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Patty
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May 28 2010, 4:46pm
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Ah, a very chilled Bailey's will go down nicely today.
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But I'm going to substitute some lowfat chocolate milk instead. Must lower this cholestrol and get off the statin medicines--they are starting to scare me. No plans for the holiday, except to take my car to get the ac fixed on Saturday. Just resting sounds great. Have a wonderful holiday, all.
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 4:52pm
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The secret to sane and relatively smooth moves...
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Is once you get a box properly packed, when you move KEEP that box, preferably labelled and order your boxes in a logical fashion so you can find the right box to pack up again. Then, when you "acquire" new STUFF, buy some boxes and begin when you open your new mathom of finding a box for it for when it too will have to be packed and shipped. By doing a little work once to get organized, moving becomes a snap - except storage for all those boxes! <chuckle>
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 4:58pm
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is much simpler than moving a whole house's worth of stuff but even so, you think you don't have that much stuff, it just one room right? then you start packing everything up and you realize how much there really is
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 4:58pm
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"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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macfalk
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May 28 2010, 4:59pm
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Never heard of it - what's it about, and how do you celebrate it?
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 5:00pm
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I've got the same question about Bank Holiday
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but for your answer you can see GAndy's original post to the thread
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:01pm
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That the Brownies come out and make sure to put more things that you haven't seen in years out in the Light again for you to find to move so that they have something to play with in their new home?
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:02pm
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I remember that joke! "Smooth move, Ex-Lax!" BWA! HAHAHAHA! //
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:06pm
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And I get FOUR days off (the general in charge of AFSPC - Air Force Space Command - designated today my birth--- hehehe I mean a "Family Day" in conjunction with the holiday weekend. We normally get around six of those a year, usually Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day we get an extra day off. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{gramma}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} (The Mad Hugger strikes again!)
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 5:08pm
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and when things go missing it's just the gremlins
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:09pm
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Splendid! Especially your cousin! HOORAY! Try to rest. I know you'll study for exams, but try to rest as well. Well done!
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:12pm
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I wish you ALL the best on getting off of the statins. That's what scared me into becoming MUCH more active and radically altering my diet was I did NOT want on statins because the side effects are a mile long and some of them are as dangerous as the cholesterol itself! (At least it sounded that way to me).
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:15pm
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Read my entry in this thread macfalk
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I put in a brief history of Memorial Day. It's most closely associated with Veteran's Day in the U.K.
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:16pm
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Bank Holiday is roughly equivalent to Federal Holiday here in the 'States//
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:17pm
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:20pm
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Thank you again! It's been my pleasure and honour to serve. Wish I had a not-so-dangerous magic invisibility ring for my retirement ceremony year-after-next. March 7, 2012 I'll finally hang up my "battle togs" for good. Seems surreal to be talking about that.
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 5:22pm
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what is the purpose of the holiday? (other than getting a day off of work)
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 5:23pm
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you don't get that until your 111th birthday //
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Patty
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May 28 2010, 5:26pm
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yeah, they are. I already have some neuropathy and my focus and memory have begun to suffer. I've been on them about 6 years. I just made an appointment with my doctor for Tuesday. I'm going off whether he likes it or not.
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:35pm
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Only advice I can give you for such a brave step is to step up your game in exercise and getting as close as you can to vegetarian (THAT one REALLY rankles THIS old carnivore!) *SIGH!* But the price is very small when placed against possible extra years with my son.
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!" ---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:38pm
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It's not a singular holiday...
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A "bank holiday" can be any of several throughout the year with the only correlation between them is that the banks (and most other institutions) are closed that day and in many cases other businesses follow suit. If memory serves it came to be called bank holidays because if the banks closed to observe the holiday in question then it usually ended up being a national holiday. Did I get that right or close British TORnfolk?
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Oiotári
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May 28 2010, 5:40pm
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I guess I was just confused because I'm not used to calling our federal holidays "federal holidays"
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Darkstone
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May 28 2010, 5:43pm
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Hold everything but the vodka. Just had a three day five year audit at work. They found three deficiencies, two of which I think we'll be able to erase with some documentation. Life is good. There's also some recommendations where they told us to do the exact oppostie of what previous inspectors said. Same old same old. We're going to stay home this weekend and watch movies with friends.
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 5:50pm
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All it really means is that everybody celebrates them instead of local-type things//
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