Post #240,346
1/4/06 2:33:07 PM
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Today is just going swimmingly.
Seriously! No sign needed here.
1. Got a new place, two miles away from work. I'll be bicycling to work, saving money, etc... New roommate is cool, spent 7 years backpacking around Africa, and is a PhD in some biotech field...
2. My dad bought me a computer for Christmas. The computer couldn't hold a candle to my custom rig, so I was going to return it and get some slightly different toys, but two of the boxes apparently dissapeared between the time they were delivered and the time I got there. Turns out they got delivered to the shed behind my brother's place; so time for them to go back!
3. A "friend" (who's continued lifespan if tonight doesn't go well will be measured in picoseconds) set me up for a blind date tonight that I'm not supposed to know anything about at all, and I get the feeling that the other person might not know either. Well, I know, and I'm going armed for bear. (Or should that be beaver? I'm going straight to Hell now...) New haircut, got a good shave, nice clean pair of pants, etc. I'm actually in a good place re: this - if nothing else, we can have a good laugh about it, and if something happens, great!
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,347
1/4/06 2:40:38 PM
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Don't forget shower and brush your teeth! :-)
enjoy. we expect full gory details tomorrow...
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #240,351
1/4/06 2:54:28 PM
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Does that mean you're wearing a Speedo? :-D
Yuk Yuk Yuk
It's always nice to hear good news.
Hope you have a great time tonight.
Peace,
Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #240,353
1/4/06 3:00:34 PM
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Just *now*?
Nah, you were goin' to Hell before. I mean, you're going through the Big D, right? That right there puts you in line for the Warmer Afterlife. Cracking jokes about furry animals with flat tails and wide smiles is minor compared to that!
-YendorMike, who already has his own handbasket crafted...
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #240,356
1/4/06 3:03:40 PM
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You ever watch Grace Under Fire?
Her first attempted date after her divorce was with a guy who had also just gotten divorced. The evening turned into a game of "My ex is worse than yours." And they both laughed their asses off about it. Sounds like you're going in with a healthy attitude. Good luck.
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Post #240,360
1/4/06 3:16:27 PM
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Swim well tonight
Uhhh...that may not have come out like I wanted it to....
Have fun!
jb4
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Post #240,366
1/4/06 3:39:38 PM
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takes a full year before you lose the loss
enjoy the company as much as you can get away with.
thanx,
bill
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Post #240,369
1/4/06 3:44:19 PM
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I think I already went through that year.
No details here, but if I meet you in person, I'll tell you.
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,371
1/4/06 3:48:45 PM
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Now that I think about it, you may well have
we'll catch up for a beer sometime, let us know when you might come eastbound again.
thanx,
bill
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Post #240,374
1/4/06 3:54:17 PM
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I'm thinking about hitting up the Beep Bash this year.
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Post #240,376
1/4/06 4:37:40 PM
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Excellent!
I look forward to it.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #240,377
1/4/06 5:27:48 PM
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how far is it from Minniapolis to the Bash Bus?
that time period someone wants to be in Minnesota.
thanx,
bill
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Post #240,385
1/4/06 6:11:25 PM
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Chicago, maybe.
Endpoints depend on participants.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #240,387
1/4/06 6:11:46 PM
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Just realized: 6 months to the day :-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #240,770
1/8/06 5:59:21 PM
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Chicago to Minnesota is a 5 hour drive
I made it for many years on my way through International Falls on fishing trips into Quetico Park in Ontario.
lincoln
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #240,806
1/8/06 9:45:47 PM
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400 miles in 5 hours.
Avg 80 mph... with no gas stops, bio stops, WHP stops...
Takes us 6 hours.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #240,807
1/8/06 9:46:38 PM
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hassle, easier to fly into filly, oh well
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Post #240,439
1/5/06 8:03:14 AM
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I'm always in MN. If someone is planning on going from here
I may try to talk wife into allow me to go..
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #240,451
1/5/06 9:15:19 AM
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Bring her along
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Post #240,496
1/5/06 3:08:25 PM
1/5/06 3:09:27 PM
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She's handicapped and cannot stand long drives.
ANd before someone says, "well have her sit"... I'll add, nor sit for a prolonged time either.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Edited by jbrabeck
Jan. 5, 2006, 03:09:27 PM EST
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Post #240,472
1/5/06 12:04:35 PM
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well if nothing else we can meet up there, June 20something
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Post #240,530
1/5/06 10:59:55 PM
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Are you planning on a trip that way?
If you're driving up from GA maybe you could pick me up.
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Post #240,561
1/6/06 7:42:51 AM
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going from GA to minniapolis, tenatively for a week
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Post #240,569
1/6/06 9:16:45 AM
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Let me know when plans firm up.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #240,411
1/5/06 12:33:47 AM
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Me too - we need a bus.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #240,476
1/5/06 12:55:03 PM
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Silly question:
Where is it being held this year? I know, probably the same place as every year, but just want to go hunting around for cheapest travel options... That possibly includes flying in to some podunk place along somebody's travel route and hitching up with them.
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,479
1/5/06 1:11:42 PM
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Dood, there's nothing *but* podunk on that travel route
Unless you start from Chicago, the only borderline-non-podunk places are Detroit -- which you do not want to fly into -- Toledo, Cleveland and Pittsburg.
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Post #240,482
1/5/06 1:19:59 PM
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Rapid City, SD seemed to be a nice place to visit...
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Post #240,485
1/5/06 1:52:34 PM
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Better to fly into Flint than Detroit
Cheaper and a nicer location, but you'd probably end up going through Detroit anyways.
Detroit isn't that bad. The airport is in Romulus, not Detroit. The only pain is the long security wait. Flint is much faster.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #240,506
1/5/06 6:03:08 PM
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If you're trying for cheap...
you might price out flying in to NYC then taking bus or train to Philly.
It probably would be cheaper to fly directly though. And you'd save more with less stress by taking a redeye.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #240,544
1/6/06 1:04:35 AM
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I hear all return flights are redeyes regardless of hour
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #240,556
1/6/06 2:38:51 AM
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Something like that :-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #240,732
1/8/06 10:11:53 AM
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and then some..
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #240,367
1/4/06 3:41:35 PM
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Another woman? Did we learn nothing after the first?
Good luck with that and congrats on the new digs.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #240,375
1/4/06 4:02:46 PM
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Well he did say
I'm going armed for bear. (Or should that be beaver?...
/me ducks and hides
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #240,393
1/4/06 6:33:56 PM
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Hopefully it isn't your *arm* that needs to be prepared ;-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #240,413
1/5/06 12:40:42 AM
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Yeah, but I'm not that way on a first date.
Went pretty darn spiffy. She's a nice lady, we might (read: will, if I have anything to say about it) do this again some time. Just gotta get situated first.
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,415
1/5/06 12:55:51 AM
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spiffy is good
beware the rebound effect. at worst, this is good practice. practice as they say... :-)
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #240,422
1/5/06 1:02:31 AM
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Watching out for that.
I'm taking this one REAL slow. The upper brain is in full control. (Yaright.)
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,430
1/5/06 2:36:53 AM
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To hell with slow.
My most rewarding and memorable relationships hve all hit the sack on the first or second date. My extended courtships have been uniformly disappointing.
Women all say they want a slow and extended courtship, but if you try it don't expect any respect. Sure there's exceptions, but the rule rules.
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Post #240,431
1/5/06 2:43:24 AM
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I'm *NOT* doing that for her.
It's for me that I've got this in mind - don't you remember, I broke up with my ex about a month ago?
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,434
1/5/06 4:28:30 AM
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I think what he's actually saying is
fuck that, and fuck her.
If it's over, it's over, might as well get right back in the saddle.
Or, as my friend Steve says variably, "if things didn't end badly, then they wouldn't end," and "the best way to get over the last one is to get a new one."
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Post #240,450
1/5/06 9:13:44 AM
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You missed a word
The best way to get over the last one is to get over a new one.
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Post #240,458
1/5/06 10:19:43 AM
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Then there is my new year's resolution.
"Don't put it in the crazy."
When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,733
1/8/06 10:17:23 AM
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Women say this. Women say that...
Blah blah blah ;-)
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #240,739
1/8/06 11:08:25 AM
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She's baaaaaaack!
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Post #240,740
1/8/06 11:11:39 AM
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And aren't you glad? :)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #240,742
1/8/06 11:37:40 AM
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I know I need a counterbalance...
...to 'ol sourpuss up there.
When somebody asks you to trade your freedoms for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
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Post #240,749
1/8/06 12:30:00 PM
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I'm always here in spirit
Just dont have the time to pop in very often anymore since starting the new job. Seems everyone wants a piece of me these days (and not in a good way). Once I get a solid practice built up I'll have more free time. Maybe another month. Until then, know that I frequently mull your comments over in my my head and sputter to myself.
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #240,757
1/8/06 3:07:33 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #240756 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=240756|ICLRPD]
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Post #240,743
1/8/06 11:46:50 AM
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As a long time enthusiast of Quantum Physics . . .
. . I hold that a behavior does not exist until it is observed**. Having wasted an incredible amount of time and effort over my liefetime trying to observe various women responding to courtship I've concluded that behavior just may not exist in real life.
In any case, I'm an older guy now and don't have time for that sort of nonsense any more. If that means I have to go back to toothbrush management, well, that's what I'll do. At least that was fun.
** Of course I understand that observing it will change it, but to change it you first have to observe it.
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Post #240,851
1/9/06 9:37:31 PM
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Well, if you fancy real Uncertainty -
consider that, whether Mr. S's famous box is open or shut:
that cat may be neither dead nor alive; the cat may be a Republican.
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Post #240,735
1/8/06 10:27:25 AM
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I went out for ice cream on my first date after the divorce
His name was Frank. Met him on eharmony. He was okay. I wasnt attracted to him. But I was joyful driving home after the date because I had done it. I had gone on my first date in 15 years and it went just fine. It was a major rite of passage for me. We didnt go out again. But I didnt care. I will always fondly remember good old Frank.
Follow your MOUSE
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