Anyone for Coffee? (no boys allowed)

[master chief]

lol yeah good point...


i looove halo, like, way too much... im such a geek...

[Sapphire]

Well, everybody has his/her favourite games :)

I myself am no gamer. I just always sucked at it when I tried, never had the patience to just go on with it and get better ;) I just wanted to be good straight away :lol: I did find an extra level for Mario once, as a little kid - the neighbour boy immediately took over the controls when he figured out I had found some place he had never been :D I grabbed it back but after getting killed 5 times I let him play it ... :p

[master chief]

Well, everybody has his/her favourite games :)

I myself am no gamer. I just always sucked at it when I tried, never had the patience to just go on with it and get better ;) I just wanted to be good straight away :lol: I did find an extra level for Mario once, as a little kid - the neighbour boy immediately took over the controls when he figured out I had found some place he had never been :D I grabbed it back but after getting killed 5 times I let him play it ... :p

you know... i think you shouldnt give up... it takes time and patience... my words of wisdom? when you fail, try, try again!!!

[Sapphire]

Yes, I know - but I already spend so much time behind a computer... If I become a gamer too, I'll never go outside anymore :lol: That would be a shame :D.

And, I need some spare time to read books - got to count that in too ;)

But you're right. If you really want something, you've got to try and try again.

[master chief]

i agree... but you may want to think about computer games...

hers a link you should look at....http://www.runescape.com/

brb...

[Sapphire]

I had a quick look (I should really learn not to click on links the moment they turn up :lol: ). I think gaming indeed has its own charm, but I rather dream away in a book :) One that already has a prescribed ending, which you can not change any more...

[master chief]

oh ok... i just thought id try...:p

[Sapphire]

Well, as we said, never quit trying :p

What about some coffee? :D


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/andreaj27/Oldies/coffee.jpg

[master chief]

haha!!! thats funny!!


sure! ill take a mocha...

[Sapphire]

Funny, and kinda true sometimes ;) Though of course, it is very easy to just blame the coffee :D - I do it all the time, while still claiming the caffeine does not affect me... a bit of a contradiction there :lol:

[dramasnot6]

Starbucks soy vanilla lattes all the way.

[PoeticPassions]

I actually hate coffee (sorry, sorry) but I am up for some tea... Rooibos tea is my favorite (with milk and honey), followed by green tea...

:)

[sprinks]

I love Rooibos too :). And green tea :D. Although I'd order mine as:
1. Green tea
2. Chrysanthemum tea
3. Rooibos tea
4. other types of tea (I had a really nice Jasmine one once)

of course I know some of those are tisanes rather than teas, but I'm tired :)

[LostPrincess13]

Here you are ladies!:D

http://www.ilovemygrub.com/files/images/features/Rooibos_tea1.jpg

I thought I'd lay out a little spread of fruits, scones, biscuits, and pastry for you too.:D

http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/Lifestyle/2007/05/images/TeaParty.jpg

Enjoy!:D

[krystal]

hi all!!!

im new to the forum... my brother is helping me with this account till i get the hang of it...


oooh!!!!!!! tea!!! i love tea!!!!!! espescially jasmin tea!!!

[krystal]

hello?

[PoeticPassions]

Thanks, lostprincess! ahh, so lovely :D

[Sapphire]

Well, I've had enough coffee today :lol: I could take some tea for the variance of it ;) Rooibos is second best, first would be ... erm... a literal translation would be "starmix" :brickwall It has Liquorice, aniseed, fennel and peppermint as ingredients. Though, coming to think of it - I might simply like some leaves of fresh plucked mint into some hot water the best :D I think I am going to the balcony to get me some, BRB.

Welcome Krystal :) Sweet of your brother to help you out!

[krystal]

thanx sapphire!!!

how are you?

[Michael T]

Oops! Sorry girls...wrong thread. I was looking for the mens thread. Hey I never knew 'Lostprincess13' served drinks in here too. He says...backing out slowly.

[Sapphire]

I am fine, thank you for asking. I hope you're too ;)

BTW, what made you join this forum? I remember the first time I went on a forum, I had no clue of anything :lol: No brother to help me out either ;) Some nice members did explain things to me though - so if your brother gets too annoyed, do not hesitate to ask :) Not that I know everything :brickwall AND I am also a bit of a newby in here... But asking never hurts ;)

Yeah right Michael_T :angel:, very convincing as a mistake :lol: Ow hold on, he's gone. And here's me, rambling on :brickwall

[krystal]

meh... my bro is veery patient... ty for the offer tho...

i am good!!!

brb

[Sapphire]

I have to run now - see you around and good luck with getting to know the forum :)

[krystal]

ty!~u~!!

[Niamh]

So i thought i'd share...
I went for a smear last month and got hte results today. 100% negative. Am very relieved.

[Mortis Anarchy]

So i thought i'd share...
I went for a smear last month and got hte results today. 100% negative. Am very relieved.

Yay!!!!:thumbs_up

Anyone here know of glow in the dark eye makeup that doesn't look...oh I guess that would be stupid to say since glow in the dark eye makeup would look silly anyways. But I'm going to a party on friday and it is a black light party, so I think it would be fun.

[Sapphire]

:D That is good news, Niamh! :thumbs_up

And Mortis, I have no experience with that kind of make up - just with those "glow in the dark sticks".

[PoeticPassions]

Mortis, just put on some kind of white eye shadow... and it should glow in black light...

[Niamh]

you should be able to get it in a joke shop or a costume shop.

[optimisticnad]

Does laser hair removal work? I'm getting so so tired of waxing legs and other parts. But I'm worried about these long term/permanent solutions, I've heard sometimes they have horrible consequences.


Here you are ladies!:D

http://www.ilovemygrub.com/files/images/features/Rooibos_tea1.jpg

I thought I'd lay out a little spread of fruits, scones, biscuits, and pastry for you too.:D

http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/Lifestyle/2007/05/images/TeaParty.jpg

Enjoy!:D

I think I've put on weight simply looking at that!

I have lost 1 stone and half in 3 months! I've got one stone to go for my ideal healthy weight, all the junk food during uni life was starting to show!

[Sapphire]

About Hair Removal
A girl I know is having it done. Not sure about the consequences in the long run, but I do know it takes a long time before you're done with it! She is doing her legs and bikini line, and needs 8 appointments to get it to work. As I understand, the machine goes for the darkest hairs first, then the 2nd appointment is for the next to darkest hairs etc. She needs at least 6 weeks (I do not remember exactly) between each treatment. Taking that you're not allowed to go into the sun (bad for the skin and diminishes the contrast between hairs and skin) and the treatment itself is hurtful and expensive... I am really doubtful to take the step. Almost one whole year not in the sun! :eek2: But, on the other hand... you do not need to shave anymore, that is worth something I guess.

She believes it works (otherwise she would not have done it). I don't know - got to see it in 10 years time ... Very sceptical myself ;)

[Shalot]

I've heard that there is the possibility of some of it growing back with the laser thing, but some is better than a lot I guess. Hair removal in general is a pain - no matter what you do there seems to be some side effect. Isn't there a prescription cream you can get? That's not permanent either. As soon as you quit using it, the hair grows back, and it's expensive.

Why can't hairy sasquatch be in style? It'd be much easier.

[Sapphire]

I wonder how long this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQCBSUDuyY) would last... I think I'll stick to the razor...

And yeah, it has probably to do with style. But I am used to smooth legs now. Would not want them hairy even if it would become "style" now...

[PoeticPassions]

it's all about perception I guess. I agree, I am so used to shaving that having really hairy legs would bother me... but maybe that's because I have been socialized to think that hairy legs and armpits, and so on, are ugly and gross.... I remember a time when I did not wax my bikini line (or do a brazilian wax) and I was fine with it, lived with it, then all of a sudden it became something that I "should" do, so I do it always now... hating it when the hair grows too much.

ah, conformity and social norms. Maybe if they had a new magazine out: with healthy (by this I mean not stick thin or airbrushed) looking and hairy girls as models... then things would be different.

[Sapphire]

Back to the 60's? Though to be honest, I have no idea what the models in magazines looked like back then ... Would that be Twiggy? I guess she would fall into the stick thin category...

[link] Hair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y)... Ok, that's a guy fighting for his rights - but still, somehow this reminded me of that musical :lol:

[Mortis Anarchy]

About Hair Removal
A girl I know is having it done. Not sure about the consequences in the long run, but I do know it takes a long time before you're done with it! She is doing her legs and bikini line, and needs 8 appointments to get it to work. As I understand, the machine goes for the darkest hairs first, then the 2nd appointment is for the next to darkest hairs etc. She needs at least 6 weeks (I do not remember exactly) between each treatment. Taking that you're not allowed to go into the sun (bad for the skin and diminishes the contrast between hairs and skin) and the treatment itself is hurtful and expensive... I am really doubtful to take the step. Almost one whole year not in the sun! :eek2: But, on the other hand... you do not need to shave anymore, that is worth something I guess.

She believes it works (otherwise she would not have done it). I don't know - got to see it in 10 years time ... Very sceptical myself ;)

My aunt had that done. It has been 2 years and it seemed to have worked. Also, my brother had a teacher in middle school that got his facial hair (mustache, beard areas) removed with the laser. As far as I know he hasn't had any problems. I hate shaving...and I can't stand seeing an bit of growth on my legs, etc. If I had the money I would consider undergoing the procedure--only because I've seen the effect first hand. Then again, it is up for personal opinion. This same aunt also got her eyebrows, lip liner and eye liner tattooed on. Very popular in Mexico I believe. I don't think I would EVER consider that.

Oh, and I figured out what I'm doing for my make up for the party. No glow in the dark, I decided to take a mod/retro look with bright sassy colors. Should be super fun.

[Sapphire]

Hmm... even if it works only for 2 years it might be worth the hustle... But indeed, money is a bother to get this done. I also heard it's not the best thing to do to your skin...

No glow in the dark, I decided to take a mod/retro look with bright sassy colors. Should be super fun.
Grand idea :D

[Niamh]

Sounds cool Mort! Better post piccys!

[dramasnot6]

it's all about perception I guess. I agree, I am so used to shaving that having really hairy legs would bother me... but maybe that's because I have been socialized to think that hairy legs and armpits, and so on, are ugly and gross.... I remember a time when I did not wax my bikini line (or do a brazilian wax) and I was fine with it, lived with it, then all of a sudden it became something that I "should" do, so I do it always now... hating it when the hair grows too much.

ah, conformity and social norms. Maybe if they had a new magazine out: with healthy (by this I mean not stick thin or airbrushed) looking and hairy girls as models... then things would be different.

I like that idea! It would be nice to see some real-looking people in those things...

[Nightshade]

I had my hair cut ( by a hairdresser) on friday It was midback length to start and now about sholder length.
Look at me away a month and I cant even think how to post ... :rolleyes:
where was I oh yes hair, so the hairderesser sees my hair and makes the squeaky OH MY GOD sound, and want to know just how much she can chop off... I hadn't realised it had got that bad. I should perhaps explain that including friday I have had my hair cut/seen by hairdresser on 2 in the last 13 years. Generally I grab one of my sisters when they are bored and go hey do you feel like cutting 4 inches off my hair?
so question conditioner- how does that work exactly? as in why is supposed to be so good? what makes it any different to shampoo? and how do I use it... :rolleyes:

[Eugenie]

people didn't used to use conditioner I think, but instead used vinegar in water for the final rinse, or if blonde, lemon water. Conditioner is supposed to make the hair shaft smooth, the little threads lying down and one on top of the other instead of flying about and giving the appearance of disorder and dullness, as opposed to shampoo which lifts dirt from the hair and rinses away in water.
It is a good idea to use conditioner if it is fly away, course or unmanagible. But you must rinse thoroughly. And if still dreadful on the ends you can use very refined oil, mixed in the palm of your hand with a little water and massaged in. Makes thehair look polished and elegant.

I once had sixteen inches cut off. I remember feeling like a friend had died and I felt sick for a while until I learned to love my shoulder length bob.

[Niamh]

And your hair is so pretty that length! I got my hair cut too on wednesday! :D

[Tournesol]

I need to get my hair trimmed soon - and yes, Muslim women DO go to the hair dresser, and we DO style and colour our hair!!


I had my hair mid-back length up to early last year. Then I got it cut shoulder-length, and now I can't wait for it to grow longer...and it's seeming to take FOREVER!!! Ilvoe long hair!

I forgot to mention - today my fiance and I went to the apartment to start getting things in order. It was so romantic, being there together with him, knowing that that's where we're going to start our life together. We didn't take a thing to eat...I'd taken an apple and a pear, and he brought Gatorade and Lucozade - and that was breakfast and lunch...lol...needless to say - it was one of the best meals that I've had ;-)

[Sapphire]

I can imagine Tournesol. :) Must be exiting to start a new period in your life, especially when it is a step to share that life ;)

And hairdresser... what is there to say. I went to one last month or so - telling them to cut it "shoulder length" - and take care I can still make a pony tail. Silly little me thought that would be "lowest tip on the shoulder blades". Of course I just let the hairdresser do her thing while I read up on the latest car technologies :p Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw my hair hanging until my shoulders :eek: She cut of 30cm! All my own "fault", but it was quite uneasy for a week :lol: I was so used to long hair :confused: It was a good thing she cut so much of though, my hair was a mess - I always bind it together by ... well, I grab the hair, turn it into chaos (or keep it in chaos) and put an elastic around it. No neat tail for me. Needless to say I had knots in my hair that were impossible to get out... So it is a good thing she could just cut those :)

Any ways... coffee anyone?

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss30/kbrown4500/stockphoto.jpg

[Nightshade]

I need to get my hair trimmed soon - and yes, Muslim women DO go to the hair dresser, and we DO style and colour our hair!!

true unless like me you are chronically lazy and not disposed to spending money you would rather save for books. :rolleyes:


[color="blue"]
And hairdresser... what is there to say. I went to one last month or so - telling them to cut it "shoulder length" - and take care I can still make a pony tail. Silly little me thought that would be "lowest tip on the shoulder blades". Of course I just let the hairdresser do her thing while I read up on the latest car technologies :p Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw my hair hanging until my shoulders :eek: She cut of 30cm! All my own "fault", but it was quite uneasy for a week :lol: I was so used to long hair :confused:
That is exactly what I said , shoulder length and I need to be able to tie it up, luckily she listened to me .

[Sapphire]

Well, she listened all right. I just had this image in my head of how it would be afterwards and it was a bit shorter than I had imagined ;) It is odd - I really feel like I have short hair now (shoulderlenght), while I have had a really short cut (ear lenght :p) until my next to final year in high school. Strange how quick you get used to longer hair! :D

[pussnboots]

I usually get my hair cut once a year around spring, early summer. Last time I had it cut was July of last year. It was way past my shoulders and I told my hairdresser I want it shoulder length. Meaning, I want my hair to reach my shoulders not above. So she starts cutting away and I am paying attention and thinking how short is she going but sometimes its hard to tell when your hair is still wet. To make a long story short, my hair was shorter than what I had wanted. I had a little stub for a pony tail.

[Scheherazade]

A little sensitivity please! There are some people amongst us who cut off 30 cm of their hair willingly!

:-/

[Nightshade]

Actually scher after she chopped off my hair I though I should have looked upo the rules that was a good 20- 25 cm, if I had fgiven it afew more months It would have been long enough!

[Sapphire]

A little sensitivity please! There are some people amongst us who cut off 30 cm of their hair willingly!
And :thumbs_up for those, for it is quite a change of face! I have thought about going for "short" hair again (when I have a steady income again and can actually afford to go to a hairdresser ;) ) but I really have no idea what kind of cut would look good. I just can not imagine it any more... I know you can start playing with photoshop and stuff, but that really does not look realistic when I try it :lol:

It is always a leap into the deep :)

[Eugenie]

I have this ongoing war with myself. Long, shoulder length, fringe, no fringe. so I grow it very very very long, love it. then one day I just want it shorter , so I cut it and love it for a week or so and then.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Then I grow out my fringe so it is even with the rest , love it. then one day I see someone with a fringe and it is exquisite, so I cut mine and I just love it.And then a couple of months later..........................sniff, sniff, have to start again. It gets so totally fatiguing. :(

[Niamh]

I have this ongoing war with myself. Long, shoulder length, fringe, no fringe. so I grow it very very very long, love it. then one day I just want it shorter , so I cut it and love it for a week or so and then.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Then I grow out my fringe so it is even with the rest , love it. then one day I see someone with a fringe and it is exquisite, so I cut mine and I just love it.And then a couple of months later..........................sniff, sniff, have to start again. It gets so totally fatiguing. :(

:lol: I was like this for years! Now i generally keep it areound a certain length.

[blackbird_9]

A little sensitivity please! There are some people amongst us who cut off 30 cm of their hair willingly!

:-/

I feel ya. My hair used to be down past my waist, then one fateful day, I went a little nuts. You know, where you're like, "I feel like doing something crazy! Screw the world; I can do what I want!"... Yeah, I pulled an illegal U-turn and high-tailed it to my hair dresser. "Cut it all off. I want a buzz cut..." My hair dresser finally agreed to do it after probing me with questions like, "Did you break up with your boyfriend? Are you on drugs? Did you loose your job?" (My hair dresser and I are pretty close, so she was justified in harping on me before going through with it.) Thankfully, she knew me well enough to suggest a really short pixie cut, and then I could go shorter after that if I wanted. The pixie cut looked great! And, she was right in thinking that I might have regretted going with a buzz cut.

It's been three years now and my hair is a happy shoulder length. Although it did go through a really weird mullet phase to get here.

Does anyone else have that special relationship with their hairdresser that's seems to be unique to those lovely people that mak you look hot? (hair dresser, wax lady, manicurist, etc...)


By the way, Hello again to everyone! I've been gone from the forums for quite a while. I missed it!

[cute kitten]

Hi girls am I welcome here? (^_^)

[Niamh]

of course! *hands tea*

[Sapphire]

*drops by for some coffee*


http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n52/damitjanet_01/DaysAndWeekends2/Morning/coffee-heart.jpg

[Tournesol]

*yawn* it's 5.07am ladies!!!

Where's that coffee?

[a_little_wisp]

Well now, I have two blends - one is italian roast and the other is ...hee, dunkin donuts blend. :rolleyes:

[Tournesol]

Aww thanks Wisp....but I made some tea: Tetley Orange Pekoe tea..

I almost always opt for tea instead...it's less complicated somehow

I'm also having a peanut butter and jam sandwich!

[a_little_wisp]

My roommate works at Starbucks (and is a traitor for Dunkin), so I have a tooon of coffee lying around. :D

In the mornings, however, smoothies are my beverage of choice - if I can get them. Tea any other time of the day, coffee when I need to stay awake.

[Tournesol]

tea keeps me more awake than coffee

[a_little_wisp]

It's weird how it's different for people like that. My friend drinks coke to stay awake. Espresso, however, does this to me ---> :eek:

[Niamh]

I dont drink coffee.

[qimissung]

I adore coffee, but since I am perpetually short of sleep, I try to only drink it once a week, or unfortunately, I get somewhat cranky.

I also enjoy a cup of tea in the afternoon, either greenteea or cinnamon apple.

[LadyWentworth]

Well, I don't drink coffee or tea. :sick: My drink of choice in the morning tends to be hot chocolate. Sometimes I take a sip of soda in the morning (preferably Coke), but I prefer to have that cup of hot chocolate. Something about the warmth of it feels good on my throat. The taste is much more pleasing than coffee or tea (for me, at least :)).

Just for the heck of it I bought a package of hot chocolate that said it had as much caffeine as coffee. So I had a cup one morning and about an hour later I was so jittery. My legs wouldn't stop. I finally realized what it was. Well, I had another cup of it a couple of months later and that was later on in the day. I went to bed that night and I couldn't sleep at all! It was one of the most miserable nights of my life. I was so nervous all night long.

Now, I have always thought the caffeine in soda was a myth when it comes to being able to perk somebody up. Honestly, it doesn't do a thing for me. I drink all kinds (mostly Coke and Mountain Dew) and I am never affected. I could drink it before bed and I would be fine. So I was never sure if that was true about coffee, too. Until I had this hot chocolate. If it really has the same amount of caffeine as coffee, then I can't imagine drinking something like that day after day. It would probably turn me into a wild animal! :p

No, I will just stick to my plain hot chocolate in the morning. :)

[Sapphire]

So I was never sure if that was true about coffee, too.
I often drink a cup of coffee right before I go to bed: no trouble whats however with sleeping. It might have to do with the fact that I drink loads of coffee during the day already... I just really like the taste of it :) Just the normal coffee that is, not too fond of flavoured coffee and definitely not with sugar or milk in it :eek:.

And for the record: when I am on holiday and do not drink coffee I do not get shaky or such ;) :p

So... I really have no idea how this caffeine thing works... When I try to keep awake I just force myself to do something useful and focus - on long car drives energy drinks do come in handy, but you've got to be careful for after a while the kick is done for.

[Niamh]

I stopped drinking coffee because i found my body was depending on it too much. When i stopped drinking it i couldnt get over how tired i was and that made me change my sleeping habits. After a few months i felt such a difference and in truth, because i wasnt on a caffiene fueled energy, pushing myself over my physical boundaries and exhaustion, i wasnt getting as sick as often as i had been.
Oddly now i cant drink it even if i wanted to. :D

[LostPrincess13]

Coffee makes me sleepy...:D

[papayahed]

I don't like the taste of coffee.

[Stargazer86]

Never been much of a coffee fan myself. I'm a Dr. Pepper addict. Occasionally I'll have a beer or some hot tea.

Actually I think I'm going to go get myself a Dr. Pepper right now :D

How's everyone's day going so far?

[Weisinheimer]

This is an outrage. All this coffee bashing in a thread titled "Anyone for coffee?". *shakes head in disbelief*

[Stargazer86]

This is an outrage. All this coffee bashing in a thread titled "Anyone for coffee?". *shakes head in disbelief*

:lol: I was thinking something similar. But where else are we to go for our random banter? We should have a co-ed thread for just daily chit chat

[Sapphire]

Nah... it says "anyone for coffee" in the title of the thread. Everybody in here is free to say "no thanks, I'd like some... ".

I myself am a big fan of coffee, but I often notice that when I go out with some girls to "talk over coffee" I am the only one to actually drink coffee :lol: So maybe we should read the title of this thread rather like an invite to sit down with a drink and have a nice chat ;)

Having said that, I offer you:


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[motherhubbard]

after reading that, Sapphire, I think I'll go make a pot of coffee.


I put some family members and other people who we are acquainted with on my ignore list today. Maybe I'm in a bad mood, I don't know. It's getting harder and harder for me to keep my mouth shut when people say really hateful or just stupid things. I've about decided that I only like the people here on lit net.

[Sapphire]

I can not say I ever try to keep my mouth shut when people say hateful things. If they do not hold back, I will not be inclined to do so either - though I would rather say "why" than "well, you yourself *insert insult* ". But keeping quiet, no. Not something I aim for. I can expect that to be a hard thing to do. I guess in my case my face would give me away as much as my mouth when things like that are being said :p

Sorry to hear your family is giving you a hard time. It might be a bit of a big step to totally ignore them, but what do I know - I have no idea what they said or did. Just happy there is internet to interact with people in a different way :)

[motherhubbard]

It's actually my husband's family. They don't say hateful things about me to me. It's about everyone else. I can only guess what they say about me:rolleyes: It is hard to keep my mouth shut, but opening it would not satisfy me or create a change in them.

[Sapphire]

Ah. That is a nasty situation to get wrapped up in. Especially when you know that opening your mouth will do more harm than good... I can imagine you put yourself into "ignore" modus.

I wish I could have some advice to help you out. I know I do not have such though. So what about another cup of coffee? Ow, and if you feel like ranting about it - do feel free :)


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/PicturesToLinkTo/coffee/coffee-1-1.jpg

[motherhubbard]

you're so nice. I'll get that coffee now.

[Sapphire]

You're welcome. I need to run now. Take care and enjoy your coffee :)

[click] A song to go with that coffee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4GBnpS83As)

[*Classic*Charm*]

Dunno if I'm allowed back in here after my banishment from the blokes thread :blush:

But if I am...

I don't like coffee either, at least, not on it's own. A half-and-half coffee and hot chocolate is delicious, or any kind of beverage that includes coffee, just not on its own. Most of the time I just drink a lot of tea.

And going back to the hair topic, I could never get a lot of hair cut off! I've always had long hair and I'm absurdly attached to it. Last week I got my hair trimmed and my layers touched up and my bangs cut. All in all, no more than an inch and a half was taken off in any one place except my bangs and it feels waayy too short. I have agreat respect for Scher and her 30 cm lost :eek:

[Niamh]

ah! so the prodical sister returns! :p

[*Classic*Charm*]

ah! so the prodical sister returns! :p

:blush::blush:

Cookies, anyone?

:D

[Niamh]

Dont mind if i do. :D
We'll let you away with it this time ;)

[applepie]

I love coffee, but I'm a snob about it. I can't do just any old pot. Nope, I buy beans that are roasted when I order them, and then I grind them fresh every day:D It's bad enough that my Valentine's day gift was an espresso machine so that now I can make a tasty latte whenever I like which has this uncanny ability to be at 10pm. Does anyone else have the tendency to settle down in the evening with a caffinated drink? Everyone always tends to swear that it keeps them up, but as long as I don't go overboard I don't have an issue.

[Sapphire]

Wow... I guess I am exactly the opposite: I can drink the lousiest coffee, as long as it is coffee :) However, I have roommates who are a bit more picky about it all and they indeed buy fresh beans and we grind them every day because there just is no regular coffee in the house anymore :eek2: I know - that sounds spoiled. But if we all chip in on it and buy our beans on sale, it proves to be quite affordable :) Just not when you drink as much coffee as I do, so I have my own machine :lol:

And no, I don't have an issue with it - ever. What would you call overboard? I easily drink 2 big mugs of coffee after 21h ...

[Niamh]

when i drank coffee, oddly enough my fav wa actually a decaf. Bewleys decaf. was so smooth and creamy. cant get it any more. :( good thing i dont drink coffee now as i cant miss it.

[Tournesol]

Coffee doesn't keep me up as much as tea does

[*Classic*Charm*]

Caffeine really doesn't affect me at all unless I drink a lot of it in a really short space of time. Otherwise, coffee and tea tend to make me more sleepy, just because they're all warm and relaxing.


Dont mind if i do. :D
We'll let you away with it this time ;)

Thanks :D I promise to be good from now on!

[Sapphire]

A good "sleepy drink" is warm milk with honey or with anise. Mmmm :D

[Nightshade]

I don't like the taste of coffee.

I thought I was alone!! Although i will take it a step further and say the smell of coffee makes me queasy, Always has. although I did recentluy ( like last year) have aslice of coffee and walnut cake and actually enjoyed it.

[Niamh]

Thanks :D I promise to be good from now on!

*makes a mental note*

[Stargazer86]

I think I asked this somewhere, but can't remember where..is there a recipes thread anywhere on this site? I know it's not really literature related... but not everything on here is

[Nightshade]

I think I asked this somewhere, but can't remember where..is there a recipes thread anywhere on this site? I know it's not really literature related... but not everything on here is

yepp! here is an incomplete index (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824) ( something else I have to get round to finishing once Ive finished uni. ) and here is the actual main thread (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34060#post34060)
there is also the social group recipe cafe (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/group.php?groupid=16)
:D

[LadyWentworth]

I often drink a cup of coffee right before I go to bed: no trouble whats however with sleeping. It might have to do with the fact that I drink loads of coffee during the day already
That is why I think soda doesn't affect me at all. I drink too much of it that I think I may be immune to it. Then again, it never made me hyper as a kid, like people say it does. It never had an affect on me like that. I honestly don't understand the Mountain Dew thing. I don't see how it makes one hyper because, like I said, MD and Coke are my drinks of choice, and I have NO reaction to them at all. It is interesting. :)


I don't like the taste of coffee.

I thought I was alone!! Although i will take it a step further and say the smell of coffee makes me queasy, Always has. although I did recentluy ( like last year) have aslice of coffee and walnut cake and actually enjoyed it.
I abhor the taste of coffee. :sick: I do love a good piece of coffee cake, though! Was the cake actually made with coffee? I find very few that are nowadays, and that is why I think I can tolerate the taste of them. :)

[Niamh]

ummm.... coffee cake...

[Nightshade]

I abhor the taste of coffee. :sick: I do love a good piece of coffee cake, though! Was the cake actually made with coffee? I find very few that are nowadays, and that is why I think I can tolerate the taste of them. :)

Don't know I got it from the cake stand at the local indoor market.

[Nightshade]

ummm.... Coffee cake...

ibs ibs ibs!!!!

[Stargazer86]

yepp! here is an incomplete index (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824) ( something else I have to get round to finishing once Ive finished uni. ) and here is the actual main thread (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34060#post34060)
there is also the social group recipe cafe (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/group.php?groupid=16)
:D

Oh cool :) Thanks much Nightshade!

[Nightshade]

Oh cool :) Thanks much Nightshade!

Usually go by Night, but yer welcome! :nod: :D

[Niamh]

i know i know....

[Nightshade]

Im just saying love like, you dont want to be eating that junk plus walnuts!!
tut (sake head smilie)

ehe Im not going to edit but obviously I need to sleep if the Loves and the ducks and the chucks have begun to seep into the typing :rolleyes:

[Nightshade]

so I have this lovley body lotion (mango and papaya) and a dry patch of skin on the bottom of my elbow, thing is now when I stretch I smell my elbow and the next thing Iknow I am sniffing my elbow... I noticed this last night when I was tired, anyway that goyt me to thinking about Anne Fines' Bills new frock ( though I rembered it as billys new dress whatever) badically bill is tld if he can touch his tounge to his elbow he would turn from a boy to a girl and if a girl did it vice versa and me being the 8 year old I was discovered that actually yes you can lick your elbow and I was miffed that I didnt turn intoi a boy for a day I felt cheated.
But divergance apart please tell me Im not alone with the sniffing of body lotion?

[Weisinheimer]

I can't lick my elbow.

[Niamh]

neither can I! :lol:

[PoeticPassions]

I don't think I can either. lick my elbow, I mean. Or lick my nose, for that matter.

But you are not alone, Night, sometimes I smell myself when I have wonderful lotion on. In fact, I love smells...

[a_little_wisp]

Speaking of smells, I think a bottle of milk and honey something-in-or-other (body wash/lotion) exploded somewhere in my room! I can't find the source anywhere, though. It's a lovely, warm, smell, but I'm just concerned. o_o

[Nightshade]

:lol: oh poor wisp... :lol:
@PP good to know Im not alone.

[Niamh]

woops Wispy!

[Sapphire]

No to elbow licking, yes to the nose. Though I am really not sure whether I have to be glad with that :lol:

The smell of [click] milk and honey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrfUZNH5Ukc) can go a long way ;) I hope it is still in the mug...

[Niamh]

I dont think i'd like to be able to lick my nose....

[Nightshade]

I can't lick my nose, its more a case of being able to get my elbow to my face rather than tounge to my elbow.

[Sapphire]

I know, it is a questionable gift ;) I personally would like to be able to make a circle with my tongue, or to flip it upside down. I think those are much more interesting tricks :)

[Niamh]

I knew a girl who could make a W with her tongue

[Sapphire]

:eek2: Is that really possible? Wow... I would not have thought that...

I would like to see a "splitted tongue" (literal, not figuratively) once - I think that would be interesting. Not sure why I want to meet someone who has it though, I mean - I have seen it on TV... I guess I am just fascinated by it :brickwall. I read somewhere online that there are actually people who achieve such a tongue by self modification (no surgery)! Not sure whether I have to respect that or just deem it as crazy. Probably both...

[*Classic*Charm*]

I can't lick my nose or my elbow (hilariously random topic haha), but I can smell myself. It doesn't even have to be lotion- every now and then I catch a whiff of my soap. And my hair always has a fragrance.


I knew a girl who could make a W with her tongue

That's freaky looking! It's a recessive genetic thing, but I have a friend who can do it.

[Nightshade]

OK the boys wittering on the subject of bras has annoyed me enough to go digging whihc wasnt that easy concidering the search engine requires 4 letters in a word, but I found them. This is what we thought way back when we were originally discussing bras.


The problem is the colour... I cant really tell .
But I have ISSUES that Im not going to bore people with other than to comment Im fairly sure that most bras are either designed by men with no common sense what so ever or people with breasts so small that they never realise that the main point of a bra is support not how aestheticly pleasing they are to the eye... Last year I was wondering around a bra shop and saw that some brightspark thought you could have H cup bra with tiny ribbon straps, now think about that logically for a minute, and I actually know a case of this happening with a brand new bra wit a girl in the larger sizes, that is NOT going to work either you end up with cuts on your shoulders from the straps.... or and this is what happened to the poor person ... you bend over the bra snaps and you end up with half your bra falling out in public.... mortification.

On other bra related matters.... apparantly underwire bras can badly damage breasts in early teens... apparntly you supposed to buy them flexi bras... or nonwired, which for some reason are almost impossible to buy nowadays in the really small sizes. :eek2:


Oh, I have so many complaints about bras that I don't even know where to start.

In the first place, there's not much selection when you get on up there in size. The selections available may or may not be comfortable or they may not go with your clothes. Try finding a strapless in anything beyond a DD. Or a T back. Or a smooth cup for wearing under T-shirts. And why do they have those flimsy straps on bigger bras? They cause permanent grooves to form in the shoulders. And why are the padded straps so ugly? And you're pretty much stuck wearing underwire.

And what if you did want something in a color other than beige or black or white? Try finding a cute bra in a large size. If you find one, it's probably VERY expensive. And where do companies get off charging $60 for a bra that's going to fall apart anyway???

Did you know that the life span of a bra is supposed to be 3-6 months? (this was actually my job once upon a time). Why would you pay $60 bucks for something that's going to last 3 months? But the more bras you have the longer they last, especially if you don't wear the same one everyday. The sweat and body oils break a bra down (that's what they told me in bra training class :lol:). To make a bra last longer, you're supposed to either hand wash it or put it in the washing machine in a pillowcase or a lingerie bag. This keeps the bra from getting all twisted up in the spinner. It also protects the underwire. If you put your bra in the washing machine by itself you'll warp the underwire and it will dig into your skin and cut you.


And Sports Bras...try finding one that fits anyone who is not a member of the itty bitty t**** committee. Enell - $60. Recommended by Oprah. but you have to special order it and the sizes run weird. It works better than the other options out there, if you have the patience to wait for it. And you can't try it on before purchase... If you can't find a sports bra, you just gotta where two or three to go jogging in.


I agree with Shal. I dispise underwires but the non-underwires just don't feel like they have as much support.


my point exactly!

Actually I have seen them but they dont work the bra just gives way under the wieght... the problem with them is t are just the same design bigger

Exactly exactly!

uh hvent had the problem then again they dont really make that many bras in sizes biigger than a DD or say the most an E , I once went to the specialist lingre shop we have in town and the people ther told me there was no such thing as a size bigger than a DD... eh what? But I have seen Fs with padded cups...why?



Well humm that might explain a lot... Ive never heard thaparicular phrase shal...:D

Hummm have you tried ...I think Doreen bras nonwired and plenty of support problem is you end up with permenant scars on your waist and hips f you wear them all the time. Mind you I havent been able to find that particular model as were of bra with the long waist for a couple of years...

You know what, obviously making bras is the way to make lots of money, never mind uni maybe I should start making nice bras in larger sizes for a living :D :p


what really bugs me are the women that wear the bras that don't fit right, is there anything worse then the bra muffin top?? What's worse is when you happen to look down and realize YOU are sporting the bra muffin top.:blush:

I reckon it hasnt really changed much but what do you think? In fact if anything the trying to get bras delimmea is getting worse. But its too early in the morning to rant.:p

[Eugenie]

I cannot believe what has happened to bras in the last couple of years. Why are they now being made so that they could stand up and walk away by themselves, and why are they so thick you add nine sizes. I am into dance and have to bind so that I don't look ridiculous because I am a fourty incher and quite wide. (I wish they were attached with velcro so I could take these babies off and put them up on the shelf once in a while.I am so weary of them)
So I look and look for one made normally, you know just out of cloth and they cost like a hundred dollars.
So, since I am really into sewing I am designing and making my own, just how I like them and I am going to make them minimizer, soft, pretty and not rubberized so you can pull children down a snowy hill in them when you don't want them anymore.
Oh for the days when I was so small and nothing that people used to say I should wear bandaids. What on earth happened, it must be those swine hormones. :(

[Nightshade]

(I wish they were attached with velcro so I could take these babies off and put them up on the shelf once in a while.I am so weary of them)


Hehe :lol: Velcoro? No imagine when the velcoro starts to wera out oneday you'd bend over and they would just fall off. Cant count the number of times Ive wished that we were more like cats and they only appeared when you needed them for babies then dissapeared again.
The plus side is of course you always have a convient surface for balancing things, although plates of hot food or cups of tea is not a good idea, FYI :nod: :D :rolleyes:

[Shalot]

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[Stargazer86]

:eek2: Is that really possible? Wow... I would not have thought that...

I would like to see a "splitted tongue" (literal, not figuratively) once - I think that would be interesting. Not sure why I want to meet someone who has it though, I mean - I have seen it on TV... I guess I am just fascinated by it :brickwall. I read somewhere online that there are actually people who achieve such a tongue by self modification (no surgery)! Not sure whether I have to respect that or just deem it as crazy. Probably both...

Have you never seen the infamous "Lizard Man" http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/CelticFeary/lizard_man.jpg
I remember seeing some show on him years ago. They interviewed his girlfriend at the time. She was a totally normal looking, pretty blonde girl. Can you imagine being intimate with someone like this? *shudders*

[papayahed]

Alright, the purpple purse has been dissed! So I walk into class today and the lady that sits infront of me says "oh that's a purple purse" to which I replied "I know, it might be a little much but I love it!" and she said "It's purple" and there was a definite tone.

I

[1n50mn14]

Defend your purple purse to the DEATH! Purple purse=awesome!
My purse is a zebra :D!

BRAS! I am a horseback rider, and while I am a little girl, I have bigger boobies. Sports bras offer me no support, and I`m not sure why- I`ve been fitted for one on a few different occasions, and I think it`s just the build of my ribcage and shoulders. So, I`ll be doing sitting trot or jumping, and my concentration is often broken by how badly my chest hurts from bouncing. I can`t afford to keep buying new bras every time I add five pounds to my frame or take it away (it all goes to or comes from the boobs). What`s a girl to do!

The only thing worse than bra muffin top is the boob hammock- HUGE brassieres with loose shoulder straps that don`t really... DO... anything.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Alright, the purpple purse has been dissed! So I walk into class today and the lady that sits infront of me says "oh that's a purple purse" to which I replied "I know, it might be a little much but I love it!" and she said "It's purple" and there was a definite tone.

I

She's just jealous she can't rock a purple purse like you can, Papaya! ;) I think you should post a pic of it so we can see!



BRAS! I am a horseback rider, and while I am a little girl, I have bigger boobies. Sports bras offer me no support, and I`m not sure why- I`ve been fitted for one on a few different occasions, and I think it`s just the build of my ribcage and shoulders. So, I`ll be doing sitting trot or jumping, and my concentration is often broken by how badly my chest hurts from bouncing. I can`t afford to keep buying new bras every time I add five pounds to my frame or take it away (it all goes to or comes from the boobs). What`s a girl to do!

The only thing worse than bra muffin top is the boob hammock- HUGE brassieres with loose shoulder straps that don`t really... DO... anything.

I have a bunch of friends with this problem, Becca. One of them used to ride in her regular bra with a heavy-duty sports bra over top. :sick: I feel bad for you, though I have no idea what it's like.

[Eugenie]

Good points Night! :)

Becca, I can sympathize, have you tried binding yourself like we do for dance when too big. Just fashion a straight bandeau with velcro(that word again) or hook and eye and it just sort of flattens. Or try a minimizer bra, that might help. there really is no solution.
My girlfriend had a breast reduction , she was huga mungo but she nearly died. I mean it. Something happened a reaction to some meds and she developed a horrendous burn all around the breasts. It was horrific. took about a month to come around and start healing Oh she loves it now, but it scared me right out of wanting the same.

so much ado over mammory glands. sigh......

I love purple purses, saw a sweet one in leather and one in I think raw silk. hubba hubba.
you go Papaya, be your own woman. or as some guys say it woe-mannnnnnnn. :)

[papayahed]

ugh! How in this day and age can a man ever think it's ok to call a female coworker "baby"????:flare::flare:

[*Classic*Charm*]

ugh! How in this day and age can a man ever think it's ok to call a female coworker "baby"????:flare::flare:

Please tell me you gave him a good smack for that.

[Stargazer86]

ugh! How in this day and age can a man ever think it's ok to call a female coworker "baby"????:flare::flare:

I'm not a feminist or anything but that general disrespect especially in the work place is uncalled for. Its just too familiar a term.

AGHHH god I'm so tired and spacy right now. Shame I don't like coffee...so instead I'm loading up on redbull and getting jittery

[Niamh]

Next time that person says something like that, give him something back!

[IJustMadeThatUp]

This was part of an email I recieved today and I thought it was pretty funny!

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you ?
That women are going the 'right' direction...?

[papayahed]

Please tell me you gave him a good smack for that.


Next time that person says something like that, give him something back!

eh, I just told him he can't call me that.

[Tournesol]

eh, I just told him he can't call me that.

I figure this was the best thing for you to do papaya.

Cause any type of retort would probably give him more gratification; it would show that he has control over your emotions [in this case anger] and it would probably encourage him in future to try it again.

But being calm about it, and saying it plainly as you did, shows him 3 things:
1. that he can't speak to you like that
2. that he can't control your emotions [even though you might be cussin' blue in your mind - like I would be]
3. that if he is to ever try it again, that you will be mature and sensible enough to report him! - which he definitely would not want!

[Stargazer86]

This was part of an email I recieved today and I thought it was pretty funny!

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you ?
That women are going the 'right' direction...?



:lol: cute :P

[Eugenie]

Because dear girl, they are watching those old black and whites where every woman was a'baby' sounds like a part time pedaphile to me, and they even like those John Wayne movies where the girl slaps the guy and then he, well over two hundred pounds , socks her in the jaw. so proper, right?

[Tournesol]

Because dear girl, they are watching those old black and whites where every woman was a'baby' sounds like a part time pedaphile to me, and they even like those John Wayne movies where the girl slaps the guy and then he, well over two hundred pounds , socks her in the jaw. so proper, right?

Of course..this is what they are socialised into thinking is manly/macho behaviour.

[Sapphire]

eh, I just told him he can't call me that.
Respect - I would have gone into a fit and made a fool of myself. Or just ignored him for a week, with him not understanding why on earth I would do so. Wonderful how you kept calm and just told him you do not appreciate him calling you that way :) I know that is the mature thing to do, I just never keep my cool long enough to do it. :brickwall.

I have to say though: it is all in the way people say it. I can take a lot of crap (and talk crap back) from the people I work with or study with. I know people who I do not mind calling me honey and I know people whom I would scratch their eyes out if they would. I know that me being inconsistent about that does not really help guys (or girls for that manner) to know what they can and cannot say - but I just do not notice it from the people I accept while I hear alarm bells ringing when people use words like that in a demeaning manner.
I am not making much sense, am I?! :lol: :p I think I need coffee :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/fatallyyours345/coffee.jpg

[Nightshade]

eh I noticed the guy at work called me chuck saterday ( and realised this was where I had picked up the habit) turned around with a Ta love and that stopped him in his tracks and made him realsie what he'd said. and he didnt say it again all day, mind I dont doubt it will happen aagain and I won't notice it,, after 3 years withj all the customers pet-ing and duck-ing and love-ing and chuck-ing me Ive more or less come to terms with teh fact I am just going to have to accept it and live with it. :rolleyes:

[*Classic*Charm*]

eh I noticed the guy at work called me chuck saterday ( and realised this was where I had picked up the habit) turned around with a Ta love and that stopped him in his tracks and made him realsie what he'd said. and he didnt say it again all day, mind I dont doubt it will happen aagain and I won't notice it,, after 3 years withj all the customers pet-ing and duck-ing and love-ing and chuck-ing me Ive more or less come to terms with teh fact I am just going to have to accept it and live with it. :rolleyes:

Is "chuck" a pet name, Nightie? I've never heard it before.

[Nightshade]

It is the same as chick, but non genedre specific, though Ive never heard a man call a man chuck, wait tell a lie... I hsould say I have never heard two adult hetrosexual men use the word to each other. But pretty much everyone else , yeah :nod:

[Niamh]

yeah... you have been saing love duck and chuck a lot lately! I think Manchester is starting to seep into your veins!

[Nightshade]

yuppsie I told you Ive been here too long need to shift now.

[qimissung]

ugh! How in this day and age can a man ever think it's ok to call a female coworker "baby"????:flare::flare:

e-e-e-e-w! I really like your response.
I have a supervisor (whom I cordially dislike, and whose judgement I truly question) who has called me 'dear' on occasion. It's not a as bad as 'baby' for sure, but I still find it incredibly condescending.

[Eugenie]

ouch, Papaya, those red pulsating thingeys look painful, like really really raw hemmoroids.

I worked in an office for the MInistry of Social Services once and I happened to start when the really really big macho boss was off for holiday.
I was terribly shy and nervous, all the workers were much older except this one guy and he treated me so properly, he in fact got me the job.
Well Big Boss man came and he was portly and swaggered, can you believe it, he swaggered about and actually had the nerve to light a pipe. I felt like I was choking and he then turned and noticed me.
He waltzed up to my desk and said ' Hey baby, you are new here I see.
And then he proceeded to put his ample behind on the edge of my desk. I turned bright red and I felt like I would be sick. I am terribly shy of strangers and never talk to men type people that I don't know, unless introduced by a friend or such.
'Please move off my desk sir' I said in a wimpy little voice and he laughed.
"Do I bother you hmm, and he leered at me and noone, noone except the nice young man dared to even look our way He came out of his office and tried to get the man to come and talk to him about something or other.
The boss man just ignored him and kept staring at me.
I was sick to my stomach. I so needed the job, but I knew that if I said a word I would be gone.
At lunch break everyone took off and left me sitting there in devestation.
At about five minutes to coming back from break I cleaned out my desk and went home. I was attacked by everyone for being a coward. I did get another job there, but in the field I was best at, working with at risk youngsters.
I can never look back on that without a feeling of shame. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[zanna]

The way you told that story, though, you shouldn't be shameful! That would be hard, perhaps horrific, to put up with every day! And in the "Ministry of Social Services!" Seems like that kind of treatment would be on their hit list, of all ministries! =(

At least you were able to get the kind of job you really wanted! So the story has a happy end, right? =)

[The Walker]

hello there! may i joint you and drink a cup of coffe?



This was part of an email I recieved today and I thought it was pretty funny!

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you ?
That women are going the 'right' direction...?

This was very good IJMTU. I'm not too feminist but this one is sutile ;)

[Virgil]

ugh! How in this day and age can a man ever think it's ok to call a female coworker "baby"????:flare::flare:

May I jump in here. Women jump into the man's thread ;) That is completely inappropriate and frankly it was inappropriate (though unfortunately tolerated) in the old days as well.

[JuniperWoolf]

I waitressed right out of highschool for a little while in a restaurant that was owned by my friend's family. They had this one uncle, Saleem, who was a huge pervert. One day I was plugging in the vaccuum to clean up at the end of the day, and he came out and stood about two inches away from me. I was so uncomfortable that I blurted out some random facts about electricity in citrus fruit (whenever I'm nervous I blurt out some stupid thing that I learned and thought was interesting). He actually picked up the cord for the vaccuum and said "where should we plug this into you?" My brain was like "He can't possibly be asking me which part of my body I want him to insert the vaccuum cord." I was saved by one of the younger cousins coming out of the kitchen. The way he jumped away from me, I knew that he knew that what he was doing was wrong. One other time he put his finger right on the collar of my shirt and dragged it down between my breasts. I kicked him in the shin, hard. He probably had a huge bruise. He was a pretty creepy guy. I actually feel nauseous when I think of him.

[papayahed]

May I jump in here. Women jump into the man's thread ;) That is completely inappropriate and frankly it was inappropriate (though unfortunately tolerated) in the old days as well.


Yeah. unfortunately there are still pockets of "the good ol'e boy" network around that are still living in 1953.

[Virgil]

Yeah. unfortunately there are still pockets of "the good ol'e boy" network around that are still living in 1953.

Hold your chin up papaya and give them a scowl if they do that.

[Shalot]

I waitressed right out of highschool for a little while in a restaurant that was owned by my friend's family. They had this one uncle, Saleem, who was a huge pervert. One day I was plugging in the vaccuum to clean up at the end of the day, and he came out and stood about two inches away from me. I was so uncomfortable that I blurted out some random facts about electricity in citrus fruit (whenever I'm nervous I blurt out some stupid thing that I learned and thought was interesting). He actually picked up the cord for the vaccuum and said "where should we plug this into you?" My brain was like "He can't possibly be asking me which part of my body I want him to insert the vaccuum cord." I was saved by one of the younger cousins coming out of the kitchen. The way he jumped away from me, I knew that he knew that what he was doing was wrong. One other time he put his finger right on the collar of my shirt and dragged it down between my breasts. I kicked him in the shin, hard. He probably had a huge bruise. He was a pretty creepy guy. I actually feel nauseous when I think of him.


oh that gives me the shivers. I've had similar type experiences though never that bad. I've never had anyone proposition me with a vacuum cord. ewwww. I used to work at a grocery store and had a few customers who thought that they could say pretty much whatever they wanted because they were customers and I was an employee. Had a guy, a customer, a stranger, touch my necklace and I stood there like a dumbarse wanting to RUN but I didn't because I was stuck between two thoughts of "I'm at work" "It's a customer." One of my coworkers told me off later. She said something like I shouldn't have stood there like that and she was right. I had a few greasy old men come up and make comments about my figure. Had another one come up to me while I was adjusting the shelving and I don't know what he said...it was mostly incoherent but I got the idea - it was mostly the gestures that came across. There was another employee (a guy) standing by and he was just in shock at this and didn't know what to do so he laughed in disbelief and I just stood there all blank. :crash:

[Niamh]

Yeah. unfortunately there are still pockets of "the good ol'e boy" network around that are still living in 1953.

Stick a calender in their faces and highlight the year and date. :brow:

[qimissung]

ouch, Papaya, those red pulsating thingeys look painful, like really really raw hemmoroids.

I worked in an office for the MInistry of Social Services once and I happened to start when the really really big macho boss was off for holiday.
I was terribly shy and nervous, all the workers were much older except this one guy and he treated me so properly, he in fact got me the job.
Well Big Boss man came and he was portly and swaggered, can you believe it, he swaggered about and actually had the nerve to light a pipe. I felt like I was choking and he then turned and noticed me.
He waltzed up to my desk and said ' Hey baby, you are new here I see.
And then he proceeded to put his ample behind on the edge of my desk. I turned bright red and I felt like I would be sick. I am terribly shy of strangers and never talk to men type people that I don't know, unless introduced by a friend or such.
'Please move off my desk sir' I said in a wimpy little voice and he laughed.
"Do I bother you hmm, and he leered at me and noone, noone except the nice young man dared to even look our way He came out of his office and tried to get the man to come and talk to him about something or other.
The boss man just ignored him and kept staring at me.
I was sick to my stomach. I so needed the job, but I knew that if I said a word I would be gone.
At lunch break everyone took off and left me sitting there in devestation.
At about five minutes to coming back from break I cleaned out my desk and went home. I was attacked by everyone for being a coward. I did get another job there, but in the field I was best at, working with at risk youngsters.
I can never look back on that without a feeling of shame. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


I think you did the right thing.


I waitressed right out of highschool for a little while in a restaurant that was owned by my friend's family. They had this one uncle, Saleem, who was a huge pervert. One day I was plugging in the vaccuum to clean up at the end of the day, and he came out and stood about two inches away from me. I was so uncomfortable that I blurted out some random facts about electricity in citrus fruit (whenever I'm nervous I blurt out some stupid thing that I learned and thought was interesting). He actually picked up the cord for the vaccuum and said "where should we plug this into you?" My brain was like "He can't possibly be asking me which part of my body I want him to insert the vaccuum cord." I was saved by one of the younger cousins coming out of the kitchen. The way he jumped away from me, I knew that he knew that what he was doing was wrong. One other time he put his finger right on the collar of my shirt and dragged it down between my breasts. I kicked him in the shin, hard. He probably had a huge bruise. He was a pretty creepy guy. I actually feel nauseous when I think of him.


Ugh! I feel nauseous just reading this! I'm glad you kicked him HARD!!!

[Madhuri]

Just the other day I slapped a guy for misbehaving. :mad:

I was walking towards the bus stop and there were people coming from the opposite direction; there was this guy who started walking very fast towards me, as if, I was in his way, even though there was a lot of space on the road where he could walk. He came so close, right on to my face that my reaction was to give him two tight slaps. He kept walking even after that, although I thought he may stop and try to create a scene. If he had done that....he would have had a few more slaps from me.

My friends in the office were advising me not to do it again incase I fall into trouble; what if he comes the next day with more people to harass me, and all that stuff. At that point of time, I did not care about any possible consequences.

Its not that such a thing hasn't happened before, but this guy had come really really close. I haven't taken action in every such case, because its not possible all the time (some guys just harass you and run off), and even if I did try, it would be like slapping two-three guys every day.

Once, I had got down at my bus stop and was walking towards home (it was past 9 in the evening, and I was late from office). There is one stretch on the road that has no streetlights working, so its dark. Two guys on a bike came and one of them slapped my back and they sped away....I was very furious and I couldn't do anything :flare: I was sooooooo mad for the next couple of days....

There are so many other worse incidents... :(

These things really make me think that guys are good for nothing.... cant generalise it though...there might be some decent guys out there...but I have yet to come across one.....

[JuniperWoolf]

I know how you feel. Sometimes I feel so much hatred that I can't stand it. I tried to take a woman's studies class at school, but being presented with so many cases of disgusting things (human trafficking, rape, abuse, ect.) every day made me literally sick. I had to quit. I know this pediatric nurse, and she says that every couple of weeks they get a little baby in that's been abused. Saying that someone's "been abused" takes the horror away from what happened to them: they were ripped right open, and they had semen in their lungs. There are A LOT of dark, evil things out there that suck the beauty right out of the world. Its overwhelming.

[Shalot]

My marriage anniversary is on Tuesday - I'm sitting here trying to think of something to do for it. I've never really been one for all the traditional stuff so I don't know if this is the paper anniversary or the silver one or what. I didn't even have a wedding so I don't even care. I was just trying to think of something fun to do or something to get for him. He asked me if we could go on a date last night. It was not for our anniversary because he had completely forgotten about that. But, we haven't been doing much date or activitywise for the duration of our marriage so this past December we went out on a Friday and went to a concert. There was a Christmas parade that night and Ice Skating at the square in the middle of town and they had hot dog stands and funnel cakes and it was like a small town Christmas and it was fun. We ate burgers in the park where the homeless usually are and it was quaint. So, he was wanting a repeat of that night. And I am thinking nights like that can't be repeated at will, so I was just trying to think of something new to do.

[papayahed]

that's a toughie

[Eugenie]

HAPPY ALMOST ANNIVERSARY SHALOT! I mean that. You will think of something, you have buckets of brains. (that sounds gross, but I mean it in the best possible way :)

Juniper, I am very sorry that happened to you.
And thankyou for the support guys, because , honestly I have carried guilt around for a while about quitting. I felt I had the word LOSER on my forehead. I just could not bear that.

Oh, Virgil, are you one of those nice feely touchy fellows like Alan Alda who are good to women and have a decided feminine side? or is that in fact not your real picture with the doggie, are you in fact a stunning looking female model who cannot resist sharing with the girls?
come on now, the truth. :)

[BienvenuJDC]

I waitressed right out of highschool for a little while in a restaurant that was owned by my friend's family. They had this one uncle, Saleem, who was a huge pervert. One day I was plugging in the vaccuum to clean up at the end of the day, and he came out and stood about two inches away from me. I was so uncomfortable that I blurted out some random facts about electricity in citrus fruit (whenever I'm nervous I blurt out some stupid thing that I learned and thought was interesting). He actually picked up the cord for the vaccuum and said "where should we plug this into you?" My brain was like "He can't possibly be asking me which part of my body I want him to insert the vaccuum cord." I was saved by one of the younger cousins coming out of the kitchen. The way he jumped away from me, I knew that he knew that what he was doing was wrong. One other time he put his finger right on the collar of my shirt and dragged it down between my breasts. I kicked him in the shin, hard. He probably had a huge bruise. He was a pretty creepy guy. I actually feel nauseous when I think of him.

I'm going to be like Virgil here...I've gotta chime in and say, JW...you hit the wrong target! I've always been a little too shy to say even the respectful things to women, but I could never imagine saying something disrespectful. ...and to TOUCH...that was never something that I did until my WIFE said it was fine. (yeah...I'm old fashioned!!) There are only two girls that I have ever called 'Baby'...one is 5 (and tells me that she's not a baby...at which I tell her that she will always be my baby) and the other is almost 3....and she just giggles because she's getting attention).

But the problem is....that too many 'girls' (and I say girls, because they are often acting like teenage girls)...just giggle because some creep of a guy is giving them attention. If it didn't work for them...they wouldn't do it. The 'nice' guys never get anywhere........and yet they continue to be nice anyway. :) I'm trying to teach my girls how a lady is to be treated by a man. I hope that they will understand, and expect nothing less.

I'd better just take my coffee to go...I don't want to wear out any welcome that I might have.

[papayahed]

Really? That's the problem? So no blame for the guys? It seems to me that if we do a root cause analysis the problem actually seems to be with the upbrining of the men who think they can act and do such things?

[Niamh]

men like that make me go :mad:

Oh another note... guess who kissed a really nice guy at the weekend! :banana:

[BienvenuJDC]

Really? That's the problem? So no blame for the guys? It seems to me that if we do a root cause analysis the problem actually seems to be with the upbrining of the men who think they can act and do such things?

The guys are jerks... Every time... There is no excuse... They are wrong... I too...at times...am wrong too!

Please don't be so defensive. I wasn't trying to point any blame on the ladies. It's cause and effect...

[papayahed]

But the problem is....that too many 'girls' (and I say girls, because they are often acting like teenage girls)...just giggle because some creep of a guy is giving them attention. If it didn't work for them...they wouldn't do it.


Really? That's the problem? So no blame for the guys? It seems to me that if we do a root cause analysis the problem actually seems to be with the upbrining of the men who think they can act and do such things?


The guys are jerks... Every time... There is no excuse... They are wrong... I too...at times...am wrong too!

Please don't be so defensive. I wasn't trying to point any blame on the ladies. It's cause and effect...

I'm really not being defensive I'm just pointing out the flaw in your first statement. I've bolded the parts that lead me to believe you were in fact blaming the girls. I apologize if I've misread.

[BienvenuJDC]

I'm really not being defensive I'm just pointing out the flaw in your first statement. I've bolded the parts that lead me to believe you were in fact blaming the girls. I apologize if I've misread.

Sorry...maybe I should have said that one of the problems is...

Coming from a 'nice' guy...I wasn't pointing the blame at the girls so much, but I really can't stand the egotistical guys that stole all the affections...

[Sapphire]

I was watching TV tonight with 2 of my (male) roommates. They put a terrible program on: Take Me Out. It is a dating program - taking it low as one might go. Or well... I bet they can go lower but that would mean going underneath the plumbing system!

The idea is this: take 30 women and one (male) presenter. These women are there to criticize one man - he's standing in front of them. There are 3 rounds:
1 - Looks
The guy says his name, age and where he's from. The women now get 5 seconds to either approve or disapprove. If they disapprove, it means they're out of the game. I have let my roommates tell me that of the 30 women usually about 20 are gone at the end of this round. Sometimes all women bail out! This means, the guy is send home and the next one can be brought in...
Imagine: you're a guy, standing in front of 30 women and only on your appearance 20 of them push a red button which makes an annoying noise and shows everybody that you're not good enough in their eyes. You have to be quite a man to be able to take that!
2 - Own presentation
The guy presents himself in 30 seconds. Either a home-video or a show on the spot... during this presentation, the women can still hit that button to disapprove.
Imagine: you're a guy and you tell that you like romantic dinners with candle light. In the episode I was watching, 5 girls disapproved - leaving 2 girls...
3 - Presentation by mother/friend
A 30 seconds video, shot by the mother or a friend of the guy.
END
If in the end there is a girl left who approves (yes, this does happen sometimes), they can leave the studio to go on a date. The show will not follow up on this. If more than one girl is left, the boy gets his pick - he may ask only one question. Usually though, there are no girls left...

Now I was commenting on this program and forcing my roommates to switch channels. I thought it was degrading, but in their opinion any guy who dared to stand up there was a "champ" and needed cheering, even if he could not hear it :p Yeah, my roommates are sweethearts ;)
They also mentioned something else, which got me thinking. They said that this program could never have been made the other way around. Letting a girl enter and be judged by 30 guys?! That would have really made the papers - people would call about women discrimination etc. Even though the girl would stand there out of her own free will, just as the guys are now.

I feel like they might be right. Not now anymore, as the program already exists in this format so it can not be called discrimination anymore to switch the places. But I am pretty sure people might have looked at it that way if a group of guys was criticising a girl...
We do have an other program though, called "Pretty Smart". In this program 3 teams of 2 girls answer questions like "How long did the 100yrs war last" and "Where was the Vietnam War fought". 3 Teams of 2 guys have to guess which answer the girls are gonna give... I do not think anybody has called it offensive so far. I would like to see that program the other way around too, but I do not think that will ever happen... Or a "Beauty and the Nerd" with girls as Nerds and guys as Beauties...

[Nightshade]

A couple of things, I almost hit a guy in the street this morning. There I am walking back from the shop smiling in aticipation to myself ( about? for? :confused: yo grammar police!!)) my home made hommous . The street is deserted, right , except for me and this guy walking towards me and suddenly jsut as he walks past me he does this slight lean towards me sniffs and goes no english equivlent its a muslim thing to say mashallah sort of God does goood work type thing.
so he leans over sniffs and goes Masallah Niiiiiiiiiiiice.
I was stunned. I mean who goes round sniffing people? but I am most proud of the fact I did not wack him upside the head as my flatmate puts it. I kept walking and breathing.
( and my hommous was very nice! except it wasnt hoummus it was baba Ganoush- aubergine and tahini dip)

second thing a question. My flat mate sort of conned me into ironing her ball gown this evening - nightmare task, and when I (after an hour) finally concluded that flat ironing it just wasnt going to work she was going to apply direct hottest temperature iron ( luckily i stopped her an dsaved the dress) but in the end I ended up rubbing the dress after she was weraing it and pointing a hairdrier at it to smooth out the wrinkles.

Now I can iron most things but what the hell are you *supposed* to do with slinky ball dress things?

[Niamh]

about you hummous.
and thats hillarious! hahaha!
I was walking through connelly station once and some guy commented on my "nice" walk.

[Weisinheimer]

Wouldn't it be in anticipation of your hummus?
I have no clue about the ball dress. I thought people just took things like that to the cleaners. I pretty much suck at ironing in general.

[Niamh]

but it hadnt been made yet so it would be more along hte lines of about hte hummous she was going to make... surely?

[Nightshade]

see this is why I leave grammar to the experts !

[Niamh]

*drops crate of whiskey on table* Irish coffees anyone? :D

[Sapphire]

Hmmm.... can't say no to that! Even though it is lunch time :lol:

[Niamh]

:lol:

[Sapphire]

What can I say... I just really, really like Irish Coffee :D

You know, they had an alcohol-free version of it over here? It gives the flavour but not the actual percentage... I like that version, but it does not come near to the real thing ;) It has been taken out of production now... :(

[Niamh]

alcohol free irish coffee...? :confused: thats... just ... wrong...

[imthefoolonthehill]

*drops crate of whiskey on table* Irish coffees anyone? :D

Might as well. Need some Baileys to go with the Bushmills. go easy on the coffee.

*looks around conspicuously.

says, "don't worry, the beard's a fake.... ... ... ... men, eh? ... can't live with 'em... can't throw your knitting needles at 'em... ...

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so how about those ladies...on ... the view?

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anyone like sex and the city?... or soccer?"

[Sapphire]

:lol: Very casual conversation :p Not suspicious at all :lol:

As for Sex and the City, yes to the TV-series, no to the movie (except for that one belt Carrie wears). On soccer: I like to watch it when it's on, but I won't stay home for a game. Well, except when it's a very important game - but then I'll probably go to the pub to watch it :D

And sure you can throw knitting needles at men :p

[Eugenie]

wow, I missed buckets.
This thing about walking down streets and guys saying stuff. I have two minds about it. Men are more direct in some ways, though lately what I hear girls say to guys on the street is ....rather shocking to me anyway.
But I digress. I have noticed that some guys merely say something because it is how they feel at that moment and they mean absolutely no harm, and others..........well.
I used to, being a shy person, get freaked out when I would be thinking my own thought and pass by a guy who would say 'hello pretty girl, or hello beautiful.' But that is all they meant and they were not trying to be anything. And I remember a little while ago, stanind outside a restaurant with a friend and there was a huge cluster of tourists from Denmark I think, guys and girls about twenty fiveish. They were dressed ultra cool and all were so much taller than me, I felt like I was a Liliputian.
Suddenly one of the guys looked over at me , disengaged himself from the group and ran over to me.
I love you he said and took my hand, and then ran back to his group. I just smiled, what else can you do. He did not mean any harm.
And once, at a rock concert, this kid, this little boy with moussed blonde hair turned to me and just at the break , asked me if after I would like to go for a coffee with him.
I said' um, I am older than you, quite a bit, and he said ' what has that to do with it and his little friend,said' what are you doin man and the boy ignored him. My girlfriend was laughing so hard and I asked her to knock it off. He just shared his feelings and if I were a fifteen year old girl I would have died rather than do that.
So, something inside them seems to leap out now and then in a poetic way. The other guys well, if they could grab you off the street and do you harm just for the thrill of humiliating you, they would.
So it is kind of fifty fifty and it is hard to understand guys, really , I can't. Maybe it is the day and age we live in. Maybe if it was in the time of Romeo and Juliette all the strange things guys come up with would have been thought romantic. But with guys the way they seem to be now, I can't guess what is going on in their little heads.
And Bienvenue, are there actually many nice guys around?, I wish there were.
When I was still in high school I had many friends, just guy friends, by choice and I told them from the start I would never be intimate, that is not me. And they were just my really good friends and so interesting and fun.
Where are the guys lilke that now, that you can hang with and .....Now I feel sad. sniff.

[Sapphire]

Where are the guys lilke that now, that you can hang with and .....Now I feel sad. sniff.
Still plenty of those around :D To me any ways, but maybe that's because I am still in the "student age". I hope that's not the reason though...

[Niamh]

Might as well. Need some Baileys to go with the Bushmills. go easy on the coffee.

Well i suppose seeing as you followed you may have a drink! :D


*looks around conspicuously.

says, "don't worry, the beard's a fake.... ... ... ... men, eh? ... can't live with 'em... can't throw your knitting needles at 'em... ...

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so how about those ladies...on ... the view?

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anyone like sex and the city?... or soccer?"

:lol: *tugs beard* seems real to me! *hands drink*

[imthefoolonthehill]

it is an illusion, I promise. Thanks for the drink.

[LostPrincess13]

*sneaks in wearing a chiffon dress and hills and sits quietly in the corner*
*suddenly realizes something: Oh wait! I AM a girl!*
:lol:

[Sapphire]

:lol: Now there is something to forget :lol:

Care for some coffee? :D

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Edit :eek: It was not that big on photobucket!?! OK, fixed to a more manageable size now :lol:

[LostPrincess13]

LOL! I've been in the Blokes' thread too long. :lol:
That would be lovely! I like min with chocolate please!:D

[Sapphire]

A grand way to drink your coffee :D Here's a chocolate rose for dipping ;)


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And the blokes' thread you say? :eek: I think I am following the rules a bit too strict here :lol: The thought of going there had not entered my mind yet :p I take it you stood your ground :)

[LostPrincess13]

Oh that rose is just too beautiful too eat!!!
And the guys at the blokes' thread are so much fun to be around!:D I know there's a no girls policy, but I think they made me an exception and now I'm their lil barmaid.:blush:

[Sapphire]

Good for you :) I am not in favour of separating the sexes too much any way. Glad you found a way in :D

And nothing wrong with being a barmaid: quite some power you have there ;) You can throw them out when they get too annoying :lol: Or cut them short on their drinks :D So nothing to be redfaced about ;)

[LostPrincess13]

We caught and cooked a weasel there once!:D It was stealing all the beverages. Silas had it by the throat with a dart!:D

[Sapphire]

:eek: Did you eat it?!

I guess that would make its dead good for something, but I am not sure I would grab a bite...

[LostPrincess13]

Of course I didn't! I wanted to have it as a pet. But I said my intentions too late.:lol: Silas has very good aim apparently!:lol:

[Sapphire]

Apparently.

I tried throwing darts just yesterday again. It bounced on the board and almost hit me in the eye! I guess I should not have stood that close, not have thrown with left when I am right handed and not be reading and cooking water at the same time :lol:
I can not aim if I do focus completely on it though ;)

[Nightshade]

Apparently.

I tried throwing darts just yesterday again. It bounced on the board and almost hit me in the eye! I guess I should not have stood that close, not have thrown with left when I am right handed and not be reading and cooking water at the same time :lol:
I can not aim if I do focus completely on it though ;)

Haha!
when I went to visit niamh in dublin there was this guy who kept missing whatever it was he was blaying and things kept flying at us ( was it darts or billioard balls or both? :confused: I can't rember but it was funny)
and we didnt actually get hit so I can laugh

[Sapphire]

And we didn't actually get hit so I can laugh
Stuff like that can be quite funny as long as nobody gets (badly) hurt :D. I am not great at billiard either - I can manage to send them flying while that was not my intention at all :lol:
And bowling... lets not start about bowling... Though I have a higher risk of hurting myself instead of others in that case :p I tend to slid on that floor :lol:

[Nightshade]

Stuff like that can be quite funny as long as nobody gets (badly) hurt :D. I am not great at billiard either - I can manage to send them flying while that was not my intention at all :lol:
And bowling... lets not start about bowling... Though I have a higher risk of hurting myself instead of others in that case :p I tend to slid on that floor :lol:

:lol::lol: Oh, dear! I think we need to start an accident prone club.
:lol:

[Sapphire]

:p Well, I am just clumsy.

Or lazy. For if I should focus more I might be less clumsy. But I like to be a litt "melow" about stuff...


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[Tournesol]

I'm clumsy at times. I seem to be most clumsy around mustard. I love mustard. And somehow, only when I'm eating out, I always manage to get mustard on me!!! It's happened so many times!

I can aim at darts pretty good, perhaps it's from my archery training.

[LostPrincess13]

Put the fine china someplace safe ladies! The queen of klutz has just arrived! :lol:

[Sapphire]

Fine China. I have never seen fine China. It runs away when I get near :p

BTW, did anybody see that episode of Mythbusters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_zpMory-0) where they put Bulls in an area with closets full of China? They hardly break a thing! :eek:

A good thing they did not put us in there :p

[Tournesol]

Ha ha...the thing is, while we may think that our clumsiness is so ungraceful, unappealing, and unattractive, men seem to think that it's cute!

Bulls! wow...does anybody remember Brett and the bull-fighter Romero, from Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises'?

[LostPrincess13]

Cute? Really? Wow, THAT must be why I get that often!:lol: Well, so much for thinking that I'm being flattered...:lol:

Bulls are like feathers compared to me in that closet full of china!:lol:

[Sapphire]

I do remember some bullfighting going on in Hemmingway... I am never good in remembering character names or titles :lol: That kind of makes every memory useless because it goes like this "I remember, that was that guy with the thingy at that place!" :brickwall

I do remember the way Hemmingway wrote it down made quite an impression on me. Maybe more than watching it (on TV)...

[Tournesol]

Yes, Brett is a woman, and a nymphomaniac.
However, she's in love with Jake, who is impotent [go figure!] and so when she sees Romero fighting the bull, she is totally turned-on, and she gets Jake to set her up with Romero!

Gotta get back to work gals - did you guys read the blokes' thread - those guys are something else!

bye!

[Sapphire]

Ow yes! Now it's coming back to me :)

And clumsy is only attractive in a moderate level. Trust me, guys think it's quite a turn of when you wreck their computer :lol:

Edit Got to run too, take care!

[LostPrincess13]

Ow yes! Now it's coming back to me :)

And clumsy is only attractive in a moderate level. Trust me, guys think it's quite a turn of when you wreck their computer :lol:

Edit Got to run too, take care!


I'm technologically jinx! Any piece of technology I come in contact with goes berserk!:bawling:

[BienvenuJDC]

I'm technologically jinx! Any piece of technology I come in contact with goes berserk!:bawling:

Is that why my PC isn't working right? You posted on my board...

[LostPrincess13]

Is that why my PC isn't working right? You posted on my board...

Most likely!:D A friend even suggested that I go join the Amish!:lol:

[Sapphire]

Any piece of technology I come in contact with goes berserk!
Me too! Computers especially :lol: During a test in programming I managed to need to restart my computer 2 times (I did pass :confused:). And a friend of mine does not allow me on his computer anymore because it starts to think for itself when I am around :p

[Eugenie]

LostPrincess that is too funny, go join the Amish! Man I love their furniture and quilts, I could spend all day looking at their stuff and buy it all. The best craftsmanship I have come across.
I happen to be someone who is in the dance with all its frills and delicate femininity and also loves technology and computers. I love to know how things work and my brother Asher and I have done a few computer programmes together, it was such fun.
I can fix just about anything that can go wrong except an attack by a worm or trojan, which has happened once, swine computer hackers!!!
i don't know what I think about a princess being the guys 'barmaid' since you have intiltrated their site.
I mean YOU ARE A PRINCESS! How like a guy to let you be a barmaid and serve them. How big of them, how loving, how..............don't get me started.
So then, Bienvenue and Virgil could be our , let me think, our baker and waiter and we could sit about with steaming hot cups of tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and eat delicious and fresh baked pastries with devonsire cream.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Do any of you know what to do with fingernails that are too soft for growing nails a bit longer? I don't get it, I have long and very healthy hair, but my nails, I have to keep them cut short to look nice. I just don't know what to do.

[Sapphire]

I sometimes put (clear) nail hardener on mine. But I am afraid that's more to make them shine than to make them stronger. :redface: The extra "coating" does make it possible to keep them OK when they're longer. Or at least I think so.

You know, I never really looked into it! :eek: I just put it on out of habit... It would be nice if somebody would know whether it is necessary. Or whether it even helps :lol:

So, sorry Eugenie - can't help you there... I like your idea of a bar though :arms: I once was in a restaurant in New York where they had only desserts :D Now there's a treat! Much chocolate of course :)

[Niamh]

I cant help you either Eugenie. My nails are terrible. they just crack. I've managed to get all my finger nail to grow long with out splitting that much but my thumb nails... different story...

ah yes! we do have a bar in the corner behind the japanese screen. And the mens thread dont have comfy budda bags to lounge about like we do. I think i added them to here about two years ago. :D

[Sapphire]

Comfy budda bags http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/vmartinjr/Woohoo-7.gif I have always wanted those :D

[Niamh]

so have i! hence why they are here!

[Sapphire]

:thumbs_up And while we are at it

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/PicturesToLinkTo/pub/cocoon-hammock-3.jpg

Though maybe we should go for the more "original" hammocks. You can't really swing in the one I posted here... I do think it has enough cushions though :lol:

[Scheherazade]

So then, Bienvenue and Virgil could be our , let me think, our baker and waiter Not sure if I am willing to give what these guys bake a try, to be honest.

Re. the above hammock:

I think I would keep worrying that those cushions might end up in the water.

[Sapphire]

I think I would keep worrying that those cushions might end up in the water.
No need to worry - it is quite sure that it will happen :) So just let it happen - they're asking for it. In fact, they're asking for a good cushion fight that turns into a water fight. ;)

[Tournesol]

The Hammock! That pic reminds me of the beach house we stayed at in March.
The gallery looked out onto the beach, and there was a hammock and a pool table. WOnderful luscious breezes 24/7! There's nothing like clean delicious sea breeze to whet your appetite!

[Niamh]

nice!!!

[Sapphire]

It is a clumsy day again... when am I ever gonna learn that it's not a good idea to use a "grate sponge" (not sure what the English word would be) to clean something of my skin?! :eek: Every time I forget that it leaves (bloody) marks! :brickwall

At least you can't read what I wrote on my arm anymore... :p

This is the sponges I'm talking about:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/PicturesToLinkTo/schuursponsjes.jpg

[Nightshade]

mehehehehehe :lol:

I put my hands into a pot of boling water yesterday to 'rescue' my cabbage. ( was boling it whole for a 5 minutes to loosen leaves)
anyway yeah NOT a good idea!

[qimissung]

Ouch! Every once in a while I try to take something out of the oven with my bare hands. A teensy bit painful, to say the least.

[Sapphire]

I put my hands into a pot of boling water yesterday to 'rescue' my cabbage.
:eek: You must really like your cabbage! :eek2: Autsj!

[Niamh]

I put my hands into a pot of boling water yesterday to 'rescue' my cabbage. ( was boling it whole for a 5 minutes to loosen leaves)
anyway yeah NOT a good idea!

ye think? :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Night> Get yourself a slotted spatula or spoon next time you go shopping.

:p

[Nightshade]

tried that the whole cabbage just kept rolling off
:rolleyes:

[Scheherazade]

:eek:

You are not supposed to put the cabbage as a whole.

[Virgil]

tried that the whole cabbage just kept rolling off
:rolleyes:

How about tongs?

[Nightshade]

:eek:

You are not supposed to put the cabbage as a whole.

Ehh yes you are for rolled cabbage leaves.
Or I though so anyway. It worked. The leaves softed so I could take them off without damaging them.
:D
Although if I had thought ablout it properly I might have chosen to put the cabbage in the steam basket :rolleyes:

Tongs is a good idea, and I plan to buy some for next time.

[Tournesol]

It is a clumsy day again... when am I ever gonna learn that it's not a good idea to use a "grate sponge" (not sure what the English word would be) to clean something of my skin?! :eek: Every time I forget that it leaves (bloody) marks! :brickwall

At least you can't read what I wrote on my arm anymore... :p

This is the sponges I'm talking about:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/PicturesToLinkTo/schuursponsjes.jpg


wouldn't a loofah do the trick?!

Is it just me, or is it a sleepy, drowsy Friday?!

[Nightshade]

Ok talking about clumsines is kind of depressing so ladies how about a subject change?
I know jewelry there are so many differnt kinds what kind do you like?
Chunky necklaces, or slim almost not there neckalces, or middling ?

http://murphyjewelrydesigns.com/images/ambn/AMBN-1101.jpg
or
http://www.amberica.co.uk/images/uploads/NAA1301_01.jpg
http://s7ondemand4.scene7.com/is/image/Signet/5912121?$detail$
and while we are on the subject, costume or real? gold or silver? platinum?
classic or wierd?
:D

[Niamh]

Ok talking about clumsines is kind of depressing so ladies how about a subject change?
I know jewelry there are so many differnt kinds what kind do you like?
Chunky necklaces, or slim almost not there neckalces, or middling ?

http://murphyjewelrydesigns.com/images/ambn/AMBN-1101.jpg
:D

Oh i love it!! i want it!
I like chunky. i'm not one for really slim delicate jewellery. never have. I love beads and pearls and costume jewellery.

[Sapphire]

Silver over gold any day!

[Nightshade]

Silver over gold any day!

Well yellow gold platinum and the really really expensive stuff whats it called? now that is a yes anyday!
Although truthfully I dont wear much jewlery, i have an allergy to most forms of silver, only kind Ive found that is ok is mexican grade silver. and I only wear a ring on a regular basis.
I do like costume jewlery though, the more bizzare the better, although not chunky. pendants are good.
Oh anklets and toe rings I also like, they don't get in my way like most other jewelry. ( I dont even wear a watch- I once got caught on a door handle and ended up with some nasty bruises. :rolleyes: )

[Stargazer86]

Those are all lovely Nightshade. I think it would depend on the outfit and the occasion and the mood you're in.
National Geographic and Novica put out a line of beautiful, unique, handmade jewlery.
http://jewelry.novica.com/ I think the hunger site also sells some of the national geographic jewlery. Some of it gets a bit pricy but these really are artful pieces

[Nightshade]

Oh I just love this http://jewelry.novica.com/pendantspendant-silver-daffodil/157227/
but I know just by looking at it I come out in hives if I wore it *sigh*

[Nightshade]

Ohh or this one http://www.kimandmaki.com/product.asp?lt=c&catid=7451&pfid=KAM00333
costs waaaaaaaay too much but its called nightshade and has a recipie for brownies on it? How awesome is that?!
I love things that aren't what they appear :nod: :D

[Stargazer86]

That's really cool Nightshade!!

Some jewlery look better as art pieces. But if you wore something really simple you could get away with some elaborate jewlery pieces. It's awful when you see people wear the obnoxious combination of loud outfits and elaborate jewlery. Some of the really old disgustingly wealthy ladies who live around here wear sequined outfits with HUGE rings and earrings and necklaces.

I totally dig this bracelet (but not for that price!!) http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=37080&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=9
http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=36889&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=18

[sprinks]

Ohhh guess what everyone! This Thursday.... I'm going back to short, blonde hair.

SHORT!

BLONDE!
:eek:

I haven't had short hair in about a year (I'm going back up above the shoulder) and I haven't been a proper shade of blonde for about 2 years! This'll be fun.

[zanna]

Cool deal, sprinks! Er, what is your current hair situation, lol?

[sprinks]

it falls to about half way down my chest, and is black :lol:

One extreme to the other :D

[zanna]

I guess so! That's cool, though; sometimes you just want a change. If I'm lucky, my hair will be long enough to donate later this month when I get it cut.

How many of y'all on here have heard of Locks of Love? It's pretty cool, but I don't know if it's just a States thing or not . . ..

[motherhubbard]

My favorite hen died. She had an egg that was just too big and it killed her. :(

[sprinks]

How many of y'all on here have heard of Locks of Love? It's pretty cool, but I don't know if it's just a States thing or not . . ..

I've heard of that... somewhere.



My favorite hen died. She had an egg that was just too big and it killed her. :(
Oh no! :( *hugs*

[Nightshade]

hugs to all relevant people!
I have bought yet MORE new tea. I really need to be stopped I now have:
1)Fairtrade bog standard english supermarket tea (a mix of clipper and Asda own, and Morrisons Organic)
2)Co-op fairtrade Earl grey
3)Jasmine tea
4)wierd Japaneese ( or chinees cant rember) tea ( that opens up into a flowe r or a spider)
5)Twinings fruit fussions ( raspberry vcarnberry and elderflower)
6)Twinnings MInt something ( whihc isa a box filled 4 different kinds of tea all with mint in them)
7)Indian Masala Tea
8)Irish breakfast tea ( from Ireland)

I also have a jar of coffee taht has been opened only once, most of my guests are not cofee people, and my mum never stops. Hot choclate, cinanmon that I somtimes drink, and a draw full of herbs I occasionally oil up. I need to be stopped probably.

[Scheherazade]

How many of y'all on here have heard of Locks of Love? It's pretty cool, but I don't know if it's just a States thing or not . . ..Yes, they operate only in the US but they accept donations from other countries too.

Last summer, I donated my hair and sent it off to them because they are the only charity that does not charge the patients for the wigs (as far as I could see) and they did not refuse my hair because it came from another country.

There is a thread somewhere here on my "after-donation blues".

[Tournesol]

My favorite hen died. She had an egg that was just too big and it killed her. :(

Oh, my sympathies motherhubbard.

quite honestly, I didn't know they could die from that.

[Niamh]

Those are all lovely Nightshade. I think it would depend on the outfit and the occasion and the mood you're in.
National Geographic and Novica put out a line of beautiful, unique, handmade jewlery.
http://jewelry.novica.com/ I think the hunger site also sells some of the national geographic jewlery. Some of it gets a bit pricy but these really are artful pieces
There are some really nice pieces there!!!!!!

Oh I just love this http://jewelry.novica.com/pendantspendant-silver-daffodil/157227/
but I know just by looking at it I come out in hives if I wore it *sigh*
they are pretty!

Ohh or this one http://www.kimandmaki.com/product.asp?lt=c&catid=7451&pfid=KAM00333
costs waaaaaaaay too much but its called nightshade and has a recipie for brownies on it? How awesome is that?!
I love things that aren't what they appear :nod: :D
:eek: That is soooo nice!

That's really cool Nightshade!!

Some jewlery look better as art pieces. But if you wore something really simple you could get away with some elaborate jewlery pieces. It's awful when you see people wear the obnoxious combination of loud outfits and elaborate jewlery. Some of the really old disgustingly wealthy ladies who live around here wear sequined outfits with HUGE rings and earrings and necklaces.

I totally dig this bracelet (but not for that price!!) http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=37080&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=9
http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=36889&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=18
I love the garnet chain.

[papayahed]

My favorite hen died. She had an egg that was just too big and it killed her. :(

That stinks, certainly an unpleasant way to go.

[Niamh]

My favorite hen died. She had an egg that was just too big and it killed her. :(

Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nightshade]

That stinks, certainly an unpleasant way to go.

Nods., We had a budgie go like that :nod:
The tradgedy was the male was convinced the egss were footballs so the ones she did mange to lay he killed.

[Tournesol]

Hi girls! How was the day?!
It's hot in Trinidad. Well, it's almost always hot, but today the humidity was ridiculous!!

[zanna]

Scher -- well, I'm glad they took your hair! I'm sorry you had post-donation blues, though. =(

And Motherhubbard, I'm sorry about your hen! Was she like a pet?

[LostPrincess13]

Those are all lovely Nightshade. I think it would depend on the outfit and the occasion and the mood you're in.
National Geographic and Novica put out a line of beautiful, unique, handmade jewlery.
http://jewelry.novica.com/ I think the hunger site also sells some of the national geographic jewlery. Some of it gets a bit pricy but these really are artful pieces


Oh I just love this http://jewelry.novica.com/pendantspendant-silver-daffodil/157227/
but I know just by looking at it I come out in hives if I wore it *sigh*


Ohh or this one http://www.kimandmaki.com/product.asp?lt=c&catid=7451&pfid=KAM00333
costs waaaaaaaay too much but its called nightshade and has a recipie for brownies on it? How awesome is that?!
I love things that aren't what they appear :nod: :D


That's really cool Nightshade!!

Some jewlery look better as art pieces. But if you wore something really simple you could get away with some elaborate jewlery pieces. It's awful when you see people wear the obnoxious combination of loud outfits and elaborate jewlery. Some of the really old disgustingly wealthy ladies who live around here wear sequined outfits with HUGE rings and earrings and necklaces.

I totally dig this bracelet (but not for that price!!) http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=37080&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=9
http://shop.thehungersite.com/store/item.do?itemId=36889&siteId=220&sourceId=2165&sourceClass=Category&index=18


Ooooooooooh! They're all just lovely! Makes me want to go out and get a rich boyfriend to buy them for me!:lol: