Madelaine McMasters Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sagadin said: As long as you don't turn and shout it at the corner of the room... Really? If you had the opportunity to attend a presentation given by a crazy person, wouldn't you go? Long ago I taught an evening division tech course in circuit design. One evening I arrived a few minutes earlier than usual, wielding a hammer and a thin black trim nail. I drove the nail into the seam between the two sections of the chalkboard and left the room. I returned after the students had arrived, looking harried and trying to find a place to hang my coat. Finding nothing, I drew a hook around the invisible nail in the chalkboard and hung my coat on it. The rest of the lecture was easy peasy. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Laughs. As should be obvious to even the most casual observer, I enjoy public speaking. Spoutin' off is my gig, man. And I cheat, too. I still remember taking a debating/public speaking class in Community College the year after I graduated High School. One of our requirements was to participate in a debate, one on one. I think we were assigned both the topic and which 'side' we'd be on. We had a week or something to prepare and I worked hard on (pre-internet) research and creating my talking points. But the killer was a trick. I pulled out a recent copy of the Los Angeles Times, showed the front page to everyone, and then opened the first section and announced, "Let me read an article from Page 2 of the [whatever date] L.A. Times". I then read aloud the article. It backed up my debating points perfectly, with examples and references (which you'd expect, since I had typed it up myself and then scotch-taped it onto Page 2 of the Times). He never asked to see it himself, nor did anyone else. I simply folded the newspaper back up and we went on with the debate, but you could almost hear Don Meredith singing. I trounced him. :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Just now, Dillon Levenque said: I trounced him. :-) ...wipes a tear of joy from her eye. I'm so proud of you, Dil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) . Edited November 22, 2017 by LittleMe Jewell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Crisp Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 /me gets all Catty about the thread.... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 21 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said: . , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanova Shostakovich Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: , ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I had posted a picture that I decided to pull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Just cuz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'm home! I hope you all had a great week enjoying what ever you did or didn't have planned. I lubz you guys and I'm sure you had witty, hilarious, insightful and gorgeous postings but... I'm going to go curl up in bed now! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Crisp Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: I can SO relate to this kitty :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Crisp Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I have been a lifelong cat person :-) My current fuzzy friend is a tree-CLIMBER but he has yet to take it all the way over. He just roosts up there below the star and looks superior to all of us :-) Note: This .gif is NOT my cat. My cat is a successful tree climber..... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I have a new cat that we got last Feb and he loves exploring everything, climbing everywhere, and playing with anything that moves. Part of me is glad that we decided to skip the tree this year since we will be gone for Christmas this year and none of the kids will be home at any time during the month. I can only image what my Charlie would do to a tree - even the somewhat small table top one that we've been using lately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Crisp Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: I have a new cat that we got last Feb and he loves exploring everything, climbing everywhere, and playing with anything that moves. Part of me is glad that we decided to skip the tree this year since we will be gone for Christmas this year and none of the kids will be home at any time during the month. I can only image what my Charlie would do to a tree - even the somewhat small table top one that we've been using lately. I was going to skip some decorating this year, but at the last moment my son lucked into Christmas leave and I feel compelled to make the place look as normal as possible. The includes having a cat sitting in the top of my tree looking smug :-) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 We had a climber as well, until he got so big that even he knew he'd knock over the tree if he climbed it. I'll never forget trying to decorate the tree while he was inside it. I'd hang an ornament and he'd bat it off the branch. I'd probably have continued the battle all night, but Mom wanted to hang her tinsel and banished both of us to the basement. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 *heavy sigh* 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Now we're on the subject of cats and Christmas, I have to put this here. It was the Christmas ad for a grocery store here in the UK back in 2015: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Damned double posts. Edited November 27, 2017 by Madelaine McMasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: *heavy sigh* You're a big kitty now and to old to climb the little tree. [ps] I love Mog! That video is now a Christmas tradition. Edited November 27, 2017 by Rhonda Huntress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 16 minutes ago, Skell Dagger said: I have to put this here. ...imagines the Christmas that could have been if Mom hadn't banished her to the basement with the cat those many years ago. I'm gonna call her right now and b i t c h about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 For those who celebrated Thanksgiving last week....how many times have you had turkey since Thursday's big meal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Big changes for Maureen: I gave up my island retreat on Myrth...I'd been there since October 2008! Just didn't want to pay the monthly fee any longer. I have a small plot in Bay City, and that will be my new home. Since it is a small parcel, needless to say, my prim count/land impact limit is jussssst a tad smaller than I had on Myrth. I feel like a noob all over again, looking for low LI furniture! Suggestions for stores? Edited November 27, 2017 by Maureen Boccaccio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: For those who celebrated Thanksgiving last week....how many times have you had turkey since Thursday's big meal? Not once! That's a good reason to be a guest at someone else's Thanksgiving rather than hosting your own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 15 minutes ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: For those who celebrated Thanksgiving last week....how many times have you had turkey since Thursday's big meal? We had 2 turkeys this year and still there were no leftovers to speak of. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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