Posted on 10/19/2005 8:42:55 PM PDT by Mo1
OK, who's watching "Village of the Damned" and scared to death?
Just so I'm a good "they" and not a bad "they"! LOL
Hmmm. Last night a friend and I went to a far left union event to gather some intel. (They actually honored some Catholic priests who were activists...that surprised me! But of course, I think the word "catholic" does mean "universal".)
Anyway the guy who sat next to me at the dinner table kept whispering in my ear, pointing out who the state representatives and state senators were, etc, etc. No big deal. But along with that, he was touching my arm. No big deal. He put his arm around me once and I shrugged him off, he did it again, and I shrugged him off again, but the third or fourth time, I politely popped him in the nose and put him in a strangle hold. But then when he decided he would park his arm around my waist, I drop-kicked him to the moon.
Now, pray-tell, how is THAT for being nice. LOLOL!
Sometimes FR is just spooky....
It is Halloween, afterall. Isn't Halloween supposed to be a religious holiday as well? All saints day? Or is that something else?
I just got back from taking my kids out for breakfast/ lunch and going out shopping.
I would like a job like that. It sounds like it is heart wrenching at times, like your court case, but to be able to bum around town, reminds me of my youth! I grew up in a small town in the midwest, and we just walked around all summer, looking for friends and going to the beach (Lake MI).
But you are actually doing something to help people. That would be ideal.
You fellers better watch your back. There's another dangerous FRemale on the thread.
You're really stretching it here.....
:-)
Do you think saying something would have been the more mature thing to do? LOL Most guys get the hint after the first pop in the nose. It was noisy and there were ten of us at our table, probably a couple hundred union activist types there.
There was standing and cheering the activists' accomplishments. Some of us stayed sitting. LOL Singing... Not smart to dis liberals at a union activist event like that. I conspicuously didn't fill out the pledge form, I was not going to pledge that I would protest at a min of 5 events next year. I conspicuously didn't donate a day's salary to the 'cause'. I'm glad my friend was there to do the same thing. He just said he had no time to protest at events. I made an effort to learn about the organization and now I have my opinions and can make better decisions.
Btw, I didn't literally physically hit the guy, but if looks could kill... I just got caught up in the moment of feeling really WEIRD there! And I was in a car pool so I couldn't leave early.
Have you ever gotten yourself in a predicament like that? It happens to me all the time...LOL
Yoiks! I guess I won't try to use my usually fine pick up lines after all........
:-)
Good Evening...
Spywitness News
With G.P.S., “The Man” knows where you are and how long you stopped for lunch. WABC reporters now watched by their bosses.
By Selim Algar
Reporters at WABC-TV want to know why their bosses have lately decided to track them. The station began to install Global Positioning System tracking technology in its mobile news trucks last month, and now an eye in the sky sees the trucks’ every move. It’s made the reporters wonder just what they’ve done wrong. “Let’s just say people are pretty pissed off,” said one longtime on-air Channel 7 reporter. “We were never really consulted, and the whole Big Brother aspect has us uncomfortable.” Others raised more practical concerns.
“If I stop to get a slice for lunch, am I going to be timed?” asked a cameraman. “It’s just a weird feeling to know that you’re being watched all day, everywhere you go. No one wants that.” ABC isn’t unusually suspicious of its employees: Spokesmen for the local affiliates of NBC and CBS both acknowledged that they are considering similar technology for their news fleets.
Gene Maxwell, president of nabet Local 16, a union representing WABC employees, has received assurances that the tracking system will simply improve the station’s ability to deploy vehicles to breaking-news scenes, and “won’t be used for disciplinary measures.” One veteran cameraman scoffed at that rationale. “I know the streets better than any computer program, believe me,” he said. In addition to location, WABC’s chosen tracking system, AirLink, can also monitor vehicle speed and idling time.
The company’s Website assures would-be clients that the technology effectively combats “unauthorized vehicle use” and results in “reduced side trips.” “It’s not like we’re out here driving to Atlantic City during lunch,” groused the cameraman. They are not grousing in isolation. Earlier this month, New York City cabbies massed to protest the installation of similar devices in their cars, arguing that the move violated their privacy rights. WABC had no comment.
What are your usually fine pick up lines and we'll see. LOL!
You live near Lake Michigan?
That was not a pick up line........
:-)
Yes, I grew up in WI along Lake MI. Are you from that area?
Other side of the lake........
I think I saw you one time---across the lake. LOL
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