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>Finally finished "Under the Banner of Heaven", started "In a Sunburned >Country"

What’s "In a Sunburned Country" like? >Fuzzy tan fleece-lined boots

Oh no, not ugg boots?

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MrWigglesworth wrote: >>Finally finished "Under the Banner of Heaven", started "In a Sunburned >>Country" > What’s "In a Sunburned Country" like?

It’s about Australia, and it’s funny. I’m only about 5 pages into it, so that’s all I can tell you. >>Fuzzy tan fleece-lined boots > Oh no, not ugg boots?

No, they’re "Paris Blues", with flowers embroidered on them. They are every bit as hideous and comfortable as Uggs, though. From what I hear. I also have a blue pair, which I like less well but wear more often because I don’t want to wear the tan ones out. —      why? Morals is about having the right to do everything you’re strong enough to do, or not.  – Frank, french philosophy student

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—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 In article <1131293960.700946.140…@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Virgo Cluster <gamma_n…@yahoo.com> wrote: >Me either, but I like the one in this post. Did you catch the extra >"William P" I stuck in my previous post’s quote?

William P appears four times in this post. Did you write it with the first letter in each line or what?  I did that once (though not with the string "William P") in a high school essay where I declared (to an unfortunately wider-than-intended audience) undying AFC lvu to some MOTOS. – — It is manipulative to not be manipulative. —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Please fetch my new key 804177F8 from hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net/ iD8DBQFDb33OwyMv24BBd/gRAoqAAKCfhJBodDg9s1f6p7Dd6g+CWXwwBQCfZsr3 Gt8I8hONZAr7bnORTtnOdVA= =4ZVi —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -meg wrote: > What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe > that you’re all out.  I’m sure not. > What are you doing tonight? > A) Playing computer games > B) Watching TV/movies > C) Reading > D) Homework > E) Internet crap > F) Working out > G) Coming in from an unsuccessful date > H) Still on a successful date, posting from bed > I)  Nothing > J) (fill in the blank)

I was sleeping but now I’m not. > What are your plans for tomorrow?

Finish packing. > Read any good books lately?

Nope > If you’re on a full bus, do you give up your seat for: > A) An elderly or disabled person > B) Women who look like your mom > C) Someone of either gender carrying heavy stuff > D) All females > E) All males > F) Attractive MOTAS > G) (fill in the blank) > H) No one. > I) No one, and I put my bag on the seat next to me so no one can sit > there either. > J) Busses are for peasants. > K) I don’t leave home.  If you leave home you must not be shy.

L I don’t ride the bust. It is too scary. I hace a car. > Sorry, I’m just curious about that one. I spend a lot of time on the > bus right now and it’s interesting to see who does what. > What do your favorite shoes look like?

green light up thongs. > Who is the most absurdly bored person on this froup?

varies —

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -meg wrote: > What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe > that you’re all out.  I’m sure not. > What are you doing tonight? > A) Playing computer games > B) Watching TV/movies > C) Reading > D) Homework > E) Internet crap > F) Working out > G) Coming in from an unsuccessful date > H) Still on a successful date, posting from bed > I)  Nothing > J) (fill in the blank)

J) Sleeping > What are your plans for tomorrow?

Sleeping > Read any good books lately?

Finally finished "Under the Banner of Heaven", started "In a Sunburned Country" > If you’re on a full bus, do you give up your seat for: > A) An elderly or disabled person > B) Women who look like your mom > C) Someone of either gender carrying heavy stuff > D) All females > E) All males > F) Attractive MOTAS > G) (fill in the blank) > H) No one. > I) No one, and I put my bag on the seat next to me so no one can sit > there either. > J) Busses are for peasants. > K) I don’t leave home.  If you leave home you must not be shy.

A), C), K) and G) People who look carsick. > Sorry, I’m just curious about that one. I spend a lot of time on the > bus right now and it’s interesting to see who does what. > What do your favorite shoes look like?

Fuzzy tan fleece-lined boots > Who is the most absurdly bored person on this froup?

Troll —      why? Morals is about having the right to do everything you’re strong enough to do, or not.  – Frank, french philosophy student

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—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 In article <1131251221.457530.124…@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> meg <notstalka…@gmail.com> wrote: >What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe >that you’re all out.  I’m sure not.

I was at home. >What are you doing tonight?

"Today" (Saturday) I was messing around in the garden, planting five chilli plants out from their shared pot, to free them from their tangled roots. >B) Watching TV/movies

Probably, somewhere along the line. >C) Reading

Reading.  A comparison between CANDU and Chernobyl.  Also the newspaper, and a printed copy of the Wikipedia article "Propaganda". >E) Internet crap

Printed on dead trees… >F) Working out

Walking the dog. >What are your plans for tomorrow? >Read any good books lately?

No.  I get distracted too easily and it took me a few weeks of weekends to read dead-treeized Wikipedia articles on Chernobyl and nuclear weapon design.  I think I squeezed in an article on event horizons, but that’s a very short one. >If you’re on a full bus, do you give up your seat for:

Z) Nobody. I am Rosa Parks. Y) Anyone.  I am a obsequious nice guy.  I’d give up my seat apologetically to a tattooed Jim Summers certified Bad Boy. X) Nobody.  I am recovering. >F) Attractive MOTAS

Two years ago while I was in Germany the bus was filling up and I took my suitcase onto my lap to make space for whoever it would be who happened to take it.  It turned out to bu such a (very) attractive MOTOS.  Gosh, I must go to Ramstadt again… now I just need an excuse. >J) Busses are for peasants.

Buses are for profligate wasters.  I walk barefoot uphill both ways to save a penny! >What do your favorite shoes look like?

I’m a straight guy.  I don’t look at shoes.  I wear my hiking boots every day. >Who is the most absurdly bored person on this froup?

Strangely, I’m hardly ever bored, despite the relative lack of a "life". – — A PC without Windows is like ice cream without ketchup. —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Please fetch my new key 804177F8 from hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net/ iD8DBQFDb3XpwyMv24BBd/gRAuABAKCbZp/JG9YSMPYarbq3QxgwA/bF3wCgpcrP rOoKbTPs1txp2AC1FBnvh4Y= =YZVj —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–

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meg wrote: > LisatheSequel wrote: >>meg wrote: >>>What are your plans for tomorrow? >>Read newsgroup.  Take shower.  Go to Holland, shop.  Clean the living >>room.  Make food in between at 3-4 hour intervals.  Eat said food. >>Eventually sleep. > I hate going to Holland on the weekends, it’s always so crowded.  I > usually just go to Bulgaria.

Your reply made me laugh because Holland on the weekends *IS* crowded.   German shops are closed on Sundays except for gas stations and restaurants and such. If we don’t get our shopping done on Saturday we have to drive into (technically) The Netherlands to stock up, and every other German person who didn’t get to do *their* shopping on Saturday is there too.   The lines are unbelievable. Sadly, Bulgaria isn’t a possibility.  :)  Belgium and France would be, but in Belgium I always get sidetracked by the chocolate and cool leather furniture.  In France the food is great but the drive is a commitment. >>>Read any good books lately? >>Yes.

"Extra Virgin" and "Ripe for the Picking" by Annie Hawes, true story and sequel about an Englishwoman who goes to work in the Italian Riviera for a change of scenery and ends up staying forever.  The book is a hilarious running commentary on culture shock and of course I identify with this.  I’ve read them both about 10 times each in the past two years. I just looked on Amazon and she’s got a new one out in the series titled "Journey to the South". A couple nights ago I started Cryptonomicon and find it very hard to get interested in.  Neal Stephenson’s writing style is taking some getting used to, and the fact it’s about 900 pages is a bit intimidating. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Glad to hear it. >>>If you’re on a full bus, do you give up your seat for: >>A) An elderly or disabled person >>Yes. >>B) Women who look like your mom >>Heck no.  She’s in better shape than I am. > Yeah most people wouldn’t do this one I think. The  only reason I added > that one is because there’s this guy on my bus around my age who always > gives his seat up to a couple of middle aged ladies who come on after > he does.

This poor man never gets to sit down?  :-/  Seems like he’d wise up, jog a couple blocks down and get on *after* they do.  That way when he gets on they’re already seated. I had the sweetest thing happen to me the other day.  We finally sold our pup and I was determined to buy a cockatiel.  It was a lovely day so we walked to town instead of driving.  We ended up taking the bus back with the bird in a bag and this HUGE bird cage tied to the baby’s stroller with my husband carrying the baby.  We got on in the middle and he went up front to buy our tickets.  One of the elderly ladies who everyone is always giving up their seats for had a portable folding seat which she whisked out and unfolded for the baby to sit in.  So I didn’t have to balance the baby and cage, and he got to sit for the couple block ride.  I thought that was very sweet of her considering how crowded the bus was and how little space she had to maneuver. Right after the World Trade Center was hit I was riding the bus to my language class and this little old woman who looked like she was about 90 years old saw how upset I was and got up and gave me her special reserved seat in the front. Little acts of kindness from strangers like that always touch me right to the bone. >>G) >>Disheveled people with babies and small children. > What about generally disheveled people with no babies? I definitely fit > in this category.  In the mornings I’m falling all over the place and > bumping into people and dropping my bags (and on one memorable occasion > getting stuck in the back door of the bus)

*LOL*  :D *ahem* No.  After a quick visual inspection to determine they’re not mentally challenged and otherwise physically healthy, generally not. >>J) Busses are for peasants. >>YES.  Unfortunately I am a peasant. > Me too.  Want to start an uprising together?

Yes.  Let’s threaten the government by causing general unrest until they invent single rider busses with an extra-wide fluffy seat.  I am prepared to overturn as many park trash cans and throw down as many pieces of half-chewed gum on the sidewalk as I can until this becomes a reality.  Since you’re the more creative of us two, I’ll let you phone in our demands. >>>What do your favorite shoes look like? >>I don’t have any favorite shoes right now.  I intend to get some, >>though.  I do have a favorite purse.  Does that count?  Does it count >>even if I don’t own it yet? > Purse counts.  What does it look like?

I don’t own it yet but if I have my way I will soon.  It’s an Aigner burgundy leather hobo bag like I had when I wuz a chile.  Not an unrealistically expensive wish, but more extravagant than usual since I don’t even carry a purse and probably wouldn’t even after I bought it.  The plan is to get it out and pet it every now and then.  Or maybe hang it on a doorknob so I can admire it from afar.  Yeah, doorknob decoration sounds good.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -William P wrote: > "meg" <notstalka…@gmail.com> wrote in news:1131251221.457530.124050 > @g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: >>What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe >>that you’re all out.  I’m sure not. >>What are you doing tonight? >>A) Playing computer games > I’ve been playing a ton and I mean a ton of Age of Empires 3.  13 year > olds are handing me my ass online with frequency and intensity. >>B) Watching TV/movies >>C) Reading >>D) Homework >>E) Internet crap >>F) Working out >>G) Coming in from an unsuccessful date >>H) Still on a successful date, posting from bed >>I)  Nothing >>J) (fill in the blank) >>What are your plans for tomorrow? > See a movie with my gf probably. >>Read any good books lately? > I finished Cryptonomicon after literally a couple years putting off > reading it.  It was okay but I wouldn’t call it a page turner.

         I haven’t even turned the first page after buying it from a second hand store… must be well over a year and a half ago. I’m also procrastinating reading a book about procrastination that I ordered a little more than a year ago (but that one I did start –barely). [snip] August Pamplona — Do not weep for her.  She’s in the sky now, drinking with Jesus. – Antares on a.s.s. a.a. # 1811 apatriot #20 Eater of smut Proud member of the reality-based community. The address in this message’s ‘From’ field, in accordance with individual.net’s TOS, is real. However, almost all messages reaching this address are deleted without human intervention. In other words, if you e-mail me there, I will not receive your message. To make sure that e-mail messages actually reach me, make sure that my e-mail address is not hot.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -meg wrote: > What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe > that you’re all out.  I’m sure not. > What are you doing tonight? > A) Playing computer games > B) Watching TV/movies > C) Reading > D) Homework > E) Internet crap > F) Working out > G) Coming in from an unsuccessful date > H) Still on a successful date, posting from bed > I)  Nothing > J) (fill in the blank)

I watched four back-to-back episodes of La Femme Nikita that I had ordered on the internet. > What are your plans for tomorrow?

Today, I played chess online.  I also read a book, went shopping, and wasted lots of time surfing the web. > Read any good books lately?

"The Secret Life of Bees," and "The Concise Book of Lying." > If you’re on a full bus, do you give up your seat for: > A) An elderly or disabled person > B) Women who look like your mom > C) Someone of either gender carrying heavy stuff > D) All females > E) All males > F) Attractive MOTAS > G) (fill in the blank) > H) No one. > I) No one, and I put my bag on the seat next to me so no one can sit > there either. > J) Busses are for peasants. > K) I don’t leave home.  If you leave home you must not be shy.

The only person I’d give up my seat for would be a seriously crippled/elderly person.  Otherwise, it would just fall into that category of things I *just don’t do* – like hitting on women in the street, chatting up strangers, etc.  Basically anything that involves thrusting myself into a stranger’s life. It would never even occur to me to give up my seat to an attractive MOTOS.  Or rather, it might *occur* to me, but then I’d immediately laugh at myself for backsliding into Nice Guyhood.  I sometimes remember with amusement the days when I actually believed that such ingratiating behavior would get you anywhere with people, let alone women. > Sorry, I’m just curious about that one. I spend a lot of time on the > bus right now and it’s interesting to see who does what. > What do your favorite shoes look like?

Shoes are irrelevant. > Who is the most absurdly bored person on this froup?

I’m pretty bored.  Not sure about my ranking in the group.

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Pikabu wrote: > meg wrote: > > What’s with the Saturday night silence?  Seriously, I can’t believe > > that you’re all out.  I’m sure not. > > What are you doing tonight? > Im picking crabs out of my pussy.