Conference waylay::singles_chat

    	Waking up at 6:49 and still being at work by 8:00 - with time to
    drop a coat off at the dry cleaners - the joys of having hair you don't
    have to fuss with!
    
    joyce

I can certainly relate to the no-fuss hair thang.

It's great to drop the top, do 45 miles at 65mph, and 
have it look exactly the same as when you started....

daryll

    
    There goes daryll with his freakin' hair again... ;-)
    
    
    glenn
    

    re . 113
    
    shhh Glenn or we'll get the Kreuger note here too! :-)
    
    joyce

62 years ago today, the first commercially available beer can hit 
the shelves in Richmond, Virginia. It was a Kreuger.

:-P

Waking up for the 2nd morning in a row withOUT a lot of back pain.

Seeing the moon, still out, with a ring out clouds around it, on my way in this
morning.  It was beautiful.

Working out every day this week!!!!  I think this is a first.

Getting my own copy of the Amesbury Sports Park info on my chair when I got back
from working out (thanks Bob!).

Having *long* hair that blows all over the place with the top down BUT being
able to put it in a pony tail so that it doesn't become a rats nest.

Having my hair permed so that it doesn't take me as long to get ready in the
morning.

	Having hair. :)

	So many friends are losing theirs. Mine still grows at
	1/2"-3/4" a month.

						mike

          <<< Note 12.118 by AXEL::FOLEY "http://axel.zko.dec.com" >>>

	>So many friends are losing theirs. Mine still grows at
	>1/2"-3/4" a month.

        I get mine cut when it gets to those outrageous lengths. :-)

        daryll

    	Having my daily chocolate chip cookie and getting to leave at 11:30
    to have my furnace cleaned!
    
    joyce

          I double echo of not having to worry about the hair thing. Anyone
    got a can opener so I can ride with the top down too?
    
    
    bob

    I'll go with .118... hey Mike!!! we agree!!!
    
    
    	Hair, grow it-- show it-- long as I can......et.al
    
    Jan

    	Gave up long hair *years* ago - infact while in college - too much
    work and although my curls have gone into waves, back then I made
    Janice Joplin look like she had straight hair!!!!  blech!
    
    joyce

    Then there's the motto of the Irishmen -
    
    "I'd rather it gray than go away"
    

Today's Farside...

A bunch of dogs hiding behind a fence in a neighborhood and the paper boy coming
down the street on a bike.

"OK, this time Rex and Zeke will be the wolves, Fifi and Muffin will be the
coyotes, and ... listen! ...  Here comes the deer!"

;-)

    	Its your turn - I was waiting for you to post that!
    
    joyce

>    	Its your turn - I was waiting for you to post that!
    
Took me awhile to even read it.  ;-)

RE: .124 (cj)

	It's going there, that's for sure! I've noticed more gray
	in the past 3 months. Especially on the top and on my
	chin. :)

							mike

    Finding out Marianne, a really good friend of mine wants me to be with
    her when she delivers and to be God-parents. :-)
    
    James

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Going to see Steven Wright to night (I had better smile and laugh
    too...) He kills me
    
    Steve

RE: .99


	I was in the N.H. Air Guard at Pease for 7 years. ('80-'87)

							mike

    pigging out on the divine chocolate truffles my buddy brought
    back from Switzerland...  'course, they'd be even better nibbled off
    someone's spine...
    
    /b

    	Did I hear truffles!!  I adored the Rocky Mtn. Chocolate Factory
    truffles until I discovered Lindt truffles...
    
    	Doing my groceries in one trip - not several little trips!
    
    joyce

         Managing to log 25 miles running this week. It's not typical that
    I can log that kind of mileage in January. Usually in maintenance mode
    trying to stay in shape. Gad I'm still in good enough shape to race.
    
    
    bob

    Do not mistake temptation
    for opportunity...

Being logged on at 11:00 on a Sunday night cause I don't have to get up at
5:30 tomorrow cause I took a vacation day!  ;-)

Have a great day y'all!

B

    pffffttttt! :-)
    
    
    joyce

    	The fact I can finally leave and listen to Indigo Girls on my way
    home...
    
    joyce

    Things that make me smile??
    
    the previous noter eating chocolate off someone's spine!!!!
    mmmmmm imagine the possibilities....:')  ;') 
    
    c
    
    
    

    	When a customer says "Thank you Joyce, you're a breath of fresh
    air"...
    
    joyce  

    ..4x4 on days like yesterday! Godbless 4x4, women in spandix, and
    beer.:)
    
    

    Listening to Farrenheit...
    
    j

It's a "Bad Habit" :-P

    Actually that just finished playing :-P

    
    	Charlie must have gotten a better job or something, since he's
    	apparently not here any more.
    
    	I should ask Brian Markey, since I'm sure he knows.
    

He was temping. He's been gone for a long time.

If he got a better job, it wasn't in music.

Last I heard he was playing a dump in Methuen Ma.

daryll

    
    Getting it all together ....
    
    The house is clean, the bills are all paid, the kids are under control,
    and I'm not buried at work!  Imagine that?!?!
    
    

    .147
    
    sssshhhh!! The other shoe might drop!:)
    

    re .148 .... I KNOW the other shoe will drop .... probably the car will
    break down on the way home or something (-:
    
    But in the meantime, I'm tickled to even have these few moments of
    "rest".
    
    It's the little things in life!!
    

    	
    	The sweetart hearts that come out this time of year...  I ate a box
    last night!
    
    joyce

A reset, running system; French Vanilla coffee and an unexpected chat with 
Kathleen in the cafe!

    re: 151    Thanks!  (-;

    
    Leaving for the day, finally!

    
    aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh seeing that cute guy that gives me the warm fuzzy's
    inthe hall at MKO 1/2 and having him smile and say hi (finally!)
    
    what a way to start the day!!
    
    
    as Jan would say- 'Life is good"
    
    

Running into a good friend that I haven't seen for a couple of months at my
HMO this morning.  Quite a surprise - a nice one!

My sister now works in PKO and has been dropping off little
goodies to me. Today I found several pieces of incredibly
delicious peanut butter fudge.

    
    JAG and Homicide in the same night :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Since Barb isn't here today <sniff> - I'll take her turn :-)
    
    	Today's farside...
    
    
    	Snake lying in bed, above his head a dream cloud containing a man
    in a booth with a sign "FREE WIENER DOGS" - holding out a rather fat 
    dachshund to a *smiling* snake.  
    
    	Caption "Snake dreams"
    
    joyce

    
    	Listening to Foreigner as I work!
    
    j

    
    	I know what you mean.  My boss is from India.
    

    
    	Shawn makes me smile!!!
    
    
    	

    
    	[blush]
    
    
    	Great T-shirt saying I saw last night:
    
    	"Remember my name.  You'll be screaming it later."
    

    	
    	Like we believe that [blush]  HAH!
    
    joyce

    re .162
    
    ROFL!
    
    WOFL!
    
    sigh!
    
    That was very cute.
    
    Jim

Actually, women screaming around Shawn seems quite normal to me, 
and common I'd bet....

    Most normal people would put this under gripes, but for some reason, it
    made me laugh so hard I had to pull over...
    
    I stopped at Burgerking to get a soda.  I'm driving along, grabbed the
    soda and the top came off in my hand and the rest poured down into my
    right shoe... I had to come in and ring out my sock... 
    
    

    	Kathleen - some days you just gotta laugh - I know what you mean...
    
    joyce

Catching up on *81* messages in here and getting some chuckles after 
dealing iwth route 3 north from Burlington (was there at a seminar).

Thanks for the smiles, all - I need them right now!!

B

    
    	The main thing is that you made it all the way in 1 piece.
    

    
    	Ditto - been trying to call you woman!
    
    joyce

Yeah Shawn s'pose I should be thankful I didn'thave to deal with any of the
usual going from 60 to 0 in a split second that route 3 is so famous for.

;-)

    	Hey you - I just sent you mail too!!!!!
    
    joyce :-)

Reading all 81 notes from the last 24 hours!

;-)

    
       Logging on - on Saturday morning and having mail!
    
       Last night talking to Barb for an hour and then Joni for 3!
    
    joyce

"Toasted" pears and lettuce...

While in the middle of the hour-long phone call with Joyce last night I
thought I smelled something cooking but seeing as I hadn't started anything
and my cat can't cook I figured it was my imagination.  After getting of the
phone with Joyce I went downstairs and...

Yes something HAD been cooking.  When I got in I left the groceries on the
counter.  Turns out one of the (plastic) bags had hit the toast lever on my
toaster oven and was holding it down.  Two of the bags were up against it
so after the plastic nicely melted on the front of the toaster oven, the 
lettuce in one bag and the pears inthe other started to cook.

Well, thankfully I was in a better mood by this point and just cracked up,
and had to call Joyce back to tell her.  

Yes, it was quite the day!!!

;-)

B

    	
    	I swear I'll never forget the look on the face of the sleeping guy, 
    when he woke up to Jan planting one on his cheek - it was *priceless* -
    and only Jan could have pulled that one off...
    
    joyce

    
    
    	Joyce's reaction when I respond to one of her challenges.....
    
    
    	What's next, I wonder??   8-}
        Oh yes!!!	Life Is Good!!!
    			
    	Jan
    

    
    	Sat. and Sun's Far Side -
    
    Fireman holding cat toward a woman, which is really a dog on its hind
    feet wearing a mask - tail peeking out from under the coat and wagging
    furiously...
    
    Caption:  "Now calm down there, ma'am... Your cat's gonna be fine...
    just fine."
    
    joyce

        re. .177
    
    	You still wussed out on the first one - but I didn't :-P   The
    second one was a piece of cake - the guy was asleep!
    
    joyce

Sequel to 12.175 

Was baking a cake yesterday and was adding in the eggs...cracked the 4th one
(was making 2 cakes) and it was hard boiled!  I thought "what the ???  Hmmm,
did I hard boil eggs recently?  Nooooo, in fact, I *just* bought this dozen."
Cracked open another one and it was soft boiled (the first 3 had been fine).
Well, it finally occurred to me that the eggs had been in the bag with the
lettuce!  ;-)

B

    
    	I think danger::   is right :-)
    
    joyce

    
    
         That's too funny Barb!
    
       Rosie

    WOW!  I'm going to lose my role as the most dangerous person
    in the kitchen!  
    
    At least I only do damage to myself, rather than waste food! :-)
    
    You're too funny Barb!
    						cj *->

    Barb!
    
    	I can just imagine you in the kitchen-- coming to the realization
    that you had pre-cooked the eggs in a toasting accident...
    
    Hugs!
    Jan

You know, this sort of thing never happens to me :-P

    	
    	Yes Daryll, we know you're perfect - you keep telling us :-P
    
    joyce

    	
    	When the chef makes me a chocolate chip cookie and hides it for me,
    cause there haven't been since early last week and the order didn't get
    in, in time to cook a full batch :-)
    
    
    joyce

I'm so glad I could provide the entertainment for you all this morning!  ;-)

>   I think danger::   is right :-)

Hey, I'm not dangerous!!  Nothing even burned!!

>At least I only do damage to myself, rather than waste food! :-)

Personally I'd rather damage some food than myself!!!  ;-)

>You know, this sort of thing never happens to me :-P

Probably cause you're never even *in* your kitchen!  ;-P

What???  No comments from Doug or Shawn?  I'm amazed!  ;-)

B

>        <<< Note 12.169 by BUSY::SLAB "Beware of geeks baring grifts" >>>

My, Shawn, where DID you get such an original personal name????  (missed it on 
Friday)

;-)

B

    
    	I didn't think too much needed to be said about the toaster inc-
    	ident that either wasn't said already or that of which you were
    	already aware.  8^)
    
    	And about the p_n, it's similar to yours but different.  Yes, I
    	did get the idea from yours, so if people think it's really dumb
    	then I'll have to blame it on you.  8^)
    

    
>    	And about the p_n, it's similar to yours but different.  Yes, I
>    	did get the idea from yours, so if people think it's really dumb
>    	then I'll have to blame it on you.  8^)

Hey, I'm not the one who hacked it up!!  MINE is NOT dumb.  Your's on the other 
hand....

;-)

    
    	I didn't say yours was dumb, I said people might think that of
    	mine.
    
    	They'd be wrong, of course, but what do I know?  8^)
    

    Having two different dates during one weekend.....and liking both of
    them!!

    But are they smiling??? ;->

    My voice!  After days of coughing (besides being quite sick
    last night) I sound so awful it's kind of funny.  At least
    to my ears anyways. I can do some mean Katherine Hepburn or
    ET impersonations. 
    
    I could make some cash doing voice-overs for cartoon characters.
    I'm thinking perhaps a street person named Gravel Gertie.  :-)
    
    							cj *->

    	
    	Well, you saved me a mail message asking if you'd survived the
    week-end :-)
    
    joyce

    Receiving a job offer that I couldn't refuse!
    
    Greg

    	
    	Getting my morning chocolate chip cookie and having an older
    gentlemen stop me and ask me what I've been doing, I look great, look
    skinny :-)
    
    	This chocolate chip cookie/oreo cookie routine is great for weight
    loss :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Watch out for those guys ... perverts, all of 'em.
    

    
    	Shawn - you speaking for yourself again? :-)
    
    joyce

	A new nephew.. Joseph Connor Michael Foley

								mike

    Congrats on the new nephew!

    	good news - congrats...
    
    joyce

    Mike,  I get a kick out of all those nice Italian
    names in your family!  :-)
    						cj *->

    .197
    
    Cool on your new job!
    
    Karyn

    Congrats on your new nephew.  Is the Michael part after you?
    
    

    	
    	When a very dear friend goes back to working days and you remember
    how much fun it was to talk during the day...
    
    j

RE: .204 cj

	My friend Liz said the same thing.. :)

RE: .206

	Yup.. The Joseph is named after my late brother Dennis. (Dennis
	Joseph Finbar) Connor because it sounded neat and Michael after
	me. I also have a niece named after me. She's Michaela Foley
	Doughty. (Her middle name is my last name)

							uncle mike

    	
    	Getting a green gummy bear from a co-worker's little girl...
    
    joyce

    	
    	Finding out what's happening to Tasha is a side effect from the
    meds and heading out to dance lessons with my sister!
    
    joyce

    Hearing my voice again!   While that may make others cringe,
    I'm kind of attached to it ;->
    
    At least I don't sound like ET anymore.
    							cj *->

    welcome back from sickdom!  Glad to hear you are feeling better!
    
    

    thanks Kathleen!  It feels good to be back.
    
    					cj *->

    
    	a bag of rolos for my afternoon snack :-)
    
    joyce

    re:214
    
         OooOoo, I love rolos, except when they get stuck to your
            back teeth!
    
                                                        Bye,
                                                         Mike.

    re. 215
    
    	Mike - I carry a portable tooth brush with me always - I don't
    worry about my teeth having "stuff" in them :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	a man with a sense of humor - especially where chocolate is
    concerned :-)
    
    j

    Coming in early, and packing up now to leave!  I know, I'm not really
    leaving "early".. but it feels like it.. (-;
    

    re .216
    
    A purse check of Joyce:  See the "portable" toothbrush.  
         -- I'm still carrying my Neosporin in case I meet any bacteria.
    
    Tony

    	You know Tony - they were frightened last Saturday night when I
    started pulling stuff out of my purse - but I assured them since Lon
    wasn't around to play dueling purse/pockets - we were safe :-)
    
    joyce

    				Joyce!

    
    	Hey Mike are you trying to make me blush?!?!
    
    joyce

    re: .222
    
         Me? Never! I am of the firm belief to give praise were praise
            is due. I have seen too many instances in life where people
            have gone above and beyond their call and get no recognition
            for it.
    
         Sad really... So, I try to make it known when someone does
            something good... There's just too much negativity around
            here... dammit!
    
                                                       Bye,
                                                        Mike.

    	Mike - everyone made this possible - I just happen to talk alot :-)
    	
    joyce

    
    	Having my warm chocolate chip cookie - better late than never :-)
    
    joyce

    Completing another batch of ad hoc corn chowder (no recipe; just throw
    in what I feel like) -- Just under 2 gallons -- enough to freeze a
    whole bunch.  This time my latent vegetarianism remained latent -- I
    chopped up Canadian bacon and threw it in (you hear that up north?).
    
    Tony

    Coming in and finding a hostess cupcake on my desk.. and ditto on
    Joyce, you've helped to create a comfortable place for people to kick
    back and have some fun...

4 months without a cigarette.

daryll

>>Things that make you smile


	One less smoker in the world...

								mike

    Congrats Daryll!

    
    	I knew there was a reason I liked you :-)   Cold turkey is the only
    way to go...
    
    	Thanks Kathleen...
    
    joyce

    	
    	Going to the Westford Regency Buffett - 3 plates and 2 desserts
    (triple layer chocolate cake and whipped cream/strawberries) - for
    lunch!
    
    joyce 

Thanks all. Tried a ton of times. Woke up one am and just 
decided that was it. I'm really not counting the days, I just 
happen to have a concert ticket from the night before sitting on 
my bulletin board (KISS, Albany NY if you must know) as a 
reminder.

    
    	RE: Daryll
    
    	I've gone at least that long without a cigarette.  Little cigars
    	are much cheaper.  8^)
    
    	KISS concert, eh?  Maybe you're not so bad after all.  8^)
    

    re .226
    
    I tawt alla youse guys down there in da US only ate clam chowda.
    
    :-)
    
    James
    (Great White North Unlimited) grin

    re .223
    
    KISS? It's nice to know there are some real rockers here :-).

    re .235
    
    What a hoser, eh??
    
    re .236
    
    Kiss = Real??  Pullleeeeezzzzz !
    

    Taking off Friday to ski... Big smiles... Killington here I come.

Infrared cameras and dry ice - my hand was 36 degrees C as expected.  ;-)

Dancing!!!

;-)

Getting a really good knee brace from my HMO last night, for FREE!

The accident on route 2 this morning being west of 495 so I didn't get stuck in
it.  Hope everyone else avoided it too.

Being able to leave "early" today cause I got in early.

    re .239
    
    Barb -- 
    
    Dare I ask?  Was the infrared camera used to see how hot your
    chip/board was running?  Must we ship the dry ice with it ??  :)
    
    Tony

    
>    Dare I ask?  Was the infrared camera used to see how hot your
>    chip/board was running?  Must we ship the dry ice with it ??  :)
    
Yes and no.  (ooo, wouldn't the mechanical folks have fun with that one - dry 
ice cooling??  Marlboro had fun experimenting with non-air cooling!  No, those 
turbolaser blowers move a h*ll of a lot of air - it's like a wind tunnel out in 
that lab.  Brrrrr.)

The camera was to check for hot spots on the module.  My chip is nice and cool
though, *of course*!!  ;-)  The dry ice is to cool the camera!

B

Gee, I seem to be on a roll here!  (isn't anyone else smiling today??)  ;-)
(I know Joyce was smiling but leaving this for me to post...)

Today's Farside...

Cat plastered against a window looking outside...

Outside the scene is an accident of 2 trucks - "Al's Small, Flightless Birds" 
and "Bob's Assorted Rodents".  The accident caused the truck trailers to open 
and the birds and rodents are out on the street while the two drivers are argu-
ing.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!

My cat *lives* in front of the windows!  I have an all glass (well almost) door
and she's always there at night waiting for me when I get home from work.  ;-)

    	Despite the *ride* in this a.m. - I have managed to be smiling the
    rest of the time today!
    
    joyce

    	
    	Having a *really* difficult customer on the phone, (who doesn't even
    want to talk to a technical person to resolve the problem) and being
    able to reason with them and get them to work with Tech Spt.!!!  
    
    joyce

    I ALWAYS smile on Fridays!!!!!!!!   : - ))))
    
    RonWhoLivesForWeekends

    
    	Today's Friday, and so are the next 7 days, since I'm out next
    	week.
    

Oh Shawn, what are we EVER going to do without you next week????  ;-P

    
    	He's got our DTN's - he'll be calling us Barb :-)
    
    joyce

Ah yes!  Yeah, guess it would be hard to live without US for a week now wouldn't
it???

B

    
    	Well, I'll be calling Barb Barb.
    
    	There's a good chance I'll be calling you Joyce, though, since
    	you might not answer to "Barb".
    
    	8^)
    

    
    	I'd say there's alot of fellas out there who could live without us
    Barb :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Being able to say "Have a great week-end everyone!!!!"  :-)
    
    joyce

    .248
    
    have a nice vacation...
    				cj *->

    
    	Thank you ... I think I will.
    

Shoosh, shoosh, shoosh, shoosh!!!!!

I'm outa here!  Off to hit the slopes for the weekend.  Yahoo!!!!

Have a good one everyone (yes, I'll be nice, even you Shawn)!

B    

    
    	sitting infront of my fireplace - relaxing - eating lindt
    milk chocolate truffles...
    
    joyce

    Becoming re-acquainted with my ex-sister-in-law and realizing that we
    will always be best of friends.   
    
    Trying sushi for the first time and eating a greek salad with chop
    sticks (had to be there.. (-;)
    
     

    Angeline and I were in the car and had to pull over to let
    an ambulance fly on by.  She got so excited over the lights
    and noise and started yelling.."Did you see it Mama? Did 
    you see it?  Catch it Mama. Go fast, catch it Mama".
    
    I'm thinking we may have a lawyer in the family after all ;->
    
    						cj *->

Saturday -
Bright blue sky, not a cloud in sight, not too cold out, little to no lift
lines, brand new boots, new warm gloves, skiing black diamonds and even a 
double black diamond (at Wildcat), great company, loving my new boots and my 
new gloves, getting in 9 runs, knee apparently no worse than before, catching 
"The Firm" on TV

Sunday -
Four hour deep conversation about all sorts of stuff while hanging out in
pajamas and drinking coffee, going out for brunch, again bright blue sky with 
only a few clouds, warm (relatively speaking) temps, snow shoeing for the first 
time, being out on a lake with a view of Mt Washington and Mt Chocurra (sp?), 
not needing a coat or gloves, knee still apparently no worse than before, a
beautiful sunset on the ride home

Ahhhh, life is good!  What an awesome weekend!!

    Having the music from Phantom of the Opera, which I saw for the first
    time yesterday in SF, running around in my head today.......  
    gotta find the tape so I can listen to it during my commute. 
    
    ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!
    
    

    Talking about my roomate Kevin reminded me of this. 
    
    He got a new kitten about a month or so ago. Cutest little monster from
    hell you have ever seen. He was really *really* timid at first and was
    very likely hurt/abused by his previous owner. Well we (mostly Kev)
    hugged and loved the thing back to happiness. He isn't timid anymore
    lemme tell ya!!!! Kev has all these little stuffed animals on his
    waterbed headboard. When the cat wants attention now he jumps on the
    headboard and -swats- them off onto Kevin's head till he wakes up and
    then the cat jumps on him and meow right in his face.
    
    What is almost as funny is hearing Kev relate this to me during morning
    coffee, grouchy looks and all while he is petting the kitten. I gotta
    tell ya, I know I am not describing this well, but it's the
    cutest/funniest thing! That and listening to Kev muttering about how
    the cat is getting declawed asap while he patches yet another hole on
    his waterbed... snicker...
    
    Jim

    	
     .263  patching holes in his waterbed - that must be one hell of a
    kitten! ;-)
    
    joyce

>                          -< Music of the night..... >-

DAAAA DA DA DA DA DA...

Yes, it is awesome isn't it.  I saw it in Boston and have the CD.  Love to crank
up the organ parts.  Very powerful music.

    Having my oldest daughter visit for the weekend-- 
    Let's see-- that's a tattoo, 3 earings, an eyebrow
    ring, and now... jet-black hair-(she's a natural blond)-
    - hmmmm-- who's daughter IS this???  
    
    She is wonderful!!!
    J
    
    

    re: kitties and waterbeds...
    
    I had a cat (17 pounder) that would leap off the headboard, land 
    on the waterbed, grip those claws in nice and tight, 
    and ride out the waves..  (-;  Now its funny, then, well... (-;
    
    
    

    This cat has long claws.. grin... when he is in your lap and decides
    something in another room needs his immediate attention and he launches
    himself from your lap through the door, he sometimes draws blood!
    
    Needless to say.... getting him declawed is a top priority. 
    
    As for the waterbed... the water doesn't gush out or anything, but the
    little leaks eventually get very noticeable when he finds another
    waterstain here or there.
    
    Jim

    No cat can compare to a cute little bunny that you are holding up to
    your chest who decides he want to get down NOW!. Did you ever see a 
    flying bunny...? I probably still have scars... 

    re .271
    
    Unfortunately, my fiancee Suzanne is moving in in a few months and her
    cats are declawed from a previous owner. It would be better for all if
    the little ball of kitty psychosis was on even groud. AT least, thats
    what I'm told, in the end, I'll leave it to Kev and Suzanne to fight it
    out with their cats! <evil grin> All I can do is buy popcorn and hope
    for the best. 
    
    But I do agree, declawing a cat isn't very pleasant ESPECIALLY if it's
    an outside cat, not to mention the pain to the poor little bugger.
    
    James

    re .269
    
    I hope someone got that on video :-)   !!
    
    Jimbo

    Cats and waterbeds.... reminds me of the old head commics. Fabulous
    Furry Freek Brothers. And this cat named Tom, who would claw the water
    matrice, smoke Freds dope/pot, and poop in Freds shoes.:) Careful!:)
    
    

         The double take my 4 year old niece gave when whe walked by and
    realized I had a cat sleeping on my shoulder. Guess at first she
    thought I was wearing a caramel yellow scarf. 
    
         Used to date a woman who didn't keep a clean kitty box. She came
    home from a long weekend to find one of her furfaces had pooped in her
    best bra. She was not amused me.. Well I figure the poor cat was trying
    to tell her something. :-)
    
    
    bob

    
    	Being able to get to chat even though I'm not in work :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Max when he knows I'm sick - he gets all wiggly and hovers around
    me - sometimes it makes me crazy though - then I remind myself - he's
    just a sensitive dog... :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Its flurrying, I'm in my jammies and robe and I don't have to go
    out and drive! :-)
    
    joyce

    re .276
    
    well so am I.. <grin>
    
    Jimbo

    Finding out the previously mentioned roomate got caught *between* two
    colliding trains last night and pretty much walked away.
    
    Too darn close and very scary. Were he a cat, he'd have just lost 8 of
    them lives.
    
    Still happy to have a friend!
    
    James

    
    Yikes - glad to hear Kevin is ok!
    
    joyce

    Sending an Internet message to my oldest son in FL wishing him a happy
    birthday this AM and telling him how much that made his mother's and my
    day 20 years ago today...
    
    
    Steve

    Free, big, cafeteria, type cookies at the coffee station 
    near my cube in ZK... MMMMMMM with toasted almond creme coffee... 
    
    Having lunch and a great talk with a very dear friend
    
    Going home to walk Bud in the middle of the day (can't do that when I'm
    in PKO)
    
    
    

To:     "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts... 04-Dec-1996 2059" <danger::asketh>
CC:
Subj:   Cast

I'll e-mail the cast list when I type it all up tomorow...

Congrats... you got cast in the Chorus.

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Yeah!!!  OK, folks, put May 9, 10, 11 on your calendars!!  ;-)

Barb

          Barb,,
    
    
           Give my regards to Broadway ;-)
    
    
            congrats,
    
    bob

    Barb's great news makes me smile!!!!
    
    
    	Congrats!

    	Bravo Barb
    
    	And I'm human again - not better - but in work - sitting here with
    my warm chocolate chip cookie! :-)
    
    joyce

    Everyone should call Joyce on that 800 line and give her a big phone
    hug :-) <grin>
    
    Joyce... what the chances of you actually posting that #?
    (just kidding btw..... but it is a cute thought)
   
    James

    	
    	Nice idea - I'd probably cry all over the place :-)  I do however
    have a DTN :-)
    
    thanks
    
    joyce

    Corresponding with a fellow noter from the east coast and finally getting
    to meet him on his visit to the west coast... now, if I can only figure
    out how to eliminate the 3000 miles in-between!  :-)  
    
    

    
    	Trust me - you'll get along much better with the 3000 miles
    in-between :-)
    
    joyce

    Starting off my day with a voicemail from my old roommate,
    Tony.  He's a really enthusiastic, warm guy.   He left this
    nice "Happy Valentine's Day" message for Angeline and I.
    
    Really put a smile on my face.  Gee, some of "them" are
    sweethearts  ;->   (just teasing, just teasing! :-) )
    
    						cj *->
    		

    Getting a nice Valentine's Day message from a woman whom I had dated and
    whom I had thought had left the company 8-) 
    
    
    Steve

Mysteries.....

Lifting more than half the rack (105 lbs) this morning doing lat pulldowns.

B

    Watching the odometer on my 1987 Honda Civic DX roll over to 170,000
    miles and hearing the engine roar as normal.... next challenge, can I
    see 200,000 with it!??!?!?

    
    	Having my warm chocolate chip cookie...
    
    joyce

    yet another FOOD day for our group--- mmmmmm first we start with
    still warm, homemade pastries.....
    
    Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
    Jan

That it's warmed up outside, the snow has turned to rain and we're still on for
tonight!!  

YEAH!!!!!

B

p.s.  I have a surprise for you all!  ;-)  (don't tell Joyce!!)  ;-)

    	My lips are sealed - nothing - not even chocolate could get that
    info out of me!
    
    joyce

    Having my neighbor's little girl (3) come over this morning, ring my
    doorbell and give me a heart (she colored herself) and a valentine's
    card, and a hug... Made my day!

    Something very nice, and completely unexpected that happened (is
    happening!!) today.
    
    	BIG smiles!!
    
    

    
    	That the *stopped* 1.5 ft from the tree after the 180 was complete
    - love the way Fitchburg takes care of the roads...
    
    	That I have my contacts in for the first time in a week!
    
    	That my voice is normal and my nose isn't *red*!!!!
    
    joyce

    
>    	That the *stopped* 1.5 ft from the tree after the 180 was complete
>    - love the way Fitchburg takes care of the roads...
    
YIKES!!!  Glad yours ended up better than mine (last year)!

Going clothes shopping and wearing my brand new jeans today.

Going to Home Depot (who says it's a guy store?!?!  I never get out of there for
less than $10!) and finally getting the plants I've been looking for.

Coming home to the aroma of roasting chicken - time bake ovens are great!

Working out to Melissa Etheridge this morning.

Not having any problems with the snow and getting into work this morning.

That Joyce is ok!!!!!!!!

RE 12.304 


>Going to Home Depot (who says it's a guy store?!?!  I never get out of there for
>less than $10!) and finally getting the plants I've been looking for.

    Consider yourself lucky. I never get out of there for less than $100 or
    more! I try to avoid that place and only 'visit' once a month
    
    Steve

    
     re. 304
    
    yeah - wearing new jeans too - soft chocolate brown colored lees!
    
    joyce

    	Ohh and Barb - thanks for caring my friend!
    
    *hugs*
    
    joyce

>    	Ohh and Barb - thanks for caring my friend!
    
"When you're down and lonely, and you need a helping hand...
<and you need a hug after spinning your car>...
You've got a friend!"

;-)

hugs back!
B

    	Barb and our friendship...
    
    joyce

    
      joyce,
    
       I'm glad your okay after your spin! I had one many years ago and
    it was scarey!
    
       rosie

>    	Barb and our friendship...
    
Ah shucks... ;-)  Thanks sweetie.



Today's Farside is rather appropriate for this notesfile...

A woman and a creature sitting at a table in a swamp having drinks.

"Well, actually, Doreen, I rather resent being called a 'swamp thing.'... I 
prefer the term 'wetlands-challenged mutant'"

    Joyce - 
    
    I was in Fitchburg on Friday to get to Fitchburg Sentinel, coming 
    down South Street.  I didn't even want to try that street and so diverted 
    to Pine, but still was scared to death.  You're right.  They don't plow 
    Fitchburg and it's the second hilliest(sp?) City in the U.S.  
    
    Karyn

    Ah, but the Swamp Thing is better then a mutant. Swampie is an Earth
    Elemental and while he is presented as a male figure, he could easily
    be either, both, or none. Actually as his series ended, he remained
    mostly an Earth Elemental, but total control of all the elements
    (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water) plus all of space and all of time was his
    jurisdiction. Pretty powerful. More then just any old mutant, :-)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ(Who is still a comic book fanatic)

    	Karyn, it is incredibly hilly.  I was turning onto Pine from the
    opposite end and its fairly steep.  I had stopped and was turning
    slowly and before I knew it - I was sideways and heading toward the
    sidewalk and this tree!!!
    
    joyce

    
    Going to Foxwoods this weekend and winning at the slots!!
    
    That place is *HUGE*!!
    
    -Patty

    
    	enjoying a bag of rolos!
    
    joyce

          Seeing Barb with her always cheerful face....
    
    
             bob

            Realizing that I need a new pair of jeans cause the ones I'm
    wearing today don't fit anymore :-) .. They're too small..
    
            Knowing that I'll be sneaking off to the vending machine for a
    chocolate fix..
    
          bob

    	
    	This is flipping me out - customer just informed me I have a very
    nice voice - eeeeee - I think I have a really weird voice!
    
    joyce-still-chuckling

    I thought you had a nice voice. Why do you think it is weird...?

    
    	'cause I've heard myself in voicemail and on my answering 
    machine :-)
    
    	I guess its like beauty - perception is in the ear of the listener
    as opposed to the eye of the beholder...
    
    	thanks Steve
    
    joyce           

>          Seeing Barb with her always cheerful face....
    
Ah shucks...;-)

Thanks Bob.

B

    	My buddy Jay passed his certification - we're going to the Scupper
    after work to celebrate - I may even play a game of pool! :-)
    
    joyce

	I'm off to the mountains.. Taking the next 3 days off.

	I'll be at my ski club till Sunday. No work, just relaxing. 
	If you're in the area, stop by and say Hi.

	http://www.tiac.net/users/dkenyon/hawks for directions or
	http://axel.zko.dec.com/~foley/map1.gif and map2.gif.

	Til Monday,

								mikie

    	
    	Finding out my Saturday "mystery adventure" is to see David
    Copperfield!
    
    joyce

The mountains...sigh...have fun Mike!!

Now for me...

the sunset on the way home last night

losing 4.5 lbs and 1% body fat!  Gee, maybe I should eat cheesecake or chocolate
cake at 3:00 in the morning more often!  ;-)  (Hey, it worked for Joyce, why not
me?!)  ;-)

having the sun roof open on my ride in this morning

    AAAAHHHH!  Joyce, I'm so jealous!  I wanted to go so bad.  But
    with David's broken arm and his visitation with Angeline so
    erratic now, I can't even plan my two nights a month out!  ;->
    
    Good for you!
    						cj *->

    	
    	The cool part is I had no idea that's where we were going until
    last night! 
    
    joyce

    Going on a business trip to Florida and getting to spend the weekend
    there because the flights are cheaper!
    
    Rick

    
    	When Chat is busy :-)
    
    joyce

    	
    	Being stopped on my way for my morning cookie - but a fellow AKO2
    tenant who comments she noticed the other day I'd lost weight!
    
    joyce-enjoying-her-cookie :-)

    
      joyce, I'm going to start eating cookies every day! Maybe I could
    lose some weight!  Maybe they'll even perk me up a bit and I can be
    as bubbly as you! I just don't have any energy lately!
    
       Rosie

    	Wow, Barb, down to 1% body fat? That's impressive. Of course, if
    you really did half the stack on the lat pulldown machine, you won't
    get any flack from me! Did you really do 10 plates on that thing?

    	Rosie - sorry you're feeling low/without energy...  I thought you
    looked very good the last time I saw you.  Come to one of our events
    and I'll bet it'll perk you right up!
    
    	As for me - I wake up this way :-)
    
    hugs
    
    joyce

    Downloading Jakob Dylan's picture as my wallpaper on pc.
    Not the greatest picture, but s'ok by me!  :-)
    
    (to passer by's:  Oh that's my friend sitting at my kitchen
    table.  His hat? Oh, he had bedhead ;-> .....    a woman can
    dream, right?)
    
    					cj *->

    
    	You know cj- he does have nice eyes - but they weren't quite as
    *blue* as I'd expected :-)
    
    j

	Warm days..... and hot nights...

    Talking to one of 'those' 800 # operators in Digital and not only
    finding out what I needed to know, but meeting someone bright and
    cheery. Her name also happens to be Suzanne and she sits close to you
    Joyce!
    
    It kinda brightened up a miserable (up-till-now) day.
    
    James
    (yeah.. the guy from Canada)
    

          Doing my 5 mile run today bare legged with the sunroof off ;-)
    Ended up shedding the nylon top too. Oh I love it when nature gives us
    a tease like this. 
          Hearing a song sparrow at 1.5 miles into my run singing it's
    springtime song. Got me yearning for a long walk/run in the woods.
    
        Bob
    

    
    	Hmm - Suzanne - must be a new pre-sales tech spt. person... I'll
    have to go find out!
    
    joyce

    I love it when the runners shed their clothing and give us
    a tease!  ;->
    					cj *->

Having the plans that I didn't really want to do tomorrow night cancelled.  ;-)

Sending my taxes off and expecting a $1k return.

    hmmmm.. Barb, Kathleen and I are getting tomorrow night,
    sometime around 8:30 or 9:00 in Nashua.....
    
    					cj *->

>                      <<< Note 12.333 by STAR::DIPIRRO >>>
>                              -< Pumping iron... >-

>    	Wow, Barb, down to 1% body fat? That's impressive. Of course, if
>    you really did half the stack on the lat pulldown machine, you won't
>    get any flack from me! Did you really do 10 plates on that thing?

Down BY 1%, not down TO 1%.  ;-)  If I had 1% bodyfat I'd probably be dead!!
But yes, I really do do 10 plates on that thing!  ;-)

       re:341 What really makes me chuckle is my girls trying to hide my
    extra short running shorts ;-) It's like as a distance runner I ain't
    got no buns anyway....
    
    
    bb

    
    	Enjoying my bag of rolos (there are only 14) and reading the
    spendid dessert menu I received via interoffice mail today!  
    
    	I've decided if I remarry - it will be to the "Oreo Cookie Bash -
    An oreo cookie universe of white 'n milk chocolate cream, starry with
    oreo chunks, and showered with dark chocolate drizzle."
    
    	It was a sweet gesture :-) 
    
    joyce
       

    Getting tickets to Paula Poundstone coming to Nashua on March 7th!!
    
    She's so funny!!!!!!!
    -Patty
    

    couple of things today...
    
    - getting to my Jeep tonight and seeing the dome light has been on for
    the past 10 hours (oh NO)... but the engine still turns over
    effortlessly!  Thank goodness for a warm day.
    
    - getting home and finding a package from Bill Gates.  I just made him
    a lot richer, but I'm gonna have fun this weekend!  (don't I sound
    pitiful?)  ;-)

Well, since it's too late to call anyone figured I'd write here.  ;-)

Just got back from our first rehearsal...I got lines!!!!!!  I'm actually a
somebody other than crowd!  Up till now I've had one line I think (one owrd
actually).  As Sleeping Beauty I got to say "Yawn".   ;-)  I actually get
5-10 lines this time.  I'm Miss Weston.  Remember that!  ;-)  

OK, time for bed....Yawn!!!  ;-)

B

    
    	Glad to hear it Barb!
    
    	Bill nothing wrong with like to play with software :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	When your manager asks "are you interviewing - you've looked really
    sharp these last two days" - grey pinstriped skirt, vest and jacket
    yesterday - black embrodered top and long skirt today...
    
    joyce

    
    Going to get my check and getting two checks instead of one and 
    being notified that I won a Reward and Recognition award... $250!!!
    
    Wow!  this is so cool!
                         
    
    

    
    	That's *great* congrats Kathy!
    
    joyce

>> Just got back from our first rehearsal...I got lines!!!!!


	Hey, that makes you eligible for a higher payscale. ;-)

Joyce, I got that same comment on Tues.  ;-)  Must be something about this
week.  ;-)

Kathleen - way to go woman!!!!!!!  Today can be a celebration lunch!!

Doug - ya right!  ;-)

Seeing a woman this morning on my way in walking a Max lookalike who had some 
red plastic dog toy in its mouth.  Cute!!!  (ah, that's the dog's mouth, not the
woman's!)  ;-) 

    	Max lookalike as in my Max - a Standard Poodle?
    
    joyce

Yup!!!!  

;-)

    
    Today's farside:
    
    	Old lady dog with glasses serving beverage - old male dog in jacket
    and younger dog in shirt and tie with goofy expression :-)
    
    	Front end of a car up over the mantel.  
    
    Caption:  "Don't listen to him, George.  He didn't catch it... The
    stupid thing swerved to miss him and ran into a tree."
    
    joyce

    Waking up to find my heat is not working again!
    
    (I can't even put this in "grumbles and complaints" because
     it has got to make me laugh or I'll just blow a gasket!  :-) )
    
    					cj *->

    
    	Having my cookie at 8:50 a.m.!
    
    joyce

    Someone calling last night and offering to drive away with my old
    family clunker (NO, not my ex wife, a car...sheesh!).  Thought I was going
    to have to pay someone to tow/crush it.
    
    : )
    
    Ron 

    Leaving Saturday night (with the bud-dog) and heading to Vermont 
    for 4 days...
    
    ahhh, I can feel the peace settling in now.. (-;
                                             

    
    	*enjoy* - wish I was heading for Colorado...
    
    joyce

    Having airline tickets in hand and registration confirmations for
    training in Massachusetts.... I'll be at TAY on 3/17-18-19 and ZKO on
    3/20.... any chance I can meet any of you for lunch one of those days? 
    Can't believe they're letting me fly from one coast to the other for
    training, but I'm not letting them change their minds, and I'd love to
    have the opportunity to get to know you all better.... notes are great,
    but not 'real'.....

    	Oh Oh Oh - I'm just down the street - well more than down the
    street from TAY - but minutes away!!!!    Lunch - yes - Pat this is
    *great*!!!!!   Call me - DTN: 244-5353 - we'll do lunch :-)
    
    	Off to organize!
    
    joyce

    Stopping at HQ in Manchester to buy an elongated oak toilet seat so
    that I can
    
    
    have a party this weekend and have 2 working toilets.
    
    And you all thought I was going to say...
    
    
    Steve  8-)

    
    	Getting silly?
    
    j

    me...?

    Pat,
    
    It'll be great to meet you...we'll have to do a dinner too for
    those of us that are not in lunch range!
    
    						cj *->

    	Yes - you Steve
    
    	Right - cj - we'll do both!
    
    joyce

When are you flying in?  If you came on Sat the party could also be a Pat's in
town party!  ;-)

B

    		Scathingly brilliant idea!
    
    joyce

Getting a phone call yesterday from my best friend who moved to CT 2 years ago
and who was gonna be up in the area today.  She came by this morning for
coffee.  We had a great visit!  Wish she was closer!

Getting another unexpected free night.  Turns out I don't have to be at rehear-
sal tonight.  Maybe I can catch up on some sleep!  ;-)

        My oldest after having such a good time skiing, shopping, and
    eating out.... Gave me a hug and big thanks while we were in a store!! 
    She's 16 so it was a gratifying experience ;-)
    
    bob
    

OK, 2 for 1...

Farside....

Feb 22 & 23

An old man sitting in a rocking chair on a porch smoking his pipe.  He's got a
wooden leg.  There's a cat using his wooden leg as a scratching post.

Feb 24

two establishments separated by a fence.  On the left "Cruthfield's Crocodile
Farm" - crocs wandering around in the open land and water.  On the right, 
"Anderson's Sky Diving School" with 4 folks climbing onto a plane.  The caption-
"More trouble brewing"

;-)

    
    	David Copperfield puts on an incredible show - I'd have sat through
    another show after the first one!   Although it was *very* windy in
    Boston - brrrrrrrrrrrrr.
    
    	What an entertainer...
    
    joyce

             Something that made me laugh so hard I almost started crying..
    Dropped the kids off yesterday and my ex's boyfriend and I started
    chatting.. He had a pair of tiny sunglasses on and has shaved his 
    beard off. Was belly laughing between words as I tried to make a hasty
    exit... Why?? He looked so much like Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's.
    All I could think of was jeez does this guy keep his toupe on the same
    way as in the movie?? Giggle. I'm still chuckling about it. Naw he'd
    prolly use superglue instead of a staple gun :-)
    
    
    bob

    re .365
    
    Is this for the Sybase thing?
    
    I'll be out there the same days I think.
    
    James

    Working from 7 am to 7 am last Thursday and having an unexpected 3 day
    weekend. And THEN finding out our efforts bore fruit. The client was so
    happy with the results we achieved he intends to not only buy one of
    our bigger machines, but also take the results of his test (we
    clobbered, and I mean clobbered the incumbent HP) to the user group of
    the software he tested on the 4100, many of whom have the same
    performance nightmares our solution can solve.
    
    And then coming back, starting up Notes and finding over 100 new
    entries. Just getting through this shot 3 coffees to hell :-).
    
    James

    
    	When its 4:45 and its still light out!
    
    joyce

       Picking a 3rd lemon in as many weeks off of my lemon tree :-) Time
    to start buying swordfish 19 more lemons close to being ripe :-*
    
    bob

    
    	My co-worker Doug's wife went into labor last night (a little
    early) but he's going to be a *dad*!!!
    
    joyce

    Finding an apartment from which I can walk to work!
    
    /b      :-)    :-)
    

    	
    Congrats - when's the apt. warming party? :-)
    
    joyce

    Way back when....and it was long ago.. when I worked in lived
    in Billerica, I used to walk to work every day.  It would take
    me exactly one hour and ten minutes.   I walk fast as heck, but
    could never shave that ten minutes off.
    
    But I loved it!  Especially the walk home.  It was a nice 
    transition period to get my business day worked out in my head
    and be relaxed when I got home.
    
    The downside was...you can't believe how much harassment I got
    in the morning from the men.  From beeping, which you could tolerate,
    to stopping and offering rides, to coming on the opposite side of the
    road to make lewd comments, to a building I used to pass where a bunch
    would hang out the window (some kind of metal shop) and yell all kinds
    of stuff.  (made me wonder where the heck their boss was every day).
    
    But a walkman eventually took care of most of those problems.
    
    I envy you!  I can barely drive to work in an hour these days.
    Enjoy!
    							cj *->
               

    re: 380
    
    Nope, I'm taking two classes -- Designing and Building Websites and
    Basic HTML.....  First one is 3 days at TAY and the second is one day
    at ZKO.  
    
    Although I'll be flying in on Saturday, March 15th, I've already made
    plans to meet old friends over the weekend, so there's no way I can
    'crash' your St. Pat's party.....  But lunch or dinner during the week
    is definitely doable.  It's been a long time since I lived back there
    (from 1979-1983) or since I've visited, so some specific directions
    will be required, but I doubt I'd get lost easily.....
    
    

                          Be afraid, be very afraid.

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                      Mr. Asciihead learns the Macarena.

    re: .389 by APACHE::KEITH
    
    >> Mr. Asciihead
    
    That was very clever!  And funny.  Thanks.
    
    ----
    
    Saw a couple of old friends from PKO this morning.  They were
    here in AKO meeting with the NT Cluster people.

    	you're cracking me up and I need all the smiles I can get today!
    
    thanks!
    
    joyce

    I was having dinner with an old friend of mine last evening and he told
    me this joke he heard at church...
    
    This chap happens to be talking with God and he asks:
    
    "umm.. I'm told that time has no meaning to You... that 10,000 years to
    us is like a second to You, is this true?"
    
    YES. THIS IS TRUE
    
    "wow.... heeyyyyy.. I also understand that material things are of no
    value to You... is that true?"
    
    YES. THIS TOO IS TRUE
    
    "hrrrrmmm.... I have another question then... can You give me 10
    million dollars?"
    
    HRMMM.. SURE... JUST A SECOND....
    
    

    re .387
    
    Are men really that bad?  I guess I haven't seen it, being on the other
    side of the fence.  The word "jerks" comes to mind.
    
    I nearly got in trouble once for "harassing" a young lady.  I had to
    explain to my town's police chief, as he drove by in his cruiser, why I
    was driving slowly and following this girl down the country road. 
    Another driver had reported me.
    	-- It was my daughter in one of her teenage run-away-from-home
    episodes, and I was trying to talk her back.
    
    Tony

    No...you have the party first, before you have all the
    good stuff that people can ruin ;->
    
    						cj *->

    	We don't care what your furniture looks like :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	Shall we all sing "You're so vain"? :-)
    
    joyce

    	Doug's daughter Arianna Rae was born yesterday!   Doug's my cohort
    in crime on the 800 line :-)
    
    joyce

    I would think more that you have more pride than vanity.
    
    						cj *->
    					

    	 re. 401 - brownie :-)
    
    joyce

Embarrassing Bob in the hall as he was coming back from his run.

;-)

    Ok...so now I don't feel so bad today.  I just took a call
    from someone that I deal with from time to time.  He told
    me I had a wonderful phone voice.   
    
    (aw, shucks... )
    						cj *->

    
    	Its that throaty laugh of yours :-)
    
    joyce

          Gee Barb did I blush that badly?? Guess I won't be wearing my
    shorts for awhile ;-) Were they too short??
    
          Reading cj's notes about visitors and her being self conscious
    about her looks today.. cj you're probably as cute without your makeup
    as with it ;-)
        
          Although I can relate... I always have people walk into my office
    when I'm dancin like John Travolta or singing in falsetto. I turn such
    a bright shade of red it usually embarrasses them as well.
    
    bob
    
    

    	
    	Truffles for breakfast dessert - compliments of a tall, dark and
    why yes he is handsome - man :-)
    
    joyce

    	
>    	Truffles for breakfast dessert - compliments of a tall, dark and
>    why yes he is handsome - man :-)
    
Hmmm, me too - this tall, dark and handsome, chocolate-delivering man was making
his rounds yesterday.  ;-)

    
    	Yes Barb - but *we* were the only lucky ones on the receiving end -
    the rest of you eat your hearts out :-)  
    
    joyce

    
    I don't know, tall dark handsome men don't interest me ! :^)
    
    Some may say I am one, I guess thats a matter of opinion.
    
    :^)
    
    Chris

    
>    I don't know, tall dark handsome men don't interest me ! :^)
    
ACtually they don't interest us either...we were just after the chocolate.

;-P

    
    	Yes - we barely noticed he was handsome - the fact only came back
    to us in recall :-)
    
    joyce

    
    Wow, tough bunch!  
    
    And I was actually thinking about going friday night !
    
    I'm begining to wonder...:^)
    
    Chris
    

    	Chris - he's earned this harassment and he loves every minute of
    it too!
    
    	But, once we know you - all bets are off :-)
    
    joyce

    
    Smart, or not too brite ?? ;^)
    
    Chris

    Picking up my 2.5 year old cousin, Alexandra and taking her to my 
    house for the weekend... we will be reading books, watching movies, 
    and eating pizza.. Life is good.. (-;
               

>    Picking up my 2.5 year old cousin, Alexandra and taking her to my 
>    house for the weekend... we will be reading books, watching movies, 
>    and eating pizza.. Life is good.. (-;

I've always loved "playing mom"  with my niece and nephew for a weekend. ;-)

Have fun!!

B

    Hey Barb...
    
    My cousin made the mistake of telling Alex early.. she is walking around
    the house saying "now, leave now?" "now, now, now" "is she here" "here
    she is"... she's driving my cousin nuts.. (-;
    
    

	A while back, my three-year-old nephew DJ had been promised that he
could "bizzet" Auntie in the near future.

	One day, when my BIL and DJ drove my sister to work, DJ announced that
he and daddy were going on a road trip to bizzet Auntie. (Auntie lives over
an hour away and Uncle Doug is safely 2 hours away.)   A great deal of wailing
ensued when it was explained that he and dayy weren't going.

	Kids are funny...

					--Doug

Just realized that I get a 3-day weekend for my birthday (Patriot's Day week-
end)!!!!!  Doug, if you worked in MA you'd get your birthday off!  ;-)  

B

           Hahaha on the way into work this morning. A skunk crossing rte
    13 got traffic to stop to allow it to cross. Gad do they ever walk
    funny.
    
           Double haha watching it make a beeline to some bushes and under 
    someone's front porch. Wonder if they know they may have a family of
    the little stinkers under their porch..
    
    
    bob

    Walking out the door, and feeling the possibility of Spring
    (I know, it's supposed to snow...)  There was hust something
    about the light, and the breeze, this am... and then jumping
    in the car and hearing the last movement of the third
    Brandenburg!  Great ride this morning!!!
    
    /b

    little kids... (-;  
    
    "whar are you go-ying, ant coffee"
    
    translated:  
    
    "where are you going, aunt kathy"
    
    (-;
    
    
    

    The notes about kids....  when my eldest godson was about 7, he
    provided one of the best laughs ever:
    
    He moved to England at age 4 and went to a British school for his first 
    1.5 years, then they moved back to the States and settled in Chelmsford.  
    His first couple of days of class in Chelmsford, he nearly got thrown
    out -- kept asking his teacher for rubbers!   (That's erasers as far as
    he was concerned)  According to my girlfriend, it was a really
    interesting call she took from his teacher regarding his request!
    
    It still brings a smile when I think about it, and he's now a graduate
    student in Chicago!  

    
    	Round trip to Logan for my mini-vacation will cost only $34 - now
    that made me smile!
    
    joyce

    
       My grandson was pretty funny yesterday, of course he always makes
    me smile!
    
        He's says to me. "I felt like a dork in School because I fell."
    I said. "Oh that's too bad, how did you fall?" He said. "I looked
    at the new girl and I just fell for her! She's so beautiful! My 
    eyes even fell!" I had to smile (actually laugh) at that one. He's
    6 years old, will be 7 this coming april.
    
       Then I ask him what a 'dork' was. He says. "Me when I'm falling
    for a beautiful girl!"
    
       Rosie

    That was priceless Rosie!  :-)
    
    				cj *->

    
    	Getting the picture of me and my former manager at his going away
    party (compliments of his fabulous wife) and its actually a good
    picture of me!  I'm not photogenic!   That was a great party - brought
    back lots of good memories and smiles...
    
    joyce

Running into Harry while saying hi to a friend in his area.  Nice to finally 
meetcha in person Harry!  

Barb

    25.290 :-)
    
    /b

    re:340 it's a common nickname used for her maiden name ;-} My sil calls
    my ex's brother dippy. Awful to have a last name beginning with Dip...
    
    bb

    Good friends...
    
    I'm moving out of my apartment in May and I will have to give up my
    cats (the family that I will be rooming with has cat allergies).  
    I hope in a year to be back in a place where I can have them
    with me again.  I was really unhappy about giving them up.  A very dear
    and wonderful friend has offered to take them and give them a home
    until I can take them back.  I will get to see them often also.  
    
    **a big sigh of relief**
    
    
    

    	Makes me smile too!   congrats!
    
    joyce

    Oh Kathleen, I hate to say it makes me smile too....I'm
    allergic to you your cats!!  ;->  (just has to be a wiseguy)
    
    I really am sorry you did have to give them up (temporarily,
    even) but glad they won't be gone from you entirely.
    
    You'll just have to get something else warm and cuddly (and
    with less fur..maybe a bit taller..better conversationalist... ;->
    
    						cj *->

       Wahooo Kathleen! I'd be hard pressed to be as lucky with my little
    furfaces. Everyone I know of that'd even consider it would want them to
    be indoor outdoor cats... Not my babies!!!
       cj you could always get a hairless cat or dog for that matter.
    They're ummm errr well butt ugly but I guess they'd grow on you ;-)
    
    bob

    Spending last night at a Metallica concert with my son. Great to see
    him so excited!! As he gets older, it's more difficult getting him to
    spend time with me rather than his collection of friends. We had a ball
    and need to do it more often.
    
    It was an awesome concert, I enjoyed it as well.  Think I
    should be worried...enjoying heavy metal at my age???!!  : - )
    
    Ron
    
    

    re .436
    
    Don't be worried!!! As the old adage goes Ron, all men play on 10!
    
    :-) Wait till you start moshing.... then your son and you will really
    bond!!!!
    
    Jim
    (Affliction: Metallus Deadus Headus)

This is being sold in the classified notes file...

>	Audio book: Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
>	Read by John Ritter; intro read by the author
>		~3 hours long
>	$10  (was $18 new)

Hey, girls, anyone wanna go in on this?  Maybe it'll help us understand that
other sex out there!  ;-)

teeheehee...

B

    How dull and uneventful life would be if we did finally understand
    them...don't you think???
    						cj *->

    re .438
    
    Barb!
    
    I'm me! Been me for 30 years.. and I still don't understand what the
    hell I am doing and why I am doing it.
    
    When the warranty on James H. D. runs out and I get sent back to the
    manufacturer, boy do I have a few suggestions for improving the model.
    
    :-)

    re: 438 
    
    I agree with CJ... it would certaintly ruin the intrigue.. (-;
    
    but then again... (-;
    
    

    re: .439 by CSLALL::JACQUES_CA
    
    >> How dull and uneventful life would be if we did finally understand
    >> them...don't you think???
    
    Yeah, that'll happen just as soon as pigs can fly and anyone can
    understand WOMEN!
    
    ;-)

    re: understanding woman.. 
    
    There is really nothing to understand... 
    
    If men would only realize that we're (women) always right, the 
    world would be a more peaceful, harmonious, and happier place... 
    
    (-;  (-;  (-;
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Let's face it, if either of us (men or women) were predictable,
    easily understood, dependable, etc... (your basic Stepford 
    community), life would be dull dull dulll and we wouldn't have
    any good reason to go out with others of our same sex for drinks 
    and commiseration!
    
    					cj *->

    Let me make it easy for all you female types out there. I heard a woman
    comic say the following and it damn near killed me:
    
    "I know what men want.. I do really... *MEN* want to be REALLY REALLY
    close to someone who'll just LEAVE. THEM. ALONE."
    
    heh
    
    James

    Thats' great and oh so true... 
    
    (-;
    
    

	hahahahahahahahahaha

							mike

    	Getting my chocolate chip cookie at 9:25 :-)
    
    joyce

    Having my trip to Massachusetts be just a week from tomorrow away! 
    Now, all of you just have to think good thoughts about the weather -- I
    hate driving rental cars in the snow and sleet :-)

Stopping to get my bagel on the way in this morning and there being a pair of
ducks waddling around the parking lot.  What a sight!  There was a car with 2
dogs in it - the dogs were going nuts!  *Definitely* put a smile on my face.

AND....making plans to get together with a good friend.  We actually see each
other once a week or so but not on a social basis.  This will be strictly a 
night out for the girls!  ;-)

There *finally* was a fan in the PKO fitness room this morning!!!!  The venti=
lation in there has never been adequate but this week it seems it's been worse
than normal.  Even with the fan it was still hot in there, but it helped a lot
(certainly enough to make me smile).  ;-)

B

       Daryll says the temp. in FLA dropped to 85 - now that's a reason to
    smile :-)
    
       Yeah Barb!   I'm starting to breathe easier - seems this allergic
    reaction may well have to do with the carpet replacements here in AKO2
    and I'm not the only one experiencing difficulties from this...
    
    joyce

    
    Yup... a cold front dropped the temp to 85... he's suffering through
    it.. (-;   
    
    The cold front here caused it to SNOW at my house. come on spring... 
    **maybe this should be in the "GRUMBLE" note***  (-;
                                            
       

I have a new ceiling fan in my kitchen, dependable heat and a working garbage 
disposal!!!!  Yeah!  An electrician friend of mine came over Sat. and installed
the fan for me.  We also tried to figure out what was wrong with my furnace but
ended up calling Colonial Gas to have them take a look.  Course in the mean
time the furnace decided to stop working at all so I spent a very cold Sat. at
my house waiting for the gas guy to get there.  Put the call in at 9:30 a.m., 
they finally got there around 7 p.m.  Turns out the fan speed was screwed up,
the brand new thermostat I put in was screwed up and a sensor that detects the
pilot light and allows the gas to come on was broken.  Yikes!  And it's *only*
3 years old!!!  ;-(  So, the $130 later and with my original thermostat I now
have heat!!!  And then last night I finally figured out how to unjam my dispos-
al.

Now, if I could only get my office moved (all the facility guys are out dealing
with the snow!), I'll be all set.  Least I can log on out in the lab!

B

    
    	Barb, next time you think you'll have to spend a cold day some-
    	where, give me a call and I'll see what I can do for you.
    
    	8^)
    

    	 .455   oooh weeeeeeeeee - Shawn are you trying to get a life? :-)
    
    joyce

    
>    	Barb, next time you think you'll have to spend a cold day some-
>    	where, give me a call and I'll see what I can do for you.
    
OK, Shawn I'll keep you in mind!  ;-)

B    

    
    	Its Tuesday - no snow - yet - and I'm heading to AZ in 2 days -
    that's reason enough to smile :-)
    
    joyce

    This past weekend, I finally got my hands on some slides I've
    been waiting for since I was in high school.  They are all color
    slides of my brothers and sisters as we were growing up.  This
    person was close to my family and would occasionally have some
    of the slides put to a print or two, but mostly we'd just use
    his viewer and look at them.
    
    Most of the pictures we have from my parents are the old black
    and white.  These slides are good color, taken with what was
    probably a great camera in those times, by someone who was very
    good with a camera.   
    
    I am so thrilled.  It's like getting a whole chunk of my childhood
    back again.  It may not seem like much, but I've wanted these so
    very long and waited so long.  Most especially, this past year
    though.  And now I've got them!
    
    He also had a bunch of slides of some of his travels (mostly 
    Hawaii) from the 1940's.  It's like looking at shots from a very
    old travel magazine or National Geographic.   He was in the....
    memory isn't working great here...some sort of Naval unit?  The
    Seabees???? or something.  I don't know, I've buried a lot of
    the information, but something about that sounds right..the CeeBee's
    or whatever..  Truly beautiful pictures.  Not sure what I'm going
    to do with those.  
    
    But the others, I'm having prints made from just about all of them,
    putting together a great album, then locking those slides up in a
    fireproof box.  
    						cj *->
    
    

The cold front seems to have passed. I keep hearing this term 
more and more over the past two days though..."record setting 
heatwave". I'm attempting to verify at the moment.

Saw The Thrill take last years Cy Young award winner Pat Hentgen 
of the Blue Jays DEEEEEEP yesterday.....

Off to the ballpark.

daryll

    	I was in Seattle all last week. Although somewhat cool, it seemed
    very Spring-like with flowers starting to bloom, etc.. I started
    getting into a Spring mindset...until I got back to snow and more snow!
    I'm not smiling!

RE: .461

	I was in Los Angeles and it was 80deg. I was walking Venice Beach
	Saturday morning soaking up rays and watching the sidewalk
	weirdos. (and in L.A., that means something!)

RE: cj and her pics

	SeaBee's. They are the naval construction corps. In WWII, they
	built runways and bunkers and stuff. It was unbelievable what
	they could do in a jungle. (having been to Guam and seen some
	of their handywork)

	Another thing you might want to do at some point is get those
	slides scanned and put on floppy or CD. Then you could add them
	to a web page. Oh, don't say "it'll never happen". I suspect that
	by the time your little one is 8, she'll be able to build a cool
	website. It'll probably be a school project by then. :)

							mike

    Good suggestion, Mike..
    
    Perhaps after I get them all printed, I'll do just that.
    Right now, I just keep looking at them through this old
    little viewer.  
    
    					cj *->

    RE slides of the SeaBees. They may have some value to others too. I am
    alwasy on the lookout for old pix that have some of my trucks in them.
    
    Steve

    your trucks?
    				cj *->

    
         Alright, I'm probably going to get heck for this...
    
    
    
         Snow...
    

RE: .463

	CJ, you can get them scanned direct from slides. It's
	actually a better copy. Try Kinko's or someplace like that.
	If I find anyplace else, I'll let you know.

RE: .465

	Dr. Deuce comes from Steve's trucks. That's a deuce and a half.
	A 2 1/2 ton truck. Steve collects old WWII vintage trucks. 

							mike
							An old WWII buff

          re:466 DITTO!
    
          Only wish I hadn't caught the dang cold going around my dept..
    Had my skiis in the car today.. Woulda x-country skiied instead of
    running... Oh well maybe tomorow :-)
    
    bob

    Mike F.
    
    I got a bit lost there.  You mean have them (Kinkos or whatever)
    scan the slides to do my prints?  Instead of a going to a photo
    shop?   I'm confused (but then, that's easy).
    
    Both Mike and Steve,
    
    What I'd like to do is get my hands on (borrow, preferably) a
    good viewer or projector.  When I can, I'll review all the other
    slides that are from his past (as opposed to my family).  If I
    think there may be something there you guys would like to see, 
    I'll let you know.  The few I've pulled out seem to all be in
    Hawaii, mostly.  Some truly beautiful pictures.  He did have an
    "eye", that's for sure.
    
    I tell you, though, the box they come in is something else!  It's
    very old, wooden, with an Eastman Kodak plate on it calling it a
    Kodaslide Sequence File.  It has a double hinged cover and metal
    push button to open. The inside is slotted for the slides.  Very 
    nice little thing.  I plan on transferring all the family photos
    into that box, or as many as will fit.
    
    							cj *->
    

RE: cj

	Kinkos and other places have slide scanners.  You pop the 
	slide into this gizmo and it transfers the image to a PC so 
	you can put it on a floppy or CDROM.  You can then use that 
	image on a web page. It's a good way to archive pictures.
	I'm planning to purchase a flatbed scanner to scan in old
	photos for my genealogy stuff that I keep putting off. :)

	Someone mentioned to me last week that Kinko's did this, but
	I have no positive verification. If I hear of anyplace local,
	I'll let you know. It'll probably won't be super cheap. Another
	option for the time being is to see if you can get them transfered
	to video tape. The quality isn't nearly as good, but you'd at 
	least have something handy.

	As far as a slide projector, I don't have one. You might be
	able to sign one out from your site AV folks for a weekend, just to
	go thru what you have.

							mike

>	Someone mentioned to me last week that Kinko's did this, but
>	I have no positive verification. If I hear of anyplace local,

Isn't that a Kinko's on Amherst St?  How local do you want??  ;-)

    Hi cj..
    
    I can help you with the viewer... my parents have the whole set up..
    I'll give you a call tonight...
    
    Kathleen
    
    

RE: .471

	Yup, I know about Kinko's on Amherst St. I just don't know for
	sure if they do this. I probably should have said "If I hear
	of anyplace ELSE local."

	:)

							mike
					brain not engaged (as usual)

    Getting rid of some bad-butt(ass) tenants. Or they think they are
    anyhow. The merry band of outlaws that are in my abode are getting
    outta control with noise, too many occupants, etc. Now the poopie
    starts down the slide.... and they are in the shoot!
    

CJ and Jan...

;-)

Seeing buds on a tree outside PKO!!

I'm ready for spring!!!!!!

          Isn't Bud the name of someone's dog??  :-)
    
    bb

    There you go Mike, saying the right thing again.  
                                   ^^^^^^(in Grumbles)
    
    (don't forget...when we're old and gray and no one else 
    will have us....you're probably going to have to YELL
    those sweets things at me.  my hearing is already waning ;-> )
    
    						cj *->

    re.477
    
    Yup, Kathleen has Bud the Wonderdog!
    
    					cj *->

    re.477
    
Groan!!!!!

;-)

Today's Farside...

Two dogs lying in bed.  One is asleep.  The other has a reading light on and is
reading a book - "The Mailman Carried Mace".

;-)

            My sister in law called last night.She's got 3 girls the 
    youngest is 4... She called to tell me that her youngests councilor 
    had asked who uncle Bob was. My sil asked oh he's just family and 
    little Julieanne likes to call and chat with him. The councilor 
    showed her a picture Julieanne had drawn on my cats and I... Followed 
    by Julieanne says that her uncle Bob is married to his cats... other 
    than that he lives alone... Kids that age can be so funny :-)
    Escpecially Julieanne.. She's at the age where she talks so fast you
    can only undertsand every 4th or 5th word. So you need to really
    concentrate on her words to have a conversation with her. 
    
    
    bob

    
    re: .478
    
         Huh? What's that, cj?
    
                                                     What'd she say?,
                                                      Mike.

    Barb, any Miller's on the trees?  I like Millers' beer much better than
    BUDS
    
    : )
    
    Ron

    Surviving... (-;
    
    I volunteered to watch my cousin's 4 kids... a 6 year old, twin girls
    (2), and a 1 year old...    I don't know how you parents out there do
    this... (-;
    
    

I saw the orthopedist today.  He said it's some minor tendonitis/bursitis
and that I can go back to doing aerobic stuff again.  YEAH!!!!!!!!!

          Yesterday as I was leaving the shower room after working out.
    Someones boy was using one of the thrones... He was having a very
    animated conversation with himself.. Everyone in the mens room was in
    stitches laughing... Then the little jeesper ran outa the mens room and
    proceeded to yell through the vent in the Ladies room to let his mom
    know he was ready and wasn't she through yet? tooo funny.
    
    bob

    re: .487 by WRKSYS::BROWER
    
    That's too funny, Bob.  Do you suppose the kid was messed up by the
    mother taking him into the ladies' room in his earlier days?  :-}
    
    /Bill

    
    Cupcakes from Barb. :>
    

    re .489
    
    	With your being the "cupcake" fan that you are John, it doesn't
    surprise me... :-) :-)  
    
    joyce

    Spring!
    
    /b

          Great company at the Westford Regencey last evening... 
    
    
    bob

    
    Spring, and my little freckled auburn-haired Rebecca's 10th birthday,
    all on the same day...
    
    glenn
    

    
    Getting kisses blown to me from a trucker that I let get in front of me
    on 495 to pass a slow car.   
    
    I passed him, he blew his horn, I waved out my moon roof... It made the
    ride go so much quicker...  (-;
    
    
     
    

    I had an old girlfriend who is currently a good friend call up my best
    man and demand to be invited to my bachelor debauch. She said I was
    still her best 'bud' (dog maybe? :-/) and she wanted to break
    tradition. 
    
    Personally I think the finest way to know how much of a friend you
    really were and how much you really did respect a person you've dated
    is reflected in how they deal with/speak of you when the romantic
    relationship ends. I don't really know why... but most of my
    relationships began as friends and ended as friends many of whom I
    still talk to often. 
    
    I've had the benefit of being with some damn special people and the
    fact that they still give a damn about me makes me feel wonderful
    inside. 
    
    James (aka: a 3 legged, one-eyed dog named Lucky)
    (well on the road to mushbucket hell)
    (pps: Thanks Joyce for the term `mushbucket')
    

          James that's pretty cool! I haven't been as lucky.. Several of
    the women I've dated over the last 3 years would make terrific friends.
    It's a transition I or they have never been able to accomplish. I tried
    it once last year and it ended up ruining a still young relationship.
    I was too naive to know where to draw the line between friend and just 
    plain calling on me too much about lifes problems. If you can keep a
    good balance then good for you. One can never have too many friends.
    
    Bob

Dark chocolate covered espresso beans!!!!

Yum!!!

Thanks Kathleen!  ;-)

    You're welcome!  buzzzzzzzzz.....
    
    

    
    being outa here, long day... 
    
    

    Having a great evening with a new friend!
    
    
    /b

          Well a smile with a very red face... Being asked to Solo at last
    nights choir practice... Singing well enough that I'll be singing solo
    at Holy Thursdays Mass.. Yikes.. Ooops now the truth is out Bobo is in
    a Church choir... 
    
          Another smiley... I was asked to join a Barbershop Quartet last
    week. Yikes!! I declined but was mega flattered just the same...
    
    bob
    
    

    
    	knowing such ~talented~ people--
    
    
    
    and another person on the phone this morning using that old one on me...
    
    		"Oh, Jan-- you give great phone..."
    
    hahahahahah
    T

Congrats Bob!!!!  That's great!

FALALALALA!

B

        Thanks Barb and Jan... Wish they'd let me sing If I were a Rich
    man. Saw is it Zero Mostel do it in person at a play once... It's one
    of my favorites to belt out every now and then... Mostly because I wish
    I were a rich man.. I am in spirit thanks to all of you Singles Chat
    frineds!!
    
    
    bb

    	Going to the cafe for my a.m. cookie and being told I could pick it
    myself from the baking tray - they're still warm enough that I dind't
    have to nuke it!   
    
    	sigh - chocolate chip cookie heaven...
    
    joyce

RE: .505

	You're going to have to put on some weight and grow a
	thick beard to do it justice tho Bob. :)

							mike

           Well there're always pillows :-) My lungs are very capable of 
    holding a note long... Due mostly to my running I breath through my
    ears while singing. May have to find a gas opposite to helium to
    breathe in so I can hold some of the really deep notes. Typically I
    sing tenor...
    
    
    bb

    
    	I've often thought that Tevea (that ain't the spelling!)
    	might have been a skinnier dude-- Bobolino might just do
    	this better than Topol...... and I could be the matchmaker!
    
    	Have I gota match for youuu
    	Tesha-- hey! it sounds Jewish!

          Match maker match maker make me a match ...find me a man catch me
    a catch... matchmaker matchmaker......... Poor Yentel and Swvadol...
    
          I have the album in vinyl... need to copy it onto a cassette
    tape.
    
    bb

    
    Fiddler on the Roof.. another one of my faves... "Sunrise, Sunset" is
    one of my favorite songs....
    
    So Bob.. are you going to sing for us on Sunday?  (-;
    
    
    

    ohhhhh I wana be there for the singles rendition of Fiddler.....
    
    
    
    you folks will have a blast!
    kids, coloring, comic cut-up and the wonderful
    harmony-- this is when Life Is Good!!! 
                                  

    Fiddler is my fav.  I still cry every time I hear the
    song he sings when his youngest daughter (Havala sp?)
    goes off with her Russian boyfriend.  Or when the middle 
    daughter sings to him at the train station as she leaves 
    to go to Siberia. 
    
    Truly touching, too, when he and his wife discover they
    love each other.
    
    					cj *->

    re .513
    
    <grouchy-smurfing> I hate finding out I'm in love!
    
    bear with me.. it's Friday and I'm a little more dain bramaged than
    usual...
    
    Jim

    For all of the Fiddler on the Roof fans, do you catch it last night on
    TNT.  It started I think around 6:00pm.  Though the movie was good,
    I definitely preferred the play.  

    I have the video! :-)  I love both, the play and movie equally.
    
    						cj *->

Coming back to my office after working out and finding a beautifully decorated
Easter egg on my desk.  Thanks Bob!!  Please thank Jocelyn for me.  ;-)

AND, worked out on the lifecycle for the first time in like 6 weeks - since my
knee started bothering me.  The knee feels ok!!!  Yeah!!  I'm doing a precau-
tionary icing right per doctor's orders.

Yahoo!!!  PMC here I come!

Barb

    
    	Yipeeeee - good for you!
    
    j

Today is Greek Independence Day!!!!!!!

Bapbapa (my name in Greek - beta alpha rho...get it?????) ;-)

    
    	Hmmm, so why do you prefer being called Barb if a more literally-
    	correct nickname would be Baps?
    

         Prolly cause Barb knows that Baps in the UK is another word for a
    womans chest. 
    
    bb

    
>    	Hmmm, so why do you prefer being called Barb if a more literally-
>    	correct nickname would be Baps?

Ah, where's the "s" come from Shawn????  It's Barb, not Bars.  ;-)  Actually my 
license plate is BAPB.  ;-)

>        Prolly cause Barb knows that Baps in the UK is another word for a
>    womans chest.

Hmmm, learn something new every day!  ;-) 

    
    	BapBap = Bap x 2 = Baps.
    
    	I was always pretty good at math.  8^)
    
    	And yes, I did know what "baps" meant.  Still confused about the
    	"Greeks baring gifts" thing, though.  8^)
    

    Going to get my marriage license today!
    
    OH MY GOD IT'S SINKING IN
    
    <faint>
    
    James 

    Chunky bananas?
    
    ;-)

This is from a mail message sent out to our group.  I designed one of the gate 
arrays on this module.  ;-)  

********************************************************************************
Subj:	TurboLaser 4GB memory module acheives FRS

The TurboLaser 4GB memory module achieved FRS in both Ayr and Salem on March 22.
Congratulations to Elbert Bloom and his 4GB memory team for this important
achievement.
The goal is to ship 32 modules in this last week of the quarter for 
approximately $10.3 million in revenue! 

    Congrats!
    
    

    	bravo - reason to celebrate?   Shall we organize a lunch? :-)
    
    joyce

    re: TurboLaser
    
    heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheeh
    
    we got 3 'o the buggers here... gonna upgrade methinks!!!!!!
    
    I will put a can of coke in the mouth of Mijolyji (our mascot, the
    ugly idol that hangs in my office) to celebrate!!!
    
    :-)

>    	bravo - reason to celebrate?   Shall we organize a lunch? :-)
    
Hey, you know me, I'll celebrate anything!!  ;-)  Gee, seeing as I'm away the
next 2 weekends a lunch sounds good actually!

Someone in the 4GB loop came up with this.  ;-)

>        All,
>        
>        As you may know we are about to ship our first 4GB Turbolaser 
>        memory.  This got me thinking, how would we have done that in 
>        the past?
>        
>        MS11-CP = 16k
>        
>        64 x MS11-CP = 1MB
>        
>        64,000 x MS11-CP = 1GB
>        
>        256,000 x MS11-CP = 4GB
>        
>        You could fit 2 x DD11-DK (9 slot) backplanes, and 1 DD11-CK (4 
>        slot) backplanes into a BA11 expander box.  But of course you 
>        would lose 5 of these slots to the M9202 bus jumpers, and the 
>        last slot to the M9302 bus terminator.  So you could get 16 hex 
>        height memories into 1 box.
>        
>        Therefore you would need...
>        
>        256,000/16 = 16,000 BA11 boxes
>        
>        Now you could fit 4 x BA11 boxes into 1 x H960-CB tall cabinet.
>        
>        So you would need...
>        
>        16,000/4 = 4,000 cabinets to hold the memories
>        
>        You could fit about 20 cabinets into one truck, so you would 
>        need about...
>        
>        4,000/20 = 200 trucks to deliver the order
>        
>        That is of course assuming no partials, short/wrong ships, or 
>        waivers.
>        
>        1977 - 1997  From 200 trucks to one box!  Progress indeed!
>        

    	There are still 14 rolos in a bag of rolos...
    
    joyce

    a surprise gift of a tulip plant.. soft yellow in color.. I set them up
    right next to my terminal ... (-;

         re:533
        
          Neato!! I was hopin my kids'd get me a plant or flowers for
    Easter :-( Didn't even get a chocolate Oh well this is the things to
    smile about topic..
    
         Knowing I can buy all kids of junky eatser candy and eat it
    myself.. Probably the only plus I can think of for not having my kids
    this weekend.. Oh white schocolate, milk chocolate, jelley belley
    jelley beans..  Yumm better'n sex!!!
    
    
           NOT!!,,
    
    bob

    
    Coming out of my house this morning to put the garbage out and seeing a
    hawk in the next yard over having breakfast..  I have never seen a hawk
    that close before.. I rushed for my binoculars and got a really good
    look...   awesome!
    
    

    This weather, finally... I saw some green replacing the **ick** brown
    out there... (-;
    
    driving in with the moon roof open, all the windows open, and the music
    blaring... 
    
    as Jan would say "life is good"...     (-;   Hi Jan!
    
    
    
    
    

Can you say "top down"?

	Is that anything like "topless"?

It is.

'course I'm talking about my car....

    	Doug the only topless stuff that occupies Daryll's mind consists
    of:
    
    A) his car
    
    B) his haircut
    
    joyce

	One good thing today. I'm going to put my Miata back on the
	road and schedule the clutch replacement. I saw one this
	morning with the top down and it made the decision for me.

	I think I'll treat my little car to a full detailing too.
	Any good places in Nashua? (I'll go check the NH notesfile)

							mike

    
    	RE: .539
    
    	Am I that predictable?
    
    
    	RE: toples hairstyle
    
    	I think I'm going to get all my hair chopped off tomorrow.  It's
    	waving and curling all over the place and is starting to annoy
    	me.
    

Took a drive at lunch, top-down. It's not quite "top-down" 
weather yet, but what the hell. 

This Sebring is a GREAT car.

daryll

    
    	Those are rather nice-looking cars.
    

>Took a drive at lunch, top-down. It's not quite "top-down" 
>weather yet, but what the hell. 

I miss my targa roof!!!  ;-(  Pull the roof off and blast the heat!!!  ;-)

    Maybe I'll go home and take the Jeep out. I have the doors and
    sides off. Just waiting for a warm day...
    
    Put my sun glasses on and enjoy life.
    
    life is good in the spring....
    
    
    Steve

    
    	I walked outside at lunch- enjoyed the sunshine without the benefit
    of a car :-)
    
    j

          Gee I knew I shoulda bought that sleek Festiva with the raggy
    top. Love to have a rag top but the top of my head burns real easy.
    
    bb

	I though "Seinfeld" was kind of funny last night.  Even though it
was a rerun, I hadn't really watch it completely the first time it was on.


					--Doug

    
    	RE: .549
    
    	"Sleek Festiva"?  No such thing.  8^)
    

    	Picking up Lindt Truffles on my way back from lunch!
    
    joyce

    ... knowing that at the end of today.. my dtn and mailstop change !
    
    ..If it weren't for change, there would be no butterflies!!
    
    
    I'm physched!! (sp?... actually it doesn't matter *how* it's spelled,
    I'm sure you know what I mean!!!
    
    See everyone at PKO on Monday!
    
    -S

    	Before Daryll gets a chance - its psyched :-) 
    
    joyce

Actually, I was going to let it ride.

so :-P

    
    	You exercise restraint - hah!
    
    
    	well maybe :-P
    
    joyce

    he was trying to not be predictable... (-;
    

        My 3 year old niece yesterday in this beautiful Easter dress.. She
    snuck outside and did a butt flop in a mud puddle.. 
    
        My daughter Jocelyne age 15 calling me yesterday morning to wish me a
    Happy Easter.
    
        The smell of spring in the air yesterday. The fact that we may well
    get a big snowstorm starting later on today.. Ah New England gotta love
    it! My x-country skiis are by the door ready and waiting.
    
    bob

          Ah yes an early spring snowstorm.. The x-counrty skiis are
    waiting by the door. It'll melt fast so I'll enjoy it while I can.
    Everyone please drive carefully on the way home!!
          Early spring snow's are poor mans fertilizer... Snow has a lotta
    nirogen in it. With the frost outa the ground much of that trapped
    nitrogen will get into the soil.. 
    
    bb loves the adventurous New England weather..
    

Seeing lots of daffodils and crocuses in bloom down in CT this weekend!  And
GREEN grass!  Being outside yesterday morning in short sleeves without a coat!
AND driving home yesterday with the sunroof open and the window down (course 
the traffic was another story ;-( ).

         Coming in from my run with my running partner and receiving
    comments from everyone we saw. They ranged from the you guys are nuts
    to way to go!! Coulda used a jacuzzi to warm the legs up though.. My
    lycra tights are old and my legs looked like lobsters
    
    bb

Yes, I'd vote for crazy!

    
    I can't believe the contrast between 3:30PM yesterday (riding my mtn
    bike through the woods, birds chirping...etc) and 3:30PM today (wind,
    rain, snow...)

    	My 8 hr day is done and I get to go driving in this stuff!
    
    	Drive carefully everyone!
    
    joyce

          Driving near the police station in Maynard this a.m. I noticed a
    large flock of pigeons. (oh noooo sigeon phit). It looked like they
    were practicing for the olympics. They were doing what appeared to be
    synchronized flying over the Asabet river.. It went on for several
    minutes. Other than that it was a boring commute.
    
    bb

Starting my birthday celebration 4 weeks early!  Got family b'day presents this 
past weekend.  ;-)  

    Are U a Taurus? ...

>    Are U a Taurus? ...

Well, *I* consider myself an Aries.  I'm right on the cusp.  Some books say
Aries ends on the 20th, some say the 19th...

I'd rather be a Dodge than a Ford. Course, I'm a Chrysler man. 
:-)

Hearing "What have I done to deserve this" by the Pet Shop Boys 
with Dusty Springfield on the radio right now.

What a great song. Haven't heard it for a long time.

daryll

    
    The Pet Shop Boys - and Dusty Springfield - together?!
                                
    Um.
    

Yes indeed.

    
    So says the man who likes the Red Sox.
    
    
    
    :+]
    

>                                 -< trust me >-

Why should we????????

why shouldn't you?

    Managing to get my classes set so that I left Boston a week before the
    storm!!!!  As much as I would have liked more time back there, there's
    something about the difference between it being voluntary or being
    forced on me........  not sure I could have handled 33 inches, which is
    what I understand the total was west of Boston.....

    
    My electronic pet sheep.
    

    I'm not touching that one...
    

    re:579 Didn't know they had em?? What's it look like??
    
    bob

    
    >not sure I could have handled 33 inches
    
    
    	Don't worry, you're not the only one.  There are many like you out
    	there.
    

    	Having a 2nd chocolate chip cookie!
    
    joyce

    33 inches of snow -- NO problem for us Manly Men :-).
    	"I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok...."
    			--Tony

    re: .585  so up to some more shoveling?  I haven't been home yet, and
    according to my neighbors, I won't be getting in my driveway...
    
    

    Between my "houseguest" getting the truck stuck stuck stuck in a
    snowbank and "persuading" my one-flat-tire snowblower to go in the
    right direction and then doing the plow barrier for my
    across-the-street neighbor with the snowblower and the front walk by
    hand (since the snowblower wouldn't make it up the walk with a flat) I
    think I had enough snow fun.  Although I could probably be persuaded to
    shovel in exchange for hot-tub time and a massage... ;-)
    
    [Alas, if anyone is inclined to offer, I'm working at the theater
    tonight.]
    
    					--Doug

Deb's pet sheep!!!

BAAAahahahahahahaha!

    
    Yeah, but just wait til he piddles on your menu bar.
    
    

troubling.

    Heard on the news last night (while in Indiana) that New England had
    been dumped on by Mother Nature.  Seems to happen every time I leave
    town.  I chuckled and smiled.  My parents didn't understand.  Remember
    the storm last early December?
    
    Getting home and finding my driveway clear enough to drive into the
    garage.  My neighbor's great!  I owe him for many such favors.

          Sitting down to relax after a loong day last night.. Munching on 
    yummy sardines... Having my cats roll their eyes at my fish breath
    after I was doen with my treat.. Oh turnaround is fair play ;-)
    
    bob

    much needed hugs from one of my favorite little people (alex, age 3)

    Girl guide cookies..... yum :-)
    
    Just ordered six boxes heheheheheheheheehehehehehehehehehehehehe
    
    Gonna use 'em to celebrate getting the marriage license which I just
    picked up. <shiver!!!!!> The end is near.
    
    James
    

    
    	You might want to wait until after you eat them to get measured
    	for your tux.
    

    snicker.... I already have an appointment with Omar the Tent Maker as
    it is. The cost of buying the tux will also be defrayed by a starring
    roles I have in the docu-drama "Penguins I have known and loved..."
    
    Gimme a cookie...

    Tell Omar I said Hi!  We're good friends ;->
    
    					cj 

    you are way to hard on yourself!!!!  both of you!!!
    
    besides, omar works exclusively for me... (-;
    
    

    re: .594 by TBC001::DROVER
    
    >> Girl guide cookies..... yum :-)
    
    From an Addams Family movie...

    Do they use REAL Girl Scouts? (Guides)

    :-)

    re .599
    
    ya know Bill :-) I was running that through my mind at the time.
    
    I love Wednesday Addams (sigh) grin.... "We're going to play a game,
    it's called: 'Is there a God?'"
    
    grin

YEAH ME!!!!!  I'm in print!!!!  Just got a call from my riding partner from the
PMC.  There's a picture of us in the PMC newsletter!!!!!!!!!!  I'm so PSYCHED!!
I was just telling someone - SOMEday my picture will be in there.  Little did
I know!!!  This is SO cool!!!!!  I haven't even seen it yet.  She got hers in
the mail on Tues so mine should be there any day now!!  It's a picture of us
riding into P'town last year.  I don't even remember the picture being taken!

;-)))))))))))

    
    	Serious exclamation point overload there, Barb.
    
    	It's only a friggin' picture, after all.  8^)
    

    
>    	Serious exclamation point overload there, Barb.
    
>    	It's only a friggin' picture, after all.  8^)
    

;-P

    re: .601 by DANGER::ASKETH
    
    >> PMC newsletter...It's a picture of us
    >> riding into P'town last year.
    
    What's the PMC?  Provincetown Motorcycle Club?  Any tattoos?
    
    ;-)