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Grex > Agora46 > #6: If You're Happy and You Know it Write it Down! | |
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arianna
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response 25 of 673:
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Jun 25 13:16 UTC 2003 |
IHB it's my burpday!
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remmers
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response 26 of 673:
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Jun 25 13:33 UTC 2003 |
Happy birthday, then.
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lynne
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response 27 of 673:
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Jun 25 15:04 UTC 2003 |
IHB I spent 2+ hours installing my air conditioner last night. Works like
a charm--and just in time for predicted 90+ degree weather. not to mention
whatshisname coming out to visit next week :)
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kip
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response 28 of 673:
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Jun 25 17:32 UTC 2003 |
IHB there's a beautiful piece of stained glass in my office.
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keesan
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response 29 of 673:
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Jun 25 20:56 UTC 2003 |
I just lent my air conditioner to a friend to take to Cleveland for 10 days.
He wants to work in an upstairs room of his mother's house while she recovers
for surgery. I live downstairs and it rarely goes over 85 in here.
I am happy because for the first time since I posted my resume (as a
translator) someone has sent me a real translation job in the field I studied.
Usually it is young men who want to impress women they know by writing them
poetry in Albanian, or someone with a Russian gravestone, or a kid assigned
two words of Serbian to translate.
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tod
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response 30 of 673:
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Jun 25 21:02 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 31 of 673:
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Jun 25 22:00 UTC 2003 |
I 'certify' at the bank in front of a notary public that I am the one who did
the translation, and I also write up a paragraph to the effect that I am a
professional translator and did this to the best of my abilities.
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tod
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response 32 of 673:
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Jun 25 22:07 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 33 of 673:
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Jun 26 01:53 UTC 2003 |
I have no license. I state that I have been a professional translator since
1972 and have studied the languages involved, and I give my name, address,
phone number, email address, and website.
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scott
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response 34 of 673:
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Jun 26 14:52 UTC 2003 |
Made it to Norway with minimal complications. I got randomly upgraded to
business class on the long flight, but that was balanced by forgetting my
jacket in the Frankfurt airport. Wasn't a favorite jacket, anyway.
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anderyn
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response 35 of 673:
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Jun 26 17:06 UTC 2003 |
Tell us cool stories, Scott!
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michaela
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response 36 of 673:
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Jun 26 17:12 UTC 2003 |
IHB I'm so in love it's disgusting.
IAHB having a window air conditioner right above the bed is a
beautiful thing. I'm not going to enjoy leaving this place. :-P
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mynxcat
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response 37 of 673:
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Jun 26 17:57 UTC 2003 |
Had my first impromptu speech, and it was a hit! I should be stand up
comedien
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mdw
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response 38 of 673:
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Jun 26 18:58 UTC 2003 |
Sarah! You should *not* fall in love with your air conditioner! You
will only be disapointed when they pull the plug! (I think Sarah is
trying to preempt Scott's cool stories too.)
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flem
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response 39 of 673:
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Jun 26 21:28 UTC 2003 |
Robert Heinlein defined love as the condition in which someone else's
happiness is essential to one's own. When my air conditioner isn't happy,
it stops working, and I'm not happy. Apparently I'm in love with my air
conditioner.
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tod
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response 40 of 673:
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Jun 26 21:35 UTC 2003 |
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flem
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response 41 of 673:
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Jun 26 22:09 UTC 2003 |
A freak, perhaps, but based on his writings I'd say that Heinlein was about
as libertarian as you can get, which isn't what I'd describe as possessive,
really.
Do you have a better definition?
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keesan
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response 42 of 673:
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Jun 26 22:18 UTC 2003 |
I got my house down to 78 degrees by opening up last night.
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tod
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response 43 of 673:
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Jun 26 22:28 UTC 2003 |
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eskarina
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response 44 of 673:
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Jun 26 23:41 UTC 2003 |
IHB I have managed to telnet to grex from a UIC library computer.
IAHB I am in Chicago, with many options for things to do tonight, and the
sunset is pretty from inside here.
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keesan
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response 45 of 673:
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Jun 27 00:53 UTC 2003 |
78 is much nicer than 83, and it is fairly dry. The friend who borrowed my
air conditioner reports that the combination aluminum storm/screens in his
mothers house have immovable screens and only the storms move. I told him
to push harder since they have probably never been moved before and corroded
in place.
78 is quite pleasant. I find air conditioned buildings in the summer
intolerably cold when I am adapted to the warm weather. I bring pants, socks,
and a hooded sweatshirt to the library and don't stay long. They keep it
around 72 in the summer and 76 in the winter.
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mdw
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response 46 of 673:
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Jun 27 02:01 UTC 2003 |
The brand new aluminum storm windows in my house have immovable screens.
I presume the idea is that if they don't move, it's easier to ensure
there are no cracks for bugs to crawl through. Probably cheaper to make
too.
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jaklumen
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response 47 of 673:
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Jun 27 02:02 UTC 2003 |
resp:36 wax on, wax off?
Having an A/C nearby is nice, but I still like central A/C best. I
miss it; such is life when you move out and start a family.
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orinoco
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response 48 of 673:
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Jun 27 02:57 UTC 2003 |
Heinlein had his head screwed on straight about a lot of things. Love, IMO,
was not one of them.
IHB I met up with another old friend who I haven't seen in ages. She is doing
well, and dating _yet another_ old friend of mine, who I also got a chance
to catch up with. I'm not sure why all these people are coming out of the
woodwork this summer, but I'm not complaining.
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response 49 of 673:
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Jun 27 04:33 UTC 2003 |
re #41: Libertarian? Or Libertine? ;)
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