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    #1

    Do YOU have a thingo?

    Right you lot, here's the thing. Do you have a thingo? Now, you might be sayin' "what the bloody hell is a thingo?". Well, let me tell you..... a thingo is something that I have. That thingo is made of onyx and it sits on my desk and it is part of my day and it is very important to me. Now, I did not think of my thingo as bein' as important to me as it actually is until....... one day....... (this mornin')......... I couldn't bloody find me thingo! I chucked a wobbly. Where was me inanimate object that watched me work, where was me thingo that offered stability and familiarity to my day? Now, to cut a long story short, me thingo had inadvertantly found it's way into my waste bin......... anyway, you get the picture.

    Question for the week.......... do you have a thingo?

    And as per usual, keep it clean...........
    :k TheKanga
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    Do YOU have a thingo?

    No....if we are talking office supplies and thingos....and have to keep it clean....

    but I do have a PILE. It's the ultimate nightmare of my husband's existence.
    My PILE contains bills, magazines, coupons, flyers, permission forms, to-do lists, to-be-filed items, wedding invitations, miscellaneous other invites and RSVP's to send back, half written thank you notes, and travel itineraries. Right now my race jersey is on top.

    Sometimes my PILE sits on the kitchen counter. Sometimes it's on the island. I go through it about once a week and thin it out, mail the bills, fill out the forms, and throw out the garbage, and read the magazines. I split it in half and shuffle the sh*t. I file what needs to be filed and mail what needs to be mailed. Sometimes I put the PILE on the floor around the corner in the dining room so my husband won't see it and he'll think it's gone... then he sees it and goes "AWWW MAN... BECCA! THE PILE!!!" I think it's funny a bit.

    I've had PILES that have moved from house to house, state to state. They have moved from one box to another, graduated to a filing cabinet, then to a desk. My best system to date--- is to just keep it in a humble pile. on the counter. or the floor.

    I guess that's my thingo, Kanga!

    Unless you open my nightstand drawer.................:wow:

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      #3
      Do YOU have a thingo?

      I suppose that could be classed as a thingo.......Mind you, I have heard that havin' piles can be a bummer.
      :k TheKanga

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        #4
        Do YOU have a thingo?

        Well Kanga, I have a "thingo" that gives me great pleasure but it does not sit on my desk. The "thingo" @ my desk, well, cubicle, in the corporate office that is missing is MY LAN CONNECTION BOX AND CABLE!!!! I cannot even lock it down if I wanted and now I have to be a squatter @ other cubes until Facilities replaces it. This could become a Rant & Rave so I will stop now..... but thanks for asking!

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          #5
          Do YOU have a thingo?

          Lucky, I would say that could be a thingo and, by the way.......... I feel yer pain.....
          :k TheKanga

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            #6
            Do YOU have a thingo?

            Kanga:

            After due consideration, I think I have my "thingo" squarely nailed.

            It's a two-handed Scottish broadsword.

            It's mounted on a frame on my wall. I only used it once, pretending to be William Wallace from "Brave Heart", swishing it through the air and such.

            It's big, it's heavy, I don't mess with it anymore, but if it were to go missing, I would go ballistic.

            It's my FREEDOM sword.

            I will accept no substitutes.

            It's a bloke thing you know.

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              #7
              Do YOU have a thingo?

              Xtexan.........that is sooooooooo

              Sick! :thumbs:
              :k TheKanga

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                #8
                Do YOU have a thingo?

                C'mon you wowsers......

                Either, there is a serious shortage of thingos out there OR you wowsers are not gettin' yer fingers out.

                Right, you also have the option of dobbin' in someone who has a thingo if you can't show and tell yer own. :no:

                Give me bloody strength.....
                :k TheKanga

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                  #9
                  Do YOU have a thingo?

                  My thingo would be my purse. Cant live without it. Most women cant, but I think I'm worse about it. Sometimes I get nervous if I am not even in the same room with it. Because it carries other precious "thingos" inside, all of which are dear to me. When I go to bed at night, I bring my purse in the bedroom and set it on the dresser, just as if I have left one address and gone to another. If I go upstairs to get on the computer for a while..... you guessed it. My purse comes with me. I am not sure why this is.... probably an insecurity of some sort. But I figure if the whole world falls apart, I will have my cell phone, my lip balm, pens to write desperate messages for help on the walls and a mini-flashlight to see with, and gum available to chew if I am nervous. And if worse comes to worse, I can charge something online if absolutely necessary with my handy dandy credit/ debit card within arms reach. And last but not least, my purse is really cool. You should see it. It makes me happy to look at it. Everywhere I go, people complement my "thingo". We are good friends my thingo and me! :l

                  Allie
                  What happens in Vegas goes straight to Ohio....

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                    #10
                    Do YOU have a thingo?

                    Aw Allie

                    I wish I could see your thingo. It sounds bloody bonza mate.
                    :k TheKanga

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                      #11
                      Do YOU have a thingo?

                      I don't have a thingo as such but I seem to have developed a bit of a thingy. Does that count?

                      Tawny

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                        #12
                        Do YOU have a thingo?

                        Okay, Tawn, I don't think I've had to have a word with you before about elaboration...... but maybe it's time I did.
                        :k TheKanga

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                          #13
                          Do YOU have a thingo?

                          Thingo Thoughts

                          When I was 14, my parents enrolled me in a boarding school in British Columbia. We lived in Alberta - about 1,400 kms away.

                          I had doubts about their intentions, believe you me.

                          They left and I stayed. My life began to weave around uniforms and dorms and house mothers and prefects and rebelling and smokin' on the tracks and music and 1970s environmentalist hippy-dom and pining for home.

                          My Mom gave me a wooden plaque to stick on the thin cork layer behind my headboard before she left. The plaque was the type with a screwed-in wrought metal eyelet at the top of it. It was a 5X7 affair with 1/2" thick wood and beveled edges. Glued onto the front of this was a print of Snoopy - Charlie Brown's dog. He is doing his "happy dance" - ears akimbo, eyes closed, goofy grin, arms spread out and feet just a'movin'.

                          At the top flush left is a black cartoon font that says: KEEP SMILING


                          I have very little left of that part of my life. The road has since been a series of "boarding school" experiences - I have 'met' and 'experienced' and 'learned' and moved on.

                          And I have grown to truly love and honour my parents.

                          32 years later my Snoopy plaque is just now in my right periphal vision. It's stained, the paper's wrinkled and brownish. On one side I have a picture of my husband and daughter. On the other I have the picture I had sent to my grandma of my toothless, grinning little girl at about 3 months old. My aunt sent it along in the parcel to me from my grandma's home. Grandma had hung it in her kitchen and it had "always made her laugh".

                          That plaque and everything around it.........

                          That's my Thingo.

                          Helen

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                            #14
                            Do YOU have a thingo?

                            Helen.....

                            that was ridji didge.

                            Tawn, notice Helen's attention to detail, chronological order of events, colourful characters, the all-inclusive story, with a beginning, middle and that all important ending. The exhaustive description of the Snoopy plaque AND the emotion surrounding it.

                            Observe.........that's all I'm sayin'
                            :k TheKanga

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                              #15
                              Do YOU have a thingo?

                              Note to Tawn.......

                              At first it was to Tawny - and will be soon. Can't resist.........

                              But, Kate - tell about the broach:

                              "A broach given to me by my mother, given to her by her mother. I don't keep this with other jewellery. I can't wear it. It would leave me naked."

                              That's important..

                              But, I HAVE to respond to Kanga, as I'm sure you will relate...........

                              Oh ,for crying in the sink, Kanga.

                              You are funny.

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