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 Cinder 
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Location: Washington state
    
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Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: 50 good ideas |
 
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The following are 50 great lessons in living. Taking them to heart will make a difference in your life today and beyond.
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God
never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get
busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is
up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no
for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important organ is the brain. Nurture it.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years,
will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends
will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did
or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd
grab ours back.
41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don't ask, you don't get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Cinder
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Joined: May 15, 2005
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Posts: 3317
Location: Washington state
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Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: And that is the truth!!! |
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New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them!? Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days--mowing my lawn.
New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain?? Trout?
New Rule:? Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.
New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.
New Rule: Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, he'll be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.
New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the jerk. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one sweet-n'-Low, and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge jerk.
New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy.
New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your behind. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.
New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the U.S. Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too darned exciting. What's next, competitive farting??? Oh wait!? They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."
New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&Ms. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.
New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.
New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place.
New Rule: If you ever hope to be a credible adult and want a job that pays better than minimum wage, then for God's sake don't pierce or tattoo every available piece of flesh. If so, then plan your future around saying, "Do you want fries with that?"
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 alien_avatar
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Location: Berlin
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:29 am Post subject: |
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*has a bet running on how soon someone will edit Cinder post* 
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Cinder
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Member#: 10213
Posts: 3317
Location: Washington state
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: whopps |
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*has a bet running on how soon someone will edit Cinder post* |
OH NO.. I forgot to take out the all the A words!! and replace them with buns or something!!
whopppsss
shhhh don't tell the moderator of this forum.. for awhile it took the better part of his online time to edit my posts!!! 
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 j2brown
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Location: Sterling, VA
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: |
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You win if you picked ~4.5 hours, alien_avatar.
OK, I'm tired and cranky, prepare for a rant:
1) What's with all the swear words and inappropriate content?
2) Why would you comment on it but not fix it?
3) Why is this in the "trivia" thread and not the joke thread?
Please give more thought to making better/appropriate posts, and not to making more work for the moderators. Remember, it's easier for us to delete post rather than spend 10 minutes editing them.
jeff
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alien_avatar
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Read the post, laughed about it, posted a reply I imagined to be funny, didn't spend another minute thinking about it.
Sorry j2brown, didn't mean to yank your chain.
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Cinder
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Member#: 10213
Posts: 3317
Location: Washington state
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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You win if you picked ~4.5 hours, alien_avatar.
OK, I'm tired and cranky, prepare for a rant:
1) What's with all the swear words and inappropriate content?
2) Why would you comment on it but not fix it?
3) Why is this in the "trivia" thread and not the joke thread?
Please give more thought to making better/appropriate posts, and not to making more work for the moderators. Remember, it's easier for us to delete post rather than spend 10 minutes editing them.
jeff
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OK OK>>>> I will edit! actually did not see that button and will do so right now!!!!
and just in case that is not enough....
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j2brown
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Location: Sterling, VA
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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alien_avatar: Nothing directed at you that you need to worry about.
cinder: As long as you learned your lesson you've got nothing to worry about. The chocolate is a nice touch, though.
jeff
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 ld80061
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Joined: Jul 01, 2007
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Posts: 169
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Just good trivia |
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Fascinating Facts
Q. More women do this in the bathroom than men.
A. Wash their hands. Women: 80%, men: 55%.
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This is scary. Sanitation, anyone? |
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: I checked the words!!!! |
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Besides.. look who wrote them first...
It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are
first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!
1. Don't change horses . . . until they stop running.
2. Strike while . . . the bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before . . . Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of . . .termites .
5. You can lead a horse to water but . . . How ?
6. Don't bite the hand that . . . looks dirty.
7. No news is . . . impossible
8. A miss is as good as a . . . Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new . . . Math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll . . . stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust . . . Me.
12. The pen is mightier than the . . . pigs.
13. An idle mind is the . . . best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's . . . pollution .
15. Happy the bride who gets . . . all the presents .
16. A penny saved is . . . not much.
17. Two's company, three's . . . the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what you . . . put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and . . . you have to blow you rnose.
20. There are none so blind as . . . Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not . . . spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed . . . get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you . . . see in the picture on the box
24. When the blind lead the blind . . . get out of the way.
25. A bird in the hand is . . . going to poop on you.
And the WINNER!
26. Better late than . . . pregnant.
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: A story about Walt Disney |
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Walt's love of simple fare also sparked the creation of a Disney
architectural term. At Disneyland, Sleeping Beauty Castle is known as the
weenie" that draws guests down to the hub. Architectural scholars have
described the "weenie" as "the visual icon that causes people to gravitate
naturally towards a location."
To Walt, it was simply the "weenie" and the term had its origin in Walt's
personal experience and his simple Mid-Western vocabulary. Some cast members
embarrassed by the modern connotations of the word "weinie" mistakenly
substitute the term "carrot" because of the well-known image of being able
to direct a donkey or a horse forward by dangling a carrot in front of it.
However, Walt's choice of the word "weenie" was deliberate.
In the early Fifties when Walt was developing the concept of Disneyland, he
would come home late in the evenings. He almost always entered his house
through the kitchen, which was nearer the garage. He also used it as an
excuse to check to see what his housekeeper, Thelma, was preparing for
dinner.
If she was preparing steaks or lamb chops or broiled chicken, Walt would say
"You know I don't like that" with a sigh in his voice to indicate
disappointment. It seemed that no matter what was being prepared for dinner,
it was never what Walt wanted at that moment and he would grumble.
Walt sometimes had a big lunch at the studio (because he used that time for
interviews or meeting with guests) and then would pick at his dinner. His
grumbling still upset Thelma even though she understood that fact and she
would try to hide the dinner she was preparing if she heard Walt's car.
Despite the pleas of Mrs. Disney to Walt to avoid coming in to the house
through the kitchen because it upset Thelma, Walt continued to do so because
part of his evening ritual was to go to the refrigerator and grab a raw hot
dog wiener. Walt called it a "weenie" based on what he heard it being called
when he was growing up.
He would get the weenie for the family dog, a small white poodle named "Lady
. Walt loved that particular dog despite his frequently quoted statement
that "I can't even have a male dog. I've got nothing but females around here
referring to his wife, two daughters and housekeeper. "Lady" even appeared
on a few of the early Disneyland TV show introductions with Walt.
Walt's daughter, Diane, remembered in a Fifties interview that her father
loved "this old dog we had, the old poodle. Mother wanted her put to sleep.
Dad said 'no'. Well, she was sick. She was just miserable during the day but
she'd perk up in the evenings when Dad came home. That's the only time Dad
saw her. In the evening, when Daddy came home, Dad would play with her with
this hot dog."
Like many dog owners, Walt discovered that by wiggling the hot dog in the
air, he could get "Lady" to follow it and go from side to side and jump up
and down. She followed wherever Walt wiggled the weenie. As Walt was
developing Disneyland, he remembered this fond experience and translated it
into an architectural term ("the weenie") when he tried to describe to his
team how to get guests to go in a certain direction and to reward the guests
for that choice.
It turned out that the term also became a memorial for "Lady" who passed
away around the time of the opening of Disneyland. She died at the
veterinarian' s while she was being bathed. Fearing foul play, Walt insisted
on an autopsy which revealed that "Lady" had died from a normal blood clot.
Spaceship Earth, American Adventure, the Sorcerer's Hat, the Tree of Life and more are the "weenies" that help subconsciously move guests through the
Disney theme parks. At the original Disneyland, "weenies" like the Mark Twain Steamboat or the TWA Rocket Ship were supposed to pull guests into
Frontierland and Tomorrowland. It was Walt's love of simple food that
resulted in the creation of an often imitated design concept. If the old
expression "You are what you eat" holds true, then the current Walt wannabes
might want to explore the diet of a true animation genius.
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Cinder
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Location: Washington state
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Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: From another forum... |
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I am in a forum for spouses, ( NOT ME) whose mate has been deployed. Main idea is to make baby blankets and hats for the mom's whose hubby is deployed. It is really cool. But once and awhile they just help out folks with military problems. They are a really neat support forum. So I am reading and come across this one. Not sure how the thread started but this is Priceless!
"Oh don't you just love people like that? My hubby got a jury duty summons while deployed, and I had almost the same incident, only over the phone. Same deal really small town that I affectionately call Mayberry, and the girl at the courthouse thought she'd be smart. I said "My husband is deployed and will not be appearing for jury duty." She actually says to me, "What do you mean, 'deployed'?" Are you freakin' kidding me? Ok, I know we don't live within 50 miles of a post, but still. I explained that if they'd like him to appear they were more than welcome to write to him and gave her the address. She then asked for a phone number. I said, "Just ask for the US Army in Iraq, and if you get through to him, let me know what the number is so I can call him too." I could hear crickets on the other end of the phone. I had to take a copy of his orders down to the courthouse. No big deal it's all of 3 blocks (I told you it was Mayberry), and I figured I'd have to do that much. Then they ask me for his commander's number. I said, "You're more than welcome to call, but his commander is with him in Iraq." I gave them the unit's contact number to call. Like I was lying. I called the unit contact and told him what was going on too and told him to be prepared for the phone call. He said he basically got the same treatment I did and offered the lady to call the Pentagon so she could talk to them about their plans. I was rolling when he told me that. Some people just really don't get it."
When I find out how it started I will post that too.. bet it was good!
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weaponlordzero
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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These are really fun to read!
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Cinder
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Joined: May 15, 2005
Member#: 10213
Posts: 3317
Location: Washington state
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: This really happens! |
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While we smile and wonder who could be so lame..one senior citizen friend of mine still after 9 years since her hubby pass is hand out this new address!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is so
priceless,and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.
Anyone who has dealt with an estate will agree with this. A lady died
this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their
annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and
interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank. Here is the exchange:
Family Member: "I am calling to tell you she died in January."
Citibank : "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."
Citibank : "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."
Family Member : So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
Citibank : "Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau , maybe both!"
Family Member: "Do you think God will be mad at her?" (I really liked this part!!!!)
Citibank : "Excuse me?"
Family Member: "Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?"
Citibank : "Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor." (Duh!)
**Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member: "I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."
Citibank : "The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply." (This must be a phrase taught by the bank!)
Family Member: "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
Citibank : (Stammer) "Are you her lawyer?"
Family Member: "No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given)
Citibank : "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
Family Member: "Sure." (Fax number is given)
**After they get the fax:
Citibank : "Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help."
Family Member: "Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care."
Citibank : "Well, the late fees and charges do still apply." (What is wrong with these people?!?)
Family Member: "Would you like her new billing address?"
Citibank : "That might help."
Family Member: " Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69."
Citibank : "Sir, that's a cemetery!"
Family Member: "What do you do with dead people on your planet?
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