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Old 05-22-2010, 06:54 AM   #376
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Everything is amuseful today.

There really IS no sense crying over spilled milk. Who'd've thunk?

One thing making me happy is that a SES kid in my class has not intentionally dumped milk on the floor in two weeks. Go me.
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I've always wanted one of these, but I would not prop myself up against a tree in one, that'd be asking to be shot!
I saw a little black bear Thursday afternoon.
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Old 05-23-2010, 12:02 AM   #377
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I'm laugh'n

@ ....private joke.

I would say but it isn't nice. Just funny as hell.

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Old 05-23-2010, 12:29 AM   #378
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I almost forgot.

Earlier this week there was a baby squirrel hanging on my outside door frame. It was making loud vocal noises. I don't know what the word is for screaming type noises coming from squirrels are called. More than chattering. It was frightened. I was worried it had rabies. It jumped down. I thought at first it was going to run in through my door but then it ran away. I think the neighbors cat chased it. It was amusing in that squirrels don't let themselves be cornered like that or act like it is going to come into your house for safe haven.
( barring attics of course! )

Today I opened a survey envelop. Inside there was a five dollar bill. wtf! I think someone must have accidentally scooped their lunch money up while stuffing envelopes. I want to fill out the survey and sent the five dollars back but unless it got back to the person who lost the money the joke would be lost. I don't know what to do with it. I don't want someones lost money.
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Old 05-23-2010, 06:45 AM   #379
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Maybe it is some kind of psychological experiment to see what people do with the five dollars.
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Old 05-23-2010, 09:06 AM   #380
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We've gotten surveys with money in them, transportation surveys. It is an incentive to actually fill out the damn survey and be truthful instead putting down things like "Heywood Jablome"

In total, I think we got about 17 dollars. It was weird and really random amounts, like $5, $3, $7.
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Old 05-23-2010, 02:15 PM   #381
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Psychologically, it works better to dole out multiple small (but unpredictable) amounts, because people subconsciously like playing the lottery. If you know for sure this task will net you $2 and nothing more, you might not bother. But if you don't know for sure that the next one won't contain $20...
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Old 05-23-2010, 02:40 PM   #382
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How funny. I've never received surveys with money in them before.
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:34 AM   #383
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I read the cover letter and it does say that a money has been included for my time.

The survey is a result of having put myself on the waiting list for health insurance lottery but after filling it out I feel I am too healthy to ask for insurance,when there are so many people in actual need. Not only that, by the time my random name gets picked I'll be employed again and won't need it anyway.

I checked out the website.It does say those people put on the waiting list in 08. I was employed then and did not put myself on any waiting list until I had an ear infection 4 months ago.
https://www.oregonhealthstudy.org/en/home.php
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Old 06-11-2010, 06:37 PM   #384
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Poor Victor! He got to meet the electric fence today and he was not impressed! I was walking with Victor on a longline and Suede my cattle dog loose, and Suede went under the electric fence and naturally Victor wanted to go but, it got his ear or nose and he was sure that Suede was an evil magic dog! He shot to the end of the longline and I did a recall [poor baby] and he got over it pretty quickly but I did have to prove to him that Suede was not Electro dog.
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Old 06-14-2010, 03:32 PM   #385
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Mama guppy dropped off about 10 fry in the turtle tank today. They're about 3mm long. They will probably be et, by turtle or other fish, but it's strangely fun to watch the process.

The turtle has signed a non-aggression pact with the other guppies. Not hunting them for sport, nor for food.
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Old 06-14-2010, 05:00 PM   #386
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The turtle has signed a non-aggression pact with the other guppies. Not hunting them for sport, nor for food.
Or perhaps the turtle is smart and realizes that the parent guppies are producing food.
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Old 06-15-2010, 12:33 PM   #387
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The fry are all et. The tank is not big enough for them to hide. The population is already too big for its area.
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Old 06-15-2010, 12:37 PM   #388
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Touchdown Jesus was struck by lightning last night and it burned to the ground.

This is amusing to me.
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Old 06-15-2010, 09:40 PM   #389
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I thought that was scorching your grove - what ever that means.
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Old 06-15-2010, 10:55 PM   #390
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I thought that was scorching your grove - what ever that means.
That's something to do with a burning bush, isn't it?
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