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Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 3:19pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

orange you glad I didn't say banana?
why so sour?
bartender walks into a hardware store and says I need a screwdriver.

what?

I have just appreciated how well you and andy will get on. You have very similar quality jokes.

Actually you may just have exactly the same jokes!

Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 3:19pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

orange you glad I didn't say banana?
why so sour?
bartender walks into a hardware store and says I need a screwdriver.

what?

I have just appreciated how well you and andy will get on. You have very similar quality jokes.

Actually you may just have exactly the same jokes!

Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 3:13pm

MrsHobieJoe wrote:

Hint, eat the tons of satsumas etc instead otherwise I'll make you juice and jest them ( but leave two for the kids stockings)

orange you glad I didn't say banana?
why so sour?
bartender walks into a hardware store and says I need a screwdriver.

what?

Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 2:38pm

What happened to the blooming oranges I bought to make orange choc truffles with?

Hint, eat the tons of satsumas etc instead otherwise I'll make you juice and jest them ( but leave two for the kids stockings)

Second hint, if you eat those croissants it'll be goolies for breakfast next.

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 5:44am

triskele wrote:

NPR is running a story about the male equivalent to the chinese tiger mother— the wolf father. he speaks no english...so he's probably a chinese resident...and he has multiple children. how is that possible? i thought the law in china prohibited having more than one child per family. maybe he fathered his brood before that became law.....just seemed odd.

I believe that parents in China can have more than one child, but they apparently need advance permission from the State. Also, twins or other multiple births, are considered legal.

Series of short articles regarding that topic - I can't speak to how accurate they are, though.

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 5:09am

kurtster wrote:

Several times a week on average. The mornings especially. Nothing on at all for the first hour or so.

I can go a few days without TV very easily.

Other than about 10 minutes of a Redskins game,I haven't watched any TV since the World Series. {#Lol}

Some vids though.

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 5:02am

hippiechick wrote:

Do you ever sit in silence, that is with no music or tv? It's amazing!

Several times a week on average. The mornings especially. Nothing on at all for the first hour or so.

I can go a few days without TV very easily.

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 4:48am

triskele wrote:

NPR is running a story about the male equivalent to the chinese tiger mother— the wolf father. he speaks no english...so he's probably a chinese resident...and he has multiple children. how is that possible? i thought the law in china prohibited having more than one child per family. maybe he fathered his brood before that became law.....just seemed odd.

Well we still have Charlie Sheen.

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 4:26am

NPR is running a story about the male equivalent to the chinese tiger mother— the wolf father. he speaks no english...so he's probably a chinese resident...and he has multiple children. how is that possible? i thought the law in china prohibited having more than one child per family. maybe he fathered his brood before that became law.....just seemed odd.

Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 12:15pm

hippiechick wrote:

Do you ever sit in silence, that is with no music or tv? It's amazing!

"Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again." I spend most of my time in silence. But I love the sound of a good rain storm.

Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:52am

hippiechick wrote:

Do you ever sit in silence, that is with no music or tv? It's amazing!

No, but that's how I sleep at night.

Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:39am

hippiechick wrote:

Do you ever sit in silence, that is with no music or tv? It's amazing!

a few years ago i went on a silent retreat. it was like 3 or 4 days. IT.WAS.GREAT.

Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:37am

Do you ever sit in silence, that is with no music or tv? It's amazing!

Posted: Dec 5, 2011 - 8:38am

Why hasn't the Justice Department invoked the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and prosecuted them criminals? Why can't this be part of the Occupy list of things that should change?

Posted: Dec 4, 2011 - 7:02pm

oldslabsides wrote:

How many of you think it's okay to answer your office phone by simply saying: "hello?"

They know who you are. They called you after all. I say "Hello" and wait for them to tell me who they are. Caller ID tells me their number, but standard telephone courtesy requires the caller to identify him/herself before starting the conversation. (Unless someone has changed that protocol since I was taught how to use a phone.)

If they say, "Hi, OTD! How are you today?" there's a good chance I don't want to talk to them anyway, so I say, "Who is this, please?" More often than not, it turns out to be someone trying to sell mortgage refi's, (I don't have one) or telephone services or insurance (both of which I have enough of, thank you). My question saves us both a lot of wasted time. Unless they insist upon delivering their spiel, in which case I just lay the phone down and go back to whatever it was I was doing before they called.

Posted: Dec 4, 2011 - 6:48pm

Manbird wrote:

My mom sends me cookies in them every year. That's where I get them. Or the dollar store.

ooh, the dollar store...great idea! thank you! (that, or have your mom send me cookies!)

Posted: Dec 4, 2011 - 6:45pm

triskele wrote:

so, where does one find those pretty, holiday themed tins in which to ship COOKIES?

My mom sends me cookies in them every year. That's where I get them. Or the dollar store.

Posted: Dec 4, 2011 - 6:37pm

so, where does one find those pretty, holiday themed tins in which to ship COOKIES?

Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 4:22pm

oldslabsides wrote:

I never answer the phone. I make them leave a message, I call them back and make them answer the phone.

sorry. Part of my Buck Stops Here ethic.

Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 4:20pm

RASPUTIN wrote:

One of my worst pet peeves. WTF? Who is this? I don't go throught he whole rig-a-ma-roll on my work cell phone as far as who's office it is, and all that but I do answer it with my rank and who I am. Geez. WTF? Are you scared of people knowing who answered the phone?

I never answer the phone. I make them leave a message, I call them back and make them answer the phone.