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18184. Ms. No - 1/11/2006 8:15:13 PM That's silly. Even Babe Ruth lost some games. ;-> 18185. thoughtful - 1/11/2006 8:50:23 PM Actually, it's not at all clear to me that women have more common sense than men. In my biased opinion, it's only that women are more likely to be outspoken about what they think than men. My husband's way of dealing with the situation is instead of speaking up or mentioning anything, he'll let it go to hell and then make a remark like, "I thought you were handling it." Like him sitting in the kitchen with the cookies obviously burning to a crisp inside the oven and saying nothing. 5 min later when I wander back into the kitchen having completely lost track of time, smelling the burning cookies, racing to get them out of the oven, cookies flying everywhere and I look at him exasperated and say,"Why didn't you say something?!?" He'll respond, "Oh, I thought you were handling it."
AARRGGHHH! 18186. PelleNilsson - 1/11/2006 10:07:32 PM There is another way of looking at this. Obviously you were handling this task. You were also mishandling it by "having completely lost track of time". You needed to be taught a lesson not to flit around doing this and that and losing focus on the task at hand.
In other words, my dear thoughtful, you need to be perfected. 18187. Magoseph - 1/11/2006 10:34:04 PM In contrast, I had in the past several dogs, two boys prone to injuries, and a husband who liked dangerous sports. Therefore, I was in the right, as Ms. No pointed out, to warn Flex about giving too much leeway to Butch. In other words, dear thoughtful, I am the perfect person to give advice to old men and their dogs.
Thank you all for your good wishes to Flex. We’re going to the hospital tomorrow morning for the the cast.
18188. alistairConnor - 1/11/2006 11:51:51 PM You are the perfect person, Mago.
You are Woman.
Hear you roar. In numbers too big to ignore. 18189. wonkers2 - 1/12/2006 12:37:56 AM Wonder what happened to Al Davis? 18190. Magoseph - 1/12/2006 12:56:39 AM Gee, thanks, Ali.
Wonk, I was just thinking about him lately--I hope that nothing happened to him. 18191. thoughtful - 1/12/2006 1:04:48 AM Pelle, you are absolutely right. I'm at fault for doing more than one thing at a time.
But being the economist that I am, he could have taught me the lesson without losing the scarce resource of a batch of home made cookies: he could've taken the cookies out of the oven to preserve them and then said nothing and let me discover his rescue on my own, in which case he would've been the hero; or to call to me in the back that my cookies are burning and then justifiably call me names such as 'airhead' and dress me down for not paying attention to what I was doing.
In either case, the cookies would not have been the victim of my inattention. 18192. thoughtful - 1/12/2006 1:05:13 AM So i guess i'm trying to perfect how he's trying to perfect me, if you will. 18193. judithathome - 1/12/2006 2:07:11 AM Al is living the life of Reilly and not missing us at all... 18194. concerned - 1/12/2006 4:05:27 AM Actually, I wasn't thinking so much in terms of whether something is 'right' per se, because such a black and white judgment may be contextually restricted in many cases and if repeated tend to stifle initiative and feelings of self worth in those subjected to such summary judgments.
If a person thinks he or she has being right nailed, isn't that the perfect time to consciously start perfecting their own diplomatic skills? 18195. PelleNilsson - 1/12/2006 8:04:17 AM I hope nobody takes this banter seriously. 18196. Magoseph - 1/12/2006 2:19:02 PM I only understood the last sentence, Pelle.
So i guess i'm trying to perfect how he's trying to perfect me, if you will.
Yep, thoughtful, that’s right and all you have to do, according to concerned, is to start perfecting your own diplomatic skills. “Did the smoke bother you, dear? Are you all right? I’m so, so sorry. What is it with me that I do things like that all the time?”
18197. Magoseph - 1/12/2006 2:23:49 PM Instead of my own style, " How could you? I told you, told you over and again not to...", and so on. 18198. Magoseph - 1/12/2006 2:59:17 PM Where is Mac? How is Mac? 18199. RickNelson - 1/12/2006 4:51:35 PM ahhhhhhhhhhh, such beautiful monikers. Such engaging and glorious personalities.
God I've missed yah. 18200. alistairconnor - 1/12/2006 5:07:09 PM Yo Rick! glad to see your name in print. How's the family? 18201. RickNelson - 1/12/2006 5:12:20 PM Been good alistair. My boy is like any sprout, just shooting up before me. Though I'm pretty dang tall, and he's a ways to go. I like this baby stage very much, and don't wish it to fly by, as you may recall.
We had one bought and fight with his first doctor, who disregarded taking antibiotics, and led to twenty days of futile suffering for my boy. I changed doctors, having to walk out on this one. I tried to get medicine at day 7, but was put of and down that it's not done. It's a bit of a story, and makes me mad as hell at them. Not that I wouldn't recount it.
But, all is swell.
18202. RickNelson - 1/12/2006 5:15:40 PM gotta get Jacob to daycare, see ya soon. 18203. alistairconnor - 1/12/2006 5:18:18 PM Take care Rick!
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