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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by TrainofThought on Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:09 pm

TurKeyLurKey wrote:Make sure you write long posts in Word first before posing them online. I just wrote a long addition to the RP game, and my internet connection failed. There goes 40 minutes of work!
Sad That sucks. I learned that that hard way too.

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by Kerr on Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:23 pm

Aw Turkey, that stinks, but it is easier on seconds. I learned this when I lost my term paper once at four thirty in the morning when I forgot to hit save. EEK!

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by TurKeyLurKey on Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:51 pm

All is well. Thanks! I posted my second draft. :) Santa is quite a hunk!

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by AmandaLyn on Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:03 am

I learned that I have to have lots of cold showers while reading the RP thread...

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by AmandaLyn on Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:13 pm

i learned that i will no longer play pool with grubs who can shoot ambidextrous... it gives them an unfair advantage!

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by PurityandLight on Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:05 am

I learned not to get caught up in my own mind, and others beliefs.

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by AmandaLyn on Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:34 pm

...that it is not smart to fall asleep in the recliner when the grubs have discovered your secret stash of indelible markers.
I hope my tattoos wash off soon. No

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by HeronW on Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:40 pm

What I learned today...
...Mandy never shares pix of her tatts... Shocked

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by AmandaLyn on Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:17 pm

that physics lessons come in many forms, like when the youngest grub goes outside to knock the overhang of snow from the roof... while standing under it!!

ROFLMAO!!

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by Poetic Petunia on Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:21 pm

When working with the "brain" challenged..it is possible to use sarcasm as a tool of sanity

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by TrainofThought on Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:40 pm

That it's important to have a thermometer at home.

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by JustaMan on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:22 pm

TrainofThought wrote:That it's important to have a thermometer at home.


I just look at the water in the bird bath. If frozen I don't go out.


Sumthin' (local language) I learned not today but very recent, very recent. MC is not master of ceremonies and POV is not private owned vehicle in certain situations. What did Forrest Gump's mother tell him about stup...


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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by HeronW on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:49 pm

'Ignernt is temporary, Stupit is forever'

would be a reasonable translation from my southern kinfolk :}

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by davids on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:52 pm

i learn on a daily basis that living alone can beat the hell out of the alternative

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Re: What I Learned Today......

Post by JustaMan on Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:28 pm

HeronW wrote:'Ignernt is temporary, Stupit is forever'

would be a reasonable translation from my southern kinfolk :}


They are 100% on that.

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