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19 Sep 2007, 3:12 am

Lemon, you can laugh when you hear about my funeral!


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19 Sep 2007, 3:16 am

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I don't understand the connection between "strange" and "Aspie". How do those two terms correlate? While you are explaining it to me, could you please loan me some feathers? I'm making some new shoes.


All right, here you go.
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Just be clear that these really are a loan. Where I come from, a man's feathers are a personal thing. He may loan them to someone else, but never ever give them away.

For the explanation, ask Mom. She knows. She knows everything.


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19 Sep 2007, 3:39 am

blessedmom wrote:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I laughed at a funeral once. Did you know people don't understand it? :roll: 8O :wink: :lol: And they give you a look that says you are on your way to h**l! I just might do it again!


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...chuck!! ! you'r destroying my valuable images ! !! what am i going to do next time at the funeral ?and there are so many people going to die ...


Sorry!! ! :lol: :lol: :lol: People who love you will just have to understand that this is how you are when you are emotional, and accept you for who you are. Believe me, at least I understand you, and know that you mean no harm by your laughter, nor your tears. You're just Lemon! :D


You people! One might think you were victims of the giggle loop.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKjkPgVQcE[/youtube]


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19 Sep 2007, 8:16 am

HOLY HANNA!! ! I just put the dogs out and it's SNOWING!! :(


Oh, Good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone!!



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19 Sep 2007, 10:21 am

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...In 12 hours I begin my journey by travelling and hour south to the airport. In 24 hours I will be landing into the waiting arms of my daughter.


You are about to enter THE TWIGHT ZONE!! ! Standing in line and waiting for the plane to take off will take 2 or three hours. But will feel like 6 days. The 12 hour flight - 6 months. Your time with your daughter - 6 eye blinks. So DON'T blink your eyes!! ! Keep them wiiiiide open!! ! When your daughter asks, "Mum what's wrong?" Stare at her with wild unblinking eyes and reply, "Nothing. Why do you ask?"

At the least, she'll call you and visit you more often to see how your eyes are doing. :wink:

Hope you two have a great time together! :D

(Try not to get caned this time while in Vietnam).



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19 Sep 2007, 10:35 am

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Okay, guys, get ready for a long rant. I have been longing to try my hand at writing screenplays. After doing a lot of research, I discovered that there is software that you can buy to help facilitate the process. I looked through several programs, selected one, and then researched to see if anyone had ever complained about the company to the BBB. Seeing no complaints, I paid for and downloaded the software. Although their website made it sound like a good program, it turned out to have so many bugs and glitches that I was practically in tears the second time I used it.

Hang on, it gets worse. So naturally I tried to get tech support. That was set up to be so confusing and dismaying, that I was forced to decide to return the software for a refund. I figured if the company gets mysteriously inaccessible the minute you have a question, then they are not a good company. You may have guessed that none of my e-mails and phone calls have been responded to, for two days. I called my bank, and they have agreed to to file a dispute with the company, since I used my debit card. This means I get my money back, while the bank investigates. Unless the company responds to the bank, and makes them change their mind for some reason, as far as I can tell, I can keep my money. It was nearly 90.00 dollars. I also found a writers website that was strongly advising people Not to buy this software. If only I had looked there, first!


Ok, here's what we do. Lau writes a program that when downloaded, sucks the viewer of the computer screen down a black hole. You put Lau's program in your Screenplay Software Box, and return it to the company you bought it from. Address it to the CEO of the company, and include a letter that states:

"Would you please look at the disc I bought from you? It contains pictures of me naked! !! ! I'm not sure what happened, but when I put your disc into my computer, it mixed with my files, and now all my best award winning nudes are mixed with your program!?! Please take a look and see if you can figure out how this happened.

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Hot, bothered, and curious"



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19 Sep 2007, 10:39 am

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Okay, guys, get ready for a long rant. I have been longing to try my hand at writing screenplays. After doing a lot of research, I discovered that there is software that you can buy to help facilitate the process. I looked through several programs, selected one, and then researched to see if anyone had ever complained about the company to the BBB. Seeing no complaints, I paid for and downloaded the software. Although their website made it sound like a good program, it turned out to have so many bugs and glitches that I was practically in tears the second time I used it.

Hang on, it gets worse. So naturally I tried to get tech support. That was set up to be so confusing and dismaying, that I was forced to decide to return the software for a refund. I figured if the company gets mysteriously inaccessible the minute you have a question, then they are not a good company. You may have guessed that none of my e-mails and phone calls have been responded to, for two days. I called my bank, and they have agreed to to file a dispute with the company, since I used my debit card. This means I get my money back, while the bank investigates. Unless the company responds to the bank, and makes them change their mind for some reason, as far as I can tell, I can keep my money. It was nearly 90.00 dollars. I also found a writers website that was strongly advising people Not to buy this software. If only I had looked there, first!


Ok, here's what we do. Lau writes a program that when downloaded, sucks the viewer of the computer screen down a black hole. You put Lau's program in your Screenplay Software Box, and return it to the company you bought it from. Address it to the CEO of the company, and include a letter that states:

"Would you please look at the disc I bought from you? It contains pictures of me naked! !! ! I'm not sure what happened, but when I put your disc into my computer, it mixed with my files, and now all my best award winning nudes are mixed with your program!?! Please take a look and see if you can figure out how this happened.

Signed,
Hot, bothered, and curious"

8O What did Nan and I tell you about leaving the "good" stuff at work? :lol:



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19 Sep 2007, 10:40 am

[quote="Gromit]
You people! One might think you were victims of the giggle loop.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKjkPgVQcE[/youtube][/quote]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Isn't that the truth!



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19 Sep 2007, 10:49 am

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...Just be clear that these really are a loan. Where I come from, a man's feathers are a personal thing. He may loan them to someone else, but never ever give them away.


Thanks for the loan! I'm done, you can have them back now. Those were might fine big ones too!
(I used them in different clay models so I could get the angle of the feathers just right when making my own Mercury shoes. The mercury hasn't affected me at all).



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19 Sep 2007, 10:50 am

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Chuck wrote:
I don't understand the connection between "strange" and "Aspie". How do those two terms correlate? While you are explaining it to me, could you please loan me some feathers? I'm making some new shoes.



Just be clear that these really are a loan. Where I come from, a man's feathers are a personal thing. He may loan them to someone else, but never ever give them away.

For the explanation, ask Mom. She knows. She knows everything.


To the First Nation's people, feathers in head dresses were highly revered and to steal one from another person was an act of defiance and disrespect. They were stolen from the warriors of other tribes that had been killed and then kept as prizes.

Feather head dresses



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19 Sep 2007, 11:31 am

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HOLY HANNA!! ! I just put the dogs out and it's SNOWING!! :(


You said it was about to happen! But it came a couple weeks early? It can only mean ....

Nan sells her house today! 8O
Merle returns after being kidnapped by bears! 8O Who build her a new home and got her a great job! 8O
Lemon finds a perfect job today! 8O
Hartz gets her money back! 8O
Lau goes to bed at 6:00pm! 8O And sleeps until noon! 8O And awakens last week! 8O
Nannarob enjoys her whole trip glitch free, and time stands still only during the visit! 8O
richie wins the lottery! 8O
Postie finds everything SwampBlossum ever moved and/or hid! 8O And can do math and numbers! 8O
Grommit is "cured" of autism! 8O But opts to go back to Aspie! 8O And sells the movie rights to: "My NT Life and Times". 8O
Quatermass finds a time portal! 8O and his pool repels birds! 8O
Inventor's book sales beats J.K Rowling's! 8O
Lauri gets a snow day! 8O And three wishes! 8O and makes them come true! 8O
Everyone I didn't name gets life everlasting! 8O Or chocolate! 8O Whichever they prefer! 8O
Everyone I did name can opt for either of the above instead!



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19 Sep 2007, 11:42 am

wow chuck !
you're an angel ! !

actually i might have a job, know it tomorrow, it's not a dreamjob though, just a simple job.
as a receptionist that replaces ill receptionists, so a few days here and a few days there, with the friday already for the next five months.
i like the fact that i won't have real collegues, no hassle with seeing each other on special occasions

thanks nannarob, for the laughing :D



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19 Sep 2007, 12:36 pm

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Okay, guys, get ready for a long rant. I have been longing to try my hand at writing screenplays. After doing a lot of research, I discovered that there is software that you can buy to help facilitate the process...

I suppose Plywood would be a bit too basic. Still, it's free, and you can always improve it. What exactly does screenplay writing software need to do?
Now, if you were wanting to be doing cross stitch, I have Kxstitch installed, and it seems rather good.


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19 Sep 2007, 12:52 pm

Just wanted to say that I'm lurking, have a GREAT trip Nannorob, enjoy ALL the time you can w/ your daughter. Blessedmom, not SNOW allready, I'm too unmotivated to dig the studded tires out of storage. Just don't feel like it. Hows your van doing by the way. Nothing really to say, no bike riding, its raining blah,blah,blah..Oy yeah if anyone can think of an Acronym for the MPs here at Elemdorf and Ft. Rich it would be GREAT. (Please see thread under "Autism Discussion" it explains it more fully, I'm too lazy to type it all again also.) These parents NEED our help. One lady had Childrens Services called on her because the MPs knew NOTHING about autism, it's time for them to get wise. :D And they need our help.


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19 Sep 2007, 2:26 pm

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Just wanted to say that I'm lurking, have a GREAT trip Nannorob, enjoy ALL the time you can w/ your daughter. Blessedmom, not SNOW allready, I'm too unmotivated to dig the studded tires out of storage. Just don't feel like it. Hows your van doing by the way. Nothing really to say, no bike riding, its raining blah,blah,blah..Oy yeah if anyone can think of an Acronym for the MPs here at Elemdorf and Ft. Rich it would be GREAT. (Please see thread under "Autism Discussion" it explains it more fully, I'm too lazy to type it all again also.) These parents NEED our help. One lady had Childrens Services called on her because the MPs knew NOTHING about autism, it's time for them to get wise. :D And they need our help.


Yes, snow already!! And it hasn't stopped all day. And there is a ccoolldd North wind! I took the dogs for a walk and did I think to take my gloves and head band? NO! The van is parked until Thursday when I can get the new alternator put in. I picked it up and my father will put it in for me. He was a mechanic for many years and still enjoys doing the occasional job. This is where the Aspie in him shows itself. You tell him something mechanical is broken and he gets SSOOOO excited. :)

I was reading a book that I have on Asperger's and teens and there is a whole chapter devoted to teaching a child how to deal with police and how to talk to the police about your child. 8O It had never occured to me that it might be important but it is very important. My youngest son had a man accuse him of stealing in a store we were in. Luckily, it is by my house and the staff all know him. I was paying and he was just standing looking at a display and I heard this guy raising his voice. He accused my son of looking guilty because he wouldn't look him in the eye. My son tends to laugh when he is nervous and that made the guy even worse. It was a darn good thing that the clerk happened to get to them before me and asked the man to leave for harrassing a customer. My son didn't understand what exactly had occurred. He didn't realize that he was being bullied. And that scared me more than rest of the situation. He would have no idea how to act if he had to be involved with the police or was accused of a crime and I'm afraid it wouldn't look good for him. My other AS son would get it and adjust his behaviour, but the younger one wouldn't. I think what you are doing is awesome. It would just be nice if ALL police, etc. had to have training about dealing with autistic children and adults.



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19 Sep 2007, 3:18 pm

Snow this early?! A few more weeks and we start getting just a little bit of frost, with a few days of Indian Summer.....
Then dreary November. I shiver just thinking about it.