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What made you smile today?

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Sturgis
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 06:49 pm
Well I certainly do enjoy seeing certain teams lose. Of course as you can imagine the real thrill is seeing a baseball game going along very nicely for a team and there it is the 9th inning. There they are the top of the 9th winning by 4 or 5 runs and then...pfft! The other team (and at times it has been my beloved Yankees) comes in and stages a comeback! Sometimes it is over then and there and sometimes it heads into extra innings but the real delight was just seeing the detested teams lost victory. Hearing about the losing teams fans who left in the 8th inning knowing their team had 'won'. Or the alleged sports fan who shuts the radio or television off before that final inning is finished.

The best scenario possible for me however would be for the Red Sox to make it to the 7th game of the World Series and to be winning big time in the 9th and then...Pfft! They lose! (apparently I am still in pain from last years horrendous slaughter).

Oh, and I just saw the Boston mention on your name tag, I want to make clear my detestment of the Green Monster Bumblers has nothing to do with you. As you know it is just a Yankee requirement. By the way have they traded off Manny Ramirez yet? First they lost Pedro and now Manny. Ah, this is sweet!
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 06:50 pm
The powers that be at the scrabble site say mrmoogie isn't a registered handle.....
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 06:54 pm
You're still playing at the scrabble site?
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bbaptiste
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 06:55 pm
littlek wrote:
The powers that be at the scrabble site say mrmoogie isn't a registered handle.....


Maybe, I'm at the wrong site.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 06:59 pm
Gus, I haven't played in months.

BB - at www.isc.ro?
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bbaptiste
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 07:05 pm
littlek wrote:
I don't doubt for a second that people get a bigger rush from booing rivals than from rooting for their fav team - though, seeing the red sox win the series was unbelievable, even for this luke warm fan. I had great fun booing the Yankees when they played off against the Indians (sometime in the late 90s when I was a bartender in GA).

Tell me when you're likely to be on scrabble, BB.


I'll be on the site around 11pm (real exciting social life here). I need to reinstall the software first
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 07:08 pm
ooookay, but are you mrmoogie there?
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bbaptiste
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 07:09 pm
Sturgis wrote:
Well I certainly do enjoy seeing certain teams lose. Of course as you can imagine the real thrill is seeing a baseball game going along very nicely for a team and there it is the 9th inning. There they are the top of the 9th winning by 4 or 5 runs and then...pfft! The other team (and at times it has been my beloved Yankees) comes in and stages a comeback! Sometimes it is over then and there and sometimes it heads into extra innings but the real delight was just seeing the detested teams lost victory. Hearing about the losing teams fans who left in the 8th inning knowing their team had 'won'. Or the alleged sports fan who shuts the radio or television off before that final inning is finished.

The best scenario possible for me however would be for the Red Sox to make it to the 7th game of the World Series and to be winning big time in the 9th and then...Pfft! They lose! (apparently I am still in pain from last years horrendous slaughter).

Oh, and I just saw the Boston mention on your name tag, I want to make clear my detestment of the Green Monster Bumblers has nothing to do with you. As you know it is just a Yankee requirement. By the way have they traded off Manny Ramirez yet? First they lost Pedro and now Manny. Ah, this is sweet!


I'm not a Red Sox fan, but I love Manny. The Boston fans are looking bad booing him. Baseball is not an obsession of mine (thank god).
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bbaptiste
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 07:10 pm
littlek wrote:
ooookay, but are you mrmoogie there?


Allegedly, I'm mrmoogie and bbaptiste. All will be resolved in an hour or so.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 30 Jul, 2005 07:24 pm
okiedokie
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margo
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 02:04 am
I've been trawling through my computer - and found some old Abuzz threads!
Laughing about Moony's "Who buggered Abuzz?" - part of which covers Lil K's time in Oz! Bloody funny!

There was some great writing in dem days!
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 03:56 pm
Buying a new bicycle for the first time in mmmmmmmmmm 32 or 33 years.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 04:46 pm
Margo - threads you'd saved?

Beth - I got a good grin when I bought mine and it'd only been 15 years.
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squinney
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:00 pm
Picturing the possibility of me riding a bicycle just made me smile. Okay, actually laugh out loud and slap my knee.

I started walking a couple of miles a day with Bear this past week. That pretty much taxes out all my coordination, so Biking is out of the question.

Congrats, ehBeth!

Oh, and I got a job today! Very Happy
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:04 pm
Hooray on the job, Squinney!

The 14 year old boys in the neighbourhood are quite taken by the bicycle. After being interviewed by 3 guys in 2 shops, I was talked into a mountain bike - apparently best for the kind of riding I'd do around here. But I'm not used to the extra bounce I'm getting with the fancy dual suspension. Maybe I'll make it off my home block tomorrow Confused
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squinney
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:08 pm
Mountain bike... Does that mean you got gears to change and stuff? That always threw me off. Never could do it wiout popping the chain.

Hey, if the 14 year olds like it, ya did all right.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:11 pm
21 speeds, no less!

I've figgered that out - and the quick-release for the front wheel ... now to cope with how it feels to ride. I've sent an email to BoGoWo begging for advice.
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Eva
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:11 pm
Tell us about the job, squinney.

<pouring self a Coke and propping up feet to listen>
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:22 pm
Sitting down with a glass of white wine.... listening.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 31 Jul, 2005 05:27 pm
putting

http://www.independentdistillers.com.au/Portals/6127493e-1e84-4efa-b680-a14a91a85928/Mudshake_Chocolate.jpg

in the freezer


getting ready to hear about the job
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