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laylalex
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Well, the die is cast. 15 years, 1 month and 2 days ago, I peeked over the back of a sofa at a boring party and found a tall, dark-haired guy squinting to read a magazine in low light and drinking out

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To all my VJ friends and acquaintances, I wish apologize for a link I inadvertently posted last week.  It was about Hunter, and the thread title was something about p0rnhub.  When I posted the link, I

Neonred
Neonred

Just returned from a short hop to Key West to pick up "groceries" at the "European Market".  European my #######.  It's an Uzbek store, but close enough for my wife.   Discovered a new game

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On 5/11/2020 at 11:55 PM, laylalex said:

I made sandwiches -- specifically, bacon butties. I was able to get some back bacon (only decent bacon there is, according to Al) yesterday, so today I baked another loaf of white bread from scratch. Then I made some fresh mayonnaise (I use lemon as the acid). While the rashers were cooking, I spread each slice of bread with butter, then one slice (for each sandwich) got a slick of mayo. Each sandwich got three rashers and just a quick dash of Worcester(shire) sauce. (I had experimented with mixing the sauce in with the mayo, but I wasn't a fan). Green salad on the side. One was more than enough for me but he had two. :) Here is the first one I made:

 

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See? I make sandwiches sometimes, just not on command. We disagreed only on whether the bread should be toasted or not -- I said I preferred it toasted and he said no, he wanted it soft if he couldn't get a bap, and I said no baps. Then there were some off-color jokes about baps. 😐 

 

 

nice plate

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

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3 hours ago, Neonred said:

nice plate

 

2 hours ago, laylalex said:

What about the sandwich??? 😭

LOL  Came home and had a few drinks because my wife's family is STILL here.  Saw your post and that was my first reaction.

 

I'm finding it a little stressful dealing with the 2 1/2 year old as well as the 8 month old, not to mention the yappy Yorkie.  Alcohol seems to help a lot. 

 

GREAT NEWS:  Stepdaughter says their daycare in Boston reopens June 29th so they will be able to leave shortly after that, but they figure they might as well stay until after July 4th since we usually have a big party then.  Oh Joy...

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

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1 minute ago, Neonred said:

 

 

LOL  Came home and had a few drinks because my wife's family is STILL here.  Saw your post and that was my first reaction.

 

I'm finding it a little stressful dealing with the 2 1/2 year old as well as the 8 month old, not to mention the yappy Yorkie.  Alcohol seems to help a lot. 

 

GREAT NEWS:  Stepdaughter says their daycare in Boston reopens June 29th so they will be able to leave shortly after that, but they figure they might as well stay until after July 4th since we usually have a big party then.  Oh Joy...

I find alcohol helps a lot, too, and it's only me and him. :P I can't imagine dealing with a full house like you have been... 

 

They are nice plates, a set I got passed down to me from a family member when I first moved out of the house after college. Noritake china in the Fairmont pattern. It's a set for 12 and I was like, wth am I going to do with a set for 12? I couldn't even fit 12 people in my first apartment without the fire marshal getting worried.

 

It seems weird to be thinking about July 4th being around the corner, but it sort of is. I had a wedding planning call with my MIL and SIL-to-be yesterday morning and they were fretting about what to wear, when I'm not getting married until October 24th. :wacko: We have agreed to have an ultra-micro-wedding, about 10 people, immediate family and long-term partners/spouses only. We may even hold it at my parents' house. Here's hoping we aren't in the middle of a second wave by then -- I really want his family to be with us, too. 

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4 hours ago, laylalex said:

nice plates

Question, LL ma'am:  How do you eat a square meal off a round plate?

4 hours ago, laylalex said:

We have agreed to have an ultra-micro-wedding

These never remain micro, sorry ma'am.  They grow like Topsy.

4 hours ago, laylalex said:

alcohol helps a lot

About the only tax income that California is getting right now.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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5 hours ago, Neonred said:

I'm finding it a little stressful dealing with the 2 1/2 year old as well as the 8 month old

This is what you get for being the ancestor of descendants, si man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

These never remain micro, sorry ma'am.  They grow like Topsy.

I don't know who/what Topsy is, but we are trying to be realistic. We want all our people together, but this year isn't the year. Making it immediate family only is a very definite class -- no friend or more distant family member should feel put out because it's only parents, siblings and children (or really, one child). As far as I know, there aren't any more of those! That makes 10 of us, including SOs. (His sister's boyfriend is not getting invited because neither Al nor I like him in the slightest, and I don't see that relationship going much of anywhere.)

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1 minute ago, laylalex said:

I don't know who/what Topsy is, but we are trying to be realistic. We want all our people together, but this year isn't the year. Making it immediate family only is a very definite class -- no friend or more distant family member should feel put out because it's only parents, siblings and children (or really, one child). As far as I know, there aren't any more of those! That makes 10 of us, including SOs. (His sister's boyfriend is not getting invited because neither Al nor I like him in the slightest, and I don't see that relationship going much of anywhere.)

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Not sure if I have used it here but a common phrase, everything is topsy turvy. I did use the term Annus Horriblus in the PO today, seems we do not have many Latin students.

 

 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Not sure if I have used it here but a common phrase, everything is topsy turvy. I did use the term Annus Horriblus in the PO today, seems we do not have many Latin students.

 

 

Like the Queen's of course. 👑

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Just now, laylalex said:

Like the Queen's of course. 👑

Exactly, I had to explain it, and that lost some of the impact.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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18 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

This is what you get for being the ancestor of descendants, si man.

They are not related by blood.  They are my wife's daughter's kids.

 

Does that still make me an ancestor of someone elses descendants?

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

 
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