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14023. alistairconnor - 3/8/2005 10:41:29 AM Jonquils eh? Well yes in theory it's that time of year. But there's a foot or two of snow on top of them.
Last night, for the first time in 15 years, I was unable to get home -- got as far as the village, started on the last 2km of small road but there were already several cars stuck and blocking it, so I backed up and stayed with friends.
Also, I noticed on Sunday that the heating fuel was nearly empty -- why is that?? it's because oil is $55 a barrel. The delivery guy tut-tutted and said, some time this week, if it doesn't snow too much... 14024. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 11:42:13 AM Sixty-nine degrees yesterday in Fort Worth, Judith was telling me yesterday--I wish I could be in Keoni's truck when is it, the eighteenth? 14025. wonkers2 - 3/8/2005 3:54:26 PM Anybody else tired of hearing about Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton? 14026. thoughtful - 3/8/2005 4:15:18 PM I don't hear about paris hilton...but i am sick of hearing about martha and sickened by the stuff i hear about jackson.
There is so much else going on in the world that matters and the paradox is that the smaller the world and the more we can know about what's going on, the more repetitive and entertainment driven the news has become.
I guess the deteriorating educational system we've fostered over the last 40 years is coming home to roost. Who cares who our un ambassador is when we can pop open our beer and tune into professional wrestling! 14027. judithathome - 3/8/2005 4:51:28 PM it's because oil is $55 a barrel.
I feel like I'm buying that every time I fill up at the pump...my car takes premium and if I fill the tank full, it's about $42. 14028. thoughtful - 3/8/2005 5:22:04 PM J@h, yesterday I filled up with regular at $2.04/gal...midrange is $2.14 and high test is $2.24. And that's at a reasonably priced station...other stations are much higher.
14029. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 5:34:54 PM You remember Scott Peterson’s trial—I became so incensed by the coverage, I just screamed—get this off, please. I will not watch anything anymore about Michael Jackson or about any other celebrity. I’m so getting tired of watching the same pundits every night, I persuaded Flexy to watch a movie instead at least every other day. Of course, I absolutely cannot watch anything with Bush in it, I have to leave the room. 14030. thoughtful - 3/8/2005 5:45:20 PM Unless you were in the NYC area, you probably wouldn't know about Tiwana Brawley. I was so sick of hearing her name at the time that I thought I'd die if I heard it again. But just like all the other flashes in the pan, she suddenly vanished off the headlines never to be heard from again. It's so strange. You're left wondering what ever happened to her. Funny, I don't remember media overload when I was growing up...maybe I just wasn't tuned into the media so much in those days. Now it seems like that's the only way the on air media knows how to behave. 14031. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:00:10 PM I remember vaguely about her--she made up some story that Sharpton ran away with, if I remember correctly--it was everywhere, toughtful, if that is the one. We are not slighted at all, we in the boonies, with anything anymore, you know. 14032. judithathome - 3/8/2005 6:05:40 PM Mags, could you go to Religion here and see if my link works to Sukey's forum? I typed it out correctly but it won't link for me...that happens sometimes when I need to reboot. If it is a working link, I don't want to go through the rebooting process. 14033. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:19:30 PM It works, Judith. 14034. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:30:04 PM I will 14035. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:30:14 PM not 14036. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:30:28 PM screw up 14037. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:30:45 PM the margins 14038. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:30:55 PM of 14039. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 6:31:11 PM this thread again, ever. 14040. thoughtful - 3/8/2005 7:00:59 PM Amazing how we go from inundation to vague recollections. As I recall she said she was kidnapped and raped but it turned out that she was lying and had been too late at a party or something and was afraid to come home and face her parents. Sharpton got involved in her defense and that may be where he made a name for himself.
Of course I could be confused. Law & Order did a story line on this...as they've done on all the major headlines...and i may have gotten them mixed up.
Law & Order is amazing at how fast they can turn a headline into a story line.
I remember they did one on the hedda nessbaum case and then they recently did a follow-up storyline on the joel steinburg character that was very good. 14041. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 10:04:00 PM Obviously, Clinton had too heavy a schedule since his operation in September. I really would not want anything to happen to him in my lifetime—I kind of became attached to the person, ridiculous as that sentiment may be. 14042. Magoseph - 3/8/2005 10:09:03 PM International Women's Day
I had to steal this from Hobbes.
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