Be a post whore!

[elSicomoro]

I've been on this fucking board for 10 years now?! I've known Sheppsie and some of you motherfuckers for that long?! Son of a bitch! I'm old! That means I was 25 when I started on this board! Since I started on this board, I've:

--Lived in 3 different cities
--Had 2 fiancees
--Got married
--Got divorced
--Almost lost an eye
--Went through more jobs than I can count
--Met a bunch of you
--Have driven hundreds of thousands of miles

Whoa!

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I really love the chickpea curry I made for dinner last night, and the best thing about it is I can eat it until I'm stuffed and still not feel guilty because it's low in fat, high in fibre and other essential nutrients (including the ones that cause serotonin to be produced naturally) and it's yummy.

The other great thing about it was that it took me less than 20 minutes to make from start to finish!

There's a post that came back to haunt you!

[skysidhe]

humm, I WAS going to ask for the recipe.

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

humm, I WAS going to ask for the recipe.

Why not experiment sometime when you've going to be by yourself for 24 hours or so. No guarantee that it's going to affect your digestive system the same way that it affects Ali's.

[elSicomoro]

I am posting this shit from a fucking cell phone! Who thought we'd be doing this shit 10 years ago?!

*amazed*

[casimendocina]

[For anyone who's new or hasn't gathered this already, I've spent a fair bit of my life living in countries other than the one where I am a citizen]. I am still constantly amazed at how much things have changed, even since 2002 when I was worked in China and Internet was common place.

Even though it's nothing unusual now, I was reminded the other day how fantastic the advances in technology are as I was chatting via my email account's chat function with my Argentinean hostmum who was on holiday in Ecuador while chatting with someone else in Australia. (Sounding a bit like an advertisement here, but still...it is incredible).

I love that a phonecall no longer has to be something special that you save up for once a month like the first time I went o/s in 1990 and given all the paperwork/logistics stuff that still has to be organised for my house back in Oz, the ease and affordability of communication is a godsend.

[Sundae]

We used to make cassette tapes for my Aunt & Uncle in Oz.
Some news (from the radio) some chat and some songs.
They used to make Uncle Jimmy cry.

I keep bugging my 19 yo cousin to get her arse in gear so we can have a Skype call.
Her parents don't have the technological wherewithal to do it themselves, but of course they'd be the ones to really benefit. And Mum. Writing this I really must push harder. It would be amazing to see them.

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

We used to make cassette tapes for my Aunt & Uncle in Oz.

Do they still have them?

In 1993, my friends in Argentina made a tape and sent it over to Australia with one of my lecturers who had gone home (to Argentina) for a holiday. I think that at that stage, some of my friends didn't even have landlines so to hear their voices was magic. I've had that tape transferred onto CD.

[anonymous]

One time I had some ice cream.

[anonymous]

Stone cold ice cream. It's as expensive as hell, but they make up for it my spreading it on a cold stone slab until it is nice and creamy. You then have about 100 toppings to choose from. The only toppings I really like are the Oreo cookie on vanilla or nuts. My favorite flavors are mocha, PINK peppermint with the peppermint chunks and licorice sometimes.

[Cloud]

So, I get a seminar ad in the mail, at a fancy "resort and spa"--boasting, among other things, "complimentary self-parking." So . . . you get to park your own car? For free! what a perk . . .

[glatt]

Free parking is a nice perk around here.

[infinite monkey]

complimentary self-parking

It's not so much that it's free, it's how good it makes you feel when you hear "there you go. Damn you are a great parker. Would you just LOOK at that? I never...man, I have never in all my years seen anyone park with the grace and perfection with which you park. I am in awe of you."

You really can't put a price on that kind of affirmation.

[ZenGum]

I complimented someone on their parking once.

Dude had to back an articulated 22 wheeler around a T-juntion intersection corner and reverse parallel park in one move. Totally nailed it, first time. Every tyre was betwen 10 and 20 cm from the gutter, all along.

[Aliantha]

I used to work at a large transport company in my younger days, and some of the drivers there were incredible. There was one loading bay that barely had enough space out front for the truck to fit let alone manouver.

Yeah, some truck drivers are spectacular.

Others are a pain in the arse.

It takes all types.