"A Moncton choir has an unusual rehearsal venue — a swimming pool, where they also multitask by practicing their aqua aerobics at the same time."
- Scott of Two Countries
from Bookmarklet
Yeah, so what is the proper way to tell someone I'm glad they got work... playing organ for a funeral? "Oh, great! I mean, not that there was a death... but it's nice that they called you to play!"
- Ladybug Heather
I'd go with "I'm glad they called you to play!" :) [as a side note, my grandmother played organ at a funeral home for most of her life]
- Jennifer Dittrich
The service went well, but it was looooong. (Partly because it makes for a longer service when there's Communion as part of the funeral service, but mostly because one of the people offering "reflections" went on for a long time. He was a good speaker so it wasn't as horrible as it could have been, but was a big reason the last hymn finished at 2:20pm for a 1pm funeral.)
- Scott of Two Countries
And so, lemonade addiction claims another victim. JUST SAY NO - STOP THE MADNESS!!!
- Ladybug Heather
Stay tuned for the Discovery Channel original documentary, Lemonade: The Silent Killer.
- Josh Haley
And in case you are getting any ideas, it's not true that limes are less addictive than lemons. So don't go substituting one addiction for another!
- Scott of Two Countries
Limeade, Scott? You have limeade? Where? Pour me some - FAST! *trembles in her desk chair*
- Ladybug Heather
You think you're trembling now?!?!? Just wait until you take a sip of this over-sugared Minute Maid limeade, young lady! It'll take you to places you never dreamed of!
- Scott of Two Countries
Oooo - that's the stuff all juiced up with HFCS! I only have Simply Limeade here. *twitch* *twitch*
- Ladybug Heather
Also, you whippersnapper, who are you calling YOUNG?!? *peering over her glasses at you, and crossing her legs under the plaid schoolgirl miniskirt*
- Ladybug Heather
Well, up here...probably not HFCS...that seems to be a US thing. And I'm not going to comment further on that outfit (yours OR Johnny's)!
- Scott of Two Countries
I'm still waiting for him to turn around so we can see his buttular regions.
- Ladybug Heather
Oh noes! Don't say there's a butt shot! Aaargh!
- WorldofHiglet
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Loving Life
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Loving Life
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark "DerBingle" J
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
So I was reminded today why chronically ill patients, especially chronic pain patients, hate going to the ER, even when they really need to. Last night, my left wrist started hurting very badly, sharp pain, acute pain, injury pain rather than the chronic achiness. After RICE, it woke me up through the night, and I was in tears this morning. ...
So at 6am, I decided to take my wrist to the ER. Got up around 6:30, got ready to go, got to the ER about 8am. There was nobody in the waiting room, and only one door closed in the whole area. I got triaged and registered quickly, and the nurse came in to go over symptoms and medications with me. She was very bright, and fascinated by what Ehlers-Danlos can do to the body. ...
- Ladybug Heather
After a while, the doctor came in. Dr. McLaughlin, of Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, at the Sentara Princess Anne medical center. He spent about 90 seconds in the room with us. He did not actually *look* at the injured wrist, but felt it and moved it a very little bit (to much wincing and tensing up on my part). No x-rays were ordered. ...
- Ladybug Heather
He made a snide remark about the document I'd brought, which had a list of my meds, a couple notes on painkillers, and a quick description of what's going on in my left arm and hand. Then he offered me a single dose of vicodin (which "your big essay" had documented as being one of the meds I have a tolerance to), though he claimed he had "All these emergency patients" when I said that someone would have to call the pain management office to clear it first. ...
- Ladybug Heather
By that time, there were exactly 2 other emergency room patients, but as I relive this, I recall him emphasizing the word "emergency" in that phrase. In other words, I didn't qualify as an emergency patient. Then he said, "My examination doesn't show any signs of dislocation or anything else. Your connective tissue disorder must be flaring. Just follow up with one of your people." He ordered an 800mg dose of ibuprofen, gave me a script for the same, and then got himself out of the exam room quickly. ...
- Ladybug Heather
I just sat there for a moment, completely stunned, before I turned to Scott and said, "Well. Now you see why I never come to the emergency room." He was pretty pissed off, too. When the nurse came back in, she could tell that I was fighting back tears of frustration. She recognized the power imbalance in the situation, apologized many times, and after hearing what had happened assured us that she would be discussing the experience with her manager. ...
- Ladybug Heather
So I'm still in pain. The wrist is continuing to swell. I'm out my $50 copay, and in return I got a wrist splint (one size too large) and wasted half my workday. I know that there is at least a partial dislocation, but I'm not sure whether it's in my wrist or my elbow. EDS patients are instructed NOT to try to put our own joints back into place, to always go to the doctor or ER for this. ...
- Ladybug Heather
The thing is, I know my body. I know what a pain flare feels like, and I know what an acute injury feels like. I've had plenty of experience with both. So next time, Dr. McLaughlin, I'd really appreciate it if you could LOOK at your patients and LISTEN to them and maybe ASK them why they came to the ER on a weekday morning rather than calling one of their regular caregivers. Of course, then you might just have to take care of them. You know, along with all TWO of your emergency patients.
- Ladybug Heather
Health care professionals should have mandated annual Personal Objectivity Training. As in, reminding them people are not objects by forcing them to be the patient in various situations and treating them like they get used to treating us. I'm serious, btw. Even the most compassionate find it happening to them when overworked or simply seeing the river of patients over time. *hugs*
- Michael W. May
Best wishes. I know all to well how it is. A month prior I was taken off of my pain medication which was a extremely low narcotic the same as you mentioned above. She gave no reason that made sense, her story changed three times. -- The nurse is a family friend and he visited a few days following, the reason; she was over quota (doctors here can only prescribe a limited number) by 30...
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- H0llywoodWh0re
oh, Heather, what a horrible experience. I'm so sorry. I hope you find relief and a decent doctor soon. That Dr. McCrappy should be censured in some way.
- Ruth, just Ruth
Yeah... I'm definitely going to find the Patient Bill of Rights for the company and give them a response. Effect of the one-size-too-large wrist splint? The thumb-hole rubs on my skin. Well, Ehlers-Danlos patients have really fragile skin, so while the compression and additional support are helpful, I've now have an angry red rash. Gah! I don't LIKE to be a complainer, but I'm so PISSED!
- Ladybug Heather
And Holly? Mega-super-duper-ultra hugs and prayers. That so totally sucks. :-(
- Ladybug Heather
God, that sucks. And makes me mad to read. Thank god for health personnel that actually care. I hope that nurse fixes his wagon for him. And I hope you're able to get some relief and solution for the wrist soon, Heather.
- Spidra Webster
Thank you, everyone! I found the Bill of Rights (http://www.sentara.com/Patient...), and submitted my 255 characters on the "Contact Us" form, where comments, complaints, and questions are directed. We'll see how that goes...
- Ladybug Heather
That makes me so mad. I'm so sorry you had not only such a disrespectful medical "professional" see you, but I'm also concerned that he's made things worse for you physically. :(
- Laura H.
Hi Heather - My name is Amy and I work for Sentara. We're sorry to hear about your experience. We received your Contact Us form on Friday and our patient advocate at the Sentara Princess Anne campus has followed up by emailing you as requested. Please let me know if you did not get her email for any reason. She's looking forward to listening to your concerns. Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
- Amy Sandoval
Last night, we went to see light displays in two different places. We tried to visit Christmas Town at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, but the park was at capacity and they were turning everybody away.
- Scott of Two Countries
"The new scoring system will award 25 points to the winner of a GP, 20 points to the second place finisher, 15 for third, 10 for fourth, 8 for fifth, 6 for sixth, 5 for seventh, 3 for eighth, 2 for ninth and a single point for 10th place."
- Scott of Two Countries
from Bookmarklet
It amounts to nearly the same ratios as now for the first few places -- just stretches the back end so points are awarded to 10th. I wonder what it does to driver contracts where more money is awarded for points scored.
- Brian Sullivan
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up.
- Scott of Two Countries
from Bookmarklet
Scott just got a great status update from US Immigration: "On December 11, 2009, we ordered production of your new [green] card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service...."
My wrist is messed up. Hey! Scott! Toss Jim his power cord, mmkay?
- Ladybug Heather
Have you seen me throw?!?!? With my luck, it'll end up landing in the Chesapeake Bay...and even if not, I don't think I have the arm strength to reach Delaware, let alone get it back to Jim! Where did you hide the trebuchet, dear?
- Scott of Two Countries
Ah, Joe, you're just jealous 'cause YOU don't have a trebuchet!
- Ladybug Heather
Um...Jim...look up! Uhoh...if my earth-curvature-correcting super-binoculars don't deceive me, I think the cord landed on a power line and is now dangling out of reach. Don't ask me WHAT you're going to use to get it down from there!
- Scott of Two Countries
I reminded you! If you can't even remember that I told you, let alone what I reminded you to take with you, you recall can not be trusted... :P
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I also reminded you to wear pants. Don't tell me...
- AJ Batac
@Ladybug: i may not have a trebuchet, but i DO have a Trojan Rabbit!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Back from an unsuccessful driving test. Frustrated with myself. Wanting to hibernate for about a week. Disappointed. I wasn't ready; I knew it; the test confirmed it. Still frustrated, though. I mean, I wouldn't have passed me, based on the test I drove. As an adult it's worse, because it feels like I'm a failure at something basic and expected.
:( if it's any consolation I failed mine first time - you will be much better next time. Don't be too hard on yourself! Take a little break from even thinking about it and then you'll come back to it knowing what you need to do.
- WorldofHiglet
Thanks...I know I'll do better with more practice...I just tend not to do disappointment without overdoing disappointment. And when you end up with a wheel up on top of the curb before you even get out of the parking lot...I'm amazed she let the test continue. I know I can do it at some point. I'm just tired of it being not yet. And a little frustrated with myself for even daring to think I was ready.
- Scott of Two Countries
I failed 6 times before I passed: driving tests are just not certain people's things. I psyched myself out and got extremely nervous due to having someone stare at me for twenty minutes, knowing that they're judging every single little thing I do. What helped me finally pass it was driving about an hour every day for 3 months to make driving feel as comfortable as walking: if driving doesn't feel like second nature, it'll be much much harder.
- Mark Trapp
How about 'O Holy Night' sung by really terrible singers? Or the mere existence of the songs 'Christmas in America' or that awful one about the shoes?
- Ladybug Heather
(Psssst! Hey, Scott! The plural of Claus would be Clauses, so your second observation there just looks silly. :-P )
- Ladybug Heather
Oh, you know me, Heather...I could write an essay for all the Christmas MUSIC pet peeves.
- Scott of Two Countries
And that only sounds silly if it's read to you. After all, without the puns, the elves would have to be subordinate Clauses, not subordinate clauses. ;-) (I think fast, don't I?)
- Scott of Two Countries
Scott is back from a worthwhile practice session on the roads during lunch hour: Holland, Rosemont, Lynnhaven Pkwy, S Independence, Buckner, through TCC to Princess Anne Rd, Edwin, Holland Rd, and back home. 10.8 miles + a parking lot, a parallel parking 1st attempt (with no car behind), a gas station. A little more lane-changing practice (and few...
...trips into parking lots) and I think I'll be ready to try this test.
- Scott of Two Countries
Wow...that's stupid. FF imports the entire status from Facebook, but truncates the display. When I went to edit, the entire status was there, but so far as I know there's no way to get FriendFeed to show it!
- Scott of Two Countries
Oops: In the first line, change "lunch hour" to "rush hour." Fortunately, my brain was firing better on the roads.
- Scott of Two Countries
I flip through the TiVo menu all the time, but haven't actually flipped channels since we got cable menus. That was probably late 90s.
- Rochelle
I surf the menu, unless I'm watching on a TV without cable (or shitty cable, like at the family cottage in NH). My mom, grandma, and (surprisingly) my best friend still go through the channels the "old fashioned way".
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Sometimes I do it in hopes something will magically appear, hasn't happen yet but I believe in hope
- Kim Landwehr
I find that with most TiVos/cable boxes there's too much of a delay between channels to make channel surfing "work." You seem to waste 5 seconds waiting for the new channel's signal to appear. (That, and our current boxes seem to have this odd hiccough where sometimes they won't update the onscreen info properly when you do a bunch of turning the channel...every 2nd channel doesn't seem to update the info at all.)
- Scott of Two Countries
An interesting study. 13 subjects were asked to toss a coin 300 times, told the 2 who got the highest %age of "heads" would win free coffee vouchers. ALL the participants were able to toss more heads than tails.
- Scott of Two Countries
from Bookmarklet
I need to have two meals before then! (But then I'm usually awake between 3 and 5 am) And I've been sick, so I haven't even been eating as well as usual, so I really need to stay on top of it, or I end up "paying for it."
- Scott of Two Countries
Two holiday classics... I have to go with Charlie Brown though... "Christmas Time Is Here" with Guaraldi on piano is just a beautiful song.
- Nathan Chase
Tough one. Think I have to go with Charlie Brown.
- Jim Hearts FF
Grinch - it is all about the grinch cause it reminds me of my family. :-/
- Alternating Reality Books
I love the Grinch, but I think I have to choose Charlie Brown, simply for the fact that Jim Carrey has yet to make a complete and total mockery of it. I can't watch the original Grinch anymore without thinking of Jim Carrey being a complete moron for 90 minutes.
- Curtiss Grymala
Charlie Brown, without a doubt - it gets to the heart of the season. The Grinch is just too mean for me to really want to watch it.
- Scott of Two Countries
Charlie Brown. I enjoy The Grinch, but there's just something about that little Christmas tree in Charlie Brown.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
This is a tough one. They both have good messages...hmmmm...I'm going to go with The Grinch. While I love the soundtrack to Charlie Brown, the animation is so much more creative in The Grinch.
- Kenton
I'm for Charlie Brown. Enjoy the Grinch, too, but Charlie Brown makes me tear up every time. And the soundtrack rocks.
- Mary Beth Sancomb Moran
"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about!?" "Sure Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about." http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Nathan Chase
I'm not particularly religious, but that scene is powerful no matter what you believe.
- Nathan Chase
Charlie Brown all the way. I'm Jewish and I still consider that show to be a highlight of December.
- Akiva Moskovitz
have to watch both of them every year
- VAL D. Zone
"No, nothing will change... they'll just FEEL more democratic!"
- Ladybug Heather
And Stephen Fry does such a great job of pushing it and making it appear like a perfectly reasonable solution. Oh, yes, and the last line is perfect!
- Scott of Two Countries
This looks like a neat idea of a way to keep seniors living independently, but lowering the risk of serious injuries going undetected for days. Some privacy concerns to be carefully dealt with (who would have access to the data from these devices?) but a chance at great benefits.
- Scott of Two Countries
from Bookmarklet
Overall, it sounds like a wonderful idea. One sad implication may be that these seniors get fewer visits from caregivers and loved ones. "Oh, grandma is okay, so we'll visit her next week."
- Ladybug Heather
You've got to love a comic that can both break the fourth wall and go for an awful pun (and a musical one, too!)
- Scott of Two Countries
from Posterous
Joey, I hope so, but it's been broken for a month. For now, I'm using the bookmarklet if I really want to share an Amazon link (and looking for another aggregator)
- Greg Guitarbuster
I'm taking this opportunity to add all the really embarrassing stuff to my Wish List without anyone on FF knowing...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Greg, I thought about that but I'd like it all from one place so if it gets fixed I don't want to re-add it. I'd just like to know if there is a plan to fix it or if I should give up.
- joey
I really miss seeing items that my friends share from Amazon.
- Greg Guitarbuster
"FriendFeed.com will continue to operate normally." - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009... -- obviously Facebook has a different definition of "operate normally" than the rest of us, if they can leave a supported feed broken for so long!
- Scott of Two Countries
Sigh. I would just like to know if it will ever get fixed or not.
- joey
It is October16, 2009 and my favorite feed still does not work :(
- Mark Horne
I love that no one cares to respond to this room at all. It's a wonderful alienation tool
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Whew. It isn't just me. Sure would be nice to have this fixed for Christmas. If they don't plan on fixing it, why is it still an option in the add/edit list?
- Becca
Joey, thanks for asking again. I was thinking the same. It's been 3 months now.
- Greg Guitarbuster
Amazon feeds should be working again. Sorry for the delay in getting this fixed.
- Benjamin Golub
Down to 98.9 this morning at 3:30...will keep an eye on it, but I'm feeling a lot better this morning, though still slow-moving (in both body and mind). But I slept pretty much straight through from about 6:30pm until 3:30am, which is an incredible night's sleep for me.
- Scott of Two Countries
This is one of my favorite specials and I haven't seen it in ages. :) (The Christmas one, I mean...I don't think I've seen the others...and if I did, they must have been of the "ick, that's not worth watching" variety)
- Scott of Two Countries
I love this too, but we showed it to our kids last year and they totally didn't get it.
- Kenton
We saw this in a store this week and I've vowed to purchase it next payday. Heather looks at me like I have two heads when I express this.
- Scott of Two Countries
Nov, 27 2009: Davis Freeburg won last week with his guess of 10,318.16. DJIA closed down for the week at 10,309.92. Last week's guesses: http://friendfeed.com/dow-gue... Please leave your guesses for next week as comments on this thread and thanks for playing! Week 42 starts here!
Get your guesses in while you still can. Looks like you have a higher than usual chance of winning this week with the low holiday weekend turnout.
- Alex Scoble
If only there hadn't been the half-day of trading on Friday...I'd thought of the game on Thursday, but didn't get back to it on the weekend. Oh, well...there's always next week.
- Scott of Two Countries
I'm pretty sure that CW won this one.
- Alex Scoble
Interesting. I'd always heard the opposite... unless by talking about our goals, we hear mostly negativity in response. (Disclosure: haven't read the link yet.)
- Ladybug Heather
The theory they developed is that by announcing the goal, you receive a "premature sense of completeness" that distorts your perception. I'm not sure I buy it either, but I thought it was interesting to think about. They also speculate: "Expressing your goals not in a self-satisfied way (”I’m really gonna do it!”) but in a dissatisfied manner (”I really need to do X, kick my butt if I don’t”) might help to disrupt that “premature sense of completeness.”"
- Scott of Two Countries
Rough day today. My wife was having trouble swallowing last night. She got up early this morning and continued to feel like something was lodged in her throat. She went to the ER this morning and they told her she needed to drink a big Coke, hold it down and get a good belch going because she had food lodged in her throat (below her airway).
Scott was pleasantly surprised to end the evening with some singing voice left! Especially because I'd been afraid I wouldn't have any at the START, let alone after a couple of hours! Can't wait until Sunday!
I was also glad to find that I'd received the confirmation that Immigration had received the birth certificate I sent them. Crosses fingers for fast processing!
- Scott of Two Countries