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curses · #76 10-21-2005, 05:50 PM

$35 can buy a lot of groceries if you buy the store brand. But it's never as good as the name brand, so sometimes one just has to make a sacrifice in the name of flavor.

Godless Dave · #77 10-21-2005, 10:48 PM

Do you think it's creepy for a 35-year-old man to hit on 25-year-old women?

Dingfod · #78 10-21-2005, 10:50 PM

I was once told to always guess a young woman's age to be 25. If they're under 25, they'll feel complimented that you think they look mature. If they're older than 25, they'll be glad you think they look so young. If they're 25, you guessed right.

Blue · #79 10-21-2005, 11:49 PM

I can't believe I'm turning 25 next year. I'm almost a quarter of a century already! Where did time go??

Trojan · #80 10-21-2005, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue

I can't believe I'm turning 25 next year. I'm almost a quarter of a century already! Where did time go??

25!

Ahhh the days of youth. When I was 25 Reagan was wrapping up his presidency, my cat was born and Quaaludes were sold at drugstores!!!! Enjoy Blue. One day you'll jolt awake and be 37! It happened to me! :brooding:

freemonkey · #81 10-22-2005, 12:06 AM

Remember Jolt Cola? I used to drink that stuff with Jack Daniels. Jack 'n Jolt we called it. You could drink all night and be wide awake when the sun came up. Man, those were the days.

Dingfod · #82 10-22-2005, 12:57 PM

OMG, I never want to taste Jack Daniels again. Last year, after the election results became apparent, I drank way too much Jack Daniels way too fast, got drunker than hell and sick as a dog, a commode-hugging drunk. I haven't had much to drink, hard liquor or even beer since then. That was an experience I don't wish to repeat. I thought I was going to die.

Sock Puppet · #83 10-24-2005, 06:46 PM

You say "sick as a dog," yet a dog is more likely to drink from a toilet than vomit in it. That's pretty sick, I'll grant you, but it's still odd that people use the phrase "sick as a dog" as if dogs are particularly prone to nausea. Puppies puke a lot, of course, but it's usually just a phase. I like puppies as long as I don't have to clean up their pink puke.

Plant Woman · #84 10-24-2005, 07:28 PM

It is really sad to go to the dog pound and see puppies waiting to find a home. If no one adopts them they will then be killed. I don't understand why people don't get their animals neutered or spayed or take care to see the puppies they are responsible for don't make it to good homes. They usually abandon the bitch too.

Shake · #85 10-25-2005, 07:34 PM

There was a lot of pounding going on at my neighbors house recently as the roofers finally got back to finish the job they'd started over a month ago. During our last really nice warm week, they worked just one day and then were gone. At the end of that week, it turned cold and wet. Fall had arrived. When I came home for lunch last Thursday, my driveway was covered in wood and old shingles. Fortunately, by the time I got home that evening, most everything was gone, but they were still working. They picked up most of the big stuff, but the fucking bastards didn't even have the courtesy to sweep my driveway. I found 3 decent sized nails which could have put nasty holes into my tires.

Dingfod · #86 10-25-2005, 09:05 PM

Speaking of flat tires, Roxy hit something with the Focus, bending the right front wheel rim. It leaked all the air out really fast. I was able to pump it up to 30 pounds, but as soon as it got over 20 pounds you could hear the leak on the backside of the wheel. When I stopped putting air in, it leaked really fast down to about 10 pounds, then slowly from there down to zero. The tire isn't damaged, I had it dismounted from the rim at Sooner Tire for $3. They guy at Sooner told me that BF Goodrich Tire Specialists straightened alloy rims, so I took it there. Jimmy at Tire Specialists said it would be $75 to straighten it back out, but gave no assurance that he actually could salvage it. Second best: a used $100 wheel from a salvage yard. Last resort: a $350 wheel from Ford.

Sock Puppet · #87 10-25-2005, 09:59 PM

Salvaging is always best, when the gubmint lets you do it. Skulls, for example, can't be salvaged, even though it would be really cool to have one as a conversation piece. But noooo, only the damned doctors get human skulls. You can buy one at a shop I know of, and it'd be legal because they have proof they're medical specimens, but they're really expensive. Especially for a really good one that an artist could use as a model.

Ymir's blood · #88 10-25-2005, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sock Puppet

Skulls, for example, can't be salvaged, even though it would be really cool to have one as a conversation piece.

I'm thinking my bedroom needs a skull. :deepsigh:

On the plus side, I did find a great black and red comforter set for my bed. It's even covered in a black rose pattern.

Dingfod · #89 10-25-2005, 10:42 PM

One year for Christmas gifts my wife made quilted comforters for every member of our families, all of her brothers and all of my siblings as well. Many of these are still being used today.

freemonkey · #90 10-26-2005, 01:22 AM

Today? Today I went to lunch with a friend. We were crossing the street, and a pickup truck had pulled up at the stop sign at that intersection so we had to walk around the back of it. I'm so busy yakking to my friend and looking ahead, and I did not see the tow hitch on it. OUCH!! Motherfucker, that hurt. Actually, I heard my shin smack into it before I actually felt it. That's how hard I hid it.

Anastasia Beaverhausen · #91 10-26-2005, 02:02 AM

You hit your shin? Pff, a few weeks ago at work, I RAMMED into a metal rod around a display case, and got a big purple bruise. While examining it, I noticed that I needed to shave my legs.

Veritas · #92 10-26-2005, 02:06 AM

That's nothing, I was in a car crash at 50mph a few weeks back and walked (well, limped) away from the wreck with nothing more than a large purple bruise on my leg which, if it had been an inch lower, would have covered my eczema scars. It took weeks to fade.

Plant Woman · #93 10-26-2005, 07:23 AM

They recently changed our highway speed limit from 55 mph to 50 mph. In the last year there have been seven fatalities along the highway. Will 5 mph make that much difference? The road is dotted with white crosses and lots of flowers are brought to each one.

Godless Dave · #94 10-26-2005, 10:32 AM

Chamomille flowers bloom keep blooming well into the autumn. The plant also spreads like crazy, which is exactly what I needed in the space I planted it. I'm glad my friend gave me a free plant! Thanks, Sheri!

Dingfod · #95 10-26-2005, 02:15 PM

There's usually chamomille in those potpourri mixes. I hate going into someone's bathroom where they've attempted to mask the smells with some mix of dried flowers and herbs. It usually sends me into a sneezing fit. One time, house hunting, we toured the house of a widow and her two daughters. It was disgusting, floral prints everywhere, and flower smelling scents everywhere. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Shake · #96 10-26-2005, 04:59 PM

When I got moved to this position in engineering from manufacturing, I had a co-worker who was really into hunting. I learned a lot about it from him. There's way more to it than I had imagined.

Dingfod · #97 10-26-2005, 05:09 PM

I have a friend that has a degree in aerospace engineering and works for an aluminum castings manufacturing company. He is 48 years old and never been married, although close to it at least once. His one flaw is that he smokes. Anyone interested?

curses · #98 10-26-2005, 05:49 PM

I think I prefer the British way of pronouncing aluminum. The American way just makes you sound like you've got a mouthful of marbles.

Dingfod · #99 10-26-2005, 05:56 PM

Speaking of marbles, I have had a lot of them in my life but never really knew how to play them. My FIL told me about playing marbles in his youth. He didn't claim to be a great marble shooter, but his brother was, taking everyone's marbles all the time. Greedy bastard wouldn't ever let anyone else win. Too bad they didn't have professional marbles back then, he'd have been rich instead of just having a lot of marbles to lose when he got Alzheimer's.

Blue · #**100** 10-26-2005, 08:18 PM

I would hate to be rich and have Alzheimers. I would get scammed for my money in ways I couldn't understand, since I couldn't remember how much I had. I wouldn't be able to keep track of it and it would end up a waste of hard earned work to earn that money.