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05 Mar 2008, 10:49 pm
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05 Mar 2008, 10:55 pm
oh BUMMER! 
Jeff Healy died. That boy could play!! !! ! (He's the blind guy playing horizontal guitar in this video.)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY[/youtube]
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06 Mar 2008, 12:10 am
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06 Mar 2008, 1:19 am
Smelena wrote:
Lauie,
Don't feel guilty. It's not lot you rubbed your hands together and had evil thoughts .... oooh .... how can I torture my offspring .... I'll dash off to the lab and have this child genetically engineered to have Crohn's Disease.
Deacon Blues, this reminds me of a story when I was in the midst of a major depressive episode.
I'd had an extremely bad night - major anxiety and suicidal thoughts. I called a friend to drive me to the GP.
Now, I love this friend dearly but she attends a very strange church (into talking in tongues, rolling around on the floor overcome by the Lord etc).
My friend came over early, and while we were waiting until it was time to go to the appointment, she clutched my hand dramatically and said, 'Oh lord, drive out the demons that have caused this depression .... send your angels to lift up Helen etc etc'
I actually got the giggles.
Here I had been comtemplating suicide, and her prayer was so ridiculous I thought it was hilarious.
Fortunately my friend was so busy praying she didn't notice, and I manage to compose myself in time.
Helen
Don't feel guilty. It's not lot you rubbed your hands together and had evil thoughts .... oooh .... how can I torture my offspring .... I'll dash off to the lab and have this child genetically engineered to have Crohn's Disease.
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Her mother was convinced that all psychiatric disorders were matters of "demonic influence", and if she and her daughter just prayed hard enough, the demons would leave her. That left H feeling guilty for years about not being able to pray away her depressive episodes.
Deacon Blues, this reminds me of a story when I was in the midst of a major depressive episode.
I'd had an extremely bad night - major anxiety and suicidal thoughts. I called a friend to drive me to the GP.
Now, I love this friend dearly but she attends a very strange church (into talking in tongues, rolling around on the floor overcome by the Lord etc).
My friend came over early, and while we were waiting until it was time to go to the appointment, she clutched my hand dramatically and said, 'Oh lord, drive out the demons that have caused this depression .... send your angels to lift up Helen etc etc'
I actually got the giggles.
Here I had been comtemplating suicide, and her prayer was so ridiculous I thought it was hilarious.Fortunately my friend was so busy praying she didn't notice, and I manage to compose myself in time.
Helen
(((((((((HELEN))))))))))
I just love ya' sweetie! we think so much alike!
Merle
06 Mar 2008, 3:48 am
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06 Mar 2008, 9:34 am
hartzofspace wrote:
Nan wrote:
hartzofspace wrote:
Totally random topic change, folks. I was in the Health Food store, and put a bottle of Oil of Oregano capsules in my shopping cart, that cost about 10 dollars. When I got through checkout, I placed my bag in the cart, rolled it outside, and was about to take my bag and leave, when I noticed that the jar had fallen into the bottom of the cart. And had not been paid for. Without even thinking about it, I re-entered the store, got in line, explained what had happened, and got a funny look from the cashier. And from about two other customers. She finally said, "Not many people would have come back in." Somehow, I felt that I had been wrong to take the action that I had. Now, I know that I wasn't wrong, but the reactions that I got from others made me feel that I had been stupid. What what you have done?
I'd have taken it back and paid them what it was worth. It's stealing, otherwise.
That's what I thought. It isn't something I do. But I got the impression from other people that there was some kind of choice in the matter. Every time somebody steals, the prices eventually go up. Since I shop at that particular store a lot, I wouldn't want to contribute to that. And it's just one of those things where I feel like I'm being weird, when I am being my everyday self. Oddly, the cashier said that if it were her, and the item was a little cheaper, she would not have bothered to come back and pay for it!
Honesty is the best policy topic
Hartzofspace, I applaud your honesty. I have done the same thing. I do not explain away cashier mistakes as someone else's fault. I have worked in retail, and believe me, if there were more people who did what you did maybe the world would be a better place, even if only in microcosm. I do not profit by someone else's unfortunate errors. That cashier might have been so short in her till that she would have been hauled into the office. I have seen this happen.
Sorry, so late in replying. I just saw your post. Thank you for sharing this.
06 Mar 2008, 9:45 am
Quoting Rjaye:
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My laptop is called "You ratf%(*&^))*@)&#H)(#)00@#@#$! !! !! !" Then I throw it.
I love it, Rjaye.
06 Mar 2008, 9:59 am
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06 Mar 2008, 12:20 pm
sartresue wrote:
hartzofspace wrote:
Nan wrote:
hartzofspace wrote:
Totally random topic change, folks. I was in the Health Food store, and put a bottle of Oil of Oregano capsules in my shopping cart, that cost about 10 dollars. When I got through checkout, I placed my bag in the cart, rolled it outside, and was about to take my bag and leave, when I noticed that the jar had fallen into the bottom of the cart. And had not been paid for. Without even thinking about it, I re-entered the store, got in line, explained what had happened, and got a funny look from the cashier. And from about two other customers. She finally said, "Not many people would have come back in." Somehow, I felt that I had been wrong to take the action that I had. Now, I know that I wasn't wrong, but the reactions that I got from others made me feel that I had been stupid. What what you have done?
I'd have taken it back and paid them what it was worth. It's stealing, otherwise.
That's what I thought. It isn't something I do. But I got the impression from other people that there was some kind of choice in the matter. Every time somebody steals, the prices eventually go up. Since I shop at that particular store a lot, I wouldn't want to contribute to that. And it's just one of those things where I feel like I'm being weird, when I am being my everyday self. Oddly, the cashier said that if it were her, and the item was a little cheaper, she would not have bothered to come back and pay for it!
Honesty is the best policy topic
Hartzofspace, I applaud your honesty. I have done the same thing. I do not explain away cashier mistakes as someone else's fault. I have worked in retail, and believe me, if there were more people who did what you did maybe the world would be a better place, even if only in microcosm. I do not profit by someone else's unfortunate errors. That cashier might have been so short in her till that she would have been hauled into the office. I have seen this happen.
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I would have had to go back and pay, too.
and it would have not been for some noble principles or moral scruple.
nope, it would have been for self serving reasons and simple survival. My karma would have smacked me in the back of my noggin' v(much less padding than my a**) and I would have no licience to whinge!
that ALONE would have driven me back to pay!
Merle
06 Mar 2008, 2:12 pm
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06 Mar 2008, 3:48 pm
sinsboldly wrote:
I would have had to go back and pay, too.
and it would have not been for some noble principles or moral scruple.
nope, it would have been for self serving reasons and simple survival. My karma would have smacked me in the back of my noggin' v(much less padding than my a**) and I would have no licience to whinge!
that ALONE would have driven me back to pay!
Merle
and it would have not been for some noble principles or moral scruple.
nope, it would have been for self serving reasons and simple survival. My karma would have smacked me in the back of my noggin' v(much less padding than my a**) and I would have no licience to whinge!
that ALONE would have driven me back to pay!
Merle
I am glad so many agree with me. My reasons for returning to pay for the item were much like yours, Merle. And, not only would it have made me cringe inside to the point of illness, there would have been a quality to the whole transaction that would have jarred, like making up a bed and leaving one corner not tucked in. I would have felt poor, pathetic, stupid, and misguided. Looking back, I could tell those people thought that I really cared about their opinions and/or approval, and didn't know that I couldn't possibly have acted in any other way. Just set in my ways, I guess!
06 Mar 2008, 4:42 pm
hartzofspace wrote:
like making up a bed and leaving one corner not tucked in.
Really. Hartz! Oh that I could be like that!
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