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July 9th, 2004, 11:47 AM
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Try to have fun, anyway. You only live once.
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July 9th, 2004, 12:03 PM
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Great Wise Guru
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Personally, I intend to live twice.
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July 9th, 2004, 12:05 PM
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Personally, I intend to live twice.
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only twice???  I want more lives than that!
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July 9th, 2004, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
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Rowan, dear sister, what do you think you are, a cat?
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
-episode "Mac Daddy"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
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July 9th, 2004, 05:07 PM
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THank you everyone for being so supportive of me. I really needed that.
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July 12th, 2004, 03:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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your welcome. friends support each other when in need.
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
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July 12th, 2004, 06:22 AM
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Did anyone watch Dogs with jobs the other night about dogs especially trained to assist autistic kids?
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That show always brings tears to my eyes. Another show that always makes me cry (but in a good way) is "Cell Dogs" on Animal Planet. To watch these hardened criminals who have probably never had much love in their life fall so hopelessly in love with the dogs they are training to help out disabled people is just incredible. Not only are they doing a service by giving these dogs the 24/7 training they need to be service dogs, but they are giving the inmates a connection to something living.
Do I think it will turn all of them into model citizens? No, but I think that at least some of them will learn some important things about life and love and make them take another look at their life. Some of them have even delayed getting released on parole so that they could finish training their dog.
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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July 12th, 2004, 12:48 PM
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I like that idea because they pay for their crimes against society by training a dog to help someone else the way they might not have been helped in their life.
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 12th, 2004, 05:04 PM
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unowhoandwhy I've seen those shows about dogs and prisoners and it's awesome! Each gives the other what they need. There was also a prison that had prisoners learn how to become dog groomers so that they actually had a profession to pursue once they left.
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July 12th, 2004, 05:59 PM
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Does that make ex-cons...vets?
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Populos stultus viris indignas honores saepe dat. -Horace
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"You know the night before was a tough one when even the sound of the fizz hurts your head." -Mike Hammer.
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July 12th, 2004, 06:22 PM
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July 13th, 2004, 05:50 AM
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Does that make ex-cons...vets?
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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July 13th, 2004, 06:16 AM
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Why do they call them Illegal if it isn't a crime?
Did anyone else know that it isn't illegal to be an illegal alien?... 
Seriously, our department had nine illegals from Ecuador who freely admitted that they paid a coyote (a man who smuggles people across the border from Mexico to the US) anywhere from $1,200 to $10,000 to enter the country illegally and the INS told us they had committed no crimes and there was nothing we could do... ummmmm... why do they call them illegal aliens then? And what about the false IDs and false Social Security numbers they were using to work and... ?!
My Chief hit the roof and went straight through it and up another 100 stories. Apparently, even when they commit violations and misdemeanors the INS still doesn't act. If they commit a felony then they may start the deportation process, but other than that, it's OK to sneak into the country illegally. Of course, the terrorists aleady know this, does anyone else remember September 11th, 2001? Apparently, the INS (Oh, I am sorry, they are the Bureau of Immigrations Enforcement under the Department of Homeland Security now) doesn't remember what happened... grrrrrrr. And I know, there aren't a whole lot of Islamic militants in Ecuador, but... well, anyway...
Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for people coming here because they don't have the same opportunities that they do in this country. But they should do it legally and follow the laws of this country or else they should be sent away.
OK, rant over, I am surrendering my soapbox again.
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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July 13th, 2004, 06:23 AM
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Does that make ex-cons...vets?
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heck I'm not going to even wait for no thwack thread for this one! LOL!
THWACK!
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July 13th, 2004, 09:57 AM
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y'all have one angry warrior here. I just got a call from my mom to tell me that my stepdad's uncle had passed last night and the only way he found out that it had happened was that he saw it in the paper. None of my stepdad's mother's side got invited to the funeral as his uncle's wife only invited my grandmother's only living sibling and the children of my great uncle and his wife. My side of the family is fuming. I sent invitations to my wedding to my great uncle and his wife and told them because of his health, that if they didn't want to come that was fine. They have not even acknowledge that I got married by send a card to congratulate me and my other aunt never sent anything but the response card that she would not be there either. So you have one flaming ticked off warrior here.
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 13th, 2004, 10:20 AM
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Great Wise Guru
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bsg, I live on both sides of that street.
I'm a stepdad. My daughter and her family are routinely ignored by certain members of my family. OK, to be blunt, it's my own parents who don't acknowledge them. They weren't too happy when I married her mom, anyway (but, 14 years later, they're mellowing on the subject since it looks like it just might last after all). It ticks me off, but rather than let it eat me up I decided that it's their loss.
I'm also a complete stranger to members of both my parents' families. My dad's older siblings (all gone now) had a different mother than my dad and his younger brother, and were some bit older. Our families very rarely got together (I've got cousins I've never met or even know about). Mom's only brother is a stuck-up snob with an even worse wife.
Needless to say, I have few relatives I speak to outside my immediate family, and those are related (or formerly related) by marriage.
Don't let it get to you. It really is their loss. Raise your family with love, support, and acceptance of who and what they become and your kids and grandkids won't have these problems.
I am
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July 13th, 2004, 12:23 PM
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yeah but it has hurt my stepdad's entire side of the family to be slapped in the face like this. My late stepgrandma and her parents are probably turning over in their graves! Well, I look at it this way. They don't want to acknowledge us, we don't need 'em!
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 14th, 2004, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bsg1fan1975
y'all have one angry warrior here. I just got a call from my mom to tell me that my stepdad's uncle had passed last night and the only way he found out that it had happened was that he saw it in the paper. None of my stepdad's mother's side got invited to the funeral as his uncle's wife only invited my grandmother's only living sibling and the children of my great uncle and his wife. My side of the family is fuming. I sent invitations to my wedding to my great uncle and his wife and told them because of his health, that if they didn't want to come that was fine. They have not even acknowledge that I got married by send a card to congratulate me and my other aunt never sent anything but the response card that she would not be there either. So you have one flaming ticked off warrior here.
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Bsg I've been there. My Mother and my siblings treat me and my family
like dirt. Now they wander WHY I never call.
I used to try and try to prove to them that I was a good person.
But I came to realize that no matter what I did .......or how much
money I made or who I married ......or how well behaved my
children were ........I would always be the scum of the Earth to
them.
I realized that I had to move on with my life and quite simply
"Drop the dead WEIGHT". I only call them about ONCE in
a BLUE MOON. I'm alot happier now. I hope in time
no matter how you handle this situation ........you will
be too.
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July 14th, 2004, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Dawg
bsg, I live on both sides of that street.
I'm a stepdad. My daughter and her family are routinely ignored by certain members of my family. OK, to be blunt, it's my own parents who don't acknowledge them. They weren't too happy when I married her mom, anyway (but, 14 years later, they're mellowing on the subject since it looks like it just might last after all). It ticks me off, but rather than let it eat me up I decided that it's their loss.
I'm also a complete stranger to members of both my parents' families. My dad's older siblings (all gone now) had a different mother than my dad and his younger brother, and were some bit older. Our families very rarely got together (I've got cousins I've never met or even know about). Mom's only brother is a stuck-up snob with an even worse wife.
Needless to say, I have few relatives I speak to outside my immediate family, and those are related (or formerly related) by marriage.
Don't let it get to you. It really is their loss. Raise your family with love, support, and acceptance of who and what they become and your kids and grandkids won't have these problems.
I am
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As always Dawg your post is insightful. Keep writing.
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July 15th, 2004, 03:23 AM
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Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
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well my side of my family wants nothing to to with the snobs so we are just going to let their pettiness not bother us. We have better things to worry about!
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 15th, 2004, 12:52 PM
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well my side of my family wants nothing to to with the snobs so we are just going to let their pettiness not bother us. We have better things to worry about!
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That's a great attitude to have. 
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July 16th, 2004, 03:09 AM
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just waking up here. Had a late night. went to a meeting to help a guy running for state senate in our area last night. didn't get home until almost 10
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 16th, 2004, 06:08 AM
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just waking up here. Had a late night. went to a meeting to help a guy running for state senate in our area last night. didn't get home until almost 10
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I hope you got a good night's sleep Bsg
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July 16th, 2004, 12:45 PM
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I did. got up and did nothing until about 11 today!
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 16th, 2004, 12:46 PM
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I did. got up and did nothing until about 11 today!
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That's great Bsg I'm glad you got a good nights rest.
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July 16th, 2004, 12:50 PM
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yeah my back is screaming right now as I did the vacuuming because we are moving somethings here from his brother's and parents tommorrow and we have my family helping us. So I wanted the place to look a bit decent!
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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July 16th, 2004, 12:52 PM
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yeah my back is screaming right now as I did the vacuuming because we are moving somethings here from his brother's and parents tommorrow and we have my family helping us. So I wanted the place to look a bit decent!
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Take care of your back.
I'm sure the place will look great
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July 16th, 2004, 01:03 PM
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Muff Daggy
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BTW, how's married life treating ya Bsg?? Sure hope you're happy!!
We just celebrated our 15th anniversary. Sure hope your 15th is as nice as ours!! 
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July 16th, 2004, 03:55 PM
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July 16th, 2004, 05:26 PM
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