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Post by janetcatbird on Oct 12, 2005 14:13:32 GMT -5
So, if we start referring to you as "Hot Mama Trisha" will you laugh or go upside our heads?
For colds and stuff the best thing for me has been to stay rested--I get worn down and everything goes to blah. Fluids in general are good: orange juice (Vitamin C), any kind of hot tea, I don't know that echinacea is especially effective but it feels good going down. But I know several singer/musician types, and their mantra is "zinc and flush". Fortified cough drops and as much water as you can stand.
--Catbird
PS: And the weather report is to get back to 80 this week! Huh? I would like my FALL, thank you! The leaves aren't even changing yet, not even in the mountains.
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Post by NicoleMarie on Oct 12, 2005 15:18:53 GMT -5
RE Catcalls: I'm with Trisha. Being hooted at when a call goes flying by is startling! Being honked at is the absolute worst!! If I'm on the street or inside and get hooted at, my reaction depends on how I percieve the hoots. If I think it's threatening or demeaning, I simply ignore them, I try very hard not to respond. If I think the guys are just clowning around or being silly, I'll laugh and keep on going. What really freaks me out is being approached by strange men in that manner. And God forbid if some guy hoots at me when my husband is with me! He goes ballistic screaming at them! "Leave my wife alone!!!" Feel better Trisha and Jaquetta!
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Post by Cassie on Oct 12, 2005 16:50:26 GMT -5
Ok….Catbird….I want to touch on your subject a bit…… but more on the same sex I have never had a woman ask me out. I don’t think I would have a problem with that. I would decline, because I am married. Never had Cat calls from a woman. but a couple of times in the girls room. I felt, well a little uncomfortable. The first time was when I was just starting out in the work force. I was in the girls room chit chatting with a another girl, adjusting my pantyhose. and for the life of me, I couldn’t understand, why she had a silly grin on her face. I went out and commented to my co-workers. They all laughed and told me she was gay. Ok….I was taken back a bit. and felt that maybe we should have separate bathrooms, so no one would feel funky….Of course that never happened. She always waved to me, when she saw me. The years went by and I got another job. I worked for a vending company and I worked mostly with the mechanics. We went into different companies throughout the area. At this one company. There was Jack/Jackie. This is about 1990 when sex change operations where just starting to come out of the closet. Whenever I went into this company, eventually I would have to hit the girls room. Every time that I would come out of the stale in the girls rooms. Jackie would be standing there at the sinks. She would say “hi” in a deep husky voice. she would start to chit chat me….and of course I ran out. I remember going back to the shop the one day….complaining about her to the guys that I worked with. and Cliff told me I was full of myself…because when Jackie was Jack….he was always in the boys room at the urinal checking him out. As the years have gone by….I wish I could say to Cliff……hey Cliff, Jack/Jackie was bisexual….. I don’t have a problem with people being gay….but I think the bathrooms definably should be off limits for any kind of flirting. Trisha....Therma Flu and Vitamin C's work for me oh and Catbird...where did you see Richard Belzer do his imitation of Bob Dylan?
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Post by Sirenna on Oct 12, 2005 17:37:19 GMT -5
Today was hellish at work - busy and problematic. I need another hooky day.
I was really scatterbrained today too - typos and forgetting who I just called etc. Does anyone have days like that when seemingly for no reason at all you're just especailly clumsy or forgetful?
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Post by NicoleMarie on Oct 12, 2005 18:34:49 GMT -5
Yes, Sirenna. I have days like that too. Or days where it seems like nothing goes right!
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Post by janetcatbird on Oct 12, 2005 18:35:49 GMT -5
I've never had a woman hit on me, but I really don't care. If they were genuinely and politely asking me out I'd probably say something like "Well, I'm flattered, but I'm not gay so I don't have those kinds of feelings," and remain courteous in any future interaction. If it was a catcall or something I'd ignore it. When we went to New York in the spring one of my roommates (4 of us) was a matter-of-fact bisexual who would flirt with another bisexual girl who was in a different room, but it wasn't any big deal. As to the Richard Belzer does Bob Dylan, it was an interview on NPR. When Dylan turned 60 back in 2001 one of the rock critics on "Fresh Air" did a little gush-fest. (I'm sorry, I'm not a big fan.) Anyways, at the end of the segment they played a clip from an old 1987 interview with Richard Belzer. Belzer spoke about it was so strange to have a hero who was a Jew growing up as a teenager, so he imagined what Bob Dylan's bar mitzvah sounded like, and then Dylan as an old man. Quite funny: Hebrew read in Dylan-speak, and then an old man with a stereotypical Yiddish accent (is that the right term?) yelling the lyrics to "Like a Rolling Stone" in a scolding fashion. Here's the link, but if you want to skip Ken Tucker and go straight to Belzer fast forward to the 5:00 mark. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123404Apparently Belzer did a segment on his CD "Another Lone Nut" called "The Ballad of Bob Dylan". The one-minute sample I could access on amazon.com was funny, but incomplete. But it's freaky how good his imitation is. Also, if you search NPR's website www.npr.org for "Richard Belzer" you can find some other stuff. Bob Edwards spoke to him some years ago about "National Lampoon's Radio Hour" and there was an extended segment on "Homicide: Life on the Street" but since I never saw the show (except for Mothership crossovers--Munch and Lenny!) I didn't listen to much of it. I'll put this on the SVU thread as well. Hope work goes better Sirenna. I need to go read Christina of Markyate so I can curl up with a movie tonight. But at least I found people to share brunswick stew for supper, yay Boy Scout fundraisers! --Catbird
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Post by NikkiGreen on Oct 13, 2005 16:26:59 GMT -5
Did you all know that today is Dessert Day? And that there are actually cards out there for it?
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Post by janetcatbird on Oct 16, 2005 15:41:13 GMT -5
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Post by BegToDiffer on Oct 22, 2005 20:27:14 GMT -5
The only cat calls I get these days happen if I oversleep. By 6:05 a.m. the cats don't want to wait any longer to eat. I usually respond with a flying pillow.
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Post by Sirenna on Oct 23, 2005 16:29:34 GMT -5
I entered on of those radio phone-in contests the other day while I was on the bus on my way to work and I won a hundred bucks! I get to go to a party at the Hilton to meet with some other winners on Tuesday to vie for the big bucks prize. The odds of winning are 40,300 to 1. Actually it's 40,320 to 1 so I'll be happy if I come away with even a few extra consolation bucks .
Has anyone ever entered any of these contests? Is it a scam or do you really get stuff?
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Post by trisha on Oct 23, 2005 17:23:15 GMT -5
Awesome! My cousin won a trip to France to see a Green Day concert from a radio station. It was no scam. Lucky duck. Hope you win some more prizes, or, at the very least, that the Hilton has an open bar
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Post by Sirenna on Oct 23, 2005 17:52:05 GMT -5
Well the check didn't bounce so I'm hopeful.
There's a million bucks up for grabs. Where do radio stations get that kind of dough? but with 40,000 to one odds (I worked it out at work - we're very numbers driven there) and only a couple hundred of us with one shot each, I'm not holding my breath. It's a cash bar :-( but I do plan to overdose on the hors d'oeurves.
It was funny qualifying though. I was on the bus when I called in. The DJ made me say hello to all the passengers and talked to the bus driver!
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Post by Cassie on Oct 23, 2005 17:59:13 GMT -5
Have fun Sirenna, I won something years ago, forget what it was. We went to the event and they tried to sell us time shares. We didn't buy, but we had fun window shopping. My friend and I took the kids to the Halloween parade in town thursday night. It was weird watching a parade at night. but the funniest part was when all of the farm tractors came down the road. look like they were getting ready for a big race. We giggled cause you wont see them at the Mummer's Parade
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Post by Metella on Oct 24, 2005 7:35:13 GMT -5
Congrats! Yeah, I think they do all those give-aways; but like Cassie said, sometimes there are "marketing" hoops you have to smile through. But I'd smile and nod for some free bucks.
Enjoy.
Halloween parade before Halloween! how awful. I've got my candy ready for next Monday - bring on the little spooks!
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Post by jaquetta on Oct 24, 2005 15:02:54 GMT -5
I wonder if I'll get any trick or treaters - I used to get a couple of hundred (suburbs) but I think maybe 10 came to the door last year. The times they are a changin'.
BegtoDiffer, that's the kind of cat calls I get now! Darn cats.
Oh no! I missed Dessert Day on 10/13. Can I make up for it now, NikkiGreen? Okay, I realize you were merely reporting, but still. Dessert Day? With cards? Has Hallmark no shame at all?
Sirenna, I have days like that all the time. (Clumsy, dumb, etc - I'm catching up, can you tell?) I've never won anything (because apparently you have to play - who made up those rules? It's discriminatory.) but I had a friend who won albums (to give you an idea of how long ago) and he had to drive to SF to get them.
I can't believe October is almost over. I barely registered the month. I've got Jury Duty on Thursday but they never, ever, ever pick me but I keep trying.
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