Off Topic Part Deux

[minnew 4]

morning all.. the neighbors upstairs woke me up at 2am again.. with a party overhead.. WE JUST talked to them and got 1 night of good rest.. and then again with the 1 1/2 hrs of interruptions and loud noises in the middle of the night.

That is ridiculous! These are the people that replaced the OTHER noisy people? Gosh...hope you get for a new place soon! They are probably laughing their a$$es off after you had talked to them about this. Kind of "what are you going to do about it huh? huh?". Call the police!

I would have LOVED to have seen the naked guy!

I grew up during a time when "streaking" was all the rage. OMG, that was the BEST. Especially when it happened during a football game or something. The crowd went wild.

I know one guy who did it on a dare. He got dropped off at one end of the mall and was told the getaway vehicle would be waiting for him at another set of doors on the other side. So he left his clothes in the car, ran into the mall and out the other side...... and his buddies weren't there! Priceless.

My sister's husband (then boyfriend) did it with one of his buddies. They just jogged through the mall with their t-shirts tied around their necks and their running shoes on (no one wore socks in those days) and a big grin on their faces. OMG, we HOWLED. And then one of his buddies called the local radio station, so the announcer came on saying "This is dedicated to Kenn and MadDog, who just streaked through Hopedale Mall." And then they played "Running Bear".

We had fun when I was growing up. lol

We had fun as well. My last year of HS...I umm...well, I streaked through the school, me and this other guy. We had these silly paper bags on our heads. Everyone said to me after...haha nice streaking! I said, huh? They said...yeah, you can hide your face, but we'd know those boobies anywhere!

Ummmmm...... okay, I'm feeling kind of embarrassed telling people this, but......

We're going on another family cruise for Christmas!

My parents, hubby and I, my sister and her husband (from England), my kids, and my brother. Not sure if my daughter's fiance is coming or not..... I just picked up the emails that have been going back and forth for the last 4 days. Apparently no one likes to phone me, either.

It's the Panama Canal, Aruba, Costa Rica, Curacao, and the Bahamas this time. And it's on the same ship that we were on for the Mediterranean cruise last summer! That ship gets around. LOL. The funny thing is... the ship's captain lives in the same town as I do. Weird. Wonder if I'll get the same cabin?

Here's the link: Panama Canal Cruise

Oh my...how wonderful!!!

Speaking of parties...when I was in college and lived in an apartment my neighbours across from us had a party that was extremely LOUD, there had been a Pow Wow at the university that day and evening. Well someone decided to bring 2 of the drums (I saw them leaving through the window) and decided to use them as well as sing @ 2 am!! Plus the smell of whatever they were burning!! I didn't bother knocking on their door as I lived alone and had no witnesses if they were stumbling drunk and decided to be arrogant so I called the police. Once the police arrived, which was like 5 minutes later I overheard the police tell them that it was their 2nd warning for parties, if they have to be called again the rental company will evict them....how true that is I dunno. Thank goodness they moved out a month later anyways....

Two of the drums that were used at the pow wow!

Thats fvcking WRONG!

Omg!!

They obviously weren't traditional and didnt deserve that drum.

Was probably the smell of sweetgrass. Very very naughty drum beaters! If there elders knew about this! VERY WRONG, I agree Spailenes!

yea I am wondering if they were drinking and drumming because that is just a big no-no.

If they were just drumming and burning sage or sweet grass that's another story, then they were just inconsiderate.

You don't drink if you drum. Well you shouldn't. It makes me sad when I see or hear stuff like that.

Yes the smell of sweetgrass, I couldn't remember what it was called, smells like marijuana to me. Anyways, yes even before they started to drum and sing they were quite loud, sounded like a big group of them who knows if they were drinking or not, but to bring drums back to an apartment complex? Seriously! I have no problems with expressing yourself by way of cultural means, just please be respectful in an apartment complex and at 2 am and do not drum and sing! There had been plenty of time that day and evening at the university!

Yea thats fine its inconsiderate but I am glad they weren't drinking.

And sweet grass is a MEDICINE for your information not exactly good to compare that to a drug.

You just said you were nervous you'd come out and they'd be falling down drunk... so I was just wondering if they were. Doesn't sound like they were so that's good... for the drum.

One never knows, it didn't sound like they even came over until after the bars closed. In the town I lived in last call was 12:30 and all the bars were closed by 1 am. Anyways, I lived alone my best option was to call the police.

I know that sweetgrass is a MEDICINE, all I was comparing it to was the smell in my opinion.

[Emancipation 2]

we may have found a place.. town home.. right on a lake.. seems okay (not updated, but we'll live with it).. loads of room and we're hoping to figure this out today and have lease signed (with a possibility of a early move in date!) YEAH!

[Sprailenes 47]

morning all.. the neighbors upstairs woke me up at 2am again.. with a party overhead.. WE JUST talked to them and got 1 night of good rest.. and then again with the 1 1/2 hrs of interruptions and loud noises in the middle of the night.

That is ridiculous! These are the people that replaced the OTHER noisy people? Gosh...hope you get for a new place soon! They are probably laughing their a$$es off after you had talked to them about this. Kind of "what are you going to do about it huh? huh?". Call the police!

I would have LOVED to have seen the naked guy!

I grew up during a time when "streaking" was all the rage. OMG, that was the BEST. Especially when it happened during a football game or something. The crowd went wild.

I know one guy who did it on a dare. He got dropped off at one end of the mall and was told the getaway vehicle would be waiting for him at another set of doors on the other side. So he left his clothes in the car, ran into the mall and out the other side...... and his buddies weren't there! Priceless.

My sister's husband (then boyfriend) did it with one of his buddies. They just jogged through the mall with their t-shirts tied around their necks and their running shoes on (no one wore socks in those days) and a big grin on their faces. OMG, we HOWLED. And then one of his buddies called the local radio station, so the announcer came on saying "This is dedicated to Kenn and MadDog, who just streaked through Hopedale Mall." And then they played "Running Bear".

We had fun when I was growing up. lol

We had fun as well. My last year of HS...I umm...well, I streaked through the school, me and this other guy. We had these silly paper bags on our heads. Everyone said to me after...haha nice streaking! I said, huh? They said...yeah, you can hide your face, but we'd know those boobies anywhere!

Ummmmm...... okay, I'm feeling kind of embarrassed telling people this, but......

We're going on another family cruise for Christmas!

My parents, hubby and I, my sister and her husband (from England), my kids, and my brother. Not sure if my daughter's fiance is coming or not..... I just picked up the emails that have been going back and forth for the last 4 days. Apparently no one likes to phone me, either.

It's the Panama Canal, Aruba, Costa Rica, Curacao, and the Bahamas this time. And it's on the same ship that we were on for the Mediterranean cruise last summer! That ship gets around. LOL. The funny thing is... the ship's captain lives in the same town as I do. Weird. Wonder if I'll get the same cabin?

Here's the link: Panama Canal Cruise

Oh my...how wonderful!!!

Speaking of parties...when I was in college and lived in an apartment my neighbours across from us had a party that was extremely LOUD, there had been a Pow Wow at the university that day and evening. Well someone decided to bring 2 of the drums (I saw them leaving through the window) and decided to use them as well as sing @ 2 am!! Plus the smell of whatever they were burning!! I didn't bother knocking on their door as I lived alone and had no witnesses if they were stumbling drunk and decided to be arrogant so I called the police. Once the police arrived, which was like 5 minutes later I overheard the police tell them that it was their 2nd warning for parties, if they have to be called again the rental company will evict them....how true that is I dunno. Thank goodness they moved out a month later anyways....

Two of the drums that were used at the pow wow!

Thats fvcking WRONG!

Omg!!

They obviously weren't traditional and didnt deserve that drum.

Was probably the smell of sweetgrass. Very very naughty drum beaters! If there elders knew about this! VERY WRONG, I agree Spailenes!

yea I am wondering if they were drinking and drumming because that is just a big no-no.

If they were just drumming and burning sage or sweet grass that's another story, then they were just inconsiderate.

You don't drink if you drum. Well you shouldn't. It makes me sad when I see or hear stuff like that.

Yes the smell of sweetgrass, I couldn't remember what it was called, smells like marijuana to me. Anyways, yes even before they started to drum and sing they were quite loud, sounded like a big group of them who knows if they were drinking or not, but to bring drums back to an apartment complex? Seriously! I have no problems with expressing yourself by way of cultural means, just please be respectful in an apartment complex and at 2 am and do not drum and sing! There had been plenty of time that day and evening at the university!

Yea thats fine its inconsiderate but I am glad they weren't drinking.

And sweet grass is a MEDICINE for your information not exactly good to compare that to a drug.

You just said you were nervous you'd come out and they'd be falling down drunk... so I was just wondering if they were. Doesn't sound like they were so that's good... for the drum.

One never knows, it didn't sound like they even came over until after the bars closed. In the town I lived in last call was 12:30 and all the bars were closed by 1 am. Anyways, I lived alone my best option was to call the police.

I know that sweetgrass is a MEDICINE, all I was comparing it to was the smell in my opinion.

Well you talk about cultural understanding in one sentence and then put down sacred medicine in another. Yea you can compare it but your comparisons can be offensive to some people.

Most wouldn't drink and play. I dunno... the drum is sacred most people know that. I would hope they would know that.

But anyways YES it was inconsiderate that they were playing so loud. Glad the cops came and told them to quiet down.

[Sprailenes 47]

I only call it offensive because of an elder who carried medicines around with him in the trunk of his car and would travel across the country and attend gatherings and ceremonies. One time just outside of Winnipeg he was stopped for some reason or another and they looked in his trunk, took all the medicine... disrespected it and him, and arrested him on a suspicions charge. He was released soon after but all of his medicine was confiscated and it sent a bit of shock waves through the aboriginal community.

Thats all. I understand where you are coming from, if you don't know. But I have heard it compared to pot before and it always just leaves a really sour taste in my mouth. I don't want to argue with you about it and I don't want you to think I'm arguing. I guess I just want you to know that story to explain where I am coming from.

Again they shouldn't have been drumming that late... you're right. I was just more put off that sweet grass was compared to marijuana. That's all.

Edited June 13, 2009 by Sprailenes

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I was actually gifted with a lovely twist of sweetgrass by a First Nation's co-op student I had when he finished his placement. I use it to 'cleanse' the house (along with sage). Interestingly, I have never thought it smelled like marijuana.

[Sprailenes 47]

I don't either but I have heard the comparison.

I love the smell of sweet grass and sage but the smell of marijuana gives me an instant headache.

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I don't either but I have heard the comparison.

I love the smell of sweet grass and sage but the smell of marijuana gives me an instant headache.

I am sorry that I offended you, that was not my intention at all. I do understand the difference and I have been to or been a part of of events where sweetgrass was burned. I was only stating my opinion about the smell, not about the usage.

[Sprailenes 47]

Nah don't worry about it, I know for sure that wasn't your intention. It's all good min.

[Marilyn. 340]

so we just ordered our first ever laptop... the hubby needed a new computer anyways so this will be a replacement

[MrsCat 6]

so we just ordered our first ever laptop... the hubby needed a new computer anyways so this will be a replacement

I could never go back to a regular computer after having a laptop. New things are always so exciting.

[Marilyn. 340]

I told my brother which one we got and he was like you could have gotten a better one for cheaper. he essentially said that was too much computer for what we were going to use it for.. and I was thinking, I never told you what we are going to use it for

then sends me a link to one and it only has 1 gb of ram the one we got has 4 which we wanted ..

oh and he sent me a link to one my dad bought, one of those acer minis.. yeah those are cute but we wanted a computer to be replacement for the hubby's old desktop one..

Edited June 14, 2009 by Marilyn.

[Marilyn. 340]

we saw a computer on QVC .. it was a touch screen computer... there was no tower or anything.. everything was built into the screen.. I thought that was the coolest thing...

http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/...-4GB500GB-22-PC

[July09Bride 1]

This is my last day in Canada... I feel weird. I don't know how to explain it.

Congrats on moving over to the US! I'm sure you're happy about being with your fiance, now. I can only imagine what the feeling is like... I'm guessing it's kind of what it was like to leave Arizona (family, friends, house, etc.) and move to Michigan.

I hope everything went well!

[Sprailenes 47]

DRUNK POAST

[minnew 4]

By time I move down to NE we will have 3 computers in the house, 2 laptops and a PC. My fiance's PC is soooo loud though, I have no idea what his friend did to it before he bought it from him, but it sounds like a car engine idling when the thermostat kicks in. I didn't bring my laptop with me the last time I visited so I had to use his PC because it was the only one with MS Office programs, I thought I was going to lose some hearing. I could never go back to just using a PC.