Vote thread about my favorite part in POA. It seems relevant to the discussion here about people who haven't or won't get into the books:

But, the Shrieking Shack is a close second. If you just read the first two, you might wrongly conclude that all the books end with LV trying to return to power and being thwarted by "those meddling kids" again . (I've told a lot of people who "just couldn't get into" the books, to at least read POA.) The Shack broke that trend and gave a glimpse into just how intricately and fully JKR had imagined this world. From this scene, you can't help but be impressed by her plotting in POA and overall. This scene also has Snape pointing his wand at Sirius and saying "Give me a reason and I swear I will" which I thought was wickedly cool. *waves to Gina*

cya

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haymoni - Aug 15, 2004 6:14 pm (#2025 of 2955)

Sleeping Beauty - I crack up every time I see your avatar.

“I did not see you playing with your dolls, sir!”

boop - thinking about you as always.

Happy Birthday to my fellow Leos!

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Celestina W. - Aug 15, 2004 7:36 pm (#2026 of 2955)

Happy Birthday, Kasse and Maddest Dragon!

Boop, all I can tell you is just keep taking it one day at a time, and I hope things get better for you soon.

Well, Julia, Twins-Yankees series coming up. After this week, I may not be on speaking terms with anyone who confesses to being a Yankee fan. The Twins have been taking a real nose-dive lately, but they managed to scrape out a win today. I'm not too optimistic about this coming series. Unfortunately, my family's busy this week, otherwise we'd probably go to one of the games.

Loopy Lupin, I completely agree with what you said about the Shrieking Shack scene. I think people really shouldn't judge the books without reading at least the first three. But if they don't like one or two, I suppose it's hard to convince anyone to read book three. Oh well, they don't know what they're missing!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 15, 2004 8:20 pm (#2027 of 2955)

They truly don't. I got hooked on the books over a Thanksgiving visit with my folks and, quite honestly, I'm very glad I started them quite early on that holiday trip. If I hadn't finished POA, I may never have tackled the 700 page GoF. (Which I've now read umpteen times.)

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 15, 2004 9:02 pm (#2028 of 2955)

Betty. HUGGIES AND ICE CREAM WITH CHERRIES AND WHIPPED CREAM

Love Leila By the way, I am not referring to diapers

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 15, 2004 9:25 pm (#2029 of 2955)

OK, Mike, it is time we joined forces and sent this bad luck to Umbridge once and for all! My bad luck has been unusually light these last couple of days, which makes me a bit hesitant to ask about your recent luck!

Flame, when I went to Ohio with my mother, I took a suitcase big enough to fit myself comfortably in, as well as a slightly smaller one and a good-sized piece of luggage I use as my carry-on when I fly. I packed (and I kid you not) every single pair of summer shoes that I have, along with my favorite pair of knee-high boots. I think I wore every pair too, as I changed my outfit at leat twice a day. Keep stuffing those suitcases until they won't hold anymore, and then buy another set of luggage to cram the rest of your stuff into! Oh, and I do have surge protectors but I think it may be time to invest in a battery-supported one.

It sounds like you had an eventful night, Haymoni! Though I cannot believe that not one piece of HP merchandise was given to your son! What kind of kids are these?

Betty, I'm so sorry to hear that things haven't been going well for you. I sincerely hope your situation improves. Have a big hug from me!Big Hug And some very belated happy birthday wishes!


Julia, I'm glad you made it home OK and that your Yankees made you proud!Cap 4

Mare, I have everything crossable crossed right now. Good luck to you!

Birthday Balloons Kasse and Maddest Dragon!

Catherine, I'm sending you the Scourgify charm I used when my kitchen went up in flames. I hope it works for you too, and I'm glad you and yours are doing well. How's poor little Daisy, by the way?

Thanks for the lightening smiley, Mollis! You must have saved it for a reason. Unfortunately, we're due to get more rain tonight (it rained all day) but I'm not sure if it will be severe enough for me to unplug the computer. Last time I did that, my modem started acting up again which makes me wonder whether or not this round of icky weather will truly warrant it.

Our house warming party was today and we got quite a few gift cards for Lowes, which were much-needed. Other than the steady rain, everything went well and we had a nice turnout. *Bonus* We still have about a million cookies left, which I must say, warms the house up nicely (better than an oven fire, even ).

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 15, 2004 9:27 pm (#2030 of 2955)[/B][/Size]

Sherbie, it is great to hear that your life is not stinky for once. Yeah for presents. Too. I am sending you a nice cyber wish of good tidings in your new home.

Leila

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 15, 2004 9:29 pm (#2031 of 2955)    

Thanks, Leila!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 15, 2004 9:36 pm (#2032 of 2955)    

Not at all, Sherbie.

Marcus, I miss you. Where are you? I feel like the only H/P shipper left. *cries*: There is even an homage to you in my fan-fic.

Leila

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 15, 2004 9:39 pm (#2033 of 2955)    

Um, excuse me. What am I? Hotdog water?

But, anyway, yes where the heck is Marcus?

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 15, 2004 9:41 pm (#2034 of 2955)    

I never meant to not include you Loopy. *hands a tissue to Loopy so we can cry together*

Leila

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DJ Evans - Aug 15, 2004 10:30 pm (#2035 of 2955)    

Wasn't he going on vacation? Or did I dream that? I know I haven't seen Marcus doing any posting lately either, but I just assumed he was chilling out somewhere with an umbrella drink!!! I know you must "never assume", so I'm probably wrong here!!

What am I? Hotdog water? Loopy Lupin

Thanks for the chuckle today, LL!!!! Never heard that one before, but it's a keeper, must remember it!!!

Later, Deb

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septentrion - Aug 16, 2004 12:21 am (#2036 of 2955)    

True love, did you know that the Acadians are the star guests of the most popular festival inter-celtique in Lorient (Brittany) this year ?

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The giant squid - Aug 16, 2004 12:50 am (#2037 of 2955)    

First and foremost, a humongous, super-duper, Hagrid-sized hug for Betty! We love ya, mom.

Happy Birthday (somewhat belated) to Kasse and Maddest Dragon.

Sherbie, I've been holding steady at "minor annoyance". I would say that the bulk of the bad luck seems to have moved elsewhere, but that would jinx it.

   We chatted over cheesecake in Denver



Why does that sound like a Warren Zevon lyric to me?

--Mike

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VeronikaG - Aug 16, 2004 3:03 am (#2038 of 2955)    

Happy birthday to Kasse and Maddest Dragon.

*Big feel better hug for Betty*

I'm such a minimal packer that I usually end up borrowing socks from the person I'm camping with. :-D My friend Monica is the opposite. When I go over to hers for the week end, I bring my tooth brush, paste, cleaning fluid for my contacts, a t-shirt to wear to sleep, and new underwear for each day I plan on staying. It all fits in a small shoulder bag. Monica brings along a bag the size of a mobile home, filled up with magazines, her journals, her make-up which she never uses, her two purses and her two cell phones. Plus a bit of extra clothes, of course. And I often end up carrying some of it for her. But what are friends for?

Ahhh, back at school!

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 16, 2004 3:16 am (#2039 of 2955)    

Happy Belated Birthdays to Haymoni, Kasse and Maddest Dragon...

Hey 'Mommy' Betty .... BIG BIG BIG HUGS.... just so you know we are all here for you.... sending loads of Honeydukes Cyber Chocs to help get rid of those dementors. Oh & some cyber flowers too

Flame.. you lucky girl... I still have to book a holiday this year (been too busy... hmph) Thinking on a week in London next month... I still can't believe I've travelled around the SE of England... & even been in the London suburbs, but still haven't managed to go into the city.... If I go I'll be hanging around Kings Cross & hunting for the Leaky Cauldron methinks!

I can be terrible when it comes to packing if I have the luxury of being able to take my car, I just throw everything into a bag & throw it in the car boot. I also never know what shoes to bring... so I bring quite a few (very girly). However, when I don't have the car... I get all Hermione about packing.... I plan my wardrobe... pack... then unpack... take out a few items.. pack again... then unpack... take out some more items... repeat until I have a streamlined wardrobe with the bare essentials... You can also buy small travel bottles over here for shampoos etc.... which are very handy.

Hope those on the east coast of the States are safe... I have a friend on holidays in Tampa at the moment... so I'm a bit worried about her too. Anyways.. stay safe everyone..

Celestina... nice avatar.. *feedomp... Fawkes faints*

EDIT : WHOOPS... (thanks for the reminder Kerstin).... Mare good luck today.. keeping.. eyes, fingers & toes crossed....

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Kerstin - Aug 16, 2004 3:37 am (#2040 of 2955)    

Deb, thanks for the welcome back.

Maré, good luck for your exam (I hope I'm not too late with my finger crossings)

For the subject about how often one has seen POA-movie: I've seen it only once, and I'm pretty sure it will stay that way because I like reading so much more, and so many things are missing in the movie. Once is enough.

I'm on my fist day on work after vacancy and I'm not really awake, I think it has something to do with the 6-hours-difference between New York and Germany.

I want to greet everyone from New York City, Boston, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Harrisburg, Gettysburg, Philadelphia and Washington DC, (the places I have seen) and of course all others too.

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 5:01 am (#2041 of 2955)    

Um, excuse me. What am I? Hotdog water? --Loopy Lupin

Uh-oh, early morning SPEW! Thanks for the giggles this morning. Daisy actually looked up from her morning snooze to see what the commotion was about. Oh, and lest I make the same mistake twice, let me tell you that I just love your new Krusty avatar, Loopy! Quite nice. Even if you are a Pansy/Harry 'Shipper! And speaking of that, where is Marcus? I haven't seen him for ages. Hope he's doing well.

I have been a bit preoccupied lately! Our basement has flooded, and we've had the start of school to deal with here. The endless task that is homework has been sucking up our entire afternoons. I've been managing to read most of the new posts on the Forum, but not comment. So I've probably been saving up all of my insufferable know-it-allness, so watch out!

Thanks for the encouragement, Sherbie! I hope the Scourgify works, because I feel like our house smells funny. It seems to have progressed beyond wet dog into the realm of old potatoes that grow all the sprouts out of their eyes. Eeeek.

Hope all the birthday boys and girls have a good one! See everyone around the Forum, I hope!

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mike miller - Aug 16, 2004 5:05 am (#2042 of 2955)    

Happy Monday Morning!!!! Remember, we all get to choose the kind of day we're going to have. You only have to accept that lousy things can happen on great days!

Betty - BIG HUGS!! Know that there are many people sending Cheering Charms your way.

I'm starting a real crazy couple of weeks between work and personal life. Fall softball begins Tuesday with a double-header under the lights, then a round of sporting clays (like golf only with a shotgun and clay tragtes) on Friday afternoon and a softball tournament on Saturday. That's the fun part. A 2 day meeting in the middle of this week and traveling for 4 days next week. I'm heading to Sarasota Florida which would normally be a good thing, but with the effects of Charly and I think Earl waiting in the wings, I hope all goes well.

Have a great week everyone!

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septentrion - Aug 16, 2004 5:29 am (#2043 of 2955)    

Catherine : I hope the Scourgify works, because I feel like our house smells funny. It seems to have progressed beyond wet dog into the realm of old potatoes that grow all the sprouts out of their eyes. Eeeek.

eeeek too, I think one more scourgify charm can't harm.

My thoughts for those who deal with hurricanes.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 16, 2004 5:29 am (#2044 of 2955)    

Hi everybody :-( The crud goes on...The baby got sick three times last night, and my two older daughters and middle son are sick this morning. My oldest daughter has to go to her high school orientation this morning, sick or not, so we can write the usual check after check after check... I am so SICK of washing icky sheets, blankets and pillows. Bleurrrgh :-P It's raining too...*whimper, self-pity*

Mike, I will try to listen to your sentiments and tell myself this is just a great day with bad things. :-) I hope Florida is OK (I think I'd rather be in Minnesota...)

Ewww, ick, the baby just ... well, you don't need to know.

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Acceber - Aug 16, 2004 5:38 am (#2045 of 2955)    

Kerstin-I'm from Boston! Yay! When were you in Beantown? Did you see the Red Sox play? (My favorite activity.)

I don't know who's birthday it is as Betty isn't posting (big big feel better hugs for you, Forum Mom) so I'll just say Happy Birthday To All That Fall Into That Category.

Did any of you watch the Olympics last night? I saw the woman's gymnastics which was amazing to someone who can't and has never been able to do a split .

RPS-Sorry about your family. Hope you all get better soon!

Ummmmm....have a fantabulous day all!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 16, 2004 5:45 am (#2046 of 2955)    

Morning to all. Glad to see you're hanging in there Catherine.

I must iron my hands because I realize I neglected to give Betty my own *big hugs.* Hope things get better Betty.

Thanks for the avatar complement Catherine. Yes, the Simpsons seem to be a wellspring of possibilities. I'm actually kind of sorry that I did Ralph Wiggum already because I ran across a quote the other day that made me spew: "Me fail English? That's unpossible."

Hehe. Maybe I'll still do that one once I've run through the cast.

Oh, and by the way, if you want to have a real SPEW, check out the Lupin is James Potter thread. Timrew proves he's still the King.

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Round Pink Spider - Aug 16, 2004 5:47 am (#2047 of 2955)    

Hey, Acceber, I just noticed that you live in NY. Where is Buttermilk Falls? I grew up in Rochester, NY (ironically, I'm now living in Rochester, MN, named for Rochester, NY :-D).

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 5:59 am (#2048 of 2955)    

Oh, and by the way, if you want to have a real SPEW, check out the Lupin is James Potter thread. Timrew proves he's still the King. --Loopy Lupin

I went. I read. I SPEWED.

All hail Timrew as the King of Spew! *and give a little hail to Loopy Lupin who is the Spew Prince and is available in case Timrew is unable to fulfill his duties as King*

EDIT: RPS, I am so sorry that your household has such a nasty bug. Good luck to you!

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 16, 2004 6:05 am (#2049 of 2955)    

Yes, all hail me too. LOL..... Wink

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haymoni - Aug 16, 2004 6:08 am (#2050 of 2955)    

And what am I? The next-door-neighbor's?

I'm an H/P 'shipper too, but nothing compared to Marcus!

Where's the man been???

I'm home this week - nothing exciting, just getting ready for school to start next week. We still need a few things on my son's list and, since he won't try on any of his existing wardrobe, I get to guess at what he needs. Oh, joy!

Have a good one, guys!
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Loopy Lupin - Aug 16, 2004 6:17 am (#2051 of 2955)    

Marcus, me, Sleeping Beauty, and haymoni. Hey, we're becoming a force to be reckoned with. Smile

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Fawkes Forever - Aug 16, 2004 6:21 am (#2052 of 2955)    

Hee hee Loopy.... checked out the Lupin is James thread... very funny!

Hmmm, was just about to say.. the Harry/Pansy 'ship appears to have picked up a few passengers in the last few months.. well done Marcus... 'fraid I'm still not convinced, but you never know

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 6:35 am (#2053 of 2955)    

While we're putting forth our theories, I am proposing "TISK" for "Timrew is Spew King."

In addition, I propose "LISP" for "Loopy is Spew Prince."

I was going to suggest "LIPOS" for "Loopy is the Prince of Spew," but that made me think of liposuction, which made me think of a giant sucking sound, which made me think of the Hogwarts lake, which made me think of the Giant Squid, and that's Mike . So obviously LIPOS doesn't work.

EDIT: I just read the above post, and am worried that the flooding in our basement has produced toxic mold which is affecting my brain. Oh, well, off to St. Mungo's....

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Kasse - Aug 16, 2004 6:50 am (#2054 of 2955)    

I am Back!! After almost going crazy not having the Forum to keep me company for a whole 24 hours (computer troubles)

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes - I only got one HP related gift I mean don't these people know me....

Tom make not to previous discussions anyone who claims that they are a true HP fan and had not read OOP yet is not to be trusted!! Like everyone else I am doing my best to try and turn non HP fans into serious HP fans

RPS - So sorry to hear that the family is feeling sick. I hope everyone feels better real soon. Keep us posted.

Boop - sending lots of hugs your way.

Ok off to read/post on some threads now.

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Chemyst - Aug 16, 2004 6:58 am (#2055 of 2955)    

Loopy, you are dead-on-center correct about PoA. I read PS/SS aloud to my son because he'd received it as a gift before he could read for himself. CS pretty much same story. I waited until PoA came out in paperback. By that time he could read but was so slow that we switched off odd/even pages reading aloud just to keep the story flowing, otherwise he'd have to work so hard at reading the new page he'd forget what was in the chapter before. Anyway, If PoA had been just another book ending with LV trying to return to power and being thwarted by those meddling kids, .I may never have tackled the 700 page GoF either.

Sherbie, I wanted to make a comment about your Muse being confused... sending you a lightning bolt when she meant firebolt for the house warming, but alas, I lack the witty Tim-spewablilty. The Lowes cards sound wonderful! (Lowes is a big home center that sells everything for a house)

on suitcases - I like to pack for beach vacations, I can cram an entire week of warm-weather stuff into a backpack. I hate going north in winter- an overnight takes more space than that.

Poor Catherine! Worse than wet dog!. The only thing worse is a wet dog who has been floral scented with cheap perfume--- you have my compassion.

Betty - more hugs.

H/P shippers - if you are a force to be reckoned with, I reckon we can do something about that!

Have a great week everyone...

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Loopy Lupin - Aug 16, 2004 7:22 am (#2056 of 2955)    

In addition, I propose "LISP" for "Loopy is Spew Prince." -- Catherine Allen

At your thervice, Mith Allen.

H/P shippers - if you are a force to be reckoned with, I reckon we can do something about that! – Chemyst

Well, on behalf of Marcuth and the otherth, we'll meet you on the battlefield gladly. Smile

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 7:34 am (#2057 of 2955)    

At your thervice, Mith Allen.

Well, on behalf of Marcuth and the otherth, we'll meet you on the battlefield gladly. Smile


*Catherine, beset by toxic mold and the high SPEW factor of Loopy's post, has been ROFL hysterically and will probably have to be on a locked ward for the remainder of the afternoon...*

Hey, Loopy, at least now you have a title. It might not be as good as the Pillar of Storge, but, hey, it's a start.

Chemyst, it sounds like you have are readying yourself for a fresh battle. I will try to get in shape for it as well. Maybe Marcus has been resting up for a fresh wave of attacks against the Harry/Pansy 'ship.

Back to the damp dungeons for me. Eurggghh....

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DJ Evans - Aug 16, 2004 7:54 am (#2058 of 2955)    

Mare`, K'n lwwung nt gimhwrs zrpsswd!!! (translation=I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!) Not so easy to type that way, you know? Anywho, hope you pass with flying colors on your exam!!!

Kasse, computer trouble is the pits, isn't it? So glad to see you've got everything back up and running though!!!

Catherine = Though I've never had to deal with a flooded basement or anything, so I can't even imagine what all you must be going through. I'm just so glad & happy to know that you and your family are all right and have survive the hurricane bout there. Just as a hint on your "erm" yucky odor problem -- I know if a house is smelling musty you can get a pan, fill it with water and put a few cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, & if you have them orange peels. Then put it on a very low flame and it will make the house smell so good!!!! I do this a lot during the holidays!

RPS = Hope you & the family are doing a bit better today? Sure wish I had a house-elf that I could send you. I know by feeling poorly yourself, washing the bed linens and such is the last thing that you want to be doing!!! Get well soon!!!

Later, Deb

EDIT: hee hee I did a spell check before posting and it went a bit crazy on my statement there for Mare`

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 16, 2004 8:10 am (#2059 of 2955)    

Lol, Chemsyt! We are excited about the Lowe's gift cards. Now my husband can have a nice, gas weedeater as he (and I, with the way our luck has been lately) are afraid he would electrocute himself with an electric one. I'll go ahead and defend you on the battlefield, Chemyst. I am not a H/P shipper either.

Lol, Loopy! Though I disagree with your choice for Harry, I can completely appreciate you being the LISP. Rolly 3 See you and Catherine on the battlefield!

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Padfoot - Aug 16, 2004 8:15 am (#2060 of 2955)    

Leila, I love Space Balls. All this talk of packing reminds me of Princess Vespa's giant hair dryer.

True Love, I was born in Acadian country but have since moved away. My parents live down there now (Lafayette, LA). The last several years I have gone down to visit them and heard plenty of Cajun music.

Betty, I hope today is a better day than yesterday. If you want to talk, just e-mail me. *Hugs to you*

Marie, it was so much fun getting to meet someone on the forum! I had a great time. One forum member met, 999 more forum members to go.

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SarcasticGinny - Aug 16, 2004 9:10 am (#2061 of 2955)    

Betty, I sincerely hope you feel better soon! More hugs your way...

Padfoot, who is that handsome guy in your avatar?

virgogoddess, Missouri weather and Illinois weather are generally pretty close...only MO gets less snow and junk in the winter. You and Will are definitely lucky!

Health care is a pain in the be-hind, on a totally unrelated note. I don't have insurance until August 20th, and I need a physical for school. Yikes!

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Padfoot - Aug 16, 2004 9:23 am (#2062 of 2955)    

Ginny, it's Ralph Fiennes. He is the new Voldemort in GoF.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 16, 2004 10:47 am (#2063 of 2955)    

Howdy all! Gee, this forum got busy over the weekend. SOOO busy that I am actually :gasp: behind on the Snape thread.

I hope no one here got blasted by the hurricanes. Penny--do you know if they retired the name Camille? That one would be too famous IMO to keep.

Anyway, I was gonna tell a proud but icky story about Nymphadora catching a mouse Sunday morning, but now that I'm here I think maybe I shouldn't. Let's just say she left it for me and I thought it was a toy mouse at first...

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 16, 2004 11:17 am (#2064 of 2955)    

I do aim to please with my Avatars and posts. They are meant to enduce giggles...sort of a muggle cheering charm, I suppose.

Still I hail to the almighty King of SPEW, Tim.

Leila

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Padfoot - Aug 16, 2004 11:21 am (#2065 of 2955)    

The radar has been jammed!

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 16, 2004 11:22 am (#2066 of 2955)    

Raspberry! There is only one who would dare give me the raspberry....Lonestar!!!

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Padfoot - Aug 16, 2004 11:28 am (#2067 of 2955)
Edited by Aug 16, 2004 11:28 am    

I love the "He singed my hair" scene. "That's not bad for a girl." "Hey, that's not bad for Rambo!"

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septentrion - Aug 16, 2004 11:37 am (#2068 of 2955)    

I've read today in the newspaper about a woman round here who is obsessed with owls, just as we are with HP. In fact, she had a heart attack 9 years ago, and when she woke up in the hospital, one of the first things she saw was a white owl. Her wealth got a lot better just after that, so she was sure the owl cured her. Two years ago she saw another white owl and the next day she bought tickets for the loto (national lottery) and she gained ppppppplenty of money. It can't be a coincidence. What was Hedwige doing in France in 1995 and in 2002 ? Well I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that story. Now that woman is a seer (I don't know if she's trelawney-like or not) and she's collecting everything bearing an effigy of an owl, so that she now possess 1550 fake owls.

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 16, 2004 11:48 am (#2069 of 2955)    

MARCUS...You are back. Welcome, we missed you.

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Penny Lane. - Aug 16, 2004 12:47 pm (#2070 of 2955)    

Gina: Camille was retired as it was a particularly devastating storm that killed over 100 people. Hurricane names are retired for 10 years minimum, so it could be used again in the future. I think the primary purpose of this is to avoid lawsuits and panic.

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Gina R Snape - Aug 16, 2004 12:51 pm (#2071 of 2955)    

Yes, I would be surprised if they brought the name Camille back because I know it was particularly devastating. I was just curious.

I wonder if there will ever be a hurricane Gina. Or Severus...

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Kasse - Aug 16, 2004 12:55 pm (#2072 of 2955)    

I like the new avatar Gina – keep them coming !

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Madam Pince - Aug 16, 2004 12:58 pm (#2073 of 2955)    

Well, I'm back from my trip to Virginia Beach and all the unpacking, etc. that goes along with it. We had a great time -- got to visit with dear friends that I see far too rarely. Our beach day (Thursday) was absolutely perfect weather-wise: clear and sunny but with a nice cooling breeze, no bugs, and warm water with manageable waves. Nobody got sunburned or anything either, which is a biggie for my fair-skinned son and me. Great fun. It was his first ever trip to see the ocean.

Guess what type of shampoo was in the little tiny bottles that they give you in the hotel we were in at the beach? ***ding, ding*** Yes, that's correct, it was BRECK SHAMPOO! Nice marketing on their part, I think, getting a hotel contract.

Then we went on to Jamestown, VA and visited the first English settlement in the U.S., and only had little sprinkles of rain despite the two hurricanes supposedly bearing down on us. I left to drive home on Saturday to try to "beat" the storms north, and was mostly successful although I had to drive in a moderate rain all day and some fairly heavy traffic with everyone else trying to escape the storms too. We live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and were expecting some pretty heavy storm activity, but fortunately the moderate rains were all we got! Yay!

Then after we got home it started going downhill. My washing machine stopped working in the middle of a load of beach stuff, and when I checked its paperwork I find that the warranty expired a mere month ago. Grrrrrr..... Because the repair guy can't come until Thursday, I went to my in-law's empty house (they're on vacation) to finish my laundry, and I pulled shut and locked an exterior door to their house which Hubby now informs me that they don't have a key to and it is impossible to open even with a key. Oops. Now I have to pay a locksmith as well as a washer-repairman. I tried "Alohomora" but it didn't do anything. (I had tried a trip to the laundromat before trying the in-laws' house, but, well, suffice to say that the employee who works there and is responsible for communicating the correct "closing" time is a complete and utter idiot.)

Last thing was that I left the key to my neighbor's house (I'm feeding their dogs while they're on vacation) in the pocket of the raincoat which was conveniently hanging on the door, and then Hubby wore it to work, which meant I couldn't get in the house to feed the dogs until he got home -- not too major of a deal but still an annoyance. Sigh.... still, I haven't gotten struck by lightning ****cough **** Sherbie! ***cough*** so I feel quite fortunate.

RPS, sorry to hear about your family all being ill. That is such a drag. I had it a few weeks ago, but fortunately nobody else in the house got sick. I'm so sorry you're having to go thru all that! Get well soon!

Padfoot -- I thought it was "Secret Asian Man" for the longest time, too! I had a friend in college who thought "There's a bad moon on the rise" was "There's a bathroom on the right." I still hum that one in my head every time I hear it on the radio.

DJ Evans -- yes, I do get "Country" and "Country Extra," as well as "A Taste of Home." I have sampled a few of the other mags in the family but those three are the ones I've kept up with. You're right, the photography is so fantastic! And I love the no-ads, although my main pet peeve is those inserts that are attached inside a magazine and try to sell things like commemorative plates or collectible dolls. I go through my magazines as soon as I open them and tear out all such ads, using probably unnecessary savagery, muttering to myself.

I swear not to peek at the last page of either HBP or Book 7. I never do that -- like Flame said, it feels like cheating. Although I do tend to read really really fast when it gets close to the end.

Mare, guess what's on TV even as I type this? "Miffy!" My son is mesmerized (which is why I have a few minutes to type!)

Celestina W, if Heath Ledger is an avatar for your generation, then I think I need a time-turner! I think I'm just a *few* years ahead of you, but I think he is a perfectly lovely young man. And I am so distressed that they did not cast Paul Bettany as Barty Crouch, Jr., because I have him so firmly pictured in my head as that character that I don't know how I'll be able to accept any other actor.

Gina, I love your avatar! *snort* Gum on my shoe....

P.S. Awwwwww.... doorbell just rang and Mr. Pince sent me flowers. Think he missed me while I was at the beach?

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Celestina W. - Aug 16, 2004 1:09 pm (#2074 of 2955)    

Madam Pince -- well, all right then, we'll say he's an avatar for all generations, how's that? I also thought Paul Bettany would have been a great Crouch, Jr., but then I realized that it's much too small a part anyway. So he's on my list of actors that J.K.R. should write a part for in one of the next books.

RPS, I'm sorry to hear that your family still has the crud. Stomach bugs suck; there was one going around last Christmas that I think half of my school had (including me).

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Penny Lane. - Aug 16, 2004 1:31 pm (#2075 of 2955)    

There was a Tropical Storm Gina by Australia in 2003. No Severus though :-(

Celestina - i used to have that Heath Ledger poster in my dorm room. But Alas, I've never seen A Knights Tale.

Aww - Mr. Pince sent Madam Pince flowers. Thats very sweet.

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True Love - Aug 16, 2004 2:08 pm (#2076 of 2955)    

Septentrion - didn't know about the festival. Is there a website I can check to read up on it? That is so cool.

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True Love - Aug 16, 2004 2:16 pm (#2077 of 2955)    

Kersten - a lot of car time. Glad you made it through Ottawa (where I am) and Quebec City (where my brother-in-law is). Both beautiful cities IMHO.

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Prefect Marcus - Aug 16, 2004 2:50 pm (#2078 of 2955)    

Yes, I am back, sort of. I am touched by your kind comments and concerns.

I have been gone for several reasons.

(1) I have to make a living. Things have been very busy at work recently.

(2) Nothing really new happened until the Edinburough transcript and the new HBP excerpt appeared behind the door. It will take a little time to absorb it all.

(3) I felt I was spending too much time and energy on the H/P 'ship thread. There is so much more in the Harry Potter universe than that, fascinating as it is. So I thought I would give it a rest for awhile.

(4) I also finally found a new Avatar to my liking.

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Marè - Aug 16, 2004 2:56 pm (#2079 of 2955)    

Oh, I love wily E. coyote. I just wished they made one episode in which he just caught roadrunner. I always feel sorry for him when he fails again!

And madam Pince, glad you are home. I hope all your technical troubles are going to be solved soon. I never saw Miffy as a cartoon (it's a recent thing) I only know the books, but I'm always astonished when I see what the artist did with the few colours he uses. Did you ever see/read the one where her grandma died. It was suppossed to help children understand dead, but even I found it very sad still...

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Padfoot - Aug 16, 2004 3:10 pm (#2080 of 2955)    

Welcome back Marcus!

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haymoni - Aug 16, 2004 3:16 pm (#2081 of 2955)    

Here, here!

And, Marcus, you are much more than the Captain of the H/P 'ship.

You leave your mark on every thread in which you post!

I do know about real life getting in the way though.

Welcome back!

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DJ Evans - Aug 16, 2004 3:27 pm (#2082 of 2955)    

Madam Pince -- Welcome BACK!!!!! Sounds as if you are trying to join Mike's & Sherbie's bad luck club there!!!! You must get with them, as they are going to try and rub all of their bad luck that they've been having onto Umbridge!!!! Glad you had a good time otherwise and are back with us!! Hubby sent you flowers? He sounds like a "keeper" to me!!!!

You too Marcus -- Welcome Back!!! Boy was I off of where you had been. I had pictured you chilling out with an umbrella drink and just kicking back!!! So sorry work had to get in the way there!!

Later, Deb

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Prefect Marcus - Aug 16, 2004 3:28 pm (#2083 of 2955)    

Mare,

He did catch the road-runner once. He still didn't win, however.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Aug 16, 2004 3:51 pm (#2084 of 2955)    

Was just reminded of something a while back on this thread.

In my mind’s eye, where-ever(danged hyphen again!) that may be, the words I swear stand out. And I did. Then, I think, correct me if I'm wrong, it started out as not reading last chapter of book before it's time. Then it kind of changed to young girls clothing? Or have I totally lost it?

Any rate, I swear not to peek at last chapter of ANY book, and NEVER encourage a young girl to dress by todays peer and advertising pressures.

Think I covered all bases....butterbeer anyone?

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Madam Pince - Aug 16, 2004 4:12 pm (#2085 of 2955)    

You've got it, TwinklingBlueEyes! There was only the one original "I swear" about the girls' clothing, I think, and then somebody else also swore not to read the end of the book first, so it sort of morphed into two "I swears."

We have to stop all this swearing or we'll get Kippendoed.

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Sherbie Lemon - Aug 16, 2004 5:00 pm (#2086 of 2955)    

Welcome back, Madame Pince! Your first day(s) home sounds awfully familiar to me...wonder why? Please join Mike and me if your "Sherbie" luck continues, as we are currently trying to send everyone's favorite toad our bad luck. I'm glad your trip went well, though. Perhaps Mr. Pince should contact Mr. Sherbie? I wasn't greeted by so much as a dandelion when I returned.

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Madam Pince - Aug 16, 2004 5:04 pm (#2087 of 2955)    

Should we hold hands or something, maybe, and close our eyes and ****wish**** our bad luck onto Delores? OK, I'm ready whenever you guys are....

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 5:46 pm (#2088 of 2955)    

My oldest daughter used to have a "wish" ritual when she was 3 years old.

She would turn around a few times and say the whole time, "Wish, wish, wish..."

She believed this was effective. Especially since she used to express her Christmas and Birthday present wishes during this ritual! Apparently, it works if someone is listening! 

*Wishing all Sherbie's and mine and Madame Pince's and everyone else's bad luck onto Umbridge... and turning so much that I get dizzy*

Good luck!

*waves to Marcus!*

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Ozymandias - Aug 16, 2004 5:48 pm (#2089 of 2955)    

Holy panic attack, Batman!

I just realized that I move back to school on Sunday! This Sunday! In six days! I haven't started packing at all. And then of course, there's the Edinburgh info and the new excerpt, so I have far more interesting things to do than pack. If I freak out come Friday or Saturday, you'll know why.

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Madam Pince - Aug 16, 2004 6:34 pm (#2090 of 2955)    

Thump! ***Madam Pince falls down dizzy from spinning around with Catherine***

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 6:39 pm (#2091 of 2955)    

***Thump! Catherine is wretchedly dizzy next to Madame Pince, but hoping that the bad luck is on Umbridge now! ***

Well, we showed her, didn't we ladies?

Wish, wish, WISH!

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Gina R Snape - Aug 16, 2004 7:39 pm (#2092 of 2955)    

Hey, Madame Pince. Too funny. Long live Breck shampoo! wOOt!

Thanks to all for the compliments on my avatar. It was made by someone on LJ named subliculous. She also did a Snape drawing for me which I'll use at some point in the future. But first I have a home drawing of Snape from Accio's daughter! It seems I am blessed with artists just bursting to draw Snape for me.

Oh, I know I missed something when I had to skip some posts...but what is the H/P ship? Or rather, who? Harry/Pansy? Hagrid/Pince? That was all I could come up with.

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Catherine - Aug 16, 2004 7:55 pm (#2093 of 2955)    

Oh, I know I missed something when I had to skip some posts...but what is the H/P ship? Or rather, who? Harry/Pansy? Hagrid/Pince? That was all I could come up with.

LOL, Gina! Yes, it's Harry/Pansy. Although the Hagrid/Pince idea will probably keep me awake in a NOT good way...

Cheers!

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I Am Used Vlad - Aug 16, 2004 8:07 pm (#2094 of 2955)    

Gina, how could you overlook the Hedwig/Pigwidgeon 'ship?

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Ozymandias - Aug 16, 2004 8:25 pm (#2095 of 2955)    

Or Hermione/Percy?

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Leila 2X4B - Aug 16, 2004 8:27 pm (#2096 of 2955)    

Ozy, a room at St. Mungo's is on standby.

Just for you.

Leila

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Gina R Snape - Aug 16, 2004 8:29 pm (#2097 of 2955)    

Hedwig/Pigwidgeon. How could I forget that one?! Mea culpa, where was my head... :snort:

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Ozymandias - Aug 16, 2004 8:30 pm (#2098 of 2955)    

Ooh, yay, does it have a good view?

*tries to think of more H/P ideas*

*fails*

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Lunar Tides - Aug 16, 2004 8:35 pm (#2099 of 2955)    

Hey everyone,

I finally found a home where my growing thoughts of the Wizarding World can rest...

I'm a new member, even though I've been reading the posts for ages.

I prefer talking about events and theories rather than the characters themselves. But, in general, I love talking about anything in Rowling's world.

I just wanted to greet everyone and I'll see you all around.

Wishing the best,

Chanuel

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Madam Pince - Aug 16, 2004 9:27 pm (#2100 of 2955)    

Welcome, Lunar Tides!

Funny coincidence you should just join us and recognize a good thing when you see it -- I was just looking at some of the other HP websites (looking for screensaves for Cezar Salem) and I checked out some of their forums. Man alive, I am glad to be a member here at the Lexicon Forum!

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