Hi

Well, I know I'm a little addicted to the internet and it sometimes keeps me from doing other things like reading or watching a movie on tv. That's why I'm almost grateful every time the internet doesn't work because I get to do other things I enjoy, which is always very relaxing. But you're right, after a longer break it's nice to get back online

Just checking in fast,it's been so long since I was here last I cant even remember.
I'm not a lurker,havent looked at this site in ages.
Wanted to say I'm looking forward to the next season of MONK and thought
this thread would be best place to post it since it made me laugh like a loon and sand in my face
doesn't boddah meh...its when muh sand castle gets stomped on. LOL

Shaun Cassidy was cute. Though I have to say my first TV 'crush' was Animal from the muppets LOL
naaaah it was the hardy boys too dont tell anyone
(I think I had one picture of Shaun in between all the Billy Idol)
come to think of it...all the Brady boys entered and left my heart through my teen years
I watched the true sitcom stories about love boat weeeeeew
wheres the haiku game

oh my gawds did i just admit to crushing on the Brady boys *shakes head and slowly
backs away*

checking out for now and was good to see a few familiar names still hangin out

I have been here for a while. just now checking in. I hope everyone is having a nice day.

Yeah I've been in here off and on all day since 8 this morning. I never can remember to check in first.

I feel very exotic and exciting to be here with all you. Mr Monk connects people, who would have believed? But I think I learn here things, language, well, all kind of funny things... inside stories. And learn to know many fine people. And can be out here for a while (should I be careful?). I´ll think this could be like a therapy. At least sometimes.

Are there really in reality people ´at ease all the time´? Are they still conscious? For me nothing is ease. I tried sometimes to make things ease, but they aren´t, after all. I am just trying.




Yes, I confess, that I am a internet addict nowadays. I´ve got a internet connection just from february, and I am hooked. Terrifying. I didn´t ever know it happened so easy. It was a bit difficult to be without connection a whole week... but I live. In fact I think it was good to be out for a while. But when I have a connection I can´t be without checking now and then, what is going on.
And there is a lot of fun! If you are a bit down, you can come here to read all these funny things and feel yourself better. Sometimes I am thinking, that am I escaping something, but isn´t this in reality anyhow, too? Where we are then if not in some reality? We are all real here.



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Well, some of us are more real than others.

This is a great place to come. I think you're right -- we are all real people. I'm a real person. Is everyone else out there real? But beware -- the food is virtual -- but then again, there are fewer calories that way.

Oh don't worry, when I first got an Internet connection I think I was connected for a week straight. And this was back in the days of dial up. I know whenever I need some cheering up, this is the first place I come to. I never fail to laugh and read some good stories.

I forgot to check in...been around for a while...Sad when you cant watch TV (no power) ...no internet..and only thing you can do is read by candlelight..Had that happen 3 Sundays in a row a year ago...Had a transformer blow up..Was tough..Hope to not experience it this year!

Hope everyone had a great day!

My first modem was a 300 baud modulator/demodulator for my Commedore64. The Commodore only had 64k of memory.

Now let me explain this:

1) Baud rate or speed was determined by how many characters per second you were sending or recieving. Now if some of you recall that dial-up connection speeds came in at 32K (thousand) characters per second or if you go back far enough 16K characters per second just a few short years ago. But back when I started on a computer I was doing 300 characters per second, or 1/10 the basic standard of today.

2) 64K of memory is explained like this - Most computers come with megabytes of memory, sometimes in the hundreds of megabutes. A megabyte is made of 1024 kilobytes. Now 64 kilobytes was all there was, wired on to the chip like that was all we would ever need. So that computer has 1/16 of a single Megabyte of memory as it's 'limit'.

And yes, it's partially because I'm old, but it's also because the computer industry has been running high gear for the last 20 years. I think they worked it out that computer breakthroughs every 18 months where as it would take 10 years to advance any other field just as far. Which is why you cant wait more than five years and still upgrade a computer. You're outdated by then.

...

Not that I've been addicted for any length of time or... anything.

Hehe...<gulp>

-M

Good Night Everyone!! I hope everyone has a GREAT night! I forgot to check in so I will just check out for the day! See you tomorrow!!

Sleep tight everyone.

Same for me.

"Oh everyone is asleep, I'll just leave a note"

Hi Gang, I was here but you were all snuggled down for the night. Kees/Sue

Okay, I'll just talk softly because kees_lady must have just gotten to sleep -

But Good Morning....

Enjoying my coffee and reading what the 'late nighters', the 'west coasters' and the 'other hemisphere people' have said while I was asleep.

I forgot to log out last night. I am here again, so Good Morning All.

I never log out so it probably appears I am on the board 24/7. LOL Not that there is anything wrong with that.

As I don't know the meaning of the word quiet, I'm here to say:

Hey, I'm back.

Yes, I am a loud, rude, obnoxious bi**h, but, hey, my heart's in the right place. kees already knows how I am, and, lovely lady that she is, forgives me of my sins when I wake her up.

Anywho-----will be in and out and MIA for days at a time here and there for the rest of this month. It is summer, and hubby and I are camping at our Sportsmen's Club campground. It's only three miles from here, but we spend alot of days just vegging and not going anywhere or doing anything in particular. Hubby is going to work, and that leaves me with no vehicle all afternoon and evening so no way to get home to the internet. Am home right now and doing laundry. Man, I threw those clothes in the washer and ran my fat butt in here to get to the Board. I knew I was addicted to this place, but didn't know how much until I went two or three days without being here. I spent all evening yesterday wondering what you all were up to, and if you missed me. Even though we're with the group of our real-life friends, I reeeeeeeally missed all of you.

Later gaters-----Try not to have too much fun without me.

Meme

Aww, Meme, you have a heart bigger than Dale's whole body - and no one woke me up; I fell asleep around 5am and was up again by 9:30, napped for a couple of hours about noon and now I'm here.

I never log out and my PC doesn't hibernate so it looks like I'm here 24/7, it's not a bad thing to do, just a bad, bad habit. My computer is a reconditioned one, so slow I call it "The Turtle" so if I go into hibernation mode I may never get back (and some probably wish I wouldn't), opinionated great grandma that I am - maybe I should take me in for an 'attitude adjustment.'

I am about to sign off for the night. Have a great night my fellow Monk buddies!

Checking in for the day...hope everyone had a great one...very tired from work...I'll be lurking around...

in case i didnt already say so, im here

hey...checking out for the night...hope everyone sleeps well..check you guys tomorrow!

Hey Mi - havent seen you in a day or so. Hope you're good!

I'm signing out for the night pretty soon. Night all. Sleep sweet!

-M

Hi, y'all I'm just checking in for the evening. HI!

B

Good Morning. Just checking in.

I forgot to check out again -- Do I have to do it before I'm allowed to check in?

Got my Monk book yesterday (Germany) -- loved it.

Mornin' all --

Good Morning all! Am installed in new house with wireless connection in all rooms. Woo Hoo! Glad you like Germany, B-gal.
I let the cat out for the first time - yard is fenced in and darn if she didn't get out. I would love to meet the neighbors in my pajamas calling "Here Kitty" at o'dark early! So I snuck around in the bushes and finally she came to me. Talk about first impressions!
Love you guys,
M1

Don't worry if that was your first impression, I had that happen to me a few years ago. I had just moved in to this house and it was like 10 at night. My cat got out and I flew out of the house after him. He runs into my neighbor's backyard so I go after him. My neighbor opens his back door to see what is going on and there I am in my nightgown, standing in a bush trying to find my cat. Slightly embarrassing.

Hi and evening to all what a nice day it has been here not to hot and not to cold just nice for working in
Will be going to bed shortly and i wonder if the day i had today is going to be like tomorrow
But two days the same i dont think so .
I will be on and off every day have a nice weekend and good night

Hiya folks. It's almost a three day weekend!!!

Hi, everybody!
There is allways quiet at this time... I think. Not so much activity. There was q-letter on the line in Monk A-Z game and I wonder, oh no, allways something difficult (to me), when I am looking at A-Z. Nice that you are back Monkophile1! My cat is allways running out. I let it be out for awhile but it loves to run away to herself. Then it waits outside the yard door, that I notice it and open the door.



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Hello, Suomi-person!

I find that it is a mistake to believe that a cat wishes to be indoors or outdoors. A cat wishes to stand at an open door, with a human in attendance.

hey all...just checking in...trying to get the dog to play...will be haning in until she gets on my nerves! LOL

Hi

I'm here.
wanna talk.
anyone?

Sorry Mi...dog is driving me nuts! Have to call it a night...Take care..

I'm checking in -- I'll be here for a little while.

Hello!! I am just checking in. Hope everyone had a GREAT day!!

Hi...Oh, sorry did I startle you?

I'm back.

Bflogal, lovethatmonk,
thanx, mi amigas.

I'm checking out now.....haha..mui amiga, no??
I've talked to my hand a lot ....and now it´s almost 11:30PM here...tired....

see ya guys tomorrow!
hugs

Mi

H ey, Kees Lady! I have also a terrible slow computer. Then it goes all the time to the ´dead ends´, it claims, that the page which I try to get open didn´t exists at all. I suppose there is something wrong in it, maybe viruses. that is why I sometimes keep it open all the time, because it takes so long time to open it again. And sometimes I am logged in a long time, although I don´t even be near the computer, because I have works to do with my family and home. If a reply have remained unfinished, I want to finish it when I have time, so I don´t log out.




´Suomi-person!´ That was nice!

Ähhh... why I allways get cat-keeping advises, when I mention my cat. I don´t lock it out. But it is good that people here want to help others... I just meant that sometimes it runs away without permission through open window. I try to keep the windows so that it cant escape, but it is still succesfull in escaping. So it is out and the doors are closed, I don´t keep them open all the time. And then I notice, that it is behind the closed door waiting for getting in. I dont do it in purpose. Sometimes I let it out, when children are out also and then the yard door is open. But usually it just sleeps inside. It sleeps a lot. In our neighbourhood there are other running-out cats also, my cat isn´t the only one. I live on the first floor, so it doesn´t hurt herself.


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Hello, Just checking in.

It's a drizzly overcast morning in Buffalo. The temperature at 9AM is 68 degrees Farhenheit.

I'm sure you were all dying to know that.

Good Morning!

You have no idea how thrilled I am about that either. This has been hell week. If I don't leave work soon and start my weekend I may hurt someone.

:::Stumbles in w/ eyes squinty, sipping on black coffee::: Mmmmng.

Hello, everyone!!

Today is my father´s birthday, he's turning 74, but looks like 54...really! He runs his Driving School, is a very active man and pretty charming!! He has a beautiful girlfriend, and she's jealous of him!!! He looks good, and has a lot of old women calling him...haha, that´s my dad!! My mom was jealous of him too, he always looked younger!

I guess Lebanese people have something on their age, they always look younger!
(right, Mr Shalhoub?)

Hope I have this youth fountain in my blood too.......

Have a nice day, guys! My bro, my sis and I, with our families, will get together with him at dinner, to celebrate his birthday! yeah, great time!!!
I will think of you, guys, when I 'll sip a nice wine and taste some great food! For the choco-holics, I will get some for dessert too...

Hugs
Mi

Good Afternoon Everyone! I will be on here off and on throughout the rest of the day! I can't believe I remembered to check in first!

Tell your dad happy birthday for us! And yes please get some chocolate for me.

My mother's birthday is tomorrow -she's a 4th of July baby and hates it. LOL

I hope your Dad has a Happy Birthday! Save us all some Chocolate!!

Hey everybody.

Anyone seen my keys? I think I might have dropped them in here?

Nope?

Okay. Toodle-oo!

Oh, those were your keys? I gave the to BfloGal....Oh, wait. Maybe she just looked like BfloGal. Or was it Natalie? I can't rememeber...Good luck, Og.

WEEKEND!!!!