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Yowie wrote:
Jill wrote... Sherry wrote: ---------------------snip---------------------- More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry Jill ---also a recluse Nah, you and Sherry are just in the training period for the position of "Crazy Cat Lady". You've both got the "recluse" bit workedout, but you both need several dozen more cats before you get your official "Crazy Cat Lady" diploma ;-) Yowie Respectfully, I have to disagree. While a dozen or more cats is definitely an asset if one aspires to be a "Crazy Cat Lady", some people are able to make it work with as few as two or three. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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Didn't know you were in the IRA Nan, LOL Jean.P.
Nan wrote in message ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:15:32 GMT, Tanada wrote: Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. Pam S. Retired bookkeeper on Social Security, a small IRA, and a VERY small retirement check (which just about covers my medical insurance and medications). Nan |
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Another very noisy place to work was a mill, I was a weaver for a couple of
yrs when I was about 16and you couldn't hear yourself speak let alone anyone else, when we met new boys we'd tell them we were *shuttle typists* as we didn't like to say we were mill workers.guess we were just little snobs Jean.P. CK wrote in message ... Howard Berkowitz wrote: From a friend who was a newspaper typesetter, I learned that it was quite common, in the US, to have deaf Linotype operators -- it was considered an advantage for the high noise environment of those machines. Hearing typesetters were generally not accepted until they had at least working sign language fluency. Was this the case in other countries? Not as far as I know, at least concerning Finland, but then again I was around 10-12 years old when my mom worked for that company. I only remember her complaining about the noise. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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Lady I knew and loved, bought a house in a small settlement
with lovely homes and lots of rules, but not one that said no"gays' fortunately for Lucy. She had two young men living opposite her, and when her son died of liver cancer they just couldn't do enough for her, they were friendly before Will died, but after,.... they were astronomical, even sometimes sending her a meal over in case she didn't cook just for herself. they were lovely men Jean.P. Tanada wrote in message ink.net... Kreisleriana wrote: This is probably the single thing that drives me craziest about the whole gay marriage debate. The anti-camp repeats this bromide until everyone believes it somehow, but they never explain HOW that "undermining" is supposed to happen. People making public arguments that effect other people's lives should be held to rigorous standards of logic, evidence, and clear, rational thought. Considering the "stability" of some of the Heterosexual marriages I've seen, I'd rather see Gays be able to get married. They'd be far better neighbors than the "Jerry Springer" couples. Pam S. sighing |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... badwilson wrote: "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Yowie wrote: Overseas Aussies pine for vegemite, timtams, cherry ripes, violet crumbles, twisties and real beer :-) TimTams sound delicious... but vegemite!?!?!?!?!?! Victor, shuddering at the thought of vegemite.... Yeah, I somehow doubt I'll be getting into the vegemite once I become an Aussie. I like tim tams, like the beer, like the wine, haven't tried cherry ripes, violet crumbles and twisties, but will stay far, far away from vegemite! I hear it's an acquired taste. Yowie is training Cary to love vegemite as we speak. How's the carpet? *shudder* The carpet is.... well, I'm sure it could be cut up and used for emergency rations with the amount of food & drink it contains. I've had it cleaned, too. Not that it made much visual difference, but the amount of yuckiness that came out of hte carper after only 5 year sof living here. *Ewwwwwww* What we really want is a hard surface with floor drains, so we can just hose it out every other day like they do in a zoo.... Yowie |
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O J wrote:
Respectfully, I have to disagree. While a dozen or more cats is definitely an asset if one aspires to be a "Crazy Cat Lady", some people are able to make it work with as few as two or three. I must take exception to the obvious sexist nature of the term "Crazy Cat Lady". There are plenty of us guys out there who might share the same passion/obsession. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Marina wrote:
I hear it's an acquired taste. Yowie is training Cary to love vegemite as we speak. How's the carpet? Hmmm... that might qualify as child abuse in some countries... ;-) Victor, who knows lots of people love vegemite but still can't understand why -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Victor Martinez wrote:
I must take exception to the obvious sexist nature of the term "Crazy Cat Lady". There are plenty of us guys out there who might share the same passion/obsession. Hehehehe, says he with the seven cats. So what would be PC, Mentally Unstable Cat Person? -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Hi all,
Since Karen and MLB seemed to like my tale of the giant alligators that haunt the underground passages of our cities, I've decided to add another tale of the strange and eerie things to be found in the underground. Hope you don't mind, but I've not trimmed the alligator story. Karen Chuplis wrote: O J wrote: M L Briggs wrote: O J wrote: ---------------------snip---------------------- Most of the really high-capacity cables run in underground conduits and are spliced together in manholes. Would anyone like to hear the story of the giant alligators that live underground beneath our cities? Would love to hear your (fairy) tales. So you don't believe there are scary things that haunt the underground passages of our cities, eh? Heh-heh-heh!! We'll see how you feel after I tell you my little tale. My partner and I were working in South-Central LA when the movie "Alligator" had just been released and was blanketing the TV with ads. I was down in a manhole, but out of sight in a corner checking to make sure the ductwork matched the blueprint for the job. I overheard my partner up above talking to some children and telling them a fairy story about alligators that lived under the street. The children pooh-poohed his tale as a lot of nonsense, so he dared them to call down the manhole with the 'special alligator call' which he proceeded to demonstrate for them. I heard children's voices calling out with little oook-oook sounds and took a deep breath in preparation. I let out my best alligator roar which was magnified by the echo of the little concrete room!! The next sound I heard was the screams of children followed by the laughter of my partner. He told me that those kids didn't stop running for two blocks! So you see, there really are scary things to be found under the city streets. Bwah-hah-hah-hah!! ROFL!!!!!! (deep and humble bow)! Now, on with the new tale: I have never seen a rat, alive or dead, in any of the places I've worked underground. BUT, I've seen one that was neither alive nor dead. Bwah-hah-hah-hah! When you see a telephone truck parked by a manhole, the splicer or lineman is down in a little, or occasionally huge, concrete room with cables that come in one side and leave by the other. Most are fairly clean and a few, where there is laser equipment to extend circuits to the field, have lights, tiled floors, and air conditioning. We used to use what was essentially a modeling clay known as 'duct seal' to keep water and gasses from seeping along the cable paths between locations in the underground. It was grayish in appearance and would hold its shape, without ever getting permanently hard. One could either use it for its intended purpose, or for self-amusement, constructing little models and figures. Some of the figures I used to like to make were rats! You could make the basic shape out of the duct seal, use little wire connectors for the eyes, and find some scraps of wire for whiskers to complete the creepy critter. It became an amusement of mine to construct these little statues and leave them in the various locations I had visited so as to spook whoever was next to come down the ladder. One day I had constructed a truly masterful example and left it sitting on a cable where, as soon as one had come down through the round 'chimney', it would be visible and sitting about a foot and a half from the face of the unlucky visitor. Chortling to myself, I wondered who my victim might be. We finished the job over the next several weeks and everything tested good except for one circuit. Someone needed to go down and find where the trouble might be. That someone was me -- the hole I needed to check was the one with my masterpiece. As soon as I cleared the chimney I looked to the right! Aaakkk!!! I nearly had a heart attack. Caught like a rat by my own trap! After that I gave up my little hobby. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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