Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
Melody, you are kidding,right? Take a leave of absence and come back when you feel like it. OK. It has been great knowing you and I thank you for responding to my posts. Truly appreciated all your thoughts for me. I will keep you in my prayers,hopefully someday I will be well & healed and you will visit us again; meanwhile keep smiling,right? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
I am so happy for you that you are so far into recovery - woo-hoo! Hurray for MB.
I think we need a new forum topic, just devoted to those who believe they are making it, or have made it. A forum separate and apart from the Recovery forum...just for success stories. We really need that. Think of the encouragement it would provide to the rest of us still wrestling with the fog-bound WS's, suffering thru Plan B, etc. You could be the first to post!
As for the other thought you offer: you have posted to me and made me feel very encouraged. For that I have thanked you and am extremely grateful. I am always glad to see someone "graduate" but hate to lose their wisdom and experience.
If you are truly leaving us, I am happy/sad. All the very best to you and your husband. May you have many, many years of happiness.
I'm feeling really sad about this. Please don't leave me now. I can't bear you going. I am really serious.
Is there a way I can get you my E-Mail address or you give me yours if you insist upon leaving.
If ungrateful people are sending you away, please don't let them.
You have been invaluable to me, Melody. You and WAT helped me make it through some of the roughest days in my life. I never met you but I promise you that I will never forget you as long as I live. You were all I had sometimes, Melody. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, Melody. I really love you.
Thanks for everything you have offered to me. You have been a real angel, a blessing to me.
Yes, Mel. Reconsider... ...(and if you can figure out a way 2 get WAT back here, then I'll give you 5 bucks! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> )
Okay you people...leggo her pant leg fcol! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> A person can't make a grande exit with you all clinging all over her.
Adios, Mel. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
I'm sure you've noticed this before or maybe it is even premeditated on your part considering your playful obsession with 2's.
Your member registration date is February(02),2002. I'll bet it's February 2 at 2:22 too(2). 2funny <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Do you mean we won't see the familiar 45/Female/Texas in our threads anymore? This can't be happenning!!!
You help so much. You are one that posted their pic in the MB Photo Album. It's so nice to read your posts and know how you look. It makes such a difference.
Please reconcider.
Or,
in case of emergency do you have a device that can trigger your return? Something like a parachute cord or a fire alarm that just needs it's glass part to be broken to bring you back?
If not, then please just promise us to visit at least once a month. A lot of people need you.
I never told you but you are the one that I listened to when decided to start plan B. I don't regret it. Although I am sooooooo far from recovery, your advice served me so well. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
If you have to go because it's the next step in recovery, then go for it, but if not, come see us. We'll be very glad to see you.
MelodyLane.....You can't go yet,you still have a lot to give!! I understand if you feel you need to pass this stage but please come back...You are valued here!!!
Take care...e-mail me directly if you would rather.. dlmelanson@eastlink.ca D
What!? No more weather reports from the South Side? Tell me it ain't so! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />
Darlin'; whichever final choice you make about this (or anything else, for that matter), is perfectly ok, and the way it was meant to be. But I will miss you...
She's right... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" /> ...it it's time for you to go...then so be it....
BUT!!!!!!1 wah wah wah...
just wanted to let you know how I have valued and respected your approach and point of view... can't tell you how many times you have posted and pulled a whole post together... with all of your gifts...
continued blessings to you and yours melody... someone pass the tissues... ARK
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Lack of response really happens a lot when you don't have your own ongoing dilemmas.
Many posters don't seem to realize they should respond, they just read and post more, perhaps without addressing any of the issues/advice/questions raised by replying posters.
I solved my response to lack of response by knowing that reply mode is "giver" while thread initiator/posting problem is "taker".
I like your posts <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> .
thanks for all your help and advice so far. It has certainly helped me, and I know has helped others too. I hope you stay around, or at least drop in occasionally, but if you do decide to go, then I wish you all the best!
Ark, </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Now that I think of it..what makes YOU think this has anything to do with whats good for YOU???? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">LOL, you got me.
I REEEEEELY wish you wouldn't leave. I've never found your reponses too blunt or been offended by anything you've ever posted. On the contrary, I've very much appreciated your help, and I don't think I'm off base saying that MANY here feel the same as I.
Maybe it's because I am just as much a straight shooter as you are.
I understand if you need to move ahead and being here is no longer a benefit, but if your leaving has anything to do with thinking we don't need or appreciate you, you are wayyyyyy wrong Hon.
I have continued to read here even though I'm not posting much, and time after time I continue to be amazed how you still post so much help and support to so many. Your advice bar none, is extremely valued and considered very "MB-ish" ... IMHO you are one of our key content experts and posters. At least that's how I feel.
I just thought I'd tell you how I feel about you leaving, I hope you don't mind. I will miss you.
"2long, I'm sure you've noticed this before or maybe it is even premeditated on your part considering your playful obsession with 2's. Your member registration date is February(02),2002. I'll bet it's February 2 at 2:22 too(2). 2funny ba109 "
No, I hadn't noticed that!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> But, 2uite ac2ally, it was February 18th, not the 2nd. I remember being a little "upset" that a friend of mine here got assigned the member number 22222. I don't have a single 2 in my own number! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />
Just putting in my two cents worth....I was always very glad to receive a reply from you. I appreciate the time you took to be helpful. You have been a MB cornerstone, and I am thankful for your contributions.
PS: Lor was right about the lack of response when you don't have ongoing problems to post... half the time I don't think anyone notices a thing I say! I don't even say I'm going anymore, because I know I'll just do it when I do it... and it doesn't seem to be anytime soon. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
I suppose when I read posts by someone that seems as focused and self confident as Melody Lane it just doesn't occur to me to thank her and tell her how much I appreciate her. I am very sorry I did not do it sooner.
I have often read your posts and been very thankful that you were there taking care of things while I wondered what to say. You can't be duplicated, no one could take your place. I hope you are able to return and share for many more years.
I love your point of view and want you to stay forever .... or, if you must exit, do so the day after I leave <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> You've made me think on more than one occasion. As painful as that sounds, it did me good.
I should have my [censored] kicked for starting this thread. Wow, thanks so much for the nice comments, you guys. My feelings were very hurt and I was feeling self centered when I posted this. [as ba109 is probably thinking, "oh waaaaaaa" <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> ]
I am very ashamed as we all know there are tons of people here who are in REAL PAIN with REAL problems.
I apologize for the momentary lapse into Drama Queenland; and thanks again for the nice comments.
P.S. ba109, you are such an [censored]............but that's what I love about you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Thanks Mimi and getting better! Now, if this embarrassing thread could just drop like a rock............................... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by MelodyLane: <strong> Now, if this embarrassing thread could just drop like a rock............................... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Like we could EVEN let that happen!
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by MelodyLane: <strong> P.S. ba109, you are such an [censored]............but that's what I love about you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Now Mel,
You know I was just kidding right? I am a proper gentleman. I would most certainly hold the door for the departing lady. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Now, someone want to tell me again how there is NO DRAMA CLUB here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
Either get back in here or get the hell out so I can close the door. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by MelodyLane: <strong>Thanks committed, I knew I could count on you! sigh..... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hey Mel....you know I love ya! We might have got off to a bit of a "rocky" start and it's all cool now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" />
Lord, I even remember many a post of yours that I agreed with. "Yo, listen to Mel...she knows what she's talking about."
I have to agree that it can get a bit upsetting when you feel like you aren't helping. When your contributions are consistently not acknowledged, it's not only disheartening...it's also rude on the part of the person getting the advice. Even a simple... "I hear Ya" is enough sometimes. Miss Manners I am not...but I know how to at least do that!
Needless to say, I'm glad you decided to stay. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by committedandlovingit: <strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by MelodyLane: <strong>Thanks committed, I knew I could count on you! sigh..... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hey Mel....you know I love ya! We might have got off to a bit of a "rocky" start and it's all cool now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" />
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I feel the same and appreciate you saying so! You have long been one of my favorite people around here, committed. I always admire your common sense and straightforward style.
Thanks for understanding, you know exactly where I'm coming from. I just got a little too sensitive. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
I suppose there is a bit of drama"person" in all of us, even the ah hem.... hardcore rational types....*looking furtively about*.
I was sorta bemoaning the loss of one of the limited supply of analytical types who actually understand it is not much of a debate if only agreeable opinions are allowed. But I was wishing you well (in your escape from cyberland), and grateful for the many times you participated in a civil manner (whether agreeing or disagreeing) on issues with me.
I have to tell you though, my first thought upon reading your "farewell" was the same as usual for me under such circumstances...."yeah right" believe it when I see (or rather don't see) it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> .
But I think you have broken some kind of record for recanting a goodbye.
But I think you have broken some kind of record for recanting a goodbye.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I guess I'm just not good "goodbye cruel world" material. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> Thanks sufdb, I always so enjoy your analytical posts. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
Melodylane, I haven't hung out here in long time. But after reading this post I think you have to at least drop in occasionally. LOL I understand about recovery and moving on, and it's very important to do so. But as always, when we've reached a point of climbing out of the pit, we sometimes need or want to stay around to help others. I think if you can do that, and not be triggered into relapse, that's great! So I agree after reading all here that Mel should at least keep track of others here once and a while. And drop some pearls of wisdom from the long road to recovery. Blessings, LouLou
Melody, I hope you don't leave. I always enjoy reading your responses and words. I've learned a lot, dear one.
Please hang around, I'd love your take on my present situation! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> You have so much to offer so many here!!!
I remember you asking me once, now I could be wrong, but it seems you asked why I didn't reply back.
Honestly at the time, I did not realize that people expected me to address them back in my posts. Also when you are in crisis mode/ and I have been throughout my ordeal... you can't always get the energy or stamina/ personal strength/ forethought, or even thought to reply.
I know if it was you, or maybe it was someone else you told me they were hurt I did not reply.... I was shocked to hear that...
I am typically in my life a 'giver'.
I hate to think I have been a meanie taker, but when I have posted, I am usually needing answers / hope/ strength and may be coming from a weak place.
I just wanted to say the above so you realize that..
+I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here. +
...your comment might not be the whole truth. You are likely helping folks who can't respond right now, or don't even see that they should. Crisis takes on a real roller coaster when your family is falling apart... at least it has for me.
I apologize if I have not always let you know you have been kind to post to me/ and helpful. I do know we all need to know we are heard, and I did later in my posting here read that people like to be replied to- so I try to most of the time... but still at times I can't... or sometimes good advice hits me emotionally that I don't want to respond because I might offend the poster that I am hurt by the pointedness of the post... even though it might open my eyes....
You are appreciated, respected, and helpful, yes!
Thanks for being here, and hope and happiness to you- whatever you choose to do!
Thanks for the nice words, ladies. Just to clarify, my hurt feelings were because I felt ignored/dismissed by a couple of veterans. Which is really silly on my part. I am crazy, but not crazy enough to feel bad if not responded to by someone who is in the worst trauma of their lives.
Now I am worried that people will feel they have to walk around on eggshells for me and they really don't. So please don't worry about me. I promise I am usually not so hyper sensitive and have come back to my senses! Thanks much!
ML ... do you want a wedgie? That way you'll know for sure there are no eggshells around you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Pepperband,that is hilarious!!!If Melodylane has a wedgie,she will not lay any more eggs therefore no more egg shells!!!!!!Too much! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> I love the humor on this forum. Melody, I dropped by after my recent farewell post and saw your post.I thought I could help you to feel better by telling you that I do understand how you felt.I don't think I have ever gotten a response from the great guru TMCM(I really do think he is the most awesome,full of wisdom and great advice poster on this forum) plus it seemed that everytime I would respond to a post,the dang thing would just die in place! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> Like I was the kid from down the block that no one wanted to have play so when they show up,everyone goes home or into hiding!I think I must have had a booger hanging from my nose or the seat of my pants dirty or something. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> LOL. I used to look and wait anxiously for certain ones to respond and when they did not,I would keep reading and eventually would find their response to someone else that was of help to me.
The big one is that only 3 people responded to my farewell post!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> How's that for knowing you will not be missed??? LOL.I couldn't even lay an egg! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> I did leave(or try to) because I needed a break and we are doing great.
Melody,it is all right.I want you to know,as I hope I told you in my past posts,that I think you are a super lady and one that I look forward to your posts and responses.You sure helped me a lot. I am able to laugh about a lot of things now and I hope you can as well.You are a special person that would be missed a lot if you left.I am sure you know that now. I once posted a remark about a seasoned poster not responding to one of my posts as I expected him to do, he kind of implied that I had a problem with feeling ignored.I assured him that was not the situation.I saw him as one who, if someone passed gas in a crowded room,to be the one to say something when the rest would be modest enough to be silent! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> Good ole WAT.We all miss him. Glad you are staying.I will be around reading.Yea,I know I said I was leaving,too but....love ya,kk
Was gonna post something along the lines of needing you here....others seem to have done that well enough, so....HOW'S ALL THIS for a response to your thread...lol.
I'm not one to say anything as I don't hang around here much anymore myself. But I do drop in from time to time. Just call me the lurkmaster...hehe.
kk, I really do wish you would stay. I must have missed your goodbye thread! Sorry! Thanks for your kind comments. I have always enjoyed your posts, and you once said something so nice and so compelling to me that I still get a warm fuzzy just thinking about it. Please stay...
Thanks JD, hope you are doing well and wish you would get back here.
Jo, think ole WAT'll rear his head? He did find a new babe so I don't know if there is much hope! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
You made my day,Melody. It means a lot to know that I have brought good feelings into your life. My "MB bank" is full with the many wonderful things I have received from folks like you. I know I need to give back and help fill others with good deposits and I plan on doing that in days to come.My heart breaks for the new folks and the ones who still struggle.Thank goodness for this forum and this site! kk
PS I will be gone for 1-2 weeks out of town.Will check on everyone when I return.Keep em smiling and be sure to sound the fog horn every once in a while for those WS's! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" /> kk
You make it a Starbucks (Vente mocha, 1/2 pump chocolate, non-fat, no-whip, double cup) and you got a DEAL! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Oooh Res, your description of coffee will probly remind someone of some chick they once dated!! SHeesh!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Me? I drink regular ol' "house" coffee. No sugar. Just a bit of whitener (aka "Cream of chemical dust"), is all.
Hurts, but wakes me up in the morning (and the afternoon, 2 - I'm abusing a cup even now!). I was never one 2 believe that coffee was meant 2 be enjoyed...
no no no... I need the $5!!! I've already gone searching for WAT myself. hehe...
amazing what we'll do for $5! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
2long... I'll need to send you my addy so you know where to mail that check... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
I am 2 busy 2 look for WAT, plus I'd rather 2widdle my thumbs than get in 2wubble by spending 2 much time 2ying to think of words with the number 2 in them. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
I always did like the ring the word "Midol" had...now I know why! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
Come to think of it, that Vente Latte double cup whatever DOES sound like a "chick" I once dated! ROTFLMAO!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Maybe WAT was 'picked up by the mothership'. If that's the case I hereby dedicate the Byrds 'Mr Spaceman' to our missing MBer:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Woke up this morning with light in my eyes and then realized it was still dark outside It was a light comin´down from the sky I don´t know who or why
Must be those strangers that come every night Whose saucers shaped light put people up tight Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark I hope they get home all right
Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along I won´t do anything wrong Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along for a ride
Woke up this mornin´, I was feeling quite weird Had flies in my beer, my tooth paste was smeared I opened my window, they´d written my name said: "So long, we´ll see you again".
Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along I won´t do anything wrong Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along for a ride
Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along I won´t do anything wrong Hey Mr.Spaceman, won´t you please take me along for a ride
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Wooo Hooo, this is fun.
Mel, how do you feel now? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Let's just give her about 26 days....
and check again next month. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Sorry, I couldn't resist! Just kidding MelodyLane. You know we all love you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
OMG, I thought this thing died! Yes, Susan, you do have 26 more days until I get my "feelings" mortally wounded again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
You brats keep bringing up this reminder of my PMS tantrum!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> But yes, all is well, thank you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Hey, I'm innocent. I just came for the party and got caught up in the excitement. I think it's either 2long's, or JL's fault. They are old enough to know better, and they both posted on this thread.
Join the club, Res...don't take it personal...it's a very stressful time for her right now. Sometimes when we're trying to desperately help, it can come off as motherly prying or something, I guess. Plus the sheer volume of posts, vs some who only get one or two replies, might be overwhelming in one big chunk. I think she's doing fine and will forgive us soon <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> For now, lets take our sticks and poke fun at Melody, wanna, huh, ya wanna??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! They won't let it die! They are going to torture me endlessly for this albatross!! <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" />
But thanks much for the compliment on my picture! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> I went back to my natch color so I thought I would put up a new pic.
Warm hugs, Sing. How are you? How are the boys doing? How's your teaching career doing?
Mel, I like the natural color too, so cool you can wear them both so well.
I tried coloring my own during the Infidelity Days cuz I was not into going anywhere, even the hair dresser, and well, lets just say I found out two things:
1. You cannot color a lighter brown (my real color) after going BLACK <ughhh, Loreal cuz I'm worth it???!!!> and ....
2. My hairdresser is the GODDESS of HAIR!
Oooops! I think I saw WAT over on EMOTIONAL NEEDS. LOL
I'm here now, please give Resilient that $5.00 cuz she came and got me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
You can also buy her that Starbucks, she is a wonderful dear friend to come and get me so I could post on this thread. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Signed WAF ..... DOH! I mean WAT. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
Jo cheat? No way! She really is the one that should get the $5 tomatas and her Starbucks too. Please make sure that happens, K Mel? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
I'm so happy, and can't say enough good things about my new Life. I better go now, we're having dinner in a bit, BBQ steak and olives, my fav. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
hmmm.... WorthaFry looks a bit like Resilient in disguise.... I don't suppose Jo would dress like a man and pretend to know WAT's secret grilling recipes... ALL for $5..... would she??????
Don't worry. With the stakes so bloody high - like 5 bucks is a LOT of money 2 ol' 2long! - I ain't about 2 just cough it up for a 3-poster claiming 2 be WAT!
I happen 2 know he's a smart man. He wouldn't forget his password!
Yep. I'm right. He's so in love, you guys will NEVER find him again!
I'll collect my $5.00, AND my Starbucks now, TooooooooooLong.
Lv, Jo
Ohhhh, in case you missed the order 2LONG, it's a Venti, 1/2 pump choc, no whip, non-fat, double cup Mocha, large straw pls. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by WorthaFry: <strong>Man, how I love Jimmy Buffett and eating olives! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
"Wastin away in Margaritaville ....."</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well, the music is right, what can I say....so do you have the shirt?
Rip Van WAT here. Who woke me up? What's this about $5? Jo and Faith1 tipped me off about some alias impersonating me. I do not deserve such an "honor."
OK, Mel. So you didn't take seriously WAT's Quickstart Guidelines for Fading Outa Sight? Where did I put those? They're around here someplace!
The trick is to NOT announce you're leaving. A sure give away. Translation: talk me OUT of leaving, I want to feel wanted! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
Yes, it's 2rue, Babe (aka Practical Focus) and I have professed our love and we'll someday sail off into the sunset together - JB in the air and a rum drink in the pot. And yes again, she's (obviously) influenced my recovery and my scarce postings here since we got back from the islands in April - and even before. But surveying the board reveals a lot of new names and a lot of missing ones, so I don't have a corner on this market.
So Mel, when the time comes, you'll know it. None of us really leave, we just offer our energy elsewhere. We have to. But we will never forget this place and the people we befriended and those we agitated. We called it the way we saw it, right?
To recover we have to grow. To grow we have to broaden our perspective. To broaden we have to diversify. To diversify we have to move on and leave some things behind. This doesn't mean we forget those things nor diminish them. MB will forever be in my spirit.
Rip Van WAT here. Who woke me up? What's this about $5? Jo and Faith1 tipped me off about some alias impersonating me. I do not deserve such an "honor."
OK, Mel. So you didn't take seriously WAT's Quickstart Guidelines for Fading Outa Sight? Where did I put those? They're around here someplace!
The trick is to NOT announce you're leaving. A sure give away. Translation: talk me OUT of leaving, I want to feel wanted! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hey dummy, it WORKED!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> I thought it was a pretty good goodbye-cruel-world if you ask me!
Glad to hear you are doing alright with the new babe. We misses ya around here!
So, who's claiming the five dollars, and how do you propose 2 collect it? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
-ol' 2long... ...running around a corner 2 hide with his "stash."
Ohhhh HORSE DUNG! Okay, I *guess* I'll share it with Faith1 .. if I gotta. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
She can have the Fiver, and I get the Starbucks.
So TOOOOOOOOOOOOLong, dealio is you need to FedEx me a Starbucks coupon PRONTO, Mr. Big Bucks! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Susan: <strong>So... THAT'S what that was all about. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
PS..you are getting off schedule...must be menopause <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well, my coworkers are getting quite worried about that eventuality. They are already demanding double pay, as it is, to put up with me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Listen, we know you're loaded, 2Long, so we ALL want $5!!! It was my thread who brought him out of babeland long enough to say "hey*!" </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Since this thread is back,I want to tell you that I get 2.50 of every 5.00 you got because even though it WAS your thread that brought WAT out of hiding,it was MY post that woke him up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I once posted a remark about a seasoned poster not responding to one of my posts as I expected him to do, he kind of implied that I had a problem with feeling ignored.I assured him that was not the situation.I saw him as one who, if someone passed gas in a crowded room,to be the one to say something when the rest would be modest enough to be silent! Good ole WAT.We all miss him. Glad you are staying.I will be around reading.Yea,I know I said I was leaving,too but....love ya,kk </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Where's the back door to this place? Maybe we can sneak outta here before it gets too crowded again. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> kk
You people are cruel pulling up evidence of my insanity every month. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> I deserve $5 for every reminder of this thread! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
Oh,my. Well,huh,um,let's see......how about the cardboard cup wrappers that I've saved that come on the Starbucks coffee cups? You know, the ones that are so annoying but such a great idea to keep your hands from burning? Old folks save everything you know! They kinda look like they would make good starter thingys for my seeds this past spring but they kept folding up on me and then there was the problem of the dirt washing away with no bottom to them but maybe you could come up a use for them.How many would it take to be worth 5.00? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> With recycling and all. Just kidding,I do not really save those things. Melodylane,I know I have told you before but let me tell you again,you are a super sweet,wise,caring and wonderful lady.I read more here than I post and I always enjoy your responses to everyone. Thanks for being such a great sport about the teasing. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> We love you. kk
Opps! Is this another 5.00? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />
Baaaad idea, ML, VERY bad idea ..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
You go after PEPPERBAND and NOBODY will come to visit you in jail....I have only been lurking for a few months but I can sure tell who the movers and shakers are around here....
Listen, when I go down, NTL, I am taking everyone with me!! That silly foreigner, BigK, the one who bumped this albatross, is now sitting FIVE FEET away from me and he is first! muhahahahhahaaaa
Pray for BigK, people!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I am sorry to report that BigKahuna and MrsBigK are now on the floor crying with laughter at having witnessed their very FIRST viagra commercial in the US!! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
If I ever have to go to the doctor about a 4 hr erection, it will be to brag about it. It will take a plastic surgeon to wipe the smile off my face......
That is why they don't need Viagra.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
wait a minute!! If anyone needs a RO, it is me!! MEDC, can you put a RO on BigK and Pepperband for bumping up this monstrosity??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
Hmm...if you mean killed, as in removed from the land of the living, well...
I'm TOO cute to kill <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
If you mean to wear a kilt, I'm predominantly Irish, not Scottish. Thanks for the suggestion though <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
And you thought this thread died, didn't you MelodyLane?
How wrong was she.....!!??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
...learning something new about you everyday, ML!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
...you are full of surprises, indeed! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
.....only a BS since in 2004.....and look at all the fun I missed!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
ML, keep in mind that.....life is 'managed'..... never 'cured'... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
I'll "manage" you with my Texas PISTOLA, Luna, if you twisted sisters don't let this bad boy drop back to he11 where it belongs!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
THREAD BE GONE!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
Midol for the Perimenopaual....it was bad enough to have emotional crisis after emotional crisis as a teenager. What if you get to have them during middle aged years while your children are having the adolescent ones? Teachers are better prepared to deal w/ them than are bosses.
I just saw this and read in a couple posts and hope you do not leave Melody Lane. You have been a great help to many on these boards and are very much needed around here.
I just saw this and read in a couple posts and hope you do not leave Melody Lane.
[color:"red"] ditto[/color]
[color:"blue"] oh woe is me ... PLEASE reconsider Melodeeeelame .... do not let one or two difficult board fights chase you away with your ~beautiful~ tail between your ~long slender~ legs !!!!
awww shaddup! you people should be so lucky to be rid of me! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
If you comedians don't stop bumping this thread I may have to trot out some tired old PIG insults! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Hey, when I saw Goldwinger59 had posted on this thread, I KNEW that I just had to get involved...How did I miss this? I drank the coffee too!!! Anyway, Goldwinger, just wanted to let you know just how proud you oughta be of ole ML...I SHOPPED THAT WOMAN UNDER THE TABLE...She Mrs. BK, and Frozen were in the Jeep blowin' the horn...So if I should ever disappear from MB, you'll not hear a peep about it, but you can bet that VISA will be THRILLED!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Are you too old to remember why you LEFT in such a huff?
Your REAL friend <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
PEPPERBAND
Being the young chick I am, with an exceptional memory, I do happen to remember the grievance that so deeply wounded my emotional feelings and ruint my self esteem. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" /> I posted to Mortarman and he.....sniff, sniff..... IGNORED ME!!
I have been in counseling for years yapping my head off about "FOO issues" over this. I am learning to be authentic, but so far have only achieved authenticiscism on Mon, Wed, and Friday. All other days I am phony as he11, but Rome was not built in a day, was it?!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
You forgot to mention your INNER CHILD.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Have you gotten IN TOUCH WITH HER and come to some RESOLUTION of her ISSUES???
well, dat gal has some "issues" alright, seems she has run off to Bermuda with a pimp and is nowhere to be found! [whatta ho! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />] That would explain my half [censored] authentiscism, of course. so far we have only got in touch in with my WILD CHILD, but we still looking for dat "inner" gal so we can yap about her issues for a few years!! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I LOVE IT...Mortarman the Pussycat hurts the "feelings" of MelodyLane the TigerLady...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!! That is just TOO Rich!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
And Froz, ARDEN B. is NOT the Ho Sto!!! Okay, I'll give you that Bebe is questionable at times, but those are ROCKIN' "CFM" Shoes that I purchased there...Just ask Mr. W!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> My Mama shops at Ann Taylor: The Loft...sheesh! (Okay, I confess, I have things from there too-I don't discriminate too very much when it comes to shopping) I have told Mr. W that Sears is ONLY for Tires and Tools-NEVER CLOTHING!!!<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
I've been trying to find the 'right' sports bra and it's tough. White is out. I NEVER buy white bras. Black is out - do you want to wear a black one under a lightweight work out shirt? Velcro of any kind is out. Hate that stuff in the wash. Hooks are out. Like I want hooks in my back while exercising. Want racer back rather than slipping straps when I am working hard. Don't want one that will give me a uniboob. Oh, and I wear something bigger than a 36C.
Champion didn't even answer my email. I think I'll go buy that $45 lime green one I saw. It may show through things but it won't be black.
A little joke for Mr. W... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I so wondered what you meant as well. Fortunately, other than our own complicated return which I still need to get with my accountant to compute...I don't do tax returns.
This year IS a pain in the butt as Spring Break week preceeds April 16th. If I were to fly back Sunday, April 15th I'd be filing on Monday the 16th no problem. BUT, what if I get delayed, bumped or get the opportunity to volunteer our plane seats????. I always file on the last possible day because I'm self-employed and always owe money. This year I'm hoping to file on April 4 or 5th before vacation...just to be sure. Again, that's IF my accountant finishes our returns by then.
Mr. Wondering
p.s. - sorry for the bump Melody...but the way I figure it as long as we don't ignore you, you will never leave. I, too, think it's strange this thread has 5 stars...<snicker>
I've been trying to find the 'right' sports bra and it's tough. White is out. I NEVER buy white bras. Black is out - do you want to wear a black one under a lightweight work out shirt? Velcro of any kind is out. Hate that stuff in the wash. Hooks are out. Like I want hooks in my back while exercising. Want racer back rather than slipping straps when I am working hard. Don't want one that will give me a uniboob. Oh, and I wear something bigger than a 36C.
I MISSED HOW COME BRA COLOR/TYPES/CUP SIZES "FIT" INTO THE DISCUSSION. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
Well, I am resigned to the fact that humiliation is to be my LOT IN LIFE! I will be in counseling for years talking about what a big FOO I am and bein' authentic instead of a phony FOO. sniff.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" />
MrsW, that crazy ho, wrote:
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And Froz, ARDEN B. is NOT the Ho Sto!!! Okay, I'll give you that Bebe is questionable at times, but those are ROCKIN' "CFM" Shoes that purchased there...Just ask Mr. W!!! My Mama shops at Ann Taylor: The Loft...sheesh!
Girlfriend, maybe you didn't notice, but the other ho's in Arden B's were TEENAGERS!!! They were paying with ONEs and their mama's credit cards !! Ann Taylor was fulla 30 and 40 somethings! GROW UP!! ACT YER AGE! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Weight gain from premenstrual water retention Abdominal bloating Breast tenderness Stress or anxiety Depression Crying spells Mood swings, irritability or anger Appetite changes and food cravings Trouble falling asleep (insomnia) Joint or muscle pain Headache Fatigue (medical) Acne Trouble concentrating Wanting to be alone Body temperature increase Worsening of existing skin disorders, and respiratory (eg, allergies, infection) or eye (eg, visual disturbances, conjunctivitis) problems
Many treatments have been suggested for PMS, including diet or lifestyle changes, and other supportive means. Medical interventions are primarily concerend with hormonal intervention and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Supportive therapy includes evaluation, reassurance, and informational counselling, and is an important part of therapy in an attempt to help the patient regain control over her life. In addition, aerobic exercise has been found in some studies to be helpful.Some PMS symptoms may be relieved from a healthy lifestyle: Reduction of caffeine, sugar, and sodium intake and increase of fiber, and adequate rest and sleep.
Nurse Mildred Ratched is the head administrative nurse at the fictional Salem, Oregon State Mental Hospital, where she exercises near-absolute power over the patients' access to medications, privileges, and basic necessities such as food and toiletries. She capriciously revokes these privileges whenever a patient displeases her. Her superiors turn a blind eye because she maintains order, keeping the patients from acting out (either through antipsychotic and anticonvulsant drugs or her own brand of "therapy", which consists mostly of humiliating patients into doing her bidding).
Nurse Ratched was named the fifth greatest villain in film history by the American Film Institute in their series 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains, [b]trailing only Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates, Darth Vader and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Why do they put caffeine in a medication for something which is often helped by the elimination of caffeine?
easy-peasy .... the caffeine makes Mel ~more~ PMS-y ... and she then buys MORE [color:"red"] MIDOL[/color] .... Just as Steve Martin said in "The Jerk": .... "Ooohhhhh, it's a profit deal."
That's why I don't buy the stuff. Doc tells you to avoid it and they try to sell it to you. Get the kind w/out the caffeine.
Oh, I'm on strike. Told the children I wasn't cooking for them until the dishes were all washed. I'm gonna go rustle me up some food but none for them.
ok, I am going to have to get rough here on you silly people. YOU ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM POSTNG ON MY THREAD!! IT IS MY THREAD!! NO POSTING ZONE!!! SCRAM!! got dat??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
GO HOME!! SKEDADDLE!! PESTIES BE GONE!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
Oh, I am now a pesty? I will leave if that is what you wish.....princess walks dejectedly from the chamber whilst deciding whether she should throw herself from the highest tower or whether she should call the speed dating organization in hopes of getting a more fulfilling life.
uh, oh, i fear I have ruint cinderella's emotional self esteem! she better get into counseling lest she become a FOO looking for her inner chile! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
M2L, could you please pick up a loaf of bread and drop it off here? That way I can stay home and make sure this thread does not drop to far down the page..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
ss, these bastages found this old goodbye cruel world thread of mine and bumped it to torment me!!! WAAAAAAA!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" />
I would have to go to the grocery store if I were going to cook. I don't feel like going. Would someone please go get me some salad stuff? I want a salad. To tired and cheap tonight to go out - and it's just me...by myself. Well, I guess I can go rumble through the cabinets and frig again.
I have [color:"red"]SO VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH [/color] to do tonight and I think I'm going to keel over if I dont' go to bed. If I die from feeling yucky, it won't matter that I didn't get it all done. Everyone will be to busy lamenting or rejoicing to care. Nothing is really wrong. Just sleep deprived and stress gorged.
need to label some baked goods for fundraiser. Need to make some bracelets. Need to finish knitting a scarf. Need to do a large mailing. Need to do a 60 slide powerpoint presentation. Need to eat decently. Need to quit aching. Don't know what is up. May not walk in the morning if my leg hurts this badly when I wake up. I think I am going to clear off my bed which is covered w/ craft stuff and go to be. It's unheard of for me to go to bed so early. I don't have time to beautify tonight - unless keeling over counts. Where are the pain meds? Seriously.
And Froz, ARDEN B. is NOT the Ho Sto!!! Okay, I'll give you that Bebe is questionable at times, but those are ROCKIN' "CFM" Shoes that purchased there...Just ask Mr. W!!! My Mama shops at Ann Taylor: The Loft...sheesh!
Girlfriend, maybe you didn't notice, but the other ho's in Arden B's were TEENAGERS!!! They were paying with ONEs and their mama's credit cards !! Ann Taylor was fulla 30 and 40 somethings! GROW UP!! ACT YER AGE!
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Wet seal, Contempo Casual, Limbo Lounge, Arden B
Parent Company: The Wet Seal Inc.
Concept: Junior and missy apparel Wet Seal and Contempo Casual stores cater to women in the 13 to 26 age bracket with Limbo Lounge stores targeting males and females of 15 to 45 years of age. Arden B stores cater to women ranging in age from 20 to 45.
Hey, I'm 37, looks like I've got a few good years left in that there demographic Slick! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
Hey, I'm 37, looks like I've got a few good years left in that there demographic Slick!
Mrs. W
Same for the other teenagers we saw in there! That is quite an age range span, but somehow I can't envision a 45 yr old wearing the same clothes as a 20 yr old! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Hey, I'm 37, looks like I've got a few good years left in that there demographic Slick!
Mrs. W
Same for the other teenagers we saw in there! That is quite an age range span, but somehow I can't envision a 45 yr old wearing the same clothes as a 20 yr old! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I can...and believe me, it usually ain't purty!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Ya know, Mel...I've been around MB, under one name or another, since 1998, and I can't believe that I actually MISSED your "Goodbye, Cruel World" post!!
Actually I was sitting on her couch in her lounge room drinking her coffee when I bumped it.
For a few minutes I thought I was going to die.
From what I've heard, Mel ain't much of a cook...except for hot dogs and cheesecake, so I'm surprised that you survived! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I guess it's true that Aussies have cast-iron stomachs & guts. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Oh, darn! Look what I've done...bumped poor Mel's thread again! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Maybe, as pennance, I'll see if I can get a good supply of Midol at wholesale. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
Don't know 'bout her cookin', but her coffee [star]ROCKS!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I hear she is very good at making the same things that I am...RESERVATIONS!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I hear she is very good at making the same things that I am...RESERVATIONS!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Mrs. W
Yes, I be very good at dat! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Why on earth would a Mississippi Queen be afraid of a lil' ol' Texas gal?
I am so glad that you can confirm that Miss Melly managed to cook something scrumptious! I have to admit, though, that I'm kinda surprised...it's sorta like when Miss Melly in "Gone With the Wind" shot the Yankee. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> To hear her talk, I wouldn't have thought she had it in her! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
So, tell me...what kind of hot dogs did she serve? Were they the little ones that come 10 to a pack, or were they those nice big ones? And, were they grilled, boiled, baked in the little dough blankets, or nuked? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
p.s. and LC, I make a DANG GOOD hot dog!! SO THERE!!
So I've heard!! That is GREAT!
I just asked Froz, but maybe you can give me a hint at your secret hot dog recipe...do you grill 'em, boil 'em, fry 'em, bake them in the little dough blankets, or nuke 'em? Curious minds want to know! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Oh, rats!! TWO bumps...one right after the other! I really need to start conserving bumps! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
I just asked Froz, but maybe you can give me a hint at your secret hot dog recipe...do you grill 'em, boil 'em, fry 'em, bake them in the little dough blankets, or nuke 'em? Curious minds want to know!
Weeell, if she don't put celery salt on them and steam the buns, they ain't worth opening your mouth for.
Neak,
What the heck kind of a word is "droomdary"...you made that up didn't you? Nothing going on back at the farm today?
Is there another t&l or did I really say that thing to you about supervising another slaughter? For the life of me, I can't remember. I must be losing my mammary! I'll be getting a unibra next, to hold my single remaining thought. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Well, that makes me feel a little bit better. My mind may be straying. It may even need to stop and ask for directions, but at least it's not completely lost. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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....I may be doing the bumping, MEL.... but you can blame M2L for it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
...going to need something stronger than Midol.... this thread must be a full blown....%?&!@)%(?%*? by now! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Weaver, I was feeling so silly when I started talking about dromedaries! I'm not quite sure why I didn't think to say that the other day......
Sunday, Neaksis and I will be rototilling stuff up, and feeilng very manly. We are going to have cute little gardens, but would still need some kind of livestock (maybe pygmy goats) to actually be considered a farm.
Then again, with the Dervish, everywhere I go is the Funny Farm.
Oh, dear. Did I start rambling again? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Pep and Neak need to proofread their backwards spelling! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
Oh, and maybe BigK got too many whiffs of that Aquanet, which made him think that Mel's cooking--other than the coffee that almost killed him--was delicious! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Then, again, I hear that she does know how to make good cheesecake, so maybe Mel just said, "Let them eat cheesecake!" and sprayed enough Aquanet around so that her guests hallucinated that they were eating an actual meal! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Anyway, that Aquanet stuff can make you high as a kite if you get a good enough dose of it. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Mrs. W., calm down, sweetie. Withdrawal is tough, but you'll get through it! That Aquanet stuff sure is addictive, ain't it? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Oh, my! Looky here what I've done! Another BUMP!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
alright, Mimi calls me a HO [**snort** hahaa to Mimi! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />] and now my cooking is being trash talked again!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> ok, Ahab the smarty pants Arab, I can make the following dishes and am an EXCELLENT COOK:
1. hot dogs 2. ham roll ups 3. sugar free cheesecake 4. take and bake pizza from Papa Murphys [patriot and frozen loved this! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />] 4. GRAVY from drippins [all Texas gals can make this <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />]
That should settle that! Now, you people get off my THREAD!! SCRAM!!!! VAMOOSE TO PESTIES!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
1. hot dogs 2. ham roll ups 3. sugar free cheesecake 4. take and bake pizza from Papa Murphys [patriot and frozen loved this! ] 4. GRAVY from drippins [all Texas gals can make this ]
Wow! You sure know how to lay out a spread! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Question #1: What do you put the gravy on? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Question #2: Can't you make homemade biscuits? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Sunday, Neaksis and I will be rototilling stuff up, and feeilng very manly. We are going to have cute little gardens, but would still need some kind of livestock (maybe pygmy goats) to actually be considered a farm.
Then again, with the Dervish, everywhere I go is the Funny Farm.
Get some chickens. Sell the eggs. $1.00 per dozen.
Make homemade brew. Sell it by the mug. $1.00 per mug.
Raise bees. Sell raw honey. $5.00 per LB.
Start Crocheting. Sell dish cloths. .50 per cloth.
Grow gladiola's. Sell them by the dozen. $10 per dozen.
at a really cute roadside booth.
That's my normally very expensive advice on becoming financially happy, yuppy farmers.
(Yes, I am back as me, even if I can't spell sdrawkcab. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)
Neaksis usually grows enough produce to sell some, and sometimes we both pick blackberries (wild) to sell. But I see we have both been looking at this too narrowly.
Sorry to burst your bubble, Grandma, but no damnyankee is fit to tell a TEXAN how ta cook!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
A damyankee is tryin' to tell YOU how to cook??? WHERE is that no 'count, good-fer-nuthin' suckah??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Now, listen up, you yankee dawg! You jest pay attention to ME and you might learn how to cook SOUTHERN! You quit tellin' Mel how to cook! That po' ol' gal does NOT need to be confused! She's already confused enuff, since she's buyin' ready-made fake biscuits and all! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Look, Mel...if you have to eat frozen biscuits, you might as well have a recipe for homemade frozen biscuits.
Homemade Frozen Biscuits
4 cups self-risin' flour (Martha White or Sunflower is best, IMO, but any LIGHT S/R flour will do) 1 tablespoon bakin' powder 1 tablespoon sugar
Either sift this all together a couple of times or mix it together really good with a fork in a big mixing bowl.
Make a well in the middle.
Add 6 oz. shortening (3/4 cup) to the well. Cut it into the flour mixture until it looks like coarse cornmeal.
Add 1 cup of either sweetmilk or buttermilk, and gently mix the flour into the milk.
When all the flour is mixed in, turn out onto a well-floured sheet of waxed paper and knead it a couple of times until the dough is not sticky. Don't knead it too much or you'll mess up your biscuits. If you want to eat hockey pucks, go ahead and knead the dough to death.
Roll out with a well-floured rolling pin to about 1/2" thick. Cut out with a cookie cutter. A small tomato sauce can with both ends cut out makes a good biscuit cutter.
Place on cookie sheets and freeze. After they're frozen, put the biscuits into a plastic zip-lock freezer bag and put back into freezer. To cook, take out as many as you want a little while before you need 'em, or you could let them thaw in a plastic bag in the refrgerator overnight.
If thawed, bake at 400 degrees until light golden brown. If frozen, bake at 375 degrees for a little longer time.
I like to just barely melt shortening in my cast iron skillet, and turn my biscuits over in the melted shortening before baking them in the skillet. A cookie sheet is okay, too.
Warning to all y'all yankees, though. If you've never actually watched a true Southerner make biscuits, it might take you a while to get the hang of makin' 'em. Just keep a light hand with the dough.
Just bumping up for a cookin' lesson and not to aggravate Mel! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
You can peel and cut up eggplant, squash, and zucchini into bite-sized chunks, add some chopped Vidalia onion and bell pepper, toss it all together in seasoned flour or cornmeal (or a mixture of both) inside a ziplock bag, and then fry it all together until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Really good and smells wonderful while it's cooking.
My honey makes sauerkraut. He packs the shredded cabbage into quart jars, adds an equal amount of sugar and salt (can't remember if it's a teaspoon of each or a tablespoon of each), pours boiling water over it and seals it. You're not supposed to have to process it, but I make him do at least a waterbath. The sugar and salt is supposed to preserve it. After a couple of weeks, it's ready to eat.
It seems like it's a lot less trouble than having a bunch of churns settin' around the house, waiting for the sauerkraut to get ready to put in jars. Around our house, we would have churns, five-gallon buckets, gallon jugs, and whatever else my mother could find to make sauerkraut and pickles in. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Warning to all y'all yankees, though. If you've never actually watched a true Southerner make biscuits, it might take you a while to get the hang of makin' 'em. Just keep a light hand with the dough.
you're on crack if you think I am going to mess up my nice clean kitchen like that!! Flour all over everywhere versus a nice clean CAN of store bought bisquits! Its' a no brainer! Besides, I don't even own an apron. Just ask my scandalized mother! WHATEVER! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
p.s. I can make gravy and cut up a chicken proper, thats all that counts, baby! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
you're on crack if you think I am going to mess up my nice clean kitchen like that!! Flour all over everywhere versus a nice clean CAN of store bought bisquits! Its' a no brainer! Besides, I don't even own an apron. Just ask my scandalized mother! WHATEVER!
p.s. I can make gravy and cut up a chicken proper, thats all that counts, baby!
People who KNOW how to make homemade biscuits can do so withOUT gettin' flour all over their kitchens! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
Gravy ain't no 'count without somethin' to put it on. Cuttin' up a chicken proper doesn't mean a thing if you don't know how to fry that suckah! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Thank you VERY MUCH !!!!! I am glad to see someone defending the truth, and, with a name like Julia Child, you should know everything there is to know about cooking...... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Mel's no real Southern belle if she thinks canned biscuits can substitute for the real thing. I am so disappointed. As a Southern belle myself, I know there is no canned biscuit that will suffice. Now, Sister Schubert makes pretty good frozen things but I don't know about biscuits....you may just need to bake them from scratch......
Hey, Rella! I have an idea that Mel thinks scratch is what you do to itches. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Did you ever hear that saying:
"Scratch it where it itches, Even if it's in your britches" ? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
I do hope you realize that what I just said IS the TRUTH!!!
However, more importantly, I hope you realize that educated citified people from the South - at least my part of the South - do not talk like that. In fact, people all over the place are surprised that I am a native Southerner because I do not sound like the people acting like Southerners on the stage and screen. In fact, my daughter is the third generation to attend the same elementary school - in the South. Probably many more people move into the South than move out.
Ah wuz bowan an' raised in the Buckle of the Bahble Bayult! An' so wuz mah daddy befowuh me!!!
Me, too, Rella! I ain't but 'bout 300 miles south of you! Been there all my borned days!
You know somethin', Rella? I've been thinkin'! Maybe Mel just doesn't have any idea bout what it's like to be a genuine genteel Southern lady. I mean, she IS from west of the Mighty Mississippi! Po' Mel! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" /> She's had to grow up in the Wild, Wild West! Maybe she was too busy roundin' up cattle to learn how to REALLY cook!
Po' lil' Mel! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/teary.gif" alt="" />
Well, Rella, I think that the influx of Yankees in the South seems to be having an effect on Southern idiom.
I noticed that my niece in Memphis suddenly began pronouncing the word "school" so that it sounded more like "skuul" instead of pronouncing the "long o", which is the proper pronunciation.
The South is indeed a land of culture and beauty. And, no...not everyone uses bad grammar, nor do we all have drawls that are as thick as molasses.
I gotta tell ya', Rella...that if you're a life-long Southerner, you might have assimilated some Yankee pronunciations and changed your accent (perhaps from being around Yankees a lot?), but I would imagine that you DO have a Southern accents. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Maybe it's because people were expecting the exaggerated accents as shown on film and TV.
You'd be surprised at how many of our Northern neighbors think we all dress and talk like the Beverly Hillbillies, along with living in hillbilly shacks. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Now, about Miss Melly! Is she going to join us so she can learn to behave like a proper Southern lady (including learning how to make biscuits), or is she out ropin' calves or turning her skin to leather in the tannin' bed? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
[color:"red"]Yoohoo! Miss Melly! We've come to bump your thread! [/color]
"You'd be surprised at how many of our Northern neighbors think we all dress and talk like the Beverly Hillbillies, along with living in hillbilly shacks."
LOL, You mean you're NOT? One of these days I'm going to have to visit down south and check out the progress y'all've been making.
Hey, I've been getting inquiries about this accent since my early teen years. People guess I'm from everywhere but here - even native Nashvillians don't believe it.
Miss Believer, you would be more than welcome to come and visit for a spell. The weekend of April 20-22 would be an especially good time to visit where I live, as there will be lots of historical activities going on, and the dogwoods and azaleas should be in full bloom.
One of my inlaws went to visit her best friend, who married a Yankee and moved to Chicago. The friend and her husband decided to drive her back home, as the friend wanted to visit with some of her family. The friend's Yankee mother-in-law decided to come with them, as she had never been down South.
When they were driving through Arkansas, the mother-in-law started commenting: "That lady is dressed nice." "Why, what a beautiful home!" As they drove further South, the mother-in-law suddenly exclaimed, "Well, I NEVER expected to see such nice homes and nicely dressed people!" My in-law asked her, "What did you expect to see?" The mother-in-law said, "Well, I only saw a few shacks and hardly anybody is wearing overalls! I was hoping to see some real hillbillies!" When my in-law inquired further, it transpired that she thought most folks dressed and acted like the Beverly Hillbillies. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
On the other hand, we have some Yankee neighbors who moved down here and bought 5 acres of land, and started envisioning himself as a plantation owner right down to inquiring about how many bales of cotton he might be able to pick off his 5 acres! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Why, Miss Melly! I declare! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> You've gone and accused me of tellin' a falsehood! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> You ought to be ashamed of yourself! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
I've never lived in a shack in my life! I even lived in an antebellum mansion for a couple of months! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> I even attended Miss Lucille's Charm School, where I learned to murmur "Now, isn't that nice?" instead of saying, "Well, poo-poop-pi-do! Who gives a $%^#?"
Now, dear. Miss Lucille would certainly find it very unseemly for a lady to yell out "Yee haw!" Tsk, tsk! If you would like, I could ask Miss Lucille if she would be willing to give you a speed course over the internet? I believe she offers a course entitled, "How to be a Steel Magnolia".
You should really listen to Ms. Child about the cooking. A TRUE Southern Lady knows how to make homemade biscuits. The "Whop Biscuits" really are terrible! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
It is nice that you know how to make gravy, but I really don't think it would be very good when served over a properly cut-up but uncooked chicken. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
Oh, my! I've bumped you again! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I even attended Miss Lucille's Charm School, where I learned to murmur "Now, isn't that nice?" instead of saying, "Well, poo-poop-pi-do! Who gives a $%^#?"
Oh lordy, now that was funny. Now you don't really go around calling northerners yankees still, do you? I mean really. "well didn't ya hear, she went and got herself married to a yankee and moved on up to Chicago"
Seriously. Who still calls us yankees, 'cept Mel?
I can make bisquits from scratch. And I Can fry a chicken up like nobodys business to boot!
Crazy southerners anyway.
Moving right along here, in honor of Sunday, and the famous Bible Belt. Here is a foot stompin, butt shaking, hand clapping fine, fine tune.
BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW Neil Diamond Written by Neil Diamond
Hot August night And the leaves hanging down And the grass on the ground smelling sweet Move up the road To the outside of town And the sound of that good gospel beat Sits a ragged tent Where there ain't no trees And that gospel group Telling you and me
It's Love Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show Pack up the babies Grab the old ladies Everyone goes Everyone knows Brother Love's show
Room gets suddenly still And when you'd almost bet You could hear yourself sweat, he walks in Eyes black as coal And when he lifts his face Every ear in the place is on him
Starting soft and slow Like a small earthquake And when he lets go Half the valley shakes
It's Love, Love Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show Pack up the babies Grab the old ladies Everyone goes Everyone knows Brother Love's show
Sermon
Take my hand in yours Walk with me this day In my heart, I know I will never stray Halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle
It's Love, Love Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show Pack up the babies Grab the old ladies Everyone goes Everyone knows Brother Love's show Amen
Yeah, and people from Paris are known as Parasites.....
My Texan friends tell me that a Northerner visiting the South is a Yankee, but if he/she decides to stay there he/she turns into a DAMN Yankee.... Chicagoans are a lot more polite, rather than call them damn Southerners, we welcome them....
Yeah, and people from Paris are known as Parasites.....
My Texan friends tell me that a Northerner visiting the South is a Yankee, but if he/she decides to stay there he/she turns into a DAMN Yankee.... Chicagoans are a lot more polite, rather than call them damn Southerners, we welcome them....
I don't believe they are more polite, having lived in both places. But, I think you are missing the humor in the term "damnyankees." It is said tongue in cheek with affection and humor, not malice.
I know that, ML. At least in my case I know it is true. Some of my best friends live in Houston and one of them takes every Aggie joke I throw at him with a wide grin.... Humor goes both ways. If you dish it out, you need to learn to take it and we are pretty much even on that one. I never felt that I was not welcome anywhere in the South, but then again, some people can be good actors.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I hate to admit that I agree with Mel about something; but, yeah, we do look upon most of our damnyankee neighbors with affection.
Well, maybe we're not crazy about one or two of 'em, but then, we're not crazy about all our native Southern neighbors, either. Usually, it's because, whether from the North or South, they're "just eat up with it", meaning that they think they're somehow superior to others. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Oh, and we don't mind being called "rednecks" one bit! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
You hit it right on the head, Scarlet !!!!!!!! A woman with that Southern drawl would make even the proudest Yankee give a damn, as ML's example proved !
Oh, yes, Miss Weaver! We DO still call Northerners "Yankees"! Just as some Yankees call us rednecks. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Thank you so much for the song. Brings to mind some of the old tent revival meetings! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I'm so glad to know that you can make biscuits and fry chicken. Was there any southern influence on your family in the past that resulted in these talents being passed on to you?
I'd like your opinion on something. Reckon we need to hire The Bounty Hunter to go grab Mel and bring her east f the Mississippi so she can learn to be a proper Southern Lady?
He was in our town last week, and if I'd thought about it, I would have consulted with him then. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
A woman with that Southern drawl would make even the proudest Yankee give a damn, as ML's example proved!
Oh, but Mel doesn't have a southern accent; she has a Texas twang! Her Yankee just THOUGHT she had a southern accent! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Oh, Miss Scarlet, I did not know that ML married a Yankee. For some reason I thought she was the one with the relative/friend married to a Chicagoan, but that was you.... Old Yankee attention span not what it used to be...
She was BORN a Yankee??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Oh, my!! And here she is, posting under FALSE PRETENSES!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
I'm thinkin' that Miss Lucille needs to get ahold of her in the WORST way!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
That gal needs to be b*tch slapped SO BAD!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Now, now, Miss Melly! Calm yourself down, y'hear? Miss Lucille is very anxious for you to visit her for a spell and is busily getting your cell...er, room ready for you!
Just think! When Miss Lucille gets finished with you, you'll be able to go ANYWHERE and have folks saying, "Isn't that MelodyLane just the SWEETEST lil' thing?" <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Now, now, is that any way for a proper Southern lady to talk, EVEN IF SHE WAS BORN A YANKEE ?????? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
I'm so glad to know that you can make biscuits and fry chicken. Was there any southern influence on your family in the past that resulted in these talents being passed on to you?
Why yes Scarlet, and true to your southern heritage, you are quite astute.
My Dad was from the south, and I lived a few years as a child in South Carolina. I am most familiar with grits, black eyed peas and drenching greens in bacon fat. And we do always make corn bread in a cast iron pan, as well.
Like Mel, having lived in a variety of different areas, I believe Southerners are more polite...to ones face. They do love their gossip, don't they?
Now Texan's are a breed all to their own, I did enjoy living there though. Oklahoma was actually my favorite place. Ugly as hadies, but the people have a beauty that more than made up for the land.
GB says that he has never seen rudeness like exists in south Mississippi. I can't vouch for that though, maybe he eggs it on.
GB says that he has never seen rudeness like exists in south Mississippi. I can't vouch for that though, maybe he eggs it on.
Well, given that Ms'sippi is the Hospitality State, I'm mighty surprised that he feels that way! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> But, then, I haven't been to South Ms'Sippi all that much, so I wouldn't know. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I do hear that South Ms'Sippi is overrun with Yankees, though! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Praise the Lord that I don't live there! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
The rudest folks I've ever encountered were in Boston. Seems like they don't understand that you're s'pposed to WAVE at folks...not give 'em the 1-finger salute! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Oh, and Miss Weaver, I'm so glad to know that you are half-Southern! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Ummm...haven't seen Miss Melly around this morning! Reckon she's in pursuit of BigK 'fore he gets out of the country? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
My Dad was from the south, and I lived a few years as a child in South Carolina. I am most familiar with grits, black eyed peas and drenching greens in bacon fat. And we do always make corn bread in a cast iron pan, as well.
Weaver
Hi Weaver,
My Grandma on my pappy's side <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> was from Arkansa, and I grew up eating black-eyed peas, fried chicken, fried okra, and cornbread baked in iron skillets. My grandma moved to California a few years after my pappy was born, but continued to cook southern style, and keeping true to her roots, kept a garden and chickens until her death at 84.
Now my grandma on my mama's side was reared in Texas, and never served fried chicken or black-eyed peas in all the years I knew her.
I guess I am a product of Southern influence in old yankeeville......... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Now that's funny you call your Dad pappy. We called our Grandpa on my Dad's side "pappy". He spent 30 years helping to build the Panama Canal, and then they retired to Texas. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Brownsville.
Did your pappy get his spankings out back in the wood shed, too? They had sour mash wiskey out there because Grandma didn't allow liquor in the house. The story is that he never actually switched the boys, just made a bunch of noise like he did to keep Grandma happy. (she was kind of a mean thing who really thought switchings were necessary)
The State of Texas has issued an APB on one MelodyLane, female.
Subject was last seen hot-footing it, loaded down with an arsenal of weapons, on I-10 West toward Los Angeles to commit mayhem upon a hapless Australian tourist by the name of BigKahuna.
Warning: Subject is known to work out, so subject is reportedly physically fit. She is also armed and dangerous.
Anyone spotting the subject is advised to keep their distance and steer her toward the nearest massive speed...
Now that's funny you call your Dad pappy. We called our Grandpa on my Dad's side "pappy". He spent 30 years helping to build the Panama Canal, and then they retired to Texas. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Brownsville.
Hi Weaver,
I was just pulling your leg with that (Tammy style) talking.
Everything that I said was true, minus, the name "Pappy". <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Both sets of grandparents were called Grandma and Grandpa.
There was no moonshine in our background, from what I hear, but I did hear that one of my great-great grandfather wore one of them white sheets and rode around in the dark <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />.
(Shaking head) I just found that little piece of jewel out from my 80 year old aunt, who found it out late in life while going through an old chest owned by a great-great cousin that contained the white robe. Geeze <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
The irony is that paticular grandparent was jewish.......
Talk about weird.....
Unfortunately, as many have found out, you can't pick your relatives.
I apoligize in advance to any person that might take offense at this fact, and I do not reflect this relative's point of view.
That is very true TR, they even wrote song lyrics about that
"and the Southern girls with the way they talk thery knock me out when I'm down there"
but that is immediately followed by something about the way the Northern girls kiss that keeps their boyfriends warm at night so chalk one up for the Yankee girls. !!!!!
Just saw this on another website:
GRITS = Girls Raised In The South <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> which ML ain't.....
NTL, I'm pretty sure that ML is a S.L.U.T.!!! Which, of course, stands for "Southern Lady Under Tremendous Stress"...Due, in part, to this thread no doubt! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Mrs. W<~~~A G.R.I.T.S. to the CORE...Card Carryin', Dyed in the Wool As A Matter Of Fact!<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Mrs W, wait until Big Kahuna reads what you wrote !!!! OMG, the World will never be the same...He will be laughing so hard we will feel the earthquake all the way over here !
Hey, wait a minute, if you are a dyed in the wool GRIT, well than you are just like ML !!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Lawd have mercy NTL, I'm not a G.R.I.T. which would only be "Girl Raised In The", I'm a G.R.I.T.S. fer cryin' outloud you silly lil carpetbagger you! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
And yeah, I am like ML, as I too am married to a yankee...I've been a P.O.W. in Michigan now for a little over 10.5 years...Say it ain't so! GASP!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Oh yeah, and "Big Kangaroona" is used to my humor...LOL! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
OK, OK, I am married to a linguist who will not let me get away with anything either. I need to be more careful next time. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Well, BK, somebody has to do the dirty work in order to protect the integrity of their fellow posters. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Is that one of you or both of you fused together.....I hear it's something like 105F in Perth today. No wonder fusing is easy. You just melt into a lump.
Typical WP (wayward poster) behaviour.... The more we try to Plan A her, the more obnixious she gets....
From what I can tell Pep has been trying to Plan A Mel for years. Mel still tells her to go away and leave her alone. I think Pep should cut off Plan A after a certain amount of time. A few more years would be the limit.
If only ML would admit the love here she could recover. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I shall not slap you. Next time I'm down under, I may need a friend. Last time I was there, I was befriended by some total strangers - in an hour of great need.
I have alot to be thankful for, Pep. Believe me, that has not passed by unnoticed. I shudder to think how it could have been. God has been very, very good to me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Yup! I've had to do some PTSD work over it. I'm able to ride elevators now without being too worried - unless the thing does something weird. That happened to me about 6 months ago. By the time I got to my desk, I was almost white and trembling.
Ok, thanks....I was confused by the statement. Hoped it was teasing but yet wasn't sure. I'm ok, now.
Maybe it's brought on by brain fatigue from all the walking/training/worrying I've been doing. Training for this half marathon has just about done me in.
no problem. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> It was meant affectionately, but I can see how it could have missed the mark. No harm intended.
Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
bye Mel
you will be missed <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
Do you people not understand the word RESCINDED?????? It would take an UZI and a CANNON to get rid of me! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Do you people not understand the word RESCINDED?????? It would take an UZI and a CANNON to get rid of me! **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Yessssssssss.....so I see.
And I changed my mind once again...anyone who can keep a thread going for 5 stinking years should most definitely be allowed to stick around!
ummm, MF, I did not keep this thread going for 5 years! A certain heathen silly FOREIGNER found this thread with the help of PEPPERBAND <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> and bumped it up! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
ummm, MF, I did not keep this thread going for 5 years! A certain heathen silly FOREIGNER found this thread with the help of PEPPERBAND <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> and bumped it up! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
I just wanted to say that the contributions you make on MB are extremely valuable. You are an assette to this forum. If you choose to go, I respect your decision but I wanted you to know you will be sorely missed. I know that you should do what you feel is right for you.
I just wanted to say that the contributions you make on MB are extremely valuable. You are an assette to this forum. If you choose to go, I respect your decision but I wanted you to know you will be sorely missed. I know that you should do what you feel is right for you.
(((Mel)))
My sentiments exactly, frozen. She will be sorely missed, but alas...it truly IS her decision.
I still hope she does not go.
[P.S. I really like the "assette" thing ~ if someone ever calls me an a**, (but I am sure they won't), I sure as he** hope that they use the proper feminine form, as you have used here! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!]
assette–noun 1. a long-winded, slow, patient, high heel-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinettus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a breast of burden. 2. any wild species of the genus Equus, as the onager. 3. a stubborn woman.
I don't know about you, find I have never found my breasts to be a burden, nor do I have any horse-like relatives.
Mel, you know we just loves ya...that is why we are teasing you and hoping you don't go...
As frozen so eloquently said, you truly ARE an assette to these boards, and I, for one, hope that someday I can grow up to be an assette just like you! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Beck, Martha ( -1951) [American murderess]"My story is a love story, but only those who are tortured by love can understand what I mean. I was pictured as a fat, unfeeling woman. True, I am fat, but if that is a crime, how many of my sex are guilty. I am not unfeeling, stupid or moronic. My last words and my last thoughts are: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."(Before her execution.)
One of my favorites:
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Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!"
Well I know I used this before on the odd Horatio and Emma thread but it is still a good one:
According to the official Royal Navy records Lord Nelson's last words to Captain Hardy before dying of his bullet wound was, "Thank God I have done my duty."
According to a nearby wounded sailor his last words were, "Rub, rub! Drink, drink! Fan, fan."
They dined on mince, and slices of quince Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.
I have a feeling that Mel was hoping and praying that this was one of the threads that got "lost" during the big overall. The overall that pushed many of the threads out into the wide blue yonder of cyberspace.
A person "stomping off in a huff" over something stupid and announcing to the forum community they are leaving - to create drama and attention for themselves.
All honors to Mel for many years of first class service since 2003 to help people here! There must be an allowance for a little bit of drama in seven years.
All honors to Mel for many years of first class service since 2003 to help people here! There must be an allowance for a little bit of drama in seven years.
I am going to stomp off in disgust as well because nobody laughed at my noob joke. If you cared about me at all, you would meet my EN for laughter at my puns (enter heaving sobs here)
I am going to stomp off in disgust as well because nobody laughed at my noob joke. If you cared about me at all, you would meet my EN for laughter at my puns (enter heaving sobs here)
oh nice, she tags onto my goodbyecruelworld!! Too lazy to make up her own gbcw thread!
MF, and bigkahuna, I am SHOCKED at your heartless cruelty toward poor drama queens. They, like, totally, can't help it that their Daddies bought them the blue beemer instead of the red one, and, like, during rush week their hair was so totally fried, and none of the Kappa Sigs would even look at them. Not hot, dudes, not hot at all! Gag me with a spoon!
MF, and bigkahuna, I am SHOCKED at your heartless cruelty toward poor drama queens. They, like, totally, can't help it that their Daddies bought them the blue beemer instead of the red one, and, like, during rush week their hair was so totally fried, and none of the Kappa Sigs would even look at them. Not hot, dudes, not hot at all! Gag me with a spoon!
Farewell cruel, anti-drama world!
You crack me up, Luri!
Btw, Kappa Sig was the frat I was a "lil sis" for! HA!
MF, and bigkahuna, I am SHOCKED at your heartless cruelty toward poor drama queens. They, like, totally, can't help it that their Daddies bought them the blue beemer instead of the red one, and, like, during rush week their hair was so totally fried, and none of the Kappa Sigs would even look at them. Not hot, dudes, not hot at all! Gag me with a spoon!
I just want to agree with what others have said before: I'm really glad you're still around. You're a straight shooter and I appreciate that. When I first started lurking around here your posts were the first I was really drawn to. I'm in awe of the work you do around here and your knowledge of MB. Should you ever truly chose to leave, this board will be worse off for it.
Mel, I see you all over the board helping newbies and oldies...Goodness you are such and asset to this forum...I know I speak for everyone when I say, thanks for stickin around.
I heard that some Texans were smart, but I would not have believed it if I had not witnessed it here for myself...
Mel, I see you all over the board helping newbies and oldies...Goodness you are such and asset to this forum...I know I speak for everyone when I say, thanks for stickin around.
thankee, thankee!!
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I heard that some Texans were smart, but I would not have believed it if I had not witnessed it here for myself...
you people get offa my thread!!! SCRAM, YOU PESTS!!
What do I do when I'm looking at SAA? I see a board with 42 new replies. I'm seeing the number everywhere and it's starting to creep me out. (Never read Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy and say the '42' theory is a load of bull, you WILL regret it)
But the 42nd post spoke to me. (Thanks Mark)
Being fat IS all in my head. Thinking I am anyway.
ah 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything.
Shame on all you meanies, picking on ML implying she has bumps. Or was it spots
If you really really dont want this thread to be bumped and grounds and hustled (that was a song) then start a fight with someone and the mods will lock it and it cant be bumped etc again.
I remember the bump. I think I was about seven years old when that was popular. Wait! If the bump was in the 70's, and I'm only "35" now......
Annabellarose, come assess my math with technology!!!!
Anyway, the bump is old news. If you really want to excite southern women with big hair, let's discuss that revolutionary new hair product, the Bump-it!!
Anyway if we didnt love Mel we all would not be on here letting her know all the things that are wrong with her...She has bumps, shes fat and OMG she is from TEXAS...Work on these will ya Mel? We are only tryin to help ya.
PS will the thread be locked now for Personal attacks....? Oh well, I tried Mel.
Anyway if we didnt love Mel we all would not be on here letting her know all the things that are wrong with her...She has bumps, shes fat and OMG she is from TEXAS...Work on these will ya Mel? We are only tryin to help ya.
PS will the thread be locked now for Personal attacks....? Oh well, I tried Mel.
And don't forget, Lawd have mercy, she uses AQUANET - in large quantities!
There's only one true hairspray, as any lady up here in the north knows: White Rain.
[quote=stillhere8126] There's only one true hairspray, as any lady up here in the north knows: White Rain.
Hey, as an original Southern Belle, I gotta take up for Mel and her AquaNet here!
White Rain ain't got nuthin' on AquaNet! AquaNet is the ONLY hairspray that guarantees a lady can survive a tornado or a hurricane with her hairdo intact!
Actually, I was going to ask where that unauthorized footage of my triumph in the Miss Lovely Lady Pageant had come from!!!! Ya know, in the south, all you need to have a pageant is a Stumps catalogue and a basement!
Oh, and McLovin (weren't you in a movie or something), UPS USPS?
I am engaged in a vigorous effort to look as if I am working. Our work load is 'feast or famine'. Today is the 4th Wednesday so I may be absolutely slammed at work for the next few weeks.
Hmmm, I didn't take my ADD meds the last couple of days. I wonder if that has something to do with it.
You know, I totally understand. I havent' really had anything I needed to focus on latel.....you know, we don't have that many dogs in our neighborhhood.
Some time ago, while coaching someone in Plan A, it was suggested that when the WS begins making stupid comments, wanting to "talk things through" or generally says something that the typical WS tends to say, it be acknowledged, ala Orchid's Reverse Babble and then the subject should be changed.
Example:
WS: "I am so sick of living like this." BS : "Me too. Want a cookie?"
You guys are so funny, all of yous....Mark I love those but I also think that they are so perfect coming from you, I would never use them here...and I love the cookie thing..I think I am gonna use that when I have encounters with WH now, I love it.
Mel, they are being so mean....all those bad voices
If you send me your address, I'll send you some of my psychedelic, psychotropic, I mean anti-psychotic meds to make the voices stop. And I won't give the address to the paparazzi or anything, I pwomise
Mel, they are being so mean....all those bad voices
If you send me your address, I'll send you some of my psychedelic, psychotropic, I mean anti-psychotic meds to make the voices stop. And I won't give the address to the paparazzi or anything, I pwomise
its alright, Lou, I have voodoo dolls with all your names on em!
Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
A smart girl!! Even though I can't believe she turned down a cute convertible. What WAS the girl thinking? Hard to believe that child is already 15. WOW!
She got herself a job at Dutch Village, dancing in wooden shoes and taking care of the goats. She absolutely hates it, but we forbid her to quit, ever!
Her poor little feet. She has to wear eight pairs of socks under those wooden shoes.
She's a tough little thing. She'll be fine.
LOL
(I'm not kidding either, that's her summer job. Oh lord, but she needs to be tough to survive in this cruel world, eh, Mel? Hahaha) Sorry.
Of course it's a Cadillac, I always thought Ford made them, but a good friend of ours always buys Cadillacs and she now has an Escalade. Should have known. She is kind of an idol of my daughters.
We have a lot of people who drop off their kids in Escalades at my school. They are usually black or cream colored. My first car was a 1976 Datsun 200sx. It had been blue, but someone had painted it orange and put those stick-on racing stripes on the side. The air conditioning dripped on the feet of the passenger's side, but it had FM radio so I was happy! Ah, memories.
I must say, I feel somewhat disillusioned. Here I was thinking Mel was this kindred spirit old school southern lady, and she's talking about carbide precision tools! I don't even know what those are! Excuse me while I - a REAL southern belle - go to find my hoop skirt and some lemonade. Fiddle-dee-dee!
And BTW, Weaver, the Midget was from British Leyland (MG=Morris Garages). They also made Jaguar, Triumph, Riley, Autsin, Rover... and in a stroke of engineering brilliance redesigned the Cooper Mini into the Mini Metro and also built the first (and only) car to ever have a square steering wheel (the Allegro) and a windshield that popped out when you hit a bump...
MGM makes movies...
Now Mel strikes me more as a F150 kind of gal... F150s can haul a lot of stuff home from Walmart and the kids like ridding in the back to keep the stuff from blowing out onto the road. Gotta keep the dog up front though. Takes a lot of work to train a good huntin' dog and if he jumps out to go after a squirrel at 70 MPH, it would be a catastrophe...
F150s tow the trailer better when it's time to move, too...
And when all that stuff goes on sale right after Christmas, you can really load up and be the envy of the neighbors next year. Here's a picture from Mel's Christmas card to show you what I'm talking about:
And when all that stuff goes on sale right after Christmas, you can really load up and be the envy of the neighbors next year. Here's a picture from Mel's Christmas card to show you what I'm talking about:
Don't worry Mel. That trailer is OBVIOUSLY owned by some Florida retiree who is from NEW YORK. They probably wear black socks with their shorts and eat supper at 4:00.
Mark, FYI, an F150 is not sufficient to haul a trailer of any size. For that, ya gotta have at least an F250, preferably a turbo diesel, like mine. I hauled a whole bunch of FEMA trailers in 2005, so I know!
[quote]And BTW, Weaver, the Midget was from British Leyland (MG=Morris Garages). They also made Jaguar, Triumph, Riley, Autsin, Rover... and in a stroke of engineering brilliance redesigned the Cooper Mini into the Mini Metro and also built the first (and only) car to ever have a square steering wheel (the Allegro) and a windshield that popped out when you hit a bump...
MGM makes movies... /quote]
LOL.
After I typed it, I thought, "MGM isn't right, that's not what it was"
I'm not a car person.
And then after thinking about it, I thought "she probably would be safer in an Escalade rather than that little convertable anyway"
Me, I drive a Hyundai, and I love it.
My husband just bought a Ford 1953 choptop ratrod to rebuild. That's probably not the right way to describe it, and it is uglier than sin. But hey, if it keeps him out of the bars, it's all good.
Don't worry Mel. That trailer is OBVIOUSLY owned by some Florida retiree who is from NEW YORK. They probably wear black socks with their shorts and eat supper at 4:00.
Luri!!!! I'm a Florida retiree from MICHIGAN who sometimes eats supper at 4pm. We don't wear black socks, but I am so freaking bored not working, I eat as early as possible.
My H wears black Harley shirts, but I threw out all the black socks. I am working on throwing out all the black left in his drawers (no not those drawers), but the shirts. He seems to miss them still, so I have to do it slowwwwwly. LOL
Hmmmmmm My kids wear black socks and want dinner as soon as possible. It's usually by about 530pm. They never wear sandals and DS9 wears shorts. That means black socks pulled up as high as possible with shorts(why even wear shorts? hehehehe)
My kids are mini retirees HAHAHAHA now that is an image. The next time my DS7 says, "Come here shunny," in an old man voice I am going to think about this thread. HAHAHAHA
DH and I went to Ft. Myers FL on our honeymoon courtesy of my aunt who owns/sells condos there. We were the only people in the whole complex who were under 70. It was kind of nice because after 6:00 we had the pool all to ourselves....everyone else was asleep - har har.
weaver, I drive a hyundai too - a Tucson. I love it.
Mel, you know it's really rude to have your own thread and not even come hang out. You people with LIVES really bum me out!
Scotland, your DS is like Mini me. Hahaha. Did you ever see that movie? My mom was Canadian, and I kind of have a Canadian soul. French Canadian, that is. LOL I love your DS without having to have ever met him.
Luri!!!! You are funnier than all get out. Read you every time I come here to read. You rock.
That is all.
PS. Mel, I almost emailed you today. Probably will in about six months. I am going to finally do the deed, and go to a meeting. I love you, Mel. You are my rock.
Of COURSE I watched that movie. It is a must to keep your Canadian citizenship that you have to watch some cheesy movies with Canadian comedians in them.
My WH has my dream car/truck. It is a Santa Fe. It is even blue too. I want my car/truck back. Maybe even more than my WH(okay, j/k some days.)
PS. Mel, I almost emailed you today. Probably will in about six months. I am going to finally do the deed, and go to a meeting. I love you, Mel. You are my rock.
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{weaver}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} hugs to you, friend. You are all right for a yooper chick!
Lou, this is a TOOL THREAD!! booooooooooooooooooooooring!!
And for the record, I am JEEP girl. I am on my THIRD Jeep! DH drives a white Ford F150 truck, though. He is a yankee boy from Chicago.
I must say, I feel somewhat disillusioned. Here I was thinking Mel was this kindred spirit old school southern lady, and she's talking about carbide precision tools! I don't even know what those are! Excuse me while I - a REAL southern belle - go to find my hoop skirt and some lemonade. Fiddle-dee-dee!
I can tell you that to a girl from Texas the "happiest place on Earth" is HomeDepot. I know I am married to one of those Texas girls.
I think it's hilarious that Mel thought she could "hide" this thread by changing the name....hehehe.
I was wondering what happened to it - I hunted and hunted for it and then wondered why on earth someone would spend 17 pages (my settings are to 50 posts a page) talking about tools.....
I think it's hilarious that Mel thought she could "hide" this thread by changing the name....hehehe.
I was wondering what happened to it - I hunted and hunted for it and then wondered why on earth someone would spend 17 pages (my settings are to 50 posts a page) talking about tools.....
I think it's hilarious that Mel thought she could "hide" this thread by changing the name....hehehe.
I was wondering what happened to it - I hunted and hunted for it and then wondered why on earth someone would spend 17 pages (my settings are to 50 posts a page) talking about tools.....
Good idea Lurioosi, I am always up for more silly threads...especially if it means I can make fun of more people...and that thread title of yours does have a nice ring to it.
And I have not learned a damn thing about carbide protected tools on this thread Its like, its like FALSE advertising ..Or, or, or, bait and switch...You tricked us Mel!
Bumpits are these little curved plastic comb things you stick under the crown of your hair so it will look "poofy." It's a lazy imitation of the southern "tease and spray" technique. If done improperly, a Bumpit can make a girl look as if she has an unfortunate tumor.
I WISH humidity made my hair flat. It just makes it bigger and bigger and bigger.....
SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!" SCOTTY SAID "BUMP!"
Hail Mel! With all that Texas humidity, any girl can get big hair. The curls just come out naturally, and you absolutely must have the full can of Aquanet just to tame that mane.
Even a Utah girl can have big hair in Texas.
Edit to add - I just don't like that just showered feeling to follow me all day. Somebody hand me a towel!
Hail Mel! With all that Texas humidity, any girl can get big hair. The curls just come out naturally, and you absolutely must have the full can of Aquanet just to tame that mane.
Hail Mel! With all that Texas humidity, any girl can get big hair. The curls just come out naturally, and you absolutely must have the full can of Aquanet just to tame that mane.
I know those songs - used to play them when I was in my band - ya know, when people get really soused and start requesting silly songs?
But Firefox still doesn't like me to play them. Normally when Firefox crashes I get some kind of apology note when I attempt to reopen the browser, but not this time.
I LIKE Sandy the squirrel. Better watch out or I'll do Ka-ra-tay on ya! Yes, my children STILL watch spongebob......sad.....
My DS loves spongebob and.....okay, im gonna admit it I LOVE Spongebob (admit it lurioosi, you love it too)...When me and DS watch it, we know all the lines and recite them together. Sandy is the bomb, even though she is from Texas, I dont hold that against her.
Okay.....in the interest of all that radical honesty crap....I DO like spongebob. And Phineas and Pherb. But no matter how much H wants me to, I do NOT like Chowder! I will not enthusiatically agree to like that show.
OMG, I LOOOOVVVEE Chowder! Phineas and Pherb is cute too. The other one I LOVE is Flapjack, I dont know why but that one always makes me laugh...its pretty sad DS and I like the same cartoons...Back at the barnyard and Penguins of Madagascar are funny too..
I am pathetic, i know, but this is what happens when I dont have an adult to watch tv with anymore.
Mornin' y'all...Its a real gully washer, toad strangler out today...
Just bumpin' ya thread, Mel. I know Im as welcome on this thread as a booger that ya cant thump off ....But Mel dont get mad, Im only kidding. You can be meaner than a sack full of rattlesnakes when youre mad.
Okay gotta go, Im busier than a one-legged man in a butt kickin' contest ....Ahhhh, at least I made myself laugh!
LG, Red Green did a demo one time on how to build a hedge trimmer out of an inline skate and duct-tape, but I can't find it online. You'll have to watch the reruns to see it I guess.
LG, Red Green did a demo one time on how to build a hedge trimmer out of an inline skate and duct-tape, but I can't find it online. You'll have to watch the reruns to see it I guess.
I don't know about anyone else, but that sure as heck sounds more like an old episode of 'MacGyver' to me........
HEY NOT REDNECK. It is supposed to be a laugh at CANADIANS. Rednecks are supposed to live in the SOUTH. Not that all southerners ARE rednecks. Just like ALL Canadians aren't like Red Green.
I didn't even know that Americans Knew we had that show. WOW. The things I learn.
Yeah - my roommate had a crush on him - married a guy who had the same hairstyle!!
I started watching Stargate just cause of Richard Dean Anderson - loved the MacGyver jokes in the first few episodes of the show.
Scot - they show Red Green on PBS here. my guys here are addicted to it. So much that when I started searching Youtube this morning, they're both jammed on my sides watching my laptop. I used to go to bed while they stayed up on Saturday nights watching it. Then I saw the hedgetrimmer episode, and I'm hooked.
Being a skilled craftsman at my trade I had to learn to juggle at least three apples before I could gain my Journeymans card. That took hard work and long hours to accomplish.
I would never pollute these talented hands with foam....
No foreign devils, yankees, or New Jersey MAFIA folk!! [and if you are from NJ, you are mafia! we know a thing or two about a thing or two down here in Texas because we watch Housewives of New Jersey.. ]
No foreign devils, yankees, or New Jersey MAFIA folk!! [and if you are from NJ, you are mafia! we know a thing or two about a thing or two down here in Texas because we watch Housewives of New Jersey.. ]
I dont follow RULES...... I'd rather jump barefoot of a 6 foot step ladder into a 5 gallon bucket of porcupines than follow RULES!
No foreign devils, yankees, or New Jersey MAFIA folk!! [and if you are from NJ, you are mafia! we know a thing or two about a thing or two down here in Texas because we watch Housewives of New Jersey.. ]
I dont follow RULES...... I'd rather jump barefoot of a 6 foot step ladder into a 5 gallon bucket of porcupines than follow RULES!
Thats your mafia genes speaking! Lawbreakers, alla you!!
I've been in North AL for the weekend, and as far as this talk of foreigners goes, I have one thing to say:
"This is Alabama. We speak English." - yeah, part of an ad for a guy running for governor here. Brother.
And I better not hear no remarks about how people from AL don't speak English. It ain't MY thread, so nobody makes fun of AL.
Well okay, I sure won't, but when I was a kid back in Georgia, we did have this one character at Six Flags called "Buford the Buzzard" who made fun of Alabama with abandon!
He used to sing:
"Cuz I come from Alabama with my finger up my nose!"
He also told us that people from Alabama don't wear socks!
I, of course, was utterly shocked and disgusted! *I* did NOT laugh - nope, not I!
Mrs. W <~~~So not making fun of Alabama!
P.S. I really did hate to hear of the University of Alabama's library burning down! Such a shame! The newscaster said that BOTH books burned and only one of 'em was colored in!
P.S. I really did hate to hear of the University of Alabama's library burning down! Such a shame! The newscaster said that BOTH books burned and only one of 'em was colored in!
String trimmer? Is that for tennis shoes or something?
Oh, I live in AL, so I have antural rights to make fun of us. Anyway, those old dogs and big trucks and stuff are just a front to throw all of you off, so you won't realize what big, giant, high IQ's we have!
P.S. I really did hate to hear of the University of Alabama's library burning down! Such a shame! The newscaster said that BOTH books burned and only one of 'em was colored in!
OMG, that was funnier than a cow with a broken leg trying to use a rubber crutch...Ehhhh, I couldnt find a redneck(i mean Texas) saying for funny.
Not that I have anything against the Mafia, of course! [did ya hear that Vinny??] Speaking of which, did y'all watch the season premiere of New Joisey housewives last week?? We love that show in Texas!!
Are yus guys gonna behave, or do I hafta muss ya up? I'll make ya an offa ya can't refuse. (I'm speaking mafia for still...learned it from my H's Italian relatives )
Mmmm hmm, That was pretty funny luroosi. Now, where are you from again? .....Uhhhh, 'scuse me I gotta make a few phone calls.
I thought Still was from Massachusetts for some reason! She's from JOISEY????? HOLY CRAP!!!!! Hey, does this mean we hafta call her "Still "I Pay Cash" Here" like Teresa on Housewives?
I shore is glad *I've* been nice to dat gal! PHEW!
I thought Still was from Massachusetts for some reason! She's from JOISEY????? HOLY CRAP!!!!! Hey, does this mean we hafta call her "Still "I Pay Cash" Here" like Teresa on Housewives?
I shore is glad *I've* been nice to dat gal! PHEW!
Mrs. W
Shhhhh, I am from Mass. For some reason Mel thinks Im from Joisey....Now shes skeerd of me... But I do have family in the Irish mafia, but they aint as funny.
My WH has family with ties to the italian mafia (god I hope Im not runnin my mouth too much) but, funny story, When we were young we went to a fourth of july party at their house on a dead end street and it was raining so it was in the garage...well everytime a care drove down the street me and WH ducked under the table and the sound of fireworks didnt help either.
We used to laugh about it all the time when we got older....and everytime we talked to this relative we tried not to say anything bad about anyone, I swear he would say "is this guy botherin' you, whats his name, where is he from?" and WH and I would say "no, no, he isnt bothering us. Really, everything is fine."
Housewives of New Jersey -- love, love, love that one! Can't wait to see what mess Daniella causes this time. Teresa's gonna end up whooping her bootye.
All I can think of right now is when George Costanza's father on Seinfeld fell on that Fucilli Jerry that Kramer made...
"One in a million shot, doc!"
I should be ashamed. "Should" being the key word.
Not to jump the topic we've already jumped, but did anyone see the episode where George was debating hooking up with a married woman? Whhhooeeee. FWH and I watch Seinfeld every night. That was an interesting episode to watch together!
Oh I can't watch "Real Housewives of Boobville." That's what I call all of them. I started watching one and I wanted to go in the way back machine so I could get my 5 minutes back. I can't do it.
All I can think of right now is when George Costanza's father on Seinfeld fell on that Fucilli Jerry that Kramer made...
"One in a million shot, doc!"
I should be ashamed. "Should" being the key word.
Not to jump the topic we've already jumped, but did anyone see the episode where George was debating hooking up with a married woman? Whhhooeeee. FWH and I watch Seinfeld every night. That was an interesting episode to watch together!
Yea it was on some time around the beginning of my plan B. I couldn't watch it.
Oh I can't watch "Real Housewives of Boobville." That's what I call all of them. I started watching one and I wanted to go in the way back machine so I could get my 5 minutes back. I can't do it.
I try to watch it when nothing else is on. I really try. Sometimes it's so horrifying it's entertaining - other times I wonder why I'm even bothering to watch the show when it's so painful.....
My new addiction is Holmes on Homes. THAT is a great show, and it's so inspiring - gives me ideas of what I'll do to my house once I'm in Plan B and need a distraction from WH!!
Don't buy a big box store trimmer. Get a Stihl or Echo. It will cost more, but you'll probably have it for 20 years, instead of buying a big box cheapy every 3-5 years.
Oh I can't watch "Real Housewives of Boobville." That's what I call all of them. I started watching one and I wanted to go in the way back machine so I could get my 5 minutes back. I can't do it.
I try to watch it when nothing else is on. I really try. Sometimes it's so horrifying it's entertaining - other times I wonder why I'm even bothering to watch the show when it's so painful.....
My new addiction is Holmes on Homes. THAT is a great show, and it's so inspiring - gives me ideas of what I'll do to my house once I'm in Plan B and need a distraction from WH!!
Yes, redecorating the house is great for a distraction. I did me some of that too...
If you go Toro, go to a dealer, not the big box stores. They have a line of cheaped out stuff they sell on price and the dealers have the good stuff that costs more, but will last a lot longer.
Yup, EE is right about that -- and don't buy it used either because a lot of these are used for commercial use. It could have been used to trim 1000 lawns 1000 times and on its last leg.
Oh I can't watch "Real Housewives of Boobville." That's what I call all of them. I started watching one and I wanted to go in the way back machine so I could get my 5 minutes back. I can't do it.
I can't imagine WHY you call it that, Scotty!
I LOVE the way they say "bubbies"...Cracks me right up!
BTW MelodyLane, my Mom said I am American. She is American and she says I am American born abroad. No foreigner here. HEHEHEHE. I think of myself as 100% canuck though. Besides the Joisey Mafia Princess is the one who bugs you the MOSTEST.
P.S. My birth certificate says "Child born abroad of American parents"...I was born in Germany...
Same with my DD. Heidelberg to be precise. Her birth certificate didn't arrive until April. She was born November of the previous year. Gotta love government efficiency...
...And God spake, and He said unto His prodigal child MaritalBliss, she who has been religiously-threaded by much...those things being Jewish of blood, Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Agnostic...God spake unto Marital and said
Don't buy a big box store trimmer. Get a Stihl or Echo. It will cost more, but you'll probably have it for 20 years, instead of buying a big box cheapy every 3-5 years.
FINALLY! SOME TOOL TALK! I can take my new Smiley Whacker to all these boucny flouncy things running around here.....
And EE: My FIRST trimmer WAS a Stihl. I wanted a better quality one.... Lasted two years. Even had my FIL rebuild it, to find out what was going on.... No Joy. And my John Deere riding mower?
Just spent a grand to replace the rear hydro drive. Been leaking oil since the fourth week of ownership. They said the "axles" were bent...
From the FACTORY they were bent. Sheesh.
It would have cost me less to just let the original guy mow the lawn....
Can someone please point me to Mel's "Goodbye Cruel World" thread?
(in my best southern accent) This done here is Mels Tool thread...the rules are you have to go through security first to post here and you can see mark about that, he is head of security. And you hafta use dem dat der funny smileys as often as possible...
And there is no talkin about Tools allowed (yeh that there means you lousygolfer). Have at it now, ya hear?!
Where are all these smileys coming from and how am I to use them? I like smileys, but...frankly, some of the smiley sites are less than reputable...
Now theres a rule if we allaya to use dat dem der smileys...You must use 90 percent of em on this here thread, ya hear???
Now you just go on the google search and punch in them there "free smileys" and a bunch of dem funny smiley sites will come right up at yer, you cute lil' bugger.
Now theres a rule if we allaya to use dat dem der smileys...You must use 90 percent of em on this here thread, ya hear???
Now you just go on the google search and punch in them there "free smileys" and a bunch of dem funny smiley sites will come right up at yer, you cute lil' bugger.
I'm sorry, but I'm north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Do you think you could translate this into a language that civilized people speak?
Every once in awhile during these last fateful weeks of work, I have written myself a couple of vague but amusing emails about my favorite "big brother."
OMG I think that would be the PERFECT weed whacker for ME. I could mow my lawn with it too(since I still haven't figured out how to start my mower). OH NOOOOOOOOOO Now I am talking about TOOLS. ARGHHHHHHHH
OMG I think that would be the PERFECT weed whacker for ME. I could mow my lawn with it too(since I still haven't figured out how to start my mower). OH NOOOOOOOOOO Now I am talking about TOOLS. ARGHHHHHHHH
This is MelodyLane now.
oh nice, even the silly foreigners are in on it!! You Canadians have serious issues, did you know this? You are TOO NICE!! But I have been working on your fellas down here in Texas and getting his mind right. Dat boy even walks with a Texas swagger now!
Just thought I'd point out that the big agricultural manufacturing all began in Illinois...
John Deere is in the Quad Cities Area. Deere settled in Grand Detour Illinois and after a failed partnership with Leonard Andrus who opposed having a railroad built through Grand Detour, Deere moved his operation to Moline Illinois where the company still does it's major manufacturing. Deere, BTW, was from Vermont originally.
John Deere's patent for the self cleaning (self-polishing) plow was filed in 1837. 4 years before that, a man named John Lane patented another version of that device and made them in his blacksmith shop near Lockport Illinois. (I once was considering building a house across the street from where that took place.) John Lane's son, John Jr patented several innovations regarding plows as early as 1844 including what was called the "soft centered" plow which used high tensile steel backed by softer more forgiving iron to make breakage less likely.
Similar devices came from New York as early as 1807. Thomas Jefferson did the calculations to determine the correct curve of a plow blade to allow maximum self cleaning and minimal drag as the device cut through sod, but he had more important things to worry about and so did not patent any agricultural implements.
It was the dense sod of the Midwest that held up settlement of much of the farming areas we know today and the self polishing/self cleaning plow is what made that possible.
International Harvester (now Case IH) began when Cyrus McCormick patented his horse drawn reaper in 1834 (Cyrus was from Virginia at the time) after demonstrating it as early as 1831. He and his brother moved to Chicago in 1847 and began manufacturing farm machinery which was shipped via the newly built railroads to all parts of the country.
McCormick died leaving the company to his son, Cyrus Jr. McCormick Manufacturing merged with Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Plano (Illinois) and the makers of Champion equipment to form IH which bought the Parlin and Orendorff factory in Canton, Illinois in 1919.
Yankees built the first modern agricultural tools. Before that, agricultural machines had been pretty much unchanged since Roman times.
I hate to tell you, Mark, but the Yankees re-wrote much of history after the War of Northern Agression, and so that's probably not true:)
Amen to that! All southerners know what you carpet baggers did after the War of Nawthen Agression to our history books! Can't even believe he is posting those yankee lies on my TEXAS thread!
I hate to tell you, Mark, but the Yankees re-wrote much of history after the War of Northern Agression, and so that's probably not true:)
Amen to that! All southerners know what you carpet baggers did after the War of Nawthen Agression to our history books! Can't even believe he is posting those yankee lies on my TEXAS thread!
There once was a lady named Mel, Those waywards, yeah, she'd give 'em hell She donned her red pumps And drop kicked their rumps And loaded her shotgun with shells!!
There once was a lady named Mel, Those waywards, yeah, she'd give 'em hell She donned her red pumps And drop kicked their rumps And loaded her shotgun with shells!!
They love me, Lou!!
You yankees quit pretending like you have guns!! We know bettah!
There once was a Man, name of Mark So old that he rode Noah's Ark He may be real wise, One of Harley's old spies But his bite is much worse than his bark (okay, that last line needs work)
There once was a great marriage-builder Who helped couples who were bewildered He taught man and wife To recover from strife Like the war between Floren and Gildar (the Princess Bride reference was the only thing I could think of...maybe Dr. Harley won't be too offended)
Wow that is amazing, you could be a rapper, your rhymes are so dope....
Hey luri, when I look an active posts, the past few times I posted on threads that you have posted on...I swear I am not doing it on purpose....but I realized that they both kind of were related maybe thats why...Ill try to look before I post next time, I promise....sorry.
Okay T/j over...whats this thread about anyway? I dont think that this thread could be jacked.
There once was a great marriage-builder Who helped couples who were bewildered He taught man and wife To recover from strife Like the war between Floren and Gildar (the Princess Bride reference was the only thing I could think of...maybe Dr. Harley won't be too offended)
I want to join in, but I can't think of a rhyme for "lurioosi2".
Did you google "axe murder smiley?????" If you have that much free time.......come help me finishing packing my classroom!! I've got a mess as big as Texas up here!!
Did you google "axe murder smiley?????" If you have that much free time.......come help me finishing packing my classroom!! I've got a mess as big as Texas up here!!
I do have too much free time, sad isnt it....I wish I could help you Lurioosi, I really do....but looking up all these smileys is very time consuming.
Did you google "axe murder smiley?????" If you have that much free time.......come help me finishing packing my classroom!! I've got a mess as big as Texas up here!!
If I was the teacher, I would just packing up one thing: MY 4' PADDLE!!
ML, when you have a chance we have a question on scotlands thread about restating the conditions of R to the WS....Is it restating the conditions in the plan B letter or the list of full conditions for R.....Thanks all knowing Mel...:)
The thread is "Ummmmmmm, I installed a keylogger" or sumthin like that...thanks again....
I was just thinking that, your "middle name is HELL" signature line, taken right next to your "happily recovered for 9 years" signature line, might give newcomers the wrong idea about just what kind of marital recovery Marriage Builders provides. They might mistakenly believe you are saying that your married life is a living hell, but you've been stuck by the guy for 9 years, no matter what kind of a louse he is. Or something like that.
We all know what it means, but you might want to change it to something like "My middle name is HELL ... to affairs."
See my "Fishing" thread in Recreation forum if you haven't read it. Start at the beginning, which is often the best place to start from what I have found...
By authority of summer vacation, which gives all teachers massive power trips, I declare this to be a smiley free zone. If you children cannot refrain from using potty mouth smileys, then the privilege will be revoked. Any further smileys will result in a 10-minute time out and a discipline note in your take-home folder. In addition, any disparaging remarks about Texas will be dealt with accordingly, since Texas is technically almost the south and therefore must be protected from insult.
Do you see me smiling? No? Well maybe that's because I'm serious, so get back in your seat and open your book.
I do have to admit Mark you are very intellectual, just brilliant actually.....and I started at the last page (oops) but the first page, I see it is much more interesting...but I cant get over the FISHING part.
By authority of summer vacation, which gives all teachers massive power trips, I declare this to be a smiley free zone. If you children cannot refrain from using potty mouth smileys, then the privilege will be revoked. Any further smileys will result in a 10-minute time out and a discipline note in your take-home folder. In addition, any disparaging remarks about Texas will be dealt with accordingly, since Texas is technically almost the south and therefore must be protected from insult.
Do you see me smiling? No? Well maybe that's because I'm serious, so get back in your seat and open your book.
After a ten minute time out, you go to a 30 minute time out in the neighboring classroom ( that teacher is way meaner than I am). After that we go to the office.....oooooohhhhhhhhh.
But since you are a teacher's pet, we'll just pretend it never happened. Mark, however, will be punished to the fullest extent of the law because he lives too close to Oprah.
Well, school's not out here until June 29th so I can still use silly smileys and such
I just thought this one was cool. I have 5 windows open and I am playing 2 different apps on FB. I don't have as much time to search for silly smileys as Still. I am also looking for a job on the job bank website.
By authority of summer vacation, which gives all teachers massive power trips, I declare this to be a smiley free zone. If you children cannot refrain from using potty mouth smileys, then the privilege will be revoked. Any further smileys will result in a 10-minute time out and a discipline note in your take-home folder. In addition, any disparaging remarks about Texas will be dealt with accordingly, since Texas is technically almost the south and therefore must be protected from insult.
Do you see me smiling? No? Well maybe that's because I'm serious, so get back in your seat and open your book.
I I I dunno...Im kinda skeerd, I dont know if its because of those scary eyes...Nno no, Its the of the buttkicking you guys are gonna get when the teach gets back.....
I'm a teacher.....I'm always looking. I'm sort of a cross between the cheerleading coach on Glee and the Principal on The Breakfast Club.
However, since Mark made fun of Oprah, he gets leniency, and we may all observe a moment of smileys in mourning over the fact that Scotland is not out of school yet.
sigh...... you people are smoking wacky tobacky on my carbon precision tools thread!!! you people need to go home!!
But since I am here, I have to tell you a funny story on my DH and how da Mel hoisted him on his own petard!
He got on my laptop the other day and took a picture of himself with his finger stuck up his nose. He left the picture up on my desktop so I would be grossed out when I got on my computer.
I am a music teacher. My last job (that just ended) was 1-5, but I have taught K-12 over the years. If y'all think you can behave, I can teach you some really fun songs.
You all do realize that Mark just howled at the moon up there. He's been reading those Twilight books and has joined team Jacob.
Mel, I like how your hubby has to close one eye and stick out his tongue just to dig for treasure. That's what my non-bratty students call it - digging for treasure. Someone should invent a TOOL to make it easier.
See what I did there? I made my post on topic. I forgot to send that bribe to the mods that I mentioned about 20 pages back. So I'm brown nosing.
sigh...... you people are smoking wacky tobacky on my carbon precision tools thread!!! you people need to go home!!
But since I am here, I have to tell you a funny story on my DH and how da Mel hoisted him on his own petard!
He got on my laptop the other day and took a picture of himself with his finger stuck up his nose. He left the picture up on my desktop so I would be grossed out when I got on my computer.
Ohhhh, I get it now Mark....sheesh you are smart arent ya?...My WH knows a lot about animals, fishing and birds.....He could name them all....Now he is passing it along to my DS...The other day I said look theres a crow on our lawn and DS said "Ma, thats a grackle, it looks nothing like a crow."...A grackle, who the heck has heard of a grackle...Well I know you have Mark...
Oh and one time I said, acting all smart and such, when DS was younger...."Hey, hear the owls.."....DS said "Mama, that is a morning dove, dont you know anything".....Little smart a$$.
Okay, all pot parties have been moved to Mels thread, Tom is NOT happy with me.....
That's just GREAT, you guys! Sure, take off running and leave me alone on Tom's thread! You KNEW I was busy looking up rules for kitchen tools! Talk about a buzz kill...
I just watched a show (well, DH watched, I folded clothes and did inner eye rolls) on this creature in Texas called a Chupacabra. They found one, and it turned out to be a coyote with mange!
I don't know why I think that it funny.
Yes, I can play my djembe, and my sound shapes, and the boomwhackers, and the maracas, and.....
Well, I'll stop showing off now, except to say that I did win a Carnival Cruise trophy last year for my rendition of I Will Survive at the talent show. I also won a bottle of champagne. DH and I had fun with that
ML, i'm just one of many who'd be be sorry to see you go. you were one of the first to offer help to me when i was desparate, and i've seen your name mentioned on many other posts as the MB forum's foremost champion of fidelity and happy, lasting marriages.
i'm so glad your family has been fully restored! that's fantastic! Go enjoy it!
again, we'll all miss your tough love--i'm sure you've been the voice of reason for hundreds if not thousands of couples-- but if you feel led to move on, we hangers-on will do our best to step up and carry the torch.
RM, ML's not going anywhere! This thread is a joke that everyone teases her about when she got upset a few years ago and threatened to leave. She hates that we keep bumping it! We're just showing her how much she's loved!
RM, ML's not going anywhere! This thread is a joke that everyone teases her about when she got upset a few years ago and threatened to leave. She hates that we keep bumping it! We're just showing her how much she's loved!
Huh? I thought this was the carbide precision tool thread.
ML, i'm just one of many who'd be be sorry to see you go. you were one of the first to offer help to me when i was desparate, and i've seen your name mentioned on many other posts as the MB forum's foremost champion of fidelity and happy, lasting marriages.
i'm so glad your family has been fully restored! that's fantastic! Go enjoy it!
again, we'll all miss your tough love--i'm sure you've been the voice of reason for hundreds if not thousands of couples-- but if you feel led to move on, we hangers-on will do our best to step up and carry the torch.
...you're a mighty hard act to follow, though. =)
She's not going anywhere, RN. That original post was written quite some time ago. And thank God she's not! I don't know what we'd do without you, ML! Your dedication to helping folks in need is a constant inspiration for me. You're...oh, gosh darn it...you're the reason I grew my hair out and poofed it up with AquaNet! Even though it's frowned upon by my peers! There - I said it!
Oh, dang it - okay, so I didn't grow my hair out! So it's spiky and user-friendly in the shower! Is that such a sin??? Can I still like ML without the whole disgusting AquaNet shellac thing? You know, it's difficult for me to be at events among my IRL peeps with some Southern funky going on, hair-wise...
My hair just keeps gettin' bigger and bigger, so I'll help out with the hairspray balance.
DH and I have vamped up our job search, and our new target is Texas. Between higher ed jobs and public school jobs there are a lot out there right now. You think Texas couple handle a big haired Alabama gal, Her tall dark and handsome professor, and their two scary smart kids?
You know how some people are about the dentist? That's how I am about the eye doctor because of childhood eye problems/surgeries. So when I saw that BIG eye......yikes! The lady who does the puff of air eye test grimaces when she sees me coming because she KNOWS it will take about 30 tries.
You know how some people are about the dentist? That's how I am about the eye doctor because of childhood eye problems/surgeries. So when I saw that BIG eye......yikes! The lady who does the puff of air eye test grimaces when she sees me coming because she KNOWS it will take about 30 tries.
I couldn't stand putting contacts in my eyes, so I had laser surgery. Now. Lemme tell you about that, if you're squeamish about eyes...they make you hold reeeeally still...then they do this weird thing that results in pulling back the top layer of your eyeball and you realize you're temporarily blind in that eye...then they fire up the laser and you start to smell burning skin...you wonder who's on fire and you realize it's your eyeball tissue smelling...anyhoo, I don't have to wear contacts now. Yay.
You know how some people are about the dentist? That's how I am about the eye doctor because of childhood eye problems/surgeries. So when I saw that BIG eye......yikes! The lady who does the puff of air eye test grimaces when she sees me coming because she KNOWS it will take about 30 tries.
I couldn't stand putting contacts in my eyes, so I had laser surgery. Now. Lemme tell you about that, if you're squeamish about eyes...they make you hold reeeeally still...then they do this weird thing that results in pulling back the top layer of your eyeball and you realize you're temporarily blind in that eye...then they fire up the laser and you start to smell burning skin...you wonder who's on fire and you realize it's your eyeball tissue smelling...anyhoo, I don't have to wear contacts now. Yay.
Where'd everybody go?
Ewwwwwwww!!!! I've thought about doing this but now that visual is forever burned in my eye, I don't think I could sit still for it.
I couldn't stand putting contacts in my eyes, so I had laser surgery. Now. Lemme tell you about that, if you're squeamish about eyes...they make you hold reeeeally still...then they do this weird thing that results in pulling back the top layer of your eyeball and you realize you're temporarily blind in that eye...then they fire up the laser and you start to smell burning skin...you wonder who's on fire and you realize it's your eyeball tissue smelling...anyhoo, I don't have to wear contacts now. Yay.
When I was about 9, I saw this special about eye illnesses or something. They talked about REMOVING the eye to do a type of surgery. Of course, I had had two eye surgeries....so I had recurring nightmares about them taking out my eye for those surgeries and not putting it back right, so it fell out.
Oh, and there is no WAY I'll be getting laser surgery now. Ever.
whew, Mark's creepy eyeball dropped to the last page. I HAD NIGHTMARES!!
It was even worse for Prisca. She had the nightmares the night before Mark posted the eyeball. Seriously, she told me she woke up yesterday morning from horrible nightmares with images of creepy giant eyes staring at her, logged onto Marriage Builders first thing, and immediately saw Mark's eyeball!
I think Mark is using some kind of scary remote psychic torture thing or something...
I see that still has had her tonsils out. And Mel got "insulted" and didn't even know it - ha ha! And Mark....well, what can you say. And Markos....I'm afraid to poke fun at him - he seems to have some sort of MB sensei thing going on.
You hang around long enough, you start learning how weird some of you people are.
So, I've got all these cool smiley websites bookmarked on my office computer for quick reference/insertion during my work day, and haven't bookmarked any of them on my personal lap top for when I'm posting stuff on my personal time(and yes, I know that should be the other way around, LOL) so I don't have a cool smiley right at hand to add to the mix.
In lieu of that - H and I want to take the boys to Niagara Falls in a few weeks. Anyone got a tip on a good, CLEAN, cheap motel/hotel with a view of the Falls? Do we really need flipping VISAs? Do the boys need VISAs?
NP, are you near the Falls? Not that we want to stay with you! LOL! Can you see it: :::knock knock knock::: Is this NPs house? The gang's all here to spend the weekend, when's dinner?..." I would love to meet you, though!
Hey, it's no smiley post, but this'll bring the thread back up to the top
ok, you silly foreigner, first off its July 4. NOT "4 July." [unless you say "4th OF July" which is acceptable] You don't put the number in FRONT of the month otherwise! Do we have to teach you foreigners proper English??
And this is Independence Day when the AMERICANS kicked your silly foreign Red Coats outta our country!! We are celebrating by shooting fireworks from our backyards and shooting our pistols in the air!
Mel, in Texas, barbecue is smoked meat with an optional tomato based sauce, usually sweet and/or vinegary.
On the Fourth of July, we usually eat hamburgers or hotdogs, cooked on a grill. Northerners refer to that grilling process as "barbecue" despite the fact that no actual barbecue is involved. Texans refer to the process as a "cookout" or one of several other terms, none of which is "barbecue."
So, I was just curious if you eat actual barbecue on the Fourth, or if you've let some kind of northernism into your speech and are referring to a cookout with hamburgers and hotdogs as "barbecue."
So, I was just curious if you eat actual barbecue on the Fourth, or if you've let some kind of northernism into your speech and are referring to a cookout with hamburgers and hotdogs as "barbecue."
On the Fourth of July, we usually eat hamburgers or hotdogs, cooked on a grill.
On 4th of July all decent and upstandin' Texans eat BRISKET and ribs!! Only a yankee from CHICAGO would cook hotdogs on a grill!!
Okay, thank goodness. I am going to heave a sigh of relief that you know what barbecue is. I was worried for a minute that you were some kind of a foreign spy who had crept in to pretend to be a Texan.
Eating barbecue on the Fourth is just fine and I have done it, but in most areas of TEXAS where I have lived, having a cookout with hamburgers or hotdogs is the tradition.
What would scare me would be somebody who had the cookout and called it "barbecue"...
[Eating barbecue on the Fourth is just fine and I have done it, but in most areas of TEXAS where I have lived, having a cookout with hamburgers or hotdogs is the tradition.
well, they think putting meat with some tomater sauce in the crock pot is BBQ, Markos!
In Chicago we don't need a holiday to have a cookout, and no, we don't call anything thrown on a grille BBQ...We sure don't need a holiday to eat Chicago style hot dogs and as for burgers... McDonald's is based in Oak Brook Illinois. But neither of those is BBQ.
Now some folks have what they call BBQ'd Turkey legs, but even I know that ain't BBQ.
Having roots in Arkansas, Mizzou and South Carolina, and having traveled extensively for 12 years, I have sampled what is called BBQ in many parts.
The best brisket I ever had was at a place outside KC (Blue Springs). The best pulled pork was in North Carolina and the best ribs (pork) were in Memphis. In Baltimore they call a thick steak cooked over open flame BBQ and in Kansas City, ribs means beef.
In NYC, BBQ means slathered in some ketchup based sauce and in California...Never mind...They've got the same people trying to make pizza...
I own two smokers (a vertical and a barrel) and have cinder blocks I use to make a pit for when I want to cook stuff for a bigger group.
Even the wood used for smoking is regional. Texas and parts of the SW have mesquite. In the PNW they use alder and in much of the south it is hickory that is predominate. Pecan, apple, pear and oak all have unique tastes that can be imparted to meat, fowl and fish. My favorite wood for smoking is apple, though a close second is chunks of oak from whiskey casks. Most kinds of maple make the food taste like Grandma's dining room table, though sugar maple is not bad at all.
When we get done talking BBQ, we'll talk pizza. Now there's a subjective topic if I ever heard of one...
We BBQ pretty much every day in summer as it is too hot to cook in the kitchen. We have a gas (LPG) fired grill and we cook beef steaks, sausages, and mince patties on it. If I am feeling creative I'll chuck on pineapple rings, apple slices, pumpkin slices and courgettes. Some people prefer a wood fired cooker, I cant be bother chopping wood in summer.
When I was in California 2 years ago I got invited to a BBQ and they cooked salmon steaks, with nary a sausage to be seen. That aint no BBQ.
Serve BBQ with new potatoes boiled with butter and chives; and a good salad.
Pizza is only good if its done in a real wood fired pizza oven. Now that I will chop wood for any day
Good Ol, Sounthern Ontario Canuck here and I have to say, I cook hot dogs and Burgers on a BBQ grill and it is PROPANE "powered." I don't like steak. And as far as Pizza goes, I like mine with pineapple on it.
But, I am not like all of my friends, some of them don't like pineapple on their pizza.
So am I to understand that the only cooking that deserves to be called BBQ is when the food is smoked?
Lil's gas grill, indeed any kind of grilling, just because it's outdoors does not make it BBQ? To BBQ you must light charcoal or wood, instead of cheating with gas?
I'm just trying to be clear here. I'd hate to single-handedly restart the war between the Yankees and Texas.
BTW, my Mom keeps trying to convince me that I AM American. An American born abroad. I keep arguing with her that the number one way to become Canadian is to be born here and she isn't questioning that I was born IN Canada.
BBQ, odd abbreviation for the correct spelling of the real word barbecue, or how we Canucks spell it, barbeque.
Could be over an open fire, or a grill, no matter how the grill is fired, here we all call it a BBQ. (we have propane, I'm too lazy also to chop wood in the summer) A BBQ as an event suggests that there will be a meal served to many people. We love having these events in the summer.
So, it means to cook and describe an event including many people.
I BBQ pretty much every kind of meat, I'm not fancy on steak but I love cooking a roast of beef on the BBQ. I just bought some new BBQ sauce, Bourbon Q, made in the U.S., Kentucky I think. It is soooooo good. I got it at Winners, Scotland you should know Winners. The kids put that sauce on just about everything!
Something else we do is use pie irons over an open fire, in the coals (we have a permanent firepit in the backyard). We do grilled cheese, smors, and Pillsbury turnovers. Yum!
Homemade pizza, is, the, best! Add some marinated artichokes.......... Delicious!
So am I to understand that the only cooking that deserves to be called BBQ is when the food is smoked?
Lil's gas grill, indeed any kind of grilling, just because it's outdoors does not make it BBQ? To BBQ you must light charcoal or wood, instead of cheating with gas?
I'm just trying to be clear here. I'd hate to single-handedly restart the war between the Yankees and Texas.
More than that. Whether gas or charcoal, just going outside to your grill and having a cookout is not barbecue.
I didn't think HE was a foreigner. Or did you just mean someone NOT from Texas?
I guess we have to explain everything to a foreigner so here goes!! If you are from nawth of the Red River you might as well be EYE-talian because its all the same to us!!
I didn't think HE was a foreigner. Or did you just mean someone NOT from Texas?
I guess we have to explain everything to a foreigner so here goes!! If you are from nawth of the Red River you might as well be EYE-talian because its all the same to us!!
Okay, gotcha.
I will say that I am a little disappointed that there weren't more fireworks today. Afterall, Mel, you were being called out on your Texan authenticity.
I will say that I am a little disappointed that there weren't more fireworks today. Afterall, Mel, you were being called out on your Texan authenticity.
I sicced louroosi's eye-talian mafia kin on dat boy!
I hate to tell y'all, but all the really GOOD BBQ, like pulled pork and chicken with white sauce comes from north AL. That hickory flavor, with hot sauce on the side, slaw, baked beans, and a bag of buns (yep, that's how you buy it from the BBQ place)....that's all you need, except maybe some real lemon icebox pie.
Reckon how many carbs a big ole pulled pork barbecue sandwich has????
White sauce is made from mayo, vinegar,lemon juice, sugar, pepper. You brush it onto the chicken as you cook it, then use it on the side as a dipping sauce or drizzle it over the chicken. It is m-m-m-m good. Add salad and either corn on the cob or potato salad. Yummy.
Barbecue or barbeque (common spelling variant)[1] (with abbreviations BBQ, Bar-B-Q and Bar-B-Que; and diminutive form barbie, used chiefly in Australia and New Zealand; and called Braai in South Africa) is a method and apparatus for cooking meat and various other foods, with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal, cooking gas, or even electricity; and may include application of a marinade, spice rub, or basting sauce to the meat or vegetables. The term as a noun can refer to the meat, the cooking apparatus itself, or to a party that includes such food. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecue is usually cooked in an outdoor environment heated by the smoke of wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose. Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world. Notably, in the Southern United States, practitioners consider barbecue to include only indirect methods of cooking over hardwood smoke, with the more direct methods called grilling. In British usage, barbecuing and grilling refer to a fast cooking process directly over high heat, while grilling also refers to cooking under a source of direct, high heat�known in the U.S. and Canada as broiling. In US English usage, however, grilling refers to a fast process over high heat, while barbecuing refers to a slow process using indirect heat and/or hot smoke (very similar to some forms of roasting). For example, in a typical U.S. home grill, food is cooked on a grate directly over hot charcoal, while in a U.S. barbecue, the coals are dispersed to the sides or at significant distance from the grate. Its South American versions are the southern Brazilian churrasco and the Argentine asado. Alternatively, an apparatus called a smoker with a separate fire box may be used. Hot smoke is drawn past the meat by convection for very slow cooking. This is essentially how barbecue is cooked in most U.S. "barbecue" restaurants, but nevertheless, many consider this to be a distinct cooking process called hot smoking. The slower methods of cooking break down the collagen in meat and tenderize the tougher cuts for easier eating.
So there we have it. BBQ is whatever it wants to be, wherever it is - no hard and fast definition.
(vit when I was little it was spelt barbeque over here, now we seem to have gone barbecue)
White sauce is made from mayo, vinegar,lemon juice, sugar, pepper. You brush it onto the chicken as you cook it, then use it on the side as a dipping sauce or drizzle it over the chicken. It is m-m-m-m good. Add salad and either corn on the cob or potato salad. Yummy.
That certainly sounds good, but I'm not sure what it has to do with barbecue. You can't just accidentally produce barbecue; it has to be a deliberate goal you have in mind.
This sounds like it's Actually Labelled Barbecue In Name Only ("ALBINO").
Incredible really, who'd have thought that the word could take on it's very own identity depending on who or where are you are and mean so many different things to so many differnt people..
I've forgotten how did this fascinating BBQ discussion start?
that is a wicked LIE! A LIE!! My foolish mother allowed her silly self to be born in HOOKER OKLAHOMA. To make matters worse she goes to high school reunions there and comes back with tshirts that say 'HOOKER REUNION." Now you know why I am so messed up.
Barbecue or barbeque (common spelling variant)[1] (with abbreviations BBQ, Bar-B-Q and Bar-B-Que; and diminutive form barbie, used chiefly in Australia and New Zealand; and called Braai in South Africa) is a method and apparatus for cooking meat and various other foods, with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal, cooking gas, or even electricity; and may include application of a marinade, spice rub, or basting sauce to the meat or vegetables. The term as a noun can refer to the meat, the cooking apparatus itself, or to a party that includes such food. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecue is usually cooked in an outdoor environment heated by the smoke of wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose. Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world. Notably, in the Southern United States, practitioners consider barbecue to include only indirect methods of cooking over hardwood smoke, with the more direct methods called grilling. In British usage, barbecuing and grilling refer to a fast cooking process directly over high heat, while grilling also refers to cooking under a source of direct, high heat�known in the U.S. and Canada as broiling. In US English usage, however, grilling refers to a fast process over high heat, while barbecuing refers to a slow process using indirect heat and/or hot smoke (very similar to some forms of roasting). For example, in a typical U.S. home grill, food is cooked on a grate directly over hot charcoal, while in a U.S. barbecue, the coals are dispersed to the sides or at significant distance from the grate. Its South American versions are the southern Brazilian churrasco and the Argentine asado. Alternatively, an apparatus called a smoker with a separate fire box may be used. Hot smoke is drawn past the meat by convection for very slow cooking. This is essentially how barbecue is cooked in most U.S. "barbecue" restaurants, but nevertheless, many consider this to be a distinct cooking process called hot smoking. The slower methods of cooking break down the collagen in meat and tenderize the tougher cuts for easier eating.
So there we have it. BBQ is whatever it wants to be, wherever it is - no hard and fast definition.
(vit when I was little it was spelt barbeque over here, now we seem to have gone barbecue)
Maybe we should take a vote on whether Mel should really be the authority on what BBQ is or means.
Not being sure about basic characteristics of Texans , I looked it up. Based on this tale I say we vote against Mel being the authority.
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An Englishman had visited Texas and was telling his friends about his trip. One fellow asked, "What most impressed you about Texans". He replied, "Their confidence. A Texan took me duck hunting and we sat in a blind all day and never saw a thing. Then about sundown a lone duck flew overhead, so high you could hardly see it. When it was directly overhead the Texan raised his shotgun and fired. The duck kept right on flying".
Then the Texan turned to me in amazement and said, "Son, yore witnessing a miracle. Thar flies a dead duck".
Mel, do you think your mom could get me one of those shirts? I want to see my DH's face if I wear it to bed. HAHAHAHAHA! I'll wear that shirt in an XL and these knee-high black boots with high heels. Then my DH will go into intense therapy
I bought those boots while manic....so you can just imagine what they look like. DH also likes my hair to be 1980's poofy, so I'll get out the hot rollers and buy a few bump-its. And I think I still have a pageant tiara packed away.....
Mel, do you think your mom could get me one of those shirts? I want to see my DH's face if I wear it to bed. HAHAHAHAHA! I'll wear that shirt in an XL and these knee-high black boots with high heels. Then my DH will go into intense therapy
no way!! You will humiliate your family like my mother does!
Maybe we should take a vote on whether Mel should really be the authority on what BBQ is or means.
Not being sure about basic characteristics of Texans , I looked it up. Based on this tale I say we vote against Mel being the authority.
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An Englishman had visited Texas and was telling his friends about his trip. One fellow asked, "What most impressed you about Texans". He replied, "Their confidence. A Texan took me duck hunting and we sat in a blind all day and never saw a thing. Then about sundown a lone duck flew overhead, so high you could hardly see it. When it was directly overhead the Texan raised his shotgun and fired. The duck kept right on flying".
Then the Texan turned to me in amazement and said, "Son, yore witnessing a miracle. Thar flies a dead duck".
Dennis Lowe Corpus Christi, TX
OMG, I havent been on here for a few days and I missed everything on this thread.....71 posts to be exact.
Its been soooo hoooot here that DS and his friends have been playing more inside and having sleepovers and goin to movies.....Last week he went away with his dad, so I missed him sooo much. I am so happy to have him home.
Hey! You found my family portrait! The big one on the couch is me, the little one on the couch is my son, the one with the hat is DH, and the one he is chasing is my DD. That picture makes me look fat, though.
I thought we were talking about pulling pork and ending up with a white sauce....
Now its a Hooker Reunion.
Sheesh.. where are the TOOLS!
LG
The Truth about Tools
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.
MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing seats and motorcycle jackets.
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling mounting holes in fenders just above the brake line that goes to the rear wheel.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the original sin principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your garage on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside a brake drum you're trying to get the bearing race out of.
WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your coffee across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouc...."
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a motorcycle to the ground after you have installed your new front disk brake setup, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front fender.
EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering a motorcycle upward off a hydraulic jack.
TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.
PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.
SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.
TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup.
TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and brake lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.
CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.
BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.
AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under motorcycles at night. Health benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.
AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last tightened 40 years ago by someone in Sindelfingen, and rounds them off.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.
Hi Mel...sorry Ive been forgetting to bump this thread forya...luckily Mark and Pep are on the ball as usual...and yes, I still need my midol, unfortunately...
Guess this is just like the perpetual MelodyLane memorial, here...
Yeah, it's getting a little creepy - it's starting to remind me of those Halloween movies I just watched last weekend...you know, the ones where the pretty teen-aged girl is stepping hesitantly down the darkened stairs into the basement of the haunted house, and she thinks her friends are playing tricks on her and hiding from her...
Yeah, I think that falls under the POJA jurisdiction. I don't want to say anything...but...did something happen to her??? I've never seen her off the board this long.
Well, I'd like to say that I miss Mel's presence on the board greatly. I hope she will be back soon.
Through her posts to others and to me, she has provided me with guidance that has helped my personal and marital recovery enormously. I think she is a tremendous asset to the board.
I too miss her. I am CERTAIN that if there were anything that we should NEED to know, we would. I just want to let her know, through the grapevine, that I am thinking of her and sending all of the positive thoughts necessary. We all just need to channel some Mel thoughts and pass on the knowledge to others.
There are actually a lot of vets who seem to be MIA lately. We have GIANT shoes to fill when they aren't around.
Mel is as scarce as grass 'round a hog trough...and I miss her so much I feel lower than a gopher hole....We miss your gun tooting texan wit...y'all come back now, ya hear?
Hey guys, I emailed Mel to make sure everything was OK... Everything is fine but unfortunately (for us) she is moving on, however gives everyone her best.
Mel, we will miss you!! and I want to thank you for the millionth time for the help & support you gave to my sister when she really really needed it. Big hugs!
Hey guys, I emailed Mel to make sure everything was OK... Everything is fine but unfortunately (for us) she is moving on, however gives everyone her best.
That's really disappointing, but I appreciate her need to move on. I suspect Melody was instrumental in saving a lot of marriages.
Stop in once in a while to tell us how you are doin...you will be sorely missed, but I completely understand...Good luck in everything that life has to offer...sending prayers and good wishes your way, Mel.....
mel, I just wanted to thank you for keeping me alive when I couldn't myself, this site and the wonderful people like you, 2x4's and all have helped me save my marriage, I will be forever grateful.......... jessi
Thanks for worrying about me, friends! I am taking a little break and will probably be back soon. Miss you all!
Well well well, missy. We've been wondering if everything was okay. My parents had an expression they used to say to me when I got home after curfew: "Where have you been!? We thought you were dead in a ditch!" (why a ditch in particular and not just dead in general, I don't know. )
See, she is BATMAN. Put out the signal, and she comes.
Glad that you are okay. These boards really haven't been the same without you. I knew that if I really needed you, I could email. I was happy not to need to.
Thanks for worrying about me, friends! I am taking a little break and will probably be back soon. Miss you all!
Hello Melody,
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your help to Mrs.Flint and myself. We have the marriage we have always wanted today because of you and MB. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Your wisdom, wit and common sense approach not to mention your ability to post the links to vital MB concepts made me want to check out MB every day...
Please don't be away too long because we need you...
Second post ever; watching here for nearly 2 years. We are out here listening and learning. We'll miss you, lady. From stranger to stranger, you are an awesome freakin' monster of a person. Best wishes to you and your family. The torch is passed on and in good hands. Pretty good folks here that will handle the world that you did. And, one day they will "retire" the source, and so on is life. I loves ya!
Well, I see someone is feeling a little more chipper now! I was afraid stilly's funny smilies would never be the same, glad to see that's not the case.
Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
There was this really tough customer in the city where I grew up. He would hold up major orders and squabble about $.02 on a product.
I used to deliver to his store, and anyone who knows me, knows I am a polite and gracious vendor, and also am able to take a lot of crap from customers without getting upset..That was part of the job and I was good at it turning things back around without giving away the store.
One day this store owner came out with a baseball bat while I was delivering and threatened me. Well so what. I just asked what was wrong and we settled it. The guy a retired main buyer for the major supermarket chain and had aquiered quite a lot of pull and an attitude to boot over the years, so I knew he was just throwing his weight. Probably just playing with my head.
One day months later when I had no money I walked to his store and said, "Mr. So-n-So, I wonder if you would extend me some credit because I have a problem and I don't get paid till Friday. Its my wife you see. If you could just extend me credit on this..
$3.99 bottle of Midol.."
He smiled and handed it over.. Guess he had a wife too..
Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
Just wanted to say goodbye to the many great folks here. I am well into my recovery and really don't feel, from the lack of response from others, that I have anything productive to contribute here.
I appreciate all the help and the friendship I have received from so many of you over the years and apologize to those I offended with my blunt style. Take care and God Bless!
Today gave me a good example of why I made this statement.
My best friend since the 2nd grade is direct, abrasive, and stubborn... kind of like someone else some people may know.
If I were to geek out a bit, it would be like he is a warrior, and I am a medicine man.
When a problem arises, his approach is to attack, hack, kill it where it stands. Ask questions in the aftermath.
Mine is to observe, analyze, and plan.
So, we fight a lot. When we were younger, we often got into fist fights (this stopped when the aches and bruises took a little longer than we liked to fade).
He seeks righteousness, and fights to seek concession.
I seek correctness, and fight to be heard.
One of our old circle committed suicide earlier this week, and I have been home sick. NGB and the girls went over, and our oldest DD's were having a little teen spat.
Today at the service, his DD seemed a little uncomfortable with me, and I took her aside and told her that whatever went on between them was between them. They do not have to maintain a friendship due to the friendship of their fathers.
He assumed that I was trying to "right" her, and decided to start a tiff. In the battle to be right, he carried on only with his assumptions, posturing with the challenge "tell me I'm wrong," to which I - of course - complied. I spoke my peace, stated I was finished, and left.
Shortly after I received a message "I'm a [jerk], I'm sorry."
To which I replied "It's not what you are, but where you choose to aim it some times, and how long you choose to fire."
I don't need to be right. I need to be heard. I don't need to win, or need concession.
However, sometimes, SOMEBODY needs to be... "right."
The message I get from this is that you feel are more virtuous than your friend because you "seek to be correct" and your friend "seeks to be right." That statement is itself "seeks righteousness". It is also rather nasty because it analysed and planned an attack on someone who is not here, to assert your intellectual superiority.
As for the difference between being "righteous" and being "correct" ... Everyone seeks to be correct; I don't know anyone who seeks to be "incorrect".
Do you have a need to tell us how correct you are? Why do so by making such a pompous post, puffing yourself up and taking digs at someone loved and respected here?
AGree Sugarcane. When I read it I thought perhaps he doesn't realize how that post demonstrates self righteousness and a need to pump himself up by putting down his friend.
self-right�eous [self-rahy-chuhs, self-] adjective confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
A person who truly is seeking "correctness" will stand on the merit of his claims alone; he doesn't have a NEED to tell others how correct he is.
We all need people to take us out of our ivory towers where we "wish" and "profess what should be" and tell us like it is
" a brother is borne for adversity" comes to mind, as also " Iron sharpening Iron", when we find ourselves in situations where our immediate judgements make us want to act/react the right way
Then our values come in and we act and think a certain way
In the big picture, the truth is, that it is the intentions that matter, and who knows what those are coming from?
None of us know the depth and of the human heart and it's intentions, we can only go on the actions.
I agree with him that we should be glad that Mel is honest and clear because she can see a lot. I am too glad that is over
Just in time for the latest "G-BCW" MB poster .....
Originally Posted by americajin
Yes, you're exactly right Mel. Improving communication would not help her marriage, no not at all. But then again you are always right, and I guess I should just stay out of your way. Excellent suggestion that I am going to take to heart. In parting I wish to thank you for proving my point.
Mods, please delete all of my threads, I do not wish to be a disruptive influence to people in need, and so would like to eradicate my presence here.
To those of you who I have benefitted in some small or large way, I say -
You know, I was just explaining to my kids how a certain word is pronounced differently by carpetbaggers, and I thought "Hey -- MelodyLane says 'yankee' often enough, but I don't hear her say 'carpetbagger' often enough. I should suggest she use that word more often." And, of course, I knew just where to do that.
Aw, and so all of us Yankees are just carpetbaggers?
Thought a carpetbagger was derived from the bags a lot of nasty little opportunists used to carry when they came down to take advantage of the south after the Civil War.
I had no idea that those Yankees had anything to do with thinking..anything..really.
Aw, and so all of us Yankees are just carpetbaggers?
Oh, no, you got me backwards. All carpetbaggers are Yankees, but not all Yankees are carpetbaggers. A carpetbagging yankee is the kind who wants to make the civilized world do and say things in his backward yankee ways. And of course that encompasses the original carpetbaggers you mentioned, the opportunists who came down after the Civil War.
Oh, no, you got me backwards. All carpetbaggers are Yankees, but not all Yankees are carpetbaggers. A carpetbagging yankee is the kind who wants to make the civilized world do and say things in his backward yankee ways. And of course that encompasses the original carpetbaggers you mentioned, the opportunists who came down after the Civil War.
Oh figures, I am a Yankee, that I didn't understand.
Just in time for the latest "G-BCW" MB poster .....
Originally Posted by americajin
Yes, you're exactly right Mel. Improving communication would not help her marriage, no not at all. But then again you are always right, and I guess I should just stay out of your way. Excellent suggestion that I am going to take to heart. In parting I wish to thank you for proving my point.
Mods, please delete all of my threads, I do not wish to be a disruptive influence to people in need, and so would like to eradicate my presence here.
To those of you who I have benefitted in some small or large way, I say -
Just in time for the latest "G-BCW" MB poster .....
Originally Posted by americajin
Yes, you're exactly right Mel. Improving communication would not help her marriage, no not at all. But then again you are always right, and I guess I should just stay out of your way. Excellent suggestion that I am going to take to heart. In parting I wish to thank you for proving my point.
Mods, please delete all of my threads, I do not wish to be a disruptive influence to people in need, and so would like to eradicate my presence here.
To those of you who I have benefitted in some small or large way, I say -
Sheesh... all I did was to analogize improving a broken relationship that started with over 10 years of shacking up by getting married with eating cow crap until it started to taste good...
Sheesh... all I did was to analogize improving a broken relationship that started with over 10 years of shacking up by getting married with eating cow crap until it started to taste good...
Nah, he only has one GBCW post under his belt and it was pretty tame. I think you have to do it with flair and drama to qualify for the official roasts. Ask Melodylane. She holds the current title.
Our latest GBCW member - the soon to be missed forever ~~>Rachel - a round of weak applause for a mediocre exit.
Originally Posted by Rachel34
Wow! You have officially run me off this site. I never claimed to be an expert, but my path to recovery has been successful and I thought the next step might be to give some kind words of encouragment to others.
The reason I landed here is because other sites are littered with hatred and vulgarity. I wanted a more warm and positive environment to share my experiences and help others.
I wish there was a middle ground: a place where you could find a friend, but not tout Dr. H (with all due respect, because you have helped me) as a sort of God.
Guess I'll keep looking for that place.
In the future, please try and be kind to new members. There are a lot of hurting souls out there and they aren't experts, but they are looking for a community who can understand their hurt.
I stand by my opinion, however: formulas are a nice starting point, but we all have a unique path to recovery. This is because their are many variables in human personality.
An example: my wonderful husband has completely regected his affair and continues to dote on me and our three kids. One of the needs he promised to meet for me is to be open and honest. He has been 100% honest (I hope), but it's really hard for him to express himself. He'd rather show me his love instead of telling me. So, he's clearly not following part of his commitment to me (openness), and this is difficult for me to handle. I can't force him to change his entire personality for me, but does this mean I should, as you suggested, make him leave? I think this is where the gray area comes in. I'm not ready to break-up my family because my husband is a private person. It might be a part of the plan I should revise or learn to deal with. Hurt and resentment are okay. I don't think the complexities of life lend themselves to us being happy ALL the time! That's just unrealistic.
I hope byhisgrace finds her way. I recommend you get a good friend who has been through the gauntlet. Talk with her often.
Dr H isn't God? Oh I was misinformed, I thought he could do no wrong!
In the absence of Jesus himself I am glad there is at least one of his studied representatives in charge here
I came here after my wife had passed away, and being a Christian and believing there were answers that lined up with scripture,(and I am not a holy roller),... I found Dr H to be right on both practically and spiritually, and this place helped make sense of her senseless demise and the loss my whole family experienced
Of course we quote and tout his wisdom and years of experience, we are not fools.
Racheal, if you were ever serious you will be reading this, and if not then I'm sorry and all the best to you and yours
Take a break and maybe a Midol. You will be hard pressed to find a better place to be
" The kisses of an enemy are deceitful and the wounds of a friend are faithful"
so...this thread has bounced around the top of the forum a lot recently, and i finally got the time to open it. tools? could they really be talking tools? is it a subtle (haha) reference to unrepentant WSs? i don't really know anything about tools except for what i can find at sears...doesn't this belong under "other topics?" confused, i start at page 1.
read the first page; now i am an even more confused yankee gal...flip towards the back, and what do i find but random humour! and you've been hiding it all this time!
ps: and thank goodness, ML, that you never left! what on earth would we all have done without ya?
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seven years of annual humiliation. 
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Maybe even more than my WH(okay, j/k some days.)
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Yowza!![[Linked Image from cool-smileys.com]](http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/2095.gif)
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I think its time for a bump.
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Yeees, I was kidding...but really I never watch it.![[Linked Image from cool-smileys.com]](http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/307.gif)
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*I* did NOT laugh - nope, not I! ![[Linked Image from i39.photobucket.com]](http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/jwondering/th_doglaughing.gif)
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OMG, that was funnier than a cow with a broken leg trying to use a rubber crutch...Ehhhh, I couldnt find a redneck(i mean Texas) saying for funny. ![[Linked Image from millan.net]](http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/hapydancsmil.gif)
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Hey, does this mean we hafta call her "Still "I Pay Cash" Here" like Teresa on Housewives? ![[Linked Image from cool-smileys.com]](http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/116.gif)
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Go Mrs W!![[Linked Image from smileyhut.com]](http://www.smileyhut.com/happy/hiya.gif)
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Thank you, Scotty.![[Linked Image from smileyhut.com]](http://www.smileyhut.com/silly/dance.gif)
I dont know.
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Time to get up...
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...Ohhhhh, you were talking to Mark. whew.. ![[Linked Image from emotihost.com]](http://www.emotihost.com/glass/11.gif)
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ANNABELLE!!!!!![[Linked Image from freesmileys.org]](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy066.gif)
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Hi Mel!
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Mel doesnt love us anymore....
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Bump...![[Linked Image from bestsmileys.com]](http://bestsmileys.com/mail/3.gif)
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Three days, three days, its been three days....
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Oh nooooooo....![[Linked Image from bestsmileys.com]](http://bestsmileys.com/cowboy1/18.gif)
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..Wait, what what was I talking about?
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Oops.
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Oops.
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Look theres Mel now!
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smell dat??? ![[Linked Image from smilchat.net]](http://www.smilchat.net/smileys/moyens3d4/3ddort.gif)
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totally agree.![[Linked Image from myemoticons.com]](http://www.myemoticons.com/images/emotions/annoying/blah.gif)
eyeballs!
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<<<Grillin'
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Its been soooo hoooot here that DS and his friends have been playing more inside and having sleepovers and goin to movies.....Last week he went away with his dad, so I missed him sooo much. I am so happy to have him home.
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for taking so much of your time out to help all of us.....
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BUMPS...ITCHY!!!!!
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