What's on your mind?
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@Kickassamazon You've got them all. No more anywhere around your house. Vamoosh. Disappeared. You scared the bejeezus out 'em.
Oop, what was that?? Thought I saw something....2 -
I used to belong to a book-swapping site. It was a good site, especially the talk-about-everything-else-except-books part of it. Then they changed the rules and started charging people.
Everything changed.
Food is good, nutrition, exercise, health, it's all important and that's how we probably all found our way here. But chit chat is the icing on the cake; it's the stuff that keeps us here. JMO3 -
@ReenieHJ It's just like going fishin'. There are many fish in the sea and we snag some newbies but many show up and never come back again. One post and they're gone. Potentials. Customers. They need some new and different bait to reel in the big fish and small guppies.
I have a theory why many only write one post then disappear never to be heard from again. In my culture, when you foam and blather at the mouth, sharing your dream with the world, there will be naysayers who will talk you out of it and there will be those who will laugh and tell you that you're a complete dodo for dreaming something big or small. It takes the wind right out of your sails and by always talking about it rather than actually doing it, it doesn't happen. Gone like a vapor. Up in smoke.
The best way to stoke the fire and passion for your own dreams is to keep your mouth shut. Now this translates over into telling the world your story. You've been on the biggest thrill eating ride of your life that takes you to the highest weight you've ever been in your entire lifetime.
You come here and tell your story. Confession is good for the soul. You get everything off your chest and somehow you feel completely and totally relieved of the burden. You fall right back into your old habits until you can't stand it anymore.
Pain is the precursor to change. When the pain is great enough, that's when people will make a change. First comes the confession and then they disappear because it's therapeutic to get everything off your shoulders....never to be heard from ever again.
I've watched it happen so many times and I wonder what happens to these people. The seeds are planted for a change on down the road but there's no such thing as the perfect timing or day to start. It's right now. With every passing day and year the ground grows colder.
ChitChat. Never underestimate what's going on out here until you've taken a walk on the wild side. There are many here working just as hard on their goals, silently and quietly behind the scenes. Frankly, they're kicking some serious @$$ without anyone else ever knowing it. The unsung heroes of MFP.
True grit. Take a walk on the wild side.
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Three days! No mice in the traps!
P A R T A Y
Either you out of mice
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Or the mice are on to you and are biding their time.0 -
So...1
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my wife just told me that I needed to 'grow up'.
I didn't say anything to her to return.
I would have, except I had seven, fun size, halloween candy bars in my mouth at the time.9 -
Motorsheen wrote: »my wife just told me that I needed to 'grow up'.
I didn't say anything to her to return.
I would have, except I had seven, fun size, halloween candy bars in my mouth at the time.
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7?? Impressive..1 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »my wife just told me that I needed to 'grow up'.
I didn't say anything to her to return.
I would have, except I had seven, fun size, halloween candy bars in my mouth at the time.
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7?? Impressive..
well.... they were fun sized.
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When a couple is married, they usually have a set dollar amount that one can spend without having to discuss it between themselves.
My amount is about $35.00.
Evidently, my wife's amount is in the neighborhood of $1,765.35.7 -
Motorsheen wrote: »When a couple is married, they usually have a set dollar amount that one can spend without having to discuss it between themselves.
My amount is about $35.00.
Evidently, my wife's amount is in the neighborhood of $1,765.35.
That ratio seems about right to me.
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@Kickassamazon You've got them all. No more anywhere around your house. Vamoosh. Disappeared. You scared the bejeezus out 'em.
Oop, what was that?? Thought I saw something....
Haha I sure hope so! I didn't see anything! 😂0 -
stevehenderson776 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Three days! No mice in the traps!
P A R T A Y
Either you out of mice
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Or the mice are on to you and are biding their time.
I'm going to hope for the first, and trap for the second! Haha1 -
Motorsheen wrote: »When a couple is married, they usually have a set dollar amount that one can spend without having to discuss it between themselves.
My amount is about $35.00.
Evidently, my wife's amount is in the neighborhood of $1,765.35.
Holy ouch! What'd she buy?
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@Diatonic, wise words indeed. It took me awhile to place myself into the chitchat side of things because I didn't feel like I had much to contribute. I still don't most days but come here anyways. This whole forum is good serum for the soul; it gives you lots to laugh and think about and really helps you get to know a person much better(or as much as people can in these environments) therefore helps us to learn more about ourselves in the process.
I truly hope they keep the popular side of things here the same and not change it too much. As much as change can be liberating and a positive thing to experience, I stress out if change happens too quickly, as if life blindsides me and expects it all at once. Evidently, my history shows I can adapt, if done slowly, verryy slowly. Such as...this isn't so bad, give me another thing I can work into my brain and my life.
It would be nice if the new powers give all the people here some input. Send out surveys or something.
And @Motorsheen I thought that's the way every truly partnered relationship works? I'm pretty sure it was in the vows somewhere.1 -
It's possible they'll wipe all of the forums out. Start over with a new business plan and a clean slate. I hope we get a survey.
You have to look closely behind the curtain to see what's really going on. That's with everything you do and everywhere you go. Dig deep and swim through the sharky waters until you can see. 'Undercover Boss', good show. They find out what's really going on and where the rubber meets the road.
Survey says.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gETwqN37lRA 0 -
We have freedom to express ourselves now. If they take away all of the songs, movies, tiddlywinks and decorations, photos, selfies -all of the things, ways we express ourselves, I just can't think about it. A thought drifts by and a song blows through, a wind of photos and songs sweep us off our feet and we're back UP and running on all cylinders. That's just the way we tick.
We're birds of the same feather flying together.
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I'm just speaking into the ethers. Nothing new there, just the uzhe way I roll.
Don't sell the place. Go out with a gain and a bang. The stock market is coming back like it always does. Wild swings UP and down, one big gambling casino. Tell them you're hanging on and once we get past this year and maybe another, the future looks bright.
Everyone is going to want a piece of this action. Stay the course. Keep the chitchat lights on. Hang in there. Do everything on your own terms. Take what you need from a bunch of different sources. Tell them the deal is off.
There you go.
It's not bragging if it's true. I invested some money in the stock market. The banker says you need to get with so and so to figure out where it needs to go. I said, No, I don't. I do my all of my own thinking on my own terms. It's working out well for me and that's all I'll say about that.
Those who do their own research retain the most. The hostess with the mostess.
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So what was the point of that story. Cut out the dross and all of the things in the middle that are running you dry.
Drop it like it was hot. Go back to the well. Bare bones. Take it back to the roots.
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Ya know, I woke up this morning in such a foul mood. Thankfully, it seems to have taken flight.
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Ok, except for one teeny tiny thing that's still making me sad/mad and witchy. I'm still seeing people not taking precautions and thinking the country's health is all just fine and dandy. So they do nothing to protect themselves/others. Meanwhile, this coming Christmas season will be so lonely without a house filled with family. Why? Because 2 of my dds live flying distance away and I'm not even sure our ds will come across the state.
There are 89 more positive Covid cases in our smallish rural state, all traced back to a hockey game. Why why why Dh told me I can't even go 20 minutes across the river to shop in a quaint little town because it's in a 'yellow' county. If I go, dh has to self-quarantine for 2 weeks. Majority of people are doing their best but it still doesn't make up the ones who don't care enough to follow guidelines. 2 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Princessp378 wrote: »
Meat is Murder
If you don't murder to get meat, you'll have to destroy the environment to get plant-based foods.
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I dont eat animals ever.. luckily I find plenty of these at the supermarketMotorsheen wrote: »Princessp38 wrote: »
Meat is Murder
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MFP has been sold and will shortly be under new management.
The forums could conceivably go away.
I'm trying not to get too close to the new recruits.
It's like in Vietnam, you don't even want to know the names of the replacements, because odds are, their days and numbered and you want to avoid the emotional pain of losing them.8 -
Motorsheen wrote: »MFP has been sold and will shortly be under new management.
The forums could conceivably go away.
I'm trying not to get too close to the new recruits.
It's like in Vietnam, you don't even want to know the names of the replacements, because odds are, their days and numbered and you want to avoid the emotional pain of losing them.
Will you miss me? .. I'll miss you 🙂
Let's hope forums remain.4 -
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Oooo, don't tell me. I don't want to know.
Mama Told Me Not To Come
Will you have whiskey with your water
Or sugar with your tea
What are these crazy questions
That they're asking of me
This is the craziest party
That there ever could be
Oh, don't turn on the light
'Cause I don't want to see
Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun
Open up the window
Let some air into this room
I think I'm almost choking from
The smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smoking
'Bout to scare me half to death
Open up the window sucka
Let me catch my breath
The radio is blasting,
Someone's beating on the door
I'm looking at my MFP friends
They're passed out on the floor
I seen so many things
I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is
But I don't wanna see no more
Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said, that ain't the way to have fun
That ain't the way to have fun,
Mama told me, Mama told me, Mama told me
Told me, told me....
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Everything could be deleted in the blink of an eye
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
But @Motorsheen is Luxury Toast
Dogs are crying all over the world, tonight.3 -
So, I just came out the other side of surviving a middling hurricane. Zeta was fast enough moving that we avoided flooding, but by the time it "landed" here, it was worse than when it hit NOLA. It was nearly a Category 3 by the time it reached us.
My husband and I had to rush out to secure the grill (he forgot to tie it down) and collect a few items so they wouldn't blow away. The storm moved in fast. I watched rain move sideways, wind howl, break trees and force telephone poles to submit to its will. I watched numerous shingles be blasted off of rooftops, hit cars and other houses and watched the wind rip the siding off houses. A few people in my neighborhood lost the windshields of their cars to flying debris. A few fences were uplifted and moved several feet or knocked down entirely. My extremely heavy outdoor potted plant was knocked over like it was a pillow and I watched our lovable (but dumb) neighbors go chase down a window screen that popped out down the street while 80+ mph winds whipped around.
In the end, the damage was extensive, but not un-repairable. Multiple cities were (and still are) without power and have been since Wednesday night. Most of our stoplights are missing, so police and volunteers are here from all over the state to help guide traffic until they can be repaired. Shingles were everywhere, but many of us picked up and piled them at the street corners for easy pick-up. Electrical/telephone poles are down or leaning everywhere. Trees are uprooted and knocked over. My husband commented that they reminded him of the little trees you put in train model cities. They don't look real. We passed by a boat-dealership and all of their formerly neatly lined boats were toppled over as though a giant child just came and capsized them all. It's been.. surreal.
My point is that up until around 4:30PM last night, my section of the world was very dark unless you could afford a generator (IE. almost no-one here can as they are very expensive). I've lived the last several days like it was some surreal camping trip, cooking things on a grill outside or using "canned" heat (Sterno). Not flushing toilets unless absolutely necessary to conserve water and trying to eat food we knew would soil, which led to some interesting food combinations (not necessarily bad ones!). I read a lot of books and we played a lot of card games. I wrote letters and post cards to people by flashlight/candlelight at night and got to reflect a lot.
Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I was prepared for it to be. Sure, not being able to play Animal Crossing or chat with people online kinda sucked, but I managed and was able to finish a couple of books and finish my son's Halloween costume in time, so it worked out.
I found out that I don't mind the silence as much as I thought I would. I was really afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep without a fan for noise or that it would be too hot to do anything. We lucked out that the storm was followed by a severe drop in temperature. It went from 85 degrees to 50 in less than 12 hours. We were able to open windows and utilize the cold day to save the food in our fridge/freezer until we could find ice.
Mostly, it was an interesting experience and I'm still watching and waiting for my fellow neighbors and city folk to get their power restored. A few places still aren't back on the grid just due to how much work has to be done. I'm holding out hope for them that they'll get power soon.10 -
How does a person build a network or connections when they have none? If networking is supposed to be the framework for getting better opportunities by word-of-mouth or witnessing a person's work ethic/personality firsthand, how is a person with none of those things present supposed to obtain those opportunities?2
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