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Singh wrote:

the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet
of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!

SNOW??? In *September*?? EEK!

Joyce

Singh wrote:

the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet
of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!

SNOW??? In *September*?? EEK!

Joyce

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:54:07 -0500, John F. Eldredge
wrote:
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I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled
her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!"
And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas
comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff
in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:54:07 -0500, John F. Eldredge
wrote:
snip
I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled
her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!"
And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas
comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff
in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:54:07 -0500, John F. Eldredge
wrote:
snip
I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled
her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!"
And of course it doesn't help that the stores seem to think Chrstmas
comes earlier every year. They're already putting up Christmas stuff
in the post exchange out on Fort Sill - started a couple weeks ago.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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O J wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:00:00 -0400, Baha wrote:

You now owe a karmic debt, O J. The little shards of glass called chipmunk
voices... the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet
of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!

Blessed be,
Baha

Baha my dear, my karmic debt is so heavy that I can afford to indulge
myself from time to time without increasing it much in proportion.
You have snow already in Buffalo??

I'm being a bit facetious. Just thinking of the Chipmunk Song; it gets major
overkill on several of our more highly-rated radio stations around the end of
November, by which time we are well frosted. It has been unusually chilly
though, a little backwash from Ivan et al. We'll have really nice temps for
about 2 hours, then it'll get all chilly. We have a saying locally: if you
don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change.

We're having a cold snap here in
LA too. We actually had to close the front door overnight to keep the
place from getting too chilly. We needed the air conditioner last
week though.

Sounds like us. We've had to keep the air on, mostly for the comfort of the
furchildren, but then Louie has to run home and shut it down because when the
chill comes, it comes quickly. Luckily he works around the block.

Blessed be,
Baha

O J wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:00:00 -0400, Baha wrote:

You now owe a karmic debt, O J. The little shards of glass called chipmunk
voices... the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet
of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!

Blessed be,
Baha

Baha my dear, my karmic debt is so heavy that I can afford to indulge
myself from time to time without increasing it much in proportion.
You have snow already in Buffalo??

I'm being a bit facetious. Just thinking of the Chipmunk Song; it gets major
overkill on several of our more highly-rated radio stations around the end of
November, by which time we are well frosted. It has been unusually chilly
though, a little backwash from Ivan et al. We'll have really nice temps for
about 2 hours, then it'll get all chilly. We have a saying locally: if you
don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change.

We're having a cold snap here in
LA too. We actually had to close the front door overnight to keep the
place from getting too chilly. We needed the air conditioner last
week though.

Sounds like us. We've had to keep the air on, mostly for the comfort of the
furchildren, but then Louie has to run home and shut it down because when the
chill comes, it comes quickly. Luckily he works around the block.

Blessed be,
Baha

O J wrote:

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:00:00 -0400, Baha wrote:

You now owe a karmic debt, O J. The little shards of glass called chipmunk
voices... the overkill from Buffalo radio as I sit buried under four feet
of snow... AAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!

Blessed be,
Baha

Baha my dear, my karmic debt is so heavy that I can afford to indulge
myself from time to time without increasing it much in proportion.
You have snow already in Buffalo??

I'm being a bit facetious. Just thinking of the Chipmunk Song; it gets major
overkill on several of our more highly-rated radio stations around the end of
November, by which time we are well frosted. It has been unusually chilly
though, a little backwash from Ivan et al. We'll have really nice temps for
about 2 hours, then it'll get all chilly. We have a saying locally: if you
don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes; it'll change.

We're having a cold snap here in
LA too. We actually had to close the front door overnight to keep the
place from getting too chilly. We needed the air conditioner last
week though.

Sounds like us. We've had to keep the air on, mostly for the comfort of the
furchildren, but then Louie has to run home and shut it down because when the
chill comes, it comes quickly. Luckily he works around the block.

Blessed be,
Baha

A few holidays ago, my best buddy and his partner bought a Blue doll, from
the "Blue's Clues" show. Press one paw, it played the theme to the show;
press the other, it made little woofy noises. They brought the thing home,
and after pressing the woofy paw, it didn't stop woofing! All night, this
little blue puppy was woofing about, and at random: it would go on
10-minute woof fits, shut up for a half-hour, then spend another half in
another woof fit. they returned it, woofing, to Walmart the next day. The
customer service girl, who no doubt loathed her job, wrinkled her nose as
if one of them had violently cut the cheese, and said "What the hellja DO
to it?!"

Blessed be,
Baha

"John F. Eldredge" wrote:

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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:27:35 GMT, wrote:

Nan wrote:

Several years ago, Walgreen's was selling this horrible toy, a bear
(or *something*) that did the Macarena. And it sang that obnoxious
Macarena song really fast, in a high voice not unlike The Three
Chipmunks**. The store had put one of them out, right next to the
cash registers, and customers waiting in line could press a button
on it to start it up, which they did incessantly just during the
short time I was waiting in line. I swear, if I was working behind
the counter, I would have shot that thing!

This reminds me of a Christmas ornament that I once saw for sale. It
was an artificial wreath that would play Christmas carols whenever a
motion sensor detected someone walking by. Rather than simply having
a small speaker, as most such musical devices do, it had a set of
small tubular chimes, with a magnet that would ring each chime as its
note was needed.

Unfortunately, the designer had decided to economize on the number of
chimes, so it didn't have the full range of notes. If you think of a
piano keyboard, it had the white keys but not the black keys. As a
result, every melody it played contained sour notes. Plus, being on
display in a store, close to Christmas time, the motion sensor kept
it playing constantly.

I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled
her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!"

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--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

A few holidays ago, my best buddy and his partner bought a Blue doll, from
the "Blue's Clues" show. Press one paw, it played the theme to the show;
press the other, it made little woofy noises. They brought the thing home,
and after pressing the woofy paw, it didn't stop woofing! All night, this
little blue puppy was woofing about, and at random: it would go on
10-minute woof fits, shut up for a half-hour, then spend another half in
another woof fit. they returned it, woofing, to Walmart the next day. The
customer service girl, who no doubt loathed her job, wrinkled her nose as
if one of them had violently cut the cheese, and said "What the hellja DO
to it?!"

Blessed be,
Baha

"John F. Eldredge" wrote:

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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:27:35 GMT, wrote:

Nan wrote:

Several years ago, Walgreen's was selling this horrible toy, a bear
(or *something*) that did the Macarena. And it sang that obnoxious
Macarena song really fast, in a high voice not unlike The Three
Chipmunks**. The store had put one of them out, right next to the
cash registers, and customers waiting in line could press a button
on it to start it up, which they did incessantly just during the
short time I was waiting in line. I swear, if I was working behind
the counter, I would have shot that thing!

This reminds me of a Christmas ornament that I once saw for sale. It
was an artificial wreath that would play Christmas carols whenever a
motion sensor detected someone walking by. Rather than simply having
a small speaker, as most such musical devices do, it had a set of
small tubular chimes, with a magnet that would ring each chime as its
note was needed.

Unfortunately, the designer had decided to economize on the number of
chimes, so it didn't have the full range of notes. If you think of a
piano keyboard, it had the white keys but not the black keys. As a
result, every melody it played contained sour notes. Plus, being on
display in a store, close to Christmas time, the motion sensor kept
it playing constantly.

I commented on it to the cashier as I was checking out. She rolled
her eyes, and said, "I'll be so glad when Christmas is over!"

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--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria