Thurs af 24 October

[treetops]

MAE folks in Sobersville. Summer here ? a warm sunny day although its started off with buckets of rain and it was cold. With the sun we get the flies.

Hope everyone is doing well.
Pauly ? it looks like your cold is going away. I watched a tv reality silly show last night about Tabitha ? an Aussie who fixes up shonky hairdressing salons. Have you seen it? Last night she was in Nashville.

So how is the queen of Nashville- that's you SF!

Good to see you Byrdie ? yes we watch crap TV here too.

Mick ? pity you with the dire weather. Days must be getting shorter in Up-there Land. I don?t know about white chocolate mice but I intend to do some active research.

Lav ? yes I know what you mean about the chocolate. :upset: Hope your plans with the grandkids was sorted. You don't seem to really live alone - more like an extended family (and that sounds good to me)

Bear ? that accident sounds ghastly. It would have shaken you. So glad you are OK.

Hi there too Det. I guess you are on the road this week so take care ? driving and with you know what.

And gidday to Sam. Did you get the glasshouse sorted?

Well we might see a few new faces on the thread today which would be lovely. Don?t be shy.

I have to go and chase a fly from the house. Have a great sober Thursday and Mick?s jokes will be brewing away for delivery in a few hours ? as will his coffee.

Long weekend for us down here coming up as its Labour Day.

[TheSunFlower]

Thurs af 24 October

TT.....I can't be both the queen of scripture and Nashville. I'll take the latter.. I don't know the exact scripture.....but it ain't no secret that when one sits high on their mountain, boastful and prideful....bringing others down....that we all secretly wait to watch them fall off their stoop and gain some humility. I think there is huge difference between pride and being prideful.

Mick I think it depends on why a person posts. Some post with the sole purpose of wanting to help others. Which I am grateful for. I post mostly for me....I don't expect feedback....but getting it is great. Sometimes my blabbering helps someone. Mostly it helps me get crap out of my head. Someone once said....it was like writing in a journal that sometimes talks back to you

Saw this today:

"Forgiveness is giving up all hope of changing the past"

Perfect....I've been ruminating about some regrets I have. Regrets that can only be changed if I went back in time. Regrets on wasted time. I have to work on forgiving that part that al took from me....and I gave to him. Rat bastard. Seems like the more time you get the more aware you are of what you actually missed. It takes real time to fully comprehend that....did I say....Rat Bastard?

[Samstone]

Thurs af 24 October

Hey TT & SF
a quick check in before bed, I always find it interesting exchanging post with some of us experiencing different seasons and being able to communicate it on this internet connection, where we're only a click away from each other and yet we're so dang far away. Twenty years ago I didn't have this and growing up we didn't have a phone till I was 17. Now it looks like people talk more on their phones walking down the street than they do talking to someone who may be walking with them. My daughter went over her text allotment of 1000 per month. That's over 300 texts either received or written a day!! Jeez Louise, how do you do that? Well enough of that.

SF I feel the same about posting sometimes, my posts are usually blabbing (see above).

Sam

[treetops]

Thurs af 24 October

Nite nite Sam.
I have a huge text allotment on my cellphone and I am lucky if I send a maximum of 10 texts a week. I just don't use it much.
I must be an old fogey.

Well we did have a telephone (my Mum used to talk on it for hours every day to her sisters - today they would text - so I guess things were not that different) but we did not have a TV until I was about 10 years old.

[NoraC]

Thurs af 24 October

MAE ........I was so happy to be able to say that (now that I finally know what it means :H )

Just wanted to drop in and say hello (and say MAE )

I remember that my grandparents had a party line when I was little. Wow - that's an old memory. Had totally forgotten about that.

Was transferring all the pics from my phone to the compter tonight. Found some of my Mom & Dad that I had forgotten about. Really made me miss my Dad but made me happy to see them. Looking forward to going up to see my Mom in 2 weeks.

Hope everyone is doing well. :h

[bear73]

Thurs af 24 October

hey everyone - and good to see new faces here - sorry not to greet by name but posting just before I whizz out to work. Day 34 here and I can't quite believe it.

I'm feeling really anxious about work, I feel like I don't know what I am doing and that everyone thinks I am doing a rubbish job. I am arguing against this as boss is happy with how I am doing and acknowledges that I have dealt well with some challenges in the team and with residents.

I feel frustrated as I feel as anxious now as I did in my old job, the difference is I felt like this pretty much all of the time.I also think that my major source of anxiety is ME and negative thinking styles/extreme thinking. I'm working through my CBT plan to challenge these thoughts as they come up,I also have a telephone CBT assessment tomorrow.

Have a good day everyone and I'll catch up tonight - off out with meal with rollerderby girls tonight - not in mood but making myself go as I know I will feel better for going.

[Mick]

Thurs af 24 October

mae everyone...wow see Thursday has already started...how is everyone? ok I hope..well got rained off yesterday so turned it into a bit of a lazy day....well for me any way...Out today and tomorrow it isnt raining ...yet.This Sunday ,clocks go back ..oh dear its that time of the year when people go to work in the dark and come home in the dark!!reminded Julie that its only 61 days till Christmas..she reminded me that its only 130 till we go to Thailand Vietnam and Cambodia.....time is flying in..including now ..so on we go.

Tea and coffee on the go

Evening TT hows the land down under doing?..see you have a seriously busy day ahead of you..chasing a fly! Want to borrow our pet spider ?lives in the plants in the bathroom...as for tellys ..remember when I was a kid ..there was one family in our street had one ...worst mistake ever cos everyone used to go there to watch it!!

Morning Sf..hows you today? good I hope.Yep you are right about the rationale behind the posting..think mine is a combination...I want to give back some of the help, support and advice I was given,it also becomes a part of your life ..especially when I can be as busy as I want or not and dont have to kow tow to the pressure of target achievement,finance etc and lastly sometimes as a release mech for all the crap that goes on in my head ...and believe me theres enough of that at times....be interesting to find out why others post you not think?Hows your less work more me regime going? you got it sussed yet?

Hiya bear how you doing today?another day in ...well done you..just checked ..youve just posted.. bear ..stop beating yourself up over work..you aint doing a rubbish job ..if you were ..believe you me in this day and age your boss would soon tell you... get some of that confidence into you ..you are as good as anyone else ...and better than most..believe in yourself

Hiya Cinders ..hows you this fine day? ok?

mae Nora C....see I can do it too//Mae mae MAE , mAE, MAe..ok ok whos mad??how are you? ok I hope..I am in the process of copying all my photos the paper ones ..onto computer...long job, just doing a bit at a time..as for phones my mum n dad our first one in 1973, but I remeber as a kid the 2 button phones ..button a and button b in call boxes..with a lolilipop stick you could get the money out of them!!!! threepenny pieces!!

Byrdie ..boy thats one dodgy visual ...as for the driving ..do you ever get cheesed at the way he drives?know when we go out I prefer to drive ..Julie seems to drive too close ,doesnt check junctions properly,farts about playing and adjusting things...strangely enough she thinks I drive too fast..blah blah!!!Millions of years ago in the army at one stage I used to teach people to drive tank transporters..the fact that they were huge vehicles especially with 56 tons of tank on the back and no one would dare argue with that..plus the fact that most of the time you had the cops escorting you....I think that secretly I think to myself that male delusion..belong to that club ..the worlds best drivers club!!!anyway nuff blurb ..have a good one

Hiya Pauly ..howare you? post 1 yest you sounded pretty yeuch..but by 2 you had perked up ..good on you..and the baking ..what a better idea..much better than sitting getting shitfaced on a bottle of poison talking crap and waking up with a sore heed!!!

Hiya Lav ...hows you today?head full of railway engines?have a large coffee..any plans today ..or are you on call?Planted up the gerboras in big pots yesterday ,and my Christmas cactus (from 2 years ago has started flowering.Also reconsidered getting the new greenhouse....reckon with better plant and time management, I dont need to ..plus its a wee bit late now..need to get early spring stuff in there.

Hiya Sam...wow sounds great that ..out in the open with nature n that history to play around with..you out doing it again today?

Right peeps off we toddle down our respective paths ..have a great day all...











A few days after her husband's death, a grieving widow accidentally receives an e-mail from a man waiting for his wife in Miami. The e-mail reads: Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
P.S. Sure is hot down here.

A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day, their passions overcame them and they took off for her house. Exhausted from the afternoon's activities, they fell asleep and awoke at around 8 p.m. As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied and he slipped into his shoes and drove home. "Where have you been?" demanded his wife when he entered the house. "Darling," replied the man, "I can't lie to you. I've been having an affair with my secretary. I fell asleep in her bed and didn't wake up until eight o'clock." The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, "You liar! You've been playing golf!"

Dad shouts: "Stop watching porn, I can hear it in my room!" Son: "Dad.. I'm not watching porn, that is Maria Sharapova playing Tennis!"

Once there was a magical mirror. When you told the thruth it gave you things, but if you lie to it, it makes you vanish forever. One day three college girls went to the mirror. The red head said "I think I'm the smartest one." Then she got a diploma, scholarship, and got accepted into all the colleges in the world. The brunette then said "I think I'm the prettiest one." Then she got a Corvette, mansion, a good looking boyfriend , and a lot of money. Then the blonde said " I think...*poof*" Then she suddenly dissapearred forever

Teacher asks Little Johnny to use the word 'definitely' in a sentence . Little Johnny replies, "Teacher, do farts have lumps in them?" The Teacher says, "Of course not Johnny," To which Johnny replies, "Then I have definitely shit my pants then..."

The teacher wrote on the blackboard: "I ain't had no fun in months." Then asked the class, "How should I correct this sentence?" Little Johnny raised his had and replied, "Get yourself a new boyfriend."

What is 6 inches long, hard, goes into your mouth back and fourth, and has white stuff at the end??

BEHAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!


A toothbrush with toothpaste

The murderer was holed up in his house, and the SWAT team was trying to get him out. A cop got on the bullhorn and said, "Come on out, or I'm going to come in there and drag you out!" The murderer called back, "I'm warning you. If you don't wipe your feet when you come in, my wife'll kill us both!"

A state trooper pulls over a car for speeding and the female driver says "I guess you want to sell me some tickets to the Trooper's Ball?" The trooper responded, "Troopers don't have balls, ma'am." After he realized what he said, he simply walked back to his car and drove away.

A man walks into a crowded local bar brandishing a revolver yelling "Who’s been screwing my wife?" A voice from the back of the bar shouts back, "You don’t have enough ammo, mate!"

One day a blonde came home from school and came to her mother and said, "Hey, Mommy! Mommy! Today in school we learned to count. The other kids could only count to three but I can count to Ten..... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!" The mother responds, "Very good honey." The blonde asks, "Is that because I'm a blonde mommy?" And the mother responds, "Yes dear." Next day the blonde came home and went to her mother and said, "Today in school we learned our ABCs! The other kids could only get to D but I can get to K! .... A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K!" The mother says, "Very good honey." The blonde then asked. "Is that because I'm a blonde, Mommy?" The mother responds, "Yes dear." The third day the blonde come home from school and said to her mother, "Mommy today in school we went swimming! But I was the only one who had breasts. Is that because I'm a blonde, Mommy?" And the mother responds, "No Honey, it's because you're twenty five."

Little Johnny attended a horse auction with his father. He watched as his father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the horse's legs and rump, and chest. After a few minutes, Johnny asked, "Dad, why are you doing that?" His father replied, "Because when I'm buying horses, I have to make sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy. Johnny, looking worried, said, "Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy Mom."

A woman in the bar says that she wants to have plastic surgery to enlarge her breasts. Her husband tells her, "Hey, you don't need surgery to do that. I know how to do it without surgery." The lady asks, "How do I do it without surgery?" "Just rub toilet paper between them." Startled the lady asks, "How does that make them bigger?" "I don't know, but it worked for your ass."

The top 20 things not to say to a cop when he pulls you over.
20 I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
19. Sorry officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
18. Aren't you the guy from the villiage people?
17. Hey, you must have been doing 125 to keep up with me, good job.
16. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical shape to be a police officer. 15. I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
14. Bad cop. No donut.
13. You're not going to check the trunk, are you?
12. Gee, that gut sure doesn't inspire confidence.
11. Didn't I see you get your butt kicked on Cops?
10. Is it true that people become cops because they are too dumb to work at McDonalds?
9. I pay your salary
8. So uh, you on the take or what?
7. Gee officer, that's terrific. The last officer only gave me a warning.
6. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
5. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around, that's how far they are ahead of me.
4. What do you mean have I been drinking? You are the trained specialist.
3. Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off of my lap and got lodged between the brake and the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.
2. Hey, is that a 9mm? That's nothing compared to this 44 magnum.
1. Hey, can you give me another one of those full cavity searches?

[paulywogg]

Thurs af 24 October

Mae everybody,those pics were so funny mick i cant decide which ones the funniest,i think i feel better cuz i skipped the claritin or allegra just let my body get rid of it on its own,i hate taking pills anyways shoot even aspirin has se's,when i post its usually rambling or just day to day life,its probly no different then if we were all out to lunch and b.s'ing anyways,hope everyone has a smooth thursday

[Samstone]

Thurs af 24 October

Bad math on my part, that's 30 texts per day

[Lavande]

Thurs af 24 October

Good evening Abbers,

Day is done & I'm finally getting a minute to say hello.
Went to my aunt's funeral this morning. She had a long life, 89 years old, bless her.

Sam, even 30 texts/day is a lot. I text my family because it's sometimes easier than trying to talk with all the kid noise in the background
Society sure is changing!

Hi to pauly, Mick, bear, TT, Cindi & everyone!
Det - out on the road this week I think, hope everything is OK.
YahYah, are you busy? That could be a good thing

Nora, nice to see you again, stick around, you too Byrdie!

I'll be back in the morning, brain dead at this point
Lav

[scottish lass]

Thurs af 24 October

Just saying hi - day 11 here, what a little number!!!
Not much to say, just checking in as my mind is all over the place and playing games, so getting some grounding....
I remember when my parents had a party line - and the one phone was attached to the wall in the hall - my girls can't get their heads wrapped around that one. And the first TV was black and white, with rabbit ears and we got it to watch Princess Annes wedding!
Really not much to say, doing more reading just now than writing - but glad there are peope who are willing to write for me to read :H:H
Good MAE to you all...