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Tekgirl
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by sweet and spicy
We're Over Thirty and Obsessed! Just like the title says!

smile.gif Everyone is welcome to post on the OTOs, BUT keep in mind this is a thread for Adults!
How do you know if this is the thread for you?
- Are the kids finally in bed or at practice somewhere and you need a moment with other Roswell Adults?
- Did your kids leave the nest and you no longer have to fight for the computer?
- You have no kids and enjoy posting with other Adult Roswell fans?
- Are you a mature 'under 30'?
Then this is the thread for you smile.gif


~ Poem by John aka Noseedough ~


Friendships are the best ships!
Our fun tips are the best quips,
and our pics...they rule the board
friendships are the best
we're definitely obsessed...
sometimes we may be hazy,
but we never do get stressed.
Some jump right in, don't be afraid
say what's on your mind
never fear...we all have strayed,
but fall right back in line.
We love you when you're different,
we love you when you're not,
we are the OTO's my friend,
the best that you have got!

THE PARTICIPANTS.....

Jan 6 Icestorm ~ California ~ Queen of Roswell Dreams /Princess of Music!
Jan 10 Ryal ~ California ~ King of Covina Lurkers
Jan 13 Settled ~ California~Queen Star Magnet/Princess GG
Jan 17 RoswellGirl67 ~ Virginia ~ Queen of Jason's Heart
Jan 21 Crushed ~ Oklahoma ~ Queen of MY computer!/Willing Slave to Max!
Jan 27 Covina Guy ~ California ~ King of Rosvina Spies!
Jan 27 Softie ~ UK, Sussex ~ Shiri's Prince Charming
Feb 02 Groundhog ~ Texas ~ King of Tech Support
Feb 12 Howdy Pez ~ Texas ~ Queen of Roswell Round Robin!
Feb 22 jero ~ Illinois ~ Queen of Campaigning
Mar 02 Spook ~ England ~ Queen of the Spookathons and Summaries!
Mar 08 Tasyfa ~ Canada ~ Queen of Erotica!
Mar 12 teetee ~ New Jersey ~ Queen of the Slaves to fanfic!
Mar 15 Tigereyes ~ Wisconsin ~ Queen of Hopeless Romantics
Mar 17 Silverfox ~ California ~ Queen of Max's Pants
Mar 18 Mrs. Bear ~ California ~ Queen of the Bears
Mar 18 guerinschick ~ Colorado
Mar 19 Podwatcher ~ Nebraska ~ Queen of MegaMax
April 6 Forrestal ~ Texas ~
April 11 Michelle in Yonkers ~NY~
Apr 12 LTL ~ Maryland ~ Queen of Oogy Lady/Swimmer Supreme!
Apr 20 Quinn ~ Vermont~ Queen of Organization
Apr 28 Britfan ~ England ~ Queen of the Fehrian picture hunt!
May 1 Rueben ~ California ~ Queen of Patience
May 5 Nana J ~ Washington ~ Queen Mother of the OTOs!
May 5 tabscoDreemin03 ~ Calgary
May 12 6throck ~ Washington ~ Queen of Animations!
May 18 RoswellMouse ~ Virginia ~ Queen of Roswell Multitasking
May 18 Dommie ~ Missouri~ Queen of Getting Lost
May 20 WildB ~ Florida ~ Queen of Drool!
May 29 lilo666 ~ England ~
May 31 Brown Eyes ~ Indiana ~ King of Afternoon Delight
June 1 Thermuthis ~ Missouri ~ Queen of the 'Belles'
June 9 Mamakin ~ Oklahoma ~ Queen of Hope!
June 9 Moondragon ~ California ~ Queen of Fire Dragons/Official BF 'motherer'
June 21 Tekgirl ~ California ~ Queen of Typos
June 25 Shade of Bronze ~ California ~ Queen of the Countdown!
June 27 crystal505 ~ California
June 29 Lori "SASS" ~ Texas ~ Queen of the Unconventionals!
July 3 HeavyMetalQueen ~ Canada ~ Queen of the Fehr One's Music
July 9 Vicki ~ Nevada ~ Queen of LINKS!
July 10 Gooder ~ Wisconsin ~ King of Movie Trivia
July 11 Watcher ~ Ohio ~ King of poems/Slave to Liz/Shiri
July 31 ukspacie ~England~
Aug 06 Maxi ~ Sweden ~ Queen Of Reindeers And Snowflakes
Aug 10 Old_Candyfan ~ Illinois ~ Queen of the Fly-By!
Aug 12 Hipp ~ Wisconsin ~ Queen of Indecision!
Aug 19 Postman ~ Oulu, Finland ~ Royal Messenger!
Aug 24 cat8myhomework ~ Texas ~ Cat Queen!
Aug 27 Berengaria ~ Florida ~ Queen of Sunglasses
Sept 3 NICK WECHSLER ~ California ~ Hot Towel Boy
Sept 10 RPMDragon ~ Michigan
Sept 18 snorka ~ Israel
Sept 21 Hooked ~ California ~ Queen of Covina Behind the Scenes!
Sept 23 blue angel
Sept 27 Island Momma ~ Hawaii ~ Queen of Aloha/whispering palms
Oct 7 Blessed Child ~ Queen MB ~ OTO Jr. in Training
Oct 19 rox_mc ~ Mississippi ~ Queen of Archives!
Oct 23 Echo ~ Oregon ~ Queen of Dreams!
Oct 25 Vinity ~ North Carolina ~ Queen Vinnocence of the Whip!
Nov 6 Mr_Gandarium ~ New Hampshire ~ Court Jester
Nov 17 PPD ~ Michigan ~ King of the Morning Shift
Nov 24 Mavonne ~ Pennsylvania ~ Queen of Zan Fic!
Nov 26 di m ~ California
Nov 27 Thanette ~ New York ~ Calendar Lady & East Coast Campaign Princess
Nov 28 Iggybehr ~ Florida ~ Queen of the pic/links/Princess of songcaps!
Dec 01 Oceana ~ Ontario, Canada ~ Queen of Behr/Defender of Max!
Dec 12 ~*SparrowsLuv*~ ~ Nevada~ Queen of the nightshift!
Dec 15 behind the tree ~ Canada ~ King 'on' the Mountain
Dec 21 Bigspam ~ California ~ King of the Camera/Slave to Liz/Shiri
Dec 30 JASON BEHR ~ California ~ King of What Ever He Wants!
Dec 30 LuvBehr ~ Arizona ~ Queen of the Desert Temps!
Dec 31 CF ~ Massachusetts~ Queen of Crickets!


So pull up a comfy chair and tell us a little sumpin, sumpin bout yourself! smile.gif
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OLD Thread
Tekgirl
blush.gif There are lots of trees here in the lovely, green Forks,Washington forest to hide behind... but there wasn't anyone to start a new thread. I think we were overdue for one. I guess I'm rusty at doing this. I forgot to add OTOs #110. Help! I need to edit the title and the description.

That being said...

wave.gif OTOs

Spook, I really, really like your chocolate strategy for getting rid of wrinkles. I am an admitted chocoholic. My hips and butt don’t have any wrinkles… so, why isn’t the chocolate therapy working for my face? Maybe I’m just not eating enough chocolate. wink.gif ….I think most people in the US are very hopeful and optimistic that President Obama glow.gif will turn the country in the right direction. It’s nice to read that people around you are already feeling better about the US. It feels so wonderful to be hopeful again. smile.gif (But President Obama glow.gif sure has his work cut out for him!)
vilandragirl
Vin, your post was great! That was so encouraging to see!
Lori R
I'm baaaaack grin.gif
The internet company called me at work today to tell me the whole neighborhood had been having problems with the internet. They spent all day yesterday working on it and were not coming to my house. So it wasn't my modem, just the internet company going wonky. I haven't tried my wireless yet though.

Vinity hug.gif I am so glad to read that you are feeling better and on the mend. Sorry you needed surgery, but glad it is helping you. Prayers being sent your way.

Vicki thanks for posting where I was.

wave.gif to all of you.

Tekgirl
Lori, WB! We missed you. smile.gif ....Uh, can you fix the OTO #110 on the thread title for me?
Lori R
Thanks smile.gif
Thread title fixed smile.gif
Tekgirl
Lori, thanks for making the thread title all better - and "legal," tool
Lori R
'Lost' was spineyes.gif again.

You are welcome, Tek smile.gif
HeavyMetalQueen
wave.gif Yeah Lori, I watched "lost" & well mixed feelings on the whole thing, I did open up a new disscussion thread on the "lost" thread, I hope it's okay.



Vinity!! hug.gif I'm so happy to see you posting, & that you are on the mend.woohoo.gif We got a lot of snow here too, but I can't remember how much ,since it's like all the time ,over here. sad.gif lol.gif .



I just enjoyed the inauguation so much, I taped the other 1/2 I missed out on, & sorry that I only saw "Clint Black" at the last moment,( the day before), but really the parade & speaches were more imortant to me anyways.( I secretely voted for him ,as so did my Mom)thumbsup.gif

Gosh I know he will do a excellant job, as far as he will be able to go( in the final dissions ect.) grin.gif



Nana, Your a young lady!!, gosh I know some posters in their 85th year. smile.gif ( well not on this site on another one I visit, non- roswell related) grin.gif



Tekgirl- I'm glad that you found your way outa the forest!! lol.gif behind those trees. Did you go down for the ceromonies?? I saw & heard there were 3 million people down there! eek.gif & thanks for the new thread!



John, you got a p.m. smile.gif



Okay talk to everyone else later on,wave.gif

Tekgirl
HMQ, 85 year old posters? Wow, that is great. ....I wasn't anywhere near the Inauguration ceremonies as I am a 'left coaster," though it sure would have been amazing to be part of that experience. LTL went to the Inauguration concert and almost got to the Inauguration itself..

look.gif Nosee look.gif Where are you? look.gif

Ditto for jero.
Spook
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QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 21 2009, 10:41 PM) *

blush.gif There are lots of trees here in the lovely, green Forks,Washington forest to hide behind... but there wasn't anyone to start a new thread. I think we were overdue for one. I guess I'm rusty at doing this. I forgot to add OTOs #110. Help! I need to edit the title and the description.

Shall I confess now that I spotted we'd reached the usual thread ending place but decided to not start a new one anyway lol.gif I can never think of titles any more so I chickened out grin.gif

I like my chocolate strategy for wrinkles as well lol.gif Pity about the side effects it brings with it through rolleyes.gif I reckon if it's working for your hips and butt then it's just not reached your head yet... better eat more wink.gif lol.gif

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….I think most people in the US are very hopeful and optimistic that President Obama glow.gif will turn the country in the right direction. It’s nice to read that people around you are already feeling better about the US. It feels so wonderful to be hopeful again. smile.gif (But President Obama glow.gif sure has his work cut out for him!)

I hope he's given the chance to delivery, and people are patient over the time it'll take. And I hope he does deliver for you. I remember a Prime Minister here that brought the same sort of hope and it's all gone horribly wrong... and his successor has made things worse... look.gif But that's politics, I suppose!

Lori - good to have you back. smile.gif
Watcher
Hi Spook, Tek! wave.gif

Hi HMQ! :wave

I had a frell of a time getting into the thread ... look.gif
I was 'here' ... but couldn't open the thread or my PMs for several hours. shrug.gif

Hi Lori tongue.gif

Hi Vin! wave.gif
~Ilo~
Hello!

congrats.gif on thread #110 Wow, you are chatty, people! smile.gif

It looks like on YOF everyone is abducted, so maybe I can come play here? grin.gif You can add up some years to my age because I can sew and .... well, for now it is actually all I can think about grin.gif

hurray.gif on new president for those who are from USA.

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Spook
QUOTE(Watcher @ Jan 22 2009, 11:02 AM) *

I had a frell of a time getting into the thread ... look.gif
I was 'here' ... but couldn't open the thread or my PMs for several hours. shrug.gif

It took me several hours today as well. I couldn't even open the admin control panel. I'm assuming it was a glitch - or the back-up was running for some reason. If it happens again, I'll seek out why (but as none of the technically minded MB folks have shouted, I don't think it was anything serious).

wave.gif Ilo. It's often quiet on here as well, at certain times of the day. But you're welcome to stop and post smile.gif
~Ilo~
QUOTE(Spook @ Jan 22 2009, 02:22 PM) *


wave.gif Ilo. It's often quiet on here as well, at certain times of the day. But you're welcome to stop and post smile.gif


Thanks, Spook! Oh, these time differences... rolleyes.gif
Maxi
QUOTE(~Ilo~ @ Jan 22 2009, 02:00 PM) *

QUOTE(Spook @ Jan 22 2009, 02:22 PM) *


wave.gif Ilo. It's often quiet on here as well, at certain times of the day. But you're welcome to stop and post smile.gif


Thanks, Spook! Oh, these time differences... rolleyes.gif

Welcome. smile.gif I notice you're only an hour away from me, time zone considering (I'm in Sweden).

Tek - thanks for the new thread. And thanks again wink.gif I'll let you know what I think of it when I've listened some more.

Watcher, Lori, HMQ, Spook wave.gif

Groundhog
wave.gif OTOs. grin.gif

Welcome, Riga. wave.gif

Thanks for the cool.gif new thread, Tekkie. I suspect some people are a little too optimistic about what changes can be made by a new administration. We'll just have to wait and see.

grouphug.gif Vin. grin.gif

Later....

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Tekgirl
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wave.gif Ilo. Welcome. Nice to have you here. smile.gif

QUOTE(Spook @ Jan 22 2009, 04:32 AM) *



I like my chocolate strategy for wrinkles as well lol.gif Pity about the side effects it brings with it through rolleyes.gif I reckon if it's working for your hips and butt then it's just not reached your head yet... better eat more wink.gif lol.gif


Ooh, Spook, I like your thinking. grin.gif Yep, I’d better eat some more chocolate. wink.gif ….I can so understand not wanting to start a new thread. Even if I can come up with a title (and that’s a big if), sometimes I just don’t have the energy. It usually takes me 3 or 4 edits before I get everything right… and then I go and forget something like putting the thread number before for the thread title. blush.gif Fortunately, when we’re not in the mood to start a new thread, some kind OTO usually steps up to do it.


QUOTE(Spook @ Jan 22 2009, 04:32 AM) *

I hope he's given the chance to delivery, and people are patient over the time it'll take. And I hope he does deliver for you. I remember a Prime Minister here that brought the same sort of hope and it's all gone horribly wrong... and his successor has made things worse... :rolleyes: But that's politics, I suppose!


Spook, thanks for your good wishes for us. We all have our fingers crossed. President Obama has such a Herculean task in front of him.

GH, I totally agree with you about people being overly optimistic about President Obama. There are so many uncontrollable factors that influence what he will be able (and unable) to do. If he can simply improve the economy in the US (and, hopefully, positively affect the world economy), that would be enough in my book. …He has inspired a lot of people – especially kids – who were turned off to politics. If he can raise the morale in the US, that would be good, too.

Nosee wave.gif Hey, I think the twilight board is in need of a new poem or two. (Hint, hint)

Spook & Nosee, sorry you had such a hard time getting "on-board." (OK, I deserve a troutslap.gif for that.)

Maxi & GH, YW for the new thread.

Maxi, I’m interested in hearing about what you think of the twilight soundtrack. Some songs on the CD were only heard in snippets in the movie. “Spotlight,” for example only has the intro and lots of the clapping part. Did you have a chance to check out the lyrics to “Flightless Bird” spineyes.gif I wonder what the history is behind that song. There are a few other songs with some questionable lyrics, too.
Lori R
~Ilo~ post with us anytime smile.gif Glad to have you smile.gif

Watcher tongue.gif

Tek,Groundhog, Spook, Maxi, HMQ wave.gif

jero
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I've been very depressed lately with family problems... I haven't even been lurking on any of the boards I usually visit. shrug.gif ... Tek called today and told me to check in, so here I am...

I was going through my 'favorites' and found out there is a Public Star Party this Saturday January 24, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 11:30 PM at Vasquez Rocks! I started a thread about it... Maybe someone in Cali can make it... bawl.gif I think I'm even more depressed now... I really miss Cali! bawl.gif

Later,
HeavyMetalQueen
wave.gif Yeah Tek, it was a support group I was on, where the 85 year old was on there, but yeah I haven't posted up there in a year or so now,...maybe I should just "peek in" see whose all left there, since most people are on "Facebook", Everyone wants me to join in the worst way, but I'm hearing so much bad things about it lately.

That's so cool.gif LTL got to go to the concert, ,if your on, LTL, you have to tell us all how it alll went at the concert. grin.gif



Lori, Watcher, Maxi,Jero, Groundhog, Spook, Nosee,wave.gif don't work too hard this weeekned okay, have some time for "fun times"( or Sunday-funday)eh. lol.gif

welcome.gif ILO,. It's alwasy great to see new posters up & running here, grin.gif







Tekgirl
wave.gif jero, glad you stopped by to post. I hope RL gets better for you very soon and that your family problems diminish. hug.gif. ... sad.gif I wish you could be out here in California, too. Especially with the Vasquez Rocks party. Where did you start the thread about it? Can you post a link? I'll tell Michelle, Jen & Di about it. Maybe...maybe, they'll be up for some stargazing. hug.gif

wave.gif Lori

wave.gif Berry & WB. I see you guys are around. smile.gif

HMQ, I bet it would be fun to go back to that board and say "hi" to your friends. Facebook seems to be losing its allure, or so I've heard.

Maxi, boy do I feel old... The E Street Band's Nils Lofgren got a hip replacement a couple of months ago. eek.gif

Any fans of Cat Stevens? I just heard that he's putting out a new CD with music similar to what he used to do. His music sure evokes a lot of memories.
~Ilo~
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Thanks for warm welcome! smile.gif
I hope everyone is doing great today!

Maxi Oh, we are almost neighbours. I'm in Latvia. Are you from north or south? Or in the middle of Sweden? smile.gif My colleague is visiting a friend in Stockholm this weekend smile.gif

I was so lucky to get to work without serious injuries today. shock.gif First of all, I almost slipped when I was too busy looking at a cute guy, rather than look where I'm actually going. After that, I almost did the splits on ice although this time I really was looking where I take my step. And after that I almost got hit by bords which some guy in front of me was carrying . Luckily, I dodged just in time. And all that in 10 minutes. Maybe I should just lock myself in apartment for today to make sure I survive? hide.gif grin.gif

So, ee... Facebook is something like Myspace?
Spook
QUOTE(~Ilo~ @ Jan 23 2009, 10:23 AM) *

So, ee... Facebook is something like Myspace?

It's similar. Personally, I can't understand MySpace at all spineyes.gif but I use Facebook daily look.gif Mainly to play games on, rather than to chat with friends lol.gif
Maxi
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 12:26 AM) *

Maxi, I’m interested in hearing about what you think of the twilight soundtrack. Some songs on the CD were only heard in snippets in the movie. “Spotlight,” for example only has the intro and lots of the clapping part. Did you have a chance to check out the lyrics to “Flightless Bird” spineyes.gif I wonder what the history is behind that song. There are a few other songs with some questionable lyrics, too.

I need to listen to it a few more times, before I'll let you know. That's how I usually do it with music because I know it takes me several listenings before the songs have 'settled' and I know enough to have an opinion about them. I like it overall though.
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Maxi, boy do I feel old... The E Street Band's Nils Lofgren got a hip replacement a couple of months ago. eek.gif
They've started annoucing tour dates by now, perhaps you've heard about them? smile.gif Bruce & ESB will be playing in Stockholm in early June. We had planned on going both evenings, but due to other circumstances I will only be able to attend the second evening in Stockholm. *If* we get tickets that is, they usually sell out within a few minutes. Keep your fingers crossed on Monday morning when the tickets are up for grabs!

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Any fans of Cat Stevens? I just heard that he's putting out a new CD with music similar to what he used to do. His music sure evokes a lot of memories.
He is awesome. I hadn't heard a new album is due out. Something to check out through Spotify before I decide wheter or not I should buy it.


QUOTE(~Ilo~ @ Jan 23 2009, 11:23 AM) *


Maxi Oh, we are almost neighbours. I'm in Latvia.
nod.gif I figured, since you mention Riga as your location.
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Are you from north or south? Or in the middle of Sweden? smile.gif My colleague is visiting a friend in Stockholm this weekend smile.gif
I hope your co-worker has a good time in Stockholm. smile.gif I'm from the northern part of the country, by the coast (about 50 km from the Finnish border).

Yikes, what a day you had.

QUOTE(Spook @ Jan 23 2009, 02:03 PM) *

QUOTE(~Ilo~ @ Jan 23 2009, 10:23 AM) *

So, ee... Facebook is something like Myspace?

It's similar. Personally, I can't understand MySpace at all spineyes.gif but I use Facebook daily look.gif Mainly to play games on, rather than to chat with friends lol.gif

I agree - it's similar. Like you though, I prefer Facebook over Myspace. I deleted 'my' Myspace because I was too annoyed with it to use it. spineyes.gif Facebook I use on a daily basis.
Tekgirl
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Ilo, you’re from Latvia? Cool! ….I’m going to loan you my title of “Bella of the Boards” for today. You win with all of the near accidents you had, but, knowing me, I’ll trip or slip or fall over something by the time the day is over.

Maxi, I have my fingers crossed that you’ll get tickets to Bruce’s concert. A local radio station did an interview with Nils Lofgren this morning. Nils said that for the last 3 months of their last tour, Bruce and the E Street Band threw their set list away. Fans would pass up requests for songs written on cardboard, etc. and Bruce would rummage through them to pick songs to perform. Bruce and the E Street Band are so tight that they can do any of their songs at the drop of a hat. Very impressive. ….I really love Cat Stevens, too. I just read that his mother was Swedish. smile.gif
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Maxi
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 04:38 PM) *

Maxi, I have my fingers crossed that you’ll get tickets to Bruce’s concert.
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A local radio station did an interview with Nils Lofgren this morning.
He is such a great musician. I'm glad both Little Steven and Nils have been playing with ESB since Little Steven returned.
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Nils said that for the last 3 months of their last tour, Bruce and the E Street Band threw their set list away. Fans would pass up requests for songs written on cardboard, etc. and Bruce would rummage through them to pick songs to perform. Bruce and the E Street Band are so tight that they can do any of their songs at the drop of a hat. Very impressive.
Isn't it impressive? The second night last summer (as you know, we went two nights in a row) they played 17 different songs compared to the night before (out of 28 songs). Among others an amazingly wonderful version of Drive All Night which hasn't been played by ESB as a band since sometime during The River tour.

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I really love Cat Stevens, too. I just read that his mother was Swedish. smile.gif
Cool. I had no idea his mother was Swedish. I do know that Nils has Swedish ancestry though, his first name is typically Swedish and his family name is a variation of Löfgren.
janetg
I'm so bogged down with paperwork at work that, I think I got lost in the forest while you came out from behind the tree with a new thread. lol.gif

I did watch the innaugeration however - we were all given time off work or allowed to watch on TV's in the offices - a momentous occasion nod.gif

I used to love Cat Stevens - his daughter, or step-daughter or similar, is a neighbour of my Brother in Law and plays in a band - they played at my BIL's 50th birthday party. rainbow.gif

I went on Facebook, but after 2 years still only have 5 friends bawl.gif so I don't bother going there now sad.gif I've also got a MYSpace page but have forgotten my password. So really I think MB is more friendly nod.gif

wave.gif to all OTO's old and new.

Maxi
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I'm so bogged down with paperwork at work that, I think I got lost in the forest while you came out from behind the tree with a new thread. lol.gif
I believe the sole purpose of paper work is to drive us insane. Well, me anyhow. spineyes.gif Paper work = evil.

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I used to love Cat Stevens - his daughter, or step-daughter or similar, is a neighbour of my Brother in Law and plays in a band - they played at my BIL's 50th birthday party. rainbow.gif
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I went on Facebook, but after 2 years still only have 5 friends bawl.gif so I don't bother going there now sad.gif
If you want to, you can send me PM with a link to your profile and I'll add you as a friend there. smile.gif
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So really I think MB is more friendly nod.gif
nod.gif MB is my favourite community place on the net.

blush.gif I forgot to wave.gif and hug.gif Jero earlier. So good to see you stopping by woman. hug.gif
Berengaria
My daughter joined Facebook recently at the urging of her friends. Was on it about a week before someone hacked her account, changed her password so she couldn't post and was online talking to her friends pretending to be her. That's not the worst. They e-mailed everyone she knows and told a story about her being stranded in London with no money/passport etc. and asked them to send her $250. And one of her friends did!

She is most worried about all her former professors etc. getting this and believing it is from her. She reported it to Facebook via her friends....they said they would "look into it". She's heard nothing else since then...but still gets calls from friends telling her about a weird e-mail they got. sad.gif

Be careful out there, guys. It's a hard old world sometimes.
Nana J.
Berengaria - How awful about your daughter's Facebook account! Enough to scare people away, for sure. Hope they catch the culprit.

I caught a medicine mistake for my friend, Nancy, and felt good about that. Her cataract surgery went very well yesterday. Was feeling very good about her when she mentioned the bottom of one of her feet hurt. She always wears socks and tennis shoes, so I had never seen her feet. When she took off her socks I had all I could do not to cry. I have never seen such dry, cracked skin in my life. I won't go into detail (aren't you glad) but I came right home and wrote emails to her two kids to get it checked out ASAP. How could we all have missed something so bad???? And she has diabetes! Took the wind out of my sails.

Took it easy today and am still working on reading Inkheart.






Watcher
Hi there OTOs! wave.gif

welcome.gif Ilo!

wave.gif Tek, HMQ, Nana, Janet, Spook, Maxi, Ber! wave.gif

Hey Jer! wave.gif

Gud too see you 'top bye. look.gif

tongue.gif Lori! tongue.gif

Lori R
jero good to see your post again. We had wondered where you had gotten off to.
Sorry about the depression. I know that feeling very well. Hang in there!

Nana happy belated anniversary!
It's good your friend had you to watch out for her. Her poor feet sad.gif

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~Ilo~ I'm glad you were not hurt! Eeks! Looking at cute guys is a danger! smile.gif
Seriously, take care.

Tek, Maxi, Spook, Berengaria, janet, HMQ,Groundhog and anyone I have missed wave.gif

I'm so glad it is Friday. I plan on sleeping all weekend yawn.gif
Tekgirl
eek.gif We just had an earthquake... nothing too big, but it sure is unsettling.

look.gif Di? look.gif Spam? Did you feel it?

A friend said that the quake was centered about a mile off of Marina Del Rey (the beach) and registered 3.4 quake on the Richter scale.
WildB
wave.gif Hello everyone! yawn.gif Sleepy here, going to bed soon. Thought I would just pop in real quick and say hi.
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 10:55 PM) *

eek.gif We just had an earthquake... nothing too big, but it sure is unsettling.

eek.gif I just know that I would majorly freak out all the time if I lived there and had the earth shaking below me. Only time I like that is when I am on a ride that simulates it. lol.gif
Tekgirl
wave.gif WB... Well, if you're tired (as you are now), a quake is the quickest way to wake up. wink.gif I've got lots of adrenaline pumping through me right now.
HeavyMetalQueen
QUOTE(Berengaria @ Jan 23 2009, 03:20 PM) *
My daughter joined Facebook recently at the urging of her friends. Was on it about a week before someone hacked her account, changed her password so she couldn't post and was online talking to her friends pretending to be her. That's not the worst. They e-mailed everyone she knows and told a story about her being stranded in London with no money/passport etc. and asked them to send her $250. And one of her friends did!

She is most worried about all her former professors etc. getting this and believing it is from her. She reported it to Facebook via her friends....they said they would "look into it". She's heard nothing else since then...but still gets calls from friends telling her about a weird e-mail they got. sad.gif

Be careful out there, guys. It's a hard old world sometimes.




This is one good reasons I keep avoiding to go ona any facebook, or myspace. My Neice has had problems, of people "bashing" one & another, so yeah I will not go for this,I'd rather stay here, where I know some of you, & feel more comfortable here on this site. grin.gif



QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 09:55 PM) *
eek.gif We just had an earthquake... nothing too big, but it sure is unsettling.

look.gif Di? look.gif Spam? Did you feel it?

A friend said that the quake was centered about a mile off of Marina Del Rey (the beach) and was a 3 point something quake.




Oh Wow! I hope your okay, gosh that would freak me out as well, but in time( If I lived there) I'd get used to it.



I even get used to having the train come roaring past my place, at 6am, & still the pictures "skhake" on the walls. ( it freaks the cats out stil though, but I've lived here longer then they have) smile.gif



Went & saw that "Paul Blart" movie tonight, it was okay I laughed in 2 parts( times), because it's all so the "same ole, same ole. As I was watching it, I was thinking I saw a movie so simular to this one on the t.v. last week. eek.gif



I will pass on going to that Vampires vs Werewolves one, although I've already seen parts 1 & 2. I don't think part 3 can be any better? anyways I can change my mind, once I see more previews, & see how "scary" the werewolves are in this one.



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Rigginsfan07
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 08:55 PM) *
eek.gif We just had an earthquake... nothing too big, but it sure is unsettling.

look.gif Di? look.gif Spam? Did you feel it?

A friend said that the quake was centered about a mile off of Marina Del Rey (the beach) and was a 3 point something quake.




wow I hope you are ok Tek?

Tekgirl
wave.gif HMQ & Seth, thanks for your concern. A 3.4 quake is just a "reminder" that we live in quake country. It rattles your nerves, leaves pictures hanging crookedly on the walls and that's usually all. The 7.1 (I think it was a 7.1) quake that we had in 1994 was very, very scary. Even more so because it happened in the middle of the night. I would bet that there wasn't any damage from tonight's quake - well, except to people's nerves.
Vicki
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 09:54 PM) *
wave.gif HMQ & Seth, thanks for your concern. A 3.4 quake is just a "reminder" that we live in quake country. It rattles your nerves, leaves pictures hanging crookedly on the walls and that's usually all. The 7.1 (I think it was a 7.1) quake that we had in 1994 was very, very scary. Even more so because it happened in the middle of the night. I would bet that there wasn't any damage from tonight's quake - well, except to people's nerves.


I remember that quake well. We had just moved from Corona to San Diego. Our bird fell over her perch in her cage. We both felt the quake but thought we were dreaming until we heard the bird fall. She was ok but shaken(literally). lol.gif Neither of us truly woke up until hubbies mom called us freaking out about LA on fire and the bridges had fallen. We had to remind her we lived in SAN DIEGO not LA. rolleyes.gif

Speaking of password stealing. Someone stole my Yahoo id and keeps changing the password and yahoo refuses to reset it for me! spineyes.gif I don't use yahoo anymore because of that and thankfully not of my info on there was real.
Summer of 47
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Still going slowly through BtVS, watched 'Lover's Walk' which I enjoyed very much, with the return of Spike to cause total chaos before he goes off again, the only one happy by the end of it all lol.gif The bonding between Spike and Joyce was a bit weird in a very fun way too. Then I saw 'The Wish' whcih I didn't enjoy so much though it was fun to see evil Xander and Willow nod.gif I just don't like episodes so much where they hit the rewind button and it's all gone back to normal. I hope we see more of Anya...

So now I have started on Stargate SG-1 from the beginning but it's going to be a very long time until I get to see Ben Browder and Claudia Black reunited.
Maxi
QUOTE(Summer of 47 @ Jan 24 2009, 12:06 PM) *

Still going slowly through BtVS, watched 'Lover's Walk' which I enjoyed very much, with the return of Spike to cause total chaos before he goes off again, the only one happy by the end of it all lol.gif The bonding between Spike and Joyce was a bit weird in a very fun way too.
Lovers Walk is a wonderful, funny episode. One of my favourite episodes.

QUOTE
Then I saw 'The Wish' whcih I didn't enjoy so much though it was fun to see evil Xander and Willow nod.gif I just don't like episodes so much where they hit the rewind button and it's all gone back to normal. I hope we see more of Anya...
For me, 'The Wish' is one of the episodes I have enjoyed more after having seen the entire series. nod.gif It's a crucial episode for things to come in later seasons/episodes. I believe I enjoy it more and more every time I rewatch the series. The whole 'what if she never came here...' is interesting in my opinion.

Keep us posted, as you keep watching. grin.gif

Yikes on the quake. eek.gif
WildB
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 11:45 PM) *

wave.gif WB... Well, if you're tired (as you are now), a quake is the quickest way to wake up. wink.gif I've got lots of adrenaline pumping through me right now.



Yeah but when I posted that last night, I was tired because it was bedtime. I would not want something to wake me up at that time, then I would never get any sleep. spineyes.gif
Summer of 47
QUOTE(Maxi @ Jan 24 2009, 12:11 PM) *
For me, 'The Wish' is one of the episodes I have enjoyed more after having seen the entire series. nod.gif It's a crucial episode for things to come in later seasons/episodes. I believe I enjoy it more and more every time I rewatch the series. The whole 'what if she never came here...' is interesting in my opinion.

Ah, so maybe it's important to presage the changes that happen to certain characters later on (of which I'm vaguely aware). It's certainly worth watching for Vamp Willow dressed as a goth smile.gif
Tekgirl
wave.gif OTOs

Maxi, Vicki & WB, if I ruled the world there wouldn't be any earrthquakes. wink.gif ...But, I guess no matter where you live, Mother Nature has a reminder that she's in charge: tornadoes, blizzards, monsoons, landslides, avalanches, floods, earthquakes... take your pick.

Vicki, that 7.1 quake was very literally a rude awakening. ....eek.gif It was powerful enough to knock your bird's cage to the floor?

SO47, isn't BTVS a really great watch? smile.gif
~Ilo~
Hi, OTOs! wave.gif

QUOTE(Maxi @ Jan 23 2009, 03:59 PM) *

Bruce & ESB will be playing in Stockholm in early June. Keep your fingers crossed on Monday morning when the tickets are up for grabs!

Bruce, as in Bruce Springsteen, Bruce? That is so cool! I hope you'll get tickets! nod.gif You know, you always can go camping outside the booking-office. smile.gif Oh, right it's January and it's Sweden! That would be pretty crazy thing to do... smile.gif

QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 05:38 PM) *

I’m going to loan you my title of “Bella of the Boards” for today. You win with all of the near accidents you had, but, knowing me, I’ll trip or slip or fall over something by the time the day is over.

Wow, thanks... I guess?! grin.gif I could use that title for today too. I arrived at work and alarm went off. And I couldn't cancel it, so I got to meet security guys. Lucky me! grin.gif

shock.gif an earthqueake? Does it happen often? Like, every month? I hope everyone and everything is ok.

QUOTE(janetg @ Jan 23 2009, 08:29 PM) *

I've also got a MYSpace page but have forgotten my password. So really I think MB is more friendly nod.gif

Happens to me all the time. Even if I use something I can easily remember, I forget which exactly of all memorable passwords I've used this time. smile.gif

QUOTE(Lori R @ Jan 24 2009, 03:56 AM) *

~Ilo~ I'm glad you were not hurt! Eeks! Looking at cute guys is a danger! smile.gif
Seriously, take care.

Thanks! smile.gif And I know! They should wear warning signs!
QUOTE(Lori R @ Jan 24 2009, 03:56 AM) *

I'm so glad it is Friday. I plan on sleeping all weekend yawn.gif

That is a very good plan! Good luck with that! smile.gif

Berengaria eek.gif on what happend with your daughters account! Some people are just mean. I've heard of situations when they send nasty letters and post awful pictures. But asking for money... shock.gif Internet is great thing, but it sure has its issues...

Nana J. I hope your friend will be ok. It's hard to see a bright side, but it is a good thing you noticed that now- better later than never. hug.gif

Ok, so I'll stop now smile.gif Hope everyone is having great weekend! wave.gif

Rigginsfan07
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 11:54 PM) *
wave.gif HMQ & Seth, thanks for your concern. A 3.4 quake is just a "reminder" that we live in quake country. It rattles your nerves, leaves pictures hanging crookedly on the walls and that's usually all. The 7.1 (I think it was a 7.1) quake that we had in 1994 was very, very scary. Even more so because it happened in the middle of the night. I would bet that there wasn't any damage from tonight's quake - well, except to people's nerves.




Good to hear your ok wink.gif

Summer of 47
wave.gif ~Ilo~

So did you get Roswell with Latvian subtitles? Your English is excellent anyway so I guess you didn't need them smile.gif We have a small Latvian community in Great Britain, mostly escaping the Soviet era communism of course. I worked with a guy called Aivars, he was born here but his parents went back to Latvia after retirement in the late 90s because they really missed their home.

QUOTE(Lori R @ Jan 24 2009, 03:56 AM) *

~Ilo~ I'm glad you were not hurt! Eeks! Looking at cute guys is a danger! smile.gif
Seriously, take care.


Hmm, well we guys always get distracted by cute girls, they should definitely come with a health warning lol.gif I always loved this quote from Robin Williams: "God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." lmao.gif
~Ilo~
Summer of 47 wave.gif back attcha!

They showed first 2 seasons of Roswell on television in Latvia. That was aaaaaages ago smile.gif And I liked it a lot. I rewatched all 3 seasons on DVD few months ago. And I liked them even more. And then I searched some information on Internet. And then I ended up here... smile.gif

QUOTE(Summer of 47 @ Jan 24 2009, 07:35 PM) *

We have a small Latvian community in Great Britain, mostly escaping the Soviet era communism of course. I worked with a guy called Aivars, he was born here but his parents went back to Latvia after retirement in the late 90s because they really missed their home.

Many people from Latvia went to work in UK and Ireland. There was this huge flow few years ago after Latvia joined European Union. Now there is expression that every Latvian has at least one relative living in UK smile.gif

QUOTE(Summer of 47 @ Jan 24 2009, 07:35 PM) *

I always loved this quote from Robin Williams: "God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." lmao.gif

lol.gif That is a good one.
Lori R
QUOTE(Tekgirl @ Jan 23 2009, 08:55 PM) *

eek.gif We just had an earthquake... nothing too big, but it sure is unsettling.

look.gif Di? look.gif Spam? Did you feel it?

A friend said that the quake was centered about a mile off of Marina Del Rey (the beach) and registered 3.4 quake on the Richter scale.

I hope I never experience one of those. Not even a mild one.


QUOTE(Summer of 47 @ Jan 24 2009, 11:35 AM) *

QUOTE(Lori R @ Jan 24 2009, 03:56 AM) *

~Ilo~ I'm glad you were not hurt! Eeks! Looking at cute guys is a danger! smile.gif
Seriously, take care.


Hmm, well we guys always get distracted by cute girls, they should definitely come with a health warning lol.gif I always loved this quote from Robin Williams: "God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." lmao.gif

rotfl.gif That was good.

wave.gif to all

I didn't nap 'all' day, but I did stay on the sofa all day with pup, wrapped up in a blanket because I was freezing. I didn't do one chore uhoh.gif Sneezed lots and watched the neighbor across the street load up to move. I will miss those neighbors sad.gif
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