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<H2><font color="plum">Cloudy's Cafe</font></H2>

Come in, be welcome, be comfortable, be yourself

Welcome to Cloudy's Cafe, a place to have a cup of coffee or a good
darjeeling and the finest in conversation and camaraderie.

The proprietor asks that you follow a few simple guidelines:

<H3>this is a real conversation zone, not a role-play zone</H3>

* no flaming; if you disagree with a viewpoint expressed by any patron, please do so in a civil manner

* any topic is fair game, but keep posts to the standards that Ziroc has set for the entire forum, please (ie: foul language is not appropriate and things should be suitable for all audiences)
-a side note from Cloudy: I see this as a place for those short
conversations about a new baby or the latest soccer fiasco, not for things that are big enough to warrant their own threads, by all means give those things the space they need and post separately!

* 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!)

* do feel free to be serious or silly and enjoy the company of others while you are here. By all means POST if you have something to say, even to start another topic , we can handle multiple chats, we're a CAFE!!! But be courteous and don't disrupt a conversation just to disrupt it.

Come on in! The bar is stocked with coffees, teas, juices and waters from around the world. And purple napkins, of course!

<font color="pink">The lighting is low, the golden oak counters and tables glow with inviting warmth. Near the window, the lighting is brighter, as comfy, plush leather armchairs wait for those who'd like to read a book while relaxing to music or just lazily watch the world go by.</font>

[ 07-23-2003, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

<H1> <font color="plum"> PLEASE NOTE </font></H1>

This is a modified reminder that I've posted before in reply to someone asking "can we spam the cafe". It still holds true, so I'm going to repeat it periodically for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Read the first post of the thread, it's NOT a spam zone. If you want to discuss you grades, a problem with a teacher,the weather, your neighbor's new car etc.....etc.. (real life conversations) this is the place. I don't mind a SMALL amount of spam but when the Cafe gets to be 8 pages in one day and it's all one liner pure spam, I have to ask people not to do it because most of the members who would come to talk about their day or things that they want advice or sympathy or cheers on, will not post in that atmosphere. I want you to be comfy here, but not at the expense of other members.

So the answer is NO, I don't want to see page after page of roleplay spam or one liner spamfests that could be done on msn or aim etc. because our goal is to TALK WITH one another , not fill up a cafe in five hours. ;) :D

[ 07-23-2003, 11:11 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

So how is everybody today?

I'm doing great today. I don't have to work and tonight I'm going to a Norah Jones concert. Yeah for me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

A little tired (must be our horrid, rainy, windy weather for the last four days straight!) and a little sad. A good friend just called to put off a visit we planned this weekend because her husband's uncle committed suicide.. :(

The visit we can do anytime, but I feel so bad for her husband and his dad who are pretty shaken by this. :(

Oh god!
Sorry...

Sorry to hear that, Cloudy. In the words of a great man, William Osler, suicide is a fatal complication of an emotional illness. :(

Sorry Cloudy!

Suicide has a way of making everyone feel inadequate. Listening is the best thing anyone can do for your friends - and you are the best! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/r/content.gif

Hey all! Sorry to post and run, but I had to go pick up my honey, he wasn't feeling well and needed to go home.

I'm going to talk to my friend again this week and we'll go visit after she and her husband get back from the funeral. It's such a tragedy! Her father in law is devestated. His own father committed suicide and he lost his only other brother last year to lung cancer :(

Thank you for the supportive msgs. It helps! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Dont know what to say to that cept, this to will pass. Dont mean to be cold. I was just thinking about my father and was already feeling down. My condolences to your friend Cloudster, you will have that visit and then some soon enough.
It's a grayish kind of day down here also, humid and hot as well, 92 with 95% humidity, the air is think and almost cutable. On another note we will be cutting my oldest daughters hair, it currently flows almost to her lower back and is very full, she takes about two hours to comb it, when it should only take 10 minutea, I know bwcause when she wants to do something boom its done. We ahve been warning her for over a year now and enough is enough, plus she always seems to get those rotten bugs in her hair, and then it is time to overhaul the house from stem to stern, which is far from easy considering the babies. She chews on her hair and does many other wonderful things with it like painting with it or dragging it through the food on the dinner table, etc....
Sorry
I'm ranting here, just feel blue and this far better then talking about my father. ;)

Elif, no apology needed. HUGS! I understand completely- your loss is recent and it's normal to think about it - I hope I didn't depress you with my post about my friends!

Argh.. the hair issue.. LOL, well, I'll tell you what my own dad decreed for me when I was a kid. After I hit the age of 9 or 10 he said that I had to have it cut to my shoulders every summer before school started until I could take care of it properly on my own and I think I was in junior high when that happened! LOL Good luck with that and many kind and sympathetic thoughts for you right now. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I suspect your dad would be laughing with you on the hair problem Elif! My Dad was always Always! telling us we had to cut our hair because it took too long to get ready. I miss him as you do your dad. On a parallel thread - why is it that men like long hair on their women as long as they don't have to wait for it? Almost without exception the men I've talked to prefer long hair over short! (I guess dating it and being dad to it are two entirely different things - well, Duh!)LOL
http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/k/smileybreasts.gif

No worries Cloudy <hugs> just feeling a bit blue is all. [img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] I still have to dealwith that sucubus of a girl friend of his, so usualy when I think of him she seems to come right behind and get my dander up. She is trying to sue for her services of power of attornery and medical surrogate, all of which I fought with her over, even was getting a court date set up to have her removed, what gaul she has, big titanium ones I tell ya. My dads lawyer made the mistake of calling her my step mother, I simply told him to call her a mother is to damn all other mothers out there, she is unworthy of that name, her oldest son commited suicide about 2 years ago now and left her a very nice note, it was yet another bone of contention(sp?) between her and my father, and her other son joined the peace corps and lives somwhere in south Africa. Cant get much further away then that !!! I will be happy when all this sordid business is done so that I can get on with things, I havent even had the time to spread my father's ashes because of the wench tieing everything up. I feel no love or even kinship with this woman, even people who have done some really rotten things to myself have nothing on the way I feel about this woman. She is a waste of space and does not deserve the title of Human being, because she is is far from human !!

I like hair on woman either way, just short hair on some woamn just doesnt look right. ;)

Elif, it's gonna feel so good when you don't have to deal with that woman anymore, isn't it? [img]smile.gif[/img] We'll throw a party! :D

Mysti, I know! But at least my guy will brush it now and then! :D

Elif good to hear from you, even if you are blue. Did you see your birthday thread? My regards to your family.

I wanted to grow my hair long...but it takes ages to even get to the top of my neck...and the hairdresser cut it all off, even though I only wanted it neatened up...dammit!

Anyway, otherwise feeling great! Though my sister finishes school for the summer tomorrow! Ah, help me! :D

Spam Spam
just saying hello

Hewwo Pawwy!!!!!! How's life going for you? Is it Hot Enough for ya? [img]smile.gif[/img] errr, I know. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Oh my. What do I spy, with my little eye? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Something ahead in the distance, a light...perhaps an Oasis..

http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/lamppost.gifSomething is alive and welcoming http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/lamppost.gif

YES THE LIGHTS are on in the OASIS! YEEHAAA!

PaulySpammer! Hello and how are ya tonight?!

Don't mind me, I always make my presence known in a new cafe. :D

You just want people to look up your bruty-sig's skirt, don't try to deny. :D

Hello Kakero! Hope you're having a good evening.. or day. :D

I'm off to bed soon. It's STILL raining out too! We've had days and days of heavy rains... don't think my lawn needs watering this season! LOL

Pffft... look who's talking. :D

<font color = lightgreen>Work, work, work, and then work a little more. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] Other than that, trying to explain to stupid customers that "your pink hair is not our fault; we didn't bleach and dye your hair--you did" or "we will not break a state regulation just because you bought the wrong product" :rolleyes:

On the other hand, <font color = red>Belle</font> and I have a day off together tomorrow. [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img] Carpe diem! [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] </font>

G'day all

Azred for those that do not know you well. What job have you got and what regulation are you talking about? [img]graemlins/confused3.gif[/img]

***confused from Sydney***

Today is a better day, I got some sleep last night :D And got to
yell at a lawyer who has been dodging me [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img]
Thanks for the well wishes, and yes Attalus I did see it, although a day late
but I did see it [img]smile.gif[/img] I was touched ;) So today on my docket is setting up a/v equipment for the company's quarterly meeting, should be fun since I have done anything this large. I just hope that when the CEO is up on stage telling the stockholders how well we are doing the sound doesnt cut out and lights go off [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img] could be really bad for my future [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and the Oasis is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon ..." (etc.)

Best of luck on that presentation, Elif!

Attalus, you wax poetic today! Must be the cool graphics from LadyZ!

<font color=pink>Hello everyone [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]
I realize its been a few months since i've stopped by and said 'hi', but I've been busy with other stuff. I'll fill you in on some :D
I graduated from High School. Yay!
I've qualified for the AQHYA World Show in Fortworth TX, so I've been going to horse shows weekly to get some practise in
I'm involved in tons of online RPs, so those keep my internet time booked [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I've been playing war craft3 frozen throne from pretty much dawn till dusk
I got a 3 on my AP Lit&Comp exam. Yay!
And it's surf season, so I've been at the beach too

I've missed you all! *hugs everyone*</font>

Hi! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

Congratulations! [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

Congrats on all accounts Blue. How's flyschool ? Are you a worthy pilot yet ? And if so, should i be afraid ? :D

I think not if you have a bottle of scotch(sp?) or something diffrent :D

Congrats, LadyBlue! You've sure been busy! Happy Graduation!

We misssed you, too, Jen, but realize that 17 year old girls have many distractions. Congrats!!! Hey, Ft. Worth is just up the road.

It's nice to see you again LB. I realize that I don't post on IW as much as I used to. Am I doomed to stop posting? [img]tongue.gif[/img] Congratulations on graduating from highschool. It's nice to here some good news. [img]smile.gif[/img]

*cough* you can't blame me for those RPs! Well... you could *coughs again* Anyway, nice to "see" you, even tho I seem to end up talking to you over Aim quite a lot... lol, you can't blame me for frozen throne, even if you can blame me for (two) of those RPs! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

wooooo...I got a new avatar now. anybody know what's the meaning?

Yeah, it means you spam too much. :D