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bforester

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Dec 3, 2005, 10:54:07 AM12/3/05
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On 3 Dec 2005 04:27:20 -0800, "Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote:

>Al came home yestrday and I was watching Oprah. He said,"Let me see the
>remote". So,I gave it to him,he took the batteries out hands me the
>remote and walks away. I said,"Wait a minute. Why did you do that? I
>can't change channels now". He said,"Because I could". WAR! lol I went
>to his office and said,"Al,give me those batteries." He said,"No". I
>said,"Why not?" He said,"'Cause I don't feel like it". grrrr I said
>"Give me those damn batteries!" He said,"Nope" and kept working on his
>computer. I walked around his desk and he jumped around to the other
>side. I said,"Have you lost your mind???? GIVE ME THE BATTERIES!" He
>said,"Come and get them,lightweight". DOUBLE WAR!
>There is only one way I can get the best of Al and I did it. I chased
>him into the family room and tripped him so he'd fall on the couch.
>Then,I sat on him and was going through his pockets for the batteries.
>I found them but he got hold of my arm and wouldn't let me go. He stood
>up,tryng to get the batteries and I was trying not to let him have
>them. I got away and ran outside with him hot on my heels. He was
>chasing me around the car and I said,"You're crazy! Stop it!" He
>said,"Nope". And caught me and took the batteries. We were grappling
>over them and we hear all this laughter from some of our neighbors. Al
>started laughing and I made a break for it and locked him out of the
>house. Made him stay out there til he said he was sorry.We had extra
>batteries.:) lol I live in a nut house.
>Janie

Sounds like the two of you enjoy an enviable relationship, Janie!
<LOL>

Paul

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Lonestar

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Dec 3, 2005, 11:19:27 PM12/3/05
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LOL!!
Robert

Yoj

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Dec 3, 2005, 11:19:57 PM12/3/05
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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I wouldn't have chased him. I'd have put in the spare batteries, hidden the
remote, and then unplugged his computer. ;-)

Joy


Toddy

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Dec 4, 2005, 1:17:19 AM12/4/05
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LOL ... it sounds like you're all nuts!!
Toddy

Kelly

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Dec 4, 2005, 6:01:09 AM12/4/05
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Janie wrote:
> It's an interesting relationship,Paul. lol Al is a very big man and he
> knows that David and I hate it when he uses his strengrh against us.
> We will pass him in the hall and he'll lean over and pin us against
> the wall while he's reading the newspaper. One time,David dared to
> sit in HIS chair So Al just sat on him. lol He will hold things we
> want up in the air and make us make up some dumb poem before he will
> give it back. I'm always calling him a bully. lol We go out and with
> one arm, he will pick me up and carry me into a restaurant and sit me
> down. People die laughing and I just want to throw my spaghetti on
> him. hahaha
> Of course,I'm an angel. I would never do anyting to him. ;) lol
> Janie

Revenge, Janie, revenge! lol

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Kelly


Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 2:37:10 AM12/5/05
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He knows I never forget. :) lol He's always doing something crazy. I
think it's to reduce stress. lol
Janie

Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 2:38:22 AM12/5/05
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Oh, he knows I'm going to do something. He just doesn't know when. lol
Janie

Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 2:48:41 AM12/5/05
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There has been so many yeasr of this that I'm trying to think of
SOMETHING that can make him stop.. lol Tonight,we went out to eat with
a bunch of friends. I got the salad,he got the grouper. He didn't like
it so,when I wasn't looking, he switched our plates. I said,"HEY! Don't
make me sit on you in here. Put it back!" He just calmly ate my salad!
He finally moved to another chair...with my salad. I grabbed his plate
and said,"You have 2 choices. You can eat it or wear it"! He never said
a thing to me,just ate and smirked.
I said,"AL! Give me my plate!" So,he puts the salad on another plate
and hands me the empty plate. People was laughing so hard.
Finally,after a slight wrestling match, I got my salad and told him he
could not sit by me anymorre. lol So,what's he do? He grabs Karen's
plate and gives her his grouper. He goes,"OUCH"! She kept pinching his
leg til her her plate back. I looked up and everyone was protecting
THEIR plates frm the bully. hahahahaha

Toddy

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Dec 5, 2005, 8:05:16 AM12/5/05
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I knew it!!
You are all nuts!!
Toddy ... LOL


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coby

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Dec 5, 2005, 11:32:24 AM12/5/05
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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
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is there anybody normal on yours ? LOL
Coby


Kelly

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:06:39 PM12/5/05
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Hi Coby! What a pleasure to see you around again-:)

My opinion is that they're all nuts! <vbg>


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Kelly


Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:12:38 PM12/5/05
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Sometimes,we are sane but not very often. Al so enjoys doing this. He
uses his height and strength against us all the times and laughs like a
hyena when we try to fight back. lol He wil go to get the mail,pick
Karen up,walk to the mail box and walk slowly to the house, looking at
the mail while Karen is sqawing,"Put me down!" lol
I mean, the man is crazy. And we never know when he's going to do
something cause he doesn't plan it. hahaah

Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:16:49 PM12/5/05
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Unfortunately, no. hahahahaha I'm careful tho. One of my friends hit in
a closet to scare her husband got home. When she jumped out,he
instinctively protected himself and punched her in the face,not
realizing it was her. He had to ush her to the hospital because he had
broken her jaw. He felt so terrible about it but she kept assuring him
it was not his fault. She said,"It's not your fault I'm stupid".
So,,I'm more careful about getting back. Al is a huge man and,if I took
him by surprise,I could be hurt badly if he instinctively hit me,not
realizing it was me.
Janie

Janie

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:17:22 PM12/5/05
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Yes,we live in trees like squirrels. lol
Janie

Jean B.

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:27:16 PM12/5/05
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Janie wrote:

I hope Karen doesn't mind that....

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Jean B.

Kelly

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:46:58 PM12/5/05
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Janie wrote:
> Yes,we live in trees like squirrels. lol
> Janie

What I thought! <g>

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Kelly


Joan F (MI)

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Dec 5, 2005, 3:51:55 PM12/5/05
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Immature is what I'd call it, that kind of behavior you would expect from
children, not adults.

In news:3vjad0F...@individual.net,
Kelly <ke...@nospam.com> stated

Kelly

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Dec 5, 2005, 4:00:58 PM12/5/05
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Joan F (MI) wrote:
> Immature is what I'd call it, that kind of behavior you would expect
> from children, not adults.
>
Well, as long as they have fun this way..... They don't hurt anyone else and
Janie seems to enjoy it-:)
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Kelly


Gordon

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Dec 5, 2005, 4:51:04 PM12/5/05
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"Joan F (MI)" <jjf...@removethisameritech.net> wrote

>Immature is what I'd call it, that kind of behavior you would expect from
>children, not adults.
>
When I was in my neighbours with the two ladies I mentioned elsewhere I
somehow finished up holding the remote control, prompting Sonia to say:
"What IS IT with men and remotes"?

:-)
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Gordon Harris

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 5, 2005, 5:42:54 PM12/5/05
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All I know is if someone acted that way with me in a restaurant, that would
be the last time I went to a restaurant with them.

In news:3vjo4cF...@individual.net,
Kelly <ke...@nospam.com> stated

Anne Jackson

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Dec 5, 2005, 9:12:16 PM12/5/05
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:51:55 -0500, "Joan F \(MI\)"
<jjf...@removethisameritech.net> wrote:
>In news:3vjad0F...@individual.net,
>Kelly <ke...@nospam.com> stated
>
>| My opinion is that they're all nuts! <vbg>
>
>Immature is what I'd call it, that kind of behavior you would
> expect from children, not adults.

I think it's bullying, pure and simple.

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AnneJ

Anne Jackson

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Dec 5, 2005, 9:14:00 PM12/5/05
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:51:04 +0000, Gordon <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

It's the only time they press the right buttons? ;-)

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AnneJ

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 8:12:42 AM12/6/05
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Nah,she adores Al.
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 8:15:14 AM12/6/05
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Well now,you WOULD know all about bullying,Anne. Don't you teach
classes on how to be one?
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 8:16:54 AM12/6/05
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Wait a minute...I'm trying to see if I care what you
think....ummmmmm...ummmm.ummm
NOPE! hahahahaha
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 8:18:21 AM12/6/05
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Oh,Kelly, some people have no sense of humor. I could give a rats ass
what Joan and Anne think.
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 8:20:46 AM12/6/05
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Well, I don't think I would ever invite you,Joan. So,you don't have to
worry about it being the last because there would never be a first. You
know,people like you and Anne just like to bring other people down.
Janie

Pijoe

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Dec 6, 2005, 12:12:08 PM12/6/05
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Anne Jackson wrote:

Oh come on! I once chased Ruth around waving a kitchen spatula with a
pantyhose mask on my face yelling "Murder!" She defended herself with a
riding crop.

Gordon

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Dec 6, 2005, 1:46:52 PM12/6/05
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Anne Jackson <amyg...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote
I'd call it mental torture, but you've answered my other post now...
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Gordon Harris

Gordon

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Dec 6, 2005, 1:46:08 PM12/6/05
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Anne Jackson <amyg...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote
I'm sorry that you have had disappointing men in your life, but I knew
where the buttons were long before I needed to press 'em. ;-)

PS: Would you class J****'s husband as a sadist or just a
straightforward bully?

He wouldn't have lasted long with any of the wimmin with whom I have had
the pleasure....
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Gordon Harris

Gordon

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Dec 6, 2005, 1:48:15 PM12/6/05
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Pijoe <joseph...@gmail.com> wrote

Yeaah, everyone fools around, but this guy seems to get his kicks out of
using his size and strength against a woman and his son.
--
Gordon Harris

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 2:33:19 PM12/6/05
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Yes! I won the bet! To impress Anne, Gordon showed disrespect to me.
After all.she wouldn't like it if you WEREN'T insulting to me,would
you?
And "this guy" is my wonderful husband who has stuck behind me and our
sick son for 35 years.
And if his wife and son didn't want him to kid around,he'd stop. We
have been through a lot. Sometimes,if you don't laugh,you cry. I prefer
to laugh.
When you and Anne gonna get a room,Gordon?
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 2:35:23 PM12/6/05
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HAHAHAHHAHAHA! There's nothing wrong with having fun.
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 2:37:44 PM12/6/05
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Mental torture? HAHAHAHAHAH you couldn't be as wonderful
as my husband on his your best day. Lighten up! Oh,I forgot. You have
to say what Anne wants you to say or she won't be her....er..special
friend. lol
Janie

bforester

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Dec 6, 2005, 2:58:02 PM12/6/05
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On 6 Dec 2005 11:35:23 -0800, "Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote:

>HAHAHAHHAHAHA! There's nothing wrong with having fun.
>Janie

I admit that I haven't been following the thread, Janie, so I don't
know who you're responding to, but as I was saying the other day I
have the feeling that you two enjoy a wonderful relationship. Nothing
wrong with what you're doing. I find it kinda cute and refreshing!!

Paul

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 2:59:34 PM12/6/05
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Anne is a world class bully. Never in a million years could she stand
up to my husband. She would be too afraid to or crying after he told
her off.
You guys got that room yet? :)
Janie

Janie

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Dec 6, 2005, 3:08:29 PM12/6/05
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Paul, we have so much fun. Things like this really help with the stress
of these last few years. Al is incredibly funny and has always been
there for me for 35 years. All our friends know we are like this and
love to get together wih us because Al is like this.
I have to remind myself that Al took David's illness just as hard as I
did. He was a mountain of strength through the whole thing.
He also likes to put a rubberband around the kitchen sprayer and
position it so,when we turn on the water we get squirted in the
face.lol When David had really bad days,it was his Dad who did all he
could to help him and take his mind off his brain surgeries. He'd make
David laugh, took tapes down to the hospital,joke with him and sat with
him when they immobilized his head for 3 days. He was just wonderful
but I know,inside,he was really upset.
But,he's also the man I saw in an empty room,crying when the second
surgery didn't work. I just left him alone.
Anne and Gordon are so into sexual foreplay they don't stop to think
how they hurt people.
Janie

Pijoe

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Dec 6, 2005, 3:20:50 PM12/6/05
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It sounded as if she got the better of it.

Suze

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Dec 7, 2005, 2:52:19 AM12/7/05
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"Anne Jackson" wrote...
> "Joan F \(MI\)" wrote...:
>>Kelly stated:

>>| My opinion is that they're all nuts! <vbg>

>>Immature is what I'd call it, that kind of behavior you would
>> expect from children, not adults.

> I think it's bullying, pure and simple.
> --
> AnneJ

Note to self...do not mention shenanigans Art and I get up to on the
newsgroup...especially the water fights and animal impersonations. ;-))
Suze


Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 10:47:20 AM12/7/05
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HAHAHAHAHA It's fun to just let loose sometimes. Al once shot me with
a rubber band. I ran through the hallway into the living room. He comes
running,can't stop his momentem and goes right out the door the door
and falls on the sidewalk. As he got up with this grin on his face, I
said,"Yes,there IS justice.!" hahahahaha

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 10:49:52 AM12/7/05
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Oh,then David, Karen and I getting back at him together should stop? lol

bforester

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Dec 7, 2005, 11:08:36 AM12/7/05
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And I guess all the teasing of my beloved I do could be called verbal
bullying or being passive aggressive! :-)

Paul

Victoria

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Dec 7, 2005, 11:56:23 AM12/7/05
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"Anne Jackson" <amyg...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote ...
> AnneJ
>
LOL!
v


Victoria

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Dec 7, 2005, 12:15:03 PM12/7/05
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"Pijoe" <joseph...@gmail.com> wrote ...
> Anne Jackson wrote:
> [..]

> > I think it's bullying, pure and simple.
> >
> Oh come on! I once chased Ruth around waving a kitchen spatula with a
> pantyhose mask on my face yelling "Murder!" She defended herself with a
> riding crop.
>
LOL! It's not nice to make coffee come out of Vickie's nose...
v


Pijoe

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:07:25 PM12/7/05
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Victoria wrote:

Could have been Tabasco!

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:13:08 PM12/7/05
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It was iced tea in my case. lol
Janie

Pijoe

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:16:41 PM12/7/05
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Janie wrote:

> It was iced tea in my case. lol
> Janie
>

You and Victoria are too kind

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:18:07 PM12/7/05
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hahaha It's called having fun. W played practical jokes on David even
when he was in the hospital to make him laugh. My husband is not the
most coordinated person in life and once walked into David's hospital
room,tripped over his own big feet and fell behind a chair. David and I
both gasped but,as Al got up,he looked over the top of his chair and we
could just see his eyes. He said,"Ok,which one of you did that?"
hahahahahahahah

Kelly

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Dec 7, 2005, 2:58:02 PM12/7/05
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Humour is a good way to be less stressed-:)

--
Kelly


Gordon

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Dec 7, 2005, 1:16:22 PM12/7/05
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Suze <mi...@shaw.ca> wrote
Just remember that most accidents occur in the home....
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Gordon Harris

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 7, 2005, 4:07:07 PM12/7/05
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Do you do them in restaurants?

In news:Twwlf.59438$Gd6.16593@pd7tw3no,
Suze <mi...@shaw.ca> stated

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 5:37:40 PM12/7/05
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I would if they let me. Let your hair down,Joan and free your soul! We
don't constantly do this stuf. Just every other day. lol
Janie

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 5:41:59 PM12/7/05
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And this guy knows his wife would knock his lights out if he was
abusive. He is so damn funny. He's been through a lot yet worries about
us. He gets his kicks out of making us laugh.
Janie

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 7, 2005, 7:43:22 PM12/7/05
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Sorry, I just don't think making a public spectacle of myself is humorous.
I have a fine sense of humor but also have a sense of propriety.

In news:1133995060.2...@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com,
Janie <mb...@comcast.net> stated

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 9:26:14 PM12/7/05
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Ohhh,you mean you have a bug up your butt! Are you one of those that,if
it rained,you would drown? Stop being so uppity,Joan. You be who you
are but don't cut me down for who I am. You are not better then me.
Janie

Janie

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Dec 7, 2005, 9:41:42 PM12/7/05
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Ohhhh,you mean you have a bug up your ass. I understand now.
Janie

Normandy

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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Ohhhh,you mean you have a bug up your ass. I understand now.
> Janie

There are places to fool around and there are places to have a sense of
propriety. That is what our dear Joan is saying. I agree with her. Pillow
fight and other outrageous are good sport in the privacy of home not in
public.

Sinclair
>


Kelly

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Dec 8, 2005, 2:08:23 AM12/8/05
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Gordon wrote:

> Just remember that most accidents occur in the home....

I've heard 6 miles from home.
I guess you've heard that story?

Ole and Lena were putting all their belongings on a chart and Lars came by.
"Are you moving?" said Lars. "Yes," said Ole. "But why?" asked Lars. "Well,
I was told most accidents happen 6 miles from home, so we're certainly not
going to live here any longer," replied Ole.
--
Kelly


Suze

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Dec 8, 2005, 3:34:58 AM12/8/05
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LOL! Very good Kelly! ;-))
Suze

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Jean B.

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Dec 8, 2005, 6:11:51 AM12/8/05
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Kelly wrote:

LOL!

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Jean B.

Toddy

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Dec 8, 2005, 6:32:57 AM12/8/05
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LOL!!
Toddy

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Janie

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Dec 8, 2005, 11:08:30 AM12/8/05
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YOUR opinion,Sinclair. I don't care if people don't like me for who I
am and nothing is ever done to bother other people in the restaurant.
Joan does what she wants and so do I. That does not make either of us
right or wrong. She has no right to lecture me. No one makes her read
my posts. And she is NOT better then me.
Janie

Gordon

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Dec 8, 2005, 1:36:30 PM12/8/05
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"Joan F (MI)" <jjf...@removethisameritech.net> wrote

>Sorry, I just don't think making a public spectacle of myself is humorous.
>I have a fine sense of humor but also have a sense of propriety.
>
The only time I have seen anyone behaving that way in a restaurant has
been on Candid Camera!
--
Gordon Harris

Gordon

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Dec 8, 2005, 1:37:37 PM12/8/05
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Normandy <aab...@wanadoo.fr> wrote
I would add that for safety's sake it should be confined to a room with
padded walls and floor. ;-)
--
Gordon Harris

Janie

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Dec 8, 2005, 8:13:36 PM12/8/05
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Save it for somewhere else,Gordon. That would mean somewhere who cares.
For all your bragging, you must not have emnough money for that room
yet.

Janie

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Dec 8, 2005, 8:14:47 PM12/8/05
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Pillow fights? Where does it say we had a pillow fight? I don't care
what anyone thinks.

Suze

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Dec 9, 2005, 4:21:16 AM12/9/05
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"Joan F (MI)" wrote...

> Do you do them in restaurants?

> Suze <mi...@shaw.ca> stated

> | Note to self...do not mention shenanigans Art and I get up to on the
> | newsgroup...especially the water fights and animal impersonations.
> | ;-)) Suze

Not that I can recall, although we do joke with the waiter or waitress
occasionally. And one time in a crowded elevator in a rather upscale hotel
we suggested a group hug.

I can understand where you wouldn't want to make a spectacle of yourself in
a restaurant Joan. I know that each relationship is different with couples,
but speaking from my own I think it's pretty healthy to let the kid in us
out once in a while...even if they are almost juvenile delinquents. ;-)
Suze

Kelly

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Dec 9, 2005, 6:58:33 AM12/9/05
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LOL
Loved that last sentence!

--
Kelly


Normandy

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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Yes it is my opinion. I do believe that correct public and actions in
private are different. No one said that anyone was better than anyone else.
I do not see where Joan lectured you. You put your actions on public display
on this NG Joan simply put her view forward.

I do not understand either your aggression or your conclusions as to her
remarks.

Sinclair


Janie

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Dec 9, 2005, 2:48:01 PM12/9/05
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My remarks were made because I felt Joan was acting like she is better
then me. Our fun in a restaurant does not include pillow fights,
running around the table or standing on chairs. Other diners don't even
look our way.
Putting my actions on public display is my perogative. No one should
tell me how to act. We have a lot of fun. We don't constantly play
practical jokes on each other. If we didn't laugh,we'd cry because our
lives have been hell.
At any rate,I'm not changing. I know many people here don't like me.
Nothing I can do about that. But I also have a lot of friends who think
I am nice and funny. That's because I am.
Anyone is going to be aggressive if they feel they are being attacked.
I just can't understand why people who don't like me read my posts.
Janie

Phxbrd

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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I like you, Janie. Among other things, you remind me of what an unhappy
life my mother led. I grew up hearing her "What will people say?". She
was a school teacher hired by the community capable of also firing her, and
knew we lived under a microscope. A trustee of the local school board once
threatened me with loss of my mother's job because he thought *I* set a bad
example to the community. I don't make it a habit of flying in the face of
all I see in public, nor do I sit quietly with my folded hands in my lap. I
occasionally draw looks when I laugh too loud, or when I make others laugh,
but those who don't like it can kiss my ask my wife if she doesn't agree....


>


Janie

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Dec 9, 2005, 3:45:57 PM12/9/05
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Well,that's my attitude. I once had a person tell me it was very
disrespectful for my son to wear his hat in a restaurant. I told her
she knew why he did. She said,"Oh,you can't even see those scars". My
reply was that I hoped she never had to have some really bad happen to
her because only then would she realize how unimportant a hat is. It
doesn't matter that others don't see the scars. It only matters he
knows they are there. With a shaved head,his poor skull looks like a
map of the United States. He can hardly wait for his hair to grow back
in after a brain surgery.
So,I wish all had to do was worry about a hat or the fact that my
family has fun,even in a restaurant. I know the importnt things in
life. If David had not gotten sick, I may not be the way I am. But I no
longer care what people think of me. And whats always amazing is how
they react if I really come back at them.
I have a picture I think is so pretty. It's old and been bumped around
a lot but I love it. A friend of mine kept trying to get me to take it
down because it was "so ugly she could not believe I would buy
something like that". I told her,"Look,I don't particularly like your
dead tree pic but if you like it,that's all that matters. WELL,she took
great offense at me putting that pic down. I said,"Felicia,IT DOES NOT
MATTER IF I DON'T LIKE YOUR PIC. IT ONLY MATTERS IF YOU DO".
She still doesn't get it.
I even had a new neighbor say to me when she was introduced to me,"You
know, they sell things to clean ceiling fans". I was astounded that
someone would be so rude and she has never been in my house since.

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 9, 2005, 6:08:36 PM12/9/05
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Unless I read your original post wrong, you said Al took your dinner and
wouldn't let you take it back and that the whole restaurant was watching and
laughing. Now, you may have thought they were laughing with you, I would
have thought they were laughing at me.

In news:1134157681.8...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com,
Janie <mb...@comcast.net> stated

Janie

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Dec 9, 2005, 7:12:36 PM12/9/05
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I'm not going to dig through posts,Joan,to prove myself right. If I did
say the restaurant,then I made a mistake. It was the people at our
table that laughed so hard. So what if people laugh at me? I don't
care. Honestly,I don't. I am myself and if people don't like that,they
don't have to bother with me. It's that simple. Nothing was done to
irritate other diners and no one complained. We all had a good time and
we will have our yearly Christmas dinner again next year,God willing.
My friendship with my best friend has cooled because she says I don't
act Christian. Huh? She even wrote down the part of the bible I was
supposed to read so I would know what a Christian is. I now see
very,very little of her and that's just fine with me. If I have to walk
on eggs around people,I won't be around them. If I have to change who I
am to make a person accept me, they aren't worth being my friend.
I have lots of friends but,even if I didn't,being a loner wouldn't
bother me. Just means more time for drawing.
Janie

Gordon

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Dec 10, 2005, 10:01:37 AM12/10/05
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"Joan F (MI)" <jjf...@removethisameritech.net> wrote
>Unless I read your original post wrong, you said Al took your dinner and
>wouldn't let you take it back and that the whole restaurant was watching and
>laughing. Now, you may have thought they were laughing with you, I would
>have thought they were laughing at me.
>
I would guess so.
No woman I have ever eaten with would stand for that kind of behaviour
in a restaurant, and I've known a few giddy girls.
Nobody messes with my food either!
--
Gordon Harris

Bob Shirk

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Dec 10, 2005, 3:34:16 PM12/10/05
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You shoulda been with the cook and I, her brother, his wife and another
couple at a Chinese Restaurant one time. My wife took her brothers
martini and drank it. He got mad, the other couple took sides, I chimed
in with my two cents and a donnybrook ensued. Everyone walked home. We
picked up the car later. Bob.

Janie

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Dec 10, 2005, 3:54:47 PM12/10/05
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You know,Gordon,you seem to use this thread as a reason to brag about
your sexual prowness with women.

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 10, 2005, 6:41:37 PM12/10/05
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Some people seem to think that manners need not apply to family. I think
the opposite, the people you care about are the ones you should treat the
best.

In news:439b38bd$1...@newspeer2.tds.net,
Bob Shirk <bobs...@tds.net> stated

Joan F (MI)

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Dec 10, 2005, 6:42:14 PM12/10/05
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Being a gentleman is not sexual prowess.

In news:1134248087.2...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
Janie <mb...@comcast.net> stated

Graham

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Dec 10, 2005, 7:28:55 PM12/10/05
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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
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> You know,Gordon,you seem to use this thread as a reason to brag about
> your sexual prowness with women.
>
That I do not understand Janie. And to be honest I don't want to.
G.


Janie

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Dec 10, 2005, 9:08:58 PM12/10/05
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I have no more to say about this. I'm not going to change so deal with
it.
Janie

Gordon

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Dec 11, 2005, 8:34:42 AM12/11/05
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"Joan F (MI)" <jjf...@removethisameritech.net> wrote
>
>In news:1134248087.2...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
>Janie <mb...@comcast.net> stated
>| You know,Gordon,you seem to use this thread as a reason to brag about
>| your sexual prowness with women.
>
>Being a gentleman is not sexual prowess.

Or even "prowness". :-)

I don't recollect anything remotely sexual except for a reply I made to
Anne when she said something about "pressing the right buttons" on a
remote control. Maybe she doesn't understand that kind of banter?
--
Gordon Harris

Numac

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Dec 11, 2005, 11:32:25 AM12/11/05
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In article <1134157681.8...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
mb...@comcast.net says...
Janie when you post anything on this group you are inviting both
favorable and negitive comments and just because someone disagrees with
you does not mean they dislike you. I personally do not care if you throw
food at one another or pour Brandy down each others pants then run around
the restruant nekid. You need to understand however that I consider it
bad form. If the place allows you to carry on I would probably not choose
to dine there again. If however as you said in a later post no one not at
your table knows what is going on then it is being done quitely and not
drawing attention. to that I see nothing wrong.
Numac

Janie

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Dec 11, 2005, 2:55:12 PM12/11/05
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It was not loud and outrageous,Numac. Oh,choose another liquor for me
to pour down my pants. My ex-daughter-in-laws name was Brandi and that
word is not allowed in this house. lol
There were no complaints and we were just kidding around. On a good
note,my husband IS potty trained. lol We just got back from Wal-Mart
where my husband sang Christmas songs the whole time. After all we have
been through,it's nice to see him the way he was before David got sick.
We would never make a scene in a restaurant. The only time anyone looks
our way might be when my husband laughs. He has this big,hearty laugh
and I will never fuss at him about it. If anyone deserves to laugh,it's
my husband.
Janie

Marsha

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Dec 11, 2005, 3:15:06 PM12/11/05
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Janie here I am again but in every post you say with what we've been
through, as if that's ok for you to do anything or act anyway, although I'm
not in this conversation about what you did or did not do. Other's here and
around the world have been through much tragedy, some even have gone through
more than you have. It seems you forget David as a person who happens to do
much in his life despite his surgery.

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Janie

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Dec 11, 2005, 8:40:42 PM12/11/05
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Oh,Marsha,that's ridiculous. I do not use what we have been through as
an excuse to have fun. Everyone seems to think we were hanging from the
chandeliers like monkeys or something. All I'm saying is my views on a
lot of things have changed since David became ill. Things that were
once important to now aren't,such as what people think of me.
I am well aware people have gone through worse. But that does not
negate the hell we have been through these last 15 years.
To have David doing so well is a thrill but I'm well aware that things
could turn the other way.
If I want to talk about my son,I will. There is nothing anyone can do
about that. I think what you want to say is that I am always looking
for sympathy. WelI, don't need yours or anyone elses. I refuse to
change who I am so maybe it's best you don't read my posts.
Janie

Marsha

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Dec 11, 2005, 8:52:15 PM12/11/05
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See Janie you obviously didn't read a thing I said. I never said anything
about what you did or didn't do and never said your fun was due to an
excuse. I also never said not to talk about David, I as many are interested
in how he's doing. Get the chip off your shoulder and reread what I said

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Janie

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Dec 11, 2005, 9:58:12 PM12/11/05
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QUOTE:Janie here I am again but in every post you say with what we've

been
through, as if that's ok for you to do anything or act anyway, although
I'm
not in this conversation about what you did or did not do. UNQUOTE
The above is what I got upset about,Marsha. Don't tell me you aren't in
this. I never said it was ok to do or say what I want because of all we
went through. I'm saying I no longer care what people think about me.
We had a great time and we were ourselves. That's the way it's always
going to be.
Like I said,if you don't like my posts,don't read them. It's that
simple. I'm feeling attacked here,Marsha. If you want to call it a chip
on my shoulder,fine. Call it a chip on my shoulder. I simply don't care
what you or anyone else thinks about me.
The only other alternitive I have is not to read your posts.

Marsha

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Dec 11, 2005, 10:08:06 PM12/11/05
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Janie I don't care what it is you did. I was referring to you saying with
all we've been through, you always say that, it is not your actions, I'm not
with you so I don't care how you act one way or the other, it's the part
what we've been through that bothers me.We've all had things we've been
through, some longer, some shorter than you. Life isn't any rougher for you
than it has for some others. Life can be a bitch at times, so don't blame
all your actions good or bad because of David. Other than his surgery's (
which have been serious ) he still has a very good life and I'm sure
enjoying it

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Normandy

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Dec 11, 2005, 10:31:37 PM12/11/05
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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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You have a series of dramas in your life, others do also. Some seek to
conceal their others seek to share them. If you share them people will
comment. That does not mean that they are attacking you. If you do not want
other peoples comment do not put your dramas on display.We all sympathise
with each others human miseries and cheer the joys. Your post reveal your
emotions. How another person reacts is not attack.

All, I am sure, wish you well. many however want to talk about non-ego
cantered events.

Sinclair


Marsha

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Dec 11, 2005, 10:43:11 PM12/11/05
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Thank you Sinclair and glad to see you came back to join us
"Normandy" <aab...@wanadoo.fr> wrote in

Janie

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Dec 11, 2005, 10:56:58 PM12/11/05
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Why are you thanking him,Marsha? This was between you and me. Sorrry,I
don't agree with either of you. If I want to say,"After all we have
been through",I will. I'm not the person I used to be. And I probably
never wil be again. We have spent a total if 31 hours,waiting while
David has his surgeries. And Sinclair calls that drama? It's called
HELL.
We are very happy David is doing so well but I am still traumatized
unlike them.
I will no longer be replying to this thread. It's taken on a life of
it's own.
Janie

Normandy

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Dec 11, 2005, 11:11:00 PM12/11/05
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"Janie" <mb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I spent four days without sleep watching a loved one die. One as close to me
as your son. He survived she did not and neither did the grandchild. That
is a drama. In the seven years since I cannot forget it.

Do you think any person on this NG, at our age where we have watched
children, parents and husbands and wives die are the same person they were
before?

Does the milk of human kindness flow only one way in you? How can you be so
hard to others? Is no one else capable of a personal drama but you?

Of course you will not reply any more some one else may have pain, someone
else may watch a loved one die. There are those on this NG who have had
grandchildren with major operations. Our prayers and thoughts for your son
are not exclusive. They include many of our personal as well as cyber
friends.

Please have some consideration for other people.

Sinclair


Marsha

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Dec 12, 2005, 12:09:40 AM12/12/05
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Because I liked what he said. I'm not the same person I used to be when I
found out 37 years ago I had a son that is retarded and can't do more than
half the things David does, I'm not the same person after losing my arm 10
years ago, yes I'm different, I think some what better for the things we've
been through. I wouldn't change any of those years for it to be better, I
learnt a lot from it, it can't be changed and life goes on, more tragedies
but not worth talking about Stop using that as an excuse every time someone
says something to your post you don't like We've all had heartbreak here
Janie.
I had to put down a dog last week that was very dear to us, we were lucky
enough to get another 3 days after, without one word from you, yet I have
when you went through the same thing. It's a one way street with you.

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Marsha

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Dec 12, 2005, 12:10:54 AM12/12/05
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Sad Sinclair
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Janie

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Dec 12, 2005, 8:02:29 AM12/12/05
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Words can not express how disappointed I am in you,Marsha.
Janie

Bobbie

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Dec 12, 2005, 9:15:19 AM12/12/05
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Janie wrote:
> Words can not express how disappointed I am in you,Marsha.
> Janie
>
Janie how can you be so callous. Marsha has just written the most heart
warming post about the way she has coped with the sad things that have
happened in her life. Not least of all the loss of her arm, and because
she is not prepared to shower sympathy on you and your constant
self-centred outpourings, you say you are disappointed. Marsha is one
the the least judgemental people on this group, is almost always upbeat
despite the things that go wrong, and is entirely selfless, Not
something I would ever say about you....I lost sympathy for you a long
time ago....but sine you neither care what people say, and are entirely
happy with your self. then that is hardly likely to bother you....

Merry Christmas.

Bobbie.

Bobbie

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Dec 12, 2005, 9:19:19 AM12/12/05
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Marsha may I say I have nothing but the most sincere admiration for you
and your attitude to life, you are an example to us all.
You have absolutely nothing to be sorry about and I agree with Sinclair.
Thank you for being one of the nicest people on the group...

Merry Christmas

Bobbie..

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