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Grex > Agora46 > #8: I'm Bummed, I'm Bummed, I'm really really Bummed | |
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dcat
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response 390 of 594:
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Aug 8 15:06 UTC 2003 |
A bunch of savings bonds that I was given had not yet matured --- although
the bank person couldn't tell me when they *would* have matured --- so
slightly-less-than-$3000 turned into $2750. Still more money than I've ever
had, but a lot more less than I'm going to owe the university by the end of
the year.
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arabella
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response 391 of 594:
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Aug 8 19:55 UTC 2003 |
Slightly bummed because I'm at an Internet cafe in Warsaw, and telnet
is forbidden here too. Sigh. I'll be home in 3 days, which does *not*
make me bummed.
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richard
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response 392 of 594:
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Aug 8 21:04 UTC 2003 |
IBB I got locked out of my apartment last night (while it was raining
no less). The key wouldn't open the lock. Seems the bolt broke. It
was an old lock and its time had come. The fire escape is on the other
side of the building and my windows were locked, so after pounding and
shaking on the door, trying to get the key to turn, I had to call a
locksmith who took more than hour to get there. He couldn't get it
open either and ended up having to get out a drill and break the lock.
He showed me the pieces of the broken bolt/lock as I'd been
skeptical when he said the bolt was broken and he explained (logically)
that locks are mechanical objects, and like anything else that is
mechanical, it was never going to last forever. Locks do break,
particularly old ones that are opened and closed every day for
decades. I just turned an old lock one too many times
So now I have a brand new shiny lock on my door, and can probably look
forward to a conversation with my landlord over the locksmith's
bill.
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slynne
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response 393 of 594:
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Aug 8 21:46 UTC 2003 |
wow. that would put me in a bad mood for sure.
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tod
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response 394 of 594:
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Aug 8 22:06 UTC 2003 |
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janc
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response 395 of 594:
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Aug 9 03:54 UTC 2003 |
We could also put up a Java telnet client on Grex, that anyone with a
Java-capable web browser could use to telnet to Grex.
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bru
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response 396 of 594:
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Aug 9 12:38 UTC 2003 |
I am bummed becaus eO lost my sons Air Force ring yesterday at the dollar
store in ypsilanti. It may be in the trunk of the car, but I have not found
it so far.
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novomit
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response 397 of 594:
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Aug 9 12:50 UTC 2003 |
IBB I ran out of valium today.
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keesan
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response 398 of 594:
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Aug 9 17:11 UTC 2003 |
I pulled another muscle in my rib area and it hurts to walk or lie on my right
side.
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happyboy
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response 399 of 594:
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Aug 9 19:42 UTC 2003 |
you should eat a thick juicy steak and some fries followed by
a milkshake.
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naftee
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response 400 of 594:
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Aug 11 02:30 UTC 2003 |
I had steak today and yesterday.
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lynne
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response 401 of 594:
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Aug 11 16:55 UTC 2003 |
IBB I came in to one email from the gym administrators saying "sorry--we
accidentally cut the lock off your locker and threw out all your stuff
because we didn't realize you'd renewed it" and another from my advisor
ordering me in to explain some results--understandable, but not quite the
welcome back I was looking for. Bah.
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remmers
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response 402 of 594:
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Aug 11 18:45 UTC 2003 |
Are they going to compensate you for the stuff they threw out?
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richard
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response 403 of 594:
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Aug 11 23:40 UTC 2003 |
IVBB Herb Brooks, the former coach of the New York Rangers and coach of
the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold medal hockey team, died in a car accident
this morning. "The miracle on ice" was one of the great sports
moments. I remember watching the U.S. stun the Soviet Union in the
semifinals like it was yesterday, so its hard to believe it was 23
years ago now and coach Brooks is now gone. RIP
Also Gregory Hines died of cancer yesterday. Hines was one of the
pre-eminent tap dancers in the world and a wonderful actor. Somewhere
on one of my old tapes, I have on tape the tribute concert they did for
Hines's idol Sammy Davis Jr., who was himself dying of cancer at the
time and had only a few weeks to live. Davis was Gregory Hines' idol
and mentor, and Hines came on and did a tap dance tribute to Davis.
And then he invited Davis-- by then very sick and unable to speak due
to throat cancer-- on stage, and Hines gave him some tap shoes, and
they danced together and brought the house down. A great tv moment.
Now both are dead and both dyed of cancer. Gregory Hines RIP
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tod
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response 404 of 594:
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Aug 11 23:52 UTC 2003 |
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jaklumen
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response 405 of 594:
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Aug 12 00:37 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, kinda weird, isn't it? Hella tap dancer.
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lynne
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response 406 of 594:
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Aug 12 15:15 UTC 2003 |
re 402: I dunno, probably not. They're strapped for cash over there since
the new gym went *way* over budget. Besides, a significant amount of the
stuff isn't really replaceable--my athletic shorts from being in the
NU marching band eight years ago; some shampoo that I've been hoarding
because I loved it and they discontinued it. Sentimental value only.
Bastards.
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edina
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response 407 of 594:
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Aug 12 16:28 UTC 2003 |
Herb Brooks did not die of cancer - he was in an automobile accident. Roger
Neilson died of cancer.
I am sad about both losses, but Brooks hit me harder. I thought he was an
amazing coach and the game has lost something.
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happyboy
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response 408 of 594:
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Aug 12 17:31 UTC 2003 |
8D
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richard
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response 409 of 594:
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Aug 12 21:26 UTC 2003 |
407-- I didn't say Herb Brooks died of cancer, I said Gregory Hines
died of cancer, just like his idol Sammy Davis.
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eskarina
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response 410 of 594:
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Aug 12 22:38 UTC 2003 |
The housing situation is frustrating me.
I moved into a new house at the last minute, on assurance from the co-op
office that they had a wait list and several people waiting to take my room
if it opened up. Well, go into the office today and find out that Joan shooed
away everyone on the wait list because she didn't have a written release form
from me, even though we had been phoning and emailing all last week about me
getting out of my phoenix contract.
On Saturday my dad and I painted my new room in the new house "jungle green",
which was fun and the color is cheery and far superior to the depressing dark
blue that it was before. However, I still cannot get the room to air out,
and the two guys who live in the house keep turning the fan that I put in the
window off. The doors don't have individual locks so I can't leave the fan
on and lock the door.
Any suggestions for airing out a room? I have never had it take this long
in my life before... I want to get my stuff moved out of the co-op, and all
my furniture up from A2, and its hard to do when the room still gives me a
headache if I'm in there too long!
Grr.
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tod
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response 411 of 594:
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Aug 12 23:49 UTC 2003 |
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michaela
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response 412 of 594:
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Aug 13 00:46 UTC 2003 |
Is the fan blowing out? If so, why do they keep turning it off? Don't they
realize that it will help with the paint fumes?
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tod
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response 413 of 594:
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Aug 13 00:59 UTC 2003 |
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goose
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response 414 of 594:
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Aug 13 03:45 UTC 2003 |
get a lock.
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