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nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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MORNING SILLIES!!!!!!!!

Son of Silly update:

Arrived ok - all the kids are fine (but tired)

A gentle start today with Gatorland.

(I won't actually get to speak to Al - it can make the kids upset)...next update on Sat :D

BTW - The Yeti did NOT want to go Gatorland (he doesn't like them :unsure: ....maybe a tad scared)

Btw-- speaking of British terms and phrases... I thought British lawyers were called barristers. But then I just read a book by Sophie Kinsella, that referred to lawyers AND barristers. :blink: What's the difference??? (I love British chick lit. :lol: Read it every chance I get. :P )

We do sometimes use the word Lawyer...but generally it is a Solicitor

A solicitor does the ground work, gathers the case.

Barristers represent you in court (defense/prosecution Attorney??)

We spell it defenCe though :blink:

I went up the road to get some eggs from my best friend's mom, and I took the boys with me so they could see the chickens.

Can't read that without thinking ''Chicken butt cooties''!! :lol:

I don't have a bush-hogger, wouldn't know what to do with one if I did.

:lol: Nor I!

Butch bush hoggers???...........this has a totally different meaning here

:lol::lol::lol:

The London Marathon is this morning....I've often wondered just how much training it needs???<could I??>

So many good causes though - how do you pick one :blink:

..But for today I shall settle for 2..yes TWO (again) gym classes ;)

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blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Morning Sillies!

i am going to nap...very tired. more later.

elye Community Regular
elye
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Good Sunday Morning, Sillies!

Welcome back, Janet!

Thank gawd you're here. PLEASE tell the gentlemen to STOP all this TALK OF MATHS!!

Terrific av....you and Bev look dutifully silly.

Patti et al....I am very jealous of your warm, lazy day, toes out weather!!

Still 'boots' weather here I'm afraid :(

Us, too.....Wellies the last two days. But sun and 10 degrees today (50 F)....should see the end of the snow dissolving into our soaked, muddy earth. And floods! :unsure:

Why must EVERYthing remind me that I don't have a girlfriend yet??????

It was supposed to be 'job in Nov' & and on 2nd or 3rd girlfriend by NOW!!!!!! :angry:

....I guess those things can all seem to be jobs, at times..... <_<:rolleyes:

I realized after posting, that some science guy has probably proven, to a high probability, that EVERY water molecule on earth has been ingested & .. .returned to nature(?) multiple times. Somehow, I'm thinking I heard it was 30x.

Ah! Another unsettling but fascinating tidbit for The Ripper..... :lol:

Well put, Oracle, tho doesn't it require the Hexadecimal (base16) value?

And I could swear I used to have to enter 4digits, w/ a leading zero.

No, no, silly Ptaumn....it in fact requires the Quadralingual value at base 32, and you must enter 2 characters with a leading #!! #*!@#*!!&**......... :blink::lol:

The older one, going back to the early days of DOS, is the three-digit decimal value of the extended ASCII character.

The newer one, in recent versions of Windows, is the four-digit hex value of the base Unicode character. Unicode uses a variable number of bytes to store a character (one for basic 7-bit ASCII, but more beyond that). There are Unicode characters which Windows can deal with beyond what extended ASCII can represent.

Ohhhhhhh, GAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWDDDDD.....................

(They have a better creek access than we do. <_< I have some bush-hogging to do. :blink::lol: That sounded so butch. I don't have a bush-hogger, wouldn't know what to do with one if I did. I'm gonna have to do the hack-and-slash method with my clippers/trimmers/whackers, etc.)

Bush-hogging...... :unsure:

Sarah, do you not all have enough bushes to go around? Should think I'd wanna be perhaps unloading some o' mine...... :lol:

MORNING SILLIES!!!!!!!!

Son of Silly update:

Arrived ok - all the kids are fine (but tired)

A gentle start today with Gatorland.

(I won't actually get to speak to Al - it can make the kids upset)...next update on Sat :D

YAY, AL!!! :):)

Gatorland...awesome!

The London Marathon is this morning....I've often wondered just how much training it needs???<could I??>

..But for today I shall settle for 2..yes TWO (again) gym classes ;)

Nikki! You are a machine.....

TWO classes yet again?

Watch thy neck.......

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Happy Sunday, Sillies :D

Nikki--good idea not to speak directly to A--I can see how hearing mom's voice could bring on a case of homesickness ;)

Mark just called from the airport--his flight home is in 30 minutes! Since he's been gone, I keep waking up around 2:30AM convinced that someone has broken into the house. :P Gawd :lol:

Yes--all this mathmatical talk....(fingers in ears) nananananananana!

Sarah--your visit to the chicken farm :D charming. Glad you all woke up fine.

Ugh--our stretch of warm weather is done for now....cool here this morning, definately not sandal weather today <_<

~alex~ Explorer
~alex~
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Son of Silly update:

Arrived ok - all the kids are fine (but tired)

A gentle start today with Gatorland.

(I won't actually get to speak to Al - it can make the kids upset)...next update on Sat :D

Yay, I'm glad he's landed, safe and sound. Probably a good idea not talking to him directly. Hearing your mom's voice has a way of tugging at your heart stings. I went to sports camp for two weeks when I was 11. I was having soooo much fun but when I called home after about 5 days I immediately burst into tears when my mom picked up the phone and said "Hi Ally, we miss you." :lol: Thankfully I was able to get over my homesickness and enjoy the rest of the camp.

Mark just called from the airport--his flight home is in 30 minutes! Since he's been gone, I keep waking up around 2:30AM convinced that someone has broken into the house. :P Gawd :lol:

Tell me about it! :lol: When Ryan was away for a few days I would wake up sure that someone was lurking around just waiting to break in. I ended up leaving most of the lights on in the house during the night and checked about a million times that all of the doors and windows were locked. I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets freaked out by being alone!

That handsome little fella in my av is my dad's dog Orwell (Ori or Oreo as I call him). My dad's away for awhile so we're looking after him. He's a beagle mix and such a little snuggler. He's missing my dad I think :( but he is having a pretty good time with us. I'm not going to want to give him back. :P

elye Community Regular
elye
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That handsome little fella in my av is my dad's dog Orwell (Ori or Oreo as I call him). My dad's away for awhile so we're looking after him. He's a beagle mix and such a little snuggler. He's missing my dad I think :( but he is having a pretty good time with us. I'm not going to want to give him back. :P

Alex!! Time to get on Petfinder.....

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Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Alex!! Time to get on Petfinder.....

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I found our Jo-dog on Petfinder!!! I'm a firm believer of rescuing shelter dogs animals.

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Alex!! Time to get on Petfinder.....

Open Original Shared Link

STOP POSTING THAT SITE!!

sooooo many homeless furry children :(

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted
STOP POSTING THAT SITE!!

sooooo many homeless furry children :(

So how are those meth kitties of yours????

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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So how are those meth kitties of yours????

They are doing very well. Sampson, the big grey one, has learned to stand on his back feet when he wants something. The complete adorableness of this gesture insures that he'll get anything he's asking for.

Lyle, the slightly smaller black one, likes to sleep on my part of the bed. When I come in he waits until he's sure I'm looking and then flings his body into some incredibly cute pose (I swear they must take classes for that. Or maybe he practices in from of the mirror).

We've had a few issues, but have (mostly) come to agreement on how to live together.

elye Community Regular
elye
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They are doing very well. Sampson, the big grey one, has learned to stand on his back feet when he wants something. The complete adorableness of this gesture insures that he'll get anything he's asking for.

Lyle, the slightly smaller black one, likes to sleep on my part of the bed. When I come in he waits until he's sure I'm looking and then flings his body into some incredibly cute pose (I swear they must take classes for that. Or maybe he practices in from of the mirror).

We've had a few issues, but have (mostly) come to agreement on how to live together.

You choose TERRIFIC names for your pets, Jess. Love 'em! :)

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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I must PM Scott to add that site to the list of 'lame advertisements' :lol: ......'cos she is waaay too cute :D

Talking of cute check out Open Original Shared Link (can I get one pleeeease)

We've had a few issues, but have (mostly) come to agreement on how to live together.

:lol:

You say this like a human could ever have any control over what they do :lol: ....bloomin cute fur babies :unsure:

.....and now for a completely unrelated link that will tug ye 'art strings it will ;)

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nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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OOOpps!!!

I meant to thank one and all on your kind words about me little fella :wub::wub:

Also meant to comment on Janet's new av (Janet's back!!! Sarcasm ON!!! :lol: ) with Bev

GADS they both look awfully glam AND strangely sunkissed :unsure: ??

Girls, girls - you know you didn't have to go on a sunbed JUST to have yer picture taken ;)

tom Contributor
tom
Posted

Hey everybody!

<yawn> why oh WHY am I so TIRED??!

Slept well, ate right .. ...bah

"Quadralingual" hehe

elye Community Regular
elye
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Nikki!! Andrew Johnson made me cry! :)

Jack has been bullied, as well, and I think this is why I was struck so by this boy on stage. I must show him this clip.

Interesting story for y'all:

Last evening we went out to our semi-annual dinner with three other couples who are good friends. One of the couples have just gotten back from Punta Cana, and near the end of the evening, when asked about their trip, Lynda said, "The first day we are there, I noticed a thin young lady lying on the beach by herself. I saw her again in one of the bars later, and while I was ordering, we struck up a conversation. She was very nice, from England, asked questions about Canada, asked if I had a cigarette....I ended up bumping into her a few times, and she remembered my name and seemed happy to chat a bit.

Then, on our last day, we see three big boats pulling up on the beach. These guys scramble out carrying HUGE cameras and film equipment. They disappear into the resort. Sure enough, they were paparrazi after some footage of this odd English girl with her hair piled high on her head and these tattoos up her arms...."

OMG....

Well, Lynda's kids are grown, so she has no idea of who the current, hot personalities are. Yep, she'd been conversing with our Ms. Winehouse, who had been sent to this remote, quiet resort to detox(?) and stay hidden away for a week.

She says now, in hindsight, that she remembers big, serious-looking guys milling around where Amy was most of the time--bodyguards....but the wildest part of it all:

Just before they left, Lynda's DH overheard some of the resort chambermaids and management in a heated discussion, in Spanish, over who was going to go into El Celebridad's room to clean up all the used syringes.....

:rolleyes: What a story for her to tell!

tom Contributor
tom
Posted

WOW!!!! :o

(Even before the last big WOW!)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
WOW!!!! :o

(Even before the last big WOW!)

Yeah wow Emily--what a story!

What'r the chances :o

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

Just another polite, young English girl out on holiday.

Mtndog Collaborator
Mtndog
Posted

Egads- I have missed so much- cat poo coffee :o and poor Sarah's car accident! I am glad everything is OK.......even the smallest car accidents are scary!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to poop in and say HELLO!!!!! i am very, very very sweepy!!!!!!!!!!!YAWN!!!!!! I took a morning and an afternoon nap today! :wacko::unsure: Truly wackl......

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Mtndog
Posted

Ok....this should crack you all up. You know Uncle ray (When we met, Janet wanted to know if he was real :lol: :lol: )

I got this email from a friend:

2008 Tax Code ......

The only thing that the IRS has not taxed yet is the primary male genital.

This is due to the fact that 69% of the time it is hanging around unemployed, 10% of the time it is hard up, 20% of the time it is pissed off and 1% of the time it is in the hole. On top of that, it has two dependents and they are both nuts!

HOWEVER, effective January 1st, 2008, this organ will now be taxed according to size:

The brackets are as follows:

10 - 12" Luxury Tax $300.00

8 - 10" Pole Tax $250.00

5 - 8" Privilege Tax $150.00

3 - 5 " Nuisance Tax $30.00

Males exceeding

12" must file capital gains.

Anyone under 4"

is eligible for a tax refund.

PLEASE DO NOT

ASK FOR AN EXTENSION !

So Uncle Ray writes back, "HORRORS! what is the capital gains tax?"

I wrote back "Five inches!" :P

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I've missed uncle Ray

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Bev--capital gains.... :lol:

Just another polite, young English girl out on holiday.

Very difficult to believe, but Lynda swears that Ms. Winehouse was quiet, seemingly alone much of the time, and quite pleasant. I kept saying, "Mygawd!! How can you NOT have ever seen, or heard of, Amy Winehouse?" She just shrugged, and said (paraphrasing), "this skinny gal with the hair that climbed five feet above her head in a black mass...with frightening tattoos all over the place....just seemed like a strange Brit from the wrong side of the tracks. Couldn't believe it when we learned that she was a BIG recording star". :huh:

Hell, don't that just beat the band?

She was apparently swilling back these:

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Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Also meant to comment on Janet's new av (Janet's back!!! Sarcasm ON!!! :lol: ) with Bev

GADS they both look awfully glam AND strangely sunkissed :unsure: ??

Girls, girls - you know you didn't have to go on a sunbed JUST to have yer picture taken ;)

I'm tellin' ya' . . . chapstick and mascara. The rosy cheeks are curtesy of a hike on the beach the previous day (drizzle, windy and about 42oF).

Now Bev on the other hand was all duded up . . . wanted to make a good impression on me. :lol:

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

Oh . . . and . . .

WoW on Andrew Johnston . . .

and

WoW about Amy Winehouse . . .

We've had a few issues, but have (mostly) come to agreement on how to live together.

Glad to hear that they have come to tolerate you, Jess!! :lol::lol:

Bev - :lol::lol::lol: Pole Tax

Annnnnnnnddddddd . . . meant to mention this earlier . . .

I saw that Charlton Heston died whilst I was on vacation. First Robert Goulet and now Charlton Heston . . . with this kind of record, we're not going to be able to sign any more celebrity spokespersons. By the way, how's Chuck Norris? Is he feeling OK? Maybe he should go in for a check up . . . :unsure:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Happy sunday Sillies......... :)

FIRST may I say taht Peter truly IS an oracle, and these wackl mathS heinosities simply MUST stop, and at once. These diphthong-y thingies.........gads.................those wretched, demonic codes.......Dingy's head is spinning... :blink:

Janet's back! cute Sillies in av! OMG - they do look quite tanned and lovely.......tanning beds? what in hell? :lol:

NICOLA!!!!!! Al's landed! Yay! gator land....what is that......... and TWO classes at gym again? good Lord....

ALEX - - OMG - the snuggliest little beagle!!!!!!!!!! no, don't give him back!

Amanda - Landen is SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patti - I didn't even KNOW Mark was gone?!!!! glad he's back soon......

Ptaughm - - glad yer feelin better, mate...............yes, watch for the single moms........Jess seemed surprised at this.......does she KNOW how OLD we are? :huh:

Emily - - OMG - Amy Winehouse sighting and the syringes....... :omamajuana? :huh:

Sarah! glad you're all okay and got to see the rooster crow!

Bevvy the napper - - - keep sleeping! 'tis restorative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you look LURVELY in the photo!

OMG - I KNOW I phorgot someone or sumfink - -

Kissey is napping on the couch, I must rouse him soon........then watch a movie. We had a HORRIBLE brunch today at this POSH place.......took an hour to get our food - - they kept apologizing that their machines were not printing orders, and they had a new chef and a new menu..........um, what in hell? :angry: how LONG does it take to walk back there and tell the chef to cook an omelet? So - FIFTY DOLLARS (included two mimosas and a bloody mary :ph34r: ) despite their taking 20 % off our bill - - for the most CRAP breakfast I"ve ever had..........BAH!!!!!!!!!! BOLLOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's it for now. Going to watch "Dan in Real Life" and hope that it's good.

:) Bye sillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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