Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 014

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[acnielsen guy]

THREAD 014

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[lodwick]

This message is a test of the colorizer.

[Neets]

I LOVE KLP..my sister got one down in VA Beach when we were down there one tim..next timeyou get one...give me half OK????

[lodwick]

heheh damm Darks - you'll not be getting a lot of sympathy at 27!

Good grief - come back in a couple of decades for your aging love.

We all wish you the best birthday yet. I'll go get you some b-day goodies right now. ;-)

[lodwick]

We'd like to spend some time with the D-man!
Happy Birthday Darksheare

[Darksheare]

Naah.. Don't need sympathy, just need to roll back some of the mileage! (That.. and most of the men in my family are lucky to live to see the age of 65. Heart attacks, mainly.) Guess I'm the youngster here then. *impish grin* Gee, I feel better already.

*Ducks flying objects and steps through smallish door*

Just joshin'. Thanks. Laters.

[lodwick]

[grannie9]

Happy Birthday, Darksheare!!!
It must be hell to be that old!

[acnielsen guy]

Happy Birthday
Darksheare
you are catching up with Grannie
as her years come tumbling down

[Neets]

Happy Boithday neighbor.

[palo verde]

happy birthday darling darksheare
let you be perfectly happy now
let you be enveloped by love
let you have total joy and only joy
I love you
Palo

[palo verde]

happy birthday sweetie

[palo verde]

congratulations you are in color :)

[lodwick]

heheh - Once I figgered out that I could
copy and paste my text, I was colorized!

Thanks for the help. FReepers are the best!

Gotta go work TheList and listen to Romeie
and think good swamp cooler thoughts for you. bbl

[palo verde]

thanks loddy
seems swamp cooler is kaput
my home insurance will fix it if I pay the $50 deductible
I called
but the cooler company is so backed up they won't arrive till Friday
so Bill got all the fans out of closet and set up wind tunnel for me in my office
the cooler on other side of house works perfectly, bedroom and art studio are there
if I get too hot to post, I'll just go in, lie on the bed, and pray
Love, Palo

this must be time of intense acceleration
cause it is not easiest of times
we will be enlightened when we get thru it :)

[andysandmikesmom]

Good afternoon all...finally arrived here to find some new changes...hope I can figure things out...

Palo, glad to see your Lulu report...poor Lulu, gets too absorbed with the kitties, and gyps herself out of her walk..

Sorry to hear about the motor in your evap cooler going out...glad tho that at least your home owners insurance will pay for most of the cost...I know you all will be sweating bullets until they arrive on Friday...

Nice of Bill, tho, to set fans up to keep our Palo cool, calm and collected...we dont want an overheated Palo...

Well, must go for now, and cook...see ya all later...

[lodwick]

Why Are Things The Way They Are?

During my junior year in high school, Mr. Reynolds, my English teacher, handed each student a list of thoughts or statements written by other students then gave us a creative writing assignment based on one of those thoughts. At 17, I was beginning to wonder about many things, so I chose the statement, "I wonder why things are the way they are?"

That night, I wrote down in the form of a story all the questions that puzzled me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps others couldn't be answered at all. When I turned in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail the assignment because I had not answered the question, "I wonder why things are the way they are?" I had no answers. I had only written questions.

The next day Mr. Reynolds called me to the front of the class and asked me to read my story for the other students. He handed me my paper and sat down in the back of the room. The class became quiet as I began to read my story.

Mommie, Daddy........Why?
Mommie, why are the roses red?
Mommie, why is the grass green and the sky blue?
Why does a spider have a web and not a house?

Daddy, why can't I play in your toolbox?
Teacher, why do I have to read?
Mother, why can't I wear lipstick to the dance?
Daddy, why can't I stay out until 12:00? The other kids can.

Daddy, why don't the boys like me?
Why do I have to be so skinny?
Why do I have braces and wear glasses?
Why do I have to be 16?

Mom, why do I have to graduate?
Dad, why do I have to grow up?
Mom, Dad, why do I have to leave?
Mom, why don't you write more often?

Dad, why do I miss my old friends?
Dad, why do you love me so much?
Dad, why do you spoil me? Your little girl is growing up.
Mom, why don't you visit?

Mom, why is it hard to make new friends?
Dad, why do I miss being at home?
Dad, why does my heart skip a beat when he looks in my eyes?
Mom, why do my legs tremble when I hear his voice?

Mother, why is being "in love" the greatest feeling in the world?
Daddy, why don't you like to be called "Gramps"?
Mother, why do my baby's tiny fingers cling so tightly to mine?
Mother, why do they have to grow up?

Daddy, why do they have to leave?
Why do I have to be called "Grannie"?
Mommie, Daddy, why did you have to leave me? I need you.
Why did my youth slip past me?

Why does my face show every smile that I have ever given to a friend or a stranger?
Why does my hair glisten a shiny silver?
Why do my hands quiver when I bend to pick a flower?
Why, God, are the roses red?

At the conclusion of my story, my eyes locked with Mr. Reynold's eyes, and I saw a tear slowly sliding down his cheek. It was then that I realized that life is not always based on the answers we receive, but also on the questions that we ask.


155 posted on 6/19/02 1:01 PM Central by whoever

[lodwick]

Moving Thoughts

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Happiness lives for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.


183 posted on 6/19/02 1:36 PM Central by whoever

[andysandmikesmom]

The story about the questions was very touching, to me, and it made me cry also...

I think what that essay showed also, was how quickly time flies...it seems like yesterday, I was a young lady, pregnant for the first time, and so happy to be having my first baby...that was 32 years ago, and yet it seems almost like yesterday..I can hardly believe that I am on the verge of being considered a 'senior citizen'...it hardly seems that any time has passed at all...and yet it has...

That is why we should linger and savor each and every moment of our lives, because when we look back over life, we can hardly believe we have come so far...

Thanks for a very touching post...

[acnielsen guy]

General Strike in Spain
Wednesday 20th of June
No Captain's Log or Grannie's Weird Links

[habs4ever]

OH DEAR ME! AC, you take to the barricades, or the tapas bar, whatever has finer senoritas, and don't forget to sock in with plenty of food and booze.

Don't your CIA contacts have a way to fix this? You know, back in the '80's, Spain appeared to be on strike ALL the time.Doesn't siesta mean strike? ;-)