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- Who Shot Sam?
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Just back from two days in your fair city. Beautiful weather. Did the Swan Boats with the kids in the Public Garden, walked from Back Bay over to the Aquarium, little fella dozed off in his stroller, saw an Imax movie, then stopped at the playground by the Frog Pond in Boston Common on the way back and let them run wild. Visited family today in Somerville, with BBQ. Great weekend. We gotta get back there more often!
Just back from two days in your fair city. Beautiful weather. Did the Swan Boats with the kids in the Public Garden, walked from Back Bay over to the Aquarium, little fella dozed off in his stroller, saw an Imax movie, then stopped at the playground by the Frog Pond in Boston Common on the way back and let them run wild. Visited family today in Somerville, with BBQ. Great weekend. We gotta get back there more often!
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Yeah, and tell us you're comin' next time! (You knew that was comin', and though I'm only joshin cause I know how these trips go, please do when you have the time!)Who Shot Sam? wrote:We gotta get back there more often!
That playground near the Frog Pond is a scream. My little guy loves those fountains. And though I suspect your BBQ was homemade, I could die happy after a meal of Redbones' Memphis ribs, some hushpuppies, and a slice of keylime pie, all washed down with some fresh-as-hell local pale ale... but I digress.
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- Who Shot Sam?
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Will let you know next time we're in town. This was just a little two-day trip and the kids hadn't seen Mommy in a week.selfmademug wrote:Yeah, and tell us you're comin' next time! (You knew that was comin', and though I'm only joshin cause I know how these trips go, please do when you have the time!)
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Lara Logan, CBS News' Baghdad correspondant, has a promising career ahead of her. She is smart, has an accent, and is better looking than Christiane Amanpour (sorry, Christianne)
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God do I know what you mean. I have finally stopped having those recurring school anxiety nightmares (where I have a test in school but have neglected to show up to the class, much less study) but they have been replaced by packing nightmares-- I've been away for a year and have 20 minutes to pack all my stuff, which is unaccountably voluminous; or I'm at my childhood home and have an afternoon to pack all my worldy belongings (and sometimes those of my four siblings!) and take them away, or face losing them.miss buenos aires wrote:Packing takes forever. You are never truly done, you just give up and abandon your possessions where they fall.
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Why do I still get those? I also get the same thing work-meeting-related, which is often not too far off what happens in reality, and do have travel ones too, but can easily slip book into school mode. It's a leitmotif for life, I guess.selfmademug wrote: I have finally stopped having those recurring school anxiety nightmares (where I have a test in school but have neglected to show up to the class, much less study)
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
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And my movers stood me up, which means my ordeal is still not over. I have an apartment full of boxes that want to go into storage! I called them a bajillion times, and left half a bajillion messages, the last one more threatening than I intended ("I'm going to give you the chance to make this up to me and move me on Wednesday--I know that in a business that's so dependent on word of mouth, you don't want someone going around saying that you didn't show up or even bother to call..."). But seriously, if this guy doesn't call in the next 24 hours, all his flyers in my neighborhood are getting "COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE" written on them with a Sharpie.
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I've moved FOURTEEN times since 1987, I know how you feel.
Even now, the only possessions I have apart from hi-fi, clothes, books, letters, photos CD's, LP's and DVD's is a table, a chair, a bed and 2 pans I bought back in '87.
My packing for the US was carried out professionally by a team of 4 packers - I'll never do my own packing again.
Even now, the only possessions I have apart from hi-fi, clothes, books, letters, photos CD's, LP's and DVD's is a table, a chair, a bed and 2 pans I bought back in '87.
My packing for the US was carried out professionally by a team of 4 packers - I'll never do my own packing again.
Where's North from 'ere?
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someone must animate Ms. Mug's.
I am counting 8 moves in my lifetime. If I ever do it again, I will slash and burn the furniture and clothing. Take nothing but the books, cds/records/dvds, photos and my guitar.
children optional. I'm down one and taking offers on the other three.
I am counting 8 moves in my lifetime. If I ever do it again, I will slash and burn the furniture and clothing. Take nothing but the books, cds/records/dvds, photos and my guitar.
children optional. I'm down one and taking offers on the other three.
Like me, the "g" is silent.
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Three guys on an expense account are travelling together, all representing the same company. The company has a very strict per diem of $25/day for each to spend on lodging (okay, so they work for my company, which isn't doing to well...). They can pocket whatever they don't spend on lodging and meals.
The most thrifty of the three has identified a hotel that charges only $30/night. They decide to room together, so each contributes $10 dollars to meet the total bill of $30.
Once they have left the lobby to relax in the room and gloat over their shred move, the desk clerk realizes that he has mistakenly put them into a $25/night room. He gives the bellman five $1.00 dollar bills and tells him to bring the cash to the three travellers. The bellman, en route, reasons that they cannot easily divide the $5 among three, so he slips $2 in his pocket, knocks on the door, and thrills the three guys by giving each a crisp $1.00 dollar bill rebate. Thus, the actual cash outlay for the room (from the lodgers perspective) is $9/each for a total of $27 dollars. The bellman, as you recall, placed $2 dollars in his pocket.
$27 dollars + $2 dollars = $29 dollars.
Where did the other dollar go?
The most thrifty of the three has identified a hotel that charges only $30/night. They decide to room together, so each contributes $10 dollars to meet the total bill of $30.
Once they have left the lobby to relax in the room and gloat over their shred move, the desk clerk realizes that he has mistakenly put them into a $25/night room. He gives the bellman five $1.00 dollar bills and tells him to bring the cash to the three travellers. The bellman, en route, reasons that they cannot easily divide the $5 among three, so he slips $2 in his pocket, knocks on the door, and thrills the three guys by giving each a crisp $1.00 dollar bill rebate. Thus, the actual cash outlay for the room (from the lodgers perspective) is $9/each for a total of $27 dollars. The bellman, as you recall, placed $2 dollars in his pocket.
$27 dollars + $2 dollars = $29 dollars.
Where did the other dollar go?
"The smarter mysteries are hidden in the light" - Jean Giono (1895-1970)
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