I wear perfume too, lightly scented ones. As for my dad, he raised us(with the help of my gram), he may have drank, but he took his responsibilties of us first.

I think it is just the MIX of perfume and beer / alcohol...brings back memories of my mother. If she put on perfume and make-up, I knew she was going somewhere to get drunk and then there would eb a fight when she got home...

Yes me too. Us kids were always first responsibily wise. My dad though was a happy drunk. My parents didn't really fight, unless it was about all the money he was spending on booze but that didn't come until after he got layed off from his job when I was 16. Before that money wasn't an issue. They never fought because he was never home. He was either working, sleeping or at the bar. After he got layed off from his job, he layed off the drinking a lot and now he doesn't drink anymore or drive because he no longer has a license. Gee, guess why?

Thats mostly what my parent did, fight...a lot. Mostly verbal, but occassionally physical as well. My mother second husband was a hitter...whoever was nearby would work.

My childhood is the reason i decided not to have children of my own.

My parents never physically hit each other, just verbal stuff. I got smacked a few times as a teenager for my mouth. Yeah I had a nasty one, imagine that.

I have not passed it on to my kids. I am trying to teach them better morals than I was taught.

I'm sorry you guys had it so rough growing up. ::::HUGS::::


Awwwww

Thanks to everyone who wished me a better day today. It was much better. I invited people over to talk about my Scottish mission trip, and decided to make some scones, and serve them with strawberries & cream, as well as Twinnings tea. My mom decided to make some cucumber sandwiches, and my dad brought some oatcakes and shortbread. So I didn't have lunch and have been snacking on that all day. Then I watched CI tonight (Players) which was excellent and one I haven't seen (I'm still catching up on season 6 L/W episodes). Right now, I'm listening to Rufus Wainright before I go to bed. If I dated a Canadian celebrity he would be number 2 after Ryan Gosling. Maybe that's because I saw how good (and good looking he is) when he performed at the Folk Musical Festival this summer.

Happy St Patricks Day to everyone. There's some snow here, but at least spring is on the way. The four Canadian seasons are hockey, winter, isn't hockey over yet, and summer (aka construction).
Good night.

Hey, no one has a perfect childhood. I don't think there is such a thing. I thought that was how everyone lived when I was young. And no matter what happened at my mothers house, with her husband, with her or all their fist-fighting...we had to go every time. ((He is the reason why I had such a tough time watching L&O SVU for the longest time. I am sorry but the system then was nothing like they show on that program. Trying to get help, when I eventually found someone I thought I could trust, turned out to be more of a mistake than just living with it all)) The rules for custody were probably a bit different back then too. We were forced to go visit my mother, even when we didn't want to go. She threatened to turn my dad in to the court if we didn't go. I actually think, looking back, it wasn't because she wanted us there but more because she wanted to hold it over my dads head to control him. She has used us to get to my father in more ways than one, ever since I can remember. But when we were there, she was usually drinking or hungover, leaving us to be with by her husband. I was the oldest so maybe thats why I remember so much and seemed to have taken the brunt of it all. Who knows? I was the stupid one who fell for her lies (she told me he beat her, which I knew since he also hit me when he thought he could get away with it and that he would kill her unless I was there..which he may very well have done) and felt so bad that I moved in with her after I graduated, turning down a partial art school scholorship and for a long time afterwards putting up with her husband and all the violence that came with that. The worst thing to me, is that to this day the jerk (her 2nd husband) has never been held accountable for everything he did. I suppose that is partially my fault, since I wouldn't tell on him and was so afraid of what he would do if I did.
Eventually, I met my husband, when I was babysitting for his best friend. God must have sent him. He has been there for me, when no one else was and puts up with all the crap that I put him through and all the stuff that comes along with being part of my family. He is a very special person, a wonderful man and husband and I am very lucky to have him and thank God everyday for sending him to me.

Been a strange day...sorry to unload on you-all.

A little bit of Trivia:

Actually, the movie about Pearl Harbor was Tora! Tora! Tora! (which I believe translates as Attack! Attack! Attack! in Japanese).

Actually, it translates into Tiger: ﾄﾗ! ﾄﾗ! ﾄﾗ! One of the first ones I learned in Japanese. Or did you know that already xD

I got this from Wikipedia:

(虎 tora is Japanese for "tiger" but in this case, "to" is the initial syllable of the Japanese word 突撃 totsugeki, meaning "charge" or "attack", and "ra" is the initial syllable of 雷撃 raigeki, meaning "torpedo attack")

I don't drink because i don't like the smell of beer. I remember being at a family party and one of the guests picked me up and danced around with me and he reeked of beer.

My dad is a piece of work. Controlling and mentally abusive. I was told i'd never amount to anything, that i was stupid, my mom was stupid and so was my sister. I was too weak and too scared to fight back. Even now his way to get 'control' is to yell. He and my mom are still married, but she's hardened herself against him now and he doesn't have the same hold over her (she thought when we were kids that a family comprised of a mom and a dad, no matter what...something she regrets now) She keeps saying she's going to leave him but never does (he's like a pathetic child around her now) and i've grown deaf to it all now. I just do not care anymore. I can proudly say that my kids have never heard me yell at their dad and vice versa and they never will. They've been brought up to see that their parents respect and love each other. I only deal with my father because he dotes on the kids, my daughter especially. He was an awful dad but he's a better grandfather. Oh and now if he yells at me, i yell back (though not infront of my kids) He always put himself first when we were growing up and that has really come into focus since my kids were born because naturally we put our kids first, above everything and everyone. *shakes head* I'm becoming maudlin.

Oh and Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone. My maternal great grandparents were Irish, as were my hubby's great grandparents, so my kids have Irish blood flowing through their veins as well as their mum and dad.

I thought I would bring KimberlyT's great photo over for today......



Happy St. Patty's Day, ya'll!

I don't have kids, either, but you seem like you'd be a great mom, KimT.

I was thinking the same thing. Kim -- you should NOT let your childhood keep you from one of the greatest joys of being female -- pregnancy and childbirth. Even the most miserable pregnant women I know have said later it's so totally worth it!

I'm leaving for work in a few minutes.. its almost 8 am---and i'm awake.

There should be laws against this kind of non-sense.

I'm supposed to close Electronics not Open! This is Blasphemy!!!!!!

Vista is awesome. I love it ever since I upgraded. The only thing I can't figure out is why Warcraft hangs on me sometimes when there's no server lag. I'm not sure if that has something to do with Vista or the hard drive the game files are on even.


Vista is the operating system. The word processing program is an entirely different thing.


That's very strange. This might sound odd, but are your power cords under your feet? I know if I grope a cord with my toes and fiddle with it without thinking, sometimes that happens to me. What other strange things is it doing?


What thread was that from?


I knows!


The Japanese seem to love to make up portmanteaux.

We just got Vista a couple of weeks ago, too, and we had XP before. It's tricky to get around, too, they make it seem like it's easy but they made it impossible. I think you just need to find the settings and change them to what you like, though. I don't think the computer shuts off, I think it goes into sleep mode or it's locked. If you click on the power button again, then turn on the monitor, it might still be on. Another annoying thing is the User Account Control, which asks you for permission if you want to continue. You can turn it off, but it doesn't turn off on all things.

I'm at work this morning - 7:12AM, my phone rings. It's the son person - 21, independent, knows everything and doesn't need anyone. He's currently working 7:00PM to 7:00AM as an EMT

Mom Person: "Good Morning"
Son Person: "Good Morning - what are you doing right now?"
Mom Person: "Besides talking to you, I'm working."
Son Person: "Do - you think you can leave work and bring my extra set of truck keys to work?"
Mom Person (trying not to laugh): "Why?"
Son Person (mumbling): "I locked my keys in my truck."

Now, he was in no danger and had a nice warm building to sit in but I loved that he had to call me for help since he's 'all grown up'. I not only took his spare key to him (40 minute drive 1 way) but I also insisted on unlocking and opening the door for him since I'm a full-service mom (lol).

One of the guys he worked with came out to meet me, hugged me and offered me his condolences for my having such a forgetful son.

Now, mind you, my son really is a good person and I don't mind doing things for him, but the parents of any child know that 'attitude' they sometimes have and I enjoyed being the solution to his problem. (And I got to stop at Burger King for breakfast. )

I never had any problem getting around it from the time it was installed. I do HAET User Account Control. As soon as I saw that the first time I tried to reload my programs, I shut it off. I know what I'm doing Microsoft!!! Stop treating me like an infant!!! Sleep mode can be easily fixed if you go into your settings and turn it off. I love the folder merging, and the weekly scheduled defrags of my hard drives... I need not worry about maintenance tasks and it's lovely.

I had a marvelous time yesterday. I went to Chinese buffet with my sister and her little boy. Each of us had three or four plates of appetizer, main course and desserts. They were scrumptious! We were so awfully full we skipped dinner. We could barely move. We also stopped by the mall to buy some clothes such as blouses, pants, cool bags, and video games for my nephew. That was a wonderful day to spend a weekend.

On the subject of computers, watch this video and laugh yourself silly.

I hope this link works...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI

I own an iMac, and am not an idiot, but the skit is still hilarious. Have a great day.

hey, sinse i live in ireland, i want to share some love i got here with u my friends:



lol

Ali:)

Leave it to SPONGEBOB to "get into the ales" on St. Patrick's Day. I told him to be careful when he imbibes......and why do you ask.... because he DRINKS LIKE A SPONGE!! He said everything is OK as he only drinks on days that end in "Y". Do you PEE green after drinking GREEN BEER? Inquring minds want to know.

yeh, you actually do. i've tried once. not with the green beer but with the blue coctail. that was something. as they say on tv 'do NOT try to do it home'.

Ali:)

Just made my reservations for two nights at Mrytles Plantation For Bobby and I in June, Can't wait, Oh well its really just me and my daughter, Combo Graduation and Both our birthday gifts. We are staying in the main house in the Judge Clarke Woodruff Suite. Hope we see some Ghost. ooooooo

Mrytles Plantation

Working in Target Electronics Dept sux. I hated having to hang on to the key and have people chase me down trying to get to stuff (if the store was open)...



HAHAHAHA! Mom person to the rescue of the rescuer!

TOO FUNNY!!!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!

Aww, you all are gonna make me cry...

Actually the hubby and I made the decision together and he took care of the issue this past summer. And since I am terrified of doctors, it was better that he took care of it. I just cannot stand having someone I don't know touching me...so childbirth and pregnancy wouldn't have been much fun. I guess I will just have to love my 4 nephews and 1 niece like they were my own kids.
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As to whoever was asking where the post was that "burned my butt" I beleive there was a statement on the 100 reasons to ship thread, that I was quoting someone else being upset about some fanfics making Goren out to be some bumbling, incompitant, social inept fool. Grrrrrrr

HAHA!!!!

Oh wow! I did tech support for Microsoft for a while. This is SO TRUE! Especially during Christmas. They get SO mad when you ask if their computer is on and the cd is in. Plus by the time they got to me they'd already been on hold for a while. I don't miss that job!

My sister worked for a computer support line once. She told me the funniest call she had was from a woman who could not get her new computer to work. She said she followed the directions, plugged in all the cords, everything was hooked up correctly...but all she could get to work was the "cup holder".

(kinda made ME feel like a computer genius)

Exactly!

You never think that those stories could be true, but real life can be stranger than fiction! My favorite story was when I was helping an older man get on the internet years ago (it was kind of a work study thing for school). We almost had to go over to his house to help him when we found out that every time he'd sign into the internet he'd close the dialup program he was running.

That's why we ask people to make sure their computers are plugged in and turned on. Get mad if you want. But it saves us a lot of time if we know your computer is actually on! 

I ::heart:: Target Valley - I always go there before Walmart!

Can I be OFF TOPIC in the OFF TOPIC Thread? I just went to post in the "I Went to the Store Today" thread and it's CLOSED!!!!! I was very disappointed since I was having so much fun there. But apparently threads are being merged and moved. I just thought Valley's thread was cute and fun - I'll miss knowing what folks bought today.

Happy late St Patty's day to you Ruby. It is terrific that you and hubby don't yell at each other in front of the kids. My hubby and I try but we slip every now and then. I am Irish too.




Well my feet are never under the desk. My feet are always under my chair. More comfortable that way. And yes the cords are back against the wall under the desk. I am not sure if my problem is Vista or something else. When I am in this forum or another website forum I visit and I click on a thread to go into, the computer will automatically restart and do a "crash dump" or that is what the computer says and restart. Once it restarts, if I can get the internet started within a period of time, it will let me restore my session from where I left off when it shut down. This is my biggest issue with it. If this would go away, I would have no problems with it at all. I do have a laptop hooked into the internet but I don't think that would be an issue but I don't know. I have never seen this happen with any other computer I have had.



I never realized what your childhood was like until I read the big long post before this one but decided to quote the shorter post. What a terrible ordeal to go thru but I am glad to see that you made it thru ok. My husband took care of the issue with us also. I can't be fixed due to my disease so my husband took care of it on his end. We decided 2 was enough for us. Well 1 for him, my daughter is my ex husband's child. What a nightmare he was or still is to this day.

Hilarious Judy. You made my whole day along with the youtube video. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I have actually locked my keys in my car and what a nightmare and embarrassment that was. Some lock guy had to come and let me into my car. What a costly thing it was.




Hilarious also. I don't even know what iMac is. Never heard of it.


I have to say about our store thread. It disappeared. At least we got some fun out of it for a few days.

If you begin with Youtube, I may propose that :

Mario and Luigi lost in Vice City

Dedicated to video games fans (mainly if they are between 25 to 35).
I like their curious Italian accent.

I wonder if Vincent has ever seen this video. It would be funny !!

Oh no....they CLOSED the Store Thread.... and I went out today and bought some bits... who am I gonna tell now... nobody I know cares enough.....::SIGH::.

Thank god my mum is coming over for a visit in a few days. Haven't seem her for a few months and it will be good to spend some quality time with her. However, I am sure at the end of the holiday I will be ready to put her back on the plane back home... stange that.. I really love her to bits but somehow she alsways manges to get on my nerves and push all my buttons. Although through the years I have come to realise that this is as much due to me as her.
Anyway, I have no idea yet what we will be doing but I am sure we'll have lots of fun doing it. Probably raid a few shops and maybe catch a movie. Just spending time together is enough sometimes.

Cloggs

Why did they close the thread? I didn't even realize that! ::goes to see what else has been closed::

Why can't they close the duplicates, and other threads we DON'T want, instead of the ones we WANT?

I was so sad when I went to post and it said 'closed' instead of add reply - that was such a fun thread and everyone seemed to be enjoying it immensely. Admin must have thought it didn't belong but don't Bobby and Alex shop?

I actually thought she meant the thread where the store was, with Bobby and Alex stuff, remember? I didn't know they kicked out the new one of Valley's - is that the one you mean? Did they pull the rest of the new threads we DIDN'T need?

only some of them, but not all.

A couple were 'moved' - to the game thread I think, the western one (crabby chefdeanna) is closed and I'm not sure about the others since I didn't pay much attention to them. I would hope if they closed Valley's thread, which shouldn't have been closed, that they closed the duplicate ones too.

Nice to see the western thread is gone, since we had already talked about that in the goodies thread.

I'm bummed that her thread is closed too. If it makes you feel any better, I bought gas today...$3.29 and that was the cheapest I could find! $63 to fill up! GUH!

Geez and I complain when it costs $27 to fill my Neon.

I was going to post in the store thread, but alas closed. Noticed it this afternoon. A couple were moved and a couple others were closed. I wish, like others had said, that they closed some of the other threads that were duplicates of other threads that should not have been opened but I guess we don't get that. I want the store thread back.

Maybe Valley can start a new thread (since it was her baby) and name it something 'topical' like Goren and Eames Went to the Store.

have you already been on fanfiction?

In our area, our gas today costs $3.79

I was gonna add a little something at Valley's new thread, but saved it for later. Then when I returned to that thread, it was already closed. Oh well!

Dang, my topic got canned.

::Cries::

Don't cry ::hands Valley a tissue:: - I'm sure you can come up with a new title and start another thread since we had so much fun.