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Loyhargil, Late vibes and prayers from me as well. It sounds like your dad fought a good fight, although I know that can't mean much to you right now. I'm glad you got to be with him at the end. You'll be in my prayers. Ladyknight
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Tempura: RangerDog: Did he respond with something along the lines of, "I'm already here. I'd have to wait for an ambulance"?
Pretty close, actually. Also, "I didn't want to wake anyone up." Plus, he got my Mom up, dressed, and in her chair.
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Loyhargil, Hope it's a comfort to you that his last years were as good as they could have been. I know that helped with my dad. My deepest sympathies.
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Dear hangover and accompanying fog:
Go away. Again.
You're just not wanted here.
Canuck
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This is a stupid letter, but the person angered me so much and I'll never get a chance to say it in real life without harming the other person involved- so, here it is:
Dear C,
You get jealous if your wife dare speak of another man. She isn't allowed to talk about any kind of celebrity crushes unless you "approve"? Then, I go to your "myspace" page and see the background of a nearly naked woman on an American flag and that 23 of your top 24 friends are models and/or Playmates... you are a hypocrite. You sicken me.
She should leave you. How dare you threaten her by saying you'll "take the kids" if she tries. Guess what, genius- 9 times out of 10, the mom gets the kids. She'd definitely get them from you after the courts got wind of your threats and abuse (which I believe has already happened).
You need to grow up. And you need to smarten up.
~Angry woman who knows your wife.
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Do your own stinkin' homework. I'm not in the mood to do it.
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Are you the best? Of course you are! How many other sisters would spend the whole holiday weekend on the roof of their little sister's house, rippin' and tearin' on top of footing the bill for the materials? None I can think of. You rock!
Little Sister
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Dear Student #1: It's called a tissue. You should use it.
Dear Student #2: Keep your feet off my chair.
Dear Student #3: Just stop talking.
Sincerely, a fellow classmate
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am quite embarassed that I passed out on you. Thank you for handling it so sweetly and making sure I stayed there laying down until I felt up to leaving. And for the cold cloths and the water. And offering to call DH to pick me up. I know when I'm in there in a couple of weeks, you will be worried about me. I promise not to bring the kids, so you won't worry about me driving them home (they weren't with me today). And thank you for saying they are beautiful kids -- they are!
Much embarassed love,
Your customer
P.S. The nails, as always, look gorgeous!
Dear nurse who's name I didn't get:
Thank you for passing by at the right time and for saying with me until I felt better. You rock!
Love,
The fainter
Dear random dude,
Thank you for offering to pray for me, but that weirded me out a bit, as did your following me around the mall for a while later. Please go away.
No love,
The passed out lady
Dear Self:
Check your temperature, then check your blood sugar. Passing out at the mall is embarassing!
Me
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Thank you for your help! Someone will be coming to get the 2 junk cars tomorrow. Not only that, they will be taking the old washer and dryer and hopefully the old freezer to. You have no idea how much it is going to save us in disposal fees!
Also, thank you for the offer to give us your old stairs. They should be perfect for repairing ours!
This is the girl who was carrying the planter with lavendar in it. Remember, the one in the sundress?
I have to say, Thank you. "You look as pretty as it smells" with a nice smile just brightens a person's day. It was so random too and completely unexpected. It just...added delicious hot fudge to the sundae that was my day.
I sincerely hope karma smiles upon you.
Manic Soprano
Dear T,
As mildly annoyed as I am at your decision, you are right. We don't get enough business anymore on Fridays, it's not worth being open. Good for you for laying down the lay! Enjoy your Fridays off, because now I will!
Sincerely,
Manic Soprano
Dear A,
You seemed REALLY miffed when T laid down the law about being closed on Fridays. It's less money for me too. It's not fair to only be open for you and I though. Enjoy your Fridays off, because I sure will!
Manic Soprano in the studio next door.
Dear delicious cakes and chocolate things,
You're all so delicious. Couldn't you just be...a few less calories and a couple less grams o' fat and sugar?
Pretty please...? With sugar...er...cherries on top?
Manic soprano
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I'm sick and NFBSKing tired of being so damned hot. Here it is, nearly 10:30 at night, and it's still 84 degrees outside.
You suck.
Keep it up, and I might appeal to Kali, or Apollo, or whoever else I can think of with the power, to kick your asses.
No love,
A very hot and sweaty Ms. K
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Dear darling Shama, You are doing great baby. We've made it one week of being stuck in your kennel, only 5 more to go. I'm hoping that today won't be too bad now that you aren't getting any more pain meds. However, we need to find out why you weren't peeing. Yesterday you went twice and that made me feel much better. 72 hours is just way too long, and I would like to be able to leave the house and sleep without worrying that you might go in your kennel. I know that you are a very proud doggie, and that all of this is embarrassing (I know, I'm the one that has to hold you little bottom while you pee,) but this will make your life much much better. Only another week with the e-collar and bandage. Then you will be able to get more comfy. So, please be nice to mommy and keep going to the bathroom. That is the only thing making me and the vet nervous, hopefully it was just the pain meds messing something up. Also, please forgive me for laughing at you when you were drugged. You are just such an expressive doggie and were hilarious. I love you baby girl. Only 5 weeks to go. Your worried and broke human who is going to have amazing arms after heaving your 60lbs three times a day, Deb
Dearest hubby, Please like your new job. It is going to suck to have you gone until Shama heals and we buy a house. But at least it is only 4 hours away, and we've done this before. But I just hope that we've made the right decision and you love the new job. Your wife who is going enjoy the next 36 hours as much as possible, Deb
Last one, Dear housing gods, Thank you for having us more to a location that we can actually afford a house. Please have a good one waiting for us so that if all goes right, we can move in by halloween. This will be our first house, I'm finally crossing the line to adulthood. Please be good to us, Deb
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The class is called "Disability Laws for Educational Interpreters". I have to take it by September 2009 to keep my job. (This is the first semester they're offering it.) NJ is finally figuring out that educational interpreters should be certified, that just having Jane Schmoe walk in with two sign language courses under her belt and becoming an interpreter is a Bad Idea, and this course is one of the ones I need to take to get my permanent certification. I also have a teacher of the deaf degree, so I got waived out of three classes. Next summer, I hope to get the Deaf Blind Interpreting course done with, and then I can get my permanent certification. (We also had to pass the Educational Interpreter Performance Assesment, which I did. )
Zor "sorry for boring anyone- I love to talk about my job!" ro
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Where did you get your degree from? I'm currently pursuing mine, and Gallaudet is saying it's likely I won't be able to have some classes waived for my master's, even though some of the classes in the current curriculum for the masters, I will have already taken.
-Mickey
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My interpreting degree or my Teacher of the deaf degree? My first degree, in teaching, was from Trenton State College, now The College of NJ. My interpreting degree is from Union County College.
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I meant the teacher of the deaf degree. The technical term for mine is "Special Education with a concentration in communication sciences and disorders". Long enough?
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Dear Jaime, You know how sexy I find a decisive man..... You fox, you....
guru
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Next time something like that comes up, instead of calling Mr S, call dad's doctor. It's flattering and all, but my husband is an EMT, not an MD. There's a big difference, especially when it comes to someone with such a unique medical history as dad's. I don't know why you felt the need to ask at all. With symptoms like those , considering the circumstances, his doctor needs to be made aware of what those meds (most likely) are doing. At least Mr S could tell you that you never mess with crap like that (pardon the pun).
And seriously, when I tell you I'm eating breakfast and you've shared enough details, you've shared enough details! I do not need to know that much about my father's bowel functions, thank you.
While I'm ranting, fill out the Lifeline paperwork already!!!!! I cannot believe you tried to blame me that it wasn't done! How can you drag your feet on something so important? When I was visiting I got you the information, filled out what I could, and then explained that I couldn't finish it because you would have to give the house keys to three people. It's not so they will be called instead of emergency services, it's so they will be able to unlock the door. M S is not allowed to break down doors and I'm sure your local EMS is the same. And wouldn't it be better if the neighbor could just unlock it anyway?
I had the house keys made. I filled out what I could. I placed the information in a convenient and safe spot. Now finish the damn stuff!!! I don't care what reasons you have for not doing it you have to face reality and get dad in this program for his own safety. And your sanity. Every time you worry to me about dad being alone I'm going to nag you about this until you get it done.
With Love, Starla
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Dear Mom's Counselor,
I wish I could talk to you. My mom would probably benefit greatly from having an outside perspective shared with you. But I haven't been asked, she probably wouldn't like it, and I don't even know your last name. At least she's seeing you though.
I know talking to the patient's family isn't unusual. It could really help here.
Oh Well, Starla
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Loyhargil - (((((Hugs for you and your family)))))
Sorry for your loss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Greep's doctor (or whoever talked to him),
Thank you for making a "Plan B" for Greep. Yes, he is a stubborn man. Thank you for putting him on another floor of the hospital for rehabilitation, because he's a pain in the butt about nursing homes and wanting to tough it out alone at home. I do think, now that he's walked a bit, that he realises he can't go home just yet. This hasn't stopped him from saying he's going home, but if his being a one track minded person makes him focus on his recovery, instead of moping about, I guess we'll indulge him.
Thanks for your help and not punching his lights out. We're still deciding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Greep,
We went to your house and got your laundry and did it here. Man, I thought your dishes were nasty. Why in God's Name is the laundry hamper sticky? On both the inside and outside??!! Nasty, nasty, nasty. I scrubbed that thing down. Ain't no good havin' clean clothes if they have to go into a sticky clother hamper. Ick.
-Your grossed out granddaughter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idiot sister,
So, you've screwed yourself over and you come whining at Holly's cell phone. Which is why she changed the number. Here's a thought - why don't you use any of the money you stole from us to pay for your storage shed? Oh yeah. You spent it all like an idiot. Well, you're screwed. Goodbye. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Self,
Well, weah weah. You wanted to get booze yesterday, but Ma was home so your couldn't. Tough. You're broke anyway.
Try not to break your back moving things into Steve's/computer's/storage room. Slowly, bit by bit, it will soon become your new bedroom. No, I have no idea where we'll put the bookshelves or the boxes of stuff. I know, it's amazing how a room can be larger and still not be able to cram anything into it. You're going to be living on a couch bed from now on, perhaps that's your problem. And the computer being in here takes up space. There's no way in hell you're going to unplug that and set it up somewhere else, though. Get used to it. We have to have this house moved and set, we don't know when Steve and Miss Holly will move here!
Trish "Not too much pressure" DaDish
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quote:Originally posted by Mickey is a Nemo Roll: I meant the teacher of the deaf degree. The technical term for mine is "Special Education with a concentration in communication sciences and disorders". Long enough?
The title of it is probably why they're saying no. What you need to do is get course descriptions of the exact classes you want waived and send those to Gally. These descriptions need to be for the exact semester you took/are taking that course. You also have to indicate, "I want x course waived because I took this x course at my college." They can still say no, but your chances are better if they can actually see what precisely you'll be learning in each course you want waived.
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That's exactly what I will be doing. Right before I graduate, I plan on getting a new hard copy course catalogue, highlighting each and every NFBSKin' class that I took, and printing out a copy of Gally's curriculum, and notating which classes sound very similar.
But I've another 1 1/2 years before worrying about getting a master's degree. I don't even think I'll go right into a master's program...I need a break from school.
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quote:Originally posted by Mickey is a Nemo Roll: I don't even think I'll go right into a master's program...I need a break from school.
Speaking as someone with 2 graduate degrees who when to school for 20 years straight--don't let anybody talk you out of taking time off!
I didn't and I wish I had. Don't get me wrong--I love my job, which uses all three of my degrees. But even though there are a lot of subjects I'd probably enjoy taking classes about, I have no enthusiasm for school.
Seaboe
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B, Well, if you insist on making a mistake, go right the NFBSK ahead. We've said it nice, we've said it bluntly, we've come right out and said it in a "don't care if this hurts, you need to hear it" way. If your otherwise brilliant mind cannot grasp the enormity of this mistake, then so be it. You're living in a fantasy over this issue, and your wakeup call will be harsh. And frankly, it will be real hard for me not to say "I told you so" when that call comes. I feel rather disgusted that you allow yourself to be manipulated, and you refuse to see it. Even when your three closest friends point it out.
Bettie
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I know you need a job, but please stop changing my beloved websites.
First it was Slate transforming from a nice, simple webzine to a cluttered page that hurts my eyes if I stare at it more than a few minutes at a time.
Then my homepage, dear Webshots, went all . . . red. And turned into an ad-heavy social-networking site. I want my photos back!
Finally, Facebook, my social-networking site, has gone all stalker-ish with a news feed that lists my friends' every movement and clutters up the page.
Miss - If there are any changes to Snopes, I'm going to cry - Elaineous
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MissElaineous, you should let them know you don't like the changes.
If they don't get feedback, how are they supposed to know which changes are good and which are bad?
Seaboe
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quote:Originally posted by Mickey is a Nemo Roll: I don't even think I'll go right into a master's program...I need a break from school.
Speaking as someone with 2 graduate degrees who when to school for 20 years straight--don't let anybody talk you out of taking time off!
I didn't and I wish I had. Don't get me wrong--I love my job, which uses all three of my degrees. But even though there are a lot of subjects I'd probably enjoy taking classes about, I have no enthusiasm for school.
Seaboe
bthyb, PhD, MPH, would like to second Seaboe's advice. I wish I had taken time off, cuz now I'm fried.
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Dear Self, Well, you made it. One more day. You can make it through the night and the part of the day you need to tomorrow.
CQ
God, Once again, please give me one more chance next month. I can do this. I will make sure it's perfect. Just one more chance.
CQ
Oliver, When I tell you get off the bedside table, do not scrape your feet like a bull and growl at me. It will not make me let you get on the table.
Your Momma
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quote:Originally posted by Seaboe Muffinchucker: If they don't get feedback, how are they supposed to know which changes are good and which are bad?
After the change on Slate, hundreds, if not thousands, of complaints were lodged (one page of many), but never answered. Nor did the editors ever seek feedback - a simple poll would have revealed a lot. Same thing with Facebook; there are several anti-newsfeed groups out there right now, with one of the largest having 250,000+ members at last count. Of course, they're also trying a petition, and we all know how well that usually works . . .
Miss "250,001" Elaineous
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"NO PARKING" usually means "no parking". Why do you insist on parking there? You block traffic, you slow down everyone's attempt at leaving and then you get pissy when someone tells you to move. That guy who told you to move was a police officer, you're lucky he wasn't writing out tickets today.
Stop parking there and go down the road about twenty feet. Little Junior should be able to handle walking down a straight sidewalk without problems.
Sincerely,
The mom who has been there for six years already.
Dear woman who parked next to me,
You know, if you turned down your radio, you wouldn't have had to raise your voice just to speak. And, if you separated those two kids, you wouldn't have had to scream at them every three minutes.
Yes, I turned up my radio, but that's only because yours was drowning mine out- added with your screeching voice: "Wow, Matty, you made this today? WOW!" Turn down your radio, you can speak normally, I promise.
~Woman who kept turning Queen up to drown you out.
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Once again, I am sad to announce that there is no printer paper fairy nor is there a toner fairy, but you expect her to visit far less frequently.
If you run the printer out of paper, go up to the departmental office and get some more. This is not an activity that is prohibited by possessing a Y chromosome and/or a PhD.
What is even more annoying is, when after getting new paper and filling it, 20 documents in the queue come printing out. This means that some of you are not even bothering to check and just waiting for the next person to come along and get more paper.
Upon the recommendation of one of the more clever grad students, the solution to this problem for me, from now on is clear. If I encounter this again (i.e. more than one document in the queue when there is no paper), I will reset the printer, erasing your job. Obviously, if it were important, you would have jumped right on that no paper issue when the trouble thing came up on your computer.
I don't mind taking my turn getting paper. But, dudes, it's friggin Wednesday and, despite printing only two documents, I have had to get paper twice. I would say that, given 8 people sharing the printer, that is well more than my fair share.
Hugs and kisses, TGirl
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(We also had to pass the Educational Interpreter Performance Assesment, which I did. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
, considering the circumstances, his doctor needs to be made aware of what those meds (most likely) are doing. At least Mr S could tell you that you never mess with crap like that (pardon the pun).
