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QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 14, 2006 -> 10:38 AM) And that's the problem.. they had NO PROBLEM telling everyone that. Ugh.. my jaw hit the floor when they said that. :headshake No idea if hubby will be involved. I would have died of embarrasment for her. I think regardless of the circuimstances, saying your having a shower (1st 2nd, 3rd, etc) because they need stuff, is tacky. Although I've always described showers as middle class wedding and pregnancy insurance. We paid and paid so it was nice to receive and receive. My family looks for any excuse to throw a party. I don't remember if we ever had multiple "showers" for anyone. I do remember a second wedding shower for a friend of mine, but that was because his first wife was a (damn I'm trying to only say nice things) she was a, she was a *GREAT* ex-wife and ex-friend we didn't have to deal with anymore.

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QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 14, 2006 -> 10:31 AM) After what we all just dealth with I'm in favor of a party to celebrate as well.. but a shower " to get girl stuff cause she doesn't have any" I find icky. I can see that, I think calling it something else would probably be appropriate. I'd cringe at telling everyone that reason. BTW, will the dad-to-be also be invited? I love that new tradition of inviting the guy to the Wedding and Baby showers.

Having a party to celebrate the coming of another child seems nice to me. I'm in favor of everyone celebrating new life, beats the worse case alternative by a mile. So if we are starting new traditions, I like this one. Edited to add, maybe not calling it a shower would help people to be more comfortable with the idea?

BTW, I like a Pres or Veep that fishes and hunts. Tell me he actually cleaned his catch and I'd be even happier. I was thinking how sad it is that he travels with an ambulance. In a couple years, the ambulance goes away, as if he doesn't matter anymore.

Oh s***, I got confused, I thought it was a VP hunting trip to shoot Quayle . . .

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over. --- Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure." --- The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. --- Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied. "Two years older than me." "So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it? --- I've sure gotten old.! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees. Fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license. --- A 97-year-old man goes into his doctor's office and says, "Doc, I want my sex drive lowered." "Sir," replied the doctor, "you're 97 Don't you think your sex drive is all in your head?" "You're damned right it is!" replied the old man. "That's why I want it lowered!" --- An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. "Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed. "Why Wal-Mart?" "Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week." ---My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. --- Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out. ---I've still got it, but nobody wants to see it. ---It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker. ---These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief." ---I've tried to find a suitable exercise video for women my age, but they haven't made one called "Buns of Putty." ---Don't think of it as getting hot flashes. Think of it as your inner child playing with matches. ---Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up! --- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing. - --THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 10:38 AM) That's the key word ... interpretations. If and when it comes to point that Bush and Co. are proven guilty of breaking the law, or even legally charged with it, as opposed to liberal rhetoric stating so, then I'll have a different outlook on it. Until then, it's just a bunch of politicians playing politics.

QUOTE(bmags @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) it appears so, i'm afraid i'm not that knowledgable on what is used for quail hunting but it can't be that powerful if the guy took shells to the face and was never in any great danger even at age 75 It's all about distance from the shotgun. When dove hunting we always try and stay at least 75 yards from each other, of someone should accidentaly fire in anyone's direction, the shot is so dispersed at that distance you can barely feel it. That type of accident is very easy to have happen. Basically the bird flied between two hunters, you are following the bird, the rush of excitement when the bird flushes, you swing, shoot, and someone screams.

Because of Future Sox and being around here, I actually now care about the guys in the organization and what happens to them (damn you Gage). A few seasons ago, I'd have maybe read that, probably not, and went, big deal, whiny minor league guy. Now I've been hoping he'd make a 25 man somewhere, even if it was outside the organization. If he doesn't make the roster, I'm guessing someone will make an offer that Kenny will accept, even if it's shuffling prospects.

Gee looking for two white men in their 20s or 30s who would have seen that one coming :headshake

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 11:11 PM) We know their coming. Funny thing is the GOP keeps talking about this stuff, it never happens, but by then people think it happens. Nice technique of divisivness. Notice that no Dem has even really talked about the accident, it seems like a non-issue to me. Accidents happen, it is a shame. The only ones talking about making it a political issue are Taa Daa, the GOPerheads around hear. Wouldn't the world be a betterplace if we didn't make paper tigers and make up stuff about each other? But if this is talked about, let's see how long until someone mentions Bill Clinton, y'all always do.

Couple other issues to consider, when starting your career, having some alumni to assists can sometimes be a huge help, plus many people tend to settle around the University they attended. You may wish to consider where you would like to live after graduation, and look for Universities in that area.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 06:39 PM) I must say, everyone here in Austin is a little on edge. Now, if I hear a car backfire on IH-35, I'm screaming, "EVERYONE GET DOWN, CHENEY'S IN TOWN!!!!" LMAO

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QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 09:39 AM) I don't have one iota of sympathy for him. He could have been a great baseball player. Instead, he settled on being a slugger with selfish attitude. I don't really care what happens to him this year. In baseball or not ... he's not worth my attention. His homerun race didn't even register a blimp on my radar. I always thought those two were on something. Now I'm convinced. He'll probably wind up in the HoF, but I wish they had a special place for guys like him. I don't take pleasure in watching him crash and burn, but I'm with YASNY, I have no sympathy at all. Sosa.rum.cork.juice He'll play somewhere, hit 12 or 13 home runs and retire. He's got too big an ego not to go for 600, no matter how many ABs it takes. If he retires, some team will sign him at the deadline, hoping for some punch in a lineup.

Isn't it funny how the GOP fans immediately start talking about cheap shots. LOL. I wonder how long it will take until they blame this on Bill Clinton, announce it would have happened more often if Bush had not been President, laugh at giving the guy a Purple Heart like Kerry, and announce Chaney as a hero for saving the guy's life

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 08:29 PM) From what I have seen, the problem is Wal-mart considering a "full-time" shift to be 28 hours a week, not 40, and their health care packages for their "full-time" employees are too expensive for someone working 28 hours a week. Then Wal-Mart encourages these people to go on welfare if they won't get Wal-Mart's medical package. If there is a program that a person qualifies for and someone encourages them to sign up of it, is it the requirements that are wrong, or the person who encourages them? Colleges and Universities have entire depapartments to help students find money for college which then is paid to the University. Are they wrong? There are programs for the working poor, why shouldn't employers publize those programs? Using your example, and I'm not certain this is accurate, but couldn't WalMart call 28 hours part time and offer no benefits? Would that be better? I think giving people the choice is better, don't you?

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Feb 10, 2006 -> 06:57 PM) In the SunTimes earlier this week, there was a little blurb in the Business section about WalMart and Target. It seems that both had plans for a distribution wharehouse in the area, both were going to get tax breaks, and as part of that, they had to submit a formal plan for the payrolls of their respective facilities. It turns out that the average pay for the people in the Walmart place was going to be just under $30,000, while the average pay for the Target place was UNDER $20,000. I wonder which place would be worse for workers, and the state? Comparing average salaries would be valid if their organizations were going to be identical. Plus average salaries aren't the whole picture. In an area with high unemployment, 2,000 jobs at $20,000 is probably better than 300 jobs at $30,000. It is all in the mix. The point with average salaries, Walmart may have executives on site, while Target may have them in a separate facility and didn't count them in their totals. But on the surface, I agree with your conclusion, WalMart would be the better choice if you can't get both. You mentioned tax incentives, realize that means your tax dollars are being spent to compete with someone elses tax dollars in getting them to move. Just like the Economic Development agencies down here are competing to get your employers to move here. It's a twisted little game they are playing. McAllen Economic Development would love to have one of your local employers come here and set up shop in Reynosa, Mexico with a support facility on the US side. We want to take your jobs.

Does anyone have experience in taking slides and getting them to some digital format? I am looking through pictures from Laguna Station Boy Scout High Adventure Sea Base* and figuring out how to use them in a promotional piece I want to produce. *sorry, just trying to move up the search engines. The question is real.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 07:53 AM) Okay. I can agree with that to an extent. Still, the pictures of 150 school buses sitting in 6 feet of water when they should have been put into use evacuating 'the faces of New Orleans' are basically ignored and forgotten. Exactly. Those buses may be the poster shot for this disaster. If I had to select one imagine, that would be it. Like Bush in the rubble. BTW, should there be a sliding scale of accountability based on capability? What I'm thinking is the local fire chief for Oyster Cove, LA would be responsible for the evacuation of his town and probably has the credentials and training to maybe do that. The Disaster Chief or whatever for a larger Parish in LA should have better training and skills for a bigger job. If we are discussing shouldering blame, it would seem that the better trained, better paid, and better equiped should be grabbing more of the blame than the "little guys".

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 12, 2006 -> 07:37 AM) My point is that I'm not giving anyone a pass. But there are so many JUST pointing at Bush and not even looking at those pair of boobs in Louisana. The people in Al and MS were evacuated before the storm. New Orleans, for the most part, should have been. And I am saying I agree with you, no one should be ducking the blame, except God who gave warnings for days before cleaning house. It is probably unfair, but Bush stands on WTC rubble with a bullhorn and receives huge approval and congratulations for the response on 9/11, shouldn't he also receive the same opportunity for NO? We both know if the response was perfect, he'd be receiving the credit. All roads lead to the White House, the buck stops here, and all that. He has to shoulder the blame, but I agree, there should be a lot of shoulders to help him, and they don't seem to be stepping up. This should have been a high water mark (no pun intended) for Bush and it was fumbled away by some weak people at all levels of the government, state and local. Some were his administrations appointees. Sending two school buses to Hogsback MS is a little different from evacuating thousands of bus loads from a city, further complicating all of these responses is, we didn't forcibly evict anyone. Perhaps a mandatory get out or be arrested would have been better, but hindsight is everything.

I think there is a difference in breaking a law and not. I also think it shouldn't take a law to show us right from wrong. I think probable cause is a great thing. Carter is easily the best ex-President we have ever had. His efforts spreading democracy, building homes, and his works as an author are all outstanding. His actions speak loudly. I believe he holds the most sincere of Christian beliefs compared to the Presidents in my lifetime. I believe some other have wrapped themselves in religion to gather votes and support. As a politician, he still fumbles and misteps.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 11, 2006 -> 07:07 PM) Why are people not understand the concept of first response? Did anyone notice that 'beyond New Orleans' was handled pretty damn well in Alabama and Mississippi? Yes, handled quite well on a state and local level. While I agree that other state and local agencies dis a much better job, comparing a suburban and rural response to the levees breaking in NO is a stretch. I wouldn't give anyone a free pass, including some residents. What we should remember, if we are looking for a positive, was and still is, the tremendous response of volunteers who came and cleaned, cooked, handed out water, searched, held hands, prayed, and anything else that was needed. Those volunteer efforts continue to this day. So we have successes and failures that we can learn from. Can we really prepare for an event that is magnitudes worse than the previous? I think it may be unfair to expect it.