DS2 and DS3, after they heard that DS1 could not make dinner, said that the three of us would have dinner. But they needed to get back to their GF and DW respectively. So, I waved them off.


Stph, you are driving from Mo. to Florida? Do you not like to fly? When are you coming through Atlanta?



I have been okay, just a lingering cough I cannot shake but physically, I am fine.

I just got back from my walk and it is an absolutely gorgeous day today. 65 degrees F on its way to 71. Low humidity and not a cloud in the sky.

And Larousse, as I walked, a rather large white bird high in a tree caught my attention. If I didn't know better, I would swear it is an owl. Never seen a white hawk, falcon or eagle. I looked at him and said, "Who, who". He looked at me like I was crazy. I figured one white owl could "who" with another. Apparently not.

#3138460 - 11/25/06 11:36 AM ....Todd wrote:




Todd....according to my calculations...exactly 19.27607448 seconds after you wrote this...you should have reported back..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

...as you know....this will do nothing to relieve some of our 'trust' issues!
<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Hi Luna,

I just checked the bylaws that govern conduct between and among consenting adults within MB, and more specifically without limiting the generality of the foregoing, TKO.

A chaperone is specified however, sorry to inform you that it calls for an adult chaperone. Sorry Luna.

Luna,

When I initially read your post, this is what I read. I didn't see the word seriously. And BTW, Superman does not wear underwear. The red "briefs" are actually nothing more than cosmetic adornment.

Are you insisting on transparency Luna? You can't control me. Hmm... where have I heard that line?

No, Todd, I'm driving from Illinois (I'm near St. Louis though, so close enough!) to Florida! I have never flown commercially before, so I don't know whether I like it or not. My family travels a lot and we have always driven everywhere so we could see the country on the way to wherever. My WH and mom are trying to convince me to fly to FL though, since I will be travelling by myself. I would like to drive, but we'll see.

I will be coming through Atlanta the 3rd or 4th week of February. I'm not sure of the dates yet.

I'm glad to hear you're feeling OK.

stph,

Do you know where Rantoul, IL is?

Checking in briefly before I return to the strategic arms placement negotiations with the Diplomat from the Far Kingdom. He is alright. Dragged me on a cross country hike while walking with me in preparation for my 1/2 marathon in which I will participate in April. I was not amused by the cross country portion. It is ok though; he meant well.

No, not just 'transparency', Todd.....TOTAL transparency...but that should not be a problem with someone with X-ray vision! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />



Cin...have you been drinking or what? Can't figure what the heck you are talking about....or is this what happens when one goes 5 yrs without SF? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

errr...stph20...not sure what this means?...have you flown 'privately' on the wings of a bird or something!!!!????? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Driving alone, uhmmmmmm......I remember my last long-distance trip......remember when I asked you if you were 'mechanically' inclined?....because if you're not...better take a pair of high-heeled shoes.... to get the attention of those who are <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />... in case of 'car' trouble!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Ding ding ding <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />.....did you say St. Louis...stph20?...I will have to check...but I think I may be coming for a conference IN St. Louis in April.... boy...it sure is a small world, isn't it! ...here I thought I was 'stuck' way up here in NORTH COUNTRY....by my little old self!

I will have get a US map out....sounds to me that's a long drive you are planning....how many driving hours would it take you to get to destination? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

...but....whatever....it'll be something to look FORWARD to....

..now...if I am not mistaken....TKO for you is 'diversion'..... were I want to catch up on how 'things' are with you .... I would go to your thread??? did I get that right???

when I hit three consecutive posts by yours truly...it means only one thing.....time to reminisce!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Well...surprise...surprise... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
...just googled my little home town in Italy...here it is people...this is where Luna was born! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

...there are most likely 10 times more people who have MOVED OUT and spread all over the world....than are living there right now!

....uhmmmm....my favourite little village! A common bond between myself and Asterix and Obelix....and their 'village peuplé d'irréductibles gaulois qui résiste encore et toujours à l'envahisseur (les romains)'

(edited by Luna - just realized it's a little bit too much out of my comfort zone to put it 'out there' - even though I am sure people probably don't even care too much about where I was born!!!! LOL)

Isn't cute? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think I will stick to lyrics of songs...sorry Larousse...don't know how to get the music...waiting on you to tell me HOW! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Now this may not go over too well with Todd, <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> because Frank Sinatra's MY WAY was originally a FRENCH song....fron which Paul Anka, a Canadian, took the melody and put an English text to it..... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

As this note confirms re Frank's recording:

«Editor's note: "My Way" is cut in Hollywood. Based on a French language song called "Comme D'habitude" ("As Usual"), it was given new lyrics by Paul Anka in 1968.»

ENGLISH VERSION:
And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

Yes, it was my way


ORIGINAL FRENCH LYRICS:

Je me lève et je te bouscule
Tu n'te réveilles pas
Comme d'habitude
Sur toi je remonte le drap
J'ai peur que tu aies froid
Comme d'habitude
Ma main caresse tes cheveux
Presque malgré moi
Comme d'habitude
Mais toi
Tu me tournes le dos
Comme d'habitude
Alors je m'habille très vite
Je sors de la chambre
Comme d'habitude
Tout seul je bois mon café
Je suis en retard
Comme d'habitude
Sans bruit je quitte la maison
Tout est gris dehors
Comme d'habitude
J'ai froid
Je relève mon col
Comme d'habitude

Comme d'habitude
Toute la journée
Je vais jouer
A faire semblant
Comme d'habitude
Je vais sourire
Comme d'habitude
Je vais mÆme rire
Comme d'habitude
Enfin je vais vivre
Comme d'habitude

Et puis
Le jour s'en ira
Moi je reviendrai
Comme d'habitude
Toi
Tu seras sortie
Et pas encore rentrée
Comme d'habitude
Tout seul
J'irai me coucher
Dans ce grand lit froid
Comme d'habitude
Mes larmes
Je les cacherai
Comme d'habitude

Comme d'habitude
MÆme la nuit
Je vais jouer
A faire semblant
Comme d'habitude
Tu rentreras
Comme d'habitude
Je t'attendrai
Comme d'habitude
Tu me souriras
Comme d'habitude

Comme d'habitude
Tu te déshabilleras
Comme d'habitude
Tu te coucheras
Comme d'habitude
On s'embrassera
Comme d'habitude

I cannot explain it really. Since I posted about the tax code and the comparison to "War and Peace", I have become a speed reader. I am already on page 845. I think I am in the peace section already. The 1812 Overture keeps playing in my head.

Where is everybody? Do I need to stoop to posting lyrics and poems?

oops...I already have, Todd.

On The Day
Jackson Browne

You really need someone on your side
But you run away and hide
Whenever somebody's going to get through
You've got this wall in front of you

You put your arm around me and smile
But you're thinking all the while
Yeah, your friends only go so far
However close friends think they are

On the day
On the day you fall in love
Gonna pray
You're gonna pray that your love is enough

You've had the world in the palm of your hand
Since you turned from child to man
No one can tell you a thing you don't know
You see your life as a one man show

But you're not whole
There are things you don't control
You're going to know what I'm talking about
On the day love finds you out

On the day
On the day you fall in love
Gonna pray
You better pray!

It's your life, you try to know
Which way the answers lie, which way to go
'Cause you survive, don't mean you grow
Open your eyes, look out below
Look out!

On the day
On the day you fall in love
Gonna pray
You better pray

On the day
On the day you fall in love
Gonna pray
You better pray

Hi Todd!

Hey Forrest...

Hey Bubba.

My name is ToddAC.

People call me ToddAC.

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Nope, why?




My biological father has his pilots license and I've flown with him before in a private plane. Very scary experience given that I don't trust him! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />


That's right, I'll have to break out the cute shoes! I like to watch stock cars race, but I don't know a whole lot about fixing "real" cars! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />





You'll have to look me up! I won't let you be by yourself. How long will you be here? I seriously am about 15 minutes from St. Louis on the Illinois side.


It is a long drive...it takes about 16 hours or so. Roughly a day and a half of driving. But I'm soooo excited. I'll be visting my grandparents who go down in the winters. I miss them so much. We're a small close-knit family and my grandparents are still relatively young, so they're fun to hang out with. They're not typical grandparents except for spoiling me! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> And I'm also going to be meeting BigK!!! I'm very excited about that as well! I can't wait for February! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


Yep, this is my safe place...Pio made it that way for me. We can talk WH and A stuff on my thread. I went back there too.

WHERE the he11 is BigK??? This is day #2 that he hasn't been here. He tells me he wants me to come back, but as soon as I get back, he leaves! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />