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Never knowingly understood
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Hoogerland - Population: Heroes
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That very question occurred to me earlier. I think we call it 'tea break', so we don't sound greedy.
All dry thoughts to 10. I happened to see a picture of some luge and ski-jumping from Bavaria earlier (known by himself as 'falling with style'), no rain but boy! Those snowflakes were huge. I'm guessing that when it all melts the Rhine will be well up and that will impact on you too 10. Let's hope your dikes hold. Right, as it's dinner-time I'd better go do some lunch. That's my last word on lunch, dinner, tea etc. Life is too short.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Or is that the warning before the actual evac? As an elected official, if the call comes to leave, you really should. Set a good example for your constituents and all that. Also for your own safety. Which is perhaps the more important part.
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Hey, been there myself, and everyone's right: you made it a step further than lots of people ever will. It may not have been right for this one, but you know now, for a fact, that you're good enough to get in the door.
Next time.
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That kid is BACK on the escalator!
Join Date: Nov 2010
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"The following is a warning that we may be issuing an even greater warning in the near future. STFB. You have been warned."
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going through the hay to your home
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: not here, I swear
Posts: 4,887
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This was hilarious. But what does STFB mean? Google is massively unhelpful!
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That kid is BACK on the escalator!
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Stand The Eff By.
Used quite a lot in my previous life. |
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Heck, hop in the car and drive over to Portugal until it all blows over. Sara would take you in.
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Trying to be a betterer writerer
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SW Indiana, US
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I love you people so hard!
And so I'm going to don my Captain Obvious hat here, but Shue and Doomsparkler have a love duet going on? I see lots of N-Ewe-Ndo, but I must have missed where is was said directly.
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The Sarcasm Fairy
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Midlands, UK
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Oh, please be safe, 10. And I hope your dogs stay safe too. And I don't even like dogs, but still. They're yours so I care.
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Waltzing with fae. Slowly.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 5,513
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Sorry. ![]() Quote:
Stay safe!
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Dreams of Dragons
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,697
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Morning Friends!
I'm considering having a talk with my neighbors about their alarm going off at 4am and letting it sit there for an hour or more. I've been a light sleeper lately and it's impossible to get back to sleep with that beeping less than 10 feet from my head. So, I'm seriously considering starting my revisions on my first novel. Only considering mind you, I promise nothing! And if I do muster up the courage to really look at it I'm going to need someone to hold me. I'm terrified of how crappy it's going to be.
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Waltzing with fae. Slowly.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Morning! There are chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice at my feeder. Woo! Still wondering where the finches and sparrows are. And the cardinals.
Off on a little writing retreat I planned. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish my darn book and get into editing it before I have to come home. I'm so close, and I know some of what I need to fix. I'll have The Internets, though, so I'll pop in to say hi.
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,142
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![]() Though why anyone would pick an language that is only predominantly spoken in a handful of places as their first bet for self-improvement is anyone's guess. *waits for the Sparklepony to take me to task for that one*
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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But it's still a good line.
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That kid is BACK on the escalator!
Join Date: Nov 2010
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ETA: Actually, I think the promotion sequence went something like this: Private Converations, Captain Obvious, Major Innuendos, General Knowledge.
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That kid is BACK on the escalator!
Join Date: Nov 2010
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*finally haz a legitimate excuse to re-read all of Dave's stuff* |
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The Sarcasm Fairy
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Midlands, UK
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In other news, the Xmas decorations in the office have to come down today. I haz a sad
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Did you really need an excuse anyway?
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Still, I shall miss them. It always seems to me like the buildup to the holiday, at least in retail land, is interminable, but then the holiday itself comes and goes just so damn quickly anymore. I know some of that is a product of age - the same reason my summers feel so short anymore - but still, it's not fair.
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That kid is BACK on the escalator!
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No, but it gives me something to say to CobraMrsFit when she asks, "You're reading his books AGAIN?!"
Me: "Yes. For research!" |
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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![]() Ah, now I understand. At the moment, the only one here I have to justify anything to is the cat. And he's remarkably nonjudgemental so long as I feed him on time.
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Searching for Wonderland
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Appalachia
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I would be shocked to my foundations if my husband ever noticed what I was reading at all, much less whether I was rereading something.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: State of Insanity
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for SM, you'll get there and alot of ppl believe in you Take care 10, both you and your pups
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Doing Pirate things...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ...on my pirate ship.
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Good morning!
Dave Barry, ftw.
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