BTW - Sorry for involving some marital advice in this forum!

Bigger,

You are fast becoming a French apologist. Careful, it can become a full time job with such a workload that you may have to sell your company.

Yeah, the French won WWII.

Here is a link to the French Military Victories website:

French Victories

Or as Chris Rock said:

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', '[censored]', and 'Colon.' Need I say more?”

Pio,

Recall that with Pluto's demise, I am now a right brain idiot.

The reason is due to Global Warming. You see, plants take in CO2 and because of Greenhouse Emissions, CO2 has increased which makes plant life thrive.

If this continues, we will have dogwood trees 1500 feet high.

In all seriousness, I don't know the complete answer. I know that there is something called hydraulic resistance and that the pathways increase in diameter to compensate, but beyond that, I'll stick with GW.

Oh gawd! Please don't turn this thread into engineers discussing tree hight & gravity. Where's the fun in that?

El Chupacabra

Name: El Chupacabra
Nickname: Chupa
Alias: El Vampiro de Moca
Closest "known" relative: Jersey Devil
Height: 4.5 to 5.5 feet
Weight: unknown
Eyes: very large, often red
Build: quasi-simian-kangaroo-reptile
Likes: goats, chickens, cows, horses, dogs, cats, ducks, travel
Dislikes: bright, shining lights
Favorite hangouts: Guanica, Puerto Rico; Canovanas, Puerto Rico; Klamath Falls, Oregon; Miami, Florida; Calama, Chile; Juarez, Mexico; Sonora, Mexico

Pio, I've been giving your sitch a lot of thought.

I'm very, very worried about your girls. You do realise that they will be blaming themselves for all this and when their mother goes to Mexico they will be wondering what they did wrong to make their mother leave them.

How are you going to address this with them? It bothers me a great deal. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

We saw a Chupa last time we were in Puerto Rico. In the central mountains.

His hair was perfect.

the PLAN is to NOT take DDs to the airport. They will say their farewells in the house. DD1 believes that WW is going to Mexico to look after her mother. I don't see them feeling responsible. What I do worry about is if WW does NOT go and something really DOES happen to MIL, DD1 would suffer that forever.

I expect the seperation will be no more than about 6 weeks unless WW decides to just bail out completely. I need this now. I have told her that I feel like we are just treading water but not making any progress. I continually remind her of the love letters when she tells me that she is really trying. I told her I need a break from her. If I have to continue to put up with her BS, I will soon hate her. I told her she does not make me happy in the least. I believe she could again if she wanted to. She did before so there is no reason to believe she isn't capable. I simply want more out of my marriage than just getting along or I don't want a marriage. I wish I could think of some "star" poetry in those moments. I am sure that would push her off the fence. I am just not as romantic as pool boy. I did tell her I appreciated the cards. I proved to me just what a sophomoric joke her A really was. High school girls behave more maturely than she did. Is that a DJ? I don't care. I told her that she needs to take her time alone to decide what she wants. Either way she wants it is fine with me. If it weren't for the girls, I would have already said goodbye. And I meant it when I said it. Yes I think I need this break. I am sick of WW. I want a FWW, RWW or ExWW. I just don't want a WW any more. She needs to figure out what prefix she wants. I will leave that decision to her.

ToddAC,

You are SERIOUSLY oversimplifying the tree issue. Don't you understand what a barrier the 33 feet represents? Trees are defying PHYSICS!

What happened to Ahuman? The French need people to defend them. Heaven knows they can't do it themselves.

How smart was it of the French to name a major car brand a "lemon"?

LOL Pio.

Good, I'm pleased you have a good plan regarding the DDs. Even if they're not showing it outwardly they will probably be feeling quite insecure right now.

I know this will be the right thing to do - the break I mean.

You could always quote the "great" words of Bon Jovi if you can't think of any poetry yourself. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Oh and thank you for the Chupa. Like I need another freaky thing to have nightmares about.

You could always do the "eye heart you" gesture. Gee, that still makes me laugh.

Pio,

You will have to forgive me. I am bogged down in a discussion at the other site about the speed of light representing the terminal velocity, black holes, quarks, particle physics, string theory, wormholes, UFO's, Science fiction vs. science fantasy (my number one pet peeve), inter-galactic travel, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Einstein's Special Relativity, Einstein's General Relativity and Newton's Second Law. It is ugly is all I'll say.

One poster even proposed that planet Earth is merely dirt under someone's fingernails and with a simple handwashing, we could all disappear. She was distraught over the passing of Pluto.

Still another wanted to know if she walked through a wall and fell into a black hole, would we extend our hand and pull her back.

I pushed her. Haven't heard from her since.

I think I shall never see a thing as lovely as a tree less than 33 feet in height.

Wow, Pio, there were quite a few DJ's in what you told Gemela. I agree with your feelings completely though.

I think you may want to let Gemela know that you value her and would prefer to stay married. She needs to know for sure that she can regain her rightful place in your life.

Then, if she decides differently, you will know that you did all that you could.

Believer, that is SO right. Very, very wise.

Pio, that poem was very good. There you go, you ARE a poet after all. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

What poem?

Jen, are you still angry at me? I was just kidding.

Todd, goodness me, I'm not angry with you at all. Where ever did you get that idea? I know the red shorts were a joke, I was just so pleased it made me want to defend my H. I thought the whole thing was very funny.

When I said "rubbing your nose in it" I meant I feel a bit guilty (and I know I shouldn't) that my family is still intact and happy and we still have all our family jokes and stories and laughter while you and Pio are in the situation you're both in.

That poem. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Which is plagiarised from Joyce (a guy LOL) Kilmer's poem which starts:

"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."

Somebody around here has to work you realize. Its not all fun and cyber-pun, you know.