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[Krikit 1,164]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

If I had a nickel for every time someone has sung that song to me... my husband used to say "you came and you gave without taking"

It's just Mandi... not Amanda. I like it. Shannon is pretty. I've never met a Shannon I didn't like.

[trailmix 77]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

That's quite a jump - Mandi to Shannon! When my Sister was having her second child we had decided it was a girl and her name was going to be Chelsea. At the time I was in to cross-stitching so I did these reallllllly cute xmas stockings for Chelsea and my other niece.

Well, needless to say, Chelsea did not appear - but my wonderful nephew did. So I took the stocking to work (as he was born on Dec 7th and I was in NZ) and ripped Chelsea's name from the stocking and put his in.

The manager did walk in too - he just looked at me - I told him what I was doing and he was good with that - he was a great guy - I'm sure he still is!

Just thought I would share that lovely story

Oh and by mistake, at some point, my BIL threw the stockings away by mistake.

Edited January 22, 2008 by trailmix

[daisy16 0]

ok you're in, no preliminary visas here so nessa is in too. easy.

Only one question before Charles reaches the Don Cherry level of Canuckdom. Explain any two of the following (most Canucks don't know these so if you don't get it maybe some of my fellow Canuckleheads will help):

1. Polar Sea and/or Manhattan

2. Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!

3. Manicouagan Fu**-You Call (this one's too easy)

*wondering how many people are going to answer one of these or all three?*

I have ***NO*** idea what this is!!!

How long before you give us the answers

[Krikit 1,164]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

If I had a nickel for every time someone has sung that song to me... my husband used to say "you came and you gave without taking"

It's just Mandi... not Amanda. I like it. Shannon is pretty. I've never met a Shannon I didn't like.

I loved that song. My family always jokes with my daughter because they tell her she was named after a dog.....

Shannon is gone I heard

She's drifting off to sea

She'd probably like a nickel for every time she's had that song sung to her too.

[trailmix 77]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

If I had a nickel for every time someone has sung that song to me... my husband used to say "you came and you gave without taking"

It's just Mandi... not Amanda. I like it. Shannon is pretty. I've never met a Shannon I didn't like.

I loved that song. My family always jokes with my daughter because they tell her she was named after a dog.....

Shannon is gone I heard

She's drifting off to sea

She'd probably like a nickel for every time she's had that song sung to her too.

lololol - oh both such sad songs - I used to cry when I heard Mandi (only if I had been drinking I might add) - and the Shannon song, oh my oh my.

[Krikit 1,164]

That's quite a jump - Mandi to Shannon! When my Sister was having her second child we had decided it was a girl and her name was going to be Chelsea. At the time I was in to cross-stitching so I did these reallllllly cute xmas stockings for Chelsea and my other niece.

Well, needless to say, Chelsea did not appear - but my wonderful nephew did. So I took the stocking to work (as he was born on Dec 7th and I was in NZ) and ripped Chelsea's name from the stocking and put his in.

The manager did walk in too - he just looked at me - I told him what I was doing and he was good with that - he was a great guy - I'm sure he still is!

Just thought I would share that lovely story

Oh and by mistake, at some point, my BIL threw the stockings away by mistake.

Thanks for sharing!

lololol - oh both such sad songs - I used to cry when I heard Mandi (only if I had been drinking I might add) - and the Shannon song, oh my oh my.

Edited January 22, 2008 by Krikit

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

ok you're in, no preliminary visas here so nessa is in too. easy.

Only one question before Charles reaches the Don Cherry level of Canuckdom. Explain any two of the following (most Canucks don't know these so if you don't get it maybe some of my fellow Canuckleheads will help):

1. Polar Sea and/or Manhattan

2. Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!

3. Manicouagan Fu**-You Call (this one's too easy)

*wondering how many people are going to answer one of these or all three?*

I have ***NO*** idea what this is!!!

How long before you give us the answers

I'd love to know also... that was a tricky question.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

Ohhh, Mandi

But I sent you away

Ohhh, Mandi

I almost named my daugher Mandi. But my husband nixed that and now she's called Shannon.

That's quite a jump - Mandi to Shannon! When my Sister was having her second child we had decided it was a girl and her name was going to be Chelsea. At the time I was in to cross-stitching so I did these reallllllly cute xmas stockings for Chelsea and my other niece.

Well, needless to say, Chelsea did not appear - but my wonderful nephew did. So I took the stocking to work (as he was born on Dec 7th and I was in NZ) and ripped Chelsea's name from the stocking and put his in.

The manager did walk in too - he just looked at me - I told him what I was doing and he was good with that - he was a great guy - I'm sure he still is!

Just thought I would share that lovely story

Oh and by mistake, at some point, my BIL threw the stockings away by mistake.

You sound crafty!

The first Christmas my husband and I spent together was in Cyprus. I was going home for Christmas and he had to stay there for work. I felt bad for him 'cause he was away from family and friends at Christmas so I got him a stocking and filled it with a ton of goodies and stitched his name on it. It was a snowman stocking. This Christmas (2 years later) my MIL bought me a snowman stocking very similar and I just stitched my name in it last week. Now we have matching ones

[trailmix 77]

You sound crafty!

The first Christmas my husband and I spent together was in Cyprus. I was going home for Christmas and he had to stay there for work. I felt bad for him 'cause he was away from family and friends at Christmas so I got him a stocking and filled it with a ton of goodies and stitched his name on it. It was a snowman stocking. This Christmas (2 years later) my MIL bought me a snowman stocking very similar and I just stitched my name in it last week. Now we have matching ones

Actually i'm not, but probably have the potential to be?

I bought the scrapbooking kit from the shopping channel, tried to do 1 page, no-go. The leather albums I bought at costco to do wonderful photo albums are still in the original box and my roll of cross stitching fabric is in a bag in the closet.

[derekkj 0]

ok you're in, no preliminary visas here so nessa is in too. easy.

Only one question before Charles reaches the Don Cherry level of Canuckdom. Explain any two of the following (most Canucks don't know these so if you don't get it maybe some of my fellow Canuckleheads will help):

1. Polar Sea and/or Manhattan

2. Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!

3. Manicouagan Fu**-You Call (this one's too easy)

*wondering how many people are going to answer one of these or all three?*

1. Canada regards the Passage as lying within its territorial waters, while other nations (especially the United States) regard it as an international waterway. The result is a long-simmering dispute between Canada and the U.S. on the question of Canadian sovereignty. Canadians were incensed when Americans drove the reinforced oil tanker Manhattan through the Northwest Passage in 1969, followed by the icebreaker Polar Sea in 1985, both without asking for Canadian permission. In 1970, the Canadian government enacted the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, which asserts Canadian regulatory control over pollution within a 100-mile zone. In response, the Americans in 1970 stated, “We cannot accept the assertion of a Canadian claim that the Arctic waters are internal waters of Canada.... Such acceptance would jeopardize the freedom of navigation essential for United States naval activities worldwide.” A compromise of sorts was reached in 1988, by an agreement on “Arctic Cooperation,” which pledges that voyages of American icebreakers “will be undertaken with the consent of the Government of Canada.” However the agreement did not alter either country’s basic legal position. In January 2006 David Wilkins, the American ambassador to Canada, said his government opposes Stephen Harper's proposed plan to deploy military icebreakers in the Arctic to detect interlopers and assert Canadian sovereignty over those waters. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage

2. While in office, Pearson resisted U.S. pressure to enter the Vietnam War. Pearson spoke at Temple University in Philadelphia on April 2, 1965, while visiting the United States, and voiced his support for a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam War. When he visited U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the next day, Johnson strongly berated Pearson. According to Canadian legend, Johnson grabbed Pearson by the lapels, shook him, and shouted "Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!" Pearson later recounted that the meeting was acrimonious, but insisted the two parted cordially. After this incident, LBJ and Pearson did have further contacts, including two further meetings together, both times in Canada. (Canadians most remember the Pearson years as a time Canada-U.S. relations greatly improved.) http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/poli...B.-Pearson.html

3. ?

I am obviously bored at work and did a bit of googling...

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

You sound crafty!

The first Christmas my husband and I spent together was in Cyprus. I was going home for Christmas and he had to stay there for work. I felt bad for him 'cause he was away from family and friends at Christmas so I got him a stocking and filled it with a ton of goodies and stitched his name on it. It was a snowman stocking. This Christmas (2 years later) my MIL bought me a snowman stocking very similar and I just stitched my name in it last week. Now we have matching ones

Actually i'm not, but probably have the potential to be?

I bought the scrapbooking kit from the shopping channel, tried to do 1 page, no-go. The leather albums I bought at costco to do wonderful photo albums are still in the original box and my roll of cross stitching fabric is in a bag in the closet.

I LOVE scrapbooking. I just started one of my honeymoon.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

ok you're in, no preliminary visas here so nessa is in too. easy.

Only one question before Charles reaches the Don Cherry level of Canuckdom. Explain any two of the following (most Canucks don't know these so if you don't get it maybe some of my fellow Canuckleheads will help):

1. Polar Sea and/or Manhattan

2. Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!

3. Manicouagan Fu**-You Call (this one's too easy)

*wondering how many people are going to answer one of these or all three?*

1. Canada regards the Passage as lying within its territorial waters, while other nations (especially the United States) regard it as an international waterway. The result is a long-simmering dispute between Canada and the U.S. on the question of Canadian sovereignty. Canadians were incensed when Americans drove the reinforced oil tanker Manhattan through the Northwest Passage in 1969, followed by the icebreaker Polar Sea in 1985, both without asking for Canadian permission. In 1970, the Canadian government enacted the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, which asserts Canadian regulatory control over pollution within a 100-mile zone. In response, the Americans in 1970 stated, “We cannot accept the assertion of a Canadian claim that the Arctic waters are internal waters of Canada.... Such acceptance would jeopardize the freedom of navigation essential for United States naval activities worldwide.” A compromise of sorts was reached in 1988, by an agreement on “Arctic Cooperation,” which pledges that voyages of American icebreakers “will be undertaken with the consent of the Government of Canada.” However the agreement did not alter either country’s basic legal position. In January 2006 David Wilkins, the American ambassador to Canada, said his government opposes Stephen Harper's proposed plan to deploy military icebreakers in the Arctic to detect interlopers and assert Canadian sovereignty over those waters. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage

2. While in office, Pearson resisted U.S. pressure to enter the Vietnam War. Pearson spoke at Temple University in Philadelphia on April 2, 1965, while visiting the United States, and voiced his support for a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam War. When he visited U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the next day, Johnson strongly berated Pearson. According to Canadian legend, Johnson grabbed Pearson by the lapels, shook him, and shouted "Dammit, Les, you pissed on my rug!" Pearson later recounted that the meeting was acrimonious, but insisted the two parted cordially. After this incident, LBJ and Pearson did have further contacts, including two further meetings together, both times in Canada. (Canadians most remember the Pearson years as a time Canada-U.S. relations greatly improved.) http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/poli...B.-Pearson.html

3. ?

I am obviously bored at work and did a bit of googling...

Nice one! I had no idea on #1.

All I know about #3 is that Lake Manicouagan is gorgeous.

[L_n_O 3]

other than prolonging paperwork and not being able to work, is there any disadvantage to not filing for AOS/AP/EAD right away?

Oliver just wants to wait a week or two b/c he accidently put a scratch on this person's car and wants to wait for the estimate just in case...

[Krikit 1,164]

other than prolonging paperwork and not being able to work, is there any disadvantage to not filing for AOS/AP/EAD right away?

Oliver just wants to wait a week or two b/c he accidently put a scratch on this person's car and wants to wait for the estimate just in case...

There you are! (Was thinking about you today.) No, there's no disadvantage. Unless you have an emergency and have to go home..... then it's huge. And if it's only for a week or two then it's not worth mentioning how it will delay the removal of conditions or the citizenship process (if you're going down that route).