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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original


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jerseyangel Proficient

Wish I had a nickle for every time Patteigh posted :rolleyes:

Me too :P

<_< My son said that, at about the time of the momentous post, he had a welcome phluid event.

Maybe after a certain point, the phlipover causes a helpful phluid event instead of a destructive one?

I'm loving that Pads' paramount phlipover became an Event.

Not that we have the authority, but if jerseyangel were promoted to jerseysaint it'd've been a real St. Paddeigh's Day, complete w/ sanctioned, neigh, encouraged synchronized imbibements. :lol::wub:;)

:lol: :lol: :lol: Pataughmn!!

When r the commemorative coins due out from Franklin Mint? :)

March. :rolleyes:

Patteigh, I think that's YOU on our pennies!!

I'm the Loon B)

Makes cents to me! :P

<snoooooooort>

Last year we had the world's most annoying sumbitc* of a snow storm two days before Halloween.

We did too, followed by the mildest winter in years.


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JNBunnie1 Community Regular

Me too :P

Maybe after a certain point, the phlipover causes a helpful phluid event instead of a destructive one?

:lol: :lol: :lol: Pataughmn!!

March. :rolleyes:

I'm the Loon B)

<snoooooooort>

We did too, followed by the mildest winter in years.

Musta been the same storm! Wait, I forget where you live now.... (I am ashamed...)

jerseyangel Proficient

Musta been the same storm! Wait, I forget where you live now.... (I am ashamed...)

New Jersey. Yep, the same storm :)

shadowicewolf Proficient

I'd rather have a snow storm then unbeareable heat any day.

VydorScope Proficient

I'd rather have a snow storm then unbeareable heat any day.

AMEN! I say again AMEN!

JNBunnie1 Community Regular

New Jersey. Yep, the same storm :)

We got hammered huh? Stupid trees.

I'd rather have a snow storm then unbeareable heat any day.

Not when it takes your power out for eight days in the freezing cold! Probly not as much of a problem in CO though is it?

mushroom Proficient

Not when it takes your power out for eight days in the freezing cold!

That's what log burners and gas cooktops are for B)


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JNBunnie1 Community Regular

That's what log burners and gas cooktops are for B)

If I had either of those, I'd be good!

shadowicewolf Proficient

Sometimes, but where i live the power lines are burried so... no random powerouts.

I miss wooden stoves though :(

Loey Rising Star

:lol:

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celiac-mommy Collaborator

If I had either of those, I'd be good!

Sumphin tells me you'll stay warm... ;)

elye Community Regular

Though CO doesn't deal with it as well as MT does. We'd get two feet over night and still had to go to school and the buses still ran. None of this 3 inch crud.

Two feet overnight? Pah, a mere dusting.... . . ...

I'm the Loon B)

:lol: :lol:

shadowicewolf Proficient

There were times when it was really difficult to open the front door to let the poodle out. Not to mention the poor car would be buried.

Celiac Mindwarp Community Regular

Clocks go back in the UK this weekend. So while some people look forward to an extra hour in bed Sunday morning, I get 2 kids who will be up at @5am instead of 6am for at least a couple of weeks

:(

Aside from that I love this time of year. 10 degrees and sunny here :)

jerseyangel Proficient

Happy Birfday Karrighnne!!!!!!!! :)

shadowicewolf Proficient

i'm looking forward to setting the clock back in the US :)

VydorScope Proficient

i'm looking forward to setting the clock back in the US :)

I thought we did that already? Wish we would put an end to that practice for good!

shadowicewolf Proficient

Not till after halloween :)

psawyer Proficient

I thought we did that already? Wish we would put an end to that practice for good!

The shift is disruptive--no question.

The problem is that mid-day (noon) is not the middle of the day for most people, just as midnight is not the halfway point in their sleep time.

There is one place that has it right, IMO. Saskatchewan does not observe DST. Instead, they observe Central Standard Time year-round. But geographically, they belong in the Mountain zone. So, in effect, they observe Mountain Daylight Time 12 months a year. See the province just to the west on the time zone map:

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VydorScope Proficient

The shift is disruptive--no question.

The problem is that mid-day (noon) is not the middle of the day for most people, just as midnight is not the halfway point in their sleep time.

There is one place that has it right, IMO. Saskatchewan does not observe DST. Instead, they observe Central Standard Time year-round. But geographically, they belong in the Mountain zone. So, in effect, they observe Mountain Daylight Time 12 months a year. See the province just to the west on the time zone map:

There are a couple places in America that do not observe it either.

shadowicewolf Proficient

Arizona I believe is one of them.

jerseyangel Proficient

Parts of Indiana.

psawyer Proficient

Yes, Arizona (except for the Navajo reservation) and parts of Indiana. But they ignore it. Saskatchewan, by using a time zone east of where they actually are, effectively observe it year-round. Solar noon occurs around 1:00 every day of the year. The middle of my waking day is closer to 1:00 than it is to 12:00. It is actually much later than 1:00.

VydorScope Proficient

Yes, Arizona (except for the Navajo reservation) and parts of Indiana. But they ignore it.

Which is the only sensible thing. :)

elye Community Regular

(((Sigh)))).. . . . ....spring forward, fall back.... .. .... dark by 5 pm......changes in insulin times. . ..... . ..gettin' ready for the chaos...... :rolleyes:

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