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Make it from scratch with cream instead of milk? (nm) » gabbix2

Posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 21:18:42

In reply to Well....., posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 20:48:44

 

Thank you!

Posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 21:33:13

In reply to Make it from scratch with cream instead of milk? (nm) » gabbix2, posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 21:18:42

How do I miss these things? What a good idea,
it may even get me out of the house for a walk to the store.

My cat is being no comfort to me at all.
I made the mistake of giving him a treat of canned cat food yesterday.

And today all I can see in his eyes is the fact that if he were any bigger he would happily gnaw off my leg if it would get him any more.

 

Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving.

Posted by Tabitha on October 8, 2003, at 21:45:53

In reply to Thank you!, posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 21:33:13

Think I'll get Cherry Garcia. Or that banana split type. Mmmmm Ice Cream!

 

Re: canned food...i know the madness. » gabbix2

Posted by Sabina on October 8, 2003, at 21:57:46

In reply to Thank you!, posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 21:33:13

i spent $225 to have one of my dog's teeth fixed a week and a half ago (he sheared it off being his madman self at a kennel).

the doctor ordered moist food for two weeks. thank god i bought the kind that comes in a pouch instead of a can because he liked it SO VERY much that he managed to open the closet door and get into the trash to shred the pouches and everything else in the bin.

i've been extra careful to keep the door closed since then...and he knows it. so picture this: tonight, i'm clearing up from dinner myself when my husband is feeding him. i'm walking toward the kitchen with our plates. i can still hear his bowl rattling. he crosses in front of me, still chewing. we make eye contact. he's running for the closet. i'm right behind him but his head is already IN THE BIN. he knows he's going to get caught! is he crazy? yes...crazy for moist food.

needless to say, we're going back to dry food tomorrow.

 

Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving.

Posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:03:57

In reply to Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving., posted by Tabitha on October 8, 2003, at 21:45:53

Rich chocolate ice cream with gourmet fudge-filled chocolate hearts and thick ribbons of chocolate.

Chocolate Lover's Passion

From (do you believe it???) Cumberland Farms (convenience store/gas station for those not in the their area)

Straight out of the carton.

 

Nothing but spoon (nm)

Posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:06:41

In reply to Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving., posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:03:57

 

Re: I wish I could drive

Posted by Sabina on October 8, 2003, at 22:21:48

In reply to Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving., posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:03:57

i'm having too much trouble with the topamax to feel safe enough to drive. just waiting on the side effects to abate and the benefits to kick in.

a thought: maybe the weight loss from it is only because folks are too addled to drive or find their way to the kitchen?

you wouldn't believe how long it's taking me to type anything, but i can't sleep, either. a fruit smoothie just won't cut it, though, i'm afeared. i do think there's some cocoa out in the rv...

 

Re: Godiva Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Mmmmm (nm) » fallsfall

Posted by Tabitha on October 8, 2003, at 23:04:10

In reply to Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving., posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:03:57

 

re: Thank you!

Posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 2:15:37

In reply to Thank you!, posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 21:33:13

hey,

things are weird ...
i'm reading the posts in the sequence their notices pile up in my e-mail box ... i always do ... ... anyway, instead of reading one thread till i'm caught up, this takes me back and forth between threads ...

... i'm so uncomfortable with where the admin thread is going ... ... i really appreciate la 'Bina asking what up with my i-statement ... ... i feel so (i Hate This word!) _stupid_ for not understanding how it's not an i-statement ...

... there's not enough lexapro in the world for this ...

anyway i haven't been able to go back to my inbox because i know it's an admin ...

... and you guys have made me feel better here .. ... a lot better ... thank you ...
... exept of course now i want some yummies ... and we don't have any here .. .. ... no, that's not true .... we do have some ice cream ...

love,
~ jim

 

Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving. » fallsfall

Posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 2:33:48

In reply to Re: Going for ice cream. Y'all gave me a craving., posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:03:57

HA ! ... ... i lose!

i can already see (i pass the subject-lines on my way to the "let's make a post" button) ... ... that i'm out of my league ...
... all i got is a really funny name/flavor here ...

"Healthy Choice
Premium Low Fat Ice Cream
Chocolate Chocolate Chunk"

... made me laugh ...
... not bad at all ! ...
... at Fallsfall's suggestion, i was going to eat right out of the carton ...
... decided to use a spoon instead though ...

... HA !

i needed that,
~ jim

> Rich chocolate ice cream with gourmet fudge-filled chocolate hearts and thick ribbons of chocolate.
>
> Chocolate Lover's Passion
>
> From (do you believe it???) Cumberland Farms (convenience store/gas station for those not in the their area)
>
> Straight out of the carton.

 

Re: Nothing but spoon

Posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:03:30

In reply to Nothing but spoon (nm), posted by fallsfall on October 8, 2003, at 22:06:41

... and now i see the spoon ... !

... i'm just late on eveything tonight ... like, tonight ... it 2:37 am cdt ... it's thursday morning

... in my time space frame of e-mail inbox reference, Dinah's just asking Prison Warden Bob how he's making up his Tea Party invitation lists and what are going to be the seating arangements for the victims and the perpetrators ...
... (i put "perpetrators" into the spell check box ... click the button ... hey i'm such a rebel: i using netscape tonight instead of explorer ... and the answer Is? .. i spelled it right this time) ...

... so we are using spoons ... ... okay ... i feel better ...

... actually, i was feeling better before when i was posting about 2 posts ago ...

How hard can it be to see that asking for forgiveness does not equal making amends?

How hard is it to see that presuming on (preying upon) the hosptiality i feel honor bound to extend to strangers, under false pretenses, goes beyond the presumptiveness we call being rude, because it is actually fraud?

In what world does it make sense for those convicted and guilty of past fraud and deception, to use fraud and deception in their recovery and remediation from fraud and deception?

We are going to lie to make up for lying?

How is it supposed to be possible to repair distrust (i do not have to justify my distrust, do i?), by enabling a sneak to masquerade their way into my companionship without my permission or knowledge aforethought, without my accepting an apology? How can this be anything like making amends?

When did our privacy and our need for anonymity get turned into a decpetive masquerade to trick us into accepting our abusers?

Which part of this aspect of Babble is civil?
What kind of civilized is this?

they were demented nasty-notes ... ... i forwarded them to dr. b ... he got them ... he saw how demented they were ... any non-demented person would see how demented they were ... this is not a put down ... it not an accusation .... oh, it's supposed to be this thing .. an I-Statement :

i got some ... hmmmmm ... things ... they made me feel like they were notes, maybe? ... to me anyway, just me ... i _Felt_ they were notes anyway ... and they also Felt (To Me), like nasty ... i FELT they were like maybe (To _Me_, now), like nasty notes ... that's just the way it made me feel

... well, let me rephrase ... ... how could i let anyone think i would ever accuse them of something they actually did to me and my friends? ... so, i'm sorry ... let's try the this:

I once upon a time I received some extemely, EXTREMELY Unsupportive missives that made me feel like someone wanted me to suffer and die ... ever heard of poison pen letters? ... these made me feel like they were poison pen letters, only a million times worse ... ... it was almost as if someone exercised deliberate malice aforethought to create prose to exact as much emotional damage and pain as possible through writing ... it was as if my suffering and my dying were specified ... at least that's the way it made me feel ... but, you know, that's just me ... ... i'm just a sucker for those word things and there meanings and somehow when someone uses those very words, Somehow it just makes me feel like they mean me harm ... ... but that's just because that's what they wrote ... ... many times ... i'm so silly because once would have been enough, but after several, i still felt the same way ... actually it made me feel even more threatened and hated after a while ... odd i would take it that way, though ... but you know i just that kind of guy ... ...

... and i am crazy enough to want to share this with some of my friends who have endured the exact same thing .... i want to give them my support because they are hurting too ....

thanks for listening ... it's 3:59 a.m.

carry on,
~ jim

p.s. some of this could get posted at admin ...

some of it could get me canned ...

now i'm hungry for ('bina's?) dog's moist food ...

Nurse! ... more lexapro over here ! .. ... and keep 'em coming!

just starting to rain some here in austin, texas ...
~ j

 

re: Thank you! » lil' jimi

Posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:05:20

In reply to re: Thank you!, posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 2:15:37

Don't feel stupid for what you said. You spared us any ugly details and yet captured the tone with a succint description. I see it as a kindness. If I ever sent nasty emails I think I'd be grateful if the recipient described them that way and said no more about it. Dr Bob's interpretation is just ... kind of odd to me.

 

Re: Oh Jimi

Posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:24:22

In reply to Re: Nothing but spoon, posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:03:30

we just cross-posted. If you get banned I'm gonna get upset all over again. And here I managed to stay off Admin for a whole three hours or so.

Is there anything I can say to help? Besides that you didn't deserve what happened, and you don't deserve punishment for saying what happened in the usual human way with actual accurate descriptive words. But you knew that right?

 

re: Thank you! » Tabitha

Posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:30:07

In reply to re: Thank you! » lil' jimi, posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:05:20

hi Tabster,

> Don't feel stupid for what you said. You spared us any ugly details and yet captured the tone with a succint description. I see it as a kindness. If I ever sent nasty emails I think I'd be grateful if the recipient described them that way and said no more about it. Dr Bob's interpretation is just ... kind of odd to me. >

beyond Odd, to me ...

ever feel like selective enforcement is being used against you, so you can be made some kind of an example?

it's not what i said that's making me feel (iHATEthisword) stupid ... ... it's getting a lecture on how to say it right and not being able to understand the lesson! ... my "I-Statement" is not 'really' an I-Statement !! . ... ???

now i will experss myself after self-editing and self-censoring for cility's sake:

What the *************************************************************************************** is that?

sorry i was so profane ... ... i feel better now

~ jim

 

Re: Oh Jimi » Tabitha

Posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:34:02

In reply to Re: Oh Jimi, posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:24:22

> we just cross-posted. If you get banned I'm gonna get upset all over again. And here I managed to stay off Admin for a whole three hours or so.
>
> Is there anything I can say to help? Besides that you didn't deserve what happened, and you don't deserve punishment for saying what happened in the usual human way with actual accurate descriptive words. But you knew that right?
>
>

but it Is Very Sweet to hear it from you ... ... ... thank you very much ... ... i got to go to bed now ...
... we'll talk later ...
take care ,
~ sleepy jim

 

Re: blocked for week » lil' jimi

Posted by Dr. Bob on October 9, 2003, at 4:44:02

In reply to Re: Nothing but spoon, posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:03:30

> How hard is it to see that presuming on (preying upon) the hosptiality i feel honor bound to extend to strangers, under false pretenses, goes beyond the presumptiveness we call being rude, because it is actually fraud?

I'm not going to respond administratively to posts here, to discuss posting policies, please post to PBA...

> a sneak
>
> our abusers
>
> demented nasty-notes ... ...
>
> extemely, EXTREMELY Unsupportive missives that made me feel like someone wanted me to suffer and die ... ever heard of poison pen letters? ... these made me feel like they were poison pen letters, only a million times worse ... ... it was almost as if someone exercised deliberate malice aforethought to create prose to exact as much emotional damage and pain as possible through writing ... it was as if my suffering and my dying were specified ...

I'm sorry this has hit you so hard, but the idea here is not to post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down, so I'm going to block you from posting for a week.

> it made me feel even more threatened and hated after a while ...

Now *that* is an I-statement...

Bob

 

re: Thank you! » lil' jimi

Posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:55:59

In reply to re: Thank you! » Tabitha, posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:30:07

OK now I'm laughing, that laughing-through-the- pain type of laughing. Yup, the reprimands are so humiliating, makes you feel like an 8 yr old punished in front of the whole class. Then people go on and on about the exact details of your offense (I'm guilty here) desperately trying to make sense of policy, and you're sitting by feeling (a) forgotten, while at the same time (b) embarassingly focused upon. Well I guess it's your feelings that are forgotten, and your words that are embarassingly focused upon.

It's crazy. I'm sorry I added to the debate about the correct nature of an I-statement.

 

re: P.S. Jimi

Posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:59:18

In reply to re: Thank you! » lil' jimi, posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:55:59

well, while I was replying, Bob came by and did his thing. If you want to email me while banned, I'm silverfish2 at aol. Take care buddy!

 

re: P.S. Jimi » Tabitha

Posted by fallsfall on October 9, 2003, at 6:25:12

In reply to re: P.S. Jimi, posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 4:59:18

Tabitha,

If you happen to hear from jimi you could tell him that my email address is babble fallsfall at hotmail (but I don't necessarily check it every day). I wouldn't want to post to someone who is banned. But, in my opinion, this might be one of those times to shorten a one week ban.

I thought he was eloquent (wow, I spelled it right, but it looked so wrong that I looked it up).

Sigh

 

Hot apple pie with a touch of vanilla icecream (nm) » gabbix2

Posted by Susan J on October 9, 2003, at 8:34:34

In reply to Well....., posted by gabbix2 on October 8, 2003, at 20:48:44

 

Re: I'll join you, lil jimi

Posted by Dinah on October 9, 2003, at 9:05:37

In reply to Re: blocked for week » lil' jimi, posted by Dr. Bob on October 9, 2003, at 4:44:02

In fellowship and support and protest at questionable administrative decisions.

Except to refute misinformation about therapists and termination.

I'll see you and everyone in a week.

 

Re: Nothing but spoon » lil' jimi

Posted by Sabina on October 9, 2003, at 14:20:38

In reply to Re: Nothing but spoon, posted by lil' jimi on October 9, 2003, at 4:03:30

>>>>i got some ... hmmmmm ... things ... they made me feel like they were notes, maybe? ... to me anyway, just me ... i _Felt_ they were notes anyway ...

i laughed right out loud at that one. your wordplay was well executed, if not well received by dr. bob, in its entirety. i apologize that i also added to the attention to your words, and the whole i-statement thing. it just seemed so wrong to me that you should have been reprimanded at all. okay, maybe it wasn't an official i-statement, but c'mon...

it was a small, isolated, non-referenced phrase from someone who had been very, very hurt and who was, *i feel*, using a suitable amount of restraint and discretion.

come back soon, buddy.

hey, i used to live in austin, too.

 

Oh jimi : (

Posted by kara lynne on October 9, 2003, at 14:25:57

In reply to re: P.S. Jimi » Tabitha, posted by fallsfall on October 9, 2003, at 6:25:12

Tabitha,

If you happen to hear from jimi you could tell him that my email address is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

re: P.S. Jimi » fallsfall

Posted by Tabitha on October 9, 2003, at 14:57:03

In reply to re: P.S. Jimi » Tabitha, posted by fallsfall on October 9, 2003, at 6:25:12

Falls, as far as I know it's OK to post to someone who is banned. You're just not allowed to post any messages from them to the board while they're banned. So g'wan, give Jimi all the shout-outs you want.

 

Dinah you are a peach! (nm)

Posted by kara lynne on October 9, 2003, at 20:19:32

In reply to Oh jimi : (, posted by kara lynne on October 9, 2003, at 14:25:57


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