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beeswing
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response 50 of 413:
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Oct 7 21:46 UTC 2003 |
I am jacked up on an antibiotic cocktail. wooooooo....
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eskarina
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response 51 of 413:
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Oct 8 01:19 UTC 2003 |
I have an icky cold. If I don't take nyquil I can't sleep through the night
(I wake up every couple of hours), and if I do take nyquil I wake up really
groggy and stay that way for at least 3 hours. Doesn't mix well with 2nd
hour's new attempt to test my authority.
I think I've figured it out... each new class I take on decides to test my
resolve on what kind of bs I'll put up with and what I won't after about a
week... when I start teaching they are really nice cause they're in shock,
and then they decide that the chances that I might be more of a pushover than
Craig are just enough that its worth a try.
Needless to say, 2nd hour got a new seating chart a couple of days ago.
That'll teach em. :)
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bru
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response 52 of 413:
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Oct 8 01:19 UTC 2003 |
good news. Gareth still hurts, but they will not haveto remove the spleen.
They are going to do more tests, but have sent him home from the hospital.
The pleen is larger than normal, but shows no sign of rupture, nor disease.
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jiffer
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response 53 of 413:
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Oct 8 02:05 UTC 2003 |
IBB my brother decided to not come and get this dog tonight, like he was
supposed to. He also didn't have the decency to call me to tell me this. So,
I guess he will be forking out the dough to store his dog in a kennel from
now on. Tuff luck.
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goose
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response 54 of 413:
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Oct 8 02:32 UTC 2003 |
IBB I have that icky cold too...took sone stuff a couple hours ago that
doesn't seem to be helping with the sinus pressure or runny nose....
/s/sone/some
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jiffer
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response 55 of 413:
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Oct 8 02:47 UTC 2003 |
<jiffer passes out hot compresses, hot tea with honey and lemon, some chicken
noodle soup, and copies of The Jughead comics to all the sick people>
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scg
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response 56 of 413:
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Oct 8 07:26 UTC 2003 |
IBB Schwarzenegger got elected Governor, and my car (yes, my beat up nine year
old car that was fairly cheap to begin with) got stolen tonight. I'm somewhat
surprised to find that I'm more upset about the election, but maybe I'll
become more upset about the car next time I want to drive somewhere.
The cop who did the report on the car theft said cars like mine generally show
up abandonned within a few days of being reported stolen.
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slynne
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response 57 of 413:
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Oct 8 12:42 UTC 2003 |
Someone stole your 9 year old car? Weird.
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goose
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response 58 of 413:
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Oct 8 13:00 UTC 2003 |
Sorry to hear about both of those things Steve.
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aruba
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response 59 of 413:
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Oct 8 13:52 UTC 2003 |
Sorry to hear that, Steve.
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lynne
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response 60 of 413:
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Oct 8 14:16 UTC 2003 |
That sucks. Still, it's a better response than a friend got when his 1977
Chevy got stolen--the cops just laughed and hung up on him. Good luck
finding the car. (Not much helpful I can say about the election.)
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gull
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response 61 of 413:
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Oct 8 14:18 UTC 2003 |
Re #56: Sorry to hear that. It's hard to imagine why someone would
steal a nine year old car. Maybe joyriding kids?
The funniest car theft story I ever heard was from a guy who had an old
VW Beetle. The body was in reasonably good shape but the brakes were
multiple-pumpers, really shot. It was once stolen and found abandoned
in the middle of an intersection a block down, where the thieves had
finally gotten it to stop.
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scg
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response 62 of 413:
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Oct 8 16:15 UTC 2003 |
The cop said it was almost certainly joyriding kids, and that old Saturns get
stolen so often that they run the plates through the system whenever they see
one. I think this is really weird. I was so convinced that nobody would have
stolen my car in a parking lot with lots of newer and nicer cars that I
wandered around the parking lot for 15 minutes convinced that I must have
forgotten where I'd parked, and then asked the store if they'd towed it for
some reason, before I finally called the police.
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lynne
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response 63 of 413:
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Oct 8 17:53 UTC 2003 |
Why do old Saturns get stolen more often than other cars? Is it a regional
thing? (I think Camrys and Corollas are high on the most-stolen list out
here, but always figured my 12-year-old wagon was an unlikely target. Hmm.
I'll bet you that a manual transmission also serves as an anti-theft
device. :))
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tod
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response 64 of 413:
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Oct 8 18:04 UTC 2003 |
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scg
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response 65 of 413:
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Oct 8 18:36 UTC 2003 |
Mine had a manual transmission, too.
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gull
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response 66 of 413:
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Oct 8 18:42 UTC 2003 |
GM cars have for years had a reputation for being very easy to hotwire.
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tod
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response 67 of 413:
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Oct 8 19:29 UTC 2003 |
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jep
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response 68 of 413:
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Oct 9 02:52 UTC 2003 |
I got the bill from my lawyer today. The last time I talked to her
was some 6 months ago, before the divorce was finalized. The bill is
for $3300.
I find this pretty disturbing, since I often asked her what the status
of my account was, and was always told, "Don't worry about it". The
impression I had was that the retainer ($1000) was still covering what
I needed for the divorce.
I don't have $3300 extra.
I sure wish I'd known I was running up that kind of bill while it was
happening. I don't suppose she depends much on repeat business. I
also presume she knows how to collect on bills of this type, and
generally that she knows what she's doing. For *her*.
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gelinas
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response 69 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:03 UTC 2003 |
(John, take a minute to consider the question, "What would I have done
differently?" Could you _really_ have done without your lawyer's advice and
assistance at any point in the proceedings? If not, then not knowing was just
one less thing to worry about. Talk to her about a payment plan.)
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jep
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response 70 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:18 UTC 2003 |
I could have not gone on vacation last month, and made other choices,
based on the money I really had versus what I thought I had. I am not
a careful planner with money, but I do try not to spend what I don't
have.
I didn't complain about the money; I complained about asking about the
money and not being told, and now being surprised by a fat bill. I
wouldn't have done anything differently with regard to handling the
divorce itself.
I will indeed have to ask about a payment plan. I don't have much
choice.
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other
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response 71 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:36 UTC 2003 |
Your mistake was accepting the answer "don't worry about it."
The appropriate response is, "I have to worry about it. I have limited
resources, and I have to plan appropriately in order to assure that I can
pay the bill."
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gelinas
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response 72 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:43 UTC 2003 |
I'm sorry; I misunderstood your plaint. I agree with you, and Eric has good
advice.
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jep
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response 73 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:45 UTC 2003 |
I get burned again and again and again, but I still trust people, with
very little reason in a lot of cases. I trust my mechanic, I trust my
doctor and dentist, I trusted my therapist. I fight off the impulse
to trust my ex-wife despite two years of proof that I shouldn't and
can't. I don't believe I am going to change. This won't be the first
time I'll be paying off a big bill I didn't expect. Probably not the
last, either.
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jep
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response 74 of 413:
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Oct 9 03:46 UTC 2003 |
Joe slipped in. It's not your fault if I don't make myself clear!
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