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05-04-2010, 04:10 PM
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#142
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Any nerd needing just a TI scientific calculator?
PS. Arghh! Who the h*ll cares about netbooks or 21" notebooks? My stock portion alone is down 3.17% today. Still waiting on MF reporting. Where's Dawg52 when I need a commiserating poster? 
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"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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05-04-2010, 04:19 PM
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#143
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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There's no need to complicate, our time is short..
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05-04-2010, 04:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Austin
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Start by admitting
from cradle to tomb
it isn't that long a stay.
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05-04-2010, 04:23 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Alan
OK, no hiding, here is a much larger shot of me (and DW) taken this week on a walk up "S" mountain in Salida, Colorado.
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I do love seeing the person behind the funniest dating stories ever. And Mrs. Alan is adorable!
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05-04-2010, 04:49 PM
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#146
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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
I do love seeing the person behind the funniest dating stories ever. And Mrs. Alan is adorable!
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Thank you - she has the patience of a saint, and has needed it living with me all these years. 
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05-04-2010, 05:03 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
And Mrs. Alan is adorable!
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She reminds me a *lot* of one of my college professors.
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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05-04-2010, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TromboneAl
I'm going to need a considerably bigger laptop.
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Just make sure the webcams aren't enabled:
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“Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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05-04-2010, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ziggy29
She reminds me a *lot* of one of my college professors.
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This prompted me to look for a picture of her in cap and gown on graduation day and I don't have one of either of us in our finery on that day. Bit sad - a lost photo of a great memory. 
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05-04-2010, 05:40 PM
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#150
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Any nerd needing just a TI scientific calculator?
PS. Arghh! Who the h*ll cares about netbooks or 21" notebooks? My stock portion alone is down 3.17% today. Still waiting on MF reporting. Where's Dawg52 when I need a commiserating poster? |
Damn, what happened today? 
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-04-2010, 07:09 PM
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#151
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Oregon Coast
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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05-04-2010, 07:28 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Eeek. This feels weird, but here goes...just ignore the wall sconce growing out of my head.
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05-04-2010, 07:40 PM
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#153
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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There's no need to complicate, our time is short..
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05-04-2010, 07:42 PM
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#154
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
OK, no hiding, here is a much larger shot of me (and DW) taken this week on a walk up "S" mountain in Salida, Colorado.
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You guys look like you are having an AWESOME time in Colorado. I lived outside Denver for 3 months many moons ago. Hope to go back and visit someday.
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simple girl
less stuff, more time
(55, married; Mr. Simple Girl, 59. FIRED 12/31/19!)
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05-04-2010, 07:56 PM
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#155
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Same great smile!!! Love the glasses 
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05-04-2010, 08:00 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Sconce or no sconce, You look marvelous!
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05-04-2010, 08:01 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Any nerd needing just a TI scientific calculator?
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I think I got it covered, so to speak...
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05-04-2010, 08:04 PM
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#158
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Purron
Sconce or no sconce, You look marvelous!
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Aw, thanks.  It feels a little weird putting a pic on the internet.
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05-04-2010, 08:12 PM
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But appreciated by all your e-r.org friends 
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05-04-2010, 09:43 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Just caught this thread. Very interesting people we have here! Nice to put faces with names. Here's my contribution from a trip in 08.
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