Posts by madamq

My worst teacher was my 6ht grade science teacher and the guidance counselor (whom I later discovered was his wife). 

I dont recall how the discussion started but i mentioned that coke a cola had cocaine in it when it was first made.  He insisted that it did not and I insisted that it did.  He accused me of lying and I told him to look it up.  He kind of lost it then and walked to the back of the class, he grabbed me by the neck and forcibly shoved me so that I sprawled out on the floor and slid down the isle.  I smacked my head on his desk.

I left the class and went to the guidance counselor. I did not know that she was his wife.  She had a different last name.  Any way she told me that he could be "a little forceful and wrong headed sometimes" and basically advised me to ignore his behavior and stay out of his way.

Of course his actions were abusive and way over the top - but I told the wrong person and he never faced any disciplinary action.  My mother simply asked if  I had deserved it! 

Anyway - to his credit he did look up coke a cola and later apologized for not believing me, but not for smacking me around.

I want to know why photographers (especially the family kind) always do their best to undo your best effort to present the best of yourself when you are posed.

You present your "good" side and they tell you to turn so that your weird side (the one with the mole and the arm that wont quite straighten out) to the camera.

I have an odd face.  Photos make me look odder.  I have an upper lip that is too short so that if I try to give a toothy Hollywood smile it looks more like a grimace on my face.  I know my smile is best when my mouth is closed.  I really look like I have a smile then. 

But NOOOO....the family photographer is always yelling at me to smile BIGGER.  In every photo i look like I have just smelled something bad - or just killed the photographer.  I look homicidal.  I become Jack Nicholson in the Shining.

I actually like my job. Go figure. :)

But I do have my own pet peeves.  We have people who refuse to load their own dishes in the dishwasher.  Some how it is beneath them.  I always wonder if someone is pulling their pants up for them in the toilet.  Is that beneath you too?

I manage our vehicle fleet.  Our vehicles are heavily used and therefore almost always off the lot.  I drive them only when I am taking them in for service. Yet the drivers don't report when there is something wrong until it has gone on a while "its been broken for 3 weeks!"  Ok, you had the car every day for the last 2 weeks.  The guy before you had it for 2 weeks before that.  which one of you told me the X was broken?  Thankfully I keep very good records. 

Then there is the woman who refuses to check the oil.  She actually said to me "I dont check my own oil, my husband does that.  I refuse to check the oil in the cars.  I never have and I am not going to start now."  Ok...but you signed our auto policy and that specifically states that you will check the oil.  But thats not on me.  Have fun when your car breaks down!

She happens to be the same woman who complains when the toilet paper is out in the rest room.  Even though there is always extra toilet paper on the back of the stool.  She will drip dry instead of opening the package herself.  I am sure it is very frustrating to her to be so spoiled.

The toner and lightbulb guys - I play with them too.  "oh, I am sorry, we have leases with several companies.  What company did you say you were with?"  But I usually just say "you should be ashamed of yourself".  Once I told a woman "you sound really nice.  I know times are hard but I am sure you can get a better job than scamming people"

i actually dont mind when people play dumb with the copier.  But I really dont have enough to do and so it makes them think they can not live without me.  which they can of course.

I think I have a really good job.  When I started there my title was "receptionist".  I do so much more than that and I have added to my work load considerably just by taking on whatever someone else does not want to do.  But that is one of the blessings about working for a small company.  Everything is fluid if you watch for opportunities.  This year I got a bigger than expected raise and a bonus that was completely out of the blue.  I really do LOVE my job.

I will give you my nut allergy.  You will never touch another one.  I promise.

I did not even circumcise my son.  I would not declaw a cat. 

Your groomer or you can put vinyl tips on their claws that protect the furniture.  They do have to be reapplied from time to time but it is much less cruel than declawing.  They come in fab colors so its fun to mix it up. 

http://www.softclaws.com/

Original Post by watergirl:

madamq, vincent is a dude. i swear he and ibez are twin sons of different mothers. lorik is a distant uncle. ;)

 

 haha!  dude, woman, matters not.  I miss lorik.

Original Post by merylwhite1:

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Original Post by cptbunny:

If it's for an online discussion or debate, you usually have to provide the source for your information, and you can't exactly say "it's in my notebook!!".

I mostly participate in casual debates among friends.

I remember you saying in a previous thread that you did not have nor want any friends, because you preferred being alone and people your age were too immature for you...

What do you hope to gain by this merylwhite1?  Why do you make this woman your personal campaign?  If she is a loner who takes notes on the news how can that possibly matter to you?

too funny!  I am in CO and we have a Climax too.  I never thought of Kum-N-Go in Climax. 

There is a motel in Tucson, the No-Tell-Motel.  (oracle road).  You could open a franchise:

No-Tell-Motel (now with Kum-N-Go), Climax, CO (or ND).

Original Post by moonikins:

I sat in the passenger seat of my car while my son drove for the first time.

My son was 10 when my husband let him drive for the first time.  We have a lot of rural roads around here.  You can drive for a 100 miles and not see anyone else.  He did a good job.  Stayed on the road, did not crash etc. 

Minced beef - hamburger

Tinned beans - regular old cooked canned beans

Microwave rice - watergirl you need to get out more :)