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Adam.

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:


quote:
Originally posted by Adrienne:

Is it OK that after doing my best with the toothpaste tube business, when no more squeezes out I cut off the bottom with scissors and stick my toothbrush in to get the last bit out?

Hart, the gauntlet is cast!
Wow. I now have a new thing.

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Kelly Alves

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Se, only when we come together as a community can we evolve knowledge like that.

(P.S. I blew up the toothpaste tube this morning.)

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
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Drifting Star

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[Big Grin]

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Kelly Alves

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<high five>

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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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comet

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I think in my case I have just gotten really good at reading clouds and terrain. I think my gift is California- specific, too (Meaning if you dropped me in Anchorage I wouldn't have a clue.)

Mountains are east, ocean is west.

ETA - actually, ocean is west, north and south. Anchorage is on a little blip/peninsula thingie. but essentially, knowing the mountains are in the east is good enough.

[ 03. November 2013, 18:51: Message edited by: comet ]

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Gladly The Cross-eyed Bear

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I have the power to make pies from scratch. This is a worthwhile thing, and causes me much joy. The people around me don't seem to mind it either. The pie making process can be stressful, especially when the pie crust is not cooperating, but the moment of triumph is when the pie comes out looking (and tasting) good anyway!

Gladly

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Timothy the Obscure

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I have the power to know at a glance which container the leftovers will fit into with the least wasted space. Also, to stow things in the trunk of a car with maximal efficiency.

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Earwig

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quote:
Originally posted by The Undercover Christian:
Sometimes when I get jelly babies I pretend I'm auditioning them.

That may be an over-share.

[Eek!] That is AMAZING! You are my new hero. [Big Grin]
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quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
I have the power to know at a glance which container the leftovers will fit into with the least wasted space. Also, to stow things in the trunk of a car with maximal efficiency.

Me too! Packing things is a mental exercise, like a 3D puzzle.
Also spider catching, just an upturned glass and a postcard and I'm away. The scuttling motion makes my spidey-sense tingle.

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Mamacita

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Se, only when we come together as a community can we evolve knowledge like that.

(P.S. I blew up the toothpaste tube this morning.)

You'll have fresh breath all day.

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Graven Image
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I have the power to control the cat. Really. I say NO or use the soft Mother Voice and say, " That is not allowed behavior in this house," and she stops in her tracks with whatever she is doing. She will not even go through the open door to the outside if I say No. The rest of the family she just looks at and goes on about her business.
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Kelly Alves

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Since I am going to be job hunting soon, this one has given me pause for thought-- I seemed to have developed this skill as the Girl Whisperer. I have wound up in a number of classes where I am the only "returning student" (read:person over 22) in the class, and for some reason the young women in the class wind up hovering around me and asking me all kinds of questions, kind of adopting me as an auntie, I guess. I kind of like it-- and wonder if there is a career related significance to this.

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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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Boogie

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I am able to get up as early as you like and still be bright and breezy.

Annoying ... I know! [Snigger]

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Adam.

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Since I am going to be job hunting soon, this one has given me pause for thought-- I seemed to have developed this skill as the Girl Whisperer. I have wound up in a number of classes where I am the only "returning student" (read:person over 22) in the class, and for some reason the young women in the class wind up hovering around me and asking me all kinds of questions, kind of adopting me as an auntie, I guess. I kind of like it-- and wonder if there is a career related significance to this.

You know what you might rock at? Student Affairs.

It's kind of like being a host, only they don't go away when you shut your computer down.

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Galloping Granny
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We have a thingy where you slide the bottom of the toothpaste tube into a slot and then you wind it round as the toothpaste is used. If your Significant Other squeezes it in the middle then you do a bit of extra winding. (I have to finish the tube though; he wants a new one when there's still five days of toothpaste left.)
You can't buy these thingies in the shops; they appear in those catalogues that sometimes appear in the letter box or fall out of magazines.

And I don't need those other gadgets that help you open cans that have a tab on top. If they have a diagram it shows you with your thumb in the middle of the top of the can and the adjoining finger in the tab. I use my left thumb and my right index finger and it's easy-peasy, even with arthritis in both thumbs.

Arthritis or not, I'm still the best at unscrewing jars; for the most stubborn I have a circle of plastic to grip with (probably also from a catalogue).

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