Male and Female Imponderables-Let it Snow by msg

good firstiness Kelkhil!! So has your personality changed much in the last 5 years?

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."- Albright

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:06 AM

Second ? ME ? Really ? Shiny !

Msg I answered your ponderence in the last thread.I'm looking forward to reading what everyone else says about this one.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:07 AM

AGENTRUSCO

LET IT SNOW!!

Ok, so I like snow. What's the real topic?

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:08 AM

By the way , can you tell me how to get the little smiley faces ? And I'll need that in Albatross dummy speak please !

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:08 AM

TRACYLANE

I would say I have changed a lot in the last 5 years. I am not happy with all the changes, but I am happy with a lot of them.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:11 AM

KELKHIL

My personality has not changed much in the last five years. Most of my change happened when I joined the Army.

I have mellowed out a bit and gotten quieter but not too much of a difference.

LA29 - all the faces I use are from this site here. Too lazy to get my own. I just cut and paste the formula on the left side of the screen when I post.

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:12 AM

Well if you mean the smilies you see in the box to your left on FFF then you just put a : the word inside the colon next to the smiley of your choice and then another: If you mean other location ones, I only know how to do that if you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. If you do then go to a website with emoticons or animations you like ( just google them) and place your cursor over the animation. Right click and when the menu pops up scroll down to the words "copy image location" click on it and then come back to your replay. Paste the url into your reply." Penguin has a much better set of instructions but I don't have the link to it

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."- Albright

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:13 AM

I went through my biggest change about twenty years ago. But there is always room for improvement. So I change a little each year. I hope for the best.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:23 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Morning, Everyone!

I've changed a lot in the last 5 years. I've had a child who has taught me so much about unconditional love and Pokemon. I left my husband, I got back together with him, and we are stonger than before.

I'm much more tolerant of others. I listen more and talk less. I work with people, instead of competing with them (most of the time

)- and I like to think that I stand up for myself more than I've ever done.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:24 AM

Hmm that's a good philosophy Traveler ( though I am now dying to know what the big change was..of course you don't have to say if it's personal or something. I'm just inherently curious)

Mavoureen- WOW...I'm just in awe of you

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:25 AM

ZEEK

I doubt I've changed too much in the past 5 years. I mean other than the standard ups and downs of day to day life. I think I've pretty well figured out who I am and I'm sticking with it. It would take a lot to change my mind.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:27 AM

HUGS Zeek so you're feeling mighty content:) or you've achieved a zen state ( hard to tell those two apart)

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:29 AM

Morning All Imponderables!

Quote:
MsG wrote:
Ok so what are we pondering this morning...Oh I have one. Do you think you have change very much ( personality wise) in the last 5 years??

Last 5 years, I'm not sure. I was impatient and irritated by people and things in my 20s. I calmed down in my 30s. I became self aware and confident in my 40s. I liked turning 50. I don't think I've changed much over the last 5 years. Although, I did retire last year, and I'm working part time for fun (just three hours a day). This has really changed my attitude, but I don't think that changed my personality.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:31 AM

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Originally posted by TracyLane:
I would say I have changed a lot in the last 5 years. I am not happy with all the changes, but I am happy with a lot of them.

TracyLane, I hope the good changes continue.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:32 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Msg, Can't tell if you were being facetious or not, but either way I feel I have changed for the better in the last 5 years.

I may not be perfect, but some of my previous worst traits are getting better.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:32 AM

mmmm part time retirement. Oh today that sounds just lovely Verseexplorer...mind you I'd get bored and head back to full time right quick, but for a week or so that'd be amazing

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:35 AM

Hello MSG:

Lets just say a few of Milwaukee's taverns went out of business about twenty years ago do to my suspension of the use of alcohol. Weaving down the rode is not a good way to spend your life. The people on the streets of Milwaukee are a little safer now.

It really improves your eyesight.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:37 AM

That's the neat part about teaching here in Arizona (I don't know if it's in all states). I can draw my full retirement and work part time this year, and then next year I can go back to full time if I want.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:42 AM

OK I may very well have to move to Arizona!

Traveler- ah :) HUGS many members of my family( extended not immediate) have also made the streets safer in just such a way. Of course with my Great Uncle Walt's driving I wouldn't say it's that much safer...scary car and a scary driver. Also he's the only full professor of Neurology ever to be mistaken for the janitor because of his clothes ( avid gardner who often didn't take the time to change out of his dirt encrusted overalls before teaching a class)

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:46 AM

TRACYLANE

I hope the good changes continue as well.

Traveller that is awesome that you were able to clean up and that is definately a change.

I have changed a lot in the last 5 years, but I think I am about to undergo major reconstruction in the next couple of years. I have been feeling it coming on...something is about to happen and it's gonna be big...an epiphany I think.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:51 AM

Professors tend to be that way. I was taking a calculus course, being taught by the head of the department. He raised the book that he held in both hands. You could see holes in both the elbows of his shirt. He has to be single. No wife would let her husband out the door looking like that. Of course men do find ways of sneaking out.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:57 AM

JAMESTHEDARK

I can say with some surety that my personality has changed fairly drastically in the last five years.

Five years ago, which, if I recall my dates correctly, was my last year of high school, I was in a swirling vortex of depression and self-loathing, which came to a head in what I called 'my suicidal year'. My first year of University wasn't much better, with my disposition remaining fairly well unchanged. The next year, though, I had a bit of an upshot, the depression receded a bit, and I started to live again. The third year was better than that, and now, I'm comparatively shiny. Of course, shiny is a very subjective word: for example, where I am now, mentally, would have normal/well-balanced people recoiling in shock and muttering "oh my god, that poor boy..."
Furthermore, now that I'm on medication, my personality might change even more fairly soon.

Blech, it's miserable up here. It's hale-raining, it's bloody cold, and my car's tire is flat so I can't go anywhere.
Bugger.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 6:57 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Ok so what are we pondering this morning...Oh I have one. Do you think you have change very much ( personality wise) in the last 5 years??

I'd say I've changed quite a bit. I'm a lot less sweet and more cynical to say the least.

Ha! Thought you could get away from me by moving to a new thread, did you? No such luck! I can follow your Ion trail anywhere in the 'Verse!

LA29 - Ya just gotta except the booby comment for what it is: gratuitous. Besides, the subject--which I recently came to find out, and feel much better about myself as a result--has been an obsession with both sexes in this thread since long before I came onto the scene.

Five years take us back to 2001 (for the mathmatically impared). My world, as has been its habit every half decade or so since I can remember, has been set on its ear. Before 9/11, Toni and my living arrangements changed drastically, undoing what the last 11 years had done gradually. It was like starting over but better, since we had the advantage of all our experiences and such.

Then came 9/11 and all that meant to each one of us. The most profound effect it had on me long-term (and I recovered now) was that it turned me into a news junkie. At first that made sense, but 3-4 year later? Not as much.

Subsequent to that I joined the ranks not only of the Browncoats, but the clinically depressed. Mending fine, I think (and my depression was far from, what?..."critical"? "severe"?). It's been a helluva ride, but for me life always has been, no matter what direction it's going.

Amends for the "booby":

Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm?
Norm: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear.

Paul: Hey Norm, how's the world been treating you?
Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.

"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:00 AM

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:00 AM

Someone brought up Global Warming (or a lack thereof) in the last thread. My boss has just told me that this is the first year in recorded history that it's been predicted large areas of Sweden won't get a white Christmas.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:02 AM

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TracyLane wrote:
I think I am about to undergo major reconstruction in the next couple of years. I have been feeling it coming on...something is about to happen and it's gonna be big...an epiphany I think.

It sounds like an exciting part of your life is coming soon. Life can be so exciting. You never know what great things might be around the corner.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:17 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Someone brought up Global Warming (or a lack thereof) in the last thread. My boss has just told me that this is the first year in recorded history that it's been predicted large areas of Sweden won't get a white Christmas.

Well no. They exported it. I'm pretty sure Sean Connery is behind it.

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer on previous thread:
JQ, We can always count on you to bring up mammary glands on a cold morning. It's actually cold down here in Arizona, too. I had to put on a jacket the last couple of days.

Tried to edit that little barb, huh, VX. Gotcha! People sure do throw the word "always" around a lot. Is my rep really that bad?

"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:23 AM

JQ, you are perceptive. It was the end of the thread, and this one started so quickly. I figured everyone would have forgotten your comment. You do have a reputation of tickling my funny bone. I hope that continues.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:24 AM

We can make plans and such, but life will take us where it wants. You never know what waits for you. Sometimes I think I'm having a bad day and the course of events leads me to something wonderful. So it is good to stay positive and then you are more open to seeing when something good is coming your way.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:24 AM

JQ dear, I was joking about the booby comment,so no need to explain .

Edit : thank you Msg for now I can use those cute little faces too !

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:30 AM

Quote:
Traveler wrote:
We can make plans and such, but life will take us where it wants. You never know what waits for you. Sometimes I think I'm having a bad day and the course of events leads me to something wonderful. So it is good to stay positive and then you are more open to seeing when something good is coming your way.

That is so true, Traveler. I find that happens to me quite often.

LA, I'm sure JQ knows you were joking. He just can't drop his favorite topic. Right, JQ?

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:35 AM

Gotta go. My part time job is calling. I'll be back later this afternoon. Have a GREAT day!

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:35 AM

I'm just worried that I'll hurt someone's feelings .I'm a little paraniod that now that I've made feiends with you guys that somehow it'll get screwed up.

Bryce
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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:36 AM

Never, LA. We love you too much.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:41 AM

ZEEK

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
HUGS Zeek so you're feeling mighty content:) or you've achieved a zen state ( hard to tell those two apart)

I'd go with content. I'm pretty good at being content with myself. I probably should hope something comes through to shake things up. Otherwise when am I going to grow in some new and amazing way?

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:41 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Hi Traveler. Looks like I've been a step behind you all morning. Really, I'm not stalking you...

Quote:
Originally posted by LittleAlbatross29:
JQ dear, I was joking about the booby comment,so no need to explain .

I've never known anyone to joke in this thread. But, since I like kisses an' all...

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
JQ, you are perceptive. It was the end of the thread, and this one started so quickly. I figured everyone would have forgotten your comment. You do have a reputation of tickling my funny bone. I hope that continues.

Now I also have reputation, not so pleasant, I think you know. But at least it's not "lecher".

"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:43 AM

Hello LittleAlbatross29:

No way. Anyone can see your a wonderful person.
You have that Browncoatie goodness that we all love. So put those worries right out of your head.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:46 AM

Why thank you VE.Being here has helped me with coming out of my self imposed exile so much.

I'm just one of those people that experince has taught to always wait for the other shoe to drop,so to speak.

JQ -I just adore you !

And here's one for you too Traveler !

Bryce
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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:47 AM

Hello JonnyQuest:

I have been bouncing between threads so much today I'm probably stalking you.

Traveler

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Friday, December 1, 2006 7:49 AM

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LA- don't worry you are completely stuck with us like it or not

I certainly hope that I have changed for the etter in the last five years seeing that I was 15 then. I'll go ahead and give myself the benefit of the doubt in saying that I have matured a bit anf I have definitely gotten nicer, but with the niceness (is that a word?...oh well)I have also gotten shy which I could do without.

remember that a kick in the ass is a step forward

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:00 AM

...and now I have time to post!

Has my personality changed in the last five years? Yes and no. A lot has happened to me, and I do mean a lot! Bereavement, redundancy, bullying at work, depression, BIG change in my career and a change in my family circumstances too. Lots of drama, basically.

I'm definately a stronger, happier person than I was, but I also recognise a lot about myself that hasn't changed. Not all of it negative, mind you, just personality stuff more than anything.

Shocking though it may sound given my job and my behaviour here, I'm actually quite introverted and solitary by nature. I have a few friends, but not a wide social circle, and I'm much happier sitting at home with my nose stuck in a book than I am on a wild night out. I'd get lonely without any social contact, but I don't need a great deal of it. Must be why I attention seek like crazy once I'm here!

I also get a lot of contact from my job since I'm dealing with people, and I'm lucky in that I tend to get on with most people.

Despite everything I'm still a people pleaser and I don't think I'll ever take criticism as well as I should. Overall though, I'm happy with me

Not perfect, but definately okay!

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:02 AM

Why thank you Mei-Mei .
I just checked out you mypace page.IS that your boyfriend ? You guys look so cute together !

And I did the what is your exotic dancer name & it came back with Skittles.Too funny.

DTH - is it safe to say that you're a happy hippie ?

Bryce
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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:03 AM

Hey Blackshamrock good to see you here:)

Jonny- I love it when you follow me:) HUGS

LA- we will always love you hon. Nothing could change that.

James- Hang in there. It might be a bumpy ride, but you'll get somewhere amazing in the end and then you can pity all those people with the smooth ride who don't know what you know

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."- Albright

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:07 AM

CLEMENTINE

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:

Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm?
Norm: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear.

Hey, JQ. Add me as a friend to your MySpace page. Clementine2507 (under pressure, I got the dang year wrong). Nathan will vouch for me.

Or Tristan or PhoenixRose.

BTW, a motivational speaker I heard once (Tim Sanders, really funny) pointed out that it's a dog-sniff-dog's-butt world.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:18 AM

Yep, LA, I'm a happy hippie!

Oh, and on what you said earlier - don't worry! It's very, very easy to get caught in a cycle of negative thinking, always bracing yourself for the next crisis/disaster/trauma. Life doesn't work that way, difficult though it may be to believe sometimes! It can be very, very hard to do when things are at their worst, but if you believe that your troubles will end and good times will come then they really will. I swear! It happens for real!

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:23 AM

I would tend to agree with you DTH, but can we get the universe onboard here ?
But things are pretty good right now.Other than having a 2 year old that seems determined to break everything in the house.

Bryce
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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:25 AM

Ah yes, the wilfully destructive child

Kids are like that. My friend's toddler has an unerring eye for the most dangerous place any toddler can be and goes there at top speed. It's really funny to see.

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Friday, December 1, 2006 8:33 AM