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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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P.S. Today was JLG's birthday in heaven. I hope she had a good party with Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, Genevieve and Erin.
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Janine
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We have so much left on our to-do lists and honey-do lists and even the procrastination lists for tomorrow, trying to get it all done while we've still health and life to do it... I guess we will never die.
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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AdamPater
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quote: Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde: P.S. Today was JLG's birthday in heaven. I hope she had a good party with Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, Genevieve and Erin.
( Lord, say "Hi" for us?)
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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Small ship meet today in Santa Fe.
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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quote: Originally posted by Janine: We have so much left on our to-do lists and honey-do lists and even the procrastination lists for tomorrow, trying to get it all done while we've still health and life to do it... I guess we will never die.
Sorry, sister, you never catch up with those lists, but you can put a dent in them a day at a time.
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Welease Woderwick
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Lovely to see Ross - when you speak to her please give her my regards.
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Kelly Alves
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Yes, indeed. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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snowgoose
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My cat Brunhilde seems to have adopted a young raccoon. He has been coming around for a while now. I think he must be an orphan. The problem is, he thinks he is a cat. He doesn't eat his (well, Brunhilde's, actually) food with his paws, he eats with his nose stuck in the bowl, and he doesn't wash in the water bowl. He won't eat the fruit I put out, only cat food. Brunhilde sits right next to him while he eats.
So how do I get a confused little raccoon to realize he is a raccoon? I suspect his raccoon skills aren't terribly good and I don't want him to starve. Any wildlife rehabilitators here who could give some advice?
-------------------- Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man? --Terry Pratchett
Save a Siamese!
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Sir Kevin
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: Lovely to see Ross - when you speak to her please give her my regards.
Ours too - haven't seen on fb lately...
-------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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BessLane
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So I asked my husband to send me flowers at the bar today for my birthday ( ) b ecause I was hoping to hint to my grumpy old men that they should tip me for my birthday. Well, that didn't work out so well, but I did have several offers of birthday spankings ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
-------------------- It's all on me and I won't tell it. formerly BessHiggs
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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Happy Birthday, Bess!
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Kelly Alves
 Bunny with an axe
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Here ya go, Bess.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Moo
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quote: Originally posted by snowgoose
So how do I get a confused little raccoon to realize he is a raccoon? I suspect his raccoon skills aren't terribly good and I don't want him to starve. Any wildlife rehabilitators here who could give some advice?
I think you should get in touch with wildlife rehabilitators in your area. The raccoon probably should be taken away from your house and placed in a facility that more closely resembles the wild.
Moo
-------------------- Kerygmania host --------------------- See you later, alligator.
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BessLane
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I just had to share this...
My mother, who usually forgets my birthday (as if she wasn't there) actually remembered this year. Woo Hoo! Acutally, I'm guessing my aunt was the one who mailed the card, since my mother is currently on a month-long cruise somewhere, but that's another story. Anyhoo...mom enclosed a check (yay) made out to the wrong name. She did get my first name right, but she used my husband's first name as my last name...
There is a reason that a local therapist is currently shopping for a new bass boat ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
-------------------- It's all on me and I won't tell it. formerly BessHiggs
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Kelly Alves
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quote: Originally posted by BessHiggs: There is a reason that a local therapist is currently shopping for a new bass boat
Nice one.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Janine
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Two TS/Hurricanes rolling so far -- one aimed at Central America and the other wandering the Atlantic, is that right? No problem in the Gulf of Mexico so far... still a lot of season to go given that I recall some TS action as late as early November in recent years.
In the shape my roof is right now, a good direct hit by a Cat 3 hurricane would take it off for me. Hmmmm. Tempting...
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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PataLeBon
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I'm watching the soccer (football) game because Rug can't....
Wait! what??...I think I have problems...sigh...
-------------------- That's between you and your god. Oh, wait a minute. You are your god. That's a problem. - Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG1)
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Moo
 Ship's tough old bird
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I got a letter from the electric company today saying they are lowering my rates. I don't think this ever happened before.
It will work out to only about three dollars a month, but I'm still very pleased.
Moo
-------------------- Kerygmania host --------------------- See you later, alligator.
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Lyda*Rose
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AAiiieee! The Apocalypse is nigh! Run for the hills- but take the three bucks. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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BessLane
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Hubby has his DOT physical* today and has spent the past few weeks in absolute knots about it. Since the beginning of the year, he has been eating right and getting more exercise and has lost quite a bit of weight. We don't own a scale so I don't know how much, but he's down to a 42 or so waist in his jeans. I've been telling him that everything will be fine. Even being as big as he is, he's never had high blood pressure but he's terrified they are going to want to put him on pills. Telling him that being stressed before the exam is NOT going to help keep his bp down goes in one ear and out the other. I'm waiting to hear back this afternoon how things went for the poor dear.
*Having a commerical driver's license, he has to take a federally mandated physical exam every two years to check things like vision, blood pressure, blood sugar etc. Doing poorly on the physical can mean any number of things, from having to take emds, to having to do the exam every year (or more frequently), to worst-case scenario-not getting his health card, and thus losing his job. I get why he is stressed, but, for a change, I'm not worried. He'll do fine.
-------------------- It's all on me and I won't tell it. formerly BessHiggs
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Janine
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Yet more 'sweetest couple ever' fodder, Pata watching sports for Rug and BH's mister needing her calm influence.
I was happy about my quarterly tests @ the doctors' coming back with such good scores and a 10-pound weight loss after the Red Earth/Santa Fe/Four Corners meet, remember?
Me being gone all those days in June precipitated the FG's fertile brain coming up with a plan to retire. He's coordinating a lot of re-org, re-furb, and hopefully soon a re-roof @ the house. So far so good.
Except that he's retired, and can wander around by my office and wheedle me out to lunch with him... or breakfast before he drops me off in the morning... or dinner out so I won't have to cook after work...
I'd best get a grip on this or I'll gain back that 10 pounds and add another 20! All this food food food!
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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Mamacita
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Hooray for meteor showers! I was just down at the lakefront to watch the Perseids for about 30 min. The peak won't hit until about 2 am tonight but I was able to see about half a dozen little blips in the sky including one very bright streak that brought cheers and applause from the crowd gathered on the beach. All that, with waves from Lake Michigan crashing on the shore. How lovely!
-------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Janine
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It's 12:30. It's Sunday.
First, a little worship: Agnus Dei
Then, a little turn around outside, to see if the rains have left enough crystal black sky clear to spot any meteors.
Then, to bed.
Holy, holy, holy. Worthy is the Lamb, to receive praise and honor and glory and power...
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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Niteowl
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Still in the 100's here, but the humidity has rolled in the last couple of days. I can take the heat as long there is no humidity. I've lived in states where they've got humidity and don't know how they do an entire summer with high heat and humidity. I left as I couldn't.
-------------------- "love all, trust few, do wrong to no one" Wm. Shakespeare
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jedijudy
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I didn't see any of the Perseids since most of the sky was socked in. There was a slice of openness to the east, and that allowed me to see the Jupiter-Moon-Venus show. Mercury was there, too, but the clouds covered it up.
It's extremely humid out, but with showers and cloudiness all day, it's only 77 degrees outside. Not too bad for August!
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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DARN, I missed the Persieds, too. I had them on the calendar, but we got so involved with the Olympics....
AND, did you see the Olympic closing ceremony!!!! Holy crow, sometimes it was boring, but when Eric Idol fell out of the cannon, and then the nuns on roller-skates singing "Always look at the bright side of life" I thought I was going to die laughing. I did like the Spice girls and Annie Lennox entrances and the Who?
Spent Saturday painting part of the ceiling on the deck. Now the new paint makes me want to repaint the whole deck ceiling. <SIGH> Got some new aspen trees, hope these don't die like the last ones, (maybe a prayer or two for them?) ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Janine
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@ MoBo: Go aspens! Maybe a prayer for the irrigation system too.
Did the bad step on the far side of the guesthouse/studio deck get fixed up? *****************************
Apparently, August is Breastfeeding Month. The lactation consultants at the hospital sent our pediatric clinic a big ol' box of cookies. Pretty, circular sugar cookies, all in what might pass for fleshtones (from pale sugar-white-pink to sand beige to chocolate) with appropriate nipples... erm, I mean, appropriate decorations in the middle... that looked like areolae and nipples. You know what I mean. I saved the last two for the FG, a pink-on-white and a brown-on-beige. Somehow he knew exactly what they were supposed to represent without seeing the accompanying card.
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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Lyda*Rose
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Can't get much past the FG! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Graven Image
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Large fires about 25 minutes from our home. It has been burning for 3 days now and is about 30% contained. What ever that means. No danger for us just a lot of smoke. So hard for fire fighters with daytime temp. over 100 F. So sad as many ranchers were having to leave and move their livestock. What makes this really bad is that it appears that the fires may have been set. 3 fires all started in a short time of each other. I hope this turns out to be untrue, because that would mean at this point that the nut case is still out there. Much praise and thanksgiving for the hundreds of fireman coming into our area to help.
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Mamacita
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How awful, Graven Image! I hope that people, property and critters will be safe, but I know it's been such a difficult summer for fires. quote: Much praise and thanksgiving for the hundreds of fireman coming into our area to help.
Amen to that!
-------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Janine
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It's way too easy for Nature to set a fire, and for silly Man to accidentally set one. The thought that some nutburger might set one a-purpose, in malice, or in a stupid power-play "I am the star of my own mental soap opera" kinda deal... agh, it curls my nose hairs.
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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Graven Image
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Last two fires are 60% contained this morning. I would guess it will be some time before the cause of all the fires are determined. Amazing set up and team work by all involved. Airdrops, ground crews, heavy equipment, moving people and animals out of the area along with feeding and housing everyone. These people are truly professional.
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snowgoose
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: Look what my husband got today - well done him!
Wow! Very impressive!
-------------------- Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man? --Terry Pratchett
Save a Siamese!
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Graven Image
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Good for him, I am sure you are very proud. Big accomplishment.
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Mamacita
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Well done, Mr Boogie!
-------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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rugasaw
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Good job to Mr. Boogie. Did he finish in the EFI club? Either way I think it is truly amazing.
-------------------- Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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Over 4,000 miles ! I'd say that is extraordinary! It's kind of like the Tour de France of the US! WOW.
Well done, Mr. B
-------------------- In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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jedijudy
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Mr. Boogie is Da Bomb! Well Done!
I'm off to meet St. Sebastian for lunch. He texted me while I was sharpening knives. Do you think he knew? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Boogie
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quote: Originally posted by rugasaw: Good job to Mr. Boogie. Did he finish in the EFI club? Either way I think it is truly amazing.
Yes - Every F***in Inch!
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basso
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Good job, Mr. Boogie!
That reminded me of a story that I saw in a local paper the other day. Another cross-country ride, this one taken by a group of local teenagers.
I was impressed!
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Sioni Sais
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: Look what my husband got today - well done him!
Bradley Wiggins, eat your heart out!
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Janine
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quote: Originally posted by jedijudy: Mr. Boogie is Da Bomb! Well Done!
I'm off to meet St. Sebastian for lunch. He texted me while I was sharpening knives. Do you think he knew?
Y'all having po'-boys? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
-------------------- I'm a Fundagelical Evangimentalist. What are you? Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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jedijudy
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quote: Originally posted by Janine: Y'all having po'-boys?
You offering any that have been on your person?
We actually had soup and salad and lots and lots of conversation. Many problems of the world were solved.
St. S was actually kind enough to let me show him all the pictures I took on my trip...including about 600 of Bach's statue at Thomaskirche in Leipzig. (Yup, I'm still over the moon about that!) In return for his kindness, I gave him a pic of St. Sebastian from the Heidelberg castle. Aren't I just the nicest friend?!
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Timothy the Obscure
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: Look what my husband got today - well done him!
My legs ache in sympathy. Congrats to Mr. Boogie.
-------------------- When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. - C. P. Snow
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BessLane
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Wow, Mr Boogie rocks! I'm exhausted just contemplating such a ride.
-------------------- It's all on me and I won't tell it. formerly BessHiggs
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