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piojitos #1687658 08/13/06 07:47 PM
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Gee...missed a few postings......this is a really 'hot' thread.....never been on one with this much cross-postings!

.....on my PLAN B thread.....often feel I am writing to myself and in no time....it ends up on page 12! .....what can I say..... a PLAN B thread has no DRAMA!..... and I don't plan on creating any just to stay on page 1, either...hahaha......

2much: «I am most long winded»...glad to hear I am in good company

PEP: «brevity is HARDer than it looks !!!» .....that's why you are my IDOL!

Pio: «I didn't realize going from Miami to Houston was crossing borders»

...wouldn't know about that....maybe in the US it also applies to crossing states...but I was actually thinking about when you were planning to go back HOME alone with the girls!

.....looked at cards you scanned.....that's actually how I found out about A....accidentally came across OW's letters to WS that left nothing to the imagination about their encounters.... YEAK!!! ....didn't read them all.....couldn't see 'clearly' after first few..... get a chill up my spine just thinking about that moment.....BBBBRRRRRR!


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I see no romance in gemela's affair any more. I see it as a sick abberation. I think I was happier when I respected her affair. Finding those cards was definitely for a reason.

I do wish to defend myself against some accusations made against me by ToddAC. The only two things I ever posted on his advice are two things I wrote to him in email and said I wanted to post but thought better of. He said "go ahead - you're spot on. You should post it". One was to KiwiJ in this forum and another was to Stan-ley in another forum. Both are now semi-infamous. So I have gotten nothing but really bad advice from ToddAC and I see him as a troublemaker.

As far as his microwave treatments go, I see it like microwave popcorn. If you leave the bag in long enough to pop every kernel, some of the part that was good gets turned black. That is the best excuse I can make for ToddAC.

piojitos #1687660 08/13/06 08:25 PM
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I do wish to defend myself against some accusations made against me by ToddAC.....

.....So I have gotten nothing but really bad advice from ToddAC and I see him as a troublemaker.

I prefer the term instigator.

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As far as his microwave treatments go, I see it like microwave popcorn. If you leave the bag in long enough to pop every kernel, some of the part that was good gets turned black. That is the best excuse I can make for ToddAC.

Interestingly, one of the docs made a similar analogy (metaphor? Simile? Sybolism?)

Only he used a baked potato. Very simply, leave it in too long and it shrivels and dries up. The key is to turn off the wave at the exact right moment. He took a short nap. Remember, he trained for twelve years to learn this stuff. I cannot be responsible for anything I say for a few weeks. Maybe longer.

For his part, the doc did apologize. At least I think he did.

ToddAC #1687661 08/13/06 08:29 PM
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He said "go ahead - you're spot on. You should post it".


If you hadn't I'd have never got to use "Machiaveli" in a sentence that wasn't work related.

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Pio,

Which email account are you checking while you are gone?

ToddAC #1687663 08/13/06 08:34 PM
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Got some more "advice" for him have you?


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KiwiJ #1687664 08/13/06 08:45 PM
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For whom?

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For the person who keeps t/jing this thread.


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Well, that was heart wrenching. So sorry it happened. I'm relieved you didn't end up in jail somehow, though.

Hang in there, and maintain your boundaries, but watch the LB's.

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Pio,

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I was brutal in my verbal comments to gemela....I cut her to the bone and fileted the rest...She said that is not why she is staying. She said she loves me and wants to be my wife....If gemela does not shape up, I will definitely do it. Kind of a before and after.... Gemela is afraid to get too near me right now because she knows she is hanging by a thread. She knows she has no more opportunities. I know it too...
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....what are you trying to do? ....this doesn't look to me like any plan...although it looks like 'reality' is catching up with Gemela..... and do you really want your WS to 'fear' you? ...you are certainly 'no soft spot' to fall on right now..... what's the message you want to leave her with?

....on one hand you seem to want to see if the 'separation' will be helpful to you and Gemela.... on the other hand you say that she 'has no more opportunities'....which is it?

...sorry...if I don't get it! ..and I don't really have to, either.... if it's clear for you....


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lunamare #1687668 08/13/06 09:11 PM
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I think I mentioned I may be writing a new chapter in the book. I am not on a plan at the moment. That is what is so wonderful. I don't care what happens. I was in Walmart today. A really attractive girl smiled and winked at me. It was nice.

I have put up with one year of Plan A. I am fed up with Plan A. I don't want anyone to fear me. I just want my life back. Whatever that life is.

It is gemela's decision to decide if she wants this marriage. I will accept either option.

Sorry about the T/J. I have been away for a while and forgot KiwiJ's rule.

I am checking robertleecox at hotnail dot com.

Hey ToddAC, I missed you buddy. Glad to see your are still here. Glad the doc fell asleep. I always thought you were a bit half-baked before.

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Pio,

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I am not on a plan at the moment...I have put up with one year of Plan A. I am fed up with Plan A...I just want my life back...It is gemela's decision to decide if she wants this marriage. I will accept either option.
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OK...I hear you...

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Sorry about the T/J. I have been away for a while and forgot KiwiJ's rule.
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KIWI: ...as they say: 'when you know better...you do better'.....so what's the rule? ....


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lunamare #1687670 08/13/06 09:44 PM
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Pio kept apologising for t/jing this thread.

I told him it was ok just so long as he didn't do it too often.

Doesn't sound quite so funny spelled out like that. You had to be there. LOL

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Well, somebody called me Mr. Potato Head, whatever that is.

What is so strange, and this is a true story, the day before the doc fell asleep at the wheel, I cooked a potato in the microwave. I cooked it for ten minutes which I discovered later was twice as long as required. It sorta foreshadowed my experience the next day.

Hey you don't think......nah. Couldn't be.

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Yeah..Todd....it could be!

Kiwi: «You had to be there. LOL» ....oh....one of those....
by the way.....always wanted to know what LOL stood for... the only thing I could come up with was: Lord Oh Lord.....since you just used it.....can you tell me, kiwi? thanks....


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Could be what?

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Whatever you 'thought'....


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ToddAC #1687675 08/13/06 10:22 PM
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It was I who labeled you Mr. Potato Head...as if you don't know that that is...aren't you American and over age 35???? Didn't everyone own a Mr. Potatoe head in the 60's/70's...they are still around in toy stores today...

Pio...sad but liberating story...had a similar experience just about 72 hours ago using words like scumsucking bottom feeder...conscienceless, disgusting, selfish bast&$^. Returned rings, insisting on financial separation...H buying new car tomorrow as I will be taking over our other vehicle now that I returned my rental tonight...since the accident. Still working out the details, not sure if I am willing to continue trying to work on M...

So are you planning on hooking up with your wonder twin while in the great state of TX???

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Lunamare, LOL is laughing out loud
LMAO is laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAO is rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOPMP is rolling on the floor laughing my a** off peeing my pants

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LOL = laughing out loud
ROTFLMAO = laughing even more (rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off

"you had to be there"

Yes I am wondering why nobody commented on the woman with the mountain bike. Especially as it was a Thursday.

Mr. Potato head. That gives me a funny mental image of ToddAC. Mr. Potato Head was a common theme at Disney. Almost every shop had MPH parts (Disney theme of course) to adourn MPH. Pirates of the Caribbean had Jack Sparrow parts. There were Stitch parts. Mickey parts, etc. MPH body sold separately.

Should I mention how much money I have spent on Disney Pin Trading? No. I am too embarassed.

I prepaid my Disney vacation as "all inclusive". Or so I thought. Have I mentioned that I hate Disneyworld? I can't remember.

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