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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Sillies the flakes have officially started falling!!!! Snow Snow Snow!!!

We don't have it yet--right now it's just grey, but the sky looks like snow.

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Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Sillies the flakes have officially started falling!!!! Snow Snow Snow!!!

You know how you kind of skip over words/punctuation or add them in where you think you see them . . . all subconsiously . . . this is what I read . . .

Sillies, the flakes in the office have started falling. . . :lol::lol: and I'm not talking snowflakes :lol::lol:

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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No snow here, but it's like 15 degrees. Freezing!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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No snow here, but it's like 15 degrees. Freezing!

(shiver) :o

It's really not terribly cold here--mid 30's. The last I heard, any snow we do get will turn to rain later. Just in time to make for a sloppy rush hour.

elye Community Regular
elye
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Sillies, the flakes in the office have started falling. . . :lol::lol: and I'm not talking snowflakes

:lol::lol:

...Sounds like there are a few of them in said office...haven't you spoken, Amanda, about employees kneeling on their desks, etc.?

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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:o

OMG - where IS everyone......so quiet todya.......have we all lost our collective mojos???????

This has been the saddest day here all week, except for sunday........WTH? Am wondering if I got mildly glutened.....had some strange poop yesterday.........and today, sad, tired, mojo-less......good Lord......just went to Trader Joe's, was talking to Mike, the manager - we alwyas have great chats about this and that (he wants to set me up w/ his best friend).....so then, this very attractive, athletic-looking 50-y-old-ish man - whom I'd been eyeing in the frozen foods section - walks up to talk to Mike about wine (and Mike knows him, greeted him by name). And what did I do??????????? :blink: somehow got tongue-tied, lost brain cells, and mumbled something about "oh, I"m drinking the $2 cab these days........."

:blink:

mygawd, of all the things to say.......it fell like a lead balloon and there was just really nowhere to go with it.

needless to say, he did not find me charming.

:lol:

But I told Mike about Stinker - he had actually given me a FREE bottle of some glucosamine stuff about a month ago, so knew about her condition........maybe he'll tell the cute guy something about me being devoid of personality JUST FOR TODAY as I was grieving?

:lol:

We can only hope.

<idiot-girl-who-no-longer-knows-how-to-talk-to-attractive-men....probably because there is such a deArth of them around here>

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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I am trying to particpate but we have been getting a lot of new trials here which means lots of new work. Plus I was just assigned my 1st big trial with a drug company so lots of prep work now....I have not lost my silly though :)

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Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
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Susie... Annie going to Tika's house- that's brutal :( And maybe you'll run into the cutie at TJ's again... you never know.

I ran into someone from this board at Whole Foods a few months ago. Kara's Mom, fairly new. We had a good chat and I showed her some stuff. She was really nice. It was a total surprise meeting, because I live about an hour north of this Whole Foods, and she lives even further away, in the opposite direction- but it's the closest one for both of us.

Well, we actually got a few inches of snow early this morning!!!!!!! The best snow we've had in a couple years. Our land is basically one huge hill, so the boys and I just got in from sledding. I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow. :lol: But the boys said that if I didn't sled, then I was a wimp. I couldn't let that stand!

We had the BEST time!!!

elye Community Regular
elye
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OMG - where IS everyone......so quiet todya.......have we all lost our collective mojos???????

My mojo is currently buried deep within, as I struggle with a case of stubborn !**#!!*#!! CHROME REGISTRATION.... :angry::angry:

....had some strange poop yesterday.........

:blink:

needless to say, he did not find me charming.

Well, Susie!! What you should have done: instead of sharing any wine preferences, share the condition of your poop. This gets them attracted immediately. :lol::lol:<_<

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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sledding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay, what fun!!!!!!!!! no one can NOT have fun whilst sledding, it's just magic. did it all of our lives, up at Shaver........OMG I want THAT cabin back...... :(

So......I'm such an eejit......even though I was a DOLT and said taht I drank the $2 cab, and the cute guy replies, "oh, that's no good......" and then there was awkwardness, SHEESH, I coulda said so many charming things, showing in a very subtle but engaging way, my semi-knowledge of wine (which BTW I seem to have totally forgotten).

"oh, but there's lush fruit, tastes much more complex than many $15 bottles I"ve had lately......."

"yes, but I"m not getting any of the green that I"m getting in other, pricier cabs, the fruit is surprisingly well-developed...."

"oh, no! There's a surprisingly full and velvet-y mouth feel, you ought to break down and spend the $2..."

:blink:

crap, I"m not even that charming in writing, either.

:lol: :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Well, Susie!! What you should have done: instead of sharing any wine preferences, share the condition of your poop. This gets them attracted immediately. :lol::lol:<_<

:lol: :lol:

Why don't I print out a copy of my clostridium difficile story, and just hand them out? 'twould surely separate the men from the boys. :lol: and then, i"ll tell them about my friends on here, and how much WE talk about poop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like flies to honey, I tell ya...... :lol: :lol:

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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Emily's IS here!!!!!!!..........t'was a rumoUr she had fell into a forumless abyss :unsure::o ........thank god she's ok!!!!!!!

The EmbarASSing Chronicles of Beverly"'

:lol::lol:

A$$holes I have Known, and How to Avoid Them

GAHHHHhhh!!!!!!!!! :lol::lol::lol:

Bestseller written all over these two :P

I ran into someone from this board at Whole Foods a few months ago.

That just never happens to me <_<:lol:

Shy bowels and doggie commands :lol: ...mine (when I had dogs) was Go busy!!!!........ grammatically incorrect, I know!... but they knew what I wanted from them :huh:

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
Posted

I dunno Susie, could he have been a wine SNOB? I mean, I'm all for wine appreciation... But like you, I appreciate those great cheap wines too!!!

Wine snobbery is kind of insufferable.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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So......I'm such an eejit......even though I was a DOLT and said taht I drank the $2 cab, and the cute guy replies, "oh, that's no good......" and then there was awkwardness, SHEESH, I coulda said so many charming things . . .

I always liked the traditional

Oh Yeahhhhhh?

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
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I always liked the traditional

Oh Yeahhhhhh?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's usually about what i can come up with on the spot!

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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I ran into someone from this board at Whole Foods a few months ago. Kara's Mom, fairly new. We had a good chat and I showed her some stuff. She was really nice. It was a total surprise meeting, because I live about an hour north of this Whole Foods, and she lives even further away, in the opposite direction- but it's the closest one for both of us.

Just for future reference, Sarah, you're suppose to document these types of meetings with a photo that is then posted as your av!!!! Not that we don't believe you . . . (suurrrre she ran into Kara's mom)

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Wine snobbery is kind of insufferable.

:lol: oh you have nooooooooooo idea......working at the tasting room for four years.....mygawd, the things people would do to get US to know how much THEY knew about wine.........cannot tell you how many times I had to hear about someone's $500 (or more) bottle of Chateau Lafitte.....and blah blah blah.......and I had to VIOLENTLY SUPPRESS the urge to yell out:

"DID IT FEEL ANY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU PEED IT OUT?????????????"

...and then, when some eejit would say, " how many days of cold press maceration does this see? what's the percentage of malolactic fermentation?"

:blink:

<who gives a sh*t>

....to which I wanted to yell:

"WILL YOU LIKE IT MORE IF I TELL YOU????????????"

*snicker*

susie HAAAAAAAATES wine snobs.

I always liked the traditional

Oh Yeahhhhhh?

:lol: that could have worked. He wasn't interested. Although, when I was standing at the register and looked back over to the two of them, Mike was smiling and giving me a look....but it could have been a sympathy smile over my dead dog.

I'll corner him next time. :lol:

elye Community Regular
elye
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"oh, but there's lush fruit, tastes much more complex than many $15 bottles I"ve had lately......."

"yes, but I"m not getting any of the green that I"m getting in other, pricier cabs, the fruit is surprisingly well-developed...."

"oh, no! There's a surprisingly full and velvet-y mouth feel, you ought to break down and spend the $2..."

Nope. None of those. You've almost got it, though. Something like this will have any of them like putty in your hands:

"Well....all I can say is, wine, shmine....There's a surprisingly full and velvety feel in my bowels today, and well-developed, green stools, like lush fruit..."

:lol::lol:

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
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Just for future reference, Sarah, you're suppose to document these types of meetings with a photo that is then posted as your av!!!! Not that we don't believe you . . . (suurrrre she ran into Kara's mom)

I know! I wish I'd had a camera with me, but I didn't. And my phone isn't one of those fancy schmancy camera phones.

I really did meet her, I promise, just ask her! :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted
"Well....all I can say is, wine, shmine....There's a surprisingly full and velvety feel in my bowels today, and well-developed, green stools, like lush fruit..."

:lol::lol:

gufFAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

OMG!!!!!!!! You guys are killing me!!!!!!!!!!!

:D:lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted

:lol: still laughing............Emily, congratulations, I think that may have been the single biggest and loudest guffaw I've ever had on teh silly thread...........

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

totally needed it today............ :lol: :lol: :lol:

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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crap, I"m not even that charming in writing, either.

:lol: :lol:

:lol: ........oh my GAWD!!!...yer done FAR better than I...am absolute CRAP at witty flirting AND when it comes to wine..if it's cheap enough and drinkable...... :D

'twould surely separate the men from the boys.

Without a doubt :lol:

No snow here :angry: ...just cold and wet and windy and...*unrelenting*.......but I am getting a slight chuckle from hearing American Idol in the background......the first auditions.... :lol: .... :lol:

tom Contributor
tom
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<idiot-girl-who-no-longer-knows-how-to-talk-to-attractive-men....probably because there is such a deArth of them around here>

:lol: gah <there's my uncoloUrized scarlet letter>

Quite the coincidence (large, one could say, if not in the presence of that 1 ep Seinfeld char who insisted "coincidences don't have sizes") that in this morning's local paper I ran into a reference to a Men's Health mag ranking of "Best Cities for Women to Meet Men", in which my own San Jose was #1.

A momentary flash of pride at my town being #1 in anything was abruptly followed by the realization that this is BAD BAD news for ME!!

Bad bad bad . .. . . .. . <_<

But Fresno's better than Buffalo!!!!! And Toledo!!

P.S. Stupid Men's Health mag site doesn't work for me or I'd have put up the link.

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
Posted

Well, there are NO cute guys around here- except Brian of course, I got the last one. ;):lol:

Hmm, at first I thought that Tom referencing a Men's Health article was a little payback for all the tampon and purse conversations, but then I realized......... that's a VERY Cosmo kind of article.

Tom... are you SURE that's was from Men's Health???????

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