The Generic Support Group Thread - Page 4

busterb · 11-20-2005, 09:42 AM

How cruel! Putting the poor puppy in a box. Someone call the puppy patrol.

11-20-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by busterb

How cruel! Putting the poor puppy in a box. Someone call the puppy patrol.

Damn! And I was hoping that one would slip by. Better get ready to call the humane society on me next month when my own pup arrives, Busterb, cuz she's gonna get crate trained just like the dog before her did!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2005, 11:54 AM

Crate training is de rigueur among the doggie set because it's the expedient way to success.
They feed their children Ritalin for the same reason.

Brett's Honey · 11-19-2005, 08:27 PM

Have you or are you now, trying any nicotine replacement of any kind? Gum, patches, lollipops.....could help maybe.
And other advice I recall is changing your routine (and by that I DO NOT mean stop showering and brushing your teeth!), but whatever would be different for you. Taking walks.....and.....well, you know....

wolf · 11-21-2005, 01:39 PM

Words like stressed and sad and depressed describe how you are feeling. You didn't get this way just by quitting smoking.

Go to a psychiatrist.

11-21-2005, 04:06 PM

psssst, Wolf! You just gave her advise!

wolf · 11-22-2005, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

psssst, Wolf! You just gave her advise!

Actually, I gave her advice.

C.

A-D-V-I-C-E

Buy a fucking dictionary.

(does that make you more comfortable or at least reassured that I didn't leave my computer logged in at work and someone else posted under my name?)

11-22-2005, 10:41 AM

LOL! That's my Wolfie! Actually, I have a dictionary, but recently, my system crashed and I had to reformat my hard drive, and I haven't gotten around to reloading the dictionary disk.

Besides, I'd miss your sardonic corrections of my atrocious spelling.

Clodfobble · 11-21-2005, 07:07 PM

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We bought a treadmill last month for $600. I've used it twice. When you're depressed it's kind of hard to make yourself get up and exercise, even thought that's probably what would make you feel better.

My mom had the same problem with her treadmill, until she did an interesting thing: She rearranged her room so that the computer was on a bookshelf, at standing eye height. Then she put the treadmill facing the bookcase. So whenever she's surfing or checking her email, she walks. It's not like she has an exercise routine and uses the computer to entertain her while she does it--she just forces herself to walk every time she wants to use the computer, even for 2 or 3 minutes. She says it's worked really well for her.

Clodfobble · 11-23-2005, 04:25 PM

Christ, people actually still pay for dictionaries? I thought that's what the internet was for...

Seriously, no one should ever have to pay for porn or reference material ever again.

11-23-2005, 08:07 PM

Actually, my heart's desire is the Oxford English Dictionary - a truly monumental tribute to the English language. The print copy is something like like 22 volumes, almost a volume per letter of the alphabet. The cost of subscribing to it on the Internet is far beyond my pocket, but not my fantasies.

staceyv · 11-24-2005, 05:52 AM

OMG, it's $295 a year for a stupid dictionary. WTF???

11-24-2005, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

OMG, it's $295 a year for a stupid dictionary. WTF???

No comment.

busterb · 11-24-2005, 05:39 PM

Do it got ya'll listed? For that money I want the whole redneck works!

wolf · 11-27-2005, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by staceyv

OMG, it's $295 a year for a stupid dictionary. WTF???

It's a very large, stupid dictionary.

The average Native English Speaker* uses about 5K words on a regular basis.

I respect the OED. It is the motherlode of wordage. It can be considered overkill, however.

I'm reminded of the very thick book described by Mrs. Premise (or perhaps Mrs. Conclusion) about how to put your budgie down called "How to Put Your Budgie Down." The OED would serve admirably as the book with which to hit your budgerigar.

* According to the first website I found via Google that actually answered that question. This number may be suspect because they are trying to sell a tool that will increase your number of words in regular usage.

The knowledge trove that is Wikipedia says that most native English speakers have a vocabulary of about 30K words. The disparity in numbers leads me to presume that the folks on the high end had grandparents with subscriptions to The Reader's Digest.

11-20-2005, 09:42 AM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	How cruel! Putting the poor puppy in a box. Someone call the puppy patrol. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-20-2005, 11:54 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Crate training is de rigueur among the doggie set because it's the expedient way to success. They feed their children Ritalin for the same reason. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-21-2005, 01:39 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Words like stressed and sad and depressed describe how you are feeling. You didn't get this way just by quitting smoking. Go to a psychiatrist. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-23-2005, 08:07 PM	#11
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Actually, my heart's desire is the Oxford English Dictionary - a truly monumental tribute to the English language. The print copy is something like like 22 volumes, almost a volume per letter of the alphabet. The cost of subscribing to it on the Internet is far beyond my pocket, but not my fantasies. Last edited by marichiko; 11-23-2005 at 08:08 PM. Reason: spelling - HAH!

11-24-2005, 05:39 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Do it got ya'll listed? For that money I want the whole redneck works! __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-19-2005, 08:27 PM	#4
Brett's Honey whatever Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 308	Have you or are you now, trying any nicotine replacement of any kind? Gum, patches, lollipops.....could help maybe. And other advice I recall is changing your routine (and by that I DO NOT mean stop showering and brushing your teeth!), but whatever would be different for you. Taking walks.....and.....well, you know....

11-21-2005, 04:06 PM	#6
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	psssst, Wolf! You just gave her advise!

11-22-2005, 10:41 AM	#8
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	LOL! That's my Wolfie! Actually, I have a dictionary, but recently, my system crashed and I had to reformat my hard drive, and I haven't gotten around to reloading the dictionary disk. Besides, I'd miss your sardonic corrections of my atrocious spelling.

11-23-2005, 04:25 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Christ, people actually still pay for dictionaries? I thought that's what the internet was for... Seriously, no one should ever have to pay for porn or reference material ever again.

11-24-2005, 05:52 AM	#12
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	OMG, it's $295 a year for a stupid dictionary. WTF???

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