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Old 11-16-2011, 01:03 PM   #76
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I went out to dinner last night. Does that count?
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Old 11-17-2011, 08:14 AM   #77
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I went out to dinner last night. Does that count?
did you have a mixed salad? or a mixed drink? How did you feel about it?
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Old 11-17-2011, 11:18 AM   #78
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Lamplighter--
I don't have AppleTV. I *DO* have a Roku. I've got a few actually.
I can't recommend them highly enough. They stream my Netflix,
and many other channels (as does the Xbox 360 and the PS3).
V, I think I'm going to order one of the Roku's and try it out for a while before canceling Comcast.

As I said in another post, my wife and I are news junkies.
Will the Roku system let us to make custom links to websites
of local TV news media ( OPB, KATU, etc ?)
Or is it limited to the Roku app for their News Channel,
which seems to be links to the national ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. ?
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Old 11-17-2011, 01:48 PM   #79
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BigV... good talking with you... I learned a lot
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Old 11-19-2011, 09:21 AM   #80
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Mr. Clod has some pretty unsavory relatives on the extended branches of his family tree, most of whom I've never met. But I've met his aunt several times, so along with awful animated email forwards I occasionally get family updates on these people. The updates are so terrible, it's hard to keep from laughing. This stuff is my ticket to hell, right here.

So his aunt had a son, we'll call him Steve. Steve struggled with mental illness, but like many in his situation he avoided doctors and medications. A year ago, Steve died of cancer because he ignored the giant lump under his arm until it was way too late. Never met the guy, but I felt bad for everyone close to him, including his wife and adult kids (20-somethings.)

According to Mr. Clod's aunt, the wife--we'll call her Sarah--had always been Steve's rock, the one who kept him tethered to reality and functioning and all that. She was "the sane one in the house," and they counted on her to help when their son was "acting out." Sarah took her husband's death pretty hard, sunk (further?) into alcoholism, and a couple days ago we received an email letting us know that she had died, the implication being an overdose of some sort.

At this point I'm still feeling bad for all these people I don't know, who obviously had some problems in their lives. But then, the aunt starts to share some of "the crazy wonderful memories" she has of good ol' Sarah.

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I remember helping her to put on a bustier, to look like a stripper to entertain Steve in the hospital in his last few days. He laughed and laughed.
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Sarah put decorations up all over the house and all over her kayaks too. I especially remember a “vampire” Mickey Mouse attached to the bow of her kayak.
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Sarah told some really outlandish stories of the wild and zoo animals that she had “in her backyard.” Once she told of trapping an owl in our closet in the house on ****** Drive. Later we discovered that the owl was cardboard.
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Once or maybe more than once, she spread honey and birdseed on her arms, stayed very still, and waited for eagles to land.
This one was the sane one. The email then goes on to say that the one son has yet to deliver the news of their mother's death to the second son, because his brother is currently in prison for "changing a prescription amount." The apple doesn't fall far.
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Old 11-19-2011, 09:31 AM   #81
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that last one is the best one.
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Old 11-19-2011, 12:24 PM   #82
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But did they? land?
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Old 11-19-2011, 03:18 PM   #83
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But did they? land?
The eagles? I'm betting not. Are there eagles in Illinois?
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Old 11-19-2011, 03:49 PM   #84
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I'm sure there are.

This sound like something my mom would have done/ might have done/ could still do.....
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Old 11-19-2011, 05:05 PM   #85
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She misunderstood that crazy pastor guy. She thought he said to prepare for the raptor.
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Old 11-20-2011, 04:45 PM   #86
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Whoa, put the car in park. You're not supposed to change the prescription amount?
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Old 11-20-2011, 05:03 PM   #87
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Only if you're not any good at it. Using a crayon to write in an extra couple of zeros is frowned upon. Using photoshop to concoct an entirely new scrip is to be commended!
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Old 11-20-2011, 06:44 PM   #88
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my boss is suposed to send a couple of dudes to pick up my truck and stuff,
also first Dr Appt After Surgery , he gotz sum Splainen to do
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:24 PM   #89
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who needs to splain -the boss or the surgeon?



I made yummy soup, but it's too hot and I need to go out
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:35 PM   #90
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Hey Zippy, how did the Dr. appointment go?
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