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http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...;f=10;t=012807

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And snow? [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

LOL Just for you! :D

I'd make a comment about first posts here but [img]graemlins/borgboy.gif[/img] It seems kinda futile captain, so I'll just stick to saying Hello Everyone, How Were Your Days.

No snow here yet, but since some in my family seem to think you can't very well have a christmas without snow, we're going to spend it in Norway. Where the temperature will be about -20 degrees Celcius.
I just know I'm going to forget my mittens :(

On the plus side, you can ski and appearantly Norwegians like to bake LOTS of cake and cookies this time of year [img]smile.gif[/img]

Howdy! :D

well I'm still working on making a drow look convincingly enough like a drow...

Christmas sigs are on halt until someone asks for one again [img]tongue.gif[/img]

It's better having a demand before being forced to supply IMHO...

Lo all, at college, as usual... [img]tongue.gif[/img] anyway, how are all of you doing? uugh ickky keyboards.. you would have thought they'd clean them from time to time....

Hello Calaethis Dragonsbane [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] (phew - that's a long name).
They let you have college lessons in a cafe?

LOL, they don't know I'm here, besides, its lunchtime now [img]smile.gif[/img] btw, drop the "dragonsbane" bit, or call me "Cal" or "CD" or something ;) most other ppl do. :D

Or you can call him by his favourite names such as Calthywalthypoo. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I don´t do that anymore though do I Calthypoo? [img]smile.gif[/img] Hello everyone. I´m off to get some shopping done [img]smile.gif[/img]

I see CD. So for lunchtime a cafe is the right place to be. (Cloudy's sure have snacks or something like that) [img]graemlins/eating.gif[/img]

Hello WillowIX... Interesting variation of Cals name. What exactlly does the POO at the end mean?

[ 12-03-2002, 08:51 AM: Message edited by: Borvik ]

*throws a coffee mat in Willow's direction* You will *not* call me that. Understood?! :@ :rolleyes: bad willow, always bringing that up. Have "fun" shopping... (if anyone could [img]tongue.gif[/img] )...

Morning, all. CD, the female of the species actually enjoys shopping, or most of them, I think. <font color=lavender>Galadria</font> can spend over an hour at a makeup counter. Men. on the other hand, know more or less what they want when they get there, so spend much less time in the stores. Call it "buying" as opposed to "shopping." ;)

*looks at his watch*

Hey, wow!!! In less than 1 hour I will leave the office [img]graemlins/dance2.gif[/img]

[ 12-03-2002, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: Borvik ]

Mornin' everyone!

Galadria can have the makeup counters (esp this time of year!), Attalus! Too much gunk for my liking (some of us need more help to look as yummy as your lovely lady). People spritzing all that perfume and painting themselves........Yeek

I'll be popping in a LOT more frequestly, guys. I miss you all too much to keep this on-again/off-again bull.

*prowls around the room*

turned in my homework and sufferin' from BOREDOM!

Well, of all the surprises. Garnet! Good to see you again. Hope that your phone situation is better, dear. I'll tell <font color=lavender>Galadria</font> that you posted. ;)

[ 12-03-2002, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Attalus ]

Garnet! It's good to see you, dear...it's been a while! [img]smile.gif[/img]

No kidding about the Perfume counter. I call those salespeople the "skunks"...they'll run up to you and squirt you as soon as look at you. Maybe "perfume gestapo" would be better. ;) Worst thing is if you're allergic to scents. :(

Cheers,
-Sazerac

Hi Saz!

Chemical perfumes give me migraines...which ultimately led to my home business of several years now of making perfumes the old fashioned way with essential oils, etc. How any one can wear some of those scents in the stores is quite beyond me!

No, the phone co and I are still circling (the end is in sight finally). I'm at work most of the day anyhow, so I'll pop in now and again......And we use AIM here to talk between work stations (intercoms are not all they're cut up to be)

Hey willow ix, did you ever get your holiday sig?

Good morning, all. Today, it was a whopping 7 degrees F (which I mean yesterday, Truemoose) as I drove in to work. Maybe today they'll turn the heat on!

Lilo & Stitch is out today to purchase, in case there are other Disney freaks here (my gf is overboard for Disney).

I can't believe how soon X-mas is coming! Maybe I should start shopping soon. (;

And I believe I will be PROPOSING to my gf about a week or so after that (we're taking a "business" trip to Disney World together)! Yikes! Here's to my nerves!!!

Drive safe, for all of you in the snow.

edit: grammar

[ 12-03-2002, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: Gammit ]

Neede to do the grocery shopping today and that isn´t fun at all! Well sometimes it can be I guess. ;) I´ll go shopping tomorrow as well downtown. Will take a few hours. Meeting a friend there too. I do wonder why the hubby didn´t want to take the day off and join us lol. :D Any of you strong men available to do some carrying tomorrow? We´ll start out at 9am and be home about, oh 4-5pm ;) .

No I didn´t. RBF wouldn´t tell me where to find them. Maybe you can help me out some? Please. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'm strong, i'll help you carry the beer, okay ? :D Btw Jag, CD told me he likes to be called snuggles. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

You GIT Johnny, I DID NOT SAY THAT!!!

So now Johnny, you leave me no choice but to put a prohabition law on you. No more drinking. Ever. *smirk* None. No beer. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

So how are the rest of you?

Good afternoon everyone. I'm starting to run out of junk food, but other than that i'm good. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Willow your sig at this link. http://members.lycos.co.uk/xsk273479/willowxmassig.gif Hey I want to know how CD got his nicknames. And long time no see Garnet! [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img]

As do I.

<font color="plum"><font color="yellow">Sazerac</font> - I've got the perfect cure for the "Perfume Gestapo"....it's called Skunk Urine. You can buy a small container in the Sporting Goods/Hunting section. Then, when they spray you...you spray them. I garuantee you will NEVER be sprayed more than twice in the same store....EVER!!!

<font color="orange">Attalus</font> - I actually enjoy "browsing" the local Wal-Mart Superstore more than my wife does. But I agree with you that I am usually looking at specific products when I go. Sometimes, though, I do like to just wander around and look at different items that would make good gifts at a future date.

Oh...a quick story to tie these first two responses together. A lady in the Business Office of the hospital where I worked before would use the "skunk urine" on herself when she went shopping on <font color="slategray">Black Friday</font>. She said she NEVER had a problem getting through the crowds. [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

<font color="mediumpurple">Garnet</font> - I already welcomed you back in the "Religion" thread...but I'm so happy to see ya that I'll welcome you here to. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now then, could I get a <font color="ivory">Vanilla Coke</font> over here please?</font>

Hey all, good morn. . . erm... afternoon. [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

Hey everyone! It's a special early afternoon appearance today! ;) I hope everyone is well!

Gammit, good luck with the proposal! I'm sure you'll do fine and you'll both be happy!

Why I hate snow (in response to GokuZool's query on said subject): First of all, it's cold. Cold is bad. Secondly, after the first snow, it gets very dirty and very ugly to look upon. I hate seeing black and gray snow (no need to mention the infamous yellow snow). Thirdly, walking in snow takes way more energy than regular walking due to the sinking into the snow of the feet. Which leads to cold feet, which makes me cold, which makes me miserable.

And no, I don't ski or snowboard (I'd rather not run into trees at high velocities).

Snow is a wonderful romantic image. It's light and appears soft and cuddly, yet touch it and it is cold and harsh. As imagery, it embodies all that is the polarized nature of the dialectic. This is why, as I once posited in a Romance Literature term paper, Mary Shelley uses snow scenes to frame Frankenstein (meaning: one at the beginning and one at the end) - it so clearly parallels the monster. ;)

[ 12-03-2002, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]

LOL, Cerek, I should have mentioned the Great Exception - bookstores. I can kill an hour in almost any book shop. Except one that I blundered into in Florida, which turned out to be a ... erm ... "Sapphic" establishment.
Garnet, good to hear that you will be around more. Any chance of involving you in a MP game in the future?
Willow, sorry, I have a case tomorrow, no really... :D

Not just snow, but clouds...

Flows and flows of angel hair,
And feathered canyons everywhere,
And ice cream castles in the air,
I've looked at clouds that way.

But now they only block the sun
And rain and snow on everyone.
So many things I would have done,
But clouds got in the way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down and still, somehow,
It's clouds' illusions I recall,
I really don't know clouds, at all.
-Joni Mitchell

Hi

Hi to you too!

How are you DK?

Oh i'm fine thanks... The new Zelda for Gameboy comes out today, 4 links... perhaps 3 links too many ...

that reminds me

I need to PM willow IX their sig...

http://members.lycos.co.uk/xsk273479/willowxmassig.gif

[ 12-03-2002, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: /)eathKiller ]

Hmmm, that would be the nice thing to do, wouldn't it?

These are the guidlines, fellows. Please follow them.

Quote:

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: The proprietor asks that you follow a few simple guidelines: * Please, no one word or smiley posts (Ziroc has declared them 'real spam' and the proprietor doesn't want the reputuation of "good spam" to suffer!)

These are the guidlines, fellows. Please follow them.</font>[/QUOTE]I am sry Attalus, I did not realize saying hi to everyone was such a crime...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lord Starshadow:
Gammit, good luck with the proposal! I'm sure you'll do fine and you'll both be happy!

Thanks alot for the reply, LS! I've recently told two other friends today. One seemed mad at me, and the other was like, "oh. cool, I guess." Greeeeaaat...