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10286. Ms. No - 7/13/2004 1:42:57 AM Thanks, Abs! Yes, I am nearly shut of the old place entirely. I slept there last night because it was just easier logistically but I should be completely cleared out and cleaned up this evening. Hooray!!! 10287. Ms. No - 7/13/2004 1:50:53 AM Juditha,
I'm already planning the open house --- although I'm going to have to have a yard sale before then.....and aquire a couch and some chairs. Currently the only place to sit besides the floor or my bed is the toilet or two theatrical cubes. Not very welcoming.
Kaykaye is coming down at the end of the month to visit. I'll let her opt out of the unpacking, but she comes highly recommended by another friend of ours for such chores. She's also got an eye for decorating which I will take advantage of.
I wanted to try and get the bedroom painted before all the furniture was brought over, but it didn't happen. It's fairly easy to pile everything in the middle of the room and paint around it, though, so that's what I'll likely be doing this weekend.
I also want to paint the bathroom which is currently some shade of batchelor beige. I got the all-clear from my landlord to paint and send him the bill for materials. He thinks he's getting a great deal since he doesn't have to do it himself. I feel like I'm getting a great deal since I can paint whatever I like --- colors, faux finishes etc.
Of course all I want to do right this minute is crawl into bed and sleep for a week. ;->
10288. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 6:09:21 PM Salut, Francophiles!
Le 14 juillet 1789 10289. Macnas - 7/13/2004 7:26:39 PM Are you storming any public buildings in honour of the day Mago? 10290. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 8:08:18 PM Mac, I could have gone to this last weekend, but we had out-of-state guests for whom France is a traitor country: STORM THE BASTILLE 10291. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 8:50:15 PM The Bastille Days' festival was well-attended this year as it was last year when the French bashing was at its peak. This morning, in contrast, this is what we read front page this morning in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and happened last Saturday:
The disturbance at this year's Greek Festival appeared to be a coordinated effort by as many as 200 young people to disrupt the festival, intimidate patrons and elude police, Wauwatosa police said Tuesday.
Capt. Jeff Sutter told a Common Council committee that a group dressed alike in solid white T-shirts and dark pants, with some wearing whistles, converged on the festival and broke into smaller groups that harassed isolated or intoxicated patrons.
In one case, he said, a group of about 50 to 100 people began encroaching on officers, pelting them with plastic bottles and trash, as they tried to arrest a woman on a disorderly conduct charge. The officers were able to escape with the woman through a line of motorcyclists who "formed a shield" between police and the teens, Sutter said...Police received reports of shots fired, property damage, cruising and an attempt to overturn a Milwaukee County Transit bus.
Both police departments issued an "all city assist," meaning all available police cars were sent to the scene, and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department also responded. At least three officers were injured.
For heavens' sake, why? The article doesn't say. 10292. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 9:54:52 PM Happy Bastille Day, everyone! 10293. Macnas - 7/13/2004 10:04:20 PM I think you should at least throw a stone through the post office window. 10294. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 10:41:05 PM A good idea, Mac, but I can't do that now because I just noticed that our neighbor kitty-corner from us just hoisted a French flag in my honor. He didn't do that last year. 10295. Macnas - 7/13/2004 10:51:05 PM I think, that it is only in America that you will find ordinary householders who have the means to actually hoist a flag. 10296. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 11:21:42 PM They probably sell these hoisting things in Walmart or Home Depot, cheap. 10297. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 11:34:33 PM When I first came to this country, I was astonished to see people out of a job interviewed on TV--here they were, living in comfortable homes, well-dressed, plush furniture, cars and trailer vacation homes, complaining how poor they were and unfair the system was. 10298. Macnas - 7/13/2004 11:39:16 PM I'd say the standard of living has been higher in the US than anywhere else since the early 1900's, the depression years being an exception. 10299. Magoseph - 7/13/2004 11:41:45 PM Maybe that long-sustained prosperity has spoiled them so that they feel they do not have any need to save. 10300. Macnas - 7/14/2004 12:19:02 AM re 10299
I don't know that to be true Mago, many yanks I've known save very hard so they can retire early, or do the sailing thing, the horrendous cost of college or whatever.
There is a difference in what most old yuropeens consider comfortable and what yanks might consider a bit impoverished.
10301. Magoseph - 7/14/2004 12:29:57 AM They keep telling us,(the powers that be, that is) that our rating saving rate is abysmally low compared to European countries and Japan. 10302. Macnas - 7/14/2004 12:39:24 AM Consumer confidence figures might suffer if people started saving!
But then, saving has always been part of my life at least. We do not borrow if we can help it at all, and while this means doing without for a while, it has always, literally, paid off in the end. 10303. Magoseph - 7/14/2004 12:59:52 AM Well, I grew up believing in saving also. I never earned a check that I din't save part of it. I learned early that it was safe not to tell anyone how much I saved over the years, not even to my loved ones...just in case, you know. 10304. Macnas - 7/14/2004 1:05:30 AM I know what you mean, but I find that hard to do when my Missus lives by the credo "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is my own"
Now then, time to throw a few shapes, see you tomorrow. 10305. Magoseph - 7/14/2004 1:55:00 AM 
If Jex had thought of me, he would have put this image right here where it belongs!
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