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Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 30
December 31, 2006 | Me

Posted on 12/31/2006 7:08:41 PM PST by Mo1



TOPICS: Dimensional Doorway; Freeoples
KEYWORDS: dimensionaldoor; freeople
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To: Lady Jag; grannie9; sweetliberty; null and void; All

Good night everyone I will sleep on it and perhaps hit a cooking site before the deadline.

Can you really nuke sausages ...?


3,761 posted on 02/21/2007 3:51:51 PM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu; EsmeraldaA
It will only be a matter of time before they discover how smart turnips are before they all want transplants.

He's talkin' 'bout you...

3,762 posted on 02/21/2007 3:59:33 PM PST by null and void (Let's play 6° of global warming...)
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To: Cardhu

Sure you can nuke all kinds of sausages. I even pre-nuke large sausages before putting on the BBQ.


3,763 posted on 02/21/2007 4:08:49 PM PST by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Cardhu
"...but for the ones who really run the show."

And therein lies the problem. And what you say is is sometimes true; however, keep in mind that you really only hear about the ones that go terribly wrong. I'm not going to tell you it doesn't happen. I have seen occasional avoidable negligence, incompetence and power trips in workers, but more often in mangement. It occurs with greater frequency in larger counties where there are, dare I say it, more "affirmative action" hires, but unlike what many seem to believe, the federal money flow (at least in Arkansas) is not based on the number of children in the system, but on how good workers are at getting documentation into the computer in often unrealistic time frames set by, you guessed it, the federal government.

While there are a few workers that are quick to remove kids and ask questions later, most are not out trolling for kids. Because of the sheer volume of work that goes into every new foster care case and the fact that there is most often nowhere to put them, the more common scenario is to leave kids in a "conditionally safe" environment to AVOID it. Of course, that shouldn't happen either, but most of the serious flaws (government notwithstanding) I see are a direct result of one person being expected to handle the work of 4 -10 people AND to do it as efficiently as if it were only the work of one; so the kind of thing you end up with is a worker who actually KNOWS what's going on and what the priorities should be, butting heads with an immovable bureaucracy that could care less as long as some stupid form is filled out and documented immediately.

Personally, I have NEVER removed a child from decent parents, or even less than decent for that matter, and certainly whether or not I agree with their childrearing practices doesn't even enter into it. What we see 99% of the time is parents who are not "parenting" at all. The standard for removal is "imminent danger." That may mean different things to different people, but to me it pretty much means exactly what it says. There were only 2 exceptions, and in both cases it was a direct "order" that came down from some bureaucrat who couldn't pick the kids out of a lineup...because there was a squealing wheel somewhere. In both cases I challenged it, in both cases I was the one who had to write the affidavit (not whoever actually MADE the decision) and in both cases I was proven right. In one of them, the judge refused to sign the order, and in the other, the children were returned at the first hearing.

Most of the people I work with are very caring, hardworking people who go out of their way to make the right decisions. Unfortunately, it's the sludge that rises to the top in government agencies, and in Arkansas, sludge is spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T.

3,764 posted on 02/21/2007 5:23:14 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: null and void
"LOL, have fun..."

Well, I tracked 'em down....in Oklahoma. Guess I really shook 'em up the other night. I'm so intimidating....rotfl They think they pulled a fast one and got away with it. WRONG! All the appropriate people are on it in Oklahoma, thanks to my diligent efforts and a little help from OK. These people have a long history there, too. I've been working on that investigation day and night for the past week, along with everything else.

3,765 posted on 02/21/2007 5:59:23 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: Lakeshark
"some of them are on the verge of being Stalinists"

On the verge? I think you give them too much credit.

3,766 posted on 02/21/2007 6:00:54 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: null and void
Well, it's been a while but there you go.......AGAIN.....

hehehe
3,767 posted on 02/21/2007 6:07:54 PM PST by EsmeraldaA
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To: sweetliberty
Well yes.......

Most of them already are, but some of them aren't........

yet

3,768 posted on 02/21/2007 7:03:46 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: EsmeraldaA
*Gasp*

Hi Es...long time no talk.

Hope you are doing well.

3,769 posted on 02/21/2007 7:04:34 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark
Hello Sharky,

It's been kind of crazy lately.
I will out of reach for the next two weeks.
Have to go sweets. I'll be here tomorrow for a little while before my disappearing act.
3,770 posted on 02/21/2007 7:17:56 PM PST by EsmeraldaA
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To: EsmeraldaA
Hang in there kid.......

Hope to post with you sometime when you're back.

3,771 posted on 02/21/2007 7:19:26 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: grannie9
Got this in my email and for some strange reason, it made me think of you.

An elderly couple were on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were standing on the back of the boat watching the moon, when a wave came up and washed the old man overboard. They searched for days and couldn't find him, so the captain sent the old woman back to shore with the promise that he would notify her as soon as they found something.

Three weeks went by and finally the old woman got a fax from the boat. It read: "Madam, sorry to inform you, we found your husband dead at the bottom of the ocean. We hauled him up to the deck and attached to his butt was an oyster and in it was a pearl worth $50,000 . please advise."

The old woman faxed back: "Send me the pearl and re-bait the trap."

3,772 posted on 02/21/2007 10:46:47 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: sweetliberty

Sweets, I have seen your writings over the years and I have absolutely no doubt you are a truly dedicated and competent member of the Department. You have a lot of common sense in these matters which counts for quite a lot with me.

Yes, we do hear about the bad cases of over zealousness and naturally extrapolate that for every one we hear about maybe dozens or hundreds go unreported. In like manner, the injustices and sheer lunacy of the divorce court rulings have become so ubiquitous as no longer be news, unless someone shoots the judge.

I must say I never been personally involved with either of these organizations but I have been an observer from the other side, and my view is that the most of the top echelon seemed to have had awful boring and restrictive childhood and were probably bullied unmercifully at school. They did not impress me at all and I certainly would not trust any of them to baby-sit a nineteen year old.


3,773 posted on 02/22/2007 1:29:13 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Lady Jag

Lol, l can´t think of a good one in reply yet, end dives


3,774 posted on 02/22/2007 1:39:47 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: EsmeraldaA; derllak; grannie9; null and void; Lakeshark

Hi EA .. nice to see you back. You probably do not know this but I am opening a gymnasium, massage parlor and mirrored room of oriental delights for the fair sex.

I would like you to tell your friends about it and how we guaranteed you will lose anything you want to lose. Or you can take the default package and leave that up to me, your discerning host.

At great expense I have stolen Boris Nullinski from tampering with the bodies of the crowned heads of Europe and brought him here to give the same service to my elegant clientele.

And, I am sure you will be pleased to see Mr. Shark in full doorman´s outfit gainfully employed for the first time. I am teaching him the three essential movements that a Portero has to master at a my high class establishment. I am hopeful that he will be ready in about two weeks.

Oh, the uniform is buttoned from neck to toe so his disgusting T-shirt and other unmentionables are hidden and Gran is sewing a little cachet of musk under each of his lapels.

Naturally Essy, you do not have to tip him, but should he forget, you may tazer is hand - I find that it is a good training tool for the slow learners.

Also, Derly will be there in a custom designed French maid's costume to serve my guests. If only the forgetful gamin would send me her intimate measurements, otherwise I will have to do it all from memory.

You will, of course, be compensated for any of your friends who become members.


3,775 posted on 02/22/2007 2:27:00 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: sweetliberty; Darksheare; null and void; catpuppy; Lakeshark; Darlin'; restornu; Cardhu; Sundog; ...
Good morning everyone. Sorry I've been absent so much, but we're getting ready for my daughter and grandson's visit on Friday. Trying to get the place ship-shape so they'll be lots of time for fun and games. I'll get on when I can, and will keep up as good as I can between dishes and dustcloths.

Be as bad as you can, because being a Neo-Con as claimed by the Dems, I hate peace and love warrrrrrr! ;)

That means you too, Sir Wimps Laiz-Alot.


3,776 posted on 02/22/2007 4:42:13 AM PST by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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To: sweetliberty

LOL...love it Libby, and it does sound like me. Being from New England I heard that joke and it was about lobster. In this case it was an old "Bert and I" joke.

Two old comediens from Maine. Used to love and own most of their records. (That word "record" tells you how long ago that they did their comedy.) ;)


3,777 posted on 02/22/2007 4:52:41 AM PST by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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To: derllak

Where is our Derly? I miss you Derly....come back little Sheba.


3,778 posted on 02/22/2007 4:54:34 AM PST by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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To: grannie9

Lovely Morning Scene, Grannie,

Thanks a bunch for posting them and getting me off to a good start.


3,779 posted on 02/22/2007 6:25:20 AM PST by Sundog (What are we going to do tomorrow, Brain?)
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To: grannie9

Those are positively magnificent. Your skills are more fine tuned every day.


3,780 posted on 02/22/2007 7:00:22 AM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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