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  1. Yep - sorta saw that one coming, lol. Actually, I saw it coming in 2008 !
  2. First of all - the babies is pretty funny if not a little scary. I think I am in that one, but am not sure its me lol. The Koach_Sonic and grandkids REALLY had me laughing since I knew who they were ... good job and thanks for the entertainment! BRAVO.
  3. Fun topic. My result was an ENFJ. I have no idea if this is what it was years ago when I took Myers Briggs, but - to throw a little wrench in this thread - I think the %'s that are displayed are important. Mine seem much more balanced today than 20 years ago - woo hoo. This shows (I think) how I'm mellowing and balancing out in my golden years. So - here they are: Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Judging Strength of the preferences % 11 25 38 22
  4. Thanks for the birthday wishes. Hope to see you soon.
  5. Hope you have a GREAT day !!! (which may include not watching the news or the stockmarket lol) and hope to see you soon
  6. THAT is the GREATEST picture - I have laughed until I cried. Great character likeness with Mario and ... well the Blue Headed Sonic looks a little like the 2011 fashion version of the 'tin foil hat'. Great Fun - thanks for sharing !!
  7. grip's 9/11 story: I had an early morning Dentist appt and as I was paying, one of the office assistants hung up the phone and said "I just heard a plane flew into the World Trade Center". That was my first awareness. I heard a bit more on the car radio on the 10 minute drive back to work. As I walked back to my office, I noticed our security guards were gathered in a conference room and as I poked my head in I saw their faces glued to a TV screen in the corner, watching the second plane hit the other WTC Tower. As other co-workers heard about the news, the conference room was soon packed. Shock and Tears turned to more immediate fears with the news of the Pentagon attack (30 miles away) and spouses/friends that worked there. Following the collapse of the Towers, I was involved in accounting for our employees and whether any were at meetings at the Pentagon. Many people were leaving to pull their kids out of school. My daughters were both in High School and I made the decision to let them have whatever precious moments of unawareness they might yet have and experience news of the disaster with their peers and teachers. At 2:00pm I went to pick them up, and allowed my eldest daughter who had her learners permit to drive, saying we would discuss the events at home. However, while making a left hand turn, we were T-Boned by another vehicle which launched our vehicle airborne. So - in the middle of a tragic day for our country with, as yet, inconceivable loss of life, my daughters and I lay bumped, bruised and only slightly bloody, in the circumference of our own abrupt crisis. We were sent to the emergency room to be checked out (our vehicle was totalled), and spent hours at the hospital watching the additional reports and replays experiencing grief and sorrow for the victims, their families, friends, loved ones at the same time feeling such gratitude that the 3 of us were ok (the accident really could have been so much worse!). I think we finally got home (after being released and a friend giving us a ride) about 7pm. We lived in Northern Virginia and I was age 44, my daughters aged 14 and 16, when our world changed forever on 09/11/01.
  8. Ten years and Ten Zillion tears later ... there are so many stories to tell. I thought it would be interesting if we had a thread for us to share our own stories of where you were, what you were doing 'that day', when a line of demarcation was drawn in our world and history. (I'll add mine in the morning). Thanks in advance for contributing!
  9. grip

    Irene

    Just checking back in before sleep. All is ok except, ironically, lost Internet access late tonight. Am posting from an iPad which is very difficult (one finger) to type on. Tomorrow we get to see what "the day after" brings, and I get to worry about my daughters in NYC. Thanks for the well wishes and I hope for the well being and safety of anyone else that has to deal with this.
  10. grip

    Irene

    I'm sure I am not the only 'east coaster' on koach.com and would be interested in others checking in to say how they are making out with this monster hurricane. Personally, I am at my parents home on Chesapeake Bay today - not terribly far from Norfolk. It has been a VERY long day, but so far - so good. We anticipate the high tide tonight about 9pm to bring the greatest surge and challenge in terms of high water. Lucky with power so far, a few brownouts and just moments of complete loss, but amazingly - not a prolonged outage. The injuries and fatalities I have heard about have (except in 1 case) all involved people that are out and trees fall on them or their cars or other debris has caused a tragedy. Don't GO OUT if you DON'T HAVE TO !!! You just cannot guess or react quickly enough if mother nature has other plans. One fatality was a young child who was speared by a tree that fell through his family's 2nd story apartment. Anyway EASTERNERS ... if you are affected, please let us know how you are doing ! grip
  11. Please join us at 8:30 PM (eastern daylight savings time) on Saturday, August 6th to discuss the short story: "Blood Pressure" by Damon Runyon. The story can be found at this website: http://www.daily-pulp.com/literature/blood-pressure/ Meeting place: #Readers_Corner. WebChat Users: http://www.koach.com...3readers_corner ; IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 Hope to see you there ! grip ipb.global.registerReputation( 'rep_post_4435', { domLikeStripId: 'like_post_4435', app: 'forums', type: 'pid', typeid: '4435' }, parseInt('') );
  12. Please join us at 8:30 PM (eastern daylight savings time) on Saturday, July 27th to discuss the short story "The Use of Force" by Willam Carlos Williams. The story can be found at this website: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/force.html Meeting place: #Readers_Corner. WebChat Users: http://www.koach.com...3readers_corner ; IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 Hope to see you there ! grip
  13. Koach, I hope you had a great birthday. I am ashamed for missing it. I've known for more than 15 years that July 10th is 6 days after July 4th (usually). No excuses, the day came and went and I haven't thought about what 'date' it is for several weeks. Anyway, to preclude any possibility of a repeat error, here we go: Happy Birthday - effective July 10 2012 Happy Birthday - effective July 10 2013 Happy Birthday - effective July 10 2014 Happy Birthday - effective July 10 2015 ~~ grip ~~ :'(
  14. grip

    Desktops

    I get the message (those are some wild characters). I will produce a clean desktop sometime in the next year
  15. The Broncos will be glad to know you'll be back in shape for 'Happy Dancing' in the fall.
  16. Please Join us for discussion on Saturday night, April 9, 2011 for a discussion of: "The Refugee" by Jane Rice The website for the story is: http://www.loa.org/images/pdf/Rice_Refugee.pdf Meeting time: 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Meeting place: #Readers_CornerWebChat Users: http://www.koach.com/index.php?id=chatlogin&client=web&chan=%23readers_corner IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 Thanks go out to STAR for recommending the story. I Hope you can make it Saturday Night!
  17. Saturday night, April 2, please join us for a paired discussion of two short stories by Ambrose Bierce. Thanks to Logos for the idea and story recommendations. The stories are: "Middle Toe of the Right Foot" and website for this story is: http://www.shortstoryarchive.com/b/middle_toe_of_the_right_foot.html and "Moonlit Road" and the website for this story is: http://www.shortstoryarchive.com/b/moonlit_road.html Meeting time: 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Meeting place: #Readers_CornerWebChat Users: http://www.koach.com/index.php?id=chatlogin&client=web&chan=%23readers_corner IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 We've enjoyed other stories by Bierce in the past, and I am looking forward to the chat. I hope you can join us! grip
  18. Please Join us for discussion on Saturday night, March 26, 2011 for a discussion of: "Sightseeing in Louth" by Bernadette M. Smyth The website for the story is: http://www.fishpublishing.com/Fish-Anthology-2010.php#louthss Meeting time: 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Meeting place: #Readers_CornerWebChat Users: http://www.koach.com/index.php?id=chatlogin&client=web&chan=%23readers_corner IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 I'm looking forward to seeing everyone after my long absence, Hope you can make it !
  19. Thank you for your post and letting us know !!
  20. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store (yes I did!!) and we would by gumballs, Penny Candy, those little wax bottles with liquid sugar in them, and the straws with sugar (and I still remember the feel of the cool wood floor on my bare feet) BUT SOMEHOW I MISSED THIS PART: "and some bangers to blow up frogs with." I want to go back and buy a banger!
  21. I know when I left over a week ago I said I should be able to make Readers tonight. I need to let you know there is a strong possibility I won't due to a conflict that has arisen. I will certainly be there if I can. Sorry about the uncertainty. grip
  22. Glad to see you had a wonderful day, and hope it's a great year for you.
  23. Please Join us for discussion on Saturday night, February 26, 2011 for a discussion of: "When Doctors Disagree" by P. G. Wodehouse The website for the story is: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2572/ An alternative website for the story is: http://www.classicreader.com/book/3396/1/ Meeting time: 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Meeting place: #Readers_CornerWebChat Users: http://koach.com/index.php?id=chatlogin&client=web&chan=%23readers_corner IRC users: /server -m chat3.koach.com -j #readers_corner 6667 I want to thank Picker in advance for agreeing to host this chat in my absence. Hope you can make it, and enjoy!
  24. To share with you all (and test how long a post I can make lol), below is an email I received today. It's long ... but I just found it so interesting, I thought some of you might as well. Where did "Piss Poor" come from?.... Interesting History They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ..... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs)lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof...Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus,someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring!!!
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