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richie
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06 Mar 2008, 5:51 pm
06 Mar 2008, 5:59 pm
hartzofspace wrote:
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!
You're supposed to tuck the corners in?
Oh. That explains a lot.
06 Mar 2008, 6:09 pm
hartzofspace
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06 Mar 2008, 6:44 pm
Nan wrote:
You're supposed to tuck the corners in?
Oh. That explains a lot.
Oh. That explains a lot.
I meant it as a metaphor. Guess it depends upon how you make your bed.
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06 Mar 2008, 6:57 pm
cosmiccat wrote:
Easter ...
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
Not unless some clever cookie comes up with time travel in the meanwhile.
@Hartz: Your "I've underpaid; should I go back and square up?" dilemma, that was interesting. I've never been that good with calculating sums in my head, so there have undoubtedly been many occasions where the shop assistant has given me too much change, or too little, and I haven't noticed.
If I do notice any error on the spot, I instantly point it out because, well, if the sticker says $2.50, then I should pay $2.50, right? (And yes, I am hopeless at bargaining or negotiating on price.)
Once I'm out the door, though, I'd be loath to go back in, whether the error were in my favour or not, purely because of the embarrassment factor.
06 Mar 2008, 7:09 pm
hartzofspace wrote:
Nan wrote:
You're supposed to tuck the corners in?
Oh. That explains a lot.
Oh. That explains a lot.
I meant it as a metaphor. Guess it depends upon how you make your bed.
I tuck the corners in. My mother taught me to do it that way so that's the way I've always done it. She referred to it as making "hospital corners." Since her mother was the upstairs maid for a wealthy family who owned a tannery and employed most of the people in the area, I guess my grandmother taught my mother about "hospital corners."
06 Mar 2008, 7:59 pm
You made your bed. Now lie in it!! !! ! 
06 Mar 2008, 8:12 pm
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06 Mar 2008, 9:07 pm
cosmiccat wrote:
I came across this poet and this poem while googling my maiden name just for the heck of it.
Does anybody else think it's as wonderful as I do? I'd be interested to know. I have a feeling that Krex would love it a lot because I remember a post of hers from away back where she told of a trip to work along a dark road at night and swerving to avoid hitting an animal.
I think this James Tate fellow will be my next or newest obsession.
James Tate - Thinking Ahead To Possible Options And A Worst-Case Scenario
I swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel
in the center of the road and that's when
the deer came charging out of the forest
and forced me to hit the brakes for all I
was worth and I careened back to the other
side of the road just as a skunk came toddling
out of Mrs. Bancroft's front yard and I swung
back perhaps just grazing it a bit. I glanced
quickly in the rearview mirror and in that
instant a groundhog waddled from the side
of the road and I zigzagged madly and don't
know if I nipped it or not because up ahead I
could see a coyote stalking the Collier's
cat. Oh well, I said, and drove the rest
of the way home without incident.
Does anybody else think it's as wonderful as I do? I'd be interested to know. I have a feeling that Krex would love it a lot because I remember a post of hers from away back where she told of a trip to work along a dark road at night and swerving to avoid hitting an animal.
I think this James Tate fellow will be my next or newest obsession.
James Tate - Thinking Ahead To Possible Options And A Worst-Case Scenario
I swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel
in the center of the road and that's when
the deer came charging out of the forest
and forced me to hit the brakes for all I
was worth and I careened back to the other
side of the road just as a skunk came toddling
out of Mrs. Bancroft's front yard and I swung
back perhaps just grazing it a bit. I glanced
quickly in the rearview mirror and in that
instant a groundhog waddled from the side
of the road and I zigzagged madly and don't
know if I nipped it or not because up ahead I
could see a coyote stalking the Collier's
cat. Oh well, I said, and drove the rest
of the way home without incident.
The long and winding drive home topic
Just reading this got me reeling. I could feel every turn of the wheel as James tried to avoid each of these animals that were unaware that their fate rested purely on his skill.
I almost had a panic attack. Scary. What a considerate human being he was, and he was fortunate that he did not wind up in his own car accident.
Thanks, cosmiccat
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sinsboldly
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07 Mar 2008, 12:28 am
07 Mar 2008, 1:05 am
This just seemed so appropriate...
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07 Mar 2008, 5:06 am
CC, James Tate reminds me of Richard Brautigan.
Deacon, the grey kitten - so adorable. The angst in those blue, blue eyes...
07 Mar 2008, 9:19 am
Quoting Sartesue:
Quote:
Just reading this got me reeling. I could feel every turn of the wheel as James tried to avoid each of these animals that were unaware that their fate rested purely on his skill.
I almost had a panic attack. Scary. What a considerate human being he was, and he was fortunate that he did not wind up in his own car accident. Shocked
I almost had a panic attack. Scary. What a considerate human being he was, and he was fortunate that he did not wind up in his own car accident. Shocked
Thanks for responding Sartesue. Sorry you almost had a panic attack. To me it seems like a dream. The kind where just when you think you're out of trouble/danger some more trouble pops up worse than the previous. From squirrel to coyote. So I can see how it would evoke underlying anxiety.
Quoting Sleepydragon:
Quote:
CC, James Tate reminds me of Richard Brautigan.
Ah, yes. The Springhill Mine disaster and Trout Fishing in America.
Cosmiccat Shorty
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