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15447. arkymalarky - 6/10/2005 11:50:08 PM I'm anxious to hear how things go Tuesday. Do you think you'll find out that day? 15448. judithathome - 6/11/2005 12:41:53 AM I expect if it's a blood clot, they will know pretty quickly. And let the doctor know pretty quickly and he will call me pretty quickly. ;-) 15449. Ulgine Barrows - 6/12/2005 8:12:08 AM Why do you have to wait until Tuesday?
That seems far off. 15450. Ulgine Barrows - 6/12/2005 8:17:59 AM Thank you all for your encouragement...for perhaps a bad decision....but I can't take this job anymore.
I can't relocate. I'd love to live on either coast, but my husband has his family here midwestern, and when I moved back, I gave up rights I didn't realize I had. If I move now, I'll lose day-to-day contact with my son. No can do.
And the thing that pisses me off so much about it, my husband is all wonky-wonk about being an 'artiste' and he just DOES NOT GET IT that the environment that one lives in, gives inspiration. Both of us had best creativity when we lived near the ocean.
And I think one of the best things we could give our son would be, a beautiful environment to grow up in.
Husband just likes getting spiffed with his brothers here in levelland. 15451. Ulgine Barrows - 6/12/2005 8:32:33 AM And how sad is this: we've talked about what we'd do if the other died.
Maybe that's not sad, we might actually like each other.
I want to kick him to kingdom come at the moment, though.
Baahhh humbug. Marriage! 15452. Ulgine Barrows - 6/12/2005 8:38:38 AM And in other news, I have taught myself to set tile with mastic and lay grout, and wiggle that crap into the windows (glazing something or other) in prep for selling this house. 15453. Ulgine Barrows - 6/12/2005 9:08:04 AM Maybe I can sell off my CD collection, I made good money in the 80s/90s and bought lots of imports & one-offs.
I looked up one CD on amazon, it's $60 used now. ebay says minimum bid .99 but that's starting. 15454. thoughtful - 6/12/2005 3:03:21 PM Judithah, sorry to hear about the potential clot. Sure hope they figure it out fast and get to a conclusion right away.
Ulgine, hang tough. Life is too short to spend your days in a job that's not fun. Something will open up soon. Don't rely on the papers so much but get your networking going...that's where the real jobs come from. 15455. Magoseph - 6/13/2005 2:53:21 PM Hello, Mac and everyone! What’s going on with you? Finally, the birds are back on our property. Apparently, the smell the harrier hawks left is gone. After my morning walk, I sit on the front stairs and whistle back to them 15456. thoughtful - 6/13/2005 9:18:46 PM any advice to someone who has to give an after dinner speech?
I know...make it like a woman's dress....long enough to cover the important points, but short enough to make it interesting. 15457. Magoseph - 6/13/2005 9:22:17 PM It depends on the dinner guests--tell us more about that. 15458. Ms. No - 6/13/2005 9:27:06 PM Avoid carbonated drinks, overeating or eating anything that will give you heartburn. You don't want to burp during your speech. 15459. arkymalarky - 6/14/2005 1:27:31 AM Start with humor. 15460. Macnas - 6/14/2005 10:41:51 AM Do not shout or pound the podium with your fist. 15461. PelleNilsson - 6/14/2005 11:00:15 AM And not with your shoe either. 15462. Macnas - 6/14/2005 11:32:30 AM ah ha ha, Nikita had style. 15463. Magoseph - 6/14/2005 12:29:45 PM Who's Nikita, Mac? 15464. PelleNilsson - 6/14/2005 12:53:03 PM He was the leader of a big country. His last name begins with C. I will say no more. 15465. Marc-Albert - 6/14/2005 1:05:45 PM Or with K in a number of languages, including French. 15466. thoughtful - 6/14/2005 1:15:40 PM Pound the podium with my shoe! What a great idea! Hadn't thought of that one.
It's a work crowd where I'm supposed to talk about work-related things and my boss will be in the audience.
I remember hearing an after-dinner speaker once who mixed this wonderful blend of good points he made with some very dry, very funny statements that made it a thoroughly enjoyable experience. That would be the ideal.
My problem is though, I'm funniest when I don't try to be and not very funny when I make the attempt. I'm thinking of contacting my old boss who has had success with humorous speeches ... wonder if he can mentor me some...
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