Post #271,834
11/2/06 12:18:00 AM
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Happy 35th Birthday, Thane! (inthane-chan)
Alex
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Post #271,835
11/2/06 12:36:47 AM
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Happy Birthday, Thane!
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Post #271,841
11/2/06 4:22:50 AM
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Happy BirThaneDay!
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #271,843
11/2/06 4:36:43 AM
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Was trying for something like
a wag's sign on my dorm room door, once - after I'd played an impromptu Reveille for the troops -
Don't make an Ash of yourself!
This may be your year for the debut of Thane Astaire! - now all you need is your Ginger Rogers (look them up ;-)
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Post #271,894
11/2/06 3:42:14 PM
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Oh, come on now.
You think I wouldn't know who THEY are?
As I've been telling people, it's my plan to make Fred Astaire my bitch. ;) Just give me a few years...
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #271,954
11/2/06 11:06:46 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #271953 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=271953|ICLRPD]
Smile,
Amy
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Post #271,846
11/2/06 6:13:05 AM
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Swinging! HBDD*.
*Happy Birth Day Dude
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Post #271,847
11/2/06 6:16:30 AM
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Make 35 a year to remember!
Happy birthday, sweetie-peetie!
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Post #271,850
11/2/06 7:43:40 AM
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HBD! Enjoy it and your new toys!
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Post #271,854
11/2/06 8:15:46 AM
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Yupyup! Happy Birthday!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #271,856
11/2/06 8:26:32 AM
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Oh Happy Day!
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #271,863
11/2/06 9:55:25 AM
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May there be many more...
...many many more -- so you get to be a grown-up some day, whippersnapper! :-)
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Post #271,865
11/2/06 10:01:38 AM
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Hippo Hippo Bird day
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #271,895
11/2/06 3:45:51 PM
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Thanks, all.
Went dancing last night, came home, got up, picked up a friend to take him to the airport. I'm now chillin' at home, waiting for Neverwinter Nights 2 to finish installing, then tonight at 6pm I'm heading up to dance class until 9pm, then more dancing until the wee hours of the night...
...including a possibly special little lady. And I do mean little! Dunno about her "status" at this point, we'll see.
Tomorrow is Battlestar Galactica night with my bro, then Saturday I meet with the whole fam, before going off to a private party in my honor, bowling and drinking at 8pm, comedy show (friend of mine is putting on the show locally, part of the [link|http://www.porkfilled.com/|Pork-Filled Players], then afterwards pubcrawling, although my guess is that I won't need to hit the pubs to get drunk, because I plan on being drunk before getting to the show.
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #271,896
11/2/06 3:47:59 PM
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Sounds like a good time!
Not bad for a man who's half of 70... ;-)
And yes, I'm allowed to say that, because I'm older than you...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #271,910
11/2/06 7:08:05 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #271909 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=271909|ICLRPD]
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Post #271,937
11/2/06 10:11:59 PM
8/21/07 6:19:50 AM
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You're dating a midget?
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Post #271,987
11/3/06 3:37:48 AM
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No, and no.
I'm not dating anybody, and the woman I was considering "testing the waters" with, so to say, didn't show tonight, but she is pretty short, even if she isn't a dwarf.
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #272,019
11/3/06 10:19:19 AM
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Ok, so how short is short?
My ex was just 4'10". My two daughters are 4'8" and 4'7" (both in college, so probably not much growth left).
Ex hated any reference to height. Daughters don't mind.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #272,028
11/3/06 10:37:47 AM
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About 4'10"-4'11".
Not entirely sure, but she looks like she's about that tall.
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #272,102
11/3/06 5:04:34 PM
11/3/06 5:04:57 PM
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One word
of advice, which you probably already know. Find out what she REALLY thinks about her height. My ex was so sensitive that we actually left a company (mine) Christmas party when someone made an innocent remark about her height. I learned to be very cautious when discussing height.
That's also one reason why I ended up with custody of my two daughters. Ex blamed herself (it's genetic - passed from mother) for their lack their height. After divorce I worked with my daughters to give them a positive self esteem and taught them how to counter the crude and crass height remarks made toward them at school.
I know it's early in the "relationship", but just wanted to tell you my experiences. Good luck.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
Edited by jbrabeck
Nov. 3, 2006, 05:04:57 PM EST
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Post #272,159
11/4/06 4:02:16 AM
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Already aware.
Everybody I've dated in my life (with one exception) was 5'2" or under.
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #272,179
11/4/06 12:05:18 PM
8/21/07 6:28:28 AM
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You're a tall guy though
maybe you should "raise your standards".
Then you can find someone where you see "eye to eye" on things.
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Post #272,189
11/4/06 12:48:44 PM
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Did once.
It ended badly.
I'm not actually all that preferential on height - just seem to end up with the short ones for some reason. It's not quite as much of a difference as one of my dance instructors - he's about 6'6", and a total bear. His partner is about 4'6", and very pixieish. It was very strange watching them in our aerials class, because he could just toss her around like a sack without any effort, and then we had to do what they had just done.
Not fair, I tell ya.
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #272,191
11/4/06 12:57:55 PM
8/21/07 6:28:58 AM
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In San Francisco
there was a dance club called the "Tip Toppers". Women over 6' tall looking for dance partners of similar size.
Might be a similar one here.
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Post #272,192
11/4/06 1:05:16 PM
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Maybe you like cutie pies
and they tend to be short. My wife is a cutie pie, and she's all of 5'3" - although that might be too tall for you.
--Tony
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Post #271,994
11/3/06 8:27:07 AM
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I think the PC term is little person
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Post #271,997
11/3/06 8:42:46 AM
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"Alternately Heighted"
Peter
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Post #272,002
11/3/06 8:57:37 AM
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Height impaired?
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Post #272,004
11/3/06 9:16:25 AM
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"Impaired" implies a value judgement.
You oppressor-matriarch, you.
Peter
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Post #272,010
11/3/06 9:58:28 AM
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Zenith Blighted?
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Post #272,011
11/3/06 9:59:13 AM
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Value judgements again.
Penis-wielding oppressor-matrix occupant.
Peter
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Post #272,012
11/3/06 10:03:17 AM
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No not really
Zenith == The peak.
Blight == An extremely adverse environmental condition.
I don't see how [link|http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/peter|Peter].
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Post #272,014
11/3/06 10:06:52 AM
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Midgets should be described as "bad weather on mountains"?
Peter
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Post #272,015
11/3/06 10:09:25 AM
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Yeap.
That way, no connotations about being diminutive or limited could be inferred.
Bad weather, enduring it.
Mountains, being huge in capacity or possibility.
See how stupid this gets, the further you go. "Little People" is pretty much the preferred term, given that the group chose it.
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Post #272,027
11/3/06 10:37:30 AM
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But you aren't talking about that specific group.
You're talking about people who might *almost* be dwa--uh, Little People, but aren't.
OK, so any arbitrary height limit may be wrong in some cases: What you, Greg, are talking about is a "physical abnormity" (caused by hormones or hormone deficiencies and stuff); the girl Thane (and most of the rest of the gang) was talking about, OTOH, is apparently one of those "physically normal" people who just *happen* to be at the extreme lower end of the "normal" spectrum.
Witth that definition, I can well imagine that there are actually some dw^H^H Little People who are taller than some "normal" people. Weird, innit?
Anyway: I think the girl Thane was talking about would be just a "very little person", without capitals, as opposed to one of the capitalized "Little People".
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Post #272,071
11/3/06 2:13:58 PM
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Me? I'm the opposite of an oppressor
What would that make me? A liberator?
We have visually impaired. We have hearing impaired. Why cant we have height impaired?
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Post #272,073
11/3/06 2:21:16 PM
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Impresser?
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Post #272,075
11/3/06 2:27:20 PM
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And who exactly would I be impressing?
The height impaired? I am 5'6". Maybe they would be impressed by that.
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Post #272,076
11/3/06 2:29:29 PM
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5'6"" = Giant in munchkin land?
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Post #272,104
11/3/06 5:18:01 PM
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Rebuttle
Sorry Laura. From experience.
Hearing loss diminishes your ability - to hear (I wear hearing aids).
Eyesight loss diminishes your ability - to see (Reading glasses here).
But lack of height is NOT an impairment. Nothing is diminished except the self-esteem of the person who is not of "normal" height.
My ex was 4'10" and VERY sensitive to height "jokes", comments, and remarks. She passed on the gene to our daughters, and has stated, at times, that had she known that our daughters were going to be "short", she would not have had children. When we were divorced, her feelings on height were one of the reasons why I was given custody.
I'll repeat here from earlier post. I've worked very hard to give my daughters a very health self esteem. They are 4'7" and 4'8". Much shorter than the average. And classmates can be cruel. We worked on how to reply to jokes, inappropriate comments and remarks. How to educate the teachers so that they would be treated as an equal, not a toy (they were constantly picked up and carried by classmates, in fun), and that their lack of stature did not mean a lack of mental capacity (both are in the upper 2% on all standard testing). They are both now in college, where they are "on their own", and are doing very well.
Of course they ALWAYS pick the TALLEST person for friends.
Sorry for the rant, but you're talking about my family... :-)
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #271,955
11/2/06 11:09:06 PM
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Have a great one, Thane :)
Thirty-five...
that slippery slope to middle age.
Next year, you can say you are "pushing 40".
Ha Ha!
Enjoy it while you can :)
Smile,
Amy
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Post #271,983
11/3/06 2:39:07 AM
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That's still a lot better than having forty pushing you.
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Post #272,021
11/3/06 10:25:15 AM
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:-)
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Post #272,024
11/3/06 10:33:39 AM
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40?
I think i can remember those days... :(
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #272,039
11/3/06 11:29:54 AM
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HBD... Do NOT wreck your new car celebrating...
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Post #272,085
11/3/06 3:15:24 PM
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Got back in one piece yesterday.
I'm not driving on Saturday, either.
Still getting reacquainted with stick shift - it's a bitch on hills when it's rainy. Doesn't help that all those automatic-loving idiots pull up three inches away from my rear bumper...
Odoru aho ni miru aho!
Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
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Post #272,097
11/3/06 4:02:32 PM
8/21/07 6:26:41 AM
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That's what your handbrake is for
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Post #272,117
11/3/06 6:52:35 PM
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I used to work with a guy ...
He drove stick. Whenever he had to stop on a hill (usually at an off-ramp) he'd come to a stop, then drift back about five feet before slamming the brakes. The first time we gave him some shit about his driving. The second time we wasked WTF his problem was. He said, "That's how I make sure whoever is behind me leaves me enough room."
Now me, I'd learn to drive a stick better. But you can't argue the (usual) effectiveness of his tactic.
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Post #272,240
11/5/06 4:18:13 PM
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So I'm late...
Better late that never...
Happy Day, swing boy!
jb4
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Post #272,577
11/8/06 9:36:28 AM
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Re: So I'm late...
Ditto that!
Belated Birthday Greeting, Thane! Sounds like you had a great day!
Brenda
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