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Grex > Agora46 > #6: If You're Happy and You Know it Write it Down! | |
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lynne
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response 283 of 673:
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Jul 24 18:21 UTC 2003 |
IHB I have cheap direct tickets to meet up with boy in Milwaukee in a couple
of weeks. Plus, venue means a chance to see a friend I haven't seen in
nearly a year--not to mention going shoe shopping with her! :)
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senna
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response 284 of 673:
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Jul 24 21:09 UTC 2003 |
Scott, I mentioned something about it in announcements a couple of months ago,
I think. We never saw that much action on our cranes, by the way...
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gelinas
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response 285 of 673:
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Jul 24 22:13 UTC 2003 |
IAHB I've submitted my entry to the Observer's Fake Ad contest.
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other
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response 286 of 673:
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Jul 25 04:08 UTC 2003 |
IHB today I got an auto-darkening welding helmet and a sleeping bag which
compresses into a size small enough to fit comfortably into my saddlebag
and still leave room for more stuff.
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gelinas
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response 287 of 673:
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Jul 25 04:49 UTC 2003 |
IAHB the pillar of smoke I saw from Maple Village was NOT the building grex
is housed in.
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michaela
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response 288 of 673:
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Jul 25 05:51 UTC 2003 |
IHB tomorrow is my last day in this house.
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polytarp
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response 289 of 673:
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Jul 25 08:54 UTC 2003 |
IHB it feels good.
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russ
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response 290 of 673:
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Jul 25 11:27 UTC 2003 |
Got a tedious job halfway done.
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scott
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response 291 of 673:
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Jul 25 12:03 UTC 2003 |
Went up to E. Lansing yesterday, hung out with a couple old college
housemates, met their 3 kids and three new cats, and ate dinner at El Azteco.
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jep
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response 292 of 673:
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Jul 25 12:33 UTC 2003 |
We had our last t-ball game yesterday. My team was a great bunch of
kids, with a great bunch of parents. They all improved a lot through
the season, and I had a great time being their coach.
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fitz
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response 293 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:32 UTC 2003 |
IHB my annual colony of sand wasps is up from last year. Go Sandwasps! Kill
dem earwigs!
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keesan
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response 294 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:41 UTC 2003 |
We got an email from someone we met in the Milan area last summer on a camping
trip. Jim set her up with grex email which she is still using, but she says
the 1987 computer he set her up on is now taking 5 minutes to boot and can
he fix it? It has a built-in 2400 bps modem. Her brother also left her a
newer computer but no keyboard for it so Jim will bike out there with a
keyboard and lots of software and a camping mat and have a two-day summer
vacation without me. Internal modem, external modem (2 each, 1400 bps),
procomm plus, kermit. Maybe we can foist a printer on her. She now has 9
sheep and lots of colored chickens. A complete stranger who flagged us down
and gave us his yard to sleep in, use of his hose, towels, and a very nice
breakfast sent us to meet her. She is 'alternative'. We saw her neighbor's
vegetable stand made from a silo.
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tod
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response 295 of 673:
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Jul 25 18:52 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 296 of 673:
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Jul 25 21:06 UTC 2003 |
I don't know - probably at one time. She used to run sort of a commune there
in some rather shoddily built structures, but her main interest now seems to
be returning farmland to trees. Jim will have more to report in a week or
two. (He is leaving the middle of next week open in case his daughter, who
will be in town from England, has time to spend with him.)
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lynne
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response 297 of 673:
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Jul 25 22:51 UTC 2003 |
Subgroup is over, marking end of hellish week.
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gelinas
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response 298 of 673:
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Jul 26 04:26 UTC 2003 |
IAHB I finally fixed a client's problem with Eudora hanging while opening
on Win98 machine. It seems the problem was caused by an automatic update
feature of RealOne player. I renamed the file "realsched", and Eudora
started working again.
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keesan
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response 299 of 673:
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Jul 26 17:42 UTC 2003 |
Jim made a nice batch of humus, with organic lemon rind. He also bought me
an avocado. He is trying to help me gain weight.
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gelinas
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response 300 of 673:
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Jul 27 01:23 UTC 2003 |
IAHB Anthony's makes good pizza. More filling than I expected, too.
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eskarina
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response 301 of 673:
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Jul 27 03:27 UTC 2003 |
IHB a high school friend of mine made a day trip to Chicago to visit me today,
with his 3 year old daughter. We had a really fun time walking around
downtown just hanging out, and we went to some places I hadn't gone yet. I
found a book in Borders that I'm excited about reading... its called "Four
Colours Suffice", and its about the "proof" of the Four Colour Theorem, which
I've always found interesting.
Other people see a 3 year old girl and say "Oh, how cute!". I sit down at
the table in the restaurant, take several coffee creamers, and ask "How
many?", and after she counts, rearrange them and ask again. In spite of all
the other fun stuff we did, I have to say that this game was the highlight
of my day.
We also took the orange line all the way until it ended and back, and had a
good conversation whilst Lily slept. And we talked about both of our curious
fascinations with the movie "1776", which our history teacher showed us in
class many years ago and we now both own more than one copy of. Its a bad
movie. We still love it. Thanks, Mrs. Dahl. :)
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jep
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response 302 of 673:
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Jul 27 04:14 UTC 2003 |
My son and I had a nice time at my maternal-side family reunion today
in Harrison. The weather started out rainy but then turned
beautiful. The worst of the drunks and low-lifes stayed away, and the
rest of us had a wonderful time.
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russ
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response 303 of 673:
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Jul 27 08:43 UTC 2003 |
Got a friend moved quite successfully and relatively smoothly yesterday.
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michaela
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response 304 of 673:
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Jul 27 19:10 UTC 2003 |
IHB we're all moved into our new apartment, and it already feels like home.
IVHB I'm getting Gomez back from my friend today. They were keeping him during
my month-long vacation and moving preparations.
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katie
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response 305 of 673:
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Jul 27 21:43 UTC 2003 |
Yikes, Sindi, please don't eat humus! Worms poop in there!
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jep
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response 306 of 673:
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Jul 28 02:01 UTC 2003 |
Hummus. Heh.
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jep
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response 307 of 673:
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Jul 28 02:45 UTC 2003 |
I went swimming in Lake Erie for the first time ever today, at
Sterling State Park. Lake Ontario is now the only Great Lake in which
I have not swam.
Sterling made Lake Erie seem different than the others. For one
thing, the bottom is covered with small shells and with an almost
slimy sand. For another, I could see what I took to be the Fermi II
nuclear power plant to the north, and a Ford factory to the south. I
didn't like it nearly as much as I do the gorgeous sand beach found
almost all the way around Lake Michigan.
I used the opportunity of the two factories to explain to my son why
there are so many factories near lakes and rivers. When I was a kid,
I could watch factory waste being dumped into the Grand River several
times per day, where it was assumed it would disappear without a trace
and without harm. Except by then, anyone who could read was well
aware that the waste was causing *great* damage and didn't disappear
at all. Action to remedy this was a liberal triumph and I presented
it to my son as one.
Anyway, it was nice to have been in my 4th Great Lake.
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