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gpackin wrote:Today I learned that when your alarm clock goes off it is impossible to turn it off and say "I'll just lie here for a few minutes, then I"ll get up" without actually falling back asleep. So, I overslept. I decided to just stay home instead of trying to get to the station in time to catch the last train to DC.
Having a 7:45am class in college teaches that too you as well.

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wolfspirit wrote:Having a 7:45am class in college teaches that too you as well.
I wish I had it that easy. My alarm goes off at 4am I hit snooze once then get up. :(
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gpackin, it's not necessarily easy, just different. Often Scotty's up until after midnight either coding on the site or doing classwork. At that point, 7:45 is damn early. Me, I get up at 5:30 every day, so I make sure to try to go to bed before 11... although I don't always succeed.
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tollbaby wrote:gpackin, it's not necessarily easy, just different.
Point taken. I really wasn't trying to say how easy Scott has it, but how crappy I have it. :wink:
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gpackin wrote:Today I learned that when your alarm clock goes off it is impossible to turn it off and say "I'll just lie here for a few minutes, then I"ll get up" without actually falling back asleep. So, I overslept. I decided to just stay home instead of trying to get to the station in time to catch the last train to DC.
Mmm, I know that feeling, I do it every morning, with 'snooze' button otherwise I would just sleep for another hour at least. That and my phone (which acts as my alarm clock) has a 'custom alarm message' feature so when it goes of and I try to turn it off it tells me to 'Get the hell up now, bitch!', which always makes me smile first thing in the morning, which I hardly ever would on a work day otherwise.

Today I learned that 'bargain' pairs of shoes aren't so much of a bargain when they break after just 2 months of wearing them. Me and shoes just don't get on....*sigh*
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Well, part of that is because you have enormous feet ;) *ducks*
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today i learned...it IS possibly to have a hangover solely from laughing for too long. hung out with some friends last night, stayed up till 3:30 am playing balderdash and trivial pursuit...and oh my head aches now from all the laughter...
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I learned that tequila mixes well with apple juice. But not with study this morning.
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Echus Cthulhu Mythos wrote:I learned that tequila mixes well with apple juice. But not with study this morning.
A lesson well-learned, I hope? :lol:


(Tequila is good with almost any fruit juice. A friend of mine even mixes it with prune juice - he says it's a "health" drink. :roll: )
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Add Tequila to Limeade, and you basically have a Margarita (not exactly, but close enough to not really matter).
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I had the privilege to sail from Sydney back to Auckland on a Mexican Naval sailing ship last year. We had a cocktail party once we got back, one of the Senior Rates dressed up in a sombrero and a poncho with a shot-gun cartridge belt containing shot glasses and a massive bottle of 100% agave pure Mexican tequila. The only Spanish I remember from that voyage was "Una Mus" (sp?) meaning "One more". Mexicans are so cool! :D
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Today I learned that no good deed goes unpunished *sigh* I drove my ex and the kids to his dad's today and then drove back to his place to surprise him with a bit of de-cluttering. There are a few large pieces he's been meaning to get rid of for months (a broken, decrepit old exercise bike, for one). So I cleaned the stickers off the new windows he just had installed in the kids' rooms, vacuumed the hallway, and then lugged the exercise bike downstairs.

As I stepped out onto his porch, I heard the door slam shut behind me. *PANIC* His door is one of those perpetually locked things that you can't LEAVE unlocked, you can only open it with a key to get in. So there I was, locked out of my ex-husband's house, with my purse, house keys and car keys INSIDE.

Fortunately, I also learned that you can still depend on the kindness of strangers :) His downstairs neighbor let me use his phone to call Jeff, then DROVE me out to Jeff's dad's place, waited while I picked up the keys, then drove me back downtown AND gave me bus fare to get back to Jeff's from there. TOTALLY sweet guy! I was so grateful, I probably would have washed his skivvies for him if he had asked.

So now that I'm home and happily ensconced inside my own little fortress, I swear I will never try to "surprise" anyone with cleaning again!
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Hahah! I love it. :P
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I locked myself out of the house as well today. And of course my roommate won't be home until Monday evening. The neighbor across the street apparently has a spare key, so I hope he's around this evening or I'm going to have to get creative...
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Echus Cthulhu Mythos wrote:"Una Mus" (sp?) meaning "One more". Mexicans are so cool! :D
For those who wissh to knwo it's "Una Mas" - might help with your pronuciaiton (might get you one more faster as well :twisted: ).
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Today I learned that I spend an average of two hours a day on IBDOF.
Not that I have time to. I forgo other things in order to be on here. Lol.
Today I also learned the History of the Tampon. Interesting.
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Today I learned that even the prickliest person will suddenly warm up to you if you bring cupcakes to work ;)
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Not wanting to make 2 sequential pot of tea in order to fill a half-gallon pitcher, I instead heated a half gallon of water in a sauce pan, added the loose tea directly (off the heat) after it came to a near boil, then strained it into the pitcher after a 5 minute steep. Done in half the time.
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spiphany wrote:I locked myself out of the house as well today. And of course my roommate won't be home until Monday evening. The neighbor across the street apparently has a spare key, so I hope he's around this evening or I'm going to have to get creative...
I've long since learned to keep not one, but at least two sets of spare keys within easy access of wherever I need to get into ... and also with a friendly neighbor. Get a pair of magnetic key holders, make spare keys to your house and car, wrap them in bits of paper towel (so they dont rattle) and put them in their holders, and then stick the holders to something metallic that's out of sight, non-intuitive, and awkward to reach. Do NOT mark the keys indicating either your name or address or key purpose.
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Today I learned that when people don't return their books and have a fine to pay, it's somehow MY fault. I also learned that when you leave messages on voice mail, about said book, and they can't get into their voice mail it's my fault they didn't get the message. And lastly it's my fault for not giving out enough notice to return the book, even though I left 3 voice messages, mailed out 2 postcards and 1 mean letter(which I hate sending out by the way). :hot2:
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today I learned that having food poisoning sucks. real bad.
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Ooooh ouch! I feel your pain.
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Today I learned not to fall asleep while doing chain stitch (about an inch of stitching unravelled while I was asleep).


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Today I learned that if I run the mile at my top speed while my leg muscles are cramping from soccer the night before isn't the brightest idea.

(major cramping so bad my legs were stiff as boards for the rest of the day)
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Ouch. Drink water and eat fruit. Were you dehydrated at the time?
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