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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I could actually do something like that.....

maybe I'll hang on to the idea :rolleyes:;)

Don't forget to put yer hair back in a bun so you can un-pin it and shake yer head at the right moment ;)

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Don't forget to put yer hair back in a bun so you can un-pin it and shake yer head at the right moment ;)

:lol:

I'll have to make a to-do list.... 'uh, hold on..... let me see what the next step is....'

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

Listen to us. Giving Jess dating advice. I haven't dated in 30 years! :)

It is fun! ;)

celiac-mommy Collaborator
celiac-mommy
Posted

This thread is like the best birth control reading ever.

Both of mine were all natural too. J and my mom were begging the nurses to call an anethesiologist for me, but I refused. DD was born 20 minutes after they broke my water and DS was born in 1 push--I went from contractions being comfortable at 9 minutes apart to no minutes apart and the nurse was yelling for me not to push. Dr ran in, caught him and that was it! I got to cut his cord, nurse him, cuddle him, everything, before J came into the room! He missed the whole thing-and the sad part was that he was in the hospital! The loud speakers apparently don't work in the cafeteria ;)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

This thread is like the best birth control reading ever.

Good timing for it, too!!

Listen to us. Giving Jess dating advice. I haven't dated in 30 years! :)

Yeah, but us old married women know that men are simple .... show up with a six pack, naked. Our list is so much more detailed than that .....

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Both of mine were all natural too. J and my mom were begging the nurses to call an anethesiologist for me, but I refused. DD was born 20 minutes after they broke my water and DS was born in 1 push--I went from contractions being comfortable at 9 minutes apart to no minutes apart and the nurse was yelling for me not to push. Dr ran in, caught him and that was it! I got to cut his cord, nurse him, cuddle him, everything, before J came into the room! He missed the whole thing-and the sad part was that he was in the hospital! The loud speakers apparently don't work in the cafeteria ;)

Wow--so phast that he missed the whole thing! :o

I did my first with no meds at all. Only one dose of Demerol with the second during the labor part.

Yeah, but us old married women know that men are simple .... show up with a six pack, naked. Our list is so much more detailed than that .....

<snort>

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

Had something to put on here but got distracted by the 5:00 news and the miners. Must not have been important!

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Had something to put on here but got distracted by the 5:00 news and the miners. Must not have been important!

You'll think of it later--when you're off the computer :P

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

Now I remember! They had an earthshake in Oklahoma today. The lady at the grocery said her daughter is in Oregon and they have been warned to get supplies. They are expecting a 9.0 earthquake. Any of you Pacific Northwest residents heard this?

celiac-mommy Collaborator
celiac-mommy
Posted

they had an earthquake in Oklahoma but we're supposed to get one in Oregon too :unsure: that's random :P

I haven't heard anything and I'm in Portland right now. We've had the radio on all day too. I'll do some digging...

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

they had an earthquake in Oklahoma but we're supposed to get one in Oregon too :unsure: that's random :P

Well duhhhhh . . . both your states start with the letter O . . . I wouldn't call that random at all!!! B)

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

they had an earthquake in Oklahoma but we're supposed to get one in Oregon too :unsure: that's random :P

Sorry, I forgot you weren't there! I feel I take you all with me everywhere. The grocery lady said her folks live in OK and just had an earthquake. Then she said her daughter in Oregon said they were reporting that the ""geographical signs" were pointing to an earthquake.

celiac-mommy Collaborator
celiac-mommy
Posted

Sorry, I forgot you weren't there! I feel I take you all with me everywhere.

Ahhh, you're sweet. ;) I take y'all around with me in me pocket all day :P

The grocery lady said her folks live in OK and just had an earthquake. Then she said her daughter in Oregon said they were reporting that the ""geographical signs" were pointing to an earthquake.

All I can find is that no one thinks we are prepared. Especially for the coast-apparently no one is prepared for a tsunami. That reminds me, I need to get some groceries....

Actually, I just wanna make sure I'm on the right side of the Interstate bridge if it happens. I do NOT want to swim the Columbia River to get home!!

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

When we lived in Sacramento. Ca, we waited for the big one to hit San Fran so we could have beach front property!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I take y'all around with me in me pocket all day :P

Moving wasn't nearly so hard since I took all of you wif me :wub:

When we lived in Sacramento. Ca, we waited for the big one to hit San Fran so we could have beach front property!

:lol: :lol:

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

The Oracle is being serious (yeah, occasionally I am not trying to be phunny).

A quake of 9.0 severity in a populated area would be devastating. Quakes of that magnitude in recorded history have all been subduction megathrust quakes where tectonic plates slide. The last one on that scale in North America was a 9.2 with the epicenter south of Anchorage, AK, in 1964. The Pacific plate slid under the North American plate by 23 meters. It could have been much worse, but the movement happened kilometers below sea level under Prince William Sound.

If a 9.0 magnitude quake hits in Oregon, Rachelle's home may well suddenly have a beach front on the Pacific Ocean. Assuming the tsunami does not wipe it out. :huh:

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
Posted

Our 7.2 quake was a slip/thrust of the Australian and Pacific plates, but it only moved three meters! Nevertheless, it was under land and comparatively shallow (15 km) so we have pictures of a hedge torn apart and growing beside itself for three meters

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................ ************************ :P:blink:

We had a 5.0 aftershock yesterday, the biggest in a while, and the first one I have 'heard' since I have been back. What a rattle and a clatter as the shockwave hit the western side of the house :o They said we may have them (aftershocks) for two or three years!! There have been over 1400 so far.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

:(

If a 9.0 magnitude quake hits in Oregon, Rachelle's home may well suddenly have a beach front on the Pacific Ocean. Assuming the tsunami does not wipe it out. :huh:

We had a 5.0 aftershock yesterday, the biggest in a while, and the first one I have 'heard' since I have been back. What a rattle and a clatter as the shockwave hit the western side of the house :o They said we may have them (aftershocks) for two or three years!! There have been over 1400 so far.

Pserious stuph :(

Shroom--aftershocks fer 2 or 3 years....wow!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Jess??? You up yet?

Are you home yet? :P

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

Jess??? You up yet?

Are you home yet? :P

Come on, Jess! The suspense is killing us!

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

Come on, Jess! The suspense is killing us!

Yeah, like no pressure to tell ALL or 'owt but WIH are yer?!?! laugh.gif

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

mmmmmmm

first time was not a fluke.....

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

mmmmmmm

first time was not a fluke.....

:):):)

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Yay, Jyessssss! :)B)

Whadja wear?

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

mmmmmmm

first time was not a fluke.....

:D :D :D

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