| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:25:21 PM | |
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| Central Oregon used to be that way. Sadly, a little paranoia these days doesn't hurt (meaning all house and car doors stay locked). We've got gangs and meth users slithering their way in here......sadly, US Highway 97 (the main north-south route through this area) has become a major traffic route for meth dealers. Most of the felony arrests in this county are meth-related. It's sickening. Especially in such a beautiful place like this. |
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| [spapad] Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:22:27 PM | |
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I live in a place I feel clueless when a new person moves here. Why would they do it? I'm lucky to have a job in this area and I cant understand anyone moving here. I must admit though I have move away a few times and miss it when I'm not here, but wow it takes some getting used to once you get into the faster paced lifestlye of other places. It is a good place to let my daughter grow up. Around here you can still leave your door unlocked and the chances of something happening are as great as being struck by lightining.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:16:22 PM)| |  | Tephra Rising wrote: | | Well if it makes you feel any better, I could always identify South Africa on the map as the country with the "hole" in it (that hole being Lesotho which I think is the only country in the world completely surrounded by another one).
Anyway........I live in Central Oregon which is a beautiful place, a combination of pine forests topped by high, snowcapped dormant volcanoes, wild rivers and high desert. Big mecca for skiers, mountain bikers, hikers and mountain climbers (I'm in that last category). Unfortunately all this natural beauty has its downside......it's currently America's most over-priced housing market (which is why I will probably never be able to afford my own home here) and all the wrong kinds of people are moving here (and they keep on coming). But I consider it home, have moved away twice and regretted the move both times, so here I stay. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:16:22 PM | |
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Well if it makes you feel any better, I could always identify South Africa on the map as the country with the "hole" in it (that hole being Lesotho which I think is the only country in the world completely surrounded by another one).
Anyway........I live in Central Oregon which is a beautiful place, a combination of pine forests topped by high, snowcapped dormant volcanoes, wild rivers and high desert. Big mecca for skiers, mountain bikers, hikers and mountain climbers (I'm in that last category). Unfortunately all this natural beauty has its downside......it's currently America's most over-priced housing market (which is why I will probably never be able to afford my own home here) and all the wrong kinds of people are moving here (and they keep on coming). But I consider it home, have moved away twice and regretted the move both times, so here I stay. |
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| [joedraper] Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:07:25 PM | |
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| Pleased to meet you too Tephra! Yes, you stayed awake during that geography class (lol) we're in mid winter according to the solstice. We should start warming up but we actaully get the worst of it now. Sometimes it rains for up to a week at a time. Not cool when you've got kids who get cabin fever from not going outdoors. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:01:54 PM | |
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| Well, nice to meet you Joe. If I remember from not falling asleep too many times in geography class.......you're having winter right now, right? |
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| [joedraper] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:59:31 PM | |
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I"m in Africa (south africa to be precise) I'm with you on the global warming thing.. winters this cold in Africa? lol.
In Cape Town (where I live) we have a mediterranean climate so we get all our rain in winter. We get snow but only very inland and on our mountain peaks. Even on the peaks is too close to me.. my house is surrounded by fecking mountains.. actually, it's a very beautiful place to live in. |
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| [spapad] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:52:14 PM | |
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Snow? Two weeks ago? I thought were I lived got cold. I'll take it anyday. I was born for palm trees not pine trees.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by MEDALGODDESS from Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:45:18 PM)| | | MEDALGODDESS wrote: | | ahhhhh I hate snow! we had 6 iinches here about 2 weeks ago...
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | We had snow here (Oregon, USA) until a couple of weeks ago. Pretty much shoots a hole in the global warming theory for me. Seven inches of snow in the Cascade Mountains the first week of June.....just nuts......
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:46:49 PM | |
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| Yeah, I am wondering about my climbing plans this year. I probably won't get to climb South Sister (local volcano which I always climb every year) until at least late July. Then I am headed to Mt. Baker in the Washington Cascades to climb it in August. I am ready for summer. |
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:45:18 PM | |
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ahhhhh I hate snow! we had 6 iinches here about 2 weeks ago...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:42:23 PM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | We had snow here (Oregon, USA) until a couple of weeks ago. Pretty much shoots a hole in the global warming theory for me. Seven inches of snow in the Cascade Mountains the first week of June.....just nuts......
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:42:23 PM | |
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We had snow here (Oregon, USA) until a couple of weeks ago. Pretty much shoots a hole in the global warming theory for me. Seven inches of snow in the Cascade Mountains the first week of June.....just nuts......
What country in Africa are you in? |
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| [joedraper] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:16:38 PM | |
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we're freezing here in africa.. very cold and wet but I'm surviving lol.
Vail are you guys having some sort of heatwave or normal weather for this time of year?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:24:00 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | well, its windy, and I screwed up taping the f1 race, other than that, its good
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| | | joedraper wrote: | | | Good morning/ afternoon whatever time of day it is.. How's sunday going for you all so far? |
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:38:04 PM | |
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Okay I just checked out the Japan dates.. Lets go...... LOL just kiddin.. I hope Kenny will be home towards the end of October!!!!! Dammitt!! Thats when I was coming to the UK.. to raid his closet,, among other things... LMAO |
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:34:28 PM | |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:31:43 PM | |
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To Medal Goddess: I just went and looked at the "photo gallery" thread. You truly are a Goddess. Absolutely gorgeous.
(No sexual harassment intended, I promise).
Have a good day up there in Big Sky Country.........TR 
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:29:47 PM | |
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lol@ HB.. The darn Indy race is on the same time as Form1.. SO I said whatever.. I am wathching the Indy race.. ( but I keep flipping back and forth..LOL)
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:01:16 PM | |
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Morning, kids........(that term applying only to people under 40 in this crowd)
Greetings from the volcanic desert plains of Central Oregon......Vail, thanks for staying on "Clown Watch" thru the night (envisioning Vail polishing up her AR-15).......hahaha........
Enjoy your Sunday, all.........
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:38:27 AM | |
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Good morning, Joe!!!!!!
9 am here and its already getting hot... 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:32:41 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | | Good morning/ afternoon whatever time of day it is.. How's sunday going for you all so far? |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:24:00 AM | |
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well, its windy, and I screwed up taping the f1 race, other than that, its good
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[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:32:41 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | | Good morning/ afternoon whatever time of day it is.. How's sunday going for you all so far? |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:22:49 AM | |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:19:21 AM | |
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A lot of that was fluctuations in the exchange rate. then from the late 90's to the mid 00's it was the other way, stuff here was comparitivly cheaper. we exported a ton of cars, now, we import from the US.
but, damn we pay a lot of taxes for our socialized medicare. I actualy think that today is the day i have paid all my taxes and get to keep the rest that I earn.
when does that happen in the states?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by TIMBONI from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:52:33 AM)| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Don't give it a second thought. I had a girlfriend back in Massachusetts who had family in P.E.I. ( Prince Edward Island, Metal Jesus' home ) and even as far back as the '80s they would come down to the states and buy like crazy. I think the socialized medicine seriously devalues their economy.
| | | DemonCat wrote: | | Well that shoots down my theory about the U.S. gas prices being hiped to support the war in Afghanastan. I didn't know it was that high in Canada.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | think our dollar is worth more, so its probably only $5
beer in a bar is probably cheaper
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive. 
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [joedraper] Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:32:41 AM | |
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| Good morning/ afternoon whatever time of day it is.. How's sunday going for you all so far? |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:02:13 AM | |
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Good night and never fear. I'll use my head as the light house while you sleep ! 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:55:41 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | I resemble that remark (he said, as the light glinted off of his ever-so-slightly advancing forehead).......
BTW, a buddy of mine just got back from a tour in Iraq and while he said things are improving there (improving being a relative term), Afghanistan remains relatively FUBAR by comparison, did not realize things were as bad as they apparently are over there.......but that is a subject for another time.....
Night all........Vail, big kiss and thanks for saving me from the Scary Clown. |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:56:38 AM | |
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Take care Tephra!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:51:07 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Well everybody.......speaking of baldness, it's almost time for "The Shield" to come on so will go watch it. (favorite show) Thanks for letting me in on this powwow, I had fun. Chat again tomorrow, fellow Hellions..... |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:55:41 AM | |
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HAHA!!!! Just doing my job. Take care, fellow Hellion, and beware of the clowns. 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:47:55 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | Vaillant, you my hero........(sorry heroine).......... |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:55:41 AM | |
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I resemble that remark (he said, as the light glinted off of his ever-so-slightly advancing forehead).......
BTW, a buddy of mine just got back from a tour in Iraq and while he said things are improving there (improving being a relative term), Afghanistan remains relatively FUBAR by comparison, did not realize things were as bad as they apparently are over there.......but that is a subject for another time.....
Night all........Vail, big kiss and thanks for saving me from the Scary Clown. |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:53:32 AM | |
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Take it easy baldy ! Like I'm one to talk. Don't be a stranger.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:51:07 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Well everybody.......speaking of baldness, it's almost time for "The Shield" to come on so will go watch it. (favorite show) Thanks for letting me in on this powwow, I had fun. Chat again tomorrow, fellow Hellions..... |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:52:33 AM | |
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Don't give it a second thought. I had a girlfriend back in Massachusetts who had family in P.E.I. ( Prince Edward Island, Metal Jesus' home ) and even as far back as the '80s they would come down to the states and buy like crazy. I think the socialized medicine seriously devalues their economy.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by DemonCat from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:49:43 AM)| | | DemonCat wrote: | | Well that shoots down my theory about the U.S. gas prices being hiped to support the war in Afghanastan. I didn't know it was that high in Canada.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | think our dollar is worth more, so its probably only $5
beer in a bar is probably cheaper
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:51:07 AM | |
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| Well everybody.......speaking of baldness, it's almost time for "The Shield" to come on so will go watch it. (favorite show) Thanks for letting me in on this powwow, I had fun. Chat again tomorrow, fellow Hellions..... |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:49:43 AM | |
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Well that shoots down my theory about the U.S. gas prices being hiped to support the war in Afghanastan. I didn't know it was that high in Canada.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:41:50 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | think our dollar is worth more, so its probably only $5
beer in a bar is probably cheaper
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:47:55 AM | |
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| Vaillant, you my hero........(sorry heroine).......... |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:47:00 AM | |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:44:37 AM | |
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YES!!!! AAAAIIGGGGHHHH MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!!
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:43:20 AM | |
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Is it this one? -->
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:42:13 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | This has nothing to do with anything but one of the emoticons looks eerily close to John Wayne Gacy's Pogo the Clown character. REALLY CREEPY.
I fucking hate clowns. |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:43:19 AM | |
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Sorry I missed ya HB. Take care
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:41:50 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | think our dollar is worth more, so its probably only $5
beer in a bar is probably cheaper
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:42:13 AM | |
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This has nothing to do with anything but one of the emoticons looks eerily close to John Wayne Gacy's Pogo the Clown character. REALLY CREEPY.
I fucking hate clowns. |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:42:04 AM | |
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Bye, HB!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:40:50 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | well, it does cost more to get gas to these places. I heard some are having trouble getting it at all now. would love to do that drive
well, I should be in bed, think I have shit to do tomorow
nice to chat with you all for a bit
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Back in 1989 I did a 4-day marathon drive from Alaska through the Yukon Territory and northern BC to get to Washington State and back (2300 miles one-way). I remember some of the gas prices in the more remote stops along the Alcan Highway were approaching highway robbery as they were the only place you could stop for gas for 100 or so miles, if not longer, also remember the confusion of converting liters to gallons and kilometers to miles......I suck at math, even when I'm cold sober. |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:41:50 AM | |
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think our dollar is worth more, so its probably only $5
beer in a bar is probably cheaper
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by TIMBONI from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:40:52 AM)| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:41:41 AM | |
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Take care H.B. Go Ferrari tomorrow !
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:40:50 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | well, it does cost more to get gas to these places. I heard some are having trouble getting it at all now. would love to do that drive
well, I should be in bed, think I have shit to do tomorow
nice to chat with you all for a bit
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Back in 1989 I did a 4-day marathon drive from Alaska through the Yukon Territory and northern BC to get to Washington State and back (2300 miles one-way). I remember some of the gas prices in the more remote stops along the Alcan Highway were approaching highway robbery as they were the only place you could stop for gas for 100 or so miles, if not longer, also remember the confusion of converting liters to gallons and kilometers to miles......I suck at math, even when I'm cold sober. |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:40:52 AM | |
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Damn ! Disregarding the exchange rate, just the conversion from Litres to Gallons makes it $5.16 per gallon !
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:38:22 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:40:50 AM | |
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well, it does cost more to get gas to these places. I heard some are having trouble getting it at all now. would love to do that drive
well, I should be in bed, think I have shit to do tomorow
nice to chat with you all for a bit
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:38:42 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Back in 1989 I did a 4-day marathon drive from Alaska through the Yukon Territory and northern BC to get to Washington State and back (2300 miles one-way). I remember some of the gas prices in the more remote stops along the Alcan Highway were approaching highway robbery as they were the only place you could stop for gas for 100 or so miles, if not longer, also remember the confusion of converting liters to gallons and kilometers to miles......I suck at math, even when I'm cold sober. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:38:42 AM | |
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| Back in 1989 I did a 4-day marathon drive from Alaska through the Yukon Territory and northern BC to get to Washington State and back (2300 miles one-way). I remember some of the gas prices in the more remote stops along the Alcan Highway were approaching highway robbery as they were the only place you could stop for gas for 100 or so miles, if not longer, also remember the confusion of converting liters to gallons and kilometers to miles......I suck at math, even when I'm cold sober. |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:38:22 AM | |
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us gallon is 3.88 L
dunno the exchange rate
funny, we had a different gallon, which was bigger.
if the dollar is close to yours, which I think its within 5% we are getting screwed. damn taxes
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by TIMBONI from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:36:04 AM)| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:36:04 AM | |
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What's the exchange rate and conversion to gallons ? Too many beers for math right now.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:34:17 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | $1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Head banger] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:34:17 AM | |
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$1.33 here
of course thats canadian dollars and liters, dunno, dont want to do that math. probably more than anywhere in the states, it usualy is.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:27:51 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:30:49 AM | |
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| I think I saw on the news Southern CA has the highest gas prices in the country right now (with Hawaii the possible exception). Just getting crazy. Can't remember the last time I filled my tank all the way up (thank God I work at home anyway). |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:28:53 AM | |
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Last tank I filled was $4.59 a gallon.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:24:42 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | Just to change the subject for an equally sensitive issue:
What is a gallon of gas costing everybody out there?
(in Central Oregon I'm paying about $4.30 a gallon which is about 25c above the national average) |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:28:10 AM | |
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OK...now that I can't hear a word anyone's typing LOL. Yes that's one way to look at it. One life, and you've got to live it up, stand tall cuz you're young, and kinda proud. ect ect ect.
It certainly simplifies things, and gets you through one thing to the next.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:13:14 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | You're right. There's only one life... gotta live it up, right?
| | | DemonCat wrote: | | It's best to let little things like that go Vail. Life's short, and she won't always be there. One day you may find youself looking back, and when you do...be thankful that she even listened, or read something that means so much to you. That's one way to make it a positive instead of a negative for you. Maybe you won't get so mad next time as a result, and may even see the humor, or whatever it is from her point of view. Most important is that you do have moments with her like that, which will build up memories. Some people don't even have that.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Yeah, although I sometimes get too worked up and get mad if she makes fun of something important during a song (lyrically, most of the time). Its a little flaw of mine I still need to work on.
| | | DemonCat wrote: | | Then it's a special thing between the two of you, and a good thing!
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | I do that sometimes too, making fun of little quirks in the music she hears. We do that to each other every once in a while as our strange way of bonding.
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Maybe it's one of those things where she saw the seriousness of it, and threw out some sarcasm. Try to look at it that way, and see if it that's not what it was. Then maybe you can appreciate it better, and share more. I may be stepping out of bounds here, and be dead wrong, but it's better to share what's important to you w/her, than to drift apart, from a misunderstanding.
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She knows English pretty well despite being from Mexico, so she understood the lyrics. Only problem is she likes to poke fun at anything that's supposed to be serious. Its one reason why I don't share most of my music with her.
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You may do better by showing her the lyrics. At least that's how I connected w/my mom w/Ozzy's Miracle Man. She'd seen the story on the news, and I shared Ozzys funny poke at them. It was certainly "a moment".
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I think my mom is pretty tolerant to it, but she wouldn't hear it on a daily basis. She allows me to listen to what I like, as long as I do well in school. I only showed her Nostradamus CD because she knew about the prophet and thought he was very wise. If anything, she made fun of one of the songs.
As far as having something in common with your son at that level, I think its great!! The more you have in common with your son the more you two can bond, IMO.
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Is your mom usually hip to heavy metal? I mean...I know my son thinks I'm a cool dad, and he also understands that I'm still his parent, and NOT his friend, but we have a blast so far together in life with each others company. That's been very important to me...that I could identify with him in whatever he may be going through. Am I taking that to a more intense level? Is it too much?
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I'll ask her in a little bit. She's in the living room watching a Mission Impossible movie en Español. (Quoting Message by DemonCat from Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:57:48 PM)
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:27:51 AM | |
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Its alright!! It does get kind of hard to identify people in cyberspace at times.
Anyway, gas prices in SoCal are in the $4.50s and above. Not a great time to drive.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:22:33 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:25:38 AM | |
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Don't sweat it. We've all made the same mistake at one time or another. It's a bitch not being able to see someone's expresssions or hear the intonation of their voice. We all step in the poop sooner or later and as soon as we clean it off we seem to step in it again !
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:22:33 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:24:42 AM | |
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Just to change the subject for an equally sensitive issue:
What is a gallon of gas costing everybody out there?
(in Central Oregon I'm paying about $4.30 a gallon which is about 25c above the national average) |
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:23:42 AM | |
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Ahhhh. Let it go. If nothing else, you meet a lot of people and learn what you DON'T like. At best . . . . . .
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:20:08 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Nope. I'm a girl with an "uptightness" problem.
| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | I had a nice shoulder-length 'do until about 2000 when my "inferior genetics" (thanks Mom) took over and it was either cut it short or apply to Colonial Williamsburg to play Ben Franklin. I keep it short these days but just can't quite bring myself to go "chrome dome" quite yet. (I really, really miss my hair.)
Is Vaillant suffering from lady trouble? If so, I feel for ya bro, 2 failed marriages under my belt and at 40 it isn't exactly getting easier to find Miss Right. Had a fantastic date with a great gal about 2 weeks ago, one of the best dates I think I've ever had, was really crazy about her but she let me know on no uncertain terms she didn't have those kind of feelings for me. So I can relate. I still search against all odds for Miss Right. Love sucks sometimes......(oh well, we were 200 miles apart anyway. Long-distance never seems to work for me.) |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:22:33 AM | |
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| Vail, please forgive me if I have said anything here that could be insensitive, etc. Here in cyber space sometimes it's hard to sort out genders, orientations, etc. So forgive me for any case of mistaken identity. I can relate if your having trouble regarding affairs of the heart. I've had mine kicked in many times. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you you have my sympathies. |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:20:11 AM | |
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Keep this up, and I'm going to have to pop Screaming for Vengence in my CD player! Heeeeelllllllllll yeah! brb
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by TIMBONI from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:15:08 AM)| | | TIMBONI wrote: | | Nice ! Bit of schoolin' for us. I guess we've all got another thing comin', heh ? 
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | You're right. There's only one life... gotta live it up, right?
| | | DemonCat wrote: | | It's best to let little things like that go Vail. Life's short, and she won't always be there. One day you may find youself looking back, and when you do...be thankful that she even listened, or read something that means so much to you. That's one way to make it a positive instead of a negative for you. Maybe you won't get so mad next time as a result, and may even see the humor, or whatever it is from her point of view. Most important is that you do have moments with her like that, which will build up memories. Some people don't even have that.
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Yeah, although I sometimes get too worked up and get mad if she makes fun of something important during a song (lyrically, most of the time). Its a little flaw of mine I still need to work on.
| | | DemonCat wrote: | | Then it's a special thing between the two of you, and a good thing!
| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | I do that sometimes too, making fun of little quirks in the music she hears. We do that to each other every once in a while as our strange way of bonding.
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Maybe it's one of those things where she saw the seriousness of it, and threw out some sarcasm. Try to look at it that way, and see if it that's not what it was. Then maybe you can appreciate it better, and share more. I may be stepping out of bounds here, and be dead wrong, but it's better to share what's important to you w/her, than to drift apart, from a misunderstanding.
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She knows English pretty well despite being from Mexico, so she understood the lyrics. Only problem is she likes to poke fun at anything that's supposed to be serious. Its one reason why I don't share most of my music with her.
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You may do better by showing her the lyrics. At least that's how I connected w/my mom w/Ozzy's Miracle Man. She'd seen the story on the news, and I shared Ozzys funny poke at them. It was certainly "a moment".
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I think my mom is pretty tolerant to it, but she wouldn't hear it on a daily basis. She allows me to listen to what I like, as long as I do well in school. I only showed her Nostradamus CD because she knew about the prophet and thought he was very wise. If anything, she made fun of one of the songs.
As far as having something in common with your son at that level, I think its great!! The more you have in common with your son the more you two can bond, IMO.
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Is your mom usually hip to heavy metal? I mean...I know my son thinks I'm a cool dad, and he also understands that I'm still his parent, and NOT his friend, but we have a blast so far together in life with each others company. That's been very important to me...that I could identify with him in whatever he may be going through. Am I taking that to a more intense level? Is it too much?
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I'll ask her in a little bit. She's in the living room watching a Mission Impossible movie en Español. (Quoting Message by DemonCat from Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:57:48 PM)
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:20:08 AM | |
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Nope. I'm a girl with an "uptightness" problem.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:14:16 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | I had a nice shoulder-length 'do until about 2000 when my "inferior genetics" (thanks Mom) took over and it was either cut it short or apply to Colonial Williamsburg to play Ben Franklin. I keep it short these days but just can't quite bring myself to go "chrome dome" quite yet. (I really, really miss my hair.)
Is Vaillant suffering from lady trouble? If so, I feel for ya bro, 2 failed marriages under my belt and at 40 it isn't exactly getting easier to find Miss Right. Had a fantastic date with a great gal about 2 weeks ago, one of the best dates I think I've ever had, was really crazy about her but she let me know on no uncertain terms she didn't have those kind of feelings for me. So I can relate. I still search against all odds for Miss Right. Love sucks sometimes......(oh well, we were 200 miles apart anyway. Long-distance never seems to work for me.) |
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| [Tephra Rising] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:19:23 AM | |
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Yes, I am a male (last time I checked anyway).......yup, still there.
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| [TIMBONI] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:18:43 AM | |
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Where to start ? As for the hair, I choose to go down with dignity. If some of my personal heroes ( Rob Halford, Mark Martin, etc. ) can handle it so can I.
As for Vail, unless there is something she hasn't mentioned to me ( and that's entirely posible ) I don't think there is lady trouble, but only she can answer that.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:14:16 AM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | I had a nice shoulder-length 'do until about 2000 when my "inferior genetics" (thanks Mom) took over and it was either cut it short or apply to Colonial Williamsburg to play Ben Franklin. I keep it short these days but just can't quite bring myself to go "chrome dome" quite yet. (I really, really miss my hair.)
Is Vaillant suffering from lady trouble? If so, I feel for ya bro, 2 failed marriages under my belt and at 40 it isn't exactly getting easier to find Miss Right. Had a fantastic date with a great gal about 2 weeks ago, one of the best dates I think I've ever had, was really crazy about her but she let me know on no uncertain terms she didn't have those kind of feelings for me. So I can relate. I still search against all odds for Miss Right. Love sucks sometimes......(oh well, we were 200 miles apart anyway. Long-distance never seems to work for me.) |
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| [DemonCat] Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:16:18 AM | |
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Please excuse me a moment Vail for this next comment please.
I'm assuming we're talking about baldness? Also assuming Tephra Rising's a male. Let me tell you what my teacher said to me one day that may make you feel better. He was proud of his baldness, because he blamed it on his wife rubbing his head while he ate her out over all the years!
Yeah he was a cool person, and my favorite teacher. The same teacher who saw Led Zeppelin open for The Who back in the early 70's. |
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