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Post by eirene on May 16, 2005 13:44:49 GMT -6
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erco
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Post by erco on May 16, 2005 14:01:30 GMT -6
Hi Eirene and Xengab. How are you two doing? Can I join you for some tea. Go ahead and add a little something to it. Been a tough Monday.
Glad to see you back Eirene. How was your holiday? You went to see your family, right?
Xengab, good to see you around. Hope things are settling down a bit for you.
Just leave my tea on the counter if you don't mind and I will be back in a bit to gulp it down.
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Post by xengab on May 16, 2005 16:04:31 GMT -6
Hi Eirene,I would love a tea thank you. Hi erco,I am feeling a little better about things,it is not easy. I am of to bed now,so I wish you a good night.
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Post by eirene on May 17, 2005 13:11:38 GMT -6
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Post by xengab on May 22, 2005 9:54:02 GMT -6
Hi Phalpon,I see you are here,I 'll put the coffee on for you.How are you?Have a nice sunday.Bye for now.
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Post by Phalon on May 22, 2005 10:00:27 GMT -6
Thanks, Xengab. Good to see you've been by. Try to have a good day, yourself, you hear?
Rain looks like it might be clearing up - and a lot I want to get done in the yard today. Sigh....as if I don't get enough of this kind of stuff during the week at work. It's an addiction; it's a sickness. And too cool - since it's rained, it's mud!
Gotta go run and slash in the puddles. Mud-pies for everyone later.
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Post by eirene on May 22, 2005 13:41:03 GMT -6
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 22, 2005 14:02:18 GMT -6
Wait Eirene!!! What?? Just like that....isn't there something to be done or said?? I'm sorry for some person's petty insecurities-- which is usually the reason people try to make others feel bad...to make themselves feel vindicated. I don't want to see this happen, so I hope you will come back...Mary & I both feel this way....
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Post by Phalon on May 22, 2005 17:27:05 GMT -6
Eirene? Whatever the "joke" was - ignore it. One person I'm assuming, and there are many others here who enjoy your company.
Sincerely hope you change your mind.
Take care.
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Post by Joxcenia on May 22, 2005 21:19:16 GMT -6
Gotta go run and slash in the puddles. Mud-pies for everyone later.
Someone call the puddle police! Phalon's gonna slash a puddle!
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Post by Joxcenia on May 22, 2005 21:26:01 GMT -6
Eirene... no one here at Whoosh played that joke on you. It was the website owner that did it. You used an image from their site, and they switched it from the cute little gif you posted to that naked breasted woman. We have no control over what someone does with their website. This is why you should get permission to use someone's images, or upload the images to your own site.
~~ Attention Members: If anyone comes across any other threads where hotlinked images were switched to nasty images, please PM Le or me with the thread's url immediately. And please, no more hotlinking because it will get this forum deleted. Thanks.
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Post by Lesa on May 22, 2005 22:06:01 GMT -6
Eirene,
I know for a fact that the image was changed at jeeptalk, not at this board. I even put the url to the smiley you had originally posted in my browser, and it redirected to a completely different url.
Although I can understand why you might think so after you were treated so rudely in the past, nobody here played that joke on you. It was a sick joke that the webmaster at that website played on anybody who uses smilies that are hosted on their website. If it were me, I would have had the image redirect to a positive advertisement for the website like the one I sent you, instead of having it redirect to something as tasteless as that image of a naked woman with breasts too large for her body, because I know a lot of people just don't understand why directly linking an image from someone else's site is a bad thing.
Now to the rest of the members: If anyone here has ever posted anything that has jeeptalk in the url, please try to remember where and edit it out if you can find it.
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Post by eirene on May 23, 2005 13:12:17 GMT -6
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erco
Whooshite Apprentice
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Post by erco on May 23, 2005 14:44:51 GMT -6
Hey everyone. It's Monday again. Blah Blah
Eirene, I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but I feel sure if Gig and Joxie say it was caused by someone other than a board member here, then it is so. I don't understand that last part of your message. Secret code, perhaps? I'm afraid my german is a little rusty.
Hopefully you will continue to post here. I need a friendly barkeep about now that will keep the drinks flowing. My son graduates from high school this week and I think I need alcoholic sustenance to get me through. Wow, do I feel old.
Planning a big party this weekend and nothing seems to be going smoothly.
Hope you all have a nice week. The sun is shining!
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Post by Joxcenia on May 23, 2005 16:40:29 GMT -6
Eirene, Proboards doesn't allow other languages on their forums, so please use english only. I don't know German, so I cannot respond to what you've said. Le has been discussing the matter with you through email and PMs, so I leave this matter to her. I'm done discussing it in public. I've given you my honest opinion of what happened to your post. I can't help what you do/don't believe.
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Post by Lesa on May 23, 2005 23:13:48 GMT -6
Eirene, I'm sure you would have said something long before now if someone had started this thread using your name, so please don't start claiming it was somebody else now. Besides, where you see " logged", Jox and I both see a number that identifies the starter of this thread as the same person who is posting as you right now. Why would you say you weren't online to start this thread, when we have already told you that we know for a fact that the innocent smiley you posted a few months ago was later changed by the webmaster of the website that hosted it? To put it as clearly as possible: We know you made that post, but we also know you did not post that image. I tried to translate your non-English sentence through an online translator so I could post its translation here, but since it wouldn't translate from German and I didn't know what else to try, I snipped that sentence out of your post. You have already been told that posting in a language other than English is not allowed by ProBoards and could get this whole board deleted, so please don't do it again.
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Post by Phalon on May 24, 2005 21:12:14 GMT -6
Eroc. Graduation already? Wow.
Congratulations to you for making it through the school years with your sanity intact....it is intact, isn't it? Please tell me so. I've a long way to go.
This week: Guilt. The working mom thing. Slammed at work lately; busier than managable, and Little Xena had the school's concert coming up; midday today. She's been bugging me for a week to ask if I could get time off to go. Felt guilty asking; leaving the rest short-handed. Felt guilty for not asking; leaving my daughter practically in tears. And after last years muscial version of "the Ugly Duckling" on roller blades, was not particularly too upset about not going. "This one is special though, Mom." Sigh.
Boss said today, "Go, go. Family is important." One last customer, and I was late getting out the door. FIPs all over the road, and get the hell outta my way - I'm a Mom on a Mission. Run my fingers through my hair, hoping to God there are not too many leaves, petals, mulch chunks and whatever else that usually ends up tangled in it. Dust the mud off my jeans best I could, change my shoes quick, and I'm in. Standing room only, and I grab a nose-bleed seat sitting on the balcony floor.
I see my short little pixie in the front row; searching the audience as she's singing. Lights off in the balcony and she can not see me. Intermission. Lights on. I see her Girl Scout leader a few rows over, and knowing what a big mouth she has, I say, "Hey, get LX's attention." She yells for my daughter, and I stand and wave frantically. She see me and beams, and I can read her lips as she tells her classmates next to her, "My Mom's here!"
The concert makes me cry. It usually does; emotional, (except for the Ducks on roller blades. Any crying done then was only because it was so bad.) Last year for the school; over hundred years old and being torn down this summer to make way for condos. Last year for the teacher, (different teacher than the musical duck one); laid off because the new school could not afford her. Last year I will hear my nine year old daughter sing "42nd Street", complete with white gloved hand motions in a black-light lit stage.
Afterwards, I whisk her off to the doctor's office; the swelling in her face is back, and it is confirmed she needs her tonsils out. Next week; the ENT.
So yes, Eroc...a really big congratulations for you, cause although, it is your son's day, I know you deserve it.
Oh, and tell what's his face that the strange lady who can never get his name right sends her "Congrats" to him also!
And yes...Gigs and Joxie know what they're talking about. Here, I thought "hot-linking" was eating those spicy sausages.
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Post by Grrlpower on May 24, 2005 21:47:40 GMT -6
What a nice story P. Thanx for sharing. Makes me appreciate that mine doesn't want me to attend the events anymore. Horrified if I do in fact. Video camera in tow just for the added humiliation. hehehe I found out last week that she auditioned for the chorus and made it so next year is gonna be full of rehersals and concerts and competitions. The only thing I am thankful for is that it is an ALL GIRL choir!!! Whew
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Post by Phalon on May 24, 2005 22:01:15 GMT -6
Yeah, GP, I figure I only have a few more years - if that - until the "I Swear, She is NOT My Mother" era sets in.
An All Girl choir? Where's the fun in that? For her. For you; peace of mind.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 24, 2005 22:07:28 GMT -6
I second the appreciation for the cool story, P.
Whew....do you realize the overabundance of estrogen just the four of us alone are gonna be dealing with in the next...what....8-9 years?? OMG....we should make a pact or something & call ourselves "Xena Moms With Preteen & Teen Daughters"...lol What stories we shall share....Gp, I guess it's your responsibility to kinda give the rest of us a head's up on what's around the next corner......
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Post by Grrlpower on May 24, 2005 22:22:29 GMT -6
All I can say is always stock up on tissue and personal items and hang a HUGE calander in the kitchen that warns all who read when the PMS monster is in full swing. And Pray that it is not all the same week or things can get ugly! Plus Buy a bigger water heater because it stinks to be the last one to get the shower in the morning and you get nothing but brrrr!
Oh those little I feel magnets on the fridge help too. When you put the magnet around the face that corresponds with your mood. Just hope that cranky isn't already covered when I am looking to use it.
Beware the candy and fast food cravings.
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Post by Phalon on May 24, 2005 22:27:08 GMT -6
Wait...slow down....I'm taking notes.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 24, 2005 22:30:23 GMT -6
But GP, there are FOUR of us....we are always overlapping...just enough to ensure it seems to never ever stop!!
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Post by Grrlpower on May 24, 2005 22:30:44 GMT -6
No need for notes there Phalon. The good thing is that you learn the same time the kids grow.
Biggest Suggestion...ALWAYS keep the lines of communication open. Dinner at the table as a family as often as possible...during which there is no tv and lots of conversations about everyones day. Really made a big difference in our lives!
Most teens spend less then 15 minutes a WEEK talking to their parental units.
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Post by Grrlpower on May 24, 2005 22:35:30 GMT -6
I hate to say Q but you know that old folk tale that your cycles will all get into synk...Well it is true! As long as the grrls aren't overactive in sports they will most likely follow your lead. It has taken 3 years but unfortunately our PMS monster is lazy...and loves to visit us all at the same time.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 24, 2005 22:36:57 GMT -6
Mary is really good about that. The girls get up at 5:30 everyday of the week so they can go to the store & hang with her before school. They even help out & the regulars all know them by name....they really have a big time & it helps to make sure their day gets off to a good start. The two girls usually eat dinner together with no TV. We have found it is a great time for them to bond & even when they are not in great moods, by the end of the mealtime, they are both hee-hawing at each other's antics..
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Post by Joxcenia on May 24, 2005 22:39:22 GMT -6
Wow! Nice stories... maybe Le should set up a Parenting board after the upgrade...
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 24, 2005 22:40:15 GMT -6
And let us not forget that there are THREE geminis in this mix...poor Mary....she says it's like living with six personalities instead of three....lol...good thing she's a libra....we need that balance!!
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Post by Grrlpower on May 24, 2005 22:50:07 GMT -6
oh man that ole zodiac coming into play. How about a bull a ram and a gemini...We are never sure which side the gemini will choose when an argument ensues. hehe
Very good about the personal time. It is so important.
As for advice I remember a while ago someone mentioning having to teach a teen to drive...Oh man advice is what I need. Manual tranny advice. I tried the explaining the mechanics which helped but my own insticts to protect are working against me in this case.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 26, 2005 11:06:48 GMT -6
Hi xengab... ...I hope things are slowly moving in a forward direction for you & your burden is easing some.... Sending you love & sunshine... Take care....
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