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(Msg. 16) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:59 pm
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--- Skywalker.DeleteThis@Jedicouncil.org wrote:
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> On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:35 PM, The Miller wrote:
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> > On 2007-12-11 23:38:50 +0000,
> Skywalker.DeleteThis@Jedicouncil.org said:
> >
> >> On Dec 11, 2007, at 6:05 PM, The Miller wrote:
> >>> It's been a while. I've been away. As Beetle
> will confirm, I've not
> >>> been all there for a while.
> >>> It's not as if anything terrible happened; just
> lots and lots of
> >>> things going on and on and most of them still
> haven't stopped. I've
> >>> just realised that if I don't ignore them every
> so often there'll
> >>> soon be nothing of me left, just the things.
> >>> So; enough of feeling sorry for myself. It's
> good to be here, it's
> >>> great to see you all, and does anyone need
> flour?
> >>> --
> >>> The Miller
> >>> Grains and black powder ground - wood turned -
> batteries charged
> >> Me! Me! and some black powder to blow up a stupid
> choir director.
> >> Elizabeth (having a bit of a pity party myself)
> >
> > No problem. Will there be an Earth-shattering
> kaboom?
>
> Probably. Of her imploding, with any luck at all. If
> anyone wants to
> see the luvverly ebomb she sent me, I'll send it
> private like. Very
> poisonous that, and not for unwarned and innocent
> eyes.
>
> IMO, she would have to improve her behavior to reach
> scum status.
>
> Elizabeth
I'll pass on the nastiness--I can get irate enough
just thinking of someone who sends "ebombs" while
claiming to be religious. Extra hugs and warm thought
for you--I'll even pass the warmth from the heartburn
at the thought of pepper-infused bread:-)
We get people like that woman sometimes at
work--usually in person rather than e-mail. We talk
it over and then generally figure out that whoever it
was was having "one of those days" and the library
staff made an easy dumping ground for the current load
of nastiness. Nastiness by e-mail seems every worse,
almost pre-meditated nastiness. Sometimes I think
there should be a delay key for emotionally charged
e-mails---something to make you double check an hour
later before you hit send. That's one of the problems
of e-mail, type and send and ooops! I just did
something very stupid.
We've been talking churches about the house recently.
Partially because of the wedding and we've come to the
conclusion that the problem with churches is the
people. The ideals of Christianity are so fine, but
the majority of us who are trying to live the
principles are all too human. We fail and the
churches get the blame for people being people.
But I've better get myself in gear--got to find a
place to make color copies and then buy some
embroidery floss for another project. It's hard to
believe with all the floss lying about the house but
I've got absolutely no matches for the next project
and I've got to get the bibs started before the baby
gets to talking and walking:-)
Jackie
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:28 pm
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On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Jackie.DeleteThis@Bookaholics.mbl wrote:
> --- Skywalker.DeleteThis@Jedicouncil.org wrote:
>> IMO, she would have to improve her behavior to reach
>> scum status.
> I'll pass on the nastiness--I can get irate enough
> just thinking of someone who sends "ebombs" while
> claiming to be religious. Extra hugs and warm thought
> for you--I'll even pass the warmth from the heartburn
> at the thought of pepper-infused bread:-)
>
> We get people like that woman sometimes at
> work--usually in person rather than e-mail. We talk
> it over and then generally figure out that whoever it
> was was having "one of those days" and the library
> staff made an easy dumping ground for the current load
> of nastiness. Nastiness by e-mail seems every worse,
> almost pre-meditated nastiness. Sometimes I think
> there should be a delay key for emotionally charged
> e-mails---something to make you double check an hour
> later before you hit send. That's one of the problems
> of e-mail, type and send and ooops! I just did
> something very stupid.
>
> We've been talking churches about the house recently.
> Partially because of the wedding and we've come to the
> conclusion that the problem with churches is the
> people. The ideals of Christianity are so fine, but
> the majority of us who are trying to live the
> principles are all too human. We fail and the
> churches get the blame for people being people.
>
> But I've better get myself in gear--got to find a
> place to make color copies and then buy some
> embroidery floss for another project. It's hard to
> believe with all the floss lying about the house but
> I've got absolutely no matches for the next project
> and I've got to get the bibs started before the baby
> gets to talking and walking:-)
You should come visit me. I have the complete DMC set (except the new
overdyed colors) 4 times over, approximately.
I do write those emails. I just save 'em as a draft until I've gotten
the aggro out of my system. Then I delete them. Until then, every
time I get aggravated again, I just add to the email. Saves me a lot
of foot in mouth disease, as I also get the nastiness out and don't
spill it on the person who aggravated me. Her aggravation was that
she wanted a dress code, I didn't, so I voted with my feet--and I am
the most faithful so far as getting myself to both practices and on
Sunday morning. This annoyed her. Too bad for her.
And there is no help for people being people, but one can try, at
least. She did not, IMO. And declared that she would read no more of
my emails, presumably so she could get the last word. Then, my
husband got the email on his computer here at home...he was not
amused at all.
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:50 pm
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In article <fjprbo$aoc$4$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
harry.DeleteThis@themerrymillers.co.uk (The Miller) wrote:
> On 2007-12-12 14:44:00 +0000, jgd.DeleteThis@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) said:
> > Good to see you back; a large bag of my usual battering flour,
> > please, and have some caviar on the house.
> Blinis! Blinis! With sour cream and chives!
Coming up - deep-fried.
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:52 pm
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--- Skywalker.DeleteThis@Jedicouncil.org wrote:
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> On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Jackie.DeleteThis@Bookaholics.mbl
> wrote:
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> > --- Skywalker.DeleteThis@Jedicouncil.org wrote:
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> >> IMO, she would have to improve her behavior to
> reach
> >> scum status.
> > I'll pass on the nastiness--I can get irate enough
> > just thinking of someone who sends "ebombs" while
> > claiming to be religious. Extra hugs and warm
> thought
> > for you--I'll even pass the warmth from the
> heartburn
> > at the thought of pepper-infused bread:-)
> >
> > We get people like that woman sometimes at
> > work--usually in person rather than e-mail. We
> talk
> > it over and then generally figure out that whoever
> it
> > was was having "one of those days" and the library
> > staff made an easy dumping ground for the current
> load
> > of nastiness. Nastiness by e-mail seems every
> worse,
> > almost pre-meditated nastiness. Sometimes I think
> > there should be a delay key for emotionally
> charged
> > e-mails---something to make you double check an
> hour
> > later before you hit send. That's one of the
> problems
> > of e-mail, type and send and ooops! I just did
> > something very stupid.
> >
> > We've been talking churches about the house
> recently.
> > Partially because of the wedding and we've come to
> the
> > conclusion that the problem with churches is the
> > people. The ideals of Christianity are so fine,
> but
> > the majority of us who are trying to live the
> > principles are all too human. We fail and the
> > churches get the blame for people being people.
> >
> > But I've better get myself in gear--got to find a
> > place to make color copies and then buy some
> > embroidery floss for another project. It's hard to
> > believe with all the floss lying about the house
> but
> > I've got absolutely no matches for the next
> project
> > and I've got to get the bibs started before the
> baby
> > gets to talking and walking:-)
>
> You should come visit me. I have the complete DMC
> set (except the new
> overdyed colors) 4 times over, approximately.
>
> I do write those emails. I just save 'em as a draft
> until I've gotten
> the aggro out of my system. Then I delete them.
> Until then, every
> time I get aggravated again, I just add to the
> email. Saves me a lot
> of foot in mouth disease, as I also get the
> nastiness out and don't
> spill it on the person who aggravated me. Her
> aggravation was that
> she wanted a dress code, I didn't, so I voted with
> my feet--and I am
> the most faithful so far as getting myself to both
> practices and on
> Sunday morning. This annoyed her. Too bad for her.
>
> And there is no help for people being people, but
> one can try, at
> least. She did not, IMO. And declared that she would
> read no more of
> my emails, presumably so she could get the last
> word. Then, my
> husband got the email on his computer here at
> home...he was not
> amused at all.
>
Dress code! For Pete's sake--unless there's a real
problem with what someone is wearing it's unneccessary
and if there is a problem, why punish everyone for one
person's bad taste. Object of church choir, praise in
song--is that being done? Mission accomplished. A
friend's choir did a tour of Italy and there was a
dress code for that, just so everyone would look like
they belonged together. Every now & then we get a
quick mention in the homily about "appropriate
clothing"--makes one wonder what people are showing up
in. We tend to do the 7:30AM mass, mostly middle aged
folk & older, but on occasion I've seen sundresses
that looked like they belonged on "one of those
beaches".
Jackie
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:54 pm
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In <20071213192839.457891325540007.TakeThisOut@firedrake.org> Elizabeth wrote:
>And there is no help for people being people, but one can try, at
>least. She did not, IMO. And declared that she would read no more of
>my emails, presumably so she could get the last word. Then, my
>husband got the email on his computer here at home...he was not
>amused at all.
I suggest a useful anonymiser into which you could type a response if you
wanted. She's not going to know that you sent it, if it's not obviously
from your email address. Not before she has read to the end and reached
the signature, anyhow.
<evil grin>
Come to that, *my* email thingy allows me to alter the 'from' address if I
feel I have to, though of course she then can't reply to it. The same
applies to a spare gmail or hotmail account, to which she could reply but
you could pretend not to have received it...
What, me, make trouble? *Never*!
Have another TS?
Beetle
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:19 pm
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On Dec 13, 2007, at 3:54 PM, anon2765 DeleteThis @firedrake.org wrote:
> In <20071213192839.457891325540007 DeleteThis @firedrake.org> Elizabeth wrote:
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>> And there is no help for people being people, but one can try, at
>> least. She did not, IMO. And declared that she would read no more of
>> my emails, presumably so she could get the last word. Then, my
>> husband got the email on his computer here at home...he was not
>> amused at all.
> I suggest a useful anonymiser into which you could type a response
> if you
> wanted. She's not going to know that you sent it, if it's not
> obviously
> from your email address. Not before she has read to the end and
> reached
> the signature, anyhow.
Enh, I think at this point, I have rid myself of the majority of
aggro. That said, Sunday is coming. And she does not like scenes.
Neither do I--mostly...But /fx, ever-an-ever-so-sweetly/ I really do
think I should warn her that my husband is gunning for her, yes? /
end fx/ Just the thought of her scuttling for cover does my mind good.
Plus, right now, I have good behavior on my side, which counts for a
lot in my mind.
> <evil grin>
Shall we do our evil grins together? Not to mention our best
villainous laughs...
> Come to that, *my* email thingy allows me to alter the 'from'
> address if I
> feel I have to, though of course she then can't reply to it. The same
> applies to a spare gmail or hotmail account, to which she could
> reply but
> you could pretend not to have received it...
I learned how to bounce email back. I even bounced the nastygram back
to her-I lost count, it was either three or four times. <evil grin>
Hope she reads it and realizes how rude it was.
> What, me, make trouble? *Never*!
No more would I! <snigger> but getting an email from a stranger who
obviously knows all and despises it would totally floor her. Although
that might leave the church short an organist...so perhaps not.
> Have another TS?
Ought to go very well with the rum cake I had at husband's work's
Christmas Party. Delicious stuff, that.
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On 2007-12-13 00:27:05 +0000, "Paul Bines"
<p.a.binesspam DeleteThis @trapbtwhurdleinternet.com> said:
>> and does anyone need flour?
> Not a moment too soon! Something got into the cellar and ate most of the
> sacks in there over the summer, so if you could see your way to bagging up
> some of your Extremely Strong Flour (the stuff that makes bread you can use
> to hammer nails with) I would be awfully grateful - plus, given the recent
> regulations controling the manufacture and supply of tarpaper, I suspect The
> Squoire might need something he can mix with water to use as glue, patching
> holes in shacks, for the use of?
Sure. The regular chain of take-aways ("A new choice in traditional
cuisine! Chicken Tikka Masala Pizza our world-famed speciality!")
stopped trading of late, so I have plenty of Pizza Base Mix capacity.
(I'm not proid; it sells.)
>
> Au Res.,
> Paul (celebrating your return and the recent passing by a friend of his MSc,
> and laid a little low by the announcement made by pTerry today on the Paul
> Kidby and BBC websites about his Early Onset Altzeimers...)
To quote the sage Pratchett, "I'm not dead yet", which has prompted at
least one post elsewhere on the lones of SO I'M EARLY, I SEE.
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:50 pm
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> I have plenty of Pizza Base Mix capacity
At the risk of sounding like I should be posting in Another NG, would that
be the special Dwarf Pizza Base Mix (rat not included)?
As for the skinny lad with the very sharp faming implement, I'm hoping he
right and he is WAAAAAAY too early...
Mind you, I'm selfish. I don't want anyone to drop off the edge.
Well, ALMOST anyone.
Au Res.,
Smug Paul (finished the last dregs of the Christmas shopping list today -
the vast majority of it having been obtained throughout the year, something
I always say I'll do but never actually achieve, I actually achieved this
year, with only a few little filler gifts to get, so I was more-or-less at a
loose end and felt somewhat like the chap in the Argos catalogue, bemusedly
looking on as everyone else stampeded into the shops. I am currently
looking forward to the works Ladies 'do' Monday night - I've been invited as
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The Miller wrote:
> It's been a while. I've been away. As Beetle will confirm, I've not been
> all there for a while.
>
> It's not as if anything terrible happened; just lots and lots of things
> going on and on and most of them still haven't stopped. I've just
> realised that if I don't ignore them every so often there'll soon be
> nothing of me left, just the things.
Wise words, Harry. Good to have you back.
> So; enough of feeling sorry for myself. It's good to be here, it's great
> to see you all, and does anyone need flour?
No, but would you be willing to help me dispose of this bottle of TS safely?
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Roger Burton West wrote:
> Innocuous Dave wrote:
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>>The Miller wrote:
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>>>So; enough of feeling sorry for myself. It's good to be here, it's great
>>>to see you all, and does anyone need flour?
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>>No, but would you be willing to help me dispose of this bottle of TS safely?
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>
> <puts on hard hat>
> <opens draconic maw in hopeful manner>
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> Ready over here!
Oh, go on then.
*throws bottle*
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