Male and Female Imponderables- Water Cooler Chat by msg

So...I finally got to be first!

Water cooler, eh? I know it was mentioned on the other thread. I never had time to echo the worry that it would be taken as a completely different thread...MSG seems to have come up with a good plan!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:55 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

Second!

and I agree, good plan from MsG!!!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:57 AM

JAMESTHEDARK

Tristan, you shouldn't be so surprised you got firsties. For the first dozen threads or so, you were the zeroeth poster.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:00 AM

Excellent blending of the two, msg. I like it.

I would think that if for the first 10-20 threads it were posted that Imponderables thread has morphed into the Virtual Watercooler, I think all would be fine. This is ok, too.

I didn't have enough coffee today. I have a pounding headache. Its an Excedrin moment. That, and a key piece of furniture we sell is on backorder for 3-4 weeks. I have about 20 orders in orbit waiting on this gorramn walnut base to arrive from Norway.

How do you say "Insert Fav Expletive here" in Norwegian?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:05 AM

see that's my plan ...well sort of . I figure we do water cooler part 1, 2, 3 and then slowly the MF water cooler...and then just water cooler

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:07 AM

Mavs, let's see if I can help the coffee thing....

Also sending "Go away, headache!" vibes.

JTD...yes, but I was never a "firsty" poster.

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Would it be bad to reference "Norweigan Wood" right about now?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:12 AM

DAYVE

@ the office water cooler..... "man did you see that OK State, Texas basketball game last night?....that was awesome"

"both teams were on fire.... they couldn't miss... did you see that shot in the first half... man the guy was just trying to save the ball, and the damn thing went in the basket... great game...."

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
How do you say "Insert Fav Expletive here" in Norwegian?

The best I can do is Dutch...

Tussenvoegsel hier Expletive Fav

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:17 AM

Norwegian wood. (snort)

Oops. sorry. How unladylike.

Thanks for the caffeine, RIMG.

I need, in this order:

1. A Diet Coke Big Gulp
2. 18+ medium walnut bases for Ekornes chairs
(new style, please.)
3. My new truck to arrive from Florida
4. My head to stop pounding
5. Dinner to magically cook itself.

Norwegian wood.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:32 AM

RUGBUG

So missed the new thread and posted this on the last (does that make me Lasties?):

Ah, jeez. I'm not encouraging people to be flippant with their greetings, am I? I just don't like leaving people out and I can't remember everyone.

So, Hiya! to each and everyone of you.

[Quote: Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:]
it was my beloved face that got mauled,

Eek! Not your face. It's a nice face. Not that it would be any less of a bother if it wasn't a nice face. Faces should be left out of any mauling, if at all possible.

Ummm...I'm stoic to a fault. I don't like sympathy. I could be lying there with my guts spilling out a deep and gaping wound and I would be all, "I'm fine." I might even be tempted to pull out a little Monty Python. Lightening the situation can is rarely a bad thing in my book.

Forget to add this: Mal4Prez...hey there! How ya been? How's internet boy?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:37 AM

MAL4PREZ

I'm not good at water cooler talk. Doesn't that require detailed knowledge of the latest episode of Friends?

Hiya Tristan and Rugbug and MSG and Dayve and Penguin and Mavourneen and James and SismyG and everyone not posted yet. I've missed you guys!

More of the same in my world, only it's cold now.

Hey - I went to the nonflan. Were any of you there?

Edit: broke up with internet boy.

But it was super fun while it lasted, and didn't end ugly.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:13 AM

Hey then it's all good Mal4Prez...

I think we can just chat about whatever we want:) Not like that's ever stopped us before or anything.

Ah so much better. Changed my gym clothes and did a 30 min run on the treadmill in our faculty fitness room ( which we obtained through a grant and the company that leased us the machines went bankrupt and no one ever came to collect the machines...so we'll keep them until someone shows up to fetch them)So I feel much much better.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:25 AM

MAL4PREZ

Good for you! I wish I had a fitness room. I've put on so much weight I can't wear half my clothes!

Hey - that's good cooler talk, right? Whining about weight gain?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:32 AM

RUGBUG

Well M4P, at least your internet thing got off the ground. The only guy I was interested in just fizzled out. He got all weird and uncommunicative, so I stopped the effort and then he got upset that I didn't completely re-arrange my schedule at the drop of his hat. Sorry, buster. I've got a life and it only included him if I figured it did (or he communicated enough so that he was a person I wanted to spend time with). He made me not want to figure it did.

Fitness room? Yes, please. Although I HATE running. I missed the gym on Mon because horse is lame, but that should be over with and I will get my booty back on that elliptical and do that hour and a half of weight lifting...I swear.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:39 AM

Ah, weight-whining and dating woes...good stuff for the water-cooler!
I have given up trying to find a love-interest around here...I have zero opportunity to meet anyone, actually. That does not leave out my qing ren, though...even if she is halfway around the world!
I have gotten to the point where it just does not seem like it's worth the effort; I am happy alone right now. Well, not completely alone...I have y'all!

M4P, I am sorry the internet thing did not work...but I am glad you had fun while it did. And RugBug, you need to find someone willing to rearrange THEIR schedule to meet yours!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:51 AM

absolutely Mal4Prez:)Whine away

Rugbug- I so totally cannot do an elliptical. For some reason I just can't master it. Probably the shortness factor

Tristan- yup you've always got us...but don't give up. When you least expect it BINGO!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:04 PM

MIRCEA

Hello again all.

My back is killing me this afternoon. Not really a water coole conversationalist either.

I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:16 PM

MAL4PREZ

No more whining today - gotta go. But tristan - I'm with MSG. Let's not give up - anything can happen!

BTW, I think back ailments are excellent water cooler conversation material. I'd join you, but I'm now allowed to leave the office.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:19 PM

Ah, the Lady Browncoats are all I need!

I do think you are right, MSG...it will happen when I am not looking. I'll let y'all know and judge to see if the next one is right for me!

Mircea...sorry to hear about the back. You need to get better; you've got some marching to do in 200+ days!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:30 PM

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Hi All,
I don't usually get to stop by during the day. I had a moment, so I just came in to say "Hi."

Mircea, hope the back feels better soon. You absolutely need to get it straightened out before Atlanta.

Everyone looking for a mate, I'll send some positive thougths your way. I have to run off to a meeting now. Hope to see some of you later this evening.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:12 PM

HUGS Mircea and I hope you feel better. Try filling an athletic sock with uncooked rice and tie the top. Then microwave for 4 minutes. Makes a terrific heating pad and it lasts a long time:)

Tristan never give up on anything ...especially love. It's always where you least expect it:)

HUGS to all and to all a good night.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:35 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Hey everybody.
I haven't been feeling good recently. I hate being sick...why am I always sick??

Heh, I actually am glad that I don't have a fitness room. I mean it would make me feel better about being fit and all, but I just can never get into exercise. The most I'll be able to do without dying is like jogging a mile or so. But it's okay, even with my crazy diet and lack of exercise I'm a normal weight.
Hope you start to feel better Mircea, and that you don't get whatever it is that I have...can you spread disease over the internet?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:53 PM

RUGBUG

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:

Rugbug- I so totally cannot do an elliptical. For some reason I just can't master it. Probably the shortness factor

The elliptical is bizarre at first. I hated it, felt like I was going to fall off. Especially since I was doing it at at time when I could only use one arm.

I don't like the treadmill because I'm scared of those little bobbles that pull you close to the edge of the band: I'm totally freaked about shooting off the back. That, and I can't read while I run. I have to stay very focused to stay in the center of the treadmill. Doing two things at once is impossible.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:36 PM

Hallo.

Being alone is good. *ends advice / philosophy before she starts*

Since I'm late, as usual, some of this is from the previous thread:

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
It does seem we've run aground when it comes to topics. I've been filling space with vain babblings to keep us afloat as have others. It would be good to have something solid to latch onto.

I tried, but I induced headache(s).

*giggle*

Quote:
Originally posted by Tristan:
How do you deal with pain and illness? Your own, I mean. Do you seek aid and pampering from others or do you crawl into a corner to lick your own wounds?

I generally seek solitude every time, and I never go to a doctor. I hate doctors (which is kind of ironic, considering I build medical devices for and with them). However, when the pain / illness is slight and unimportant, I whimper and look even more pathetic than normal in trying my best to elicit sympathy from co-workers. Or just to get them sick, too.

When the pain / illness is significant and potentially very dangerous, I still avoid doctors and latch on to silent stoicism like there's no tomorrow (which, thinking about it, could actually be the case). It's only after I've been coughing up blood for a week that I actually bother a physician. And since I survived, I must be correct in my behavior. *snikker*

Quote:
Originally posted by mal4prez:
I'm not good at water cooler talk. Doesn't that require detailed knowledge of the latest episode of Friends?

Eh, I hope not. I'm not good at this "water cooler talk," either. It conjures images of work, and I avoid people at work at all costs.

*struggles with not avoiding the imponderables due to the work-related connotation* *struggle, struggle*

Bah. I am brooding because of work, which leaves me with nothing to say, so I'ma go hide in a corner and sulk. Maybe cry. We'll see.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:46 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Hi HK and Rugbug.
Actually as much as I dislike working out, for the short time that I was part of a gym, the elliptical was the one I could actually do. I agree with you about treadmills though....it always seems like you're gonna fall off.

Hk, I can't agree with the not doing anything when you're sick. As I said before, I really hate not being well, so I need to get better as soon as possible...and others pampering me is never too bad either

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:07 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Howdy all! Been in training all day and figured on droppin' in before going home.

Training was a crash course in training foster parents on the twenty million aspects of their jobs and how to deal with them. The parents get one hour a week for fifteen to twenty weeks whereas we get eight hours and a big ass book to work out of. Ah the fun.

I was glad to see so many chime in since my last visit. Sorry I missed ya 'Neko. Hugs.

To anyone I missed, hugs.

I'm out for the evening. G'night.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:10 PM

Hiya, ASortOfFairyTale!

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:
Hk, I can't agree with the not doing anything when you're sick. As I said before, I really hate not being well, so I need to get better as soon as possible...and others pampering me is never too bad either

Yeah, I understand that.

My problem, though, is that by working in the medical device industry, I see way too many things that I don't necessarily want to see when it comes to physicians, their practice, and their equipment. I've learned too much. I guess it's kinda like some people becoming vegetarians after walking through a slaughter house.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:

I tried, but I induced headache(s).

*giggle*

Quote:

I'm feeling much better now!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:37 PM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
How do you deal with pain and illness? Your own, I mean. Do you seek aid and pampering from others or do you crawl into a corner to lick your own wounds?

As you'll discover in a handful of lines, this is a subject which I am wholly unqualified to answer. Although, when I am sick, I tend to take it with a pinch of whine but no meds (because I've only been that sick... let's see... once?).

Quote:
I hate being sick...why am I always sick??

To make up for the fact that people like me are never sick. Sorry.

Oh, and I've been meaning to ask: what sort of fairy tale are you, exactly?

::goes to get a little paper cup, but isn't sure if the white handle-y thing means hot or cold::

Can we do a water fountain instead? Those things are way more user-friendly. Plus, they're so pretty, and you can run (naked, if you'd like) through the big, fancy ones.

Ooh, glitter...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by yinyang:

Love the smilie!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:03 PM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by Penguin:
Love the smilie!

Wow... coming from someone with such good smilie skills...

::sniff::

That means a lot!

Too bad this background is white...

Here's another one of those penguins...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:07 PM

JAMESTHEDARK

HK: If you're really in need of a good cry, why not stop in at James' Sulking Corner and Gormet Coffee Shop! All the best of weeping and caffeinated beverages with names that no normal human can pronounce!

/shameless plug

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:17 PM

TRAVELER

I don't get sick as often as I used to. I would always get a cold or flu every year. Now I seem to get sick every three years. I think it is my solitary lifestyle. Everyone I know who gets sick are usually around a lot of other people or are part of a large family. I worked with a guy who's wife was a school teacher and she brought home colds and the flu all the time.

I whine when I'm sick. I hate it. Sore throat, nose running and head aches. If you are sick stay away from me because I don't want it.

I got a watercooler story.

I nearly killed myself a few weeks ago. My alarm clock started making a funny noise in the middle of the night a woke me up. This is not an unusual occurence. It has done this before. I just turn over and smack the thing with my hand a couple of times and it stops. Well as I turned around I got tangled in my bedspread and fell out of bed. Banged my elbow and got a nasty carpet burn on it. After some cursing and finally untangling myself from the bedding I got the alarm clock quite and started to straighten my bedding. I stood up in the bed and was going to give my bedspread a good shake to get it straightened out. Well I did not realize I was standing on it. Expecting the bedspread to fly out in front of me and get flat I ended up pulling my feet out from under me. So for the second time in five minutes I found myself spinning to the floor. This time I landed on my knee. I gave up after much more cursing and crawled into bed and pulled the covers over me the best I could and waited for the pain in my elbow and knee to to stop throbing and finally got back to sleep.

So who has nearly killed themselves while in bed or in some other device considered secure from such dangers?

Come on. I bet there are are others who have done the impossible.

Traveler

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:18 PM

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JamesTheDark:
HK: If you're really in need of a good cry, why not stop in at James' Sulking Corner and Gormet Coffee Shop! All the best of weeping and caffeinated beverages with names that no normal human can pronounce!

Thanks for the offer. Is there a dark, secret, anti-social corner I could hide in? If not, I'll just stick to kicking the crap out of my Jeep and sulking in a hot bath. Caffeine doesn't affect me anymore. My metabolism / chemistry seems to have become acclimated to that particular chemical. Happens a lot, actually. Which is kinda neat, but sometimes not. Why'm I rambing? Dunno. Moving on now...

Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I got a watercooler story.
{adoringly edited by HK}
So who has nearly killed themselves while in bed or in some other device considered secure from such dangers?

*giggles... politely...* It's good that you didn't die.

I can't think of a similar experience. If I recollect correctly, the {few} times I nearly killed myself, it's onnaconna* dangers.

* 'onnaconna' = Wisconsinese for 'on account of'

Quote:
Originally posted by yinyang:
Here's another one of those penguins...

But... what... what's it doing with its eyes??
It's kinda creepin' me out.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:31 PM

ABANDONEDCORSAIR

Well hello everyone! So this is the Imponderables thread. I was told to come over here a while back, but I haven't been on in a while.

So death by bedsheets or some sort of bed-type near death experience, eh? I once tucked my sheets in way too tight and then went to get up the next day. My foot was still stuck in the tightly tucked sheet I fell forward and smacked my head on my bed stand. Then I went to stand and free my foot and I just lost my balance and slammed backwards right on the floor. It was quite a nasty injury. So other people have the same problem. Good to know. Lol!

"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:52 PM

TRAVELER

I knew I was not alone. Beds lurk in corners waiting for me.

EDIT: Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:01 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Traveler,

What a funny story. I'm sure I've stubbed my toe in the dark, but nothing quite like your experience. It's amazing that you were able to get back to sleep.

Welcome to the Imponderables, AbandonedCorsair.

Hi, HK. Don't kick the Jeep too hard. We don't want you to break any toes.

Penguin, I hope that YinYang sees that you took out the white background. You even made the eyes move. You are one talented Penguin.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:19 PM

TRAVELER

Hello VerseExplorer:

It is time to go to bed. Dare I! But I wanted to say HI before I went to sleep.

As for my bedtime story, I think God just likes to let me know who is in charge and it ain't me.

Traveler

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:21 PM

DANCINGNEKO

*waves to everyone*

I had a whole post that got eaten in the posting, so...

Mangolo: Immersion? Cool. Are there any videos that I can watch/see? As for the "active volcano" comment - I hope your wife realizes that the whole island is technically an "active volcano" *giggle*.

Odds! Same old, same old. In fact, I feel like we've done a re-wind and I'm back to the begining of the school year. More stuff, and the learning curve shot even straighter...

NVG: *hugs* Give BabyVi and PsychoBilly (how are they by the way?) an extra hug for me please.

Tristan:

I've been single longer than you, and you're gonna give up? Oh well, I've pretty much figured that there'll be a blizzard in Waikiki the day after I have a serious relationship again. (I'm sure that hell freezing will happen sooner.)

AbandonedCosair: Welcome to this corner of the 'verse.

The illness/injury question: When I get sick, I want a bit of papmering (well, I'd like someone else to run to the store and buy the cough drops, syrup, etc. instead of dragging my let-me-crawl-in-bed-and-collapse carcass around the store). Injury? I've been known to keep going (twising your ankle in the middle of the gorramn road will encourage you to keep moving too) -- usually after pausing to let the pain end.

Ah...I'm going to go before I depress myself more. See you all later.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:22 PM

JPSTARGAZER

Well, I've got a sickness/injury and near death story rolled into one. Last year during fall finals, I got food poisoning. So before I knew I had it, I woke up in the night and felt horrible. So I wander down the hall to the men's bathroom and make my way into a stall, thinking I'll throw up. Well for some reason, super-weakness set in and I just fell...but here's where the almost death comes in. I fell and nailed the edge of the toilet tank with my head, my elbow on the bowl, and then bounced backwards into the cinder block wall, hitting my head again. Basically, I fought the toilet and the toilet won. I eventually got better, but narrowly escaped the food poisoning and severe head trauma...of course I don't think there's any brain damage, but if there was, would I really know?

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:16 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Hi, Traveler, it's always fun to read your posts. I wish a quiet sleep for you tonight. Hopefully your clock will stay silent until it's time to get up at an appropriate time.

Waves to Neko. It's great to see more of your lately.

JPStargazer, I was very sympathetic reading your story. I've had food poisoning, too. And then you conveyed the events of the assault by the toilet.

Quote:
JPStargazer
I fought the toilet and the toilet won.

I couldn't stop laughing. It's always a shame when we lose a fight with an inanimate object.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:14 AM

ODDSBODSKINS

h'mmm, think the closest i've ever come was when i was little, ran all the way up a hill full tilt, not realising until about 6 inches from the edge that it ended in a 100ft cliff. well, and all the other stupid things i did when i was little xD

Gods are great. But the heart is greater, for it is from the heart they come, and to the heart they shall return.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:42 AM

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Originally posted by traveler:
Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

Family's based in Wisconsin, more'n half in the rural areas, the rest in the cities. Grew up in Muh-waukee. Maybe my 22 years there plus da fam'ly history trumps your 40? Or maybe you're just more civilized. *shrug* *giggle*

(Are you familiar with the word / phrase "ain'a?" *snikker* Wisconsinese for "don't you think?" or "I say, old chap, wouldn't you agree?" or "isn't that so?" - derived from the "ain't it?" slang.)

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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
Hi, HK. Don't kick the Jeep too hard. We don't want you to break any toes.

Ah. Thanks for the concern. But you haven't seen my boots. No worries about me breaking anything other'n the Jeep. But its paneling is surprisingly dent-resistant.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:55 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

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Originally posted by Tristan:
I have given up trying to find a love-interest around here...I have zero opportunity to meet anyone, actually. That does not leave out my qing ren, though...even if she is halfway around the world!
I have gotten to the point where it just does not seem like it's worth the effort; I am happy alone right now. Well, not completely alone...I have y'all!

I am in a very similar situation here in WR. There is one guy from the restaurant job that I consider a friend, and a dozen or so others who are work acquaintences, though I am sure I could call on them if need be (well, some of them, and depending on the time of day). You guys are the people that I interact with the most (withoug being paid for it), and I am ok with that right now. The blessing of the internet is that I have been able to meet such shiny people and make new friends, and it's curse puts you all over the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by msg:
HUGS Mircea and I hope you feel better. Try filling an athletic sock with uncooked rice and tie the top. Then microwave for 4 minutes. Makes a terrific heating pad and it lasts a long time:)

I am a big fan of this method, as it is cheap, and an added benefit is that I use jasmine rice, so it smells really nice too. :)

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Originally posted by mal4prez:
I'm not good at water cooler talk. Doesn't that require detailed knowledge of the latest episode of Friends?
Eh, I hope not. I'm not good at this "water cooler talk," either. It conjures images of work, and I avoid people at work at all costs.

*struggles with not avoiding the imponderables due to the

work-related connotation* *struggle, struggle*

Bah. I am brooding because of work, which leaves me with nothing to say, so I'ma go hide in a corner and sulk. Maybe cry. We'll see.

*seeks out HK, lifting her up in a bigassjimibearhuggle for her struggles to separate us Imponderables from the work connotation, and also for her shared liking of anti-socialness at work*

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
it's onnaconna* dangers.

* 'onnaconna' = Wisconsinese for 'on account of'

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Originally posted by traveler:
EDIT: Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
Hell's Kitten. You speak better Wisconsinese than I do. And I have lived in Mawaukee for 40 years.
Family's based in Wisconsin, more'n half in the rural areas, the rest in the cities. Grew up in Muh-waukee. Maybe my 22 years there plus da fam'ly history trumps your 40? Or maybe you're just more civilized. *shrug* *giggle*

(Are you familiar with the word / phrase "ain'a?" *snikker* Wisconsinese for "don't you think?" or "I say, old chap, wouldn't you agree?" or "isn't that so?" - derived from the "ain't it?" slang

I am going to be in Wisconsin in a week, am I going to need a translator for any of this 'wisconsinese' ???

Yikes @ all the different stories of losing fights with beds, toilets, and 100 ft cliffs. Glad that you all survived the ordeals. My brother one time was defeated by a swinging shower door, it let his foot right through the glass as he attempted to climb it.

Neko - *bigassjimipouncetacklebearhuggle*

Same as with yesterday, I have training from 0800 - 1400 today, so I will catch up with y'all either after lunch or in the last half hour of work. I hope you guys have shiny days. :)

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'cause the Roman Gods up to that point were crap. Jeff, the god of biscuits, and Simon, the god of hair-dos.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:43 AM

ABANDONEDCORSAIR

Thanks everyone for all the shiny welcomes! (Cool! That was the first time I used "shiny" in a sentence! Roxy will be so proud.)

jpstargazer - Wow, dude, that just made me cringe. I grabbed my noggin after that one. Makes my near death bed grappling look like a light tossle.

Hmm, I like this thread. Seems to be a lot going on at once. Makes reading very interesting as I sit here bored as all hell at work. Anyone know the cure to a monotonous job? Anyone?

"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:48 AM

Morning, Everyone.

Welcome (back) AbandonedCorsair. I seem to remember your name from a few months ago. Glad to have you with us.

Here's what I use to break up the monotony of my job. Just had it installed in the corner. Hope it helps.

Anyhoo...How is all?

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:55 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Posting as I read...

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:

Where did you get that picture of me?

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How do you say "Insert Fav Expletive here" in Norwegian?

Here for all and sundry is a link I found this morning per Mavs request that I think most of us could find most useful! Of course, the coarseness of some entries is not at all for the faint of heart.

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/

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

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:08 AM