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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:32 PM
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Anyone around? n/t
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:34 PM
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1. My dear philboy!
I'm here, sweetie...

Tired after a busy day...

It's only 9:35 PM, and I'm already yawning...

Too early to go to bed, though!

How are you doing tonight?

:hug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:36 PM
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2. Hi Peg...
Happiest day of my life. :sarcasm:

How are you? :hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:02 AM
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27. I'm sorry your day wasn't good...
Mine could have been better too...:hug:

I'm kind of at loose ends...

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:12 AM
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38. Hang in there...
it's all we can do. :hug:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:37 PM
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3. yeah, I'm here.
:hi:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:37 PM
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4. Good evening/morning...
:hi:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:40 PM
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7. you doing ok philboy?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:40 PM
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9. Been better...
How about yourself?
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:06 AM
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32. been better here too.
Just looked at the mail and saw what my cost is for some IV treatments is... :yoiks:

I'm not real happy :(

But at least the insurance paid some

Sorry you had a bum day :(

aA
:hug:

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:11 AM
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36. That SUCKS when you get those medical bills...
I'm sorry.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:17 AM
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45. Thanks philboy ..
I'm thankful for insurance such as it is. I cannot imagine what it's like for those people who have none.

I'll find out soon if the treatments worked. I got Iron infusions because I have Iron Deficient Anemia. I'm not sure they helped but we'll see. I was given 5 infusions. My ferritin level was at 3 which is very low ...anyway, not to bore you :)

I hope your day is a better one tomorrow philboy


:hug: :grouphug: :hug:

kesha
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:37 PM
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5. Hi, philboy. What's happening?
:hug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:38 PM
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6. Not too much Elshiva...
How are you? :hug:
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:40 PM
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8. Not so great.
:hug: Are you listening to any music now?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:42 PM
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11. I'm sorry to hear that. I am playing this repetitively.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkfRMG3WAsI


Stake my future on a hell of a past
Looks like tomorrow is coming on fast
Ain't complaining 'bout what I got
Seen better times, but who has not?

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

Honest as the next jade rolling that stone
When I come knocking don't throw me no bone
I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home
If you don't like it you can leave me alone

I can snap my fingers and require the rain
From a clear blue sky and turn it off again
I can stroke your body and relieve your pain
And charm the whistle off an evening train

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

I give what I got until I got no more
I take what I get until I even the score
You know I love you and furthermore
When it's time to go you got an open door

I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain
You give something up for everything you gain
Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain
Pay for your ticket and don't complain

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

One of these days and it won't be long
Going down in the valley and sing my song
I will sing it loud and sing it strong
Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong

Silvio
Silver and gold
Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
Silvio
I gotta go
Find out something only dead men know

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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:47 PM
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19. I wish I could listen to music, but my head hurts.
I'll post this because I love it and I know you like it, too.

Friend of the Devil
"I lit out from reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didnt get to sleep last night till the morning came around.

Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in utah in a cave up in the hills.

Set out runnin but I take my time, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air.

Set out runnin but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
The first ones named sweet anne marie, and shes my hearts delight.
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriffs on my trail,
And if he catches up with me, Ill spend my life in jail.

Got a wife in chino, babe, and one in cherokee
The first one says shes got my child, but it dont look like me.

Set out runnin but I take my time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight."
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/grateful+dead/friend+of+the+devil_20062294.html

:hug:

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:48 PM
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20. One of my favorites...
Thank you Elshiva. I'm sorry about your headache.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:02 AM
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28. ....
:hug:
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:41 PM
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10. I'm gone.
Far gone.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:43 PM
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12. Me too. n/t
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:43 PM
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13. Hi Philboy!
:wave::beer::hug:
How's it going?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:46 PM
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16. Hello GoG...
Edited on Mon Oct-06-08 11:47 PM by philboy
If I were any happier, I'd wet myself. (not really)

How are you tonight? :hug:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:58 PM
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23. I'm sitting here with a dish of ice cream...
and Zelda the kitten is seeking plunder... :D
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:59 PM
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25. Lucky you!
I can't even get my dog to sleep with me tonight. :)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:08 AM
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34. Zelda will wait until you're just barely asleep...
then she'll decide to wash your nostrils.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:09 AM
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35. Ha!
My doggy philboy licks anything that is exposed.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:15 AM
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42. Two guys are walking down the street when they see a dog
licking his privates.
Guy #1 says, "Man! I wish I could do that!"
Guy #2 says, "Are you kidding? That dog'd bite you if you tried!" ;-)
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:19 AM
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46. That wasn't what I expected!
Nice one! :hi:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:43 PM
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14. I'm not here
Can you tell?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:46 PM
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17. Good evening Brad...
:hi:
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:46 PM
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15. I'm here, "working" all night
you guys are my office mates :-D
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:47 PM
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18. Get to work!
:hi:
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:54 PM
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21. I r lurkin'... just finished my midterm paper for English, and can't sleep yet
:hi:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:56 PM
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22. Congrats on finishing the paper!
:hi:
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:16 AM
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43. This is a week-full of Mondays...
Today was a Biology exam... tomorrow the paper's due... and Wednesday is a Humanities exam (on classical Greece and the Roman Empire)

I hate mid-term... srsly.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:20 AM
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48. Jesus, I remember those days.
I feel for ya.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 11:58 PM
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24. I'm here...
although I should be sleeping. I just can't seem to sleep anymore, it is the suck!
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:04 AM
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29. It's ok...
I WON'T sleep tonight. And I have to bring my mom to the hospital for a test first thing in the morning.

It's been a hell of a day. Someone close to me just walked away with no warning, and I've lost a disgusting amount in the stock market over the past few days.

My normal pain killer is not working...my arms hurt so bad I want to chew them off. So i went back to the Vicodan, and now I'm in a sleepless haze.

So the pain will be back in the morning, and I'll be steering my truck with my teeth on the way to the hospital. :rofl:

I hope you get some sleep, I really do.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:00 AM
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26. I'm here...
But probably not for long... in the meantime, wine and cocktail peanuts. :D

:hug: for whatever's going on with you...
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:05 AM
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30. Good evening Lynz...
Are you doing ok? :hug:
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:19 AM
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47. Yep, mostly.
I had a really bad night last night and day today, very emotional in bad ways, but tonight was a huge, pleasant surprise of a conversation. With a side order of waiting for the next time it gets bad again. :)
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:21 AM
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49. Aww..well, I'm glad you had your surprise today.
My surprises are always bad! :rofl:

Take care of yourself Lynz.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:44 AM
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51. Thanks, philboy!
I'm glad for it, too... :D You take care, too!
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:45 AM
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52. I'm tryin' Lynz...
but it isn't so easy sometimes. :cry:
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:06 AM
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31. Sorry, I was off fighting evil in GD:P.
What did I miss?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:07 AM
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33. Just some hellos.
Good evening billy :hi:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:11 AM
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37. fighting evil or inciting a riot...
:rofl:
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:15 AM
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41. Sometimes evil doesn't go down easy.
:evilgrin:
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:13 AM
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39. I'm going to bed soon. The beagle is outside.
The beagle likes to go out and just sit on the back porch late at night. Doesn't do anything but sit there, but she INSISTS she has to do this every night. I'm going to bring her in pretty soon, and hit the hay.

But for now, I'm here. :hi:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:13 AM
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40. She is just looking out for you!
:hi:
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:17 AM
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44. She always looks like she's meditating.
Just pondering the mysteries of the universe. She's very deep.



For a beagle.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:25 AM
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50. How many pets do you have? n/t
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:36 AM
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56. Three cats and a dog. I used to foster kittens for a Humane Society,
which pretty much guarantees a house full of critters.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:57 AM
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59. People who love animals are...
special people. :)
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 12:50 AM
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53. How about an Irish car bomb? n/t
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:03 AM
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54. Uh...
Huh? :rofl:
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:25 AM
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55. What could be better...a shot of Irish whiskey in a pint of beer.
Well a tot of brandy and a good mystery...but I digress. ;)
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:01 AM
Response to Reply #55
64. Never had it but it sounds great...
I will try it.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:18 AM
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73. A shot glass goes into the beer, literally...the glass. with whiskey.
Edited on Tue Oct-07-08 02:23 AM by MissMarple
No stopping, you down it in one long gulp. Or, you know... then they know you're ....English...or worse like.... French. :rofl:


;) I like the French. I'm related.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:19 AM
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74. Oh man...the glass goes in too....
:rofl:
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:25 AM
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75. You betcha.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:40 AM
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57. Hey philboy, this might cheer you up.
It's easy to grin,
When your ship comes in,
And you've got the stock market beat.

But the man worthwhile,
Is the man who can smile,
When his shorts are too tight in the seat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:59 AM
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61. Damn damn damn!
:rofl:
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:49 AM
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58. Wassup?
:hi:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:00 AM
Response to Reply #58
62. You don't want to know....
Bad Voodoo....life sucks and all that. :hi: How ya doin'?
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:13 AM
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71. I'm doing well, thank you.
Had my weekly outing at my usual watering hole last night, and had a great time with a friend I have not seen for quite a while that stopped in just to see me.

Futher developments are possible ... :D
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:16 AM
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72. Sounds promising!
Glad to hear that, Lil Missy.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:58 AM
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60. .
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:01 AM
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63. Good morning bridgit
:hi:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:03 AM
Response to Reply #63
65. Hey philboy, I'm a little bit tipsy...
Still love me :bounce:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:05 AM
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67. Awwww. of course....
I'm swimming in a river of Vicodan, and it isn't working. plus, I feel a nice little panic attack coming on.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:08 AM
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69. Yay! Well, not the not working part but 'yay' in general...
Hope you feel better though cause feeling bad is not as good as feeling good :hug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:11 AM
Response to Reply #69
70. Thanks bridgit...
and you are so right. :hug:
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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:04 AM
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66. yo phill-lad
high five !

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:05 AM
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68. High Five! I'm glad to see you posting. n/t
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 04:01 AM
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76. I'm here and playing Mobsters at the same time.
and doing some emailing. Nothing major. Gotta stay up until 7 then get ready and go get the brakes on the car replaced. The car has been squealing for a while now when I try to stop. I tried telling it to suck it up and take it if it is going to be my car. I have shit for luck and not much in savings. If it's gonna be my car, it needs to learn to always be poor, slow, and have shit for luck. It didn't listen. It never does. Pfft! Teenagers! You know how they are.

Then when we went to Fayetteville and almost got in a wreck. Some driver, who got their license at Sears & Roebuck, pulled out from the left hand side of the road, went across 6 lanes of traffic and damn near pulled out in front of me. The brakes worked, but not quite fast enough for my liking. Plus all that squealing the car did, really caused people to stop and stare. How embarrassing to have such a wimp for a car.

I didn't see my life flash before my eyes, but my aunt swore she did. I decided it's time to fix the damn car. Whiny ass car...always wanting something. I buy it new windshield wipers last month and this month it wants new shoes. What's it gonna ask for next? A car of its own and a credit card so it can go shopping?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 05:13 AM
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77. Gee, I'm sorry to hear this...
Do you know someone who knows how to do brakes? A friend perhaps?

It's terrible when our cars become money pits.

Good luck with it!
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 05:40 AM
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79. There is a place that has done work on this car before.
I tend to go there. They don't seem to overcharge at all for labor and they buy the car parts from Advance Auto Parts, which is where I would go anyhow. If it was just that the brake pads needed to be replaced, I'd probably get someone else to do it, but it's been squealing a while. That means the drums probably need to be turned. They say it is going to cost me $90 to do the front brakes and if the car has back brakes, another $90. I know my luck, so I'm going to be out $180 this morning.

Not only that, but the fuel filter needs to be replaced. The car sounds like it's sputtering. The gas treatment has been kept up like every 3rd tank for years. I do that to keep the fuel injectors clean. So, I'm pretty sure it needs a new fuel filter. That's another $40, they say.

And because I rarely ever open the passenger side door, I didn't know this, but the weather stripping stuff that goes in between the door and the car body has come loose. When we went to Fayetteville, I opened that door for the first time in ages. It fell part of the way down. It's been hanging there since we went last week. I could ignore it, if it didn't show in the corner of my eye while I'm driving. It keeps distracting me, so I'm going to ask for glue that will hold.

I can't remember what I did for the driver's side when it did that last summer. My step dad suggested epoxy when that happened. Well, it turns out epoxy, rubber, and extreme heat don't mix too well.

Either we didn't hold our tongues right when we put the glue on or my luck kicked in full force, because when we used the epoxy, I just ended up with a sticky mess of rubber weatherstripping falling down on me every time I opened the door. I ended up having to manually put that sticky ass mess back up every single time I used the car. It was like being attacked by the sticky, gummy blob from hell every time I opened the door until I did something that worked.

Thing is, I can't remember what I did that finally worked. I learned last summer that rubberized sticky gummy epoxy is hard to get out of your hair no matter how many times you wash it. It's hard to get off a cotton shirt too, but much less traumatizing.

You know that movie, Bruce Almighty? There should be a Jama Almighty movie. I want Murphy's Law on my headstone, although with my luck, these local yocal idiots will spell it wrong. I got shit for luck. It's normal though.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 05:29 AM
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78. Sooooo....anyone else up at 0630 Eastern? n/t
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