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how many friends do you have?
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05-12-2009, 09:35 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Los Angeles area
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I have always had 1-3 friends at any given time. They usually slip back to acquaintance when they / I move away and we don't hang out as much. This number has been pretty constant my whole life.
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05-12-2009, 09:41 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Wow, that unlimited beer part certainly put a lot of folks in the buddy category.
Hmmm....I guess I have one friend I can really truly count on to always be there, and that is DH.
But my close circle of friends that may or may not be buddies, depending on how much beer is involved, probably runs to 6-8. Those are the folks we see every week.
Lots of distant friends, like the ones with kids and such--maybe 20-30 in that category, that we don't see all that often.
I might judge my friends more by proximity than your beer-drinking criteria--how often we either get together or stay in touch.
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05-12-2009, 09:50 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Just 1. The rest are acquaintances.
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05-12-2009, 10:02 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
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DEFINING FRIENDS:
1. Friends will help you move.
2. Close friends will help you move twice.
3. Best friends will help you move a body.
Hope this helps.
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05-12-2009, 10:05 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Westernskies
DEFINING FRIENDS:
1. Friends will help you move.
2. Close friends will help you move twice.
3. Best friends will help you move a body.
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4) The BEST friends of ALL WON'T ASK whose body it is......
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05-12-2009, 10:08 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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How many bodies have you two moved?
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05-12-2009, 10:08 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I have 2 best friends. Unfortunately, two of my best friends already died, one of suicide and one of a heart attack.
I have a LOT of acquaintances, including friends from my fraternity at college, etc.
I think a friend is someone you MAKE TIME for, regardless of how crazy life is, and an acquaintance is someone you can pick up the phone and catch up with kinda anytime you want.
Mem have more acquaintances than friends my a large number, I would say women have fewer folks overall, but the ones they have are more friends than acquaintances........
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05-12-2009, 10:08 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you........
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05-12-2009, 10:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Like the help move the body post - true best friends would help drink your - less than your best batch of home brew beer without flinching.
But that was back in the old days in New Orleans.
Have maybe 1-3 up here that I might test someday from the doughnut shop.
But I've given up on home brew and I don't have any body's to move at this time.
heh heh heh - in New Orleans - he was a she.
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05-12-2009, 10:22 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2009
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At my lowest point 2, currently about 5.
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05-12-2009, 10:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enuff2Eat
Friends are someone that you can share deep thoughts, some personal information and even talk about finance with.
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Apparently I have thousands of friends!! Everyone on the ER Forum fits this definition of a friend.
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05-12-2009, 10:27 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enuff2Eat
Will see how many shows up at my funeral..
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I used to think about this a lot, then I thought, "Don't think it will make much difference, I'll be ."
So when I take my last breath, just throw me under the front porch and lime me.
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05-12-2009, 10:54 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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5) Would dig the hole on his land, help you move the body, and toss a cow on top of the body so they just think there’s a cow in that hole.
I have 3 true friends. My wife, my father in law, and a farmer down the road.
At 5:23 am I had 446 best friends today. Once I finished tossing out of date bread out of the back of my truck they all just looked at me and went back to being my acquaintances by me standing in there field. My cattle…
But I think there are a few types…
-Life long friend. You might not talk to them for months at a time but can get on the phone and know everything that’s going in 30 min but would be ready to drop everything there doing to help you out.
-Best friend. Talk at least once a week and hang out a lot. They know more about you then you know of your self.
-Acquaintance by chance. The people that you work with that the only reason you know them is because you work there. When you leave work you will not see or talk to them until you see them at work the next day.
-Acquaintance by need. They know, have, or can get something you need.
-Acquaintance by choice. You go out of your way to see run into someone.
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05-12-2009, 10:54 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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bbbamI writes (in another thread):
"Nice photos Dex. I wouldn't mind scraping a little ice off my appendages in order to experience such a stunning view. "
I'm sure Dex would be your friend if you scraped a little ice off of his appendage (and, I don't even know much about Dex except that he has high hopes for his high yield bond fund and that he follows foreign currencies and that he's well-read and that he hikes up mountains).
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05-12-2009, 11:11 AM
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gone traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redduck
bbbamI writes (in another thread):
"Nice photos Dex. I wouldn't mind scraping a little ice off my appendages in order to experience such a stunning view. "
I'm sure Dex would be your friend if you scraped a little ice off of his appendage (and, I don't even know much about Dex except that he has high hopes for his high yield bond fund and that he follows foreign currencies and that he's well-read and that he hikes up mountains).
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Why scrape? ... just takes a little body heat to thaw things out...
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05-12-2009, 11:18 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FinanceDude
I have 2 best friends. Unfortunately, two of my best friends already died, one of suicide and one of a heart attack.
I have a LOT of acquaintances, including friends from my fraternity at college, etc.
I think a friend is someone you MAKE TIME for, regardless of how crazy life is, and an acquaintance is someone you can pick up the phone and catch up with kinda anytime you want.
Mem have more acquaintances than friends my a large number, I would say women have fewer folks overall, but the ones they have are more friends than acquaintances........
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Hey FinanceDude. Some friend you are. You killed them all.
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05-12-2009, 12:07 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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I think friends will be more important to me after I retire. Not just golf buddies, but the more "brother-like" friendships mentioned above.
One of my life "imbalances" is that I don't have more time to cultivate the friendships I have and which I value.
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05-12-2009, 12:28 PM
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I have one "real" friend, and that's my DW.
I have other buddies that I share some common interests with, but I don't consider those to be deep relationships. My wife and I are not particularly social, so we don't really crave additional friendships.
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05-12-2009, 12:50 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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I sleep with one of my friend.
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