Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Just don't forget my "honk". That one was well earned.

See, I don't think it was. It was a simple play on words, but the honk suggests that we can't do word plays on "certain" subjects, even when you're trying to lighten a subject up.

And, leagl, I wasn't implying censorship. I was implying disapproval from you in an area in which I certainly think I've earned a bigger benefit of the doubt than you are seemingly willing to give to me. And that's disappointing.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by bilmore


And, leagl, I wasn't implying censorship. I was implying disapproval from you in an area in which I certainly think I've earned a bigger benefit of the doubt than you are seemingly willing to give to me. And that's disappointing.

Ah well. Sometimes we talk past each other, it happens.

[dtb]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Two little girls were going back and forth reading off names, and then one of them said, "My father, [insert name here]. I love you Dad" and the next girl said "My father, [insert name here]. I miss you Dad".

I about had to pull over...my eyes filled with tears, I had a lump in my throat. Here I was thinking I was fine, and then BAM! It was raw again.

My eyes just filled with tears reading that, as it brought to mind a sign posted on the entrance door to a toy store in my neighborhood in the days following 9/11. It had a photograph of a 30s-ish woman with a message underneath asking if anyone had seen their mom (please call, this is her name...). It just makes me think of the remote hope people had of finding their loved ones -- none of whom turned up alive after that day.

What's more, I turn around in my office so that passers-by don't see my tears, and the view from my window shows where the WTC would be now... so, more tears. (I used to work in One WTC).

I thought the beams of light illuminated where the towers once stood was a very moving memorial, especially as the light trailed off, but you couldn't quite tell where it ended -- as though the light was trying to reach those who were lost.

What a sad, sad day.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by bilmore
Okay, so I need to be PC about this one subject then, right.

It's your board, I guess.

(If every other driver in sight is honking at you, don't assume that none of them know how to drive.)

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I have an allergy like that, but I'm lucky in that it is just one thing and pretty easy to avoid. It's also something that enough people seem to be allergic to that it is usually listed pretty clearly on menus even as a "hidden" ingredient. It's only really a problem when I'm at people's houses (particularly because I have to avoid a good bunch of the other food too, because it's one of those "anything that touched it or touched a surface or utensil that was used to prepare the allergy-inducing food may trigger the allergy if it wasn't super-scoured" allergies).

I recall being at a restaurant once where some innocuous pasta dish was garnished with the forbidden substance (not listed on the menu). So I sent it back saying "this wasn't on the menu and I'm quite allergic, so I need a new plate, and I mean an entirely fresh plate." Damn thing came back with the stuff scraped off - and not thoroughly at that.

That happens all the time!! Years ago I forgave the ignorance, now with all the press that the peanut allergy has been getting, I am amazed at the level of ignorance in the food service industry about food allergies.

Anne
When I send things back, or make a special request I am not being a fussy eater - I am trying to stay alive.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I don't care how unimportant food is supposed to be at your next dinner party. I'm tellin you right now. I ain't eatin' no fountain pens.

I'm trying to cut down myself. It's one thing when its pencils and bic pen caps, but fountain pens are an expensive chewing habbit.

BR(but if I put hollandaise sauce on them?)C

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
(If every other driver in sight is honking at you, don't assume that none of them know how to drive.)

Now don't go dragging RT into this.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
(If every other driver in sight is honking at you, don't assume that none of them know how to drive.)

I've been waiting for you, as this was a PC discussion.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Now don't go dragging RT into this.

Thurgreed is very aware that I come from a place where people don't honk.

Fortunately, the bullets have missed me.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by dtb

I thought the beams of light illuminated where the towers once stood was a very moving memorial, especially as the light trailed off, but you couldn't quite tell where it ended -- as though the light was trying to reach those who were lost.

What a sad, sad day.

I have a friend who was at Ground Zero last year for the memorial. She told me that the sun shone brightly that day into the hole where the towers had been, as if our lost loved ones were trying to tell us that evil had managed to bring down the towers, but that in their absence there was light.

I lost a ton of friends when Pan Am 103 exploded. There are places I can go where, if I am very quiet, I can still hear their laughter. I imagine Ground Zero is a lot like that for some people. I, myself, have no desire to ever go there.

It is a sad sad day.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by bilmore
I've been waiting for you, as this was a PC discussion.

You needn't wait long, but for different reasons than you're suggesting. It's when you're acting like a pompous asshole that I tend to call you on it. And you'll note that I've said nothing either way on the substance of the issue. In fact, the whole problem you just had with leagle revolves around you being you. You're just so convinced of your perfection that you'll never be able to see it.

TM

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You needn't wait long, but for different reasons than you're suggesting. It's when you're acting like a pompous asshole that I tend to call you on it. And you'll note that I've said nothing either way on the substance of the issue. In fact, the whole problem you just had with leagle revolves around you being you. You're just so convinced of your perfection that you'll never be able to see it.

TM

I truly hope that you see the incredible humor in what you just typed.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I noticed the butcher counter at the supermarket sells imitation crab meat. What the hell is it if its not crab? Is imitation crab meat a term of art? An ingrediant unto itself like "artificial color"? Why get fake meat from a butcher?

My favorite - "processed cheese food".
Isn't all cheese food?
Isn't all cheese processed?

Anne

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Thurgreed is very aware that I come from a place where people don't honk.

Fortunately, the bullets have missed me.

What's with this?

In a place where folks like to use guns, they should be able to hit what they aim for. This just further lessens my respect for Texans.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
My favorite - "processed cheese food".
Isn't all cheese food?
Isn't all cheese processed?

Anne

Yes, and it always comes in a can.