Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic Friday's chat 11/3/06

Ah, Mrs. Mosley, you're a better person than I am. I am certainly NOT someone to give advice for this topic! However, I'll use this forum as my confessional.

For ten months, a co-worker and I have been flirting with each other. We're both married with kids and neither of us would ever cheat on our spouses, but I suspect that if either of our spouses saw a video tape of how we act towards each other, the divorce papers would be drawn up, which neither of us wants. Nothing has ever crossed any line, and most of it isn't anything more than just casual comments ("Morning, Gorgeous!" "You look smokin' hot today.") But there is definitely a sexual charge between the two of us. Still, it's like "Moonlighting." Sexual tension and banter that would completely fizzle if anything ever came of it (which it WON'T). Are we bored, both of us having been with the same person since high school (about 17 years)? Maybe. Is it an emotional release for us while working in a stressful job? Absolutely! Do I feel guilty about my behavior? I just typed "not at all", but then deleted it. Now I'm stuck on "hmmmm..." A chorus from a Panic! At the Disco song is stuck in my head:

Keep quiet
Nothing comes as easy as you
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day

Well, at least it's the weekend. I can indulge my spouse in the kind of treatment that my flirt-mate will never receive. Then I'll go back to work on Monday and see how long I can hold my tongue before the cycle starts over again.

Come on people, confess with me. I can't possibly be the only one out here that has done this.

There's a couple ways to do it that are easier.

Right-click on the smiley in the list and select the option to preview it. It'll open in a tab and you can view it.

Or... get the updated version of the plugin - it'll show you the smiley in the sidebar as soon as you select it in the list. ( get it from here )

Gadfries, Yvonne, didn't they give you anything for pain? I thought it was standard to hand out the strong stuff for tooth pain. In the states, folks usually get something with oxycodone (Vicodin, Percoset, etc.) or something with codeine.
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Exactly, LabRat. That's why it's very important for people to teach kids to never run from a dog.

Wow, LabRat. It's amazing that you like dogs now. I'm glad you do!

I hate spiders, too. I'm glad I never came close to a tarantula when I lived in Puerto Rico. I would have totally lost it. Those three inch or so roaches were more than enough for me (and yes, I'm serious about the three inches. If I remember correctly that's about 8 centimeters. Yuck!) Then there were lizards and salamanders and frogs - even purple frogs. Thank goodness those didn't bother me so much.

You were probably also nauseated from the infection, DJ. Again, I'm aghast your dentist didn't call in a prescription for pain meds. I'm pretty sure the WHO's (World Health Orgainization not the musical group) pain guidelines would say this gets narcotics! Doctors have this habit of undermedicating their patients for fear of getting them addicted to pain meds when most people don't have the addictive personalities to even become drug addicts. (I will say that I've seen even non-addictive personalities seemingly get addicted to oxycontin. There's something weird about it.)

It's wonderful to hear about promotions and bonuses. I, on the onther hand, am actively looking for a job. Now if I could just get my printer and computer to work simultaneously so I get print a resume then I'd be good. Hah!

And yeah, DJ, it is normal to want to run from a dog. Oohh.. scary. I don't think I've ever been chased by a dog. I'm glad. I have been bitten by my mother's 'evil' poodle. Mom adopted her when she was around eight, and she came from a puppy mill and had had numerous litters. She was scared to death that everybody was going to hurt her. Mom has really done wonders with her.

I love that show!!

You dance away! Isn't it fun when you can do that?

Wow, Lara, should new glasses cause a headache? Are they the right prescription?

Oh, Wendy, dogs are such marvelous companions!! I wonder if you have really given them a chance. There not all slobber mouths like the village idiot. (I've seen those, too.)

And, oh wow, I'm so sorry to hear you got hurt. Yuck. Glad it wasn't worse.

Yes, LabRat, people need to control their dogs. Even the 'untrained' ones can be taught to leave people alone.

Maybe it's true that people don't pay much attention. Several years ago, I had hair past my butt. On a dare (I was ready anyway.), I got it cut into a bi-level - one side was at the level of my ear lobe, the other was just at my shoulder. You'd think at the very least people would have noticed that, wouldn't you? It was really pretty funny because of all the comments I'd always had about my gorgeous, long, curly hair. Then about 2/3 of them didn't notice when two feet of was gone. And that's a lot of hair.

At one time, you get codeine over the counter in the States just by signing for it. It was technically cough syrup, but it was still just codeine, so if you desperately needed something, then you could get it. No more. We can't even get Sudafed (psuedoephedrine) anymore without signing for it and showing ID.

Well, Rivka, try to have fun in New York.

What's a Smiley Extra 4 extension? How do I get it? Never mind - I'll try what Lara suggested.

Oh, what a fun thread.

I had the same thing about 6 months ago. I had my hair somewhere at my waist and cut it off in layers (at the front it was really short, at my back still over my shoulders) and NOBODY noticed.. only my best friend said to me: there's something different about you.. and it took her about half an hour to figure out what.. my hair was about 20 centimeters shorter!

Hmm and about my weekend.. There's gonna be a lot of studying in it unfortunately.. i wonder why i even have time to post here.. i should be studying..

Lara - thank you! <g> I installed the new version and it worked beautifully. Yay! Which just proves, if something is bugging you, you should whine about it to FoLCs. They'll usually have a solution. <g>

I think I was born loving dogs. I'm the type of person who can't imagine not having the company of one in my life and is utterly miserable without them.

When our German Shepherd, Khan, came to the end of his life, some years back now, we had to wait two weeks before we could pick up our new puppy, Max. I swear that was the worst two weeks of my life. I just couldn't stand the silence in the house. It was sheer torture.

I remember back when I was quite a young kid, my parents decided we weren't going to have another dog. They had to change their minds because I sunk into such a deep depression without one! I can still remember how I felt when one night my brother snuck into my room and told me he'd overheard our parents discussing getting a new dog after all because they were worried about me. It was kind of like only much bigger. <g> That dog was Patch. A labrador cross who became my childhood companion and best friend for many years. Although he was the family pet, we bonded instantly, love at first sight, and he was always really mine. I took him with me when I got married and he was a real character. I still miss him.


LabRat

Ok, it's not Friday anymore, but a couple quick responses.

Yep and yep, too. I have a high degree of astigmatism, this time that's what's gotten worse, not the myopia.. and whenever they change the "roundness" in the lenses just a little bit, it's like for the first day or so I'm looking through the end of a coke bottle (a glass one!) - it's deformed a little bit. Hard to explain.... it's all good now, though and I'm a happy camper again.

Well ok, that is way too obvious for people to miss, now. Mind you, guys usually miss anything unless you tell them to notice, but girls tend to see these things. At least, in my experience.

Perhaps people still do notice, but some just don't mention it. Or they are hesitant to say anything because they think they *should* have noticed before and they'll look like idiots for waiting until now to bring it up.... Enough with the theories anyway.

Well, you know... If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have gone looking for an updated version at all.. I didn't even have this on my home machine - I have it a work, go figure! - and when I said that you should right click and pick the option, I didn't know what the option was called, so I went and downloaded the plugin to find out and give you the right name for the things, only to find out there was a nicer version of it. hehehe! So, in fact, if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't even have known.

At least they still recognized you!

From the middle of 7th grade (I was 12) until my last year of high school, I had been growing my hair. When I was 17, it was about waist-length.

Then, April of 2001, I got it cut to a chin-length bob. I went into school the next day, and in my chorus class people were commenting on the "new student."

Although I'm not sure if I'd put my contacts in that morning or not, which could've been another reason they wouldn't recognize me--I wear my glasses EVERYWHERE, and rarely wear the contacts.

As for Friday--which was, of course, yesterday . . .

I was on my way home from work when I felt something vibrating on my right side. It turned out to be my cell phone, which was in my right coat pocket. I fished it out, only to see that I'd missed the call from my friend Jason, who I've known for about a decade from church.

So, I called him back, and he said he was getting together with a few friends to watch a movie or something, and did I want to go. I hadn't had a night out for ANYTHING in ages, so I readily agreed. I told him I'd check movie times and such while he called one of our other friends, and then he'd call me back.

I got home, then he called me back to say we were meeting at one of the local buildings of our church at 6pm, which was about a half an hour away from the time that it was. So, I told him I'd see him there, and started on my way.

He showed up later than 6pm, but that was ok. We decided to go to the $3, which shows movies that have been out of the first-run theaters for a while, and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. I'd never seen it before, and I liked it, especially the water wheel, and how EVERYBODY stopped what they were doing EVERY time that it went by.

After the movie, we all decided that it wasn't enough movie for us, so we stopped at a McDonald's and went to my house to watch She's the Man with my family's screen and projector.

By then, it was about midnight, so everybody else went home, and I stayed up for a little while longer to read some more of The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey (for the third time in my life) before going to sleep.

All in all, it was a pretty great Friday. Work wasn't as slow as I thought it would be, but it was still a little bit.

Today, I'm being industrious. I actually did the research I'd wanted to do before the election on Tuesday, so now I can honestly say that I'll be making an informed decision. I've done my Dutch class homework, and prepared for church tomorrow.

Now, I just have to take a shower and go out to fill up the gas tank in my Bug, so that I'll have enough gas for next week, then I can record as many audio fics, read as many fanfics or chapters in the book, play my guitar, or write as many chapters of fanfic as I want.

I should probably fold and put away my laundry too . . . although I don't HAVE to. I could do it tomorrow . . .

Can you tell I'm a procrastinator?

Hah!!
I've been putting off DOING laundry for umpteen days now. I am trying to make it to next Friday when my roommate's parents come to visit...they are donating a washer/dryer to us (yay), but I don't think I'll make it...time to scrounge up the change for a two dollars a load!

I need to type less til I get the internet Tuesday...I'm freezing my butt off on the porch while I steal my neighbors' wireless. <g> I'm bundled up in my granny's afghan and my hoodie while I listen to my arch nemesis bark at passers-by. I think I've finally determined he's not getting out of his home, so I started parking in front of my building again.

Jen

The best advice I ever got about laundry was from my mother-in-law. She said, don't stand there ironing an entire wash for hours. Just put clean washing away un-ironed and iron things individually as you bring them out and use them.

Makes sense when you think about it; why iron everything in bulk just for it to sit on a shelf behind closed doors when you can just fold it and iron when and if?

Saved me endlessly boring hours over the years that did. Course, might help that I used to loathe ironing with a vengeance and would have welcomed any excuse not to do it...


LabRat

That advice would be helpful--if I actually ironed anything, that is.

Me, I just take it out of the dryer, and let it sit for a week or more in the basket, taking out each piece of clothing as I want to wear it.

I usually end up folding/putting away the laundry (never ironing--even though some of my clothes probably should be ironed) on Sunday afternoons, right before I wash the dirty clothes. 'Cause I only have the one basket, and carrying the dirty clothes downstairs without the basket is tedious.

Exactly. Ironing is against my religion.

Rivka, you're a hoot!

Why do people always laugh when I say that? It's a very important tenet of, um . . .

. . . thereligionwhichhasnotyetbeennamed.

It is, in fact, the main tenet. It's a simple sort of religion. No rituals, and just the one rule.

Yup, that too. Which can seriously cut down on the putting-away-in-the-wardrobe time, too. Every little helps.

LabRat

My hubby does the laundry, but he refuses to put it away - mine, anyway, he does put his own away. So he dumps mine over the back of a chair in our office and three weeks out of four, I never get around to putting it away. I just pull stuff out of the stack as I need it. Why do I even bother with a closet?

LOL. I usually pile mine up on the recliner in the corner of the living room and then when it gets too tall a pile, dump it on top of the charity box in my office up here. I usually find it doesn't take too long to diminish and turn into the 'needing washed in the laundry box' category instead.

Course the only hazards to that is a/ you have to shake things vigorously before you wear in case any sneakius horribilus (aka spiders) have sneaked in meantime and b/ Homer's love of stealing socks (or my nighties for some reason) out of the pile and running off with them so you'll chase him. :rolleyes:

LabRat (who doesn't feel so much of a slob now. )

Omigosh. I do SO much laundry. Like three loads a day. If I didn't put it away, we'd be buried in it. So I do put it away, but I'm with rivka et al on the ironing. One piece at a time, and then only for special occasions. I'm talking funerals, weddings, baptisms here. If it's not a sacrament, I don't iron for it.

It made me insane when my kids were babies how many baby clothes they had (mostly given as gifts) that had to be ironed. Who's going to iron for a three-month-old? Who has TIME to iron with a three-month-old? And the minute you break down and iron that frilly little whatever, you can bet she'll mess it up in the first three minutes it's on her itty bitty body.

Recently our iron broke - a big piece of the handle cracked and fell off. I mentioned to my husband that we needed a new one. His response: "Why? You never use it anyway." I made like I was mortally offended, but the truth is, that was two months ago, and I haven't replaced the iron yet. Haven't missed it.

Caroline

LOL!!! That is so funny and so *me*! Although now that I think about it, I have been to both a wedding and a baptism in the last month and didn't iron for either one!