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Imponderables: Work Abolition

POSTED BY: NVGHOSTRIDER
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:48 AM

FREELANCERTEX


*makes MsA some fudge*

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Originally posted by ZeroKiryu: It's funny, cause when most people think of fudge they think of chocolate. When I think of fudge the texture comes to mind.
same here :P

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Originally posted by NavySeils: To me when I think of fudge I think of the squishy tan-coloured cubes of awesome, chocolate doesn't come into it.
that would be caramel...or taffy..least thats what squishy tan colored cubes bring to mind O_o

dammit, now i want some of that awesome fudge they make down in the outer banks ><;; they have like 80 flavors, but their peanut butter fudge is the best. *mouth waters*

*goes and looks for fudge recipe*


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:52 AM

MSA


Hmm I think you'd have to taste it sweety. Doesn't really taste or have the texture of what Americans consider fudge. It's grainier and has a more defined strata of flavour.It's really nothing like US fudge:)


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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:54 AM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
oh yes... the squishy tan cubes of awesome...stupid American supermarkets with no proper sweets. I shall now pout


Hmmm, I'll need to see if the store I get my jaffa cakes from carries this stuff.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:08 AM

MSA


Don't make me hit you....



To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 12:45 PM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
Don't make me hit you....


They also had those one things you talked about before, digestive crackers I think it was?

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:07 PM

FREELANCERTEX


dude she'll hit you. and i'll laugh.

Quote:

Originally posted by MsA: It's grainier and has a more defined strata of flavour

ew? i like my fudge to be smooth, not grainy thanks.


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:15 PM

MSA


OK I really had not realized how decaffeinated I had become. I ordered a small real hot chocolate ( made with cocoa, milk , etc) it's only got 15 mg of caffeine in it and I am jumpy as a hamster on no doz... argh

LOL... yes digestive biscuits ( with chocolate)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:51 PM

FREELANCERTEX


mmmmm no doz. i remember the time a kid in my class downed several of those (or were they just caffeine pills....no i think they were no doz), on top of that he had already had three cups of coffee, two cokes, and one of those tall can energy drinks. had chest pains that afternoon...


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:27 PM

LEOPARDFLAN


-pop-

Woooooow O_o

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:32 PM

FREELANCERTEX


yeah, wasnt a smart move on his part ><;; striking, seeing as how he's a smart kid, but i guess intelligence and common sense weren't concocted from the same materials


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:34 PM

LEOPARDFLAN


Tell me about it (has kinda the same prob- most people call me smart but I have not one brick of common sense, lolz)

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:45 PM

FREELANCERTEX


lol, well even if u dont have any common sense i would at least hope you wouldnt consume an inordinate amount of caffeine in a very short span of time. tis a bad idea.


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 3:38 PM

LEOPARDFLAN


Well, now I know not to (though I would probably have done that if I ever got my hands on that much caffeine)

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:22 PM

FREELANCERTEX


lol, now u know XD caffeine's okay in small quantities. gets the blood flowin through the brain faster. which is why i started drinking it in high school, and stunted my growth ><;; lolz


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Thursday, April 9, 2009 4:18 AM

MSA


Sadly for me caffeine isn't ok even in small quantities... just that little bit meant I spent yesterday throwing up over and over for hours, then I ate something and it stayed down, but I had stomach cramps and was generally ill for many hours.... thing is I quit caffeine over 10 years ago and my system just can't take even a little tiny bit...well obviously

Morning all... oooh there's a ponder. What one thing makes you feel icky sick if you even have a little bit??

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:16 AM

ZEEK


I've never gotten the whole caffeine thing. I mean I don't drink coffee or energy drinks, but I drink pop a bunch. I've never felt wired from it. Nor have a felt like I'm missing something when I don't drink it (I've given pop up for Lent a few times). I think I'm immune. That's my theory at least.

Can't think of a food off hand that makes me feel all icky if I eat even a little. I'm a picky eater though. So, I keep my diet set to foods that don't make me feel icky and I don't stray from from the list.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:58 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Pudding without graham crackers is gross. Texture is ugly and yuck.

YUCK!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:17 AM

ZEEK


Freeze it! Pudding pops are where it's at. I miss pudding pops. Why'd they disappear anyway? I remember they had like a crunchy outer layer and yummy insides and were all goodness. Come back Bill Cosby come back!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:19 AM

KELKHIL


They still have em' 'round these parts...

MMmmm Pudding Pops!




Zombie Killing, Ninja in Training Kelkhil
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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:29 AM

WAKEUPSOON


Wow, I miss one day and the convo changes about 3 times ...

I can't eat anything spicy, at all. It doesn't like me :(

&& MsA .. Sainsbury's do Chocolate Chip Digestives .. they are soooo yummmy :D

Plus, talking of British Sweets ... I was at a sleepover last night. OMG! So. Much. Sugar.



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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:40 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Front teeth hates cold stuffs

Okay, so I'm in a bit of a better mood today. Hating on people who do things then bitch that they had to do them later and make me feel like I'm not doing enough.

My boss does this. She is so far involved with other programs, obligations that are not hers, and personal events that she neglects the here and now.

We are suffering her because she has to have the perfect house and the perfect wedding. Sorry if she makes it harder for herself but we have our own shit to worry about. Plus we are supposed to be updating policy and rules for the facility and it isn't getting done. It wouldn't matter as much but this is interfering with a list of directives she gave me. It'll end up being my fault that those things aren't done even though as the Facility Manager she is supposed to change those things with me and the Case Manager.

So, taking it upon myself I will re-write our policy and procedure manual, re-write all of the rules, consequences and objectives for the clients, and finish the fucking level system she wants implemented that she was so keen on having input on.

All to appease her need to look good for everyone.

That, and, you know, to keep my job.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:48 AM

MSA


I renew my offer... I write and implement level systems for a living.. just let me do it!
NV

WuS stop tormenting me with your sweets... argh!!!

Zeek have you ever heard George Carlin's thing on fussy eaters??



To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 6:59 AM

NICODEMUS


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:

WuS stop tormenting me with your sweets... argh!!!




So now would be a bad time to mention the excellence of some of the local fudge makers?


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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:11 AM

MSA


only if you want a smackin
HUSg Nico

hey check it... found my perfect shirt
http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/baby-browncoat-maternity-dark-tshir
t/309105712


To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:17 AM

NICODEMUS


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
only if you want a smackin
HUSg Nico




:)

*hugs*

Nice tshirt. Oh, and just before I flee, I actually like making my own Turkish Delight, although it took a few tries to get a worthy result (first few were deplorable messes).

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:25 AM

WAKEUPSOON


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
hey check it... found my perfect shirt
[-link-]


WOW! My friends are under strict instructions to get this for me immediately if I ever announce I'm pregnant: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/kids/9b11/ (not for a good long while yet tho!!)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/kids/ has lots of cute baby stuff which your Peanut will NEED. (:

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:31 AM

MSA


LOL that's the maternity shirt Rose photoshopped a pic of our Navy onto... hilarious:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:31 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
Zeek have you ever heard George Carlin's thing on fussy eaters??


Nope. Is it about how awesome they are? If so I've already figured that out on my own.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:15 AM

FREELANCERTEX


lolz, george carlin rocks sometimes XD

MsA that maternity shirt off cafepress rocks XD u should also get a onesie that says 'browncoat in training'


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Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:52 AM

MSA


It's all about how " fussy" eaters are really just smarter than everyone else.. you should totally listen. It's on his Gold Album:)

It is cute:0 I will be getting a few different ones.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:41 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
It's all about how " fussy" eaters are really just smarter than everyone else.. you should totally listen. It's on his Gold Album:)


The way I think of it seems to agree. If I'm happy eating the food I like then I should just stick to eating that (assuming it's not totally unhealthy of course). Sure there might be a food I like more out there somewhere, but if I don't know about it then what's the harm. As far as I know I'm eating the best thing out there. Based on the small sampling of food I've tried the odds seem to be that new foods have a low percentage chance that I will like them. Therefore searching for better tasting foods will result in me eating a higher percentage of food I don't like in my lifetime than if I just eat the food I already know that I like.

The things I really really really don't understand is the foods that are "acquired tastes". You're telling me that my initial reaction is "yuck!" but if I just keep at it I can train myself to like it? When does that get fun? I also tend to think our tastebuds work the way they do for a reason. They seem to know that spoiled food is bad. Therefore I'm going to trust that when they tell me something tastes bad that they know what they're talking about. Can't necessarily trust them on the good side of things though. Mad scientists have learned what gets the "yum" reaction and throw it into food by the boat load just to get us addicted. Jerks!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:31 AM

MSA


well I do know that some foods/ tases that I disliked when I was younger Inow like a lot
( mustard on sandwiches for example) so your tastes do change and a lot of people have an initial yuck response to unfamiliar foods so trying something more than once can be good because you never know if you might really like something once you got past your first response to the unfamiliar:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:29 AM

ZEEK


Happy Friday everybody. Except for Jesus I guess. Sorta a shitty Friday for him.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:32 AM

FREELANCERTEX


lolz, what i find interesting is how u can like something at one point in your life, and later on you wont even go *near* it. that happened with me and strawberries. apparently when i was little i loved them, no i can't stand the taste of them. tomatoes are slowly starting to grow on me though, i used to hate em except in ketchup, now i'll eat em every once in a while without cringing. ^_^


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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:38 AM

MSA


LOL Zeek

See tastes change as you get older:)

Ok now I'm going to be truly annoyed. We had a meeting scheduled for this morning. An EARLY meeting which I had to get up for. And the people who called the meeting....never showed up! ARGH



To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:57 AM

FREELANCERTEX


oh i love it when that happens :P so much fun @_@ ><;; look on the bright side, its friday :P ^_^


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Friday, April 10, 2009 7:14 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Friday?

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Friday, April 10, 2009 7:27 AM

FREELANCERTEX


yeah, friday.

<.<

>.>

why?


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Friday, April 10, 2009 9:36 AM

ZEEK


Come here weekend...here boy...come on...please?

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Friday, April 10, 2009 9:38 AM

MSA


Poor NV it's no weekend for him. He has to be up and out to work at 6 am tomorrow... suckage!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 10:19 AM

ZEEK


Yuck! That's just not fair.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 12:32 PM

MSA


especially since he has already worked Monday- Friday and he's on call all weekend...grumble grumble grumble

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:14 PM

FREELANCERTEX


><;; *hugs NV*

ow..i just got a headache.....i think its the loud ringing from the tv..


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Friday, April 10, 2009 4:30 PM

FREELANCERTEX


*groan* how does one convince one's parents that they should get their hearing checked because volume level 47 (the highest on this tv is 50) is not a safely acceptable decibel level?


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Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:27 AM

RHYIANAN


I'd come right out and tell them that it is too loud, joke semi-seriously that the younger generation is supposed to be the ones playing everything too loud, so if you think their tv is too loud it has to be rather excessive. From there, lead into the talk about getting tested.

If they still aren't convinced, explain your concerns that it could be ruining your hearing. If all else fails, invest in earplugs.




I'm a leaf on the wind

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:33 AM

FREELANCERTEX


lolz i've done the whole 'it's too loud' thing, and when they say 'we can barely hear it' and i tell them 'well then you need to get your hearing checked, because it's deafeningly loud, guys' i get no response and they just go back to what they were doing.


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Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:01 AM

RHYIANAN


Well, if that's the way that you word it, you'll probably not get a response. Try stepping out of the parent/child roles and really sit down and have a serious conversation with them. If possible, have the conversation at a time when they aren't watching the television. Don't make it an argument, keep everything calm and rational. The last thing you want is your parents thinking that you are acting like a petulant child.


I'm a leaf on the wind

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:46 AM

FREELANCERTEX


they dont know how to have a serious conversation with me. when i try calmly expressing any concern at all they twist their rationalization the opposite way and tell me i'm wrong and it's not an issue; or they tell me i'm overreacting. it's like we're not even on the same page. it's just frustrating trying to talk to them when i know they're not going to listen to me ><;; at least that's how i feel. if i told them that they'd probably tell me 'we *doooo* listen to you, it's just that--i dont know where you're getting these ideas, when have we ever not listened to you or understood you?'
they listen to my brother more than they listen to me, and granted, he's older, but holy shit i'm not grown up? i joined the military at seventeen and went away and didn't (couldn't) rely on them at all, they tell me they're proud but clearly don't consider me grown up still? i know the military isn't a justification for that but can they give me some freaking credit? my brother considers me more grown up than they do, which is kind of a switch considering older siblings generally always think of their younger siblings as always being the little bratty kid that they can't ever see growing up. [/rant]
*massive sigh* help?
ok, i'm done venting for the day, sorry. ><;;


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Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:08 PM

ZEEK


Well that's easy then. Tell your brother to talk to them

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:44 PM

RHYIANAN


I understand what you're going through. The transition from child to adult in your parent's eyes is extremely difficult, partially because of ingrained habits (I tend to act more childishly around my parents, letting them take the lead in any situation, even when it's something that I would handle myself if they weren't there, just because that's how we've always related) and partially because parents don't want to see their children as adults. You're just going to have to figure it out on your own, because every situation is different. I don't think my parents actually started to see me as an adult until I got engaged, and even then they were a bit shocked, thinking I am too young to marry, even though I'm the same age my mother was at their wedding.

However, the problem might not be with seeing you as an adult. Future mother-in-law will do the same thing, she'll listen to what I have to say, then categorically ignore my concerns. It's annoying, but it's a personality trait that I need to work around. It's not that she doesn't think that I'm an adult, but rather that she simply doesn't want to see my side of things.


I'm a leaf on the wind

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