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14512. Ms. No - 4/6/2005 7:03:04 PM Okay, here's good for a laugh. These are Weight Watchers Cards from the 70's brought to you by a fan of Jim Lilek (of The Gobbler fame)
Vintage Weight Watcher's Recipe Cards
There's also a link to Lilek's Truly Regretable Food on this page. 14513. Ms. No - 4/6/2005 7:07:18 PM Definitely thereutic. I'm laughing which hurts like the devil today because of the work-out my stomach muscles got from food poisoning. I'm rationing myself to four cards an hour. I laugh. I hurt. I rest. I repeat. 14514. Ms. No - 4/6/2005 7:08:04 PM uh, that would be therapeutic. sheesh. The dehydration is affecting my spelling. 14515. arkymalarky - 4/6/2005 7:09:16 PM Just make sure you don't have an old tuna sandwich sitting around anywhere before you say anything to anyone, Thoughtful. 14516. arkymalarky - 4/6/2005 7:25:03 PM I must say, this place has been a joy to visit this week, with the return of some old friends and great contributors in both words and pictures, and the new life in the Poetry thread. 14517. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 7:25:21 PM I'm sorry...this is not a school. This is a business. I work in an office.
Oh, sorry--if I were you, I would tell her privately then--you can only help her future that way. 14518. judithathome - 4/6/2005 7:27:46 PM Magos, you are needed in All TV, All The Time at Atlantic Refugees...a question from a producer for the Travel Channel about how to pronounce a French city's name. 14519. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 7:33:11 PM Web, I can only speak from my own experience. I have an older sister who became a nun because she did not pass the exam, (can’t remember the name), when she was twelve. She spent years in a convent where some well-meaning nuns provided the education she was too immature to get as a child. She eventually left the orders when she finally understood the reasons that were behind her religiosity. In a succinct way, the French system is too elitist, as far as I was concerned, and I did not expose my children to it.
As for starting your own business there, I don’t know much about that, but according to my brother, red tape is endless in France, so I don’t think it’s a cliché, no.
14520. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 7:36:05 PM Running there now, Judith... 14521. alistairConnor - 4/6/2005 10:16:52 PM oh god... now I've got the sore tummy muscles too... and a runny nose. Nyetskaya, those weight-watchers cards are priceless.
You're liable to miss something if you're on broadband - the alt text for the images are an important part of the experience. 14522. Ms. No - 4/6/2005 11:13:13 PM yes, that commentary was what set me off 14523. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:10:26 PM I must say, this place has been a joy to visit this week, with the return of some old friends and great contributors in both words and pictures, and the new life in the Poetry thread.
It is especially great for people like me who don’t get involved in local social life, Arky.
14524. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:15:54 PM Have you noticed that lately, Jexster is actually having some conversations with us? 14525. Macnas - 4/7/2005 2:19:11 PM He always kind of did, if you engaged him. 14526. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:22:29 PM He doesn't have a cast iron frying pan in his hand does he?
Far from it, Mac--however, he has something much more convincing. 14527. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:25:12 PM Yes, Mac, certainly male Moties have a better chance to do just that. 14528. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:26:16 PM Last post refers to Jexster new-found ability to converse, Mac. 14529. Magoseph - 4/7/2005 2:27:54 PM Oh, I'm babbling now--time for me to get ready and face the dentist--see you later. 14530. alistairconnor - 4/7/2005 3:23:36 PM I'm trying not to picture Flexy with "something more convincing" in his hand. 14531. arkymalarky - 4/7/2005 4:20:58 PM It is especially great for people like me who don’t get involved in local social life, Arky.
I agree. It's very preferable to me. Living in a rural community (I'm sure other communities are the same, but they seem too busy, somehow), I got my arm twisted to participate in a lot of things that I just didn't want to do, at least not often. Our neighbors are great, but they have a "community potluck" every month, 4-H, women's church groups, and a host of seasonal and weekend activities. They're mostly retired and/or have grown children, and I just never was very active with all that. In church, they had Mose playing piano and me leading singing, until we both put our feet down when Mose went off to college. I appreciate them appreciating me, but I just don't have the time or energy to do all they'd like and keep up with my work, rural ed issues, family, friendships, and the Mote and participate in everything people dream up to do out here.
I love it, though, and when I am retired I'll probably (not) dive right in there with them.
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