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13621. Ms. No - 2/2/2005 9:57:04 PM Yeah, it's kind of a handed down nick-name. I was named for my Dad's middle brother, Chris, after my grandmother's maiden name, Kristofiak. The youngest brother couldn't say Chris at first and called him Fris so I ended up as Frisket. 13622. judithathome - 2/2/2005 11:45:33 PM Aside from your parents occasionally opening your mail and confusion over bank accounts, etc., a problem with being tagged with your father's first name is the inevitable diminutive "ie" or "y" being added to your name in order to distinguish between child and father.
Keoni is a junior and in Hawaii, the oldest son named after the father is called "that name" Boy. So Keoni is Johnny Boy. He has a cousin named Butchie Boy and another called Whitie Boy. "Keoni" is Hawaiian for John and no one in his family calls him that...he is Johnny Boy.
My given name is Judith and I was called Judy all my life. After a certain age, I changed that to Judith. I feel much more comfortable being called Judith now. Somehow, Judy seems rather child-like, like Patty and Betsy. 13623. wabbit - 2/2/2005 11:48:47 PM My paternal grandmother's name was Hortense. Mostly people called her 'that spiteful bitch'. 13624. Magoseph - 2/3/2005 12:22:43 AM My first name is Christiane, but I took my second name when I became naturalized--I was tired of being called Chris, Chrissie, or Christy. Christiane Amanpour had not appeared yet.
'that spiteful bitch'
I had one like her-- we called her 'la méchante' (the mean one).
13625. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 12:59:53 AM Bigote means beard in Spanish. 13626. judithathome - 2/3/2005 12:59:57 AM Every day at about this time, the tallest trees around my house play host to hundreds of grackles. The swoop in, set up on the highest limbs and start squawking at the top of their...lungs? It's like an amplified smack down...just going at it for about half an hour. Then, they all take off and head for the next stop. 13627. Ms. No - 2/3/2005 1:00:49 AM My paternal grandmother's name was Hortense. Mostly people called her 'that spiteful bitch'
Best laugh I've had all day! 13628. Ms. No - 2/3/2005 1:02:35 AM Jude,
The shopping center over by my parents' house has hundreds of thousands of Grackels in it. They never seem to leave and the ground under the trees in the parking lot there is always just covered in bird droppings. Even on a sunny day you shouldn't walk through that parking lot without an umbrella. 13629. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 1:04:13 AM My paternal grandmother was also a bit of a spiteful bitch. When she came to visit she would start in telling my mother how to cook, clean and discipline me and my sibilings. My maternal grandmother was a wonderful person. I can't recall her speaking a cross word to anyone. 13630. wonkers2 - 2/3/2005 1:15:59 AM For those who were kind enough to express interest, my decision came in the mail this afternoon. Here's the conclusion:
"Without any hard evidence that the expense report in question was fraudulently prepared, the only evidence appears to be violations of form and violations of general company policy. It would seem that after 27 years of apparently good and conscientous employment with the employer, that the violations complained of do not rise to the level such that benefits should be denied under the Employment Security Act.
"The claimant is not disqualified for benefits under Section --- of the Employment Security Act."
That makes 3 wins out of 4 cases thusfar!!! 13631. judithathome - 2/3/2005 1:16:02 AM MsNo, downtown Fort Worth has that same problem. They have tried everything, including shotguns loaded with blanks. One man wrote to the paper that they should be viewed as rats and treated accordingly. He made the point that no one would stand for an influx of that many rats in the downtown area and wouldn't hesitate to eradicate them. 13632. wabbit - 2/3/2005 1:19:33 AM woohoo, congratulations wonkers2! 13633. Magoseph - 2/3/2005 1:43:29 AM Won, with all due respect, bigote means mustache in Spanish--barba is beard.
13634. Halo - 2/3/2005 1:46:11 AM I hate it when stuff you like is discontinued, it's anoying in and of itself and, like Ms. No, it makes you wonder if you've been making the wrong choices all along. 13635. Halo - 2/3/2005 1:49:08 AM That post was motivated by my favourte curry paste being sudddenly discontinued, now all my recipes have to be rejigged.
Back to your regular programming. 13636. Magoseph - 2/3/2005 1:49:26 AM Hello, Halo! 13637. judithathome - 2/3/2005 1:49:43 AM Congrats, Wonk!!! 13638. Magoseph - 2/3/2005 1:51:07 AM Curry paste? Never heard that existed, I know curry powder, though. 13639. robertjayb - 2/3/2005 1:51:30 AM All hail the bringer of justice. Well done, wonkers2. 13640. judithathome - 2/3/2005 1:51:39 AM Halo, when something I love and have been using for a long time is discontinued, I feel they just don't know a good thing when they see it. It pisses me off that are so short sighted. I usually write a long letter, predicting doom for their company if they continue to make such bad decisions.
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