It was so good today....

Berzerker wrote:

StoneyMaroney wrote:

Ok, so my parents love freakin' ABBA
And there is this really good ABBA revival show. I mean, they are perfect.
I watched some youtube footage and read reviews and this is just some kind of time travel, you won't notice you are not right there in the seventies
after a few minutes. They are coming to my town next week, so I invited my parents over for that day, not telling them anything.
I'll just drive em there, give em the tickets and drive off as fast as I can
Got two tix today, this is gonna work out fine

nice of you bro

oooh ooooh - can I come too?? I Luv ABBA !!!

Bogle the Dark Angel wrote:

Berzerker wrote:

StoneyMaroney wrote:

Ok, so my parents love freakin' ABBA
And there is this really good ABBA revival show. I mean, they are perfect.
I watched some youtube footage and read reviews and this is just some kind of time travel, you won't notice you are not right there in the seventies
after a few minutes. They are coming to my town next week, so I invited my parents over for that day, not telling them anything.
I'll just drive em there, give em the tickets and drive off as fast as I can
Got two tix today, this is gonna work out fine

nice of you bro

oooh ooooh - can I come too?? I Luv ABBA !!!

I know that you do I found yer Abba collection, remember?
You know you can come here anytime, I believe the Abba show does a world tour though!
And I gotta say it again: Even though I don't dig Abba, that show is the most professional reconstruction of a band/period on stage
I've ever seen. If they ever do that with Led Zeppelin, I'm so going

Berzerker wrote:

QOTR wrote:

For the past few months, I've been trying to unlock the mystery of my dad's adoption. Today, we learned the birth-mother's name!!! I'm so frickin excited to see some progress. Now, the search shifts to trying to find her and see if she is still alive or if he has any siblings. My dad is so grateful and marvels at the wonders of the interwebz.

very nice

Yeah, cool, crossing my fingers for this to work out great

The dreaded wedding dress search is OVER found one, got it last night (it's formal, more black than white - not a big white tent)..........now for the rest of the bullshit



shoes.... on to shoes I can never find ANYTHING I like or fits right

got some "royal mail " today.....i was surprised and very happeh thank ya miss bogle!!!!

going to redlands tonight to see our friends husbands band

cant wait to see her

newmoon wrote:

The dreaded wedding dress search is OVER found one, got it last night (it's formal, more black than white - not a big white tent)..........now for the rest of the bullshit



shoes.... on to shoes I can never find ANYTHING I like or fits right

most excellent...and my PM box is open for any pics that might end up in there

Whoah, went ot see Avatar with a few friends...wait, I'll go tot he movie thread for that...

yay avatar

i got lots

doing nothing today....100 percent relaxing

having great friends

music

great food

and a good shit

StoneyMaroney wrote:

Ok, so my parents love freakin' ABBA
And there is this really good ABBA revival show. I mean, they are perfect.
I watched some youtube footage and read reviews and this is just some kind of time travel, you won't notice you are not right there in the seventies
after a few minutes. They are coming to my town next week, so I invited my parents over for that day, not telling them anything.
I'll just drive em there, give em the tickets and drive off as fast as I can
Got two tix today, this is gonna work out fine

You're really rocking on the gift-giving front of late. Be sure to tell us their reaction.

QOTR wrote:

StoneyMaroney wrote:

Ok, so my parents love freakin' ABBA
And there is this really good ABBA revival show. I mean, they are perfect.
I watched some youtube footage and read reviews and this is just some kind of time travel, you won't notice you are not right there in the seventies
after a few minutes. They are coming to my town next week, so I invited my parents over for that day, not telling them anything.
I'll just drive em there, give em the tickets and drive off as fast as I can
Got two tix today, this is gonna work out fine

You're really rocking on the gift-giving front of late. Be sure to tell us their reaction.

The thing is, my Great-aunt, who is th eonly one in the family with some serious dough,
was very generous for Christmas, so I could easily order myself a longboard and buy my parents the tickets.
Should be Christmas every week, I wouldn't have to go to work at all then
Plus I thought I might as well make my parents smile as long as I still have them.
My father needs to be reminded to enjoy life more instead of worrying about unimportant bullshit.
It's just too damn short.

StoneyMaroney wrote:

QOTR wrote:

StoneyMaroney wrote:

Ok, so my parents love freakin' ABBA
And there is this really good ABBA revival show. I mean, they are perfect.
I watched some youtube footage and read reviews and this is just some kind of time travel, you won't notice you are not right there in the seventies
after a few minutes. They are coming to my town next week, so I invited my parents over for that day, not telling them anything.
I'll just drive em there, give em the tickets and drive off as fast as I can
Got two tix today, this is gonna work out fine

You're really rocking on the gift-giving front of late. Be sure to tell us their reaction.

The thing is, my Great-aunt, who is th eonly one in the family with some serious dough,
was very generous for Christmas, so I could easily order myself a longboard and buy my parents the tickets.
Should be Christmas every week, I wouldn't have to go to work at all then
Plus I thought I might as well make my parents smile as long as I still have them.
My father needs to be reminded to enjoy life more instead of worrying about unimportant bullshit.
It's just too damn short.

YEa Stoney! very thoughtful....I woulda had kids if they would come out as sweet as you




















...ok that was bullshit - I still wouldn't have them

My dad has been here all week doing projects around the house. He painted the exterior during the week and we finished the deck today! It's been fun, because I learn so much and I don't get to see him often anymore. And I've been wanting this deck for ages, so I'm very excited. When I get over being dead tired and my sore muscles recover, I'll post pics.

QOTR wrote:

My dad has been here all week doing projects around the house. He painted the exterior during the week and we finished the deck today! It's been fun, because I learn so much and I don't get to see him often anymore. And I've been wanting this deck for ages, so I'm very excited. When I get over being dead tired and my sore muscles recover, I'll post pics.

yay...happy days!!!!!

A: I got my recalcitrant old feck of a car up the thick ice on the incline to get out of my road and get the kids to school - I used every trick in the book plus a LOT of swearing RESULT!!!!

B: Finding this on the BBC News site made me feel one HELL of a lot better about my inability to keep up good activities as much as I'd like:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8451000/8451264.stm?ls

Basically the pre-frontal cortex is not very powerful apparently and willpower has FA to do with gritting your teeth and being a disciplined person or a good solid upbringing - turns out that the more work you give the pre-frontal cortex the harder it struggles to do ANYTHING so for example if you want to diet but you work long hours it's going to be simply too exhausting to eat well when you get home, your pre-frontal cortex will have been overwhelmed by the long working day and you'll naturally pick the unhealthiest (and quickest) food simply because your PRC cannot accomplish the task of thinking sensibly when it is so exhausted and overworked!


Bearing this in mind, the first thing to do when trying to improve ourselves eg diet, exercise, quit smoking is to realise how feeble the pre-frontal cortex is and rely on techniques such as distraction to help us achieve our goals. Also we can 'work out' our PRC by doing something that requires constant conscious thought, like sitting straighter, that has shown to help the PRC cope with several tasks at once, improving its ability to allow us to achieve the difficult motivational goals we set ourselves. How cool is that?!

YAY!!! I am not PAIN AND FAIL!!! I just have a weak pre-frontal cortex!!! Where's that choccy cake?

13thAngel wrote:

got some "royal mail " today.....i was surprised and very happeh thank ya miss bogle!!!!

Yer welcome sweetie-pie - but DAMN - that took bloody ages to get to you ... I posted that waaaaaaaaaaay before Xmas ....


Thanks for the card and piccies you sent to me too - gawd I can see so much of you in Layne ... he's sooo sweet, and Joe too

hey Ren...congrats on having a weak frontal cortex

IT WARMED UP TODAY!!!!!!!1 Its a whole 23 degrees!!!!

hurry up April

renbolina wrote:

A: I got my recalcitrant old feck of a car up the thick ice on the incline to get out of my road and get the kids to school - I used every trick in the book plus a LOT of swearing RESULT!!!!

B: Finding this on the BBC News site made me feel one HELL of a lot better about my inability to keep up good activities as much as I'd like:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8451000/8451264.stm?ls

Basically the pre-frontal cortex is not very powerful apparently and willpower has FA to do with gritting your teeth and being a disciplined person or a good solid upbringing - turns out that the more work you give the pre-frontal cortex the harder it struggles to do ANYTHING so for example if you want to diet but you work long hours it's going to be simply too exhausting to eat well when you get home, your pre-frontal cortex will have been overwhelmed by the long working day and you'll naturally pick the unhealthiest (and quickest) food simply because your PRC cannot accomplish the task of thinking sensibly when it is so exhausted and overworked!


Bearing this in mind, the first thing to do when trying to improve ourselves eg diet, exercise, quit smoking is to realise how feeble the pre-frontal cortex is and rely on techniques such as distraction to help us achieve our goals. Also we can 'work out' our PRC by doing something that requires constant conscious thought, like sitting straighter, that has shown to help the PRC cope with several tasks at once, improving its ability to allow us to achieve the difficult motivational goals we set ourselves. How cool is that?!

YAY!!! I am not PAIN AND FAIL!!! I just have a weak pre-frontal cortex!!! Where's that choccy cake?

Good job on A and I am with ya on B..

Bogle the Dark Angel wrote:

13thAngel wrote:

got some "royal mail " today.....i was surprised and very happeh thank ya miss bogle!!!!

Yer welcome sweetie-pie - but DAMN - that took bloody ages to get to you ... I posted that waaaaaaaaaaay before Xmas ....


Thanks for the card and piccies you sent to me too - gawd I can see so much of you in Layne ... he's sooo sweet, and Joe too

i got saks sent off today too

and thanks for the kinds words

So if I've smashed my pre frontal a few times does that make it worse?
signed impulsive addict

newmoon wrote:

So if I've smashed my pre frontal a few times does that make it worse?
signed impulsive addict

I say yes!

QOTR wrote:

My dad has been here all week doing projects around the house. He painted the exterior during the week and we finished the deck today! It's been fun, because I learn so much and I don't get to see him often anymore. And I've been wanting this deck for ages, so I'm very excited. When I get over being dead tired and my sore muscles recover, I'll post pics.

new paint (it was a yucky gray before)


Buttercup says "First!"


Mojo eating (and quickly purging) the decking material


Done!

Cool
That's one thing I want to have in my life: A porch. where I can sit in a rockingchair and play blues harp
I know it sounds funny, but we rarely have any porches here in Germany. Balconies, yes, but no porches.