Re: Mood Meter - anyone else with special lists?

[Guest guest]

When I am being myself that doesn't always go down well - people either

love me or hate me - I must be like marmite (advert reference).

>

> Same with me, . I write better than I talk and have difficulty

> verbalising sometimes and don't always get the tone right, have a

> nervous smile and laugh. I've gotten in the habit of smiling all time

> so that people won't be put off by me, but then that backfires. I

> know another Aspie who smiles all the time and it does look a little

> strange so I've stopped doing that so much but will alternate between

> being too smiley and chipper and being too reserved and stoney faced.

> I realize that I'll never get it quite right so I just try to relax

> and when I do it all works a little better.

>

[Guest guest]

It can weed out people, then. I've found that if I try to be fake,

people don't like me because I'm fake and I've lost myself in the

process so it's a lose-lose situation. No one has everyone like them,

anyway. I will do the 'when in Rome, be like the Romans' thing in

order to get along with others and in consideration of them and

because I know that often one person is not as important as the group

but when I think it's important to speak out or be myself, I will. I

don't always get it right, but I'm getting better at it as I get

older.

> >

> > Same with me, . I write better than I talk and have

difficulty

> > verbalising sometimes and don't always get the tone right, have a

> > nervous smile and laugh. I've gotten in the habit of smiling all

time

> > so that people won't be put off by me, but then that backfires.

I

> > know another Aspie who smiles all the time and it does look a

little

> > strange so I've stopped doing that so much but will alternate

between

> > being too smiley and chipper and being too reserved and stoney

faced.

> > I realize that I'll never get it quite right so I just try to

relax

> > and when I do it all works a little better.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Tom wrote:

> People tend to leave when

> 1) there is fighting going on on the board and when

> 2) liberals speak too freely of " rights " regarding controversial

issues. (Conservatives tend not to like to be around people who

advocate things they deem morally or ethically objectionable. It is

at times like these when I get the most complaint mail for people.)

Tom, you forgot:

3) when conservatives speak too freely about what they'd like to see done to

all those who are unable to work and study as hard as the conservative

him/herself, abstain from pleasures that the conservative is able to abstain

from, or who have the bad taste of being born into the 'wrong' class, race

or religion. (Liberals tend to not like being around people who are too

quick to judge strangers in whose shoes they have not been themselves.)

;-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

:

>I wonder if it is possible to have too much info' - sometimes I worry about some things - diseases etc and I avoid finding out too much otherwise I would probably worry myself to death - that is not to say I ignore sensible sound advice - but programmes on microscopic bugs that live on you and stuff - not exactly bedtime viewing with my mind.

Oooh, I HATE those shows! Talk about CREATING phobias in people! Took me years to get over some of the stuff on parasites, fungi, bugs and mites I saw on Discovery. :-((((( Problem with me is that I have such a good visual memory. Once I have seen a picture or film - or read something that created a vivid enough image in my mind - it is almost impossible to un-remember that image again. :´(

Rainbow:

>It is such a blessing that memories fade. If we remembered everything we would all be overwhelmed with what had happened to us already. Perhaps throwing away some of those lists would let us live more in the moment, to 'smell the roses', so to speak. Wasn't it Alpert, as 'Baba Ram Dass' who urged us all to 'be here now'? I get a headache from roses, but yes, that's what I've done. Out with the lists and living in the moment. So much happier now! :-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

:

> I don't know where I got the idea that there was such a thing as a

> translation program.

I sure don't have one. I learned English as a kid and have kept reading

English books since I was a teen and have often associated with

English-speaking people. It is so natural to me that I often think in

English and don't even notice when I make the switch. When talking with my

best friend, we alternate between English and Swedish because so many

things - especially concerning feelings - sound so too dry and boring in

Swedish.

Here in Sweden, about 90% of everything on TV is imported stuff in English,

and like in Holland, it is not dubbed. Also, most music is in English, even

by our own Swedish performers. This way we get exposed to it constantly, and

also learn it in school from 3rd grade.

In countries where everything imported gets dubbed, such as Germany, France

and Italy, the level of English among the general population is dramatically

poorer.

Where are you from? The US too? (If that's not too nosy to ask.)

Inger

[Guest guest]

Tom:

>> " I also hate it when people whiten their teeth. Teeth are not

> supposed to be whitened. They are supposed to be whatever color they

> are naturally, which is more of an off white or yellow. "

:

> Thank you. I thought I was the only one who hated whitened teeth.

Count me in too. Though I actually think VERY yellow teeth look better when

SLIGHTLY bleached. But when the teeth are even whiter than the white in

one's eyes, that looks nothing but ridiculous. It gets almost blinding, and

I find myself again unable to focus on anything but the unnatural look of

their teeth. I'm not against anyone doing slight improvements on their

looks, but why do they always have to overdo it so that it becomes absurd

and noticeably artificial-looking?

Inger

[Guest guest]

" Oooh, I HATE those shows! Talk about CREATING phobias in people!

Took me years to get over some of the stuff on parasites, fungi, bugs

and mites I saw on Discovery. :-((((( Problem with me is that I have

such a good visual memory. Once I have seen a picture or film - or

read something that created a vivid enough image in my mind - it is

almost impossible to un-remember that image again. "

That happened to me too. I also have to be careful about what movies

I watch because the scene will stick with me. I'm getting less

sensitive though and I've made myself watch operations and other

hospital-type things to get tougher.

" I get a headache from roses "

That's a shame, since the scent from roses is physically and mentally

beneficial

>

[Guest guest]

Well, Inger, you speak English better than many native English

speakers. You express yourself very clearly which I suppose you might

do in any language you know--I think that's partially your

personality to be clear and intelligent, without needing to use a lot

of words, like a good writer. I'm amazed because I don't have a knack

for languages. It must be nice, too, to have more than one language

to draw on for expression. We Americans miss out by not learning

another language (and it contributes towards the American feelings of

superiority).

>

> :

>

> > I don't know where I got the idea that there was such a thing as

a

> > translation program.

>

> I sure don't have one. I learned English as a kid and have kept

reading

> English books since I was a teen and have often associated with

> English-speaking people. It is so natural to me that I often think

in

> English and don't even notice when I make the switch. When talking

with my

> best friend, we alternate between English and Swedish because so

many

> things - especially concerning feelings - sound so too dry and

boring in

> Swedish.

>

> Here in Sweden, about 90% of everything on TV is imported stuff in

English,

> and like in Holland, it is not dubbed. Also, most music is in

English, even

> by our own Swedish performers. This way we get exposed to it

constantly, and

> also learn it in school from 3rd grade.

>

> In countries where everything imported gets dubbed, such as

Germany, France

> and Italy, the level of English among the general population is

dramatically

> poorer.

>

> Where are you from? The US too? (If that's not too nosy to ask.)

>

> Inger

>

[Guest guest]

" Though I actually think VERY yellow teeth look better when

> SLIGHTLY bleached. "

Yeah, too yellow looks wolf-like.

" But when the teeth are even whiter than the white in

> one's eyes, that looks nothing but ridiculous. It gets almost

blinding, and

> I find myself again unable to focus on anything but the unnatural

look of

> their teeth. I'm not against anyone doing slight improvements on

their

> looks, but why do they always have to overdo it so that it becomes

absurd

> and noticeably artificial-looking? "

:) I never thought of the white of some people's teeth exceeding

the white of their eyes! There was a television commercial here some

years back when the kids in a class were telling the teacher when

asked what color her teeth were, that they were: Ecru! Off-white!

Cream! Eggshell! And of course people bought into the propaganda that

only pure white will do.

[Guest guest]

A good point.

I for one, being a conservative, tend to get tired of watching my

tax money going to people who spend it on booze, lottery tickets,

cigarettes, pot, and ball game tickets and then I also tend to get

annoyed when these people claim that their handouts aren't big

enough while making fun of me for saving and investing my money for

the future.

So I do have a tendency to rant about it.

From now on, I will have to curtail that.

Tom

Administrator

Tom, you forgot:

3) when conservatives speak too freely about what they'd like to see

done to all those who are unable to work and study as hard as the

conservative him/herself, abstain from pleasures that the

conservative is able to abstain from, or who have the bad taste of

being born into the 'wrong' class, race or religion. (Liberals tend

to not like being around people who are too quick to judge strangers

in whose shoes they have not been themselves.)

;-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

Although I do have to add that one grows tired of having to support

all these people via my tax dollars in addition to myself through my

earnings. And it become wearisome that I am supposed to allow these

people a free reign to complain about people such as myself from

their arm chairs as they drink their beers while I am not allowed to

complain about them from my place of employment.

Tom

Tom, you forgot:

3) when conservatives speak too freely about what they'd like to see

done to all those who are unable to work and study as hard as the

conservative him/herself, abstain from pleasures that the

conservative is able to abstain from, or who have the bad taste of

being born into the 'wrong' class, race or religion. (Liberals tend

to not like being around people who are too quick to judge strangers

in whose shoes they have not been themselves.)

;-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/22/2005 9:27:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikecarrie01@... writes:

"Oooh, I HATE those shows! Talk about CREATING phobias in people! Took me years to get over some of the stuff on parasites, fungi, bugs and mites I saw on Discovery. :-((((( Problem with me is that I have such a good visual memory. Once I have seen a picture or film - or read something that created a vivid enough image in my mind - it is almost impossible to un-remember that image again."

I used to watch medical shows but they too really freaked me out. These days I'll still watch real life ER programs from time to time where they are talking about accidents and injury more than disease. I figure that this way I get see some bad things so if I ever encounter one in real life I'll have a better idea of what to do and what not to do.

[Guest guest]

I haven't seen any gambling, drinking, smoking couch potatoes complaining

about you working HERE in this forum? Or have I missed something?

Inger

Re: Mood Meter - anyone else with special lists?

Although I do have to add that one grows tired of having to support

all these people via my tax dollars in addition to myself through my

earnings. And it become wearisome that I am supposed to allow these

people a free reign to complain about people such as myself from

their arm chairs as they drink their beers while I am not allowed to

complain about them from my place of employment.

Tom

Tom, you forgot:

3) when conservatives speak too freely about what they'd like to see

done to all those who are unable to work and study as hard as the

conservative him/herself, abstain from pleasures that the

conservative is able to abstain from, or who have the bad taste of

being born into the 'wrong' class, race or religion. (Liberals tend

to not like being around people who are too quick to judge strangers

in whose shoes they have not been themselves.)

;-)

Inger

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/22/2005 10:19:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

A good point. I for one, being a conservative, tend to get tired of watching my tax money going to people who spend it on booze, lottery tickets, cigarettes, pot, and ball game tickets and then I also tend to get annoyed when these people claim that their handouts aren't big enough while making fun of me for saving and investing my money for the future.So I do have a tendency to rant about it. From now on, I will have to curtail that.TomAdministrator

Well, I'll pick it up for you then, LOL. I know exactly what you mean here. It is not uncommon to see people pull up at the grocery store in an SUV, Lexus or other expensive vehicle and then pay with food stamps. There is a big cry now that the Republicans are taking a big bite out of the food stamp program but why not? Food stamp programs aren't spending all the money they get and in lots of places around the country are actually advertising on the radio and billboards to get people to sign up. That's a clear sign they don't need all the money they are getting and that is a good thing: it means more people capable of supporting themselves and aren't wards of the state.

I've also seen people getting into fancy cars with lots of jewelry and all that but are getting welfare checks cashed. The system is really messed up and needs serious reform.

The problem is that there is a class of people out there, which includes all races, who know how to milk the system. The system itself is so complicated, involving more than 180 different programs in different agencies, that no one really knows how many people are on the programs, how much is really being spent or how much waste and fraud there is. They need to parse it down to 4 or 5 programs under one agency with strict business standard accounting practices. This would probably cut costs by a third just from eliminating all the bureaucracy. Fraud would also be cut because it would much harder to pull off with the increased oversight.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, .

I do love precision and since I find it rather tiresome to have to

communicate with words at all, I try to be economical with them. Wish I

could be even more so at times.

For some reason, I don't have any trouble writing, only reading, so every

now and then - if the subject is of particular interest to me - I'll go into

a rather wordy rant. :-)

Inger

Re: Mood Meter - anyone else with special lists?

Well, Inger, you speak English better than many native English

speakers. You express yourself very clearly which I suppose you might

do in any language you know--I think that's partially your

personality to be clear and intelligent, without needing to use a lot

of words, like a good writer. I'm amazed because I don't have a knack

for languages. It must be nice, too, to have more than one language

to draw on for expression. We Americans miss out by not learning

another language (and it contributes towards the American feelings of

superiority).

>

> :

>

> > I don't know where I got the idea that there was such a thing as

a

> > translation program.

>

> I sure don't have one. I learned English as a kid and have kept

reading

> English books since I was a teen and have often associated with

> English-speaking people. It is so natural to me that I often think

in

> English and don't even notice when I make the switch. When talking

with my

> best friend, we alternate between English and Swedish because so

many

> things - especially concerning feelings - sound so too dry and

boring in

> Swedish.

>

> Here in Sweden, about 90% of everything on TV is imported stuff in

English,

> and like in Holland, it is not dubbed. Also, most music is in

English, even

> by our own Swedish performers. This way we get exposed to it

constantly, and

> also learn it in school from 3rd grade.

>

> In countries where everything imported gets dubbed, such as

Germany, France

> and Italy, the level of English among the general population is

dramatically

> poorer.

>

> Where are you from? The US too? (If that's not too nosy to ask.)

>

> Inger

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/22/2005 11:05:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, inglori@... writes:

Thanks, .I do love precision and since I find it rather tiresome to have to communicate with words at all, I try to be economical with them. Wish I could be even more so at times.For some reason, I don't have any trouble writing, only reading, so every now and then - if the subject is of particular interest to me - I'll go into a rather wordy rant. :-)Inger

I think a decent education could solve this. There was an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation where the Enterprise met a race that communicated in allegory and parables. This idea was very interesting by flawed: without a regular base language, how could they explain even to their own children what the obscure phrases meant?

Anyway, I think it would be good to have a base of parables and phrases that could explain a detailed concept without having to go into detail each time you brought it up. Unfortunately right now so many examples are coming to mind that they are getting jumbled. Here is one example though: Pearl Harbor. For a long time if you mentioned this to an American they would recognize it as a symbol of treachery and lack of preparedness. It could still serve as a phrase meaning "this is what happens when you let your guard down and present weakness to a potential enemy." By the same token, 9/11 could serve the same function. That attack happened because of lack of preparedness, failure to take sensible precautions and showing weakness to an enemy which encouraged the attack.

[Guest guest]

Katrina was mostly media hype. You could really sense that the media was lusting for 10,000 dead in New Orleans and was orgiastic over the exaggerated rumors of murders, rapes and mountains of bodies at the Superdome. None of this turned out to be true.

Katrina was mainly a disaster because the state and local governments in Louisiana were so corrupt and incompetent. A while back I posted an article on how poorly managed the levees were, how money meant to firm up the levees was diverted to other projects, some across the state from New Orleans. Even after Katrina, a lot of the aid and rebuilding money has been vanishing or is being spent on project not remotely related to rebuilding.

The much maligned FEMA has as one of its main guidelines for people and localities to prepare for at least 3 days without services because it could take at least that long for them to reach everyone in a catastrophe. That's why I and a lot of the neighbors around here have extra food and water, some have generators and some also have guns to defend the neighborhood against looters. Fortunately though even after Isabell and other hard hits, this area never had that particular problem. (FYI, I don't think we'd have to kill anyone. Looters would almost surely find other pickings if they got a warning shot, just as happened in New Orleans.)

You never heard anything about Mississippi or Alabama which were also hard hit. That is because there was no looting to speak of and when it did happen it was stopped very quickly. The people also pulled together, protected their neighborhoods and started to clean up and move ahead. In other words, it was good news and peace. Since that doesn't sell in today's media, it was ignored.

[Guest guest]

What you missed is the fact that there have been folks on this board

who have complained that Bush and the Republicans are responsible for

the fact that they don't have jobs and that the Republicans keep

giving the " rich " tax breaks while cutting public aid to those who

need it.

I for one get tired of the fact that I have to pay more taxes than

these people do just because I work harder and earn more. Jobs didn't

come floating my way on the breeze. I had to seek them out and get

them. I had to make a lot of sacrifices to save and invest what I have

too.

What happened was that the Republicans put into effect loads of

measures that Clinton reaped the benefits of before destroying the

economy just when Bush came into office. It is economically impossible

for what goes on in a Presidency to have an immediate effect on the

economy as Democrats enjoy asserting. Everything we were suffering for

the past four years in terms of the economy was the result of what

Clinton did.

The democrats keep wanting all sorts of money for public aid, but they

don't want to cut their pork barrel projects do they? Nor do they want

to cut spending, reform the tax code, revise social security or

savings plans or anything else. All they want to do is bitch about how

bad things are and cowtow to their constituency, which is

statistically composed of welfare recipients, gamblers, drinkers,

smokers.

Here are some OTHER people who support who the democrats vote for:

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?

txtName=flynt & NumOfThou=0 & txt2006=Y

FLYNT, LARRY C

BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90211

FMG INC

7/19/2005

$1,500

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

FLYNT, LARRY C

BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90211

FMG INC

7/18/2005

$1,000

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

FLYNT, LARRY

BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90211

FMG INC

5/10/2005

$500

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

FLYNT, LARRY C

BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90211

6/30/2005

($500)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

FLYNT, LARRY C

BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90211

8/10/2005

($2,500)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES

4/18/2005

$1,000

Stabenow, Debbie

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC

4/6/2005

$1,000

Durbin, Dick

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES/CEO

5/12/2005

$1,000

Progressive Majority

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT/CHAIRMAN

9/16/2005

$1,000

Waxman, Henry A

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY/CEO

3/21/2005

$1,000

Bean, Luburich

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY/CEO

9/28/2005

$1,000

Bean, Luburich

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES/CEO

4/19/2005

$500

Schakowsky, Jan

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES

5/20/2005

$250

, Bill

HEFNER, CHRISTIE

CHICAGO,IL 60657

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES/CEO

5/17/2005

$250

Schakowsky, Jan

The people above also supported Clinton in years past. And Clinton

came through for them too.

Here is some more information on Hefner:

Board Memberships:

American Civil Liberties Union

Magazine Publishers Association

National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Diversity Committee

So from that you know that she helps determine what we all can say,

read, hear, and watch.

" She also spent four years as project board chairman for the CORE

Center, raising $30 million to build this innovative clinic and

research facility, which opened in Chicago in the summer of 1998. The

CORE Center conducts clinical research and provides prevention

education and outpatient care for people with HIV/AIDS and other

communicable diseases. "

This is what we in the profession call a " slick marketing technique. "

In other words, she wants to exploit sex, so she makes herself out to

be someone who cares about people who get HIV from having it. In

reality, she doesn't give a damn about those people. She just wants

people to appreciate her so she can sell more magazines.

She also received these awards:

1991 - Women's Business Development Center Hall of Fame – for opening

doors and building opportunities for all women entrepreneurs

2002 - Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership - National Cable &

Telecommunications Association - for her longstanding commitment to

the First Amendment rights of cable programmers and operators and for

her strong advocacy of workplace diversity.

2003 - Family Business Council's Leadership Award - " vision,

determination and courage in refocusing, diversifying and ultimately

ensuring the future of an American icon, leading Playboy into the new

millennium. "

With these awards we see that, far from exploiting women, she is

building them up, that she has been rewarded for putting porn in

abundance on cable, and has been awarded by the FAMILY Business

Council for " leading Playboy into the new milenium. "

I'd love to spend money and have a good time like everyone else, but I

have analyzed the facts and realize that the only person I have to

rely on to ensure my future stays comfortable is me.

While the people the democrats vote for actively work to ensure that

porn stays available to you, that gambling stays legal, etc. and, to

wit, that the people who vote democrat stay poor but placated with

base recreation such as gambling and porn, I'm trying to avoid all

that stuff and earn money and invest in light of all this chaos so

that I don't become a burden to society.

And I will keep voting Republican in the meantime.

Thanks.

Tom

I haven't seen any gambling, drinking, smoking couch potatoes

complaining about you working HERE in this forum? Or have I missed

something?

Inger

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/22/2005 4:29:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikecarrie01@... writes:

Nice people. Did they kill your dogs? I was always afraid someone would do that to my dog--I had a Rottweiler and a lot of people thought I shouldn't have that type of dog.

I have always had Basenjis because they are good for people with dog allergies because they don't stink like most other dogs, don't shed as much and so on.

The male was the one who got into the poison and he didn't die but came VERY close. We had to take him to an out of state vet hospital to save him. In the end, he came home with the equivalent of half a kidney still functioning. They actually though he was going to die on the way home, but he made it and lived for several more years.

They weren't very nice people. They were a bunch of kids, 13 to 16, from the welfare apartments not far away. That's where most of the trouble we ever have comes from. Well, these kids got off with very light sentences and two of them were later arrested when they were adults for catching seniors in their yards, forcing them in their houses and then beating and robbing them. Another one was caught after burglarizing many homes. He'd kick in a door, run in and steal a purse or whatever and run back out.

All that is why I have a pistol in the drawer right by my left leg. These things go in cycles though and we haven't had any trouble for a while now. There have been a couple of breakins, but those were a couple of months ago and there haven't been any since.

[Guest guest]

Tom,

That's the fault of the education system. When I started college in 1991, a lot of students didn't even know about the Gulf War that had just been fought. They didn't know about WW 2, the death camps, anything. So this girl you mention doesn't surprise me. It sickens me but doesn't surprise.

[Guest guest]

I'm not a liberal or a conservative. I don't know about the

government, but idealogically, I'm not liberal or conservative

either. I don't take sides and I try to see both. Not that someone

who has chosen sides hasn't given it great thought. I see good and

bad with both sides. I wouldn't have expected the government to help

me with Katrina and gotten mad when they didn't and don't expect

anyone to help me. I've worked hard and sacrificed too and don't

expect to life high on the hog and not save for the future. I'm

frugal and content with less. But then I think of how I am

intelligent, not overweight, look okay, dress okay, talk well, come

from an affluent family, can do my job quickly and efficiently (and

have plenty of time to post here and do other things) while someone

else has to work harder to do the same amount of work. And I've

thought about people with IQs of 70,80,90 and how they may have

trouble in different areas of their life that I take for granted

(often I get frustrated with stupid people but know that while often

the can help it, sometimes they can't),make poor decisions, don't

understand things that seem obvious to me--that I can analyise and

access better than the average person; the handicapped, people who

have had hardships or fall through the cracks.

>

> I haven't seen any gambling, drinking, smoking couch potatoes

> complaining about you working HERE in this forum? Or have I missed

> something?

>

> Inger

>

[Guest guest]

" I used to watch medical shows but they too really freaked me out.

These days

> I'll still watch real life ER programs from time to time where they

are

> talking about accidents and injury more than disease. "

I got angry when ER first came out because I thought it was

gratuitous and it showed that the average viewer's bloodthirst and

desire for sensationalism. I still think so, but now I watch a few

for the realism. I saw one that involved a baby and a car accident

and I threw a pillow at the tv because I was so mad that they showed

that but then I realized that it's a good reminder of what can happen

when 2000 pound machines are driven by careless people. I think about

that scene when I drive, it serves as a governor of sorts...

" I figure that this way I get see some bad things so if I ever

encounter one in real life I'll have a

> better idea of what to do and what not to do. "

My husband likes crime dramas for that reason--so he knows what's

going on out there and what he should do to avoid crime for himself

and his family.

[Guest guest]

Nice people. Did they kill your dogs? I was always afraid someone

would do that to my dog--I had a Rottweiler and a lot of people

thought I shouldn't have that type of dog.

>

>

> In a message dated 11/22/2005 11:01:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> inglori@s... writes:

>

> I haven't seen any gambling, drinking, smoking couch potatoes

complaining

> about you working HERE in this forum? Or have I missed something?

>

> Inger

>

>

>

> He's talking about a particular kind of person. They are like the

ones who

> poisoned my dogs years ago before breaking into my house. They

said they did

> it because the government didn't give them enough money and so

they were

> entitled to take what they wanted from people who " owed " them. I've

also heard

> people in the shops complaining that the government checks were too

small and

> that they couldn't get the big TV's and all that. Excuse me? I

can't afford

> some of those things either and I've got my own business. It takes

a lot of

> nerve to think like they do.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Here is one example though: Pearl Harbor. For a long time if you

mentioned this to an American they would recognize it as a symbol of

treachery and lack of preparedness. It could still serve as a phrase

meaning " this is what happens when you let your guard down and

present weakness to a potential enemy. "

,

Nope.

I came into work at my old job on the day of 9/11 looking distraught

and one of my coworkers asked me what was the matter.

I said " Pearl Harbor all over again. "

She said " Pearl WHAT? "

I said, " Two planes just flew into the World Trade Center towers. "

She said " Grand Central! "

" No, the TRADE Center towers. "

She said " Oh! I thought you said World Train Center. What's the

World Trade Center and what do they have to do with pearls? "

This woman was 25 years old at the time.

Tom

[Guest guest]

" Oooh, I HATE those shows! Talk about CREATING phobias in people!

Took me years to get over some of the stuff on parasites, fungi, bugs

and mites I saw on Discovery. :-((((( Problem with me is that I have

such a good visual memory. Once I have seen a picture or film - or

read something that created a vivid enough image in my mind - it is

almost impossible to un-remember that image again. :´( "

Yes, my mind unfortunately records sounds, images and smells and

seems to be etched into my brain forever - although I do try to

conciously forget some things I have seen/experienced.

" Out with the lists and living in the moment. So much happier now! :-

) "

I am having to use lists again due to trying to get organised - my

life is in a bit of a mess and I need the lists to try and get myself

sorted out - it is not easy. I am trying to get organised without

getting OCD about it.

>

> :

> >I wonder if it is possible to have too much info' - sometimes I

worry

> about some things - diseases etc and I avoid finding out too much

> otherwise I would probably worry myself to death - that is not to

say

> I ignore sensible sound advice - but programmes on microscopic bugs

> that live on you and stuff - not exactly bedtime viewing with my

mind.

>

> Oooh, I HATE those shows! Talk about CREATING phobias in people!

Took me years to get over some of the stuff on parasites, fungi, bugs

and mites I saw on Discovery. :-((((( Problem with me is that I have

such a good visual memory. Once I have seen a picture or film - or

read something that created a vivid enough image in my mind - it is

almost impossible to un-remember that image again. :´(

>

> Rainbow:

> >It is such a blessing that memories fade. If we remembered

everything we would all be overwhelmed with what had happened to us

already. Perhaps throwing away some of those lists would let us live

more in the moment, to 'smell the roses', so to speak. Wasn't it

Alpert, as 'Baba Ram Dass' who urged us all to 'be here now'?

>

> I get a headache from roses, but yes, that's what I've done. Out

with the lists and living in the moment. So much happier now! :-)

>

> Inger

>