Yes I did. It was his insistence on calling a period, or a dot, a full stop. I have a lot of patience and flexibility, but not for some term like full stop when period works just fine.

Besides, I think he is busy trying to grab all the money that has dropped out of his pockets. Must be tough living down there.

Moore's law. Okay. When I was very young, my grandfather and I drove up to Canada to fish at a huge lake in Saskatchewan. At least I think that is in Canada. Never really hear much about it. Maybe it was there but they got rid of it like they are trying to eliminate Quebec. Anyway there was a game show where they showed a video of some contrived scene and the contestants had to guess what law was being broken. The video clips were really complicated so guessing the law was difficult. I still remember that it is against the law to fish with an unbaited hook in the Yukon.

I am tired of stupid laws and I am tired of being responsible. I want to break the law. I am stuck between tax evasion and gravity. Which law should I break?

ToddAC,

I just saw on the news that there is a heated debate going on as to whether Pluto is a planet and whether or not we should be getting three new planets. Then I begin to wonder how this will affect my life. I was watching the news to try to see how many people were killed in Palestine today but there was not enough time for coverage of that. Saw two astronomers going at it pretty good though. People ready to kill each other over whether Pluto is a planet or a pluton. There really is no hope for us.

Murphy's Law.

Based on your quoted statement, you are still pulled by Newtonian gravity. Way obsolete man. It has been, what, eighty five years since that infidel, Albert Einstein, rewrote the book on gravity. Gravity is the unseen curvature of spacetime caused by the presence of matter.

So there.

Whoa, tax evasion dude? Now, there's some gravity.

Apparently, Pluto is nothing but ice. If I remember correctly, the way Pluto was discovered is that an astronemer type did a calculation and determined that Pluto had to be where it was for the Solar System to have balance. I'm certain he would be dismayed to learn that his peers declassified Pluto as a planet. My gawd, think of the effect it would have on astrologers. They would be in denial.

If Quebec were in your country, wouldn't you try to exorcise it also?

The Pluto debacle reminds me of another debate that astronomers and physicists had thirty years ago. It was at a convention. One group maintained that the universe as we know it would come to an end in 100 million years. The second group flatly stated that it wouldn't occur until 200 million years had past. The latter group called the former group "alarmists". Got quite crazy actually. It's odd to see such logical minds raging at each other full of emotions.

Do you remember Tug McGraw? Mets relief pitcher. He was interviewed by the TV ferrets who asked him a pointed question.

TV ferret: Tug, you come into a game with the bases loaded and the league's home run king at the plate. Your team is leading by three runs but you know that a slip at his time could reverse fortunes and loose the game for your team. Tug, how do you cope with all that pressure?

Tug: I adhere to the priniples of the Frozen Snowball theory.

TV ferret: What is the Frozen Snowball theory?

Tug: Well, I remember reading one time that astronomers say the Earth is coming to an end in 100 million years. The Sun will burn out and the Earth will become a giant frozen snowball tumbling through space. The way I look at it is, at that point in time, who is going to really care if I win this game or not?

Existentialism maybe?

Forgot. As I have told the Frozen Snowball theory to others, invariably, someone will quip: But dude, if the Sun becomes a Black Hole, the Earth will get sucked into it. Then it won't be tumbling through space will it?

Geez.

So I explain that no, a Black Hole will only suck (hate the use of that term with Black Holes) objects within twenty-four radii. That would be about 17,000,000 Km so we are safe. Well, not safe.

It would get dark.

And cold.

Anyway, long story short, Tug was correct. The Earth, minus Pluto, will become a giant Frozen Snowball tumbling through space.

So did the guy who found Pluto use Newtonian or Einsteinian physics? Oh and did he use a slide rule?

I was thinking about solving the problem entirely by using a giant laser to destroy Pluto forever. Then I changed channels and saw Extreme Makeover and decided a better use of a space laser would be to remove the craters from the Moon and make it pretty again. My theory is that it is only a question of scale.

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I say leave the craters alone. Someday, if I get to go to the moon, I want to jump down into a crater and see if I can hop out. If I make it, I will be so happy. If not, well, I will spend the final minutes looking at Earth from the bottom of a crater. That would be better than being blasted with a laser. Or swallowed by a giant anaconda.

Did you hear that an arrest has been made in the JonBenet Ramsey murder? I hope that the Boulder police, DA, CNN, FoxNews, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg and all the other locals will issue prompt and meaningful apologies to John Ramsey.

I wouldn't hold my breath however.

At other site, someone posted that the arrest had been made and that the guy confessed and knew details that only the killer would know, and others still cannot accept it. "The parents were involved, I can feel it in my bones". Maybe they will run for President one day.

Speaking of which, in what, two and a half years, America will have its first female president in the apparition of Hillary. It's an unstoppable tide formed by an unlikely coalition. God have mercy on our country.

Guess no one appreciated my analogy of using this thread as a cathartic...thought you all had a sense of humor????

So tell me...if the WS says they want to try and cut contact but state they son't feel they can do it, agree to counseling...do you just ignore the contact until you are in counseling and let the counselor address it? This is my H stand...says he just can't help it he is dependent on this OW even though it's not PA...kills me...even though he spent basically all day with DD1 yesterday he managed to call OW during her Bday party!!! UGGGHHHHHH. If I bring this up I will then be "the warden" since he feels that since he admits he can't control himself that is all he can do. When I told him we needed to separate b/c of his continued contact during our hospitalization he found an opportunity to stay somewhere for a year...now that he wants counseling I told him if we are going to commit to working on M, I feel he should not utilize the opportunity to live somewhere else...he thinks he should do it since it won't cost him anything and he'll always have a back-up if things don't work out. I told him I would consider it a luv shack and it would contribute to our definite marital demise...he has not stated his intentions on this decision yet.

I wish I could erase the last year and start over...but as mother always said; wish in one hand and @#%& in the other, see which one fills up faster!

I feel like I am back at the "just found out" phase...maybe the whole discovery about contact after the accident set me back that far...Pio tells me to quit thinking about it...as if I'm not trying...got any amnesic tonic???

I am working on finding a counselor at the moment.

Todd...sorry about possible OMs with WW.

We were not smart enough to "get it". It went over my head, what little is left of it. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I can tell you how to erase last year and all past years for that matter. It involves an ice pick. If you are right handed, just work the ice pick into the inside corner of your right eye. Plunge until you meet resistance, plunge some more and then start a gouging, circling motion. Good for what ails you. Won't rust, crust, bust, expode, corrode and crawls on its belly like a reptile.

I forgot who said: I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a fronal lobodomy. Ogden Nash maybe?

Ask Jack Nicholson.

As for WW and how many OM there were or could have been, I have buried it deep. I have to concentrate on my health for the next few, maybe several months. If not, counting OM won't hold much meaning if you smell what I'm stepping in.

As for WW, she is in denial again, claiming you never had an affair, that she only "confessed" to please me. Yeah. I have so many levels of proof, it is pathetic. This is OM's little head game. He was stung by my exposure and his only son, an adult, is royally pissed at him. He thinks by reweaving reality, all will be fine. Come to think of it, OM and WW do make a nice team.

2much, sorry for what you are going through. It's gotta be tough especially with three little ones at home. I have no doubt that you have so many conflicting thoughts and emotions. I think counseling would be important for you at this point. You have many things to sort out and determine where you want your life to go. Keep posting here if it helps you. I'm sure Pio doesn't mind.

How are you and the kids healing from the accident?

Thanks Todd,
I am so up and down; wanting to keep working on M one minute and totally want D the next. I made an appt for counseling and once back from vacation with kids will begin. Don't know if H will have had a change of mind by then but he is obligated to go at least to the first for insurance purposes:)

Found out more bad info from kids...hate they even are involved...H of course denies it all and is pissed at the kids...can you even believe? I told him to leave them out of it cuz they aren't stupid and if they see him with an OW who talking for 30 min while my kids are practicing soccer then they are gonna ask questions and tell me about it. I'm not gonna pretend it doesn't happen just to keep things smooth or avoid conflict...if what my kids say is true then there is no way he is trying to do anything except feed me a line of dung. Time will tell. Can't wait to leave for a while.

Kids are pretty traumatized from accident...got appts for them for family counseling as well. Lots of death and dying q's from DS and anxiety and fear when in car now from all 3. Hopefully the road trip will desensitize them and prove to be somewhat healing in more ways than 1.

As for the lobatomy...sounds rather painful...I may need to explore the chemical version!!! I agree that you need to focus on your health and not worry about the WW's antics...I also know I tell myself the same thing and have huge difficulty not thinking of it so...hope you do better than me.

KiwiJ. had some good clamp referrences...perhaps over wine tasting we could entertain the possibilities of clamps for dummies?

Hello BK, Believer, Pio, and the rest of the "community"

I don't know what cathartic means. I thought they were Greeks.

Tee hee

You mean like Medusa? Madusa? However you spell it. Is Medusa Greek? I slept through the Greek mythology stuff.

I know full well what cathartic means. They inserted one of those into me, near the clamp, while in the hospital. Cause I couldn't get up to go to the bathroom.

2much,

Has your WH been in counseling?

Has he been diagnosed with any kind of disorder?

I am slap happy.

Where is everyone? Pio, you on vacation or something?

'xcuse me Todd,


...just thought I would let you know.....I can be sensitive to this subject...... (said the resident Quebecoise! although not a full-blooded one - have just lived here for about 25 yrs!)

2much,



..doesn't sound like your WS is serious about working on the M! ...if he was, he would OFFER N/C with OW....he's pulling your leg!.....at best his offer is to continue cake eating a little longer....or to further justify affair and be able to say that at least 'was willing to try'!

...I went with WS to one appointment of marriage counselling....and it was just for WS to have a witness to his stated deal breaker 'he was not going to give up seeing OW'....therefore, we had to separate....but...he was 'expecting' to do some friendly co-parenting with me and live a pseudo-family life.....PLAN B has totally messed up HIS plans!

...don't fall for it, 2much! ....maybe individual counselling might be better....



...'chopped liver' here signing in!

Come on luna,

It's just a joke. We kid about everything in this thread. Actually, isn't it the other way around, that Quebec wants to disembody itself from the union that is Canada?

Actually, Quebec is very beautiful. If it weren't so darn cold, I would live there myself.

So where did you live before you started living in Quebec twenty five years ago?

Hi Todd,



...so was I!



...well....not until the 'majority' wants to!



....is this coming from a Southern? ...hard to believe you would even consider it... have you been up here visiting?



....in Ontario....and before that.....a tiny weeny village in central Italy where I was born.....I 'lived' my three languages!